14 Facts About Robert Foliot

Robert Foliot was a medieval Bishop of Hereford in England.

Robert Foliot was a relative of a number of English ecclesiastics, including Gilbert Foliot, one of his predecessors at Hereford.

Robert Foliot attended the Council of Reims in 1148, where another relative, Robert de Chesney, was elected as Bishop of Hereford.

Robert Foliot was elected to Hereford in 1173, and served as a royal and papal judge while bishop.

Robert Foliot was a relative of both Gilbert Foliot, Bishop of Hereford and Bishop of London, and of Robert de Chesney, Bishop of Lincoln.

Robert Foliot's family appears to have been the branch of the Foliot family that owned the manor of Warpsgrove in Oxfordshire.

Robert Foliot was a canon of Lincoln Cathedral by 1147, and an official of Alexander of Lincoln, the Bishop of Lincoln, who secured Robert Foliot's early promotions in the church.

Robert Foliot was a canon of Hereford Cathedral, appearing in that capacity in 1173, but it is unclear when exactly he acquired the position.

Robert Foliot was either elected by the cathedral chapter without guidance from the king, or was nominated to the cathedral chapter by King Henry at the urging of his relative Gilbert Robert Foliot.

Robert Foliot later attended the Third Lateran Council in 1179.

Robert Foliot served as a judge-delegate for the papacy, serving with Roger, the Bishop of Worcester on cases including one between a Norman monastery and an English priory.

Robert Foliot judged a number of other cases for the papacy during his time as bishop.

Robert Foliot received over 40 surviving papal commissions and communications, some of which dealt with the problems of married clergy in his diocese.

Robert Foliot gave money to the Bishop's Chapel in Hereford Cathedral.