Richard Wendene

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

Richard Wendene
Bishop of Rochester
Elected26 March 1235
Term ended12 October 1250
PredecessorHenry Sandford
SuccessorLawrence of St Martin
Other postsRector of Bromley
Orders
Consecration21 November 1238
Personal details
Borncirca 1219
Wendover
Died12 October 1250
Essex
DenominationCatholic

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

  1. British History Online Bishops of Rochester accessed on 30 October 2007
  2. Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 267
  3. Faith and Fabric: A History of Rochester Cathedral 604-1994, Prof. Nigel Yates (1996)
  4. 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

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