Henry of Lexington explained

Henry of Lexington (or Henry Lexington; died 1258) was a medieval Bishop of Lincoln.

Life

Henry held the prebend of Calne in the diocese of Salisbury before becoming treasurer of Salisbury by 13 January 1239.^[1] By January 1246 he was Dean of Lincoln.^[2] His father Richard had been a royal judge. Henry's brother Robert of Lexinton was also a judge, and his brother John was a knight and clerk of the royal household, at various times seneschal, envoy, and keeper of the seals. Another brother was Stephen of Lexington, a Cistercian monk and abbot of Clairvaux abbey.^[3]

Henry was elected to the see of Lincoln on either 21 or 30 December 1253 and consecrated on 17 May 1254,^[4] at London or possibly at Lambeth.

Henry died on 8 August 1258^[4] at Nettleham near Lincoln.

Henry's nephew was Oliver Sutton, the Bishop of Lincoln from 1280 to 1299.^[5]

References

• Book: Fryde, E. B. . Greenway, D. E. . Porter, S. . Roy, I. . Handbook of British Chronology. Third revised . Cambridge University Press . Cambridge, UK . 1996 . 0-521-56350-X .
• Book: Greenway, Diana E. . Bishops of Lincoln . Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066–1300. 3: Lincoln. http://british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=33560 . 28 October 2007 . Institute of Historical Research . 1977 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110809060816/http://british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=33560 . 9 August 2011 . dead .
• Book: Greenway, Diana E. . Deans . Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066–1300. 3: Lincoln. http://british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=33561 . 28 October 2007. Institute of Historical Research . 1977.
• Book: Greenway, Diana E. . Treasurers . Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066-1300. 4: Salisbury. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/fasti-ecclesiae/1066-1300/vol4/pp20-23 . 28 October 2007 . Institute of Historical Research . 1991 .
• Book: Lawrence, C. H. . Medieval Monasticism: Forms of Religious Life in Western Europe in the Middle Ages . Third . Longman . New York . 2001 . 0-582-40427-4 .

Further reading

• Encyclopedia: Stacey, Robert C. . Lexinton, Henry of (d. 1258) . Oxford Dictionary of National Biography . Oxford University Press . 2004 . Fee required . 10.1093/ref:odnb/16614. 7 January 2010.

Notes and References

1. Greenway Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066-1300: Volume 4: Salisbury: Treasurers
2. Greenway Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066–1300: Volume 3: Lincoln: Deans
3. Lawrence Medieval Monasticism p. 186
4. Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 255
5. Greenway Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066–1300: Volume 3: Lincoln: Bishops of Lincoln