Richard of Gravesend

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Richard of Gravesend

Denomination	Catholic
Senior posting
See	Diocese of Lincoln
Title	Bishop of Lincoln
Period in office	1258–1279
Predecessor	Henry of Lexington
Successor	Oliver Sutton
Religious career
Previous post	Dean of Lincoln
Personal
Date of death	December 18, 1279
Place of death	Stow Park

Richard of Gravesend (or Richard de Gravesend) was a medieval Bishop of Lincoln.

Contents 1 Life 2 See also 3 Notes 4 References

[edit] Life

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

He was elected to the see of Lincoln on September 30, 1258 and consecrated on November 3, 1258^[5] at Canterbury. He supported Simon de Montfort and was suspended from office and in exile from 1265 to 1267.^[1]

He died on December 18, 1279^[5] at Stow Park.^[1]

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

[edit] See also

• List of bishops of Lincoln and precursor offices

[edit] Notes

[edit] References

• British History Online Archdeacons of Oxford accessed on October 28, 2007
• British History Online Bishops of Lincoln accessed on October 28, 2007
• British History Online Treasurers of Hereford accessed on October 28, 2007
• Powicke, F. Maurice and E. B. Fryde Handbook of British Chronology 2nd. ed. London:Royal Historical Society 1961

Religious titles
Preceded by Henry of Lexington	Bishop of Lincoln 1258–1279	Succeeded by Oliver Sutton

Persondata
NAME	Richard of Gravesend
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Gravesend, Richard de
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Bishop of Lincoln
DATE OF BIRTH
PLACE OF BIRTH
DATE OF DEATH	December 18, 1279
PLACE OF DEATH	Stow Park