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See also:BURNELL, See also:ROBERT (d. 1292) , See also:English See also:bishop and See also:chancellor, was See also:born at See also:Acton Burnell in See also:Shropshire, and began his public See also:life probably as a clerk in the royal See also:chancery. He was soon in the service of See also:Edward, the eldest son of See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
King See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry III., and was constantly in attendance on the See also:prince, whose See also:complete confidence he appears to have enjoyed. Having received some ecclesiastical preferments, he acted as one of the regents of the See also:kingdom from the See also:death of Henry III. in See also:November 1272 until See also:August 1274, when the new king, Edward I., returned from See also:Palestine and made him his chancellor. In 1275 Burnell was elected bishop of See also:Bath and See also:Wells, and three years later Edward repeated the See also:attempt which he had made in 1270 to secure the See also:arch-bishopric of See also:Canterbury for his favourite. The bishop's second failure to obtain this dignity was due, doubtless, to his irregular and unclerical manner of life; a fact which also accounts, in See also:part at least, for the hostility which existed between his victorious See also:rival, See also:Archbishop See also:Peckham, and himself. As the See also:chief adviser of Edward I. during the earlier part of his reign, and moreover as a trained and able lawyer, the bishop took a prominent part in the legislative acts of the " English Justinian," whose activity. in this direction coincides practically with Burnell's See also:tenure of the See also:- OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")
office of chancellor. The bishop also influenced the king's policy with regard to See also:France, See also:Scotland and See also:Wales; was frequently employed on business of the highest moment; and was the royal See also:mouthpiece on several important occasions. In 1283 a See also:council, or, as it is sometimes called, a See also:parliament, met in his See also:house at Acton Burnell, and he was responsible for the See also:settlement of the See also:court of chancery in See also:London. In spite of his numerous engagements, Burnell found See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time to aggrandize his bishopric, to provide liberally for his nephews and other kinsmen, and to pursue his cherished but futile aim of See also:founding a See also:great See also:family. Licentious and avaricious, he amassed great See also:wealth; and when he died on the 25th of See also:October 1292 he See also:left numerous estates in Shropshire, See also:Worcestershire, See also:Somerset, See also:Kent, See also:Surrey and elsewhere. He was, however, genial and See also:kind-hearted, a great lawyer and a faithful See also:minister.
See R. W. Eyton, Antiquities of Shropshire (London, 1854–186o) ; and E. See also:Foss, The See also:Judges of See also:England, vol. iii. (London, 1848-1864).
End of Article: BURNELL, ROBERT (d. 1292)
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