Henry de Sully, Abbot of Fecamp

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Archbishop of York
Enthroned	{{{began}}}
Ended	1140
Predecessor	Waltheof
Successor	Saint William of York
Consecration	never consecrated
Died	1189 Fécamp

Henry de Sully was a medieval Abbot of Fécamp and Bishop of Salisbury-elect and Archbishop of York-elect.

[edit] Life

He was the son of William, count of Chartres the eldest brother of King Stephen of England and Henry of Blois, Bishop of Winchester.^[1] William was best suited for an administrative post at Sully, France where he was retired and married to Agnes De Sully a woman of admirable beauty attached to the court of Adela Blois, William's mother. William was at first groomed to inherit the comptal throne, but proved to be too aggressive, namely through an incident where he threatened to kill Bishop Ivo of Chartres over a jurisdictional dispute. His mother, Adela of Blois acting as Countess and Lord, replaced him with her second eldest son Thibaud, who ruled well therafter.^[2]

The marriage of William and Agnes was a happy one and several children were born. The most famous of the children, Henry de Sully, was thus the nephew of the king of England as well as being a Cluniac monk. He was nominated in March of 1140 by his other uncle Henry of Blois to be Bishop of Salisbury, but the nomination was quashed.^[3][4] As compensation, Henry of Blois then named Henry de Sully the abbot of Fécamp Abbey in Normandy.^[1] Later in 1140, after his grandmother's death, Henry was nominated to become Archbishop of York,^[5] but his election was again quashed this time by Pope Innocent II because Henry, like his uncle the Bishop of Winchester and Abbot of Glastonbury, wished to hold two posts simultaneously, Fécamp along with the archbishopric.^[6][7] He died at Fécamp in 1189.^[3]

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[edit] References

• LoPrete, Kimberly (historian) Adela Countess and Lord Dublin:Fourcourts Press, 2007 ISBN 978-1-85182-563-9
• Barlow, Frank The English Church 1066-1154 London:Longman 1979 ISBN 0-582-50236-5
• British History Online Archbishops of York accessed on September 14, 2007
• British History Online Bishops of Salisbury accessed on September 14, 2007
• Davis, R. H. C. King Stephen 1135-1154 Third Edition London:Longman 1990 ISBN 0-582-04000-0
• Huscroft, Richard Ruling England 1042-1217 London: Pearson Longman 2005 ISBN 0-582-84882-2

Roman Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Roger of Salisbury	Bishop of Salisbury Election quashed 1140	Succeeded by Philip de Harcourt
Preceded by Waltheof	Archbishop of York Election quashed 1140	Succeeded by Saint William of York
Preceded by ?	Abbot of Fécamp 1140–1189	Succeeded by ?

Persondata
NAME	Sully, Henry de
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Bishop of Salisbury; Archbishop of York; Abbot of Fécamp
DATE OF BIRTH
PLACE OF BIRTH
DATE OF DEATH	1189
PLACE OF DEATH