In 1096 Samson was elected Bishop of Worcester; he was ordained as a deacon and priest on 7 June 1096 and consecrated as bishop on 8 June 1096. Being a bishop did not prevent him from fathering a daughter, Isabelle of Douvres, and two sons who also became bishops. His son Richard was Bishop of Bayeux from 1108 to 1133, and his son Thomas was Archbishop of York from 1108 to 1114.Spear "The Norman Empire and the Secular Clergy" Journal of British Studies p. 5
