John Sheppey Explained

Type:	Bishop
John Sheppey
Bishop of Rochester
Religion:	Catholic
Appointed:	22 October 1352
Term End:	19 October 1360
Predecessor:	Hamo Hethe
Successor:	William Whittlesey
Consecration:	10 March 1353
Death Date:	19 October 1360

John Sheppey ( – 19 October 1360) was an English administrator and bishop. He served as treasurer from 1356 to 1360.^[1] Little is known of his family and background. A Benedictine, he was ordained deacon in 1318, and later studied at Oxford. Later he became involved in royal government, and was made bishop of Rochester on 22 October 1352. He was consecrated on 10 March 1353. He died on 19 October 1360,^[2] and was buried in Rochester Cathedral at the altar of St John the Baptist. As his will shows, he was a friend of his predecessor in the treasury, William Edington.

Sheppey is today remembered mostly for his sermons, many of which still survive.

References

• Book: Fryde . E. B. . Greenway . D. E. . Porter . S. . Roy . I. . Handbook of British Chronology. Third revised . Cambridge University Press . Cambridge . 1996 . 0-521-56350-X .
• Encyclopedia: Spencer, H. L. . Sheppey, John (c.1300–1360) . Oxford Dictionary of National Biography . Oxford University Press . 2004 . 10.1093/ref:odnb/25350 . 2006-09-22.

External links

• Book: Hutchinson . John . Men of Kent and Kentishmen . 1892 . Cross & Jackman . Canterbury . 82 . Subscription . John of Sheppy.
• Sheppey, John de.

Notes and References

1. Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 105
2. Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 267