Robert de Sigello

Robert de Sigello (died 1150) was a medieval Bishop of London and Lord Chancellor of England.

Life

Robert was keeper of the king's seal, usually known as Lord Chancellor, from 1133 to 1135.Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 83 He at one point was a monk at Reading Abbey, where he may have forged charters in favour of the abbey.Clanchy From Memory to Written Record p. 318

Robert was nominated to the see of London by the Empress MatildaGreenway Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066–1300: Volume 1, St. Paul's, London: Bishops and consecrated in 1141, possibly about July.Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 258 He died in 1150, and as his death was commemorated on both 28 September and 29 September, he probably died on one of those dates in 1150.

See also

List of lord chancellors and lord keepers

Citations

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