William Fitzstephen




William Fitzstephen (also William fitz Stephen),[1] (died c. 1191) was a cleric and administrator in the service of Thomas Becket. In the 1170s he wrote a long biography of Thomas Becket - the Vita Sancti Thomae (Life of St. Thomas).[2]


Fitzstephen had been Becket's personal household clerk for ten years and, when Becket became Chancellor of England, Becket gave his clerk full authority to act in his name in diocesan matters, Fitzstephen becoming a subdeacon with responsibility for perusing letters and petitions involving the diocese.[3] When Becket was forced into exile, after refusing to sign the Constitutions of Clarendon, King Henry II accepted a petition, in verse, from Fitzstephen and pardoned him from the banishment meted upon his master.[3] When Becket and the king reconciled, Fitzstephen became his administrator once more. Fitzstephen reports that Fitzstephen was among those of Becket's advisors who cautioned against excommunicating king Henry.[3] Fitzstephen was with Becket on the day of Becket's assassination in 1170.


Fitzstephen also wrote an account of London in the 12th century, which was included in Becket's biography as a preface, "Descriptio Nobilissimi Civitatis Londoniae". The three editions of this work demonstrate a continuing familiarity with the life of the city, and for this reason he is not thought to be the same "William Fitzstephen" whom Henry appointed to be Sheriff of Gloucester and itinerant justice in 1171.[1]



References





  1. ^ ab Duggan, A. J (2004). "William fitz Stephen (fl.1162–1174)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford, England: Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/9643..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  2. ^ Cousin 1910.


  3. ^ abc Archer 1885.





  • Wikisource Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Fitz Stephen, William". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.


  •  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Cousin, John William (1910). "Fitzstephen, William". A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature. London: J. M. Dent & Sons. Wikisource 


  •  Archer, Thomas Andrew (1889). "Fitzstephen, William". In Stephen, Leslie. Dictionary of National Biography. 19. London: Smith, Elder & Co. pp. 212–213.; Endnotes:

    • Materials for the Hist. of Thomas Becket, ed. Robertson (Rolls Ser.), vol. iii. contains Fitzstephen's Vita Sti Thomæ

    • Roger of Hoveden, ed. Stubbs (Rolls Ser.), vol. ii.

    • Madox's Hist. of the Exchequer (ed. 1769), vols. i. and ii.

    • Foss's Judges, vol. i; Wright's Biographia Literaria, vol. ii.

    • Hardy's Cat. of Manuscript Materials for Hist. of Great Britain and Ireland, ii.





External links




  • VITA SANCTI THOMAE, CANTUARIENSIS ARCHIEPISCOPI ET MARTYRIS, AUCTORE WILLELMO FILIO STEPHANI 1882 edition of the original Latin in Hathi Trust


  • An Annotated Translation of the Life of St. Thomas Becket by William Fitzstephen -- Part One, translated from Latin to English by Leo T. Gourde, year 1943


  • An Annotated Translation of the Life of St. Thomas Becket By William Fitzstephen -- Part Two, translated from Latin to English by Mary Aelred Sinclair, year 1944


  • History of London by William Fitzstephen - a translation


  • Works by or about William Fitzstephen at Internet Archive


  • Works by William Fitzstephen at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)








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