Maurice (died 1107) was the third

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and Lord Keeper of England, as well as

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Life

Maurice was

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before being named Chancellor in about 1078.Greenway
Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066-1300: Volume 1, St. Paul's, London: Bishops
' He held the office until sometime between 1085 or 1086.Fryde, et al. ''Handbook of British Chronology'' p. 83 He was nominated to the

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on 25 December 1085 and consecrated in 1086, possibly on 5 April. He died on 26 September 1107Fryde, et al. ''Handbook of British Chronology'' p. 258 with his death being commemorated on 26 September. In 1087, after a widespread fire, Maurice began rebuilding St Paul's Cathedral, possibly separate from the Anglo-Saxon church. In 1109 the cathedral was used for the consecration of the new archbishop of York, but it was probably not finished until about 1190. It was then one of the largest buildings in medieval England.John Schofield, St Paul's Cathedral before Wren (2011), 63-4

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* * Lord chancellors of England Year of birth missing 1107 deaths Bishops of London 11th-century English Roman Catholic bishops 12th-century English Roman Catholic bishops {{England-bishop-stub