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Benedict of Sausetun

{{Infobox Christian leader

| name =Benedict of Sausetun

| alt = Benedict of Sausetun was a medieval Bishop of Rochester.

| caption = Arms displayed by Benedict of Sausetun.png

| image = Arms_displayed_by_Benedict_of_Sausetun,_Bishop_of_Rochester,_at_the_signing_of_Magna_Charta.png

| religion = Catholic

| title = Bishop of Rochester

| elected = 13 December 1214

| ended = 18 December 1226

| predecessor = Gilbert Glanvill

| successor = Henry Sandford

| consecration = either 25 January 1215 or 22 February 1215

| death_date = 18 December 1226

| death_place =

| previous_post = Precentor of St Paul's, London

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Benedict of Sausetun (or Benedict of Sawston) was a medieval Bishop of Rochester.

Life

Benedict was from Sawston in Cambridgeshire.[http://british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=33873 British History Online Bishops of Rochester] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120214055622/http://british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=33873 |date=14 February 2012 }} accessed on 30 October 2007 He was a canon of the diocese of London from 1196 and held the prebend of Neseden.[http://british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=33827 British History Online Prebendaries of Nesden] accessed on 30 October 2007 From 1204 he was precentor of St Paul's, London.[http://british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=33807 British History Online Precentors of London] accessed on 30 October 2007 He was elected to the see of Rochester on 13 December 1214Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 267 and was consecrated on either 25 January 1215 or 22 February 1215. At some point between 1217 and 1221 he served as a baron of the exchequer.Vincent "Origins of the Chancellorship of the Exchequer" English Historical Review p. 108 He died on 18 December 1226 and was buried on 21 December 1226.

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References

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  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20120214055622/http://british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=33873 British History Online Bishops of Rochester] accessed on 30 October 2007
  • [http://british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=33827 British History Online Prebendaries of Nesden] accessed on 30 October 2007
  • [http://british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=33807 British History Online Precentors of London] accessed on 30 October 2007
  • {{cite book |author1=Fryde, E. B. |author2=Greenway, D. E. |author3=Porter, S. |author4=Roy, I. |title=Handbook of British Chronology|edition=Third revised |publisher=Cambridge University Press |location=Cambridge |year=1996 |isbn=0-521-56350-X }}
  • {{cite journal |last= Vincent|first=Nicholas C. |year=1993 |title=The Origins of the Chancellorship of the Exchequer |journal=The English Historical Review |volume=108 |issue=426 |pages=105–121 |doi=10.1093/ehr/CVIII.426.105 }}

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{{short description|13th-century Bishop of Rochester}}

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Category:Bishops of Rochester

Category:People from Sawston

Category:13th-century English Roman Catholic bishops

Category:1226 deaths

Category:Year of birth unknown

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