appointed predecessor successor consecration death_date title type see article_title term_end name church
1407 nicholas bubwith john chandler 1407 4 september 1417 bishop of salisbury bishop salisbury robert hallam
 4 september 1417 robert hallam roman catholic
robert hallam

robert hallam -lrb- aka alum or halam ; died 4 september 1417 -rrb- was an english churchman , bishop of salisbury and english representative at the council of constance .
he was chancellor of the university of oxford from 1403 to 1405 .
hallam was originally from cheshire in northern england and was educated at oxford university .
as chancellor he , the proctors , and all others in the university were pardoned by king henry iv .
on leaving the chancellorship , he was nominated in may 1406 by pope innocent vii as archbishop of york , but the appointment was vetoed by king henry iv in the same year .
however , in 1407 he was consecrated by pope gregory xii at siena as bishop of salisbury .
as bishop , hallam supported various churches and shrines in his diocese with grants of episcopal indulgences .
at the council of pisa in 1409 , hallam was one of the english representatives .
on 6 june 1411 , antipope john xxiii -lrb- baldassare cardinal cossa -rrb- purported to make hallam a pseudocardinal , but this title was not recognised .
at the council of constance , in november 1414 , hallam was the chief english envoy .
there he took a prominent position , as an advocate of church reform and of the superiority of the council to the pope .
he played a leading part in the discussions leading to the deposition of antipope john xxiii on 29 may 1415 , but was less concerned with the trials of jan hus and jerome of prague .
sigismund , holy roman emperor , through whose influence the council had been assembled , was absent during the whole of 1416 on a diplomatic mission in france and england ; but when he returned to constance in january 1417 , as the open ally of the english king , hallam as henry v 's trusted representative obtained increased importance , and contrived to emphasise english prestige by delivering the address of welcome to sigismund .
afterwards , under henry 's direction , he supported the emperor in trying to secure a reform of the church , before the council proceeded to the election of a new pope .
this matter was still undecided when hallam died suddenly on 4 september 1417 .
his executors were masters richard hallum , john fyton , john hikke , with william clynt , thomas hallum , thomas faukys , clerk , & humfrey rodeley after hallam 's death the cardinals were able to secure the immediate election of a new pope , martin v , who was elected on 11 november : it has been said that the abandonment of the reformers by the english was due entirely to hallam 's death ; but it is more likely that henry v , foreseeing the possible need for a change of front , had given hallam discretionary powers which the bishop 's successors used .
hallam himself had the confidence of sigismund and was generally respected for his straightforward independence .
he was buried in constance cathedral , where his tomb near the high altar is marked by a brass of english workmanship .
