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Richard of Gravesend
Bishop of Lincoln
Diocese	Diocese of Lincoln
Elected	September 1258
Predecessor	Henry of Lexington
Successor	Oliver Sutton
Other posts	Dean of Lincoln
Orders
Consecration	3 November 1258
Personal details
Died	18 December 1279 Stow Park
Denomination	Catholic

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

Life[edit]

Richard was a native of Gravesend in Kent.^[1] He was treasurer of the diocese of Hereford about 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]

Notes[edit]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d British History Online Bishops of Lincoln accessed on 28 October 2007
^ British History Online Treasurers of Hereford accessed on 28 October 2007
^ British History Online Archdeacons of Oxford accessed on 28 October 2007
^ British History Online Deans of Lincoln accessed on 28 October 2007
^ ^a ^b Fryde, et. al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 255

References[edit]

British History Online Archdeacons of Oxford accessed on 28 October 2007
British History Online Bishops of Lincoln accessed on 28 October 2007
British History Online Treasurers of Hereford accessed on 28 October 2007
Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1996). Handbook of British Chronology (Third revised ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.

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

v t e Bishops of Lincoln

High Medieval	Remigius de Fécamp Robert Bloet Alexander Robert de Chesney Geoffrey Plantagenet Walter de Coutances Hugh of Avalon William de Blois Hugh of Wells Robert Grosseteste Henry of Lexington Richard of Gravesend Oliver Sutton

Late Medieval	John Dalderby Anthony Bek Henry Burghersh Thomas Bek John Gynwell John Bokyngham Henry Beaufort Philip Repyngdon Richard Fleming William Grey William Alnwick Marmaduke Lumley John Chadworth Thomas Rotherham John Russell

Early modern	William Smyth Thomas Wolsey William Atwater John Longland Henry Holbeach John Taylor John White Thomas Watson Nicholas Bullingham Thomas Cooper William Wickham William Chaderton William Barlow Richard Neile George Montaigne John Williams Thomas Winniffe Robert Sanderson Benjamin Lany William Fuller Thomas Barlow Thomas Tenison James Gardiner William Wake Edmund Gibson Richard Reynolds John Thomas John Green Thomas Thurlow

Late modern	George Pretyman (later Pretyman Tomline) Hon George Pelham John Kaye John Jackson Christopher Wordsworth Edward King Edward Hicks William Swayne Frederick Hicks Alymer Skelton Leslie Owen Maurice Harland Kenneth Riches Simon Phipps Robert Hardy John Saxbee Christopher Lowson

v t e Deans of Lincoln

High Medieval	Ranulph Simon Bloet Philip of Harcourt Adelelm Geoffrey Richard FitzNeal Hamo Roger de Rolleston William de Thornaco Roger Weseham Henry of Lexington Richard of Gravesend Robert de Mariscis William of Lexington Richard de Mepham John de Maidenstan Oliver Sutton Nicholas de Hegham Philip Willoughby

Late Medieval	Joceline Kirmington Raymond de Got Roger Martival Henry Mansfield Antony Bek William Bateman John de Ufford Thomas Bradwardine Simon Briselee John Stretley Richard Ravenser John Sheppey John Mackworth Robert Flemming George Fitzhugh

Early modern	Thomas Ruthall Geoffrey Simeon Thomas Wolsey John Constable George Heneage John Taylor Matthew Parker Francis Mallet John Whitgift William Wickham Ralph Griffin John Rainolds William Cole Laurence Stanton Roger Parker Anthony Topham Michael Honeywood Daniel Brevint Samuel Fuller Abraham Campion Richard Willis Robert Cannon Edward Gee Edward Willes Thomas Cheney William George John Green Hon James Yorke Robert Richardson Richard Cust Sir Richard Kaye

Late modern	George Gordon John Ward Thomas Garnier James Jeremie Joseph Blakesley William Butler Edward Wickham Thomas Fry Robert Mitchell David Dunlop Hon Oliver Fiennes Brandon Jackson Alec Knight Philip Buckler

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