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geoffrey rufus wikipedia jump to content main menu main menu move to sidebar hide navigation main page contents current events random article about wikipedia contact us contribute help learn to edit community portal recent changes upload file special pages search search appearance donate create account log in personal tools donate create account log in contents move to sidebar hide top 1 life 2 citations 3 references 4 further reading toggle the table of contents geoffrey rufus 5 languages مصرى deutsch français italiano русский edit links article talk english read edit view history tools tools move to sidebar hide actions read edit view history general what links here related changes upload file permanent link page information cite this page get shortened url switch to legacy parser print export download as pdf printable version in other projects wikidata item appearance move to sidebar hide from wikipedia the free encyclopedia 12th century bishop of durham and chancellor of england geoffrey rufus bishop of durham appointed c 14 may 1133 installed 10 august 1133 term ended 6 may 1141 predecessor ranulf flambard successor william cumin orders consecration 6 august 1133 personal details died 1141 05 06 6 may 1141 buried durham cathedral in the chapter house denomination catholic lord chancellor in office 1123 1133 monarch henry i of england preceded by ranulf succeeded by robert de sigello geoffrey rufus also called galfrid rufus 1 died 6 may 1141 was a medieval bishop of durham and lord chancellor of england life edit rufus parentage and upbringing is unknown the origin of the nickname rufus has not been discovered either 2 he was a royal clerk 3 before being named the tenth lord chancellor and lord keeper of england from 1123 to 1133 4 geoffrey had also worked for the previous chancellor ranulf 5 he may have started his career as a clerk for roger of salisbury king henry i of england s chief minister 6 for he first appears as a witness to a charter of roger s in 1114 7 from charter evidence it appears that rufus was often in england even when king henry was in normandy 8 in the pipe roll of 1130 he had custody of more royal land than any other official 2 after geoffrey became a bishop the king chose to keep the office of chancellor vacant until the king s death 8 the functions of the office were performed by the head of the scriptorium robert de sigello 9 rufus was nominated to the see of durham about 14 may 1133 and consecrated on 6 august 1133 10 he was enthroned on 10 august 1133 3 the see had been vacant since 1128 geoffrey at first quarrelled with his cathedral chapter but peace was restored when the bishop allowed the monks their privileges 5 geoffrey was also a benefactor to newminster abbey 2 during rufus episcopate the chapterhouse at durham was completed rufus also employed as a clerk william cumin who after rufus death conspired with king david i of scotland to seize the see of durham 5 when king stephen took the throne at the death of king henry rufus acknowledged stephen as king but did not attend the royal court often in 1136 a peace treaty between king david and king stephen was signed at durham but in 1138 rufus castle of norham surrendered to king david an act that brought condemnation to the bishop for failing to defend the castle adequately geoffrey however refused david s offer to return norham to geoffrey in return for repudiating stephen in retaliation norham was destroyed geoffrey does not seem to have supported either side at the battle of the standard in august 1138 2 at the end of rufus life because of king david s invasion of northern england in support of the empress matilda most of the diocese was under the control of the scottish king 11 rufus died on 6 may 1141 10 rufus was married and had at least one daughter 5 who married robert of amundeville 2 his son geoffrey seems not to have been involved in politics although he held an estate in dorset of 18 and a half hides 12 his grave was identified and excavated in the 19th century inside durham chapter house 13 citations edit eneas mackenzie marvin ross an historical topographical and descriptive view of the county palatine of durham 1834 1 2 3 4 5 dalton geoffrey rufus oxford dictionary of national biography 1 2 greenway fasti ecclesiae anglicanae 1066 1300 volume 2 monastic cathedrals northern and southern provinces durham bishops fryde et al handbook of british chronology p 83 1 2 3 4 barlow english church pp 88 89 green government of england p 167 green government of england pp 255 256 1 2 hollister henry i pp 361 363 green government of england p 27 1 2 fryde et al handbook of british chronology p 241 huscroft ruling england p 134 mooers familial clout and financial gain albion p 280 carver early medieval durham medieval art and architecture p 13 references edit barlow frank 1979 the english church 1066 1154 a history of the anglo norman church new york longman isbn 0 582 50236 5 carver m o h 1980 early medieval durham the archaeological evidence medieval art and architecture at durham cathedral british archaeological association conference transactions for the year 1977 leeds uk british archaeological association pp 11 19 oclc 13464190 dalton paul 2004 geoffrey rufus oxford dictionary of national biography online ed oxford university press doi 10 1093 ref odnb 24259 subscription wikipedia library access or uk public library membership required 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 green judith a 1986 the government of england under henry i cambridge uk cambridge university press isbn 0 521 37586 x greenway diana e 1971 durham bishops fasti ecclesiae anglicanae 1066 1300 vol 2 monastic cathedrals northern and southern provinces institute of historical research retrieved 25 october 2007 huscroft richard 2005 ruling england 1042 1217 london pearson longman isbn 0 582 84882 2 mooers stephanie l winter 1982 familial clout and financial gain in henry i s later reign albion 14 3 4 268 291 doi 10 2307 4048517 jstor 4048517 further reading edit dalton paul april 1996 eustace fitz john and the politics of anglo norman england the rise and survival of a twelfth century royal servant speculum 71 2 358 383 doi 10 2307 2865417 jstor 2865417 s2cid 155189020 hollister c w april 1978 the origins of the english treasury english historical review 93 367 262 275 doi 10 1093 ehr xciii ccclxvii 262 jstor 567061 stacy n e february 1999 henry of blois and the lordship of glastonbury english historical review 114 455 1 33 doi 10 1093 ehr 114 455 1 jstor 579913 yoshitake kenji 1988 the arrest of the bishops in 1139 and its consequences journal of medieval history 14 2 97 114 doi 10 1016 0304 4181 88 90022 x political offices preceded by ranulf lord chancellor 1123 1133 succeeded by robert de sigello keeper of the great seal catholic church titles preceded by ranulf flambard bishop of durham 1133 1141 succeeded by william cumin v t e english lord chancellors under the house of normandy 1066 1135 william i 1066 1087 herfast 1068 1070 saint osmund 1070 1078 maurice 1078 1085 gerard 1085 1087 william ii 1087 1100 gerard 1087 1092 robert bloet 1092 1093 william giffard 1093 1100 henry i 1100 1135 william giffard 1100 1101 roger of salisbury 1101 1102 waldric 1102 1107 ranulf 1107 1123 geoffrey rufus 1123 1133 robert de sigello 1133 1135 v t e bishops of durham bishops of lindisfarne aidan finan colmán tuda united to york eata cuthbert eadberht eadfrith æthelwold cynewulf higbald egbert heathwred ecgred eanbert eardulf bishops of chester le street eardulf cutheard tilred wigred uhtred sexhelm ealdred ælfsige aldhun high medieval bishops of durham aldhun edmund eadred æthelric æthelwine high medieval bishops rulers of the county palatine of durham walcher william de st calais ranulf flambard geoffrey rufus william cumin william of st barbara hugh de puiset philip of poitou richard poore john de gray morgan richard marsh william scot richard poore thomas de melsonby nicholas farnham walter of kirkham robert stitchill robert of holy island antony bek late medieval bishops rulers of the county palatine of durham richard kellaw lewis de beaumont richard de bury thomas hatfield john fordham walter skirlaw thomas langley robert neville lawrence booth william dudley john sherwood richard foxe early modern bishops rulers of the county palatine of durham william senhouse christopher bainbridge thomas ruthall thomas wolsey cuthbert tunstall james pilkington richard barnes matthew hutton tobias matthew william james richard neile george montaigne john howson thomas morton episcopacy abolished commonwealth john cosin nathaniel crew william talbot edward chandler joseph butler richard trevor john egerton thomas thurlow shute barrington william van mildert late modern bishops edward maltby charles longley henry montagu villiers charles baring j b lightfoot brooke foss westcott handley moule hensley henson alwyn williams michael ramsey maurice harland ian ramsey john habgood david jenkins michael turnbull n t wright justin welby paul butler rick simpson retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title geoffrey_rufus oldid 1362835872 categories lord chancellors lord chancellors of england bishops of durham 12th century english roman catholic bishops 1141 deaths hidden categories articles with short description short description is different from wikidata use british english from july 2017 all wikipedia articles written in british english use dmy dates from july 2017 pages where birth or death is being automatically determined wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the odnb cs1 long volume value pages using s rel template with ca parameter year of birth unknown this page was last edited on 6 july 2026 at 14 17 utc page was rendered with parsoid text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike 4 0 license additional 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