John of Greenford was a medieval Bishop of Chichester.
Life
Some historians say John's ancestry is unknown,Warren Henry II p. 535 but others say he was the son of a canon, or priest. Although Greenford is a location in Middlesex, no contemporary record gives him that name, and it not known when the surname was first attached to John.Mayr-Harting "Introduction" Acta pp. 5-6 He was a prebend of London, and Dean of Chichester,Greenway Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066-1300: Volume 5: Chichester: Deans holding the office of dean for over 20 years. He was elected to the see of Chichester in late April 1173, and consecrated on 6 October 1174.Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 239 As he is said to have been the son of a priest, he obtained a papal dispensation in the summer of 1174.Greenway Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066-1300: Volume 5: Chichester: Bishops He died on 26 April 1180. Besides his profession of obedience to the Archbishop of Canterbury, another 13 documents of John's survive.Mayr-Harting "Introduction" Acta p. 32
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