Robert de Sigello explained

Type:	bishop
Robert de Sigello
Religion:	Catholic
Bishop of London
Appointed:	1141
Consecration:	1141
Ended:	1150
Predecessor:	Anselm of St Saba
Successor:	Richard de Beaumis II
Death Date:	probably either 28 or 29 September 1150
Module:	Embed: yes Office: Keeper of the Great Seal Term Start: 1141 Term End: 1150 Predecessor: Geoffrey Rufus Successor: Roger le Poer

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.^[1] He at one point was a monk at Reading Abbey, where he may have forged charters in favour of the abbey.^[2]

Robert was nominated to the see of London by the Empress Matilda^[3] and consecrated in 1141, possibly about July.^[4] 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.^[3]

See also

• List of lord chancellors and lord keepers

References

• Book: Clanchy, C. T. . From Memory to Written Record: England 1066–1307. Second . 1993 . Blackwell Publishing . Malden, MA . 978-0-631-16857-7.
• Book: Fryde, E. B. . Greenway, D. E. . Porter, S. . Roy, I. . Handbook of British Chronology. Third revised . Cambridge University Press . Cambridge . 1996 . 0-521-56350-X .
• Book: Greenway, Diana E. . Bishops . Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066-1300. 1, St. Paul's, London. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/fasti-ecclesiae/1066-1300/vol1/pp1-4 . 28 October 2007. Institute of Historical Research . 1968.

Notes and References

1. Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 83
2. Clanchy From Memory to Written Record p. 318
3. Greenway Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066-1300: Volume 1, St. Paul's, London: Bishops
4. Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 258