John of Pontoise (;1303 Treaty of Paris. died 1304) was a medieval Bishop of Winchester in the Kingdom of England, serving from 1282 to 1304.
Life John of Pontoise was from Pontoise in Seine-et-Oise in France, but spent much of his life in England. In 1280, he was briefly Chancellor of the University of Oxford. He was an Archdeacon of Exeter and a papal chaplain before Pope Martin IV provided him to the see of Winchester on 9 June 1282; he was consecrated before 15 June 1282. He was enthroned at Winchester Cathedral in September 1282.British History Online Bishops of Winchester . Accessed on 2 November 2007.
In 1303, he helped negotiate the Treaty of Paris that ended the 1294–1303 Gascon War.
John of Pontoise died on 4 December 1304.
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British History Online Bishops of Winchester accessed on 2 November 2007 .