Stephen Gravesend

Stephen Gravesend was a medieval Bishop of London.

Stephen Gravesend
Bishop of London
Elected	1 September 1318
Term ended	8 April 1338
Predecessor	Richard Newport
Successor	Richard de Wentworth
Orders
Consecration	14 January 1319
Personal details
Died	8 April 1338
Denomination	Catholic

Gravesend was elected 1 September 1318 and consecrated on 14 January 1319. He died on 8 April 1338.^[1]

Gravesend, along with Archbishop Melton, John Ross and Hamo Hethe, alone spoke up in Edward II's defence during the Parliamentary session that deposed Edward.^[2]

Citations

1. Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 258
2. Weir Queen Isabella p. 257

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.
• Weir, Alison Queen Isabella: Treachery, Adultery and Murder in Medieval England New York: Ballantine 2005 ISBN 0-345-45319-0

External links

• Hutchinson, John (1892). "Stephen of Gravesend" . Men of Kent and Kentishmen (Subscription ed.). Canterbury: Cross & Jackman. p. 128.

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Richard Newport	Bishop of London 1318–1338	Succeeded by Richard de Wentworth