John of Fountains

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John of Fountains
Bishop of Ely
See	Diocese of Ely
Elected	circa 24 January 1220
Predecessor	Robert of York
Successor	Geoffrey de Burgo
Other posts	Abbot of Fountains
Orders
Consecration	8 March 1220 by Stephen Langton
Personal details
Died	6 May 1225
Buried	Ely Cathedral
Denomination	Catholic

John of Fountains (died 6 May 1225) was a medieval Bishop of Ely.

Life

John was abbot of Fountains Abbey by 13 December 1211, when he was blessed at Melrose^[1] by the bishop of Down. Nothing is known of his family or background before this event. While abbot, he continued the building of the abbey's church, and Pope Honorius III named him to a commission with Stephen Langton the Archbishop of Canterbury and William de Cornhill the Bishop of Coventry to investigate the possible canonization of Hugh of Lincoln.^[2]

John was elected to the see of Ely about 24 January 1220. He was consecrated bishop on 8 March 1220^[3] at London by Langton.^[2] He was enthroned at Ely Cathedral on 25 March 1220.^[4] He owed his election to the papal legate Pandulph.^[5] While bishop, the pope once more named him to a canonization commission, this time in 1223 for William of York. He was rarely involved in political matters, but did go to France on a diplomatic mission in 1223.^[2]

John died on 6 May 1225.^[1]^[3] He was buried in Ely Cathedral, at first near the altar of St. Andrew, but after a rebuilding effort by Hugh of Northwold he was reinterred near the high altar.^[2] His tomb was described as "in the pavement".^[6]

Notes

↑ 1.0 1.1 Smith, et al. Heads of Religious Houses II p. 279
↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Owen "Fountains, John of (d. 1225)" Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
↑ 3.0 3.1 Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 244
↑ British History Online Bishops of Ely
↑ Vincent Peter des Roches p. 166
↑ Sayers "Once 'Proud Prelate'" Journal of the British Archaeological Association p. 77

References

British History Online Bishops of Ely accessed on 25 October 2007
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.
Owen, Dorothy M. (2004). "Fountains, John of (d. 1225)" ((subscription or UK public library membership required)). Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/9802. Retrieved 1 April 2008.
Sayers, Jane (2009). "A Once Proud Prelate: An Unidentified Episcopal Monument in Ely Cathedral". Journal of the British Archaeological Association 162: 67–87. doi:10.1179/006812809x12448232842376.
Smith, David M.; London, Vera C. M. (2001). The Heads of Religious Houses, England and Wales II. 1216–1377. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-80271-7.
Vincent, Nicholas (2002). Peter des Roches: An Alien in English Politics 1205–1238 (Reprint ed.). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-52215-3.

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Robert of York	Bishop of Ely 1220–1225	Succeeded by Geoffrey de Burgo

v t e Bishops of Ely

High Medieval	Hervey le Breton Nigel Geoffrey Ridel William Longchamp Eustace Robert of York John of Fountains Geoffrey de Burgh Hugh of Northwold William of Kilkenny Hugh de Balsham John Kirkby William of Louth John Salmon/John Langton Ralph Walpole

Late Medieval	Robert Orford John Ketton John Hotham Simon Montacute Thomas de Lisle Simon Langham John Barnet Thomas Arundel John Fordham Philip Morgan Lewis of Luxembourg Thomas Bourchier William Grey John Morton John Alcock

Early modern	Richard Redman James Stanley Nicholas West Thomas Goodrich Thomas Thirlby Richard Cox Martin Heton Lancelot Andrewes Nicholas Felton John Buckeridge Francis White Matthew Wren Benjamin Lany Peter Gunning Francis Turner Simon Patrick John Moore William Fleetwood Thomas Green Robert Butts Thomas Gooch Matthias Mawson Edmund Keene James Yorke

Late modern	Thomas Dampier Bowyer Sparke Joseph Allen Thomas Turton Harold Browne Thomas Browne Lord Alwyne Compton Frederic Chase Leonard White-Thomson Bernard Heywood Edward Wynn Noel Hudson Edward Roberts Peter Walker Stephen Sykes Anthony Russell

Persondata
Name	John of Fountains
Alternative names
Short description	Bishop of Ely
Date of birth
Place of birth
Date of death	6 May 1225
Place of death

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