John de Sandford (died 2 October

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) was Archbishop of Dublin. He was brother of

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, archbishop of Dublin, and hence nephew of Sir Philip Basset (d. 1271), the justiciar, and of Fulk Basset, Bishop of London from 1241 until his death in 1259, a

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who was prominent during the troubles of Henry III's reign. He first appears as an official of Henry III in

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and of Edward I in both England and Ireland; he came to Ireland as his brother's vicar general and was made rector of

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. He was appointed Dean of St. Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, in 1275, and was

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. 'John de Saunford' is listed as '

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of Ireland' c.1282. In 1284 he was chosen archbishop of Dublin in succession to John de Derlington. Some, however, objected to this choice and Sandford resigned his claim; but he was elected a second time while he was in

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, and on returning to Ireland was allowed to take up the office. From 1288 to 1290, during a time of great political confusion, the archbishop acted as governor of Ireland. In 1290 he resigned and returned to England. Sandford served Edward I in the great case over the succession to the Scottish throne in 1292 and also as an envoy to the German king,

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, and the princes of the

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. On his return from Germany, he died at Yarmouth on 2 October 1294, of a "grievous distemper". His body was brought to Ireland and buried in his brother's monument at

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References

*Thomas Walsh, ''History of Irish Hierarchy'', New York, D. J. Saddler & Co., 1854, p. 115. ;Attribution {{DEFAULTSORT:Sandford, John De Year of birth missing 1294 deaths Deans of St. Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin Archbishops of Dublin 13th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Ireland Lords Lieutenant of Ireland