John the Chanter

John the Chanter
Bishop of Exeter
See	Diocese of Exeter
Appointed	before October 1186
Reign ended	1 June 1191
Predecessor	Bartholomew Iscanus
Successor	Henry Marshal
Orders
Consecration	5 October 1186
Personal details
Died	1 June 1191
Buried	Exeter Cathedral
Denomination	Catholic

John the Chanter (died 1191) was a medieval Bishop of Exeter.

Life

John's exact background is unclear. He may be the same person as the John Planeta who was a clerk of Thomas Becket's during Becket's exile, but the connection is not proven. All that is known is that he was elderly when he was consecrated.^[1]

John was consecrated on 5 October 1186.^[2] He was present at King Richard I's coronation.^[1]

John died on 1 June 1191.^[2] He is buried in Exeter Cathedral, where his tomb survives.^[3]

Notes

^ ^a ^b Barlow "John the Chanter (d. 1191)" Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
^ ^a ^b Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 246
^ John the Chanter's tomb in Exeter Cathedral accessed on 26 October 2007

References

Barlow, Frank (2004). "John the Chanter (d. 1191)" (Subscription or UK public library membership required). Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (May 2007 revised ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/94378. http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/94378. Retrieved 11 April 2008.
Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1996). Handbook of British Chronology (Third revised ed.). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
John the Chanter's tomb in Exeter Cathedral accessed on 26 October 2007

External links

George Oliver, Lives of the Bishops of Exeter

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Bartholomew Iscanus	Bishop of Exeter 1186–1191	Succeeded by Henry Marshal

Persondata
Name	John the Chanter
Alternative names
Short description	Bishop of Exeter
Date of birth
Place of birth
Date of death	1 June 1191
Place of death