OSBERN FITZOSBERN

'Osbern FitzOsbern' (c.1032-1103^[1]) was an Anglo-Norman churchman. He acted as chaplain to Edward the Confessor,^[2] and chancellor to William I of England early in his reign. He became Bishop of Exeter in 1072, and was consecrated about May 27, 1072. He died in 1103.Powicke ''Handbook of British Chronology'' p. 225
William fitz Osbern, 1st Earl of Hereford was his brother. Their father was Osbern de Crépon, a guardian and seneschal to the young Duke William.

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Notes

1. Working with Anglo-Norman Royal Acta accessed on August 31, 2007
2. Note on Braose accessed on August 31, 2007

References

★ ''Concise Dictionary of National Biography'', under Osbern

★ Note on Braose accessed on August 31, 2007

★ Powicke, F. Maurice and E. B. Fryde ''Handbook of British Chronology'' 2nd. ed. London:Royal Historical Society 1961

★ Working with Anglo-Norman Royal Acta accessed on August 31, 2007

See also

★ List of bishops of Exeter and its precursor offices