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1067- PETER was by him appointed : he translated this See to Chester, 

 and was called Bishop of Chester and Lichfield. He died 1086, 

 and was the 3 1st Bishop. 



1086. ROBERT DE LYMSEY succeeded him in the united See, and was 

 consecrated by Archbishop Lanfranc: at this time Leowin, Abbot 

 of Coventry, died immensely rich ; and this Bishop, desirous of 

 gaining the riches, got that Abbey conferred on him by the King, 

 and removed the See itself to Coventry in 1095, and so became the 

 first Bishop of Coventry. He died September 1, 1116, and was 

 buried at Coventry : he was the 32d Bishop. 



1121. ROBERT PECCAM was named by Henry I. Bishop of Coventry, 

 after the See had been vacant from four to five years : he was 

 (says an old historian,) that King's butler, but more truly his chap- 

 lain, and was consecrated at Abingdon by Ralph, Archbishop of 

 Canterbury : he died August 20, 1127, and was buried in his mo- 

 nastery at Coventry. He was the 33d Bishop. 



1 127. His successor was ROGER DE CLINTON, Archdeacon of Bucking- 

 ham, appointed by Henry I. Bishop of Coventry j what he did for 

 Lichfield has been before noticed : he increased or founded the 

 Prebends, viz. the two Gaias, Freeford, Hansacre, Curborough, 

 Darn ford, Offelow, Statfold, and the two Ulvetons, and settled 

 the principal dignitaries. To this Roger, King Stephen granted 

 the churches of Pencris and Stafford ; also the Church of Wolver- 

 hampton, with all its manors and appurtenances j which grants 

 were confirmed by Pope Lucius in 1144. He built a monastery 

 for Cistercian monks at Buildwas, in Shropshire, and King 

 Stephen confirmed all his revenues and gifts to it : he is supposed 

 to have founded the Priory of St. John's, Lichfield, and was the 

 34th Bishop. 



1149. WALTER DURDENT succeeded him : he had been Precentor of 

 Lichfield, was raised by King Stephen, and was consecrated at Lich- 

 field, October 2, by Theobald, Archbishop of Canterbury : he ob- 

 tained from King Stephen the liberty of coining money. Henry II. 

 by charter, 1154, also granted to the Church of St. Chadd, this 

 Bishop and his successors, all lands of the grubbed-up parts of the 

 forest of Cannock, of Longdon, &c. as expressed in the curious deed : 

 he died 1161, and was buried at Coventry. He was the 35th Bishop. 



1161. RICHARD PECHE or PECCAM, son of the former Robert, Bishop 

 of Coventry, was unanimously chosen to succeed him, and by the 

 consent of Henry II. made Bishop. His father had before made 

 him Archdeacon of Coventry, which office he held till he was Bishop. 

 He was sent over into Ireland anno 1181, one of the Justices, but 

 weary of the troubles of life, he returned and put on the habit of a 

 canon regular : he died October 6, 1 183, and was the 36th Bishop. 



