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| Bateman, William. Graduated at Cambridge in Civil and Canon Law. B. in Norwich, c. 1298. S. of William, citizen and bailiff, and M.P. for the city. Archdeacon of Norwich, 1328. For some years at the Papal Court of Avignon, where he became auditor of the palace. Employed by the Pope to mediate between the English and French monarchs. Bishop of Norwich, 1344, where he distinguished himself by his assertion of his episcopal rights in the visitation of the monasteries, especially that of Bury, and by his courage during the Black Death. To the end he was busy on foreign missions. On the last of these he died at Avignon, Jan. 6, 1355. Buried in the Cathedral. Best known in Cambridge as the founder of TRINITY HALL, in 1350; and, as executor of Edmund Gonville, by the actual establishment of Gonville Hall. ( D.N.B. ) | William BATEMAN Approx. lifespan: 1298–1355 Graduated at Cambridge in Civil and Canon Law. s. of William BATEMAN citizen and bailiff, and M.P. for the city [Cambridge???]. b. in Norwich, [ Norfolk ] c1298 Archdeacon of Norwich, [ Norfolk ] 1328 For some years at the Papal Court of Avignon, [ France ] where he became auditor of the palace. Employed by the Pope to mediate between the English and French monarchs. Bishop of Norwich, [ Norfolk ] 1344 where he distinguished himself by his assertion of his episcopal rights in the visitation of the monasteries, especially that of Bury, [ Suffolk ] and by his courage during the Black Death. To the end he was busy on foreign missions. [On the last of these he ] d. at Avignon, [ France ] 1355:01:06 buried in the Cathedral, [ France ] Best known in Cambridge as the founder of Trinity Hall in 1350 ; and, as executor of Edmund GONVILLE by the actual establishment of Gonville Hall ( D.N.B. ) |
| William BATEMAN Approx. lifespan: 1298–1396 , alias Norwich, William of (Batteman, de Northwyco, de Norwico).* b. c.1298. Son of Wm B., a leading citizen of Norwich, and Margery, his wife. D.C.L. by 1328 Archd. of Norwich, coll. 1328:09:08 ; vac. 1340 [Reg. Ayermin, Norw., fo. 24; CPL, ii. 356, 547; CPR 1334-8, p. 470; 1338-40, p. 554; 1340-3, pp. 9, 34; le Neve, Monmouthshire Caths., 26] can. of Lincoln, [ Lincolnshire ] by pap. provn with reservn of preb., notwithstanding archdy 1335:07:29 [CPL, iii. 525] preby of Milton Manor, in Lincoln, in 1343 ; vac. on promotion as bp [le Neve, Linc., 93] dean of Lincoln, by pap. provn 1340:08:03 ; vac. on promotion as bp [CPL, ii. 547, 548; CPR 1340-3, 109] bp of Norwich, by pap. provn 1344:01:23 ; temporalities restored 1344:03:02 ; consecrated by Clement VI at Avignon 1344:05:23 ; till death [Eubel, i. 388; Stubbs, le Neve, Monmouthshire Caths., 23; 75; CPR 1343-5, pp. 200-1; CPL, iii. 643 (index); Warren's Bk, 3-8; Dunbartonshire , article by E. Venables] Pap. chapl. by 1330 ; auditor of the sacred palace by 1332 [CPL, ii. 323, 356, 380, 525] Kg's clk by 1343 [CPR 1343-5, p. 29] Employed as envoy by Clement VI on Anglo-French relations and by Edward III 1340-43 [CPL, ii. 588; iii. 2; CPR 1340-3, p. 158; Rymer, ii, pt ii, 1152, 1224] commissioned to treat with French envoys before the pope, app. 1344:08:04 [ibid. iii, pt i, 19] to treat with papal nuncio, app. 1345:11:08 [ibid. iii, pt i, 62, 165] to treat with France , app. 1348:09:25 [ibid. iii, pt i, 173] to treat with Flanders , app. 1348:10:11 [ibid. iii, pt i, 175] to treat with France , app. 1349:03:10, 1350:05:15, 27 June and 1351:07:26, 19 Feb. and 1353:11:06 [ibid. iii, pt i, 182, 183, 184, 196, 225, 227, 253, 268] On his disputes with Bury S. Edmunds Abbey and Robt, Lord Morley, see Dunbartonshire . As exor. of Edm. Gonville, completed the foundation of Gonville Hall, earning the title of its second founder, 1353 [BHG& CC, iii. 341-5; Hist. of Camb. (VCH), iii. 456-7] Founder of Trinity Hall, as a college for a master and 20 fellows, scholars of canon and civil law [ibid. iii. 362-3] Fell ill at Avignon 1354 and d. there 1355:01:06 [CPP, i. 265] Buried in Avignon Cath. before the high altar. For the names of the clerical members of his Household during his embassy in 1342, and at Avignon at the time of his death, see ibid. i. 8-10, 276-7. Concerning his will, see CPL, iii. 565. For a contemporary biographical tribute, see Warren's Bk, 3-8; and, from another MS., F. Peck, Desiderata Curiosa, 239-42. The register of his episcopal acts as bp of Norwich is among the diocesan archives in the Old Chapel, the Palace, Norwich, Norfolk |