Henry of Lexington

Henry held the prebend of Calne in the diocese of Salisbury before becoming treasurer of Salisbury by 13 January 1239.Greenway [http://british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=34223 Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066-1300: Volume 4: Salisbury: Treasurers] By January 1246 he was Dean of Lincoln.Greenway [http://british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=33561 Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066–1300: Volume 3: Lincoln: Deans] 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.Lawrence Medieval Monasticism p. 186

Henry was elected to the see of Lincoln on either 21 or 30 December 1253 and consecrated on 17 May 1254,Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 255 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.Greenway [http://british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=33560 Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066–1300: Volume 3: Lincoln: Bishops of Lincoln] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110809060816/http://british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=33560 |date=9 August 2011 }}

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