Geoffrey de Muschamp

Geoffrey de Muschamp (died 6 October 1208) was a medieval Bishop of Coventry.

Geoffrey de Muschamp
Bishop of Coventry
Appointed	before 21 June 1198
Term ended	1208
Predecessor	Hugh Nonant
Successor	William de Cornhill
Other post(s)	Archdeacon of Cleveland
Orders
Consecration	21 June 1198 by Hubert Walter
Personal details
Died	6 October 1208
Buried	Lichfield Cathedral
Denomination	Catholic

Muschamp began his ecclesiastical career under Geoffrey, Archbishop of York, who appears to have used his office of chancellor to promote Muschamp to the archdeaconry of Cleveland after the death of King Henry II of England. This irregular use of the office came to light five years later, and Muschamp had to pay a fine of £100 to King Richard I of England to retain the office. Muschamp opposed his former employer in the archbishop's dispute with the cathedral chapter of York Minster. He was consecrated on 21 June 1198 at Canterbury by Hubert Walter, Archbishop of Canterbury. Around 1200 he built Eccleshall Castle as a secure central residence for the bishops of the Diocese of Lichfield.

Muschamp died on 6 October 1208 and was buried in Lichfield Cathedral.

References

• Franklin, M. J. (2004). "Muschamp, Geoffrey de". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/10534. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
• Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1996). Handbook of British Chronology (Third revised ed.). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.

Further reading

• Stephen, Leslie, ed. (1890). "Geoffrey de Muschamp" . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 21. London: Smith, Elder & Co.