Oliver Sutton (died 1299) was a medieval Bishop of Lincoln, in England.
Sutton was the nephew of Henry of Lexington, Bishop of Lincoln from 1253 to 1258.Greenway Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066–1300: Volume 3: Lincoln: Bishops of Lincoln He was Dean of Lincoln before 30 June 1275.Greenway Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066–1300: Volume 3: Lincoln: Deans
Sutton was elected to the see of Lincoln on 6 February 1280 and consecrated on 19 May 1280Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 255 at Lambeth. He was enthroned at Lincoln Cathedral on 8 September 1280.
Sutton died on 13 November 1299 at Nettleham.
Citations
Rosalind Hill, The Rolls and Register of Bishop Oliver Sutton 1280-1299 (published in eight volumes, 1948–86)
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