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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 31. Chapters: 1292 births, 1292 by country, 1292 deaths, 1292 disestablishments, 1292 elections, 1292 establishments, 1292 in Europe, Pope Nicholas IV, John VI Kantakouzenos, John Peckham, Robert Burnell, Nowy S cz, Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyya, Papal election, 1292-1294, Elisabeth of Bohemia, William VII, Marquess of Montferrat, Eleanor de Clare, Luchino Visconti, Richard of Wallingford, Kinga of Poland, Hariphunchai, Thibaud Gaudin, Ngoenyang, Euphrosyne of Opole, Conrad II of Teck, Euphrosyne of Masovia, Henry Burghersh, Rhys ap Maredudd, Ralph of Irton, John Grandisson, List of state leaders in 1292, Marjorie, Countess of Carrick, Jean Cholet, Henry Hussey, 2nd Baron Hussey, Guiraut Riquier, Siemowit of Bytom, Chu V n An, St. Nicholas Church, Bra ov, Gertrude of Hackeborn, Vakhtang II of Georgia, Joan, Countess of Blois, William I, Duke of Brunswick-Luneburg, Otto the Mild, Duke of Brunswick-Luneburg, Bernard of Trilia, Beatrice of Savoy, Lady of Villena, 1292 in Ireland, Guido da Suzzara, 1292 in poetry. Excerpt: Robert Burnell (sometimes Robert Burnel) (circa 1239 - 25 October 1292) was an English bishop who served as Lord Chancellor of England from 1274 to 1292. A native of Shropshire, he served as a minor royal official before entering into the service of Prince Edward, the future King Edward I of England. When Edward went on the Eighth Crusade in 1270, Burnell stayed in England to secure the prince's interests. He served as regent after the death of King Henry III of England while Edward was still on crusade. He was twice elected Archbishop of Canterbury, but his personal life-which included a long-term mistress who was rumoured to have borne him four sons-prevented his confirmation by the papacy. In 1275 Burnell was elected Bishop of Bath and Wells, after Edward had appointed him Lord Chancellor in 1274. Burnell was behind th...
