Henry of Sandwich

Henry was the son of Henry of Sandwich, a knight from Sandwich, Kent. He held the prebend of Weldland in the diocese of London.Greenway [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/fasti-ecclesiae/1066-1300/vol1/pp1-4 Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066-1300: Volume 1, St. Paul's, London: Bishops]

Henry was Archdeacon of Oxford from 1259 to 1262.Greenway [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/fasti-ecclesiae/1066-1300/vol3/pp35-39 Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066–1300: Volume 3: Lincoln: Archdeacons of Oxford] He was elected Bishop of London on 13 November 1262, confirmed 21 December and consecrated on 27 May 1263. He was suspended from office on 1 December 1265 but was reinstated by Pope Gregory X on 31 May 1272. He returned to England from exile on 31 January 1273.

Henry died on 15 September 1273.Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 258 After his death, his nephew Sir Ralph de Sandwich was made administrator of the See of London, having already acted as their administrator during Henry's exile in Rome.

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• {{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 book |author=Greenway, Diana E. |section=Bishops |title= Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066-1300|volume=1, St. Paul's, London|section-url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/fasti-ecclesiae/1066-1300/vol1/pp1-4 |access-date= 29 October 2007|publisher=Institute of Historical Research |year=1968}}
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• {{cite book |last1=Hutchinson |first1=John |title=Men of Kent and Kentishmen |date=1892 |publisher=Cross & Jackman |location=Canterbury |pages=70–71 |edition=Subscription |chapter=Henry of Sandwich}}

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