John Sheppey (c. 1300 – 19 October 1360) was an English administrator and bishop. He served as treasurer from 1356 to 1360.[1] Little is known of his family and background. A Benedictine, he was ordained deacon in 1318, and later studied at Oxford. Later he became involved in royal government,[citation needed] and was made bishop of Rochester on 22 October 1352. He was consecrated on 10 March 1353. He died on 19 October 1360,[2] and was buried in Rochester Cathedral at the altar of St John the Baptist. As his will shows, he was a friend of his predecessor in the treasury, William Edington.
Sheppey is today remembered mostly for his sermons, many of which still survive.
Citations
- ^ Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 105
- ^ Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 267
References
- 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.
- Spencer, H. L. (2004). "Sheppey, John (c.1300–1360)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/25350. Retrieved 22 September 2006.
External links
- Hutchinson, John (1892). "John of Sheppy" . Men of Kent and Kentishmen (Subscription ed.). Canterbury: Cross & Jackman. p. 82.
- "Sheppey, John de" . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
14th-century Bishop of Rochester and Treasurer of England
