Reynelm (died 1115) was a medieval Bishop of Hereford.

Life

Reynelm's origins are unknown, but Gundulf of Rochester, the Bishop of Rochester, may have been his patron, as a letter of 1101 implies that Gundulf ordained him a priest.Barrow "Reinhelm" ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'' He was the chancellor to Queen

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of England, wife of King

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before 3 September 1101. He was also

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of the church of Rochester. He was nominated to the see of Hereford around Christmas of 1102 and

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, or given the symbols of the office along with the temporalities of the see, with the bishopric by the king. Anselm, the

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, refused to consecrate Reynelm then, because Reynelm had been invested by the king. The archbishop and the king were involved in the Investiture Crisis, where the church objected to the secular powers giving the symbols of ecclesiastical office to clerics. King Henry then persuaded the

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to consecrate the bishops that had been elected but whom Anselm refused to consecrate because they had been invested by the king.Vaughn ''Anselm of Bec'' pp. 248–249 Reynelm refused to be consecrated by Gerard, the Archbishop of York,Barlow ''English Church'' p. 80 and the king exiled Reynelm from England in retaliation.Hollister ''Henry I'' pp. 166–167 Reynelm resigned the temporalities back into the king's control before 29 March 1103 because of concerns over having received investiture by the king. Reynelm was consecrated by Archbishop Anselm on 11 August 1107,Barrow ''Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066–1300: Volume 8: Hereford: Bishops'' at Canterbury. Reynelm made a written profession of obedience to Anselm also.Vaughn ''Anselm of Bec'' p. 309 The profession is the only charter or other document to survive from his episcopate. He probably was responsible for the rebuilding of Hereford Cathedral as a Romanesque cathedral. Reynelm also assisted at the consecration of Llanthony Priory in the

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in 1108. Reynelm died in October 1115, either on the 27th or the 28th,Fryde, et al. ''Handbook of British Chronology'' p. 250 of gout. He was buried in Hereford Cathedral, but the effigy on his tomb dates from the 14th century.

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