Benedict of Sausetun

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name =Benedict of Sausetun


religion =Catholic
See =Diocese of Rochester
Title = Bishop of Rochester
Period = 1214–1226
Predecessor = Gilbert Glanvill
Successor =Henry Sandford
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post = Precentor of London
date of birth =
place of birth =
date of death =December 18 1226
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Benedict of Sausetun (or Benedict of Sawston) was a medieval Bishop of Rochester.

Life

He was from Sawston in Cambridgeshire. [http://british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=33873 British History Online Bishops of Rochester] accessed on October 30, 2007] He was a canon of the diocese of London from 1196 and held the prebend of Neseden. [http://british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=33827 British History Online Prebendaries of Nesden] accessed on October 30, 2007] From 1204 he was precentor of London. [http://british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=33807 British History Online Precentors of London] accessed on October 30, 2007] He was elected to the see of Rochester on December 13 1214Powicke "Handbook of British Chronology" p. 248] and was consecrated on either January 25 1215 or February 22 1215. At some point between 1217 and 1221 he served as a baron of the exchequer.Vincent "Origins of the Chancellorship of the Exchequer" "English Historical Review" p. 108] He died on December 18 1226 and was buried on December 21 1226.

ee also

* List of bishops of Rochester

Notes

References

* [http://british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=33873 British History Online Bishops of Rochester] accessed on October 30, 2007
* [http://british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=33827 British History Online Prebendaries of Nesden] accessed on October 30, 2007
* [http://british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=33807 British History Online Precentors of London] accessed on October 30, 2007
* Powicke, F. Maurice and E. B. Fryde "Handbook of British Chronology" 2nd. ed. London:Royal Historical Society 1961
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NAME=Benedict of Sausetun
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SHORT DESCRIPTION=Bishop of Rochester
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DATE OF DEATH=December 18, 1226
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