Richard Gravesend (died 1303) was a medieval
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 ...
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Life
Gravesend held the
prebend
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of Totenhall in the
diocese of London
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It lies directly north of the Thames. For centuries the diocese covered a vast tract and bordered the dioceses of Norwich and Lincoln to the north ...
.
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Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066-1300: Volume 1, St. Paul's, London: Bishops
' He may have been
Archdeacon of Essex
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Brief history
Historically, the Archdeaconry ...
and possibly
Archdeacon of Northampton
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, but the identifications are not secure.
[Greenway ]
Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066-1300: Volume 1, St. Paul's, London: Archdeacons: Essex
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Gravesend was elected about 7 May,
confirmed
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17 May and consecrated on 11 August 1280.
[Fryde, et al. ''Handbook of British Chronology'' p. 258] He was enthroned in London on 1 October 1280.
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Gravesend died on 9 December 1303.][
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Gravesend, Richard
Gravesend, Richard
Year of birth unknown
13th-century English Roman Catholic bishops
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