Robert Passelewe
| Robert Passelewe | |
|---|---|
| Bishop of Chichester-elect | |
| Elected | c. 18 April 1244 |
| Quashed | 3 June 1244 |
| Predecessor | Ralph Neville |
| Successor | Richard of Chichester |
| Other posts | Archdeacon of Lewes |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | December 1249 |
| Personal details | |
| Died | 6 June 1252 Waltham |
| Denomination | Catholic |
Robert Passelewe (or Robert Papelew; died 1252) was a medieval Bishop of Chichester elect as well as being a royal clerk and Archdeacon of Lewes.
Passelewe was a clerk of Fawkes de Breauté, before becoming a clerk in Peter des Roches, bishop of Winchester, household in 1218, and he also served the papal legate Cardinal Guala Bicchieri before that. After the cardinal left England in 1218, Robert often went to Rome to deliver the cardinal's pension payments. On one of these trips, after a request from des Roches, Robert obtained in 1222 a declaration from Pope Honorious III that King Henry III was of legal age. This service for the bishop of Winchester put Passelewe in the opposite party of Hubert de Burgh, who was des Roches' opponent in the minority government of Henry III, and who had not wished the king to be declared of age.
Because of Passelewe's service for des Roches, in 1224 Robert was exiled from England and his property was seized. He managed to regain his property and return to England in 1226, partly through the efforts of the pope, but he remained out of favor at the royal court while Hubert de Burgh remained in power through 1232. By 1233 he was serving as Peter de Rivaux's deputy at the treasury, when he was threatened with excommunication by the bishops of England for his service to des Roches. In 1234, when des Roches fell from power, Robert once more lost most of his property. His offices and lands were confiscated by the Council of Gloucester in May 1234. With the offer of 500 marks, Robert regained the king's favor in 1235, although he did not hold office again until 1242, when the king appointed him Sheriff of Hampshire and put him in charge of the building at Westminster Abbey. He also was instrumental in the forest eyre of 1244 and 1245 that was widely considered to be oppressive.
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