About Richard le Grant
Lived 1150 – 1231 (aged 80–81). Richard le Grant was a catholic priest and archbishop.
Richard le Grant was Archbishop of Canterbury from 1229 to 1231.
Biography
Grant was a native of Nazeing, Essex and had a brother and sister whom he provided for after he became archbishop. He was chancellor of the see of Lincoln when Henry III nominated him to be Archbishop of Canterbury in opposition to Walter d'Eynsham in 1229. He had been chancellor of Lincoln since at least 16 December 1220, when he first occurs in documents in that office. He was also a distinguished writer. and teacher. He was recommended for the see by Alexander de Stavenby, the Bishop of Coventry, and Henry Sandford, the Bishop of Rochester, who wrote to the pope on Richard's behalf. He was buried in San Gemini in Umbria.
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Archbishop of Canterbury
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Richard le Grant was born in 1150 in Nazeing.
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Richard le Grant died on 3 August 1231 in San Gemini.
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Richard le Grant was a catholic priest and archbishop.
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