Everard of Calne explained

Everard
Bishop of Norwich
Elected:before 12 June 1121
Ended:1145
resigned
Predecessor:Herbert de Losinga
Successor:William de Turbeville
Consecration:12 June 1121
Birth Place:Calne, Wiltshire
Death Date:12 October, probably 1146
Buried:Fontenay Abbey, Côte-d'Or
Nationality:English
Religion:Roman Catholic

Everard (or Everard of Calne; died probably 1146) was a medieval Bishop of Norwich.

Life

Everard was from Calne in Wiltshire. He was a royal chaplain and held prebends in the diocese of London as well as an archdeacon in the diocese of Salisbury.[1]

Everard was consecrated on 12 June 1121. He resigned the see in 1145 to be a monk at the Cistercian monastery of Fontenay in the Côte-d'Or in France.[1]

Everard died on 12 October probably in 1146.[2] He was buried at Fontenay before 21 September 1147.[1]

References

Notes and References

  1. http://british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=33866 British History Online Bishops of Norwich
  2. Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 261