Paternal Family Tree: Cantilupe
In or before 1191 Bishop Walter de Cantelupe was born to William Cantilupe Baron [aged 31].
Chronica Majora by Matthew Paris. 30th August 1236. The venerable bishops of Worcester and Norwich, of pious memory, having gone the way of all flesh, the monks of Worcester elected Master Walter de Cantelupe [aged 45], son of the powerful and illustrious [his father] William de Cantelupe [aged 77], to be their prelate and the pastor of their souls, and the pope accepted of him "without any difficulty, and consecrated him as bishop. The Norwich monks elected their prior, a religious and discreet man, to be their head; but his election, although duly made, displeased the king, and, owing to the ridiculous reasonings and objections of some who opposed it, was for a long time hung in suspense, not without certain scmples arising from suspected misdeeds.
On 30th August 1236 Bishop Walter de Cantelupe [aged 45] was elected Bishop of Worcester.
On 3rd May 1237 Bishop Walter de Cantelupe [aged 46] was consecrated Bishop of Worcester.
On 7th April 1239 [his father] William Cantilupe Baron [aged 80] died. He was buried at Studley Priory, Warwickshire [Map].
In 1240 Bishop Walter de Cantelupe [aged 49] convened the Synod of Worcester.
On 14th May 1264 the army of Simon de Montfort 6th Earl of Leicester 1st Earl Chester [aged 56] including Gilbert "Red Earl" Clare 7th Earl Gloucester 6th Earl Hertford [aged 20], Henry Hastings [aged 29] and Nicholas Segrave 1st Baron Segrave [aged 26] defeated the army of King Henry III of England [aged 56] during the Battle of Lewes at Lewes [Map].
King Henry III of England, his son, the future, King Edward I of England [aged 24], Humphrey Bohun 2nd Earl Hereford 1st Earl Essex [aged 60], Richard of Cornwall 1st Earl Cornwall [aged 55], John "Red" Comyn 1st Lord Baddenoch [aged 44], Philip Marmion 5th Baron Marmion [aged 30] and John Giffard 1st Baron Giffard Brimpsfield [aged 32] were captured. John Warenne 6th Earl of Surrey [aged 33], John Balliol [aged 56], Robert Bruce 5th Lord Annandale [aged 49], Roger Leybourne [aged 49] and William de Valence 1st Earl Pembroke fought for the King. Guy Lusignan was killed. Fulk IV Fitzwarin [aged 44] drowned. Bishop Walter de Cantelupe [aged 73] was present and blessed the Montfort army before the battle.
On 3rd August 1265 Bishop Walter de Cantelupe [aged 74] had dinner with Simon de Montfort 6th Earl of Leicester 1st Earl Chester [aged 57] before the Battle of Evesham.
On 12th February 1266 Bishop Walter de Cantelupe [aged 75] died.
Grandfather: Walter Cantilupe 
father: William Cantilupe Baron