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CANTERBURY.

castle of St. Helen, and was buried[1] at St. Columbe in Savoy[2].

William Chillenden, sub-prior of Canterbury[3], was elected[4], but rejected by the Pope, who nominated

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Robert Kilwarby, 1st Oct. 1272[5], and the temporalities were restored to him 12th Dec.[6] He was consecrated 26th Feb. 1273[7], and having held the see six years, resigned it on being made a cardinal[8]. He died soon afterwards[9] at Viterbo in Italy, where he was buried[10]. The license to elect an archbishop in his stead was issued 14th June 1278[11], and

Robert Burnel, bishop of Bath and Wells, the King's chancellor, was chosen, and the royal assent given to his election 10th July 1278[12]. The Pope however annulled it[13] and nominated

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John Peckham, by bull dated v Kal. Feb. (28th Jan. 1279), and he was consecrated 6th March by the Pope himself. The temporalities were restored to him 30th May following[14]. He died at Mortlake 8th Dec. (vi Id. Dec.) 1292[15], and was buried[16] on the 19th of the

  1. His epitaph was "Hie jacet Bonifacius de Sabaudia Cantuariensis archiepiscopus operibus et virtutibus plenvis ; ob. autem apud S. Helenam A. D. 1270. 18 die Julii. Magister Henricus Calonensis fecit hanc tumbam."
  2. Hist. Chro. Piedm. 353.
  3. Annal. Waverl.
  4. Bonchard the king's clerk protested against the nomination, "ne consimilis electio trahatur in consequentiam consuetudine vel exemplo. Claus. i Edw. I. in dorso.
  5. Birchingt.
  6. Pat. I Edw. I. m. 20.
  7. Dominica prima in Quadragesima.
  8. Pat. 6 Edw. I. m. 6.
  9. iii Id. Sept.
  10. Ciacon. col. 225.
  11. Pat. 6 Edw. I. m. II.
  12. Ibid. m. 8.
  13. 1 Matt. West, ad ann. 1279. The King wrote, l0th July 1278, to pope Nicholas III soliciting the confirmation of the election of Robert Burnel, bishop of Bath and Wells, his chancellor, to the archbishopric of Canterbury, in the room of Robert Kilwarby, translated to the bishopric of Porto. Letter in Tower of Lond.
  14. Pat. 7 Edw. I. m. 15.
  15. Obiit vi Id. Dec. viz. die Lune prox. ante festum beati Nicolai 1292. Reg. Hen. prioris Cantuar.
  16. His heart was deposited in Christ Church, London, behind the high altar. Weever, e MS. in Bibl. Cotton.