[A.D. 1174-1186.] ROBERT FOLIOT, a friend and fellow-student of Becket, and probably a relative of Bishop Gilbert of London, although this is not certain. He was one of the four English bishops who in 1179 attended the Lateran Council convened by Alexander III., in which the Albigenses and Waldenses were excommunicated[48]. [A.D. 1186-1199.] WILLIAM DE VERE, son of Alberic de Vere, third Earl of Oxford. Bishop de Vere is said by Godwin to have built much, (_multa dicitur construxisse_,) but no part of the existing cathedral can be assigned to him, and indeed the authority for Godwin’s statement does not appear. [A.D. 1200-1215.] GILES DE BRUCE, or DE BRAOSE, son of William, Lord Brecknock. He sided with the barons against King John, and was compelled to leave his see, the temporalities of which were seized by the Crown. He was afterwards allowed to return, and died at Gloucester in 1215. Bishop Giles is generally said to have built the central tower of his cathedral, but this (see Pt. I. § X.) is undoubtedly an error. [A.D. 1216-1219.] HUGH DE MAPENORE, Dean of Hereford. [A.D. 1219-1234.] HUGH FOLIOT, Archdeacon of Salop; founded and endowed a hospital at Ledbury. [A.D. 1234-1239.] RALPH OF MAIDSTONE, “vir magnæ literaturæ, et in theologia nominatissimus,” according to Wyke the chronicler. He bought for the see a house in London, together with the advowson of the adjoining church, St. Mary Monthalt. In 1239 Bishop Ralph resigned his see, and became a Franciscan at Oxford, whence he afterwards passed to the house of the Franciscans at Gloucester, where he died.