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Henry de Loundres (died 1228) was an Anglo-Norman churchman who was Archbishop of Dublin, from
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Henry de Loundres (died 1228) was an Anglo-Norman churchman who was Archbishop of Dublin, from 1213
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to 1228. He was an influential figure in the reign of John of England
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, an administrator and loyalist to the king, and is mentioned in the text of ''Magna Carta
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'', the terms of which he helped to negotiate.
He was dean of Stafford in 1207, and commissioned a church in Penkridge. He had continuing interests in Staffordshire.
He was justiciar in Ireland from 1213, his deputy Geoffery de Marisco executing the responsibilities during the bishop's absence in Rome; and attempted unsuccessfully to have one of his clerks appointed Bishop of Cork in 1214. He was resisted by Donnchad Ua Longargain Donnchadh () is a masculine given name common to the Irish and Scottish Gaelic languages. It is composed of the elements ''donn'', meaning "brown" or "dark" from Donn a Gaelic God; and ''chadh'', meaning "chief" or "noble". The name is also writt ...
, Archbishop of Cashel, in his attempts to make the church hierarchy in Ireland more Anglo-Norman.
He organized his archdiocese and made his cathedral see at the enlarged St. Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin. He was a major figure in the completion by 1230 of Dublin Castle
Dublin Castle ( ga, Caisleán Bhaile Átha Cliath) is a former Motte-and-bailey castle and current Irish government complex and conference centre. It was chosen for its position at the highest point of central Dublin.
Until 1922 it was the ...
, and had a hostel for pilgrims built in Dublin. In 1220 he ordered the extinction of the flame that kept burning in Kildare Abbey,/ref> as a remaining pagan association. He claimed to be Primate of Ireland, in opposition to the rival claim of the Archbishop of Armagh,: the struggle for supremacy between the Sees of Dublin and Armagh was to last for centuries.
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References
*A. Gwynn, ''Henry of London, archbishop of Dublin: a study in Anglo-Norman statecraft'', Studies ublin38 (1949) 297-306, 389-402. *Margaret Murphy, ''Balancing the Concerns of Church and State: The Archbishops of Dublin, 1181-1228'', in Terence B. Barry, Robin Frame, Katharine Simms (editors), ''Colony and Frontier in Medieval Ireland: Essays Presented to J. F. Lydon'' (1995) *James P. Carley, Felicity Riddy, ''Arthurian Literature XVI'' (1998), pp. 71–2 {{DEFAULTSORT:De Loundres, Henry 1228 deaths 13th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Ireland Archbishops of Dublin Year of birth unknown Normans in Ireland 13th-century English clergy Lords Lieutenant of Ireland