Philip de Harcourt was a medieval

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and

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. He was unsuccessfully elected as the

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Life

De Harcourt was the son of Robert who was the son of Anschetil, lord of

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.British History Online Bishops of Salisbury
accessed on 30 October 2007 He was the dean of the collegiate church at

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by 1131 before being appointed

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about 1133. During this time he appears to have been made a Prebendary of Aylesbury. He was also

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of Évreux as well.British History Online Deans of Lincoln
accessed on 30 October 2007 He was

for King

Stephen of England Stephen (1092 or 1096 – 25 October 1154), often referred to as Stephen of Blois, was King of England from 22 December 1135 to his death in 1154. He was Count of Boulogne '' jure uxoris'' from 1125 until 1147 and Duke of Normandy from 1135 u ...

from 1139 to 1140, resigning probably in March.Fryde, et al. ''Handbook of British Chronology'' p. 82 Philip was a partisan of

Waleran, Count of Meulan Waleran de Beaumont, Count of Meulan, Earl of Worcester (1104 – 9 April 1166, in Preaux), was the son of Robert de Beaumont, 1st Earl of Leicester and Elizabeth de Vermandois, and the twin brother of Robert de Beaumont, 2nd Earl of Leice ...

. In March 1140 de Harcourt was nominated to the

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but the election was quashed in 1141.Fryde, et al. ''Handbook of British Chronology'' p. 270Spear "Norman Empire" ''Journal of British Studies'' p. 2 He was nominated by King Stephen with the advice of Waleran of Melun, but Philip's election was opposed by Henry of Blois,

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who was also the

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in England and Stephen's brother. Philip appealed to

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but was refused. In 1142 de Harcourt was named Bishop of Bayeux, an office he held until 1163.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Harcourt, Philip De Lord chancellors of England Year of birth missing Bishops of Salisbury 12th-century deaths Bishops of Bayeux

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