Winchelsey, Robert [Robert of Winchelsea]
(c. 1240–1313)
- J. H. Denton
Extract
Winchelsey, Robert [Robert of Winchelsea] (c. 1240–1313), archbishop of Canterbury, was probably brought up in Old Winchelsea, Sussex, the usual contemporary version of his name being ‘of Winchelsea’. As indications that the name was a toponym, the Hagnaby chronicler referred to him as ...