Robert Hallam

Robert Hallum or Hallam († September 4, 1417 in God, Love ) was from 1407 to 1417 Bishop of Salisbury.

Life

Hallum was Chancellor of Oxford University from 1403 to 1405. 1406 he was appointed Archbishop of York, which King Henry IV, however, not accepted. 1407 he was appointed by Pope Gregory XII. appointed Bishop of Salisbury. On June 6, 1411 he was replaced by John XXIII. created the pseudo Cardinal what Hallum but did not accept. At the Council of Pisa in 1409, he represented the Church of England. At the Council of Constance, he was chief ambassador of British Legation. For Henry V. he took a course of church reform. During the Council, he died suddenly and was buried at his request in Konstanz Cathedral where a relief panel in front of the steps of the chancel commemorates him.

The grave stone is in the typical style of the British Isles: Worked brass in stone, made ​​in England.