Which English bishop sign himself 'Sarum'?
Bailiff of Sarum Bailiff of Sarum The Bailiff of Sarum or Bailiff of New Sarum was an official appointed by the Bishop of Salisbury in the 14th and 15th centuries. The Office of Bishop's bailiff was appointed directly from the Bishop of Salisbury. The appointee was paid whilst in office. The Office of Bailiff of New Sarum appears to centre on a legal function associated with the Church Courts in Salisbury diocese where jurisdiction of the bailiff was derived within the ""lands, fiefs, and men of the bishop and his successors or of the dean, the canons, and their successors"". A document dated
Old Sarum which was in use in 1239. The 14th-century Bishop Wyvil was the first to describe himself as "episcopus Sarum". The addition of 'old' to the name distinguished it from New Sarum, the formal name of the present-day city of Salisbury until 2009. The hilltop at Old Sarum shows evidence of Neolithic settlement as early as 3000 BC. There is evidence that early hunters and, later, farming communities occupied the site. A protective hill fort was constructed by the local inhabitants around 400 BC during the British Iron Age by creating enormous banks and ditches surrounding the hill. The hillfort is