Hugh de Balsham (d. 1286), English churchman, appears first as sub-prior of the monastery of Ely. On the death of William of Kilkenny in 1256 the monks elected him bishop of Ely, to the annoyance of King Henry III of England who had handed over the temporalities of the see to John de Waleran. The election was confirmed by the pope in 1257 and Hugh set to work to repair the harm done to the diocese by the intruder. In 1280 the bishop obtained a charter allowing him to replace the secular brethren residing in his hospital of St John at Cambridge by “studious scholars“; a second charter four years later entirely differentiated these scholars from the brethren of the hospital, and for them Hugh de Balsham founded and endowed the college of Peterhouse.
Hugh de Balsham (or Hugo; died 1286) was an English churchman.
On the death of William of Kilkenny in 1256 the monks elected him Bishop of Ely, to the annoyance of King Henry III of England who had handed over the temporalities of the see to his favourite, John de Waleran.
The election was confirmed by Pope Alexander IV in 1257 and Hugh set to work to repair the harm done to the diocese by the intruder.
Balsham is a rural village in the county of Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom which has much expanded since the 1960s and is now one of several dormitory settlements of Cambridge.
Balsham boasts an impressive multi-buttressed church -- The Holy Trinity -- what we see today being mostly built by John de Sleford, who added the clerestoried nave and the aisles to the 13th century tower and the chancel, built just before his time.
Balsham is one of the highest points in an extremely low-lying county.
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