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LONGCHAMP, WILLIAM (d. 1197)

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Originally appearing in Volume V16, Page 974 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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LONGCHAMP, See also:WILLIAM (d. 1197) , See also:chancellor of See also:England and See also:bishop of See also:Ely, entered public See also:life at the See also:close of See also:Henry II.'s reign as See also:official to the See also:king's son See also:Geoffrey, for the See also:arch-deaconry of See also:Rouen. Henry II., who disliked him, called him the " son of two traitors." He soon deserted Geoffrey for See also:Richard, who made him chancellor of the duchy of See also:Aquitaine. He always showed himself an able diplomatist. He first distinguished himself at See also:Paris, as Richard's See also:envoy, when he defeated Henry II.'s See also:attempt to make See also:peace with See also:Philip See also:Augustus (1189). On Richard's See also:accession William became chancellor of the See also:kingdom and bishop of Ely. When Richard See also:left England (Dec. 1189), be put the See also:tower of See also:London in his hands and See also:chose him to See also:share with See also:Hugh de Puiset, the See also:great bishop of See also:Durham, the See also:office of See also:chief See also:justiciar.

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