Archbishop of York
The archbishop of York is a senior bishop in the Church of England, second only to the archbishop of Canterbury. The archbishop is the diocesan bishop of the Diocese of York and the metropolitan bishop of the province of York, which covers th ...
.
Life
Nothing is known of Bovil's origins or his parents, but he attended
Oxford University
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at around the same time as
Edmund of Abingdon
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, who became Bovil's good friend.Kingsford "Bovill, Sewal de" ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'' He first appears as a
canon
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of
York Minster
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Dean of York
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by 21 September 1249.Greenway Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066–1300: Volume 6: York: Deans ' He earned a doctor of theology title by 1244.
Bovil was archbishop for only two years between 1256 and his death in 1258. He was selected about 1 October 1255, and was consecrated on 23 July 1256,Fryde, et al. ''Handbook of British Chronology'' p. 282 at
York
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by
Walter de Cantilupe
Walter de Cantilupe (died 1266) was a medieval Bishop of Worcester.
Early life and career
Cantilupe came from a family that had risen by devoted service to the crown. His father, William I de Cantilupe,Bishop of Worcester. He received a
papal dispensation
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to become archbishop because he was
illegitimate
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excommunicated
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the archbishop in 1257. After a compromise was reached whereby Jordan received a pension, Bovil was absolved. Godfrey Ludham was then promoted to the deanery. In July 1257 he was appointed to a commission to mediate between King
Alexander III of Scotland
Alexander III (Medieval ; Modern Gaelic: ; 4 September 1241 – 19 March 1286) was King of Scots from 1249 until his death. He concluded the Treaty of Perth, by which Scotland acquired sovereignty over the Western Isles and the Isle of Man. His ...
and the Scottish nobles.
The archbishop died on 10 May 1258 and was buried in York Minster.
Matthew Paris
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wrote that he was "a humble and holy man well skilled in law and other sciences."Quoted in Kingsford "Bovill, Sewal de" ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography''
Sewal de Bovil
Sewal de Bovil (died 1258) was a medieval Archbishop of York.
Life
Nothing is known of Bovil's origins or his parents, but he attended Oxford University at around the same time as Edmund of Abingdon, who became Bovil's good friend.Kingsford " ...