Peter Quinel
Peter Quinel | |
|---|---|
| Bishop of Exeter | |
| Elected | between 7 August and 7 October 1280 |
| Term ended | October 1291 |
| Predecessor | Walter Branscombe |
| Successor | Thomas Bitton |
| Other post(s) | Archdeacon of St David's |
| Orders | |
| Consecration | 10 November 1280 by Richard of Gravesend |
| Personal details | |
| Born | c. 1230 |
| Died | October 1291 |
| Buried | Exeter Cathedral |
| Denomination | Catholic |
Peter Quinel (or Peter de Quivel, or Quivil;[1] c. 1230–1291) was a medieval Bishop of Exeter.
Life
Quinel was born about 1230, to Peter Quinel and his wife Helewis. He may have been educated at a university, because in 1262 he was given the title of master, which implies a university education.
He had the office of archdeacon of St David's in 1263, and later became a canon of Exeter Cathedral in 1276.[1]
Quinel was elected between 7 August and 7 October 1280 and consecrated on 10 November 1280.[2] His consecration took place at Canterbury Cathedral and was performed by Richard of Gravesend who was Bishop of London.[1]
While bishop, Quinel legislated that clerics' clothes should be all one colour,[3] gave detailed lists of the required furnishings of a church,[4] and ordered that any uneducated clergy should be deprived of office.[5] These were part of a set of statutes that Quinel issued in 1287 for his diocese.[6] He also continued the rebuilding efforts at Exeter Cathedral, and was generally credited with deciding to rework the cathedral along Gothic lines.[1]
Quinel died in October 1291, probably on the 1st.[2] He was buried in the lady chapel in his cathedral, where his tomb slab is still extant.[1]
Citations
References
- Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1996). Handbook of British Chronology (Third ed.). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
- Moorman, John R. H. (1955). Church Life in England in the Thirteenth Century (Revised ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. OCLC 213820968.
- Orme, Nicholas (2004). "Quinil, Peter (c. 1230–1291)" ((subscription or UK public library membership required)). Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (May 2005 revised ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/22969. Retrieved 12 April 2008.
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External links
- "Entry for Peter Quinel" in George Oliver's Lives of the Bishops of Exeter