Henry of Lexington

Henry of Lexington
Bishop of Lincoln
Diocese	Diocese of Lincoln
Elected	December 1253
Term ended	8 August 1258
Predecessor	Robert Grosseteste
Successor	Richard of Gravesend
Other posts	Dean of Lincoln
Orders
Consecration	17 May 1254
Personal details
Died	8 August 1258 Nettleham, Lincolnshire
Denomination	Catholic

Henry of Lexington (or Henry Lexington; died 1258) was a medieval Bishop of Lincoln.

Life

Henry's nephew was Oliver Sutton the Bishop of Lincoln from 1280 to 1299.^[1] He held the prebend of Calne in the diocese of Salisbury before becoming treasurer of Salisbury by 13 January 1239.^[2] By January 1246 he was Dean of Lincoln.^[3] His father Richard had been a royal judge. Henry's brother Robert of Lexinton was also a judge, and his brother John was a knight and clerk of the royal household, at various times seneschal, envoy, and keeper of the seals. Another brother was Stephen of Lexington, a Cistercian monk and abbot of Clairvaux abbey.^[4]

Henry was elected to the see of Lincoln on either 21 or 30 December 1253 and consecrated on 17 May 1254,^[5] at London or possibly at Lambeth.^[1]

Henry died on 8 August 1258^[5] at Nettleham near Lincoln.^[1]

Notes

↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 British History Online Bishops of Lincoln accessed on 28 October 2007
↑ British History Online Treasurers of Salisbury accessed on 28 October 2007
↑ British History Online Deans of Lincoln accessed on 28 October 2007
↑ Lawrence Medieval Monasticism p. 186
↑ 5.0 5.1 Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 255

References

British History Online Bishops of Lincoln accessed on 28 October 2007
British History Online Deans of Lincoln accessed on 28 October 2007
British History Online Treasurers of Salisbury 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.
Lawrence, C. H. (2001). Medieval Monasticism: Forms of Religious Life in Western Europe in the Middle Ages (Third Edition ed.). New York: Longman. ISBN 0-582-40427-4.
Stacey, Robert C. ‘Lexinton , Henry of (d. 1258) (2004). Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Fee required). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/16614. Retrieved 7 January 2010.

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Robert Grosseteste	Bishop of Lincoln 1253–1258	Succeeded by Richard of Gravesend

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 Nugent Hicks Aylmer Skelton Leslie Owen Maurice Harland Kenneth Riches Simon Phipps Bob Hardy John Saxbee Christopher Lowson

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 Honywood 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