Henry of Lexington (or Henry Lexington; died 1258) was a medieval
Bishop of Lincoln
The Bishop of Lincoln is the ordinary (diocesan bishop) of the Church of England Diocese of Lincoln in the Province of Canterbury.
The present diocese covers the county of Lincolnshire and the unitary authority areas of North Lincolnshire and ...
.
Life
Henry held the
prebend of
Calne
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in the
diocese of Salisbury before becoming treasurer of Salisbury by 13 January 1239.
[Greenway ]
Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066-1300: Volume 4: Salisbury: Treasurers
' By January 1246 he was
Dean of Lincoln
The Dean of Lincoln is the head of the Chapter of Lincoln Cathedral in the city of Lincoln, England in the Church of England Diocese of Lincoln. Christine Wilson was installed as Dean on 22 October 2016. .
[Greenway ]
Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066–1300: Volume 3: Lincoln: Deans
' His father Richard had been a royal judge. Henry's brother
Robert of Lexinton
Robert of Lexinton or Lessington (died 29 May 1250) was a British judge and administrator.
Biography
Robert of Lexinton was a son of Richard of Lexinton (probably the first son, according to the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, probably th ...
was also a judge, and his brother
John
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* John (surname)
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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
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.
[Lawrence ''Medieval Monasticism'' p. 186]
Henry was elected to the
see of Lincoln
The Diocese of Lincoln forms part of the Province of Canterbury in England. The present diocese covers the ceremonial county of Lincolnshire.
History
The diocese traces its roots in an unbroken line to the Pre-Reformation Diocese of Lei ...
on either 21 or 30 December 1253 and consecrated on 17 May 1254,
[Fryde, et al. ''Handbook of British Chronology'' p. 255] at London or possibly at
Lambeth.
[
Henry died on 8 August 1258][ at ]Nettleham
Nettleham is a large village and civil parish within the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England, north-east from the city of Lincoln between the A46 and A158.
The population of the civil parish was 3,437 at the 2011 census.
History ...
near Lincoln
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* Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865), the sixteenth president of the United States
* Lincoln, England, cathedral city and county town of Lincolnshire, England
* Lincoln, Nebraska, the capital of Nebraska, U.S.
* Lincol ...
.[
Henry's nephew was Oliver Sutton, the ]Bishop of Lincoln
The Bishop of Lincoln is the ordinary (diocesan bishop) of the Church of England Diocese of Lincoln in the Province of Canterbury.
The present diocese covers the county of Lincolnshire and the unitary authority areas of North Lincolnshire and ...
from 1280 to 1299.[Greenway ]
Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066–1300: Volume 3: Lincoln: Bishops of Lincoln
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