Richard Gravesend

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Richard Gravesend
Bishop of London
Diocese Diocese of London
Elected about 7 May 1280
Installed 1 October 1280
Term ended 9 December 1303
Predecessor Fulke Lovell
Successor Ralph Baldock
Other posts Prebendary of Totenhall
Orders
Consecration 11 August 1280
Personal details
Died 9 December 1303
Denomination Catholic

Richard Gravesend (died 1303) was a medieval Bishop of London.

Life

Gravesend held the prebend of Totenhall in the diocese of London.[1] He may have been Archdeacon of Essex and possibly Archdeacon of Northampton, but the identifications are not secure.[2]

Gravesend was elected about 7 May 1280 and consecrated on 11 August 1280.[3] He was enthroned in London on 1 October 1280.[1]

Gravesend died on 9 December 1303.[3]

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 British History Online Bishops of London accessed on 29 October 2007
  2. British History Online Archdeacons of Essex accessed on 29 October 2007
  3. 3.0 3.1 Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 258

References

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by
Fulke Lovell
Bishop of London
1280–1303
Succeeded by
Ralph Baldock
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