Nicholas Longespee

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| name =Nicholas Longespee

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| religion =Catholic

| title = Bishop of Salisbury

| elected = between 8 November and 12 December 1291

| ended = 18 May 1297

| predecessor = William de la Corner

| successor =Simon of Ghent

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| consecration = 16 March 1292

| other_post =Treasurer of Salisbury

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| death_date =18 May 1297

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Nicholas Longespee was a medieval Bishop of Salisbury.

Longespee was the son of Ela, 3rd Countess of Salisbury, and William Longespee.[http://british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=34219 British History Online Bishops of Salisbury] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719101704/http://british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=34219 |date=19 July 2011 }} accessed on 30 October 2007 He was a canon of Salisbury Cathedral before 1272 and held the office of treasurer of the diocese of Salisbury before 1275. He also held the position of rector of Lacock.[http://british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=34223 British History Online Treasurers of Salisbury] accessed on 30 October 2007 Nicholas Longespee was also appointed as the Rector of The Parish of Wyke Regis in Weymouth in 1263. In his will he left money for the relief of the poor in Wyke Regis.

Longespee was elected bishop between 8 November and 12 December 1291 and consecrated on 16 March 1292. He died 18 May 1297.Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 270 He was buried at Salisbury, but his heart was buried at Lacock and his viscera at Ramsbury.