Henry Wingham (died 1262) was a

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of England and

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Life

Wingham was selected as Chancellor on 5 January 1255. His office was renewed by the baronial reformers in 1258, but he was replaced on 18 October 1260 by

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.Fryde, et al. ''Handbook of British Chronology'' p. 85 He held the prebend of Newington in the diocese of London as well as being a member of the papal chapel and the

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of St Martin le Grand.Greenway
Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066-1300: Volume 1, St. Paul's, London: Prebendaries: Newington
' Wingham was elected to the see of London about 29 June 1259,

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11 July 1259, and consecrated on 15 February 1260.Fryde, et al. ''Handbook of British Chronology'' p. 258Greenway
Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066-1300: Volume 1, St. Paul's, London: Bishops
' Wingham died on 13 July 1262 or 14 July 1262. There was a tomb memorial to him in the quire at Old St Paul's Cathedral."Memorials of St Paul's Cathedral" Sinclair, W. p93: London; Chapman & Hall, Ltd; 1909

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