Benedict of Sausetun

Benedict of Sausetun
Bishop of Rochester
See	Diocese of Rochester
Elected	13 December 1214
Reign ended	18 December 1226
Predecessor	Gilbert Glanvill
Successor	Henry Sandford
Other posts	Precentor of London
Orders
Consecration	either 25 January 1215 or 22 February 1215
Personal details
Died	18 December 1226
Denomination	Catholic

Benedict of Sausetun (or Benedict of Sawston) was a medieval Bishop of Rochester.

Life

Benedict was from Sawston in Cambridgeshire.^[1] He was a canon of the diocese of London from 1196 and held the prebend of Neseden.^[2] From 1204 he was precentor of London.^[3] He was elected to the see of Rochester on 13 December 1214^[4] and was consecrated on either 25 January 1215 or 22 February 1215.^[1] At some point between 1217 and 1221 he served as a baron of the exchequer.^[5] He died on 18 December 1226 and was buried on 21 December 1226.^[1]

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c British History Online Bishops of Rochester accessed on 30 October 2007
^ British History Online Prebendaries of Nesden accessed on 30 October 2007
^ British History Online Precentors of London accessed on 30 October 2007
^ Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 267
^ Vincent "Origins of the Chancellorship of the Exchequer" English Historical Review p. 108

References

British History Online Bishops of Rochester accessed on 30 October 2007
British History Online Prebendaries of Nesden accessed on 30 October 2007
British History Online Precentors of London accessed on 30 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.
Vincent, Nicholas C. (1993). "The Origins of the Chancellorship of the Exchequer". The English Historical Review 108 (426): 105–121. doi:10.1093/ehr/CVIII.426.105.

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Gilbert Glanvill	Bishop of Rochester 1214–1226	Succeeded by Henry Sandford

Persondata
Name	Benedict of Sausetun
Alternative names	Benedict of Sawston
Short description	Bishop of Rochester
Date of birth
Place of birth
Date of death	18 December 1226
Place of death