Lincoln Cathedral - Other Burials

Other Burials

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  • Remigius de Fécamp, Bishop of Lincoln (1072–92) — began the construction of Lincoln Cathedral, which was consecrated in 1092, two days after his death
  • Robert Bloet, Lord Chancellor of England and Bishop of Lincoln (1093–123)
  • Robert de Chesney, Bishop of Lincoln (1148–66?)
  • Hugh of Lincoln, Bishop of Lincoln (1186–200) and Saint (at the time of the Reformation, the best-known English saint after Thomas Becket)
  • William de Blois, Bishop of Lincoln (1203–6)
  • Hugh of Wells, Bishop of Lincoln (1209–35)
  • Robert Grosseteste, English statesman, scholastic philosopher, theologian and Bishop of Lincoln (1235–53)
  • Katherine Swynford, Duchess of Lancaster (1350–1403)
  • Joan Beaufort, Countess of Westmorland (1379–1440)
  • Philip Repyngdon, Bishop of Lincoln (1405–20) and Cardinal
  • John Russell (bishop), Lord Privy Seal and Lord Chancellor of England, and Bishop of Lincoln (1480–94)
  • William Smyth, Bishop of Lincoln (1496–514)
  • William Fuller (bishop), Bishop of Lincoln (1667–75)

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