Baldwin

Baldwin (d. 1190). Archbishop of Canterbury. A native of Exeter, Baldwin entered the Cistercian monastery at Ford, Devon (c.1170), becoming abbot and then bishop of Worcester (1180). He was Henry II's own choice as archbishop in 1184. He took the cross (1188), preaching the crusade in Wales with ‘the energy and style of Bernard of Clairvaux’. After attending Henry on his death‐bed and crowning Richard I, he set out for the East. Heading the English advance guard, he arrived at the siege of Acre October 1190), but died soon after.

Baldwin (d. 1190), Abp. of Canterbury. He was a Cistercian monk at Forde in Devonshire before he was made Bp. of Worcester in 1180. In 1184 he was translated to Canterbury. His plans to found a college of secular canons at Hackington, near Canterbury, and later at Lambeth, led to a dispute with the monks of Christ Church, which culminated in a struggle in the Papal court at Rome. In 1188 he held a metropolitan visitation of the Welsh dioceses, so affirming the jurisdiction of Canterbury in Wales. He died on the Third Crusade.

Baldwin (d. 1190). Archbishop of Canterbury. Native of Exeter, after a spell as archdeacon of Totnes, where he became a celebrated canonist, Baldwin entered the Cistercian monastery at Ford, Devonshire (c.1170), becoming abbot and then bishop of Worcester (1180). He was Henry II's own choice as archbishop in 1184, after an election disputed by the Benedictine monks of Canterbury whose hostility he soon provoked in a struggle famous throughout Europe. He took the cross (1188), preaching the crusade in Wales with ‘the energy and style of Bernard of Clairvaux’. Henry sent him unsuccessfully to patch up a peace with Philip Augustus, as a prelude to the crusade. After attending Henry on his death-bed and crowning Richard I, he set out for the East. Heading the English advance guard, he arrived at the siege of Acre (October 1190), deputized for Patriarch Heraclius, but died soon after.

Revd Dr William M. Marshall