John de Egglescliffe was a 14th century English bishop

Bishop

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. Little is known of his personal background except that he was an Augustinian friar, and that he probably came from County Durham

County Durham

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 (there is a parish called Eaglescliffe

Eaglescliffe

Eaglescliffe is a small town in the borough of Stockton-on-Tees in North East England. It is on the north bank of the River Tees and for ceremonial purposes is in County Durham. The bridge at Eaglescliffe on the border with Yarm marked the last crossing point of tidal section of the River Tees...

 there).

In early 1317, Stephen de Donydouer

Stephen de Donydouer

Stephen de Dunnideer [Donydouer, Donydoir, Dundore] was a 14th century bishop-elect of Glasgow. He was elected by the canons of the see of Glasgow either in December 1316 or early 1317...

 was elected by the canons

Canon (priest)

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 of the see

Episcopal See

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 of Glasgow

Glasgow

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 as bishop of Glasgow. After election, Stephen travelled to the Holy See

Holy See

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 to receive consecration, but the pope, Pope John XXII

Pope John XXII

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 rejected his election under pressure from King Edward II of England

Edward II of England

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. A letter dated 13 July 1317 was sent by King Edward thanking the pope for refusing to accept the election. On 18 August, the pope had learned of Stephen's death, and announced that he would appoint a bishop himself.

The pope instructed Nicholas Alberti, Bishop of Ostia

Bishop of Ostia

The Bishop of Ostia is the head of the Suburbicarian Diocese of Ostia, one of the seven suburbicarian sees of Rome. The position is now attached to the post of Dean of the College of Cardinals, as it has been since 1150, with the actual governance of the diocese entrusted to the Vicar General of...

, to appoint and consecrate the English papal penitentiary John de Ecclescliffe to the bishopric of Glasgow. This went ahead at Avignon

Avignon

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 at some point before 17 July 1318. Meanwhile, ignorant of the pope's reservation, the Glasgow canons elected John de Lindesay

John de Lindesay

John de Lindsay or simply John Lindsay was a 14th century bishop of Glasgow. He was from the Lindsay family, a family of Anglo-Norman origin who had settled in Scotland, and in the 14th century were noted for their crusading exploits, a feature which earned them the patronage of the Scottish kings...

. As an Egglescliffe was regarded as a pro-English appointee, Egglescliffe never took possession of this see. However, John was given another see to take charge, as in March 1323 he was translated to the bishopric of Connor

Bishop of Connor

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. This did not last long though, as he was soon translated again, this time to the bishopric of Llandaff

Bishop of Llandaff

The Bishop of Llandaff is the Ordinary of the Church in Wales Diocese of Llandaff.-Area of authority:The diocese covers most of the County of Glamorgan. The Bishop's seat is located in the Cathedral Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul , in the village of Llandaff, just north-west of the City of...

 on 20 June 1323, i.e., just three months after becoming bishop of Connor. He remained Bishop of Llandaff

Llandaff

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for twenty-four years, and died in 1347.