Biography of Bishop Peter Acquablanca -1268

Bishop Peter Acquablanca was elected Bishop of Hereford.

In 1263 John Giffard 1st Baron Giffard Brimpsfield (age 31) was imprisoned Bishop Peter Acquablanca at Eardisley Castle [Map].

On 27 Nov 1268 Bishop Peter Acquablanca died. Monument in the North Transept of Hereford Cathedral [Map] Low altar-tomb with moulded capping and plinth, and effigy in surplice, defaced head on cushion, feet on lion, remains of recumbent trefoiled canopy with crockets and trefoiled spandrels, drapery carefully rendered.