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Peter des Roches (died 9 June 1238) (Latinised as Petrus de Rupibus ("Peter from the rocks")) was bishop of Winchester in the reigns of King John of England and his son Henry III. He was not an Englishman, but rather a native of the Touraine, in north-central France.
28 de may. de 2024 · Peter Des Roches (died June 1238, Farnham, Hampshire, Eng.) was a Poitevin diplomat, soldier, and administrator, one of the ablest statesmen of his time, who enjoyed a brilliant but checkered career, largely in England in the service of kings John and Henry III.
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Peter des Roches was a Frenchman. Amidst the many accounts of his career one question looms larger than any other. From his first appearance in England under King John until his death in 1238, he was to be dogged by outcry against ‘the aliens’.
A native of western France and probably originatly a knight, Peter rose to prominence in English affairs through service as the principal financial clerk in John’s chamber. His election to Winchester, forced on the cathedral monks by the king in February 1205, produced a dispute which took Peter to Rome, where he was finally consecrated by ...
17 de may. de 2024 · Peter des Roches. (c. 1175—1238) administrator and bishop of Winchester. Quick Reference. ( c. 1175–1238). A cleric from the Touraine, he entered royal service in the 1190s and was rewarded with the bishopric of Winchester in 1205.
17 de may. de 2018 · Roches, Peter des (c.1175–1238). A cleric from the Touraine, he entered royal service in the 1190s and was rewarded with the bishopric of Winchester in 1205. He remained loyal to the king throughout John's quarrel with the papacy and was appointed justiciar in 1213 and then guardian of the young Henry III in 1216.
As a politician, des Roches cast a shadow across the reigns of both John and Henry III. His biography encompasses the first detailed narrative yet attempted of English political history in the early 1230s and of the civil war of 1233–4.
