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Henry of Lexington

13th-century Bishop of Lincoln

13th-century Bishop of Lincoln

FieldValue
typebishop
nameHenry of Lexington
religionCatholic
titleBishop of Lincoln
electedDecember 1253
consecration17 May 1254
ended8 August 1258
predecessorRobert Grosseteste
successorRichard of Gravesend
other_postDean of Lincoln
death_date8 August 1258
death_placeNettleham, Lincolnshire

Henry of Lexington (or Henry Lexington; died 1258) was a medieval Bishop of Lincoln.

Life

Henry held the prebend of Calne in the diocese of Salisbury before becoming treasurer of Salisbury by 13 January 1239. By January 1246 he was Dean of Lincoln. 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, a Cistercian monk and abbot of Clairvaux abbey.

Henry was elected to the see of Lincoln on either 21 or 30 December 1253 and consecrated on 17 May 1254, at London or possibly at Lambeth.

Henry died on 8 August 1258 at Nettleham near Lincoln.

Henry's nephew was Oliver Sutton, the Bishop of Lincoln from 1280 to 1299.

Citations

References

References

  1. Greenway ''[http://british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=34223 Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066-1300: Volume 4: Salisbury: Treasurers]''
  2. Greenway ''[http://british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=33561 Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066–1300: Volume 3: Lincoln: Deans]''
  3. Lawrence ''Medieval Monasticism'' p. 186
  4. Fryde, et al. ''Handbook of British Chronology'' p. 255
  5. link. (9 August 2011 '')
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