Henry de Sully (died 1189) was Abbot of Fécamp and Bishop-designate of Salisbury and Archbishop-elect of York.

Life

Henry was son of William, Count of Sully, the eldest brother of Stephen, King of England and Henry of Blois,

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.Davis ''King Stephen'' p. 97 Henry's mother was William's wife,

Agnes of Sully Agnes of Sully (French: ''Agnès'') was a French noblewoman and Lady of Sully. Agnesʻ parents were Lord Gilles II of Sully and Edelburge of Bourges, whilst Agnesʻ husband was William, Count of Sully. Children of Agnes and William: * Eudes Ar ...

, who had been attached to the household of

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, William's mother. Although William was the eldest son of Adela and her husband

Stephen, Count of Blois Stephen Henry (in French, ''Étienne Henri'', in Medieval French, ''Estienne Henri''; – 19 May 1102) was the Count of Blois and Count of Chartres. He led an army during the First Crusade, was at the surrender of the city of Nicaea, and direc ...

, he was passed over for the comital title and his younger brother

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became Count of Champagne on their father's death.LoPrete ''Adela Countess and Lord'' p. 216 Henry became a

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, and was nominated in March 1140 by Henry of Blois to be Bishop of Salisbury, but the nomination was quashed.Greenway, ed., "Bishops", ''Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066-1300''Davis ''King Stephen'' p. 44 As compensation, Henry of Blois then named Henry de Sully the

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Fécamp Abbey The Abbey of the Holy Trinity at Fécamp, commonly known as Fécamp Abbey (french: Abbaye de la Trinité de Fécamp), is a Benedictine abbey in Fécamp, Seine-Maritime, Upper Normandy, France. The abbey is known as the first producer of bénédict ...

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. Later in 1140, after his grandmother's death, Henry was nominated to become Archbishop of York,Greenway, ed., "List 1: Archbishops", ''Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066-1300'' but his election was again quashed this time by Pope

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because Henry wished to hold both the abbacy of Fécamp along with the archbishopric.Huscroft ''Ruling England 1042–1217'' p. 134Barlow ''The English Church 1066–1154'' p. 96 Henry died at Fécamp in 1189.

Citations

References

* Barlow, Frank ''The English Church 1066–1154'' London:Longman 1979 * Davis, R. H. C. ''King Stephen 1135–1154'' Third Edition London:Longman 1990 * Greenway, Diana E., ed.
"Bishops"
in ''Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066-1300'': Volume 4, Salisbury, (London, 1991), pp. 1–7. * Greenway, Diana E., ed.,
"List 1: Archbishops"
in ''Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066-1300'': Volume 6, York, (London, 1999), pp. 1–7. * Huscroft, Richard ''Ruling England 1042–1217'' London: Pearson Longman 2005 * LoPrete, Kimberly ''Adela Countess and Lord'' Dublin:Fourcourts Press, 2007 {{DEFAULTSORT:Sully, Henry De House of Sully Bishops of Salisbury Archbishops of York 1189 deaths Fécamp Abbey Year of birth unknown

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12th-century English Roman Catholic bishops