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RICHARD OF ILCHESTER (d. 1188)

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Originally appearing in Volume V23, Page 298 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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RICHARD OF See also:ILCHESTER (d. 1188)  , See also:English statesman and See also:prelate, was See also:born in the See also:diocese of See also:Bath, where he obtained preferment . See also:Early in the reign of See also:Henry II., however, he is found acting as a clerk in the See also:king's See also:court, probably under See also:Thomas See also:Becket, and he was one of the officials who assisted Henry in carrying out his See also:great judicial and See also:financial reforms . In 1162, or 1163, he was appointed See also:archdeacon of See also:Poitiers, but he passed most of his See also:time in See also:England, although in the next two or three years he visited See also:Pope See also:Alexander III. and the See also:Emperor See also:Frederick I. in the interests of the English king, who was then engaged in his struggle with Becket . For promising to support Frederick against Alexander he was excommunicated by Becket in 1166 . Before this event, however, See also:Richard had been appointed a See also:baron of the See also:exchequer, his great See also:industry and exceptional abilities as an accountant being recognized by giving him a See also:special seat at the exchequer table, and from 1168 until his See also:death he frequently acted as one of the itinerant justices . Although totally immersed in See also:secular business he received several See also:rich ecclesiastical offices, and in May 1173 he was elected See also:bishop of See also:Winchester, being consecrated at Canter-See also:bury in See also:October 1174 . Richard still continued to serve Henry II . In 1176 he was appointed See also:justiciar and See also:seneschal of See also:Normandy, and was given full See also:control of all the royal business in the duchy . He died on the 21st or 22nd of See also:December 1188, and was buried in Winchester See also:cathedral . Richard owes his surname to the fact that Henry II. granted him a See also:mill at See also:Ilchester; he is also called Richard of Toclyve . See the See also:article by See also:Miss K . Norgate in the Dict .

Nat . Biog., vol. xlviii . (1896); and W . R . W . See also:

Stephens and W . W . Capes, The Bishops of Winchester (1907) .

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