Life

At the battle of Tinchebray (1106) he captured Robert Curthose, Henry I of England's brother and leader of the opposing forces as Duke of Normandy.

As bishop he was greedy and violent; he is portrayed in very unflattering terms in the 1115 chronicle Monodiae of Guibert of Nogent. He had Gerard of Quierzy murdered. His election as bishop was contested - at the time of the battle he was in minor orders only - but it was upheld by Pope Paschal II at the Council of Langres. He was murdered, beneath Laon Cathedral, by citizens of Laon who had set up a commune in the city. Guibert's account of this event alludes to Isengrin, making it of literary-historical value. .

See also

• List of Lord Chancellors and Lord Keepers

Notes

References

• Davis, H. W. C. , "Waldric, the Chancellor of Henry I" ''The English Historical Review Vol. 26, No. 101 (January 1911), pp. 84-89
• Powicke, F. Maurice and E. B. Fryde Handbook of British Chronology 2nd. ed. London:Royal Historical Society 1961

Further reading

• Johnson, Charles (1936). "Waldric, the Chancellor of Henry I". The English Historical Review 51 103-104.