Benedict of Sausetun

Benedict of Sausetun
Bishop of Rochester
Elected	13 December 1214
Term ended	18 December 1226
Predecessor	Gilbert Glanvill
Successor	Henry Sandford
Orders
Consecration	either 25 January 1215 or 22 February 1215
Personal details
Died	18 December 1226
Denomination	Catholic
Previous post	Precentor of St Paul's, London

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

1 2 3 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, 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.

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Gilbert Glanvill	Bishop of Rochester 1214–1226	Succeeded by Henry Sandford

Bishops of Rochester

Pre-Conquest	Justus Romanus Paulinus of York Ithamar Damianus Putta Cwichelm Gebmund Tobias Aldwulf Dunn Eardwulf Diora Waermund (I) Beornmod Tatnoth Badenoth Waermund (II) Cuthwulf Swithwulf Ceolmund Cyneferth Burgric Beorhtsige Ælfstan Godwine (I) Godwine (II) Siward

Conquest–Reformation	Arnost Gundulf Ralph d'Escures Ernulf John (I) John (II) Ascelin Walter Waleran Gilbert Glanvill Benedict of Sausetun Henry Sandford Richard Wendene Lawrence of St Martin Walter de Merton John Bradfield John Kirkby Thomas Ingoldsthorpe Thomas Wouldham Hamo Hethe John Sheppey William Whittlesey Thomas Trilleck Thomas Brinton William Bottlesham John Bottlesham Richard Young John Kemp John Langdon Thomas Brunce William Wells John Low Thomas Rotherham John Alcock John Russell Edmund Audley Thomas Savage Richard FitzJames John Fisher

Post-Reformation	John Hilsey Nicholas Heath Henry Holbeach Nicholas Ridley John Ponet John Scory Maurice Griffith Edmund Allen Edmund Gheast Edmund Freke John Piers John Young William Barlow Richard Neile John Buckeridge Walter Curle John Bowle John Warner John Dolben Francis Turner Thomas Sprat Francis Atterbury Samuel Bradford Joseph Wilcocks Zachary Pearce John Thomas Samuel Horsley Thomas Dampier Walker King Hon Hugh Percy George Murray Joseph Wigram Thomas Claughton Anthony Thorold Randall Davidson Edward Talbot John Harmer Linton Smith Christopher Chavasse David Say Michael Turnbull Michael Nazir-Ali James Langstaff

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