Henry de Sully (or Henry de Soilli) (d. 23 or 24 October 1195) was a medieval

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, Bishop of Worcester and

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. Henry became prior of Bermondsey Abbey in 1186. In September 1189, following the death of

Henry II of England Henry II (5 March 1133 – 6 July 1189), also known as Henry Curtmantle (french: link=no, Court-manteau), Henry FitzEmpress, or Henry Plantagenet, was King of England from 1154 until his death in 1189, and as such, was the first Angevin king ...

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appointed him Abbot of Glastonbury. 'House of Cluniac monks: Abbey of Bermondsey', A History of the County of Surrey: Volume 2 (1967), pp. 64–77.
/ref> It was while he was abbot that Glastonbury claimed to find the body of King Arthur around 1191. He was elected to the see of WorcesterBritish History Online Bishops of Worcester
accessed on 3 November 2007 on 4 December 1193 and consecrated on 12 December 1193. He died on 23 or 24 October 1195.Fryde, et al. ''Handbook of British Chronology'' p. 279

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British History Online Bishops of Worcester
accessed on 3 November 2007 * Bishops of Worcester Abbots of Glastonbury 1195 deaths 12th-century English Roman Catholic bishops Year of birth unknown {{England-bishop-stub