Walter Durdent

Walter Durdent (died 1159) was Bishop of Coventry from 1149 to 1159.

Walter Durdent
Bishop of Coventry
Appointed	between April 1148 - October 1149
Term ended	7 December 1159
Predecessor	Roger de Clinton
Successor	Richard Peche
Other post(s)	Prior of Christ Church Priory, Canterbury
Orders
Consecration	2 October 1149
Personal details
Died	7 December 1159
Denomination	Catholic

Durdent was a Benedictine monk before his elevation to the episcopate. He was prior of Christ Church Priory in Canterbury when he was elected to Coventry through the influence of Archbishop Theobald of Canterbury. Walter was consecrated as Bishop of Coventry on 2 October 1149. He was considered an excellent theologian. During his time as bishop, he forbade the practice of selling the chrism used in various ecclesiastical rituals.

Durdent died 7 December 1159.

References

• Barlow, Frank (1979). The English Church 1066–1154: A History of the Anglo-Norman Church. New York: Longman. ISBN 0-582-50236-5.
• Cheney, C. R. (July 1969). "The Recognition of Pope Alexander III: Some Neglected Evidence". The English Historical Review. 84 (332): 474–497. doi:10.1093/ehr/LXXXIV.CCCXXXII.474. JSTOR 562481.
• Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1996). Handbook of British Chronology (Third revised ed.). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
• Knowles, David (1976). The Monastic Order in England: A History of its Development from the Times of St. Dunstan to the Fourth Lateran Council, 940–1216 (Second reprint ed.). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-05479-6.

Further reading

• Franklin, M. J. (October 2009). "Durdent, Walter (d. 1159)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/95153. Retrieved 17 March 2011. (subscription or UK public library membership required)