Walter Suffield
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Walter Suffield (died 19 May 1257) was a medieval Bishop of Norwich.
Life
Suffield was a canonist at Paris before his election to the see of Norwich about 9 July 1244. He was consecrated on 26 February 1245.[1] He was an eloquent preacher, and showed generosity to the poor (during one famine, even selling some of his own goods in order to provide them with food).[2]
In 1249, he founded St. Giles's Hospital in Norwich (which remains in use as the Great Hospital to this day) to provide care for the poor.[3]
He has been reported as visiting his bishop's palace at South Elmham Hall where he enjoyed the hunting.[4]
He died on 19 May 1257,[5] leaving bequests to both the poor and the hospital.[6]
Citations
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- ↑ British History Online Bishops of Norwich accessed on 29 October 2007
- ↑ Lewin, "A medieval occupational pension" (2017)
- ↑ Lewin, "A medieval occupational pension" (2017)
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- ↑ Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 261
- ↑ Lewin, "A medieval occupational pension" (2017)
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References
- British History Online Bishops of Norwich accessed on 29 October 2007
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