Benedict of Sausetun (or Benedict of Sawston) was a medieval Bishop of Rochester.
Life
Benedict was from Sawston in Cambridgeshire.[1] He was a canon of the diocese of London from 1196 and held the prebend of Neseden.[2] From 1204 he was precentor of St Paul's, London.[3] He was elected to the see of Rochester on 13 December 1214[4] and was consecrated on either 25 January 1215 or 22 February 1215.[1] At some point between 1217 and 1221 he served as a baron of the exchequer.[5] He died on 18 December 1226 and was buried on 21 December 1226.[1]
Citations
- ^ a b c British History Online Bishops of Rochester Archived 14 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine accessed on 30 October 2007
- ^ British History Online Prebendaries of Nesden accessed on 30 October 2007
- ^ British History Online Precentors of London accessed on 30 October 2007
- ^ Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 267
- ^ Vincent "Origins of the Chancellorship of the Exchequer" English Historical Review p. 108
References
- British History Online Bishops of Rochester accessed on 30 October 2007
- British History Online Prebendaries of Nesden accessed on 30 October 2007
- British History Online Precentors of London accessed on 30 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.
- Vincent, Nicholas C. (1993). "The Origins of the Chancellorship of the Exchequer". The English Historical Review. 108 (426): 105–121. doi:10.1093/ehr/CVIII.426.105.
13th-century Bishop of Rochester
