Robert Baldock

For other people named Robert Baldock, see Robert Baldock (disambiguation).

Robert Baldock D.C.L.

Lord Chancellor of England
In office 1323–1326
Monarch	Edward II
Preceded by	John Salmon
Succeeded by	John Hotham
Lord Privy Seal of England
In office 1320–1323
Monarch	Edward II
Preceded by	Thomas Charlton
Succeeded by	Robert Wodehouse
Archdeacon of Middlesex
In office 1315–1326
Monarch	Edward II
Preceded by	Richard Newport
Succeeded by	Roger de Hales
Personal details
Died	28 May 1327 Newgate Prison
Nationality	English
Religion	Roman Catholic

Robert Baldock (or de Baldock; died 28 May 1327) was the Lord Privy Seal and Lord Chancellor of England, during the reign of King Edward II of England.

Career

Baldock was archdeacon of Middlesex when he was named Controller of the Wardrobe and Lord Privy Seal on 27 January 1320^[1] and then Prebend of Aylesbury in August 1320;^[2] remaining Lord Privy Seal until 8 July 1323.^[1] Afterwards, he was named Lord Chancellor of England on 20 August 1323.^[3]

Baldock was elected Bishop of Norwich on 23 July 1325^[4] but before consecration resigned the office on 3 September 1325 to avoid a collision between the pope and the king.^[5]

In October 1326, Baldock was one of the small number of supporters who fled London with King Edward when Queen Isabella and Roger Mortimer invaded. He remained with the king and the Despensers, the king's particular favorites, in their flight across England to the Despensers' lands in Wales and was one of the last handful who attempted to cross to Ireland and failed.^[6] He and the king remained fugitives until their hiding place was revealed. Baldock lost his offices and was imprisoned in November 1326.

Death

Unlike the Despensers, who suffered quick trials and executions, Baldock was a clergyman and so in February 1327 was sent to London for trial by fellow clergy.^[5] He was placed under house arrest at Hereford Palace (the Bishop of Hereford's London residence).^[7] But a mob broke into the house, severely beat him, and threw him into Newgate Prison, where he was murdered by some of the inmates.^[8]

Citations

1 2 Fryde et al. 1986, p. 93.
↑ King 1962, pp. 24–27.
↑ Fryde et al. 1986, p. 86.
↑ Fryde et al. 1986, p. 261.
1 2 Foss 1870, p. 51.
↑ Mortimer 2010, p. 157.
↑ Campbell 1870, p. 206.
↑ Mortimer 2010, p. 162.

References

Wikisource has the text of the 1885–1900 Dictionary of National Biography's article about Robert de Baldock.

Campbell, John (1848). The Lives of the Lord Chancellors and Keepers of the Great Seal of England. Volume 1. London: John Murray.
Foss, Edward (1870). Biographia Juridica: A Biographical Dictionary of the Judges of England. London: John Murray.
Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I., eds. (1986). Handbook of British Chronology (3rd, reprinted 2003 ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
King, H. P. F. (1962). "Prebendaries: Aylesbury". Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1300–1541. Volume 1: Lincoln Diocese. Institute of Historical Research. pp. 24–27.
Mortimer, Ian (2010). The Greatest Traitor. London: Vintage Books. ISBN 9780099552222.

Political offices
Preceded by Thomas Charlton	Lord Privy Seal of England 1320–1323	Succeeded by Robert Wodehouse
Preceded by John Salmon	Lord Chancellor of England 1323–1326	Succeeded by John Hotham
Religious titles
Preceded by Richard Newport	Archdeacon of Middlesex 1315–1326	Succeeded by Roger de Hales
Preceded by John Salmon as Bishop of Norwich	Bishop-elect of Norwich 1325	Succeeded by William Ayermin as Bishop of Norwich

Archdeacons of Middlesex

High Medieval	Robert Roger son of Robert Richard de Belmeis (II) Hugh Ralph de Diceto Richard Foliot (I) Gilbert Foliot (II) Ralph of Ely William of Sainte-Mère-Église (II) Reginald Robert de Bonewell John de Norton Fulk Basset/de Sanford Richard Foliot (II) Henry de Wengham (II) Thomas Ingoldsthorpe Ralph Baldock Ralph de Malling

Late Medieval	Richard Newport Robert Baldock Roger de Hales Thomas de Astley Edmund Trussel Robert de Reddeswell Thomas Durant Henry de Idesworth Andrew de Offord Pierre Card. de la Forêt William de Palmorna Adam Thebaud of Sudbury Bartholomew Sidey William Stortford Richard Bruton Richard Clifford (jr) Simon Northew William Booth Stephen Wilton Robert Wyott John Wodde William Dudley Richard Lichfield John Aleyne/Carver Richard Eden

Early modern	Henry Hervie John Wymmesley William Chedsey Alexander Nowell Thomas Watts Adam Squire Richard Vaughan Richard Webster Robert Tighe William Goodwin Richard Cluet Robert Pory Thomas Cook William Jane John Goodman Robert Grove Robert Corey William Lancaster Roger Altham Daniel Waterland Fifield Allen John Hotham George Jubb Stephen Eaton George Cambridge William Hale John Lonsdale John Sinclair

Late modern	James Hessey Robinson Thornton Henry Bevan Norman Thicknesse Stephen Phillimore Anthony Morcom John Eastaugh Derek Hayward John Perry Tim Raphael Malcolm Colmer Stephan Welch

Bishops of Norwich

Bishops of Elmham	Bedwinus Northbertus Headulacus Æthelfrith Eanfrith Æthelwulf Alherdus Sybba Hunferthus Humbertus See interrupted Eadwulf Ælfric I Theodred I Theodred II Athelstan Ælfgar Ælfwine Ælfric II Ælfric III Stigand Grimketel Stigand (again) Æthelmær Herfast see removed to Thetford

Bishops of Thetford	Herfast William de Beaufeu Herbert de Losinga see removed to Norwich

High Medieval	Herbert de Losinga Everard of Calne William de Turbeville John of Oxford John de Gray Pandulf Verraccio Thomas Blunville Simon of Elmham William de Raley Walter Suffield Simon Walton Roger Skerning William Middleton Ralph Walpole

Late Medieval	John Salmon Robert Baldock William Ayermin Thomas Hemenhale Antony Bek William Bateman Thomas Percy Henry le Despenser Alexander Tottington Richard Courtenay John Wakering William Alnwick Thomas Brunce Walter Hart James Goldwell Thomas Jane

Early modern	Richard Nykke William Rugg Thomas Thirlby John Hopton John Parkhurst Edmund Freke Edmund Scambler William Redman John Jegon John Overall Samuel Harsnett Francis White Richard Corbet Matthew Wren Richard Montagu Joseph Hall Edward Reynolds Anthony Sparrow William Lloyd John Moore Charles Trimnell Thomas Green John Leng William Baker Robert Butts Thomas Gooch Samuel Lisle Thomas Hayter Philip Yonge Lewis Bagot George Horne Charles Manners-Sutton

Late modern	Henry Bathurst Edward Stanley Samuel Hinds John Pelham John Sheepshanks Bertram Pollock Percy Herbert Launcelot Fleming Maurice Wood Peter Nott Graham James

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