Henry of Sandwich (died 1273) was a medieval
Bishop of London
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.
Life
Henry was the son of Henry of Sandwich, a knight from
Sandwich, Kent
Sandwich is a town and civil parish in the Dover District of Kent, south-east England. It lies on the River Stour and has a population of 4,985. Sandwich was one of the Cinque Ports and still has many original medieval buildings, including s ...
. He held the
prebend of Weldland in the
diocese of London.
[Greenway ]
Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066-1300: Volume 1, St. Paul's, London: Bishops
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Henry was
Archdeacon of Oxford from 1259 to 1262.
[Greenway ]
Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066–1300: Volume 3: Lincoln: Archdeacons of Oxford
' He was elected
Bishop of London
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In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or office of bishop is ca ...
on 13 November 1262,
confirmed
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21 December and consecrated on 27 May 1263. He was suspended from office on 1 December 1265 but was reinstated by
Pope Gregory X
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on 31 May 1272. He returned to England from exile on 31 January 1273.
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Henry died on 15 September 1273.][Fryde, et al. ''Handbook of British Chronology'' p. 258] After his death, his nephew Sir Ralph de Sandwich was made administrator of the See of London, having already acted as their administrator during Henry's exile in Rome.
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Bishops of London
1273 deaths
Year of birth unknown
13th-century English Roman Catholic bishops
People from Sandwich, Kent
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