William of Sainte-Mère-Église was a medieval Bishop of London.

Life

William's family originated from

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, in the Cotentin Peninsula,

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Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066-1300: Volume 1, St. Paul's, London: Bishops
' and he held the prebend of 'Ealdstreet' in the

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, as well as being dean of St Martin le Grand in London.Greenway
Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066-1300: Volume 1, St. Paul's, London: Prebendaries: Ealdstreet
' He also held a prebend in the diocese of York. In 1193, William, along with the bishop of Salisbury Hubert Walter, found King

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where he was being held captive at Ochsenfurt in Germany. He was also named the clerk of the exchequer who was responsible for overseeing the

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moneylenders, and worked in Walter's new system of supervision to reduce fraud.Stacey "Walter, Hubert" ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'' William was elected to the See of London on 16 September 1198 and consecrated on 23 May 1199. He resigned the see on 25 January 1221 and retired to the Augustinian St Osyth's Priory in Essex.Turner "Religious Patronage" ''Albion'' p. 12 He died on 27 March 1224.Fryde, et al. ''Handbook of British Chronology'' p. 258

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* * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:William Of Sainte-Mere-Eglise Bishops of London 1224 deaths Anglo-Normans Deans of St Paul's 12th-century English Roman Catholic bishops 13th-century English Roman Catholic bishops Year of birth unknown