Fulk Basset (died 1259) was a medieval
Bishop of London
The bishop of London is the Ordinary (church officer), ordinary of the Church of England's Diocese of London in the Province of Canterbury. By custom the Bishop is also Dean of the Chapel Royal since 1723.
The diocese covers of 17 boroughs o ...
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He was a younger son of
Alan Basset
Alan Basset (died 1232 or 1233) was an English baron.
Basset was a younger son of Adeliza and Thomas Basset of Headington, Oxfordshire. In favour with both Richard I and with John, he received from the former the lordships of Woking and Ma ...
, of
High Wycombe
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in Buckinghamshire. He became
Dean of York in 1239, then was elected as Bishop of London in 1241, probably in December.
[Fryde, et al. ''Handbook of British Chronology'' p. 258] His
election was confirmed by the archbishop on 23 January 1244 and he was consecrated on 9 October of that year.
[Greenway ]
Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066-1300: Volume 1, St. Paul's, London: Bishops
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On the death of his brother
Gilbert in 1241, he inherited estates including the manors of
Berwick and
Marden,
both in Wiltshire.
He died on 21 May 1259.
His death was commemorated on that day and he was buried on 25 May.
His nephew,
Richard Talbot, was elected Bishop of London in 1262, but died before he could be consecrated.
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Bishops of London
Deans of York
1259 deaths
13th-century English Roman Catholic bishops
Year of birth unknown
Feudal barons of Wycombe
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