Richard of Gravesend

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Richard of Gravesend
Bishop of Lincoln
ElectedSeptember 1258
Term ended18 December 1279
Predecessor Henry of Lexington
Successor Oliver Sutton
Other post(s) Dean of Lincoln
Orders
Consecration3 November 1258
Personal details
Died18 December 1279
Stow Park, Lincolnshire
DenominationCatholic

Richard of Gravesend (or Richard de Gravesend; died 18 December 1279) was a medieval Bishop of Lincoln.

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Life

Richard was a native of Gravesend in Kent. [1] He was a treasurer of the diocese of Hereford around 1238. [2] By 16 June 1250 he was Archdeacon of Oxford in the diocese of Lincoln. [3] Before August 1254, he was holding the office of Dean of Lincoln. [4]

Richard was elected to the see of Lincoln on 21 or 23 September 1258 and consecrated on 3 November 1258 [5] at Canterbury. He supported Simon de Montfort and was suspended from office and in exile from 1265 to 1267. [1]

Richard died on 18 December 1279 [5] at Stow Park. [1]

Richard was the uncle of Richard of Gravesend, who was Archdeacon of Northampton. [1]

Citations

  1. 1 2 3 4 Greenway Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066–1300: Volume 3: Lincoln: Bishops of Lincoln
  2. ↑ Barrow Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066-1300: Volume 8: Hereford: Treasurers
  3. ↑ Greenway Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066–1300: Volume 3: Lincoln: Archdeacons of Oxford
  4. ↑ Greenway Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066–1300: Volume 3: Lincoln: Deans
  5. 1 2 Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 255

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