Henry of Lexington (or Henry Lexington; died 1258) was a medieval
Bishop of Lincoln.
Life
Henry held the
prebend
A prebendary is a member of the Roman Catholic or Anglican clergy, a form of canon with a role in the administration of a cathedral or collegiate church. When attending services, prebendaries sit in particular seats, usually at the back of the ...
of
Calne in the
diocese of Salisbury
The Diocese of Salisbury is a Church of England diocese in the south of England, within the ecclesiastical Province of Canterbury. The diocese covers most of Dorset (excepting the deaneries of Bournemouth and Christchurch, which fall within t ...
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.
[Greenway ]
Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066–1300: Volume 3: Lincoln: Deans
' 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
Stephen of Lexington (or "de Lexington", "Lexinton", "Lessington") (born c. 1198, d. 21 March, probably in 1258), was an English Cistercian monk, abbot, and founder of a college in Paris.
Life
Stephen came from a prominent family of royal official ...
, a Cistercian monk and abbot of
Clairvaux abbey.
[Lawrence ''Medieval Monasticism'' p. 186]
Henry was elected to the
see of Lincoln 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
Lambeth () is a district in South London, England, in the London Borough of Lambeth, historically in the County of Surrey. It is situated south of Charing Cross. The population of the London Borough of Lambeth was 303,086 in 2011. The area expe ...
.
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Henry died on 8 August 1258][ at Nettleham near Lincoln.][
Henry's nephew was Oliver Sutton, the Bishop of Lincoln from 1280 to 1299.][Greenway ]
Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066–1300: Volume 3: Lincoln: Bishops of Lincoln
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Bishops of Lincoln
1258 deaths
13th-century English Roman Catholic bishops
Deans of Lincoln
Year of birth unknown