Richard Gravesend

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name = Richard Gravesend


religion =Catholic
See =Diocese of London
Title = Bishop of London
Period = 1280–1303
Predecessor = Fulke Lovell
Successor =Ralph Baldock
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post =Prebendary of Totenhall
date of birth =
place of birth =
date of death =December 9 1303
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Richard Gravesend was a medieval Bishop of London.

Life

He held the prebend of Totenhall in the diocese of London. [http://british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=33800 British History Online Bishops of London] accessed on October 29, 2007] He may have been Archdeacon of Essex and possibly Archdeacon of Northampton, but the identifications are not secure. [http://british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=33803 British History Online Archdeacons of Essex] accessed on October 29, 2007]

He was elected about May 9 1280 and consecrated on August 11 1280.Powicke "Handbook of British Chronology" p. 239] He was enthroned in London on October 1 1280.

He died on December 9 1303.

Notes

References

* [http://british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=33803 British History Online Archdeacons of Essex] accessed on October 29, 2007
* [http://british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=33800 British History Online Bishops of London] accessed on October 29, 2007
* Powicke, F. Maurice and E. B. Fryde "Handbook of British Chronology" 2nd. ed. London:Royal Historical Society 1961

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DATE OF DEATH=December 9, 1303
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