John Climping Explained

John Climping
Bishop of Chichester
Elected:	20 May 1253
Consecration:	11 January 1154
Ended:	18 May 1262
Predecessor:	Richard of Chichester
Successor:	Stephen Bersted
Other Post:	Chancellor of Chichester Archdeacon of Chichester
Death Date:	18 May 1262

John Climping (died 18 May 1262) was a medieval Bishop of Chichester.

Life

Climping was a clerk of Ranulf of Wareham by 18 July 1220.^[1] By 1232 he was a canon of Chichester Cathedral and was named Archdeacon of Chichester by December 1242.^[2] He was then Chancellor of Chichester by 17 July 1247 as well as rector of Climping.^[3] He was elected to the see of Chichester on 20 May 1253, and consecrated on 11 January 1254^[4] at Canterbury.

Climping died on 18 May 1262.^[4]

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