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Ralph of Irton

13th-century Bishop of Carlisle

Summary

13th-century Bishop of Carlisle

Field	Value
name	Ralph of Irton
title	Bishop of Carlisle
elected	14 December 1278
consecration	24 March 1280
consecrated_by	Ordoño Cardinal Álvarez
ended	1 March 1292
predecessor	William de Rotherfeld
successor	John de Halton
other_post	Prior of Gisborough
death_date	1 March 1292
death_place	London
buried	Carlisle Cathedral
religion	Roman Catholic

Ralph of Irton (died 1292) was a medieval Bishop of Carlisle.

Life

Ralph was a canon of Gisborough Priory, an Augustinian foundation, sometime before 1257. Between 1257 and 1261 he was elected prior of Gisborough. He was elected to the see of Carlisle on 14 December 1278. However, King Edward I of England objected to the election because no new licence had been obtained from the king after William de Rotherfeld refused the see. Ralph appealed to Pope Nicholas III and the election was quashed, however Nicholas then provided Ralph to the see and he was consecrated before 9 April 1280.

Ralph imposed taxation in his diocese to secure the completion of Carlisle Cathedral. He also served Edward as a diplomat in the negotiations over the proposed marriage of the future Edward II to Margaret, the Maid of Norway, which never came to pass after Margaret's death soon after the marriage was arranged. while attending a parliament at London, from a burst vein. His will provided that most of his belongings be left to his successors at Carlisle. He was buried in Carlisle Cathedral, but his tomb was destroyed soon after his burial by a fire in the cathedral.

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References

Summerson "Irton, Ralph of" ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography''
Greenway ''[http://british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=33856 Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066-1300: Volume 2: Monastic Cathedrals (Northern and Southern Provinces): Carlisle: Bishops]''
Ralph died on 1 March 1292Fryde, et al. ''Handbook of British Chronology'' p. 235

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