Maurice (bishop of London)
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Maurice (died 1107) was the third Lord Chancellor and Lord Keeper of England, as well as Bishop of London.
Life
Maurice was Archdeacon of Le Mans before being named Chancellor in about 1078.<ref name=BHOLondon>Greenway Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066-1300: Volume 1, St. Paul's, London: Bishops</ref> He held the office until sometime between 1085 or 1086.<ref name=Handbook83>Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 83</ref> He was nominated to the see of London on 25 December 1085 and consecrated in 1086, possibly on 5 April. He died on 26 September 1107<ref name=Handbook258>Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 258</ref> with his death being commemorated on 26 September.<ref name=BHOLondon/>
In 1087, after a widespread fire, Maurice began rebuilding St Paul's Cathedral, possibly separate from the Anglo-Saxon church. In 1109 the cathedral was used for the consecration of the new archbishop of York, but it was probably not finished until about 1190. It was then one of the largest buildings in medieval England.<ref>John Schofield, St Paul's Cathedral before Wren (2011), 63-4</ref>
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