About Oliver Sutton
Lived 1219 – 1299 (aged 79–80). Oliver Sutton was a catholic priest and catholic bishop.
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. He was Dean of Lincoln before 30 June 1275.
Sutton was elected to the see of Lincoln on 6 February 1280 and consecrated on 19 May 1280 at Lambeth. He was enthroned at Lincoln Cathedral on 8 September 1280.
Sutton died on 13 November 1299 at Nettleham.
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Bishop of Lincoln
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Oliver Sutton was born in 1219.
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Oliver Sutton died on 13 November 1299 in Nettleham.
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Oliver Sutton was a catholic priest and catholic bishop.
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