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Robert de Chesney

Bishop of Lincoln · Religious Figures · Died 1166

Robert de Chesney was a medieval English Bishop of Lincoln. He was the brother of an important royal official, William de Chesney, and the uncle of Gilbert Foliot, successively Bishop of Hereford and Bishop of London.

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Educated at Oxford or Paris, Chesney was Archdeacon of Leicester before he was elected bishop in December 1148.

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Category
Religious Figures
Type
Religious Figure
Status
Deceased
Dates
Died 1166