John was a medieval

Bishop of Rochester The Bishop of Rochester is the ordinary of the Church of England's Diocese of Rochester in the Province of Canterbury. The town of Rochester has the bishop's seat, at the Cathedral Church of Christ and the Blessed Virgin Mary, which was foun ...

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John was a nephew of

Ralph d'Escures Ralph d'Escures (also known as RadulfEadmer. ''Eadmer’s History of Recent Events in England = Historia Novorum in Anglia''. Translated by Geoffrey Bosanquet. London: Cresset Press, 1964. ) (died 20 October 1122) was a medieval abbot of Séez, ...

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, who he served as a clerk. He was appointed

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between 27 June 1115 and 16 September 1115.British History Online Archdeacons of Canterbury
accessed on 30 October 2007 John was elected to the

See of Rochester The Diocese of Rochester is a Church of England diocese in the English county of Kent and the Province of Canterbury. The cathedral church of the diocese is Rochester Cathedral in the former city of Rochester. The bishop's Latin episcopal signat ...

before 12 April 1125British History Online Bishops of Rochester
accessed on 30 October 2007 and consecrated on 24 May 1125. He died on 20 June 1137.Fryde, et al. ''Handbook of British Chronology'' p. 267

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