Hubert Walter, archbishop of Canterbury (d.1205)
- Biography
- Hubert Walter was the son of Sir Hervey Walter, a Norfolk knight, and Matilda de Valognes, daughter of Theobald de Valognes, lord of Parham (Suffolk) and Hickling (Norfolk). He was born during the reign of King Stephen, perhaps at West Dereham, Norfolk. He had at least five brothers: Osbert, a royal justice under King John (d.1206); Roger, Hamo, Bartholomew, and Theobald, the latter being his heir. Hubert and Theobald were brought up in the house of his mother's sister, Bertha de Valognes, and her husband, Ranulf de Glanville, sheriff of Yorkshire and justiciar for Henry II. Hubert served as Ranulf's chief deputy in England. In 1186, he was appointed dean of York Cathedral. On 15 September 1189, he was elected bishop of Salisbury and consecrated on 22 October. In 1193 he also became archbishop of Canterbury. He served as chancellor of England from the coronation of King John and was also a justiciar and papal legate in England (1195-98). He also founded a Premonstratensian monastery at West Dereham. Hubert died on 13 July 1205 at Teynham Manor, Kent and was buried in Canterbury Cathedral. R.C. Stacey, 'Hubert Walter (d.1205)', ODNB (2004), ???; [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/28633]
- Floruits
- 1189 × 1189
- Related Place
- Canterbury