Richard Wendene

Richard Wendene
Bishop of Rochester
Elected	26 March 1235
Term ended	12 October 1250
Predecessor	Henry Sandford
Successor	Lawrence of St Martin
Other posts	Rector of Bromley
Orders
Consecration	21 November 1238
Personal details
Born	circa 1219 Wendover
Died	12 October 1250 Essex
Denomination	Catholic

Richard Wendene (c. 1219-1250) was a medieval Bishop of Rochester.

Life

Wendene's family held lands between Wendover near Buckingham and Wenden in Essex, and he was appointed as Rector of Bromley in Kent.^[1]

Wendene was advanced as bishop, being elected on 26 March 1235, and consecrated on 21 November 1238^[2] in Rochester Cathedral.^[3]

Wendene died on 12 October 1250,^[2] at Danbury Palace in the diocesan manor of Freckenham, Suffolk.^[4]

Citations

↑ British History Online Bishops of Rochester accessed on 30 October 2007
1 2 Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 267
↑ Faith and Fabric: A History of Rochester Cathedral 604-1994, Prof. Nigel Yates (1996)
↑ Nicholas Karn, ‘Wenden, Richard of (d. 1250)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, May 2009.

References

British History Online Bishops of Rochester 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.

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Henry Sandford	Bishop of Rochester 1235–1250	Succeeded by Lawrence of St Martin

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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