Richard Gravesend

Richard Gravesend
Bishop of London
Diocese	Diocese of London
Elected	about 7 May 1280
Enthroned	1 October 1280
Reign ended	9 December 1303
Predecessor	Fulke Lovell
Successor	Ralph Baldock
Other posts	Prebendary of Totenhall
Orders
Consecration	11 August 1280
Personal details
Died	9 December 1303
Denomination	Catholic

Richard Gravesend (died 1303) was a medieval Bishop of London.

Life

Gravesend held the prebend of Totenhall in the diocese of London.^[1] He may have been Archdeacon of Essex and possibly Archdeacon of Northampton, but the identifications are not secure.^[2]

Gravesend was elected about 7 May 1280 and consecrated on 11 August 1280.^[3] He was enthroned in London on 1 October 1280.^[1]

Gravesend died on 9 December 1303.^[3]

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Notes

^ ^a ^b British History Online Bishops of London accessed on 29 October 2007
^ British History Online Archdeacons of Essex accessed on 29 October 2007
^ ^a ^b Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 258

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References

British History Online Archdeacons of Essex accessed on 29 October 2007
British History Online Bishops of London accessed on 29 October 2007
Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1996). Handbook of British Chronology (Third revised ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Fulke Lovell	Bishop of London 1280–1303	Succeeded by Ralph Baldock

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Name	Gravesend, Richard
Alternative names
Short description	Bishop of London
Date of birth
Place of birth
Date of death	9 December 1303
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