- John of Sittingbourne
Infobox Archbishop of Canterbury
Full name = John of Sittingbourne
birth_name =
began=unknown
consecration = never consecrated
term_end = election quashed
June 1232
predecessor =Ralph Neville
successor =John Blund
birth_date =
death_date = before 1238
tomb =John of Sittingbourne was
Archbishop of Canterbury -elect in 1232.He was a monk of
Christ Church Priory , Canterbury, and was selected asprior of Christ Church in 1222. [http://british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=33854 British History Online Priors of Christ Church, Canterbury] accessed on September 11, 2007] John was elected to the Archbishopric on 16 March 1232, but his election was quashed on 12 June 1232 [Fryde "Handbook of British Chronology" p. 233] when he resigned the office at the papal court. [http://british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=33853 British History Online Archbishops of Canterbury] accessed on 6 November 2007]Notes
References
* [http://british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=33853 British History Online Archbishops of Canterbury] accessed on 6 November 2007
* [http://british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=33854 British History Online Priors of Christ Church, Canterbury] accessed on September 11, 2007
*Persondata
NAME= John of Sittingbourne
ALTERNATIVE NAMES=
SHORT DESCRIPTION= Prior of Christ Church Priory; Archbishop of Canterbury-elect
DATE OF BIRTH=
PLACE OF BIRTH=
DATE OF DEATH=before 1238
PLACE OF DEATH=
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