John Salmon (bishop)

John Salmon
John Salmon
Bishop of Norwich
Province	Canterbury
Appointed	June 1298
Term ended	6 July 1325
Predecessor	Ralph Walpole
Successor	Robert Baldock
Other post(s)	Lord Chancellor
Orders
Consecration	15 November 1299
Personal details
Died	6 July 1325; Folkestone
Buried	Norwich Cathedral
Nationality	English
Denomination	Roman Catholic Church
Parents	Salomon & Alice
Previous post(s)	Bishop-elect of Ely

John Salmon (died 1325) was a medieval Bishop of Norwich.

Life[]

Salmon's family was hereditary goldsmiths to the diocese of Ely. His parents were Salomon and Alice, and he was the eldest of three brothers. He entered the Benedictine priory of Ely sometime before 1291.^[1] He was of Ely Cathedral before his election to be in 1292.^[2]

Salmon was elected to the see of Ely in 1298^[3] but King Edward I of England objected, wanting the monks to elect his chancellor John Langton instead.^[1] Each side appealed to Rome, and both elections were quashed by Pope Boniface VIII on 5 June 1299.^[1]^[3] As a consolation, he was provided to the see of Norwich between 5 and 18 June 1299^[1]^[4] as he was still prior on 5 June.^[5] He was consecrated on 15 November 1299.^[4]

In 1307 Salmon helped arrange the marriage of the new king, Edward II, and in 1309 he was sent by the king to Rome to obtain the return from exile of Piers Gaveston.^[1] On 20 March 1311 he was elected one of the Lords Ordainers to help King Edward II govern.^[6] Over the next few years he was often in the king's service, being sent on diplomatic missions and negotiating with the earl of Lancaster for the king.^[1]

Salmon occupied the office of Lord Chancellor of England from 1320 to 1323.^[7] He accompanied the king on his travels, and helped negotiate with France and Scotland. He resigned the office in 1323 due to ill health, but continued to work on the king's behalf.^[1]

Salmon died on 6 July 1325^[4] at Folkestone while returning from a diplomatic mission in France. He was buried in Norwich Cathedral.^[1]

Citations[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Buck "Salmon, John" Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
^ Greenway Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066–1300: Volume 2: Monastic Cathedrals (Northern and Southern Provinces): Ely: Priors
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Greenway Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066–1300: Volume 2: Monastic Cathedrals (Northern and Southern Provinces): Ely: Bishops Archived 14 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 261
^ Greenway British History Online Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066–1300: Volume 2: Monastic Cathedrals (Northern and Southern Provinces): Norwich: Bishops Archived 14 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine
^ Powell and Wallis House of Lords p. 275 and footnote 78
^ Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 86

References[]

Buck, M. C. (2004). "Salmon, John (d. 1325)" ((subscription or UK public library membership required)). Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (January 2008 revised ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/24553. Retrieved 4 April 2008.
Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1996). Handbook of British Chronology (Third revised ed.). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
Greenway, Diana E. (1971). Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066–1300: Volume 2: Monastic Cathedrals (Northern and Southern Provinces): Ely: Bishops. Institute of Historical Research. Archived from the original on 14 February 2012. Retrieved 29 October 2007.
Greenway, Diana E. (1971). Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066–1300: Volume 2: Monastic Cathedrals (Northern and Southern Provinces): Ely: Priors. Institute of Historical Research. Retrieved 29 October 2007.
Greenway, Diana E. (1971). Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066–1300: Volume 2: Monastic Cathedrals (Northern and Southern Provinces): Norwich: Bishops. Institute of Historical Research. Archived from the original on 14 February 2012. Retrieved 29 October 2007.
Powell, J. Enoch; Wallis, Keith (1968). The House of Lords in the Middle Ages: A History of the English House of Lords to 1540. London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson. OCLC 463626.

Political offices
Preceded by John Hotham	Lord Chancellor 1320–1323	Succeeded by Robert Baldock
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by William of Louth as consecrated bishop	— DISPUTED — Bishop-elect of Ely 1298–1299 Disputed by John Langton	Succeeded by Ralph Walpole as consecrated bishop
Preceded by Ralph Walpole	Bishop of Norwich 1299–1325	Succeeded by Robert Baldock

[DNB-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Buck "Salmon, John" Oxford Dictionary of National Biography

[BHOPriorEly-2] Greenway Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066–1300: Volume 2: Monastic Cathedrals (Northern and Southern Provinces): Ely: Priors

[BHOEly-3] Jump up to: ^a ^b Greenway Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066–1300: Volume 2: Monastic Cathedrals (Northern and Southern Provinces): Ely: Bishops Archived 14 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine

[Handbook261-4] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 261

[BHONorwich-5] Greenway British History Online Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066–1300: Volume 2: Monastic Cathedrals (Northern and Southern Provinces): Norwich: Bishops Archived 14 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine

[Lords275-6] Powell and Wallis House of Lords p. 275 and footnote 78

[Handbook86-7] Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 86

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show v English Lord Chancellors under the House of Plantagenet (1216–1399)
Henry III (1216–1272)	Richard Marsh (1216–1226) Ralph Neville (1226–1240) Richard le Gras (1240–1242) Ralph Neville (1242–1244) Silvester de Everdon (1244–1246) John Maunsell (1246–1247) John Lexington (1247–1248) John Maunsell (1248–1249) John Lexington (1249–1250) William of Kilkenny (1250–1255) Henry Wingham (1255–1260) Nicholas of Ely (1260–1261) Walter de Merton (1261–1263) Nicholas of Ely (1263) John Chishull (1263–1264) Thomas de Cantilupe (1264–1265) Ralph Sandwich (1265) Walter Giffard (1265–1266) Godfrey Giffard (1266–1268) John Chishull (1268–1269) Richard Middleton (1269–1272)
Edward I (1272–1307)	Walter de Merton (1272–1274) Robert Burnell (1274–1292) John Langton (1292–1302) William Greenfield (1302–1305) William Hamilton (1305–1307) Ralph Baldock (1307)
Edward II (1307–1327)	Ralph Baldock (1307) John Langton (1307–1310) Walter Reynolds (1310–1314) John Sandale (1314–1318) John Hotham (1318–1320) John Salmon (1320–1323) Robert Baldock (1323–1326) William Ayermin (1326–1327)
Edward III (1327–1377)	John Hotham (1327–1328) Henry Burghersh (1328–1330) John de Stratford (1330–1334) Richard de Bury (1334–1335) John de Stratford (1335–1337) Robert de Stratford (1337–1338) Richard de Wentworth (1338–1339) John de Stratford (1340) Robert de Stratford (1340) 1st Baron Bourchier (1340–1341) Robert Parning (1341–1343) Robert Sadington (1343–1345) John de Ufford (1345–1349) John of Thoresby (1349–1356) William Edington (1356–1363) Simon Langham (1363–1367) William of Wykeham (1367–1371) Robert Thorpe (1371–1372) John Knyvet (1372–1377)
Richard II (1377–1399)	Adam Houghton (1377–1378) 1st Baron Scrope of Bolton (1378–1380) Simon Sudbury (1380–1381) Hugh Segrave (1381) William Courtenay (1381) 1st Baron Scrope of Bolton (1381–1382) Robert Braybrooke (1382–1383) 1st Earl of Suffolk (1383–1386) Thomas Arundel (1391–1396) Edmund Stafford (1396–1399)

show v t Bishops of Ely
High Medieval	Hervey le Breton Nigel Geoffrey Ridel William de Longchamp Eustace Robert of York John of Fountains Geoffrey de Burgh Hugh of Northwold William of Kilkenny Hugh de Balsham John Kirkby William of Louth John Salmon/John Langton Ralph Walpole
Late Medieval	Robert Orford John Ketton John Hotham Simon Montacute Thomas de Lisle Simon Langham John Barnet Thomas Arundel John Fordham Philip Morgan Lewis of Luxembourg Thomas Bourchier William Grey John Morton John Alcock
Early modern	Richard Redman James Stanley Nicholas West Thomas Goodrich Thomas Thirlby Richard Cox Martin Heton Lancelot Andrewes Nicholas Felton John Buckeridge Francis White Matthew Wren Episcopacy abolished (Commonwealth) Matthew Wren Benjamin Lany Peter Gunning Francis Turner Simon Patrick John Moore William Fleetwood Thomas Green Robert Butts Thomas Gooch Matthias Mawson Edmund Keene James Yorke
Late modern	Thomas Dampier Bowyer Sparke Joseph Allen Thomas Turton Harold Browne James Woodford Lord Alwyne Compton Frederic Chase Leonard White-Thomson Bernard Heywood Edward Wynn Noel Hudson Edward Roberts Peter Walker Stephen Sykes Anthony Russell Stephen Conway

show v t Bishops of Norwich
Bishops of Elmham	Bedwinus Northbertus Headulacus Æthelfrith Eanfrith Æthelwulf Alherdus Sybba Hunferthus Humbertus See interrupted Aethelweald Eadwulf Ælfric I Theodred I Theodred II Æthelstan 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 Episcopacy abolished (Commonwealth) 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 Alan Winton (acting) Graham Usher

John Salmon
Bishop of Norwich
Province	Canterbury
Appointed	June 1298
Term ended	6 July 1325
Predecessor	Ralph Walpole
Successor	Robert Baldock
Other post(s)	Lord Chancellor
Orders
Consecration	15 November 1299
Personal details
Died	6 July 1325 Folkestone
Buried	Norwich Cathedral
Nationality	English
Denomination	Roman Catholic Church
Parents	Salomon & Alice
Previous post(s)	Bishop-elect of Ely