Education
He claimed Welsh origin and to be a man of the Welsh Marches (marchio sum Walensibus). He studied at the University of Paris, apparently around 1160 when Gerard la Pucelle was teaching there.
He claimed Welsh origin and to be a man of the Welsh Marches (marchio sum Walensibus). He studied at the University of Paris, apparently around 1160 when Gerard la Pucelle was teaching there.
Only one work is attributed to Map with any certainty: De Nugis Curialium. He encountered Thomas Becket before 1162. On this journey he stayed with Henry I of Champagne, who was then about to undertake his last journey to the East.
Map held a prebend in the diocese of Lincoln by 1183 and was chancellor of the diocese by 1186.
He later became precentor of Lincoln, a canon of Street Paul"s, London, and of Hereford, and archdeacon of Oxford in 1196. He was a candidate to succeed William de Vere as Bishop of Hereford in 1199, but was unsuccessful.
He was once more a candidate for a bishopric in 1203, this time as Bishop of Street David"s, but was once more not consecrated. He was still alive on 28 May 1208, but had died by September 1210.
His death is commemorated on 1 April at Hereford Cathedral.
