Nicholas de Aquila explained

Nicholas de Aquila
Religion:	Catholic
Bishop of Chichester-elect
Appointed:	1209
Predecessor:	Simon of Wells
Successor:	Richard Poore
Other Post:	Dean of Chichester
Death Date:	after 26 May 1220

Nicholas de Aquila (died after 1220) was a medieval Bishop of Chichester-elect.

Life

Aquila was a canon lawyer.^[1] He may be the master of the school at Avranches in 1198, but was Dean of Chichester before February 1201.^[2] He was nominated as bishop in 1209, but was never consecrated. His election was quashed about 1214.^[3] He was named Dean of Avranches by 1211 and died sometime after 26 May 1220.^[2]

References

• Book: Fryde, E. B. . Greenway, D. E. . Porter, S. . Roy, I. . Handbook of British Chronology. Third revised . Cambridge University Press . Cambridge, UK . 1996 . 0-521-56350-X .
• Book: Greenway, Diana E. . Bishops . Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066-1300. 5: Chichester. 1996 . http://british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=34293 . 20 October 2007 . Institute of Historical Research . https://web.archive.org/web/20120208073049/http://british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=34293 . 8 February 2012 . dead .
• Book: Greenway, Diana E. . Deans . Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066-1300. 5: Chichester. 1996 . http://british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=34294 . 20 October 2007 . Institute of Historical Research .
• Book: Richardson, H. G. . Sayles, G. O. . G.O. Sayles . The Governance of Mediaeval England: From the Conquest to Magna Carta . 1963. Edinburgh University Press . Edinburgh . 504298 .

Further reading

• Boyle, Leonard E. . The Beginnings of Legal Studies at Oxford . Viator . 14 . 1983 . 10.1484/J.VIATOR.2.301453 . 107–132.

Notes and References

1. Greenway Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066-1300: Volume 5: Chichester: Bishops
2. Greenway Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066-1300: Volume 5: Chichester: Deans
3. Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 239