sentences:  He was consecrated on 24 September 1262 at Canterbury.He was a supporter of Simon de Montfort which earned him a suspension from office on 1 December 1265 by the papal legate Ottobuono, but after traveling to Rome, he was absolved by Pope Gregory X on 26 November 1272.King Edward I of England however, confiscated his lands on his return from Rome, only restoring them to the bishop on 20 April 1273.