{{Infobox Christian leader | type = bishop | name = Richard Gravesend | image = | religion = Roman Catholic | title = Bishop of London | elected = about 7 May 1280 | consecration = 11 August 1280 | enthroned = 1 October 1280 | ended = 9 December 1303 | predecessor = Fulke Lovell | successor =Ralph Baldock | other_post =Prebendary of Totenhall | death_date =9 December 1303 }} {{Ordination |denomination = Roman Catholic |ordained deacon by = |date of diaconal ordination = |place of diaconal ordination = |ordained priest by = |date of priestly ordination = |place of priestly ordination = |consecrated by = Archbishop John Peckham, O.F.M. |co-consecrators = ?????????? |date of consecration = 11 August 1280 |place of consecration = |elevated by = |date of elevation = |bishop 1 = Peter Wyvill |consecration date 1 = 10 November 1280 |bishop 2 = William of March |consecration date 2 = 17 May 1293 |bishop 3 = Leoline Bromfield |consecration date 3 = 17 May 1293 }}

'''Richard Gravesend''' (died 1303) was a medieval Bishop of London.

==Life==

Gravesend held the prebend of Totenhall in the diocese of London.<ref name=BHOLondon>Greenway ''[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/fasti-ecclesiae/1066-1300/vol1/pp1-4 Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066-1300: Volume 1, St. Paul's, London: Bishops]''</ref> He may have been Archdeacon of Essex and possibly Archdeacon of Northampton, but the identifications are not secure.<ref name=BHOArchDEssex>Greenway ''[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/fasti-ecclesiae/1066-1300/vol1/pp12-14 Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066-1300: Volume 1, St. Paul's, London: Archdeacons: Essex]''</ref>

Gravesend was elected about 7 May, confirmed 17 May and consecrated on 11 August 1280.<ref name=Handbook258>Fryde, et al. ''Handbook of British Chronology'' p. 258</ref> He was enthroned in London on 1 October 1280.<ref name=BHOLondon/>

Gravesend died on 9 December 1303.<ref name=Handbook258/>

==Citations== {{reflist}}

==References== * {{cite book |author1=Fryde, E. B. |author2=Greenway, D. E. |author3=Porter, S. |author4=Roy, I. |title=Handbook of British Chronology|edition=Third revised |publisher=Cambridge University Press |location=Cambridge |year=1996 |isbn=0-521-56350-X }} * {{cite book |author=Greenway, Diana E. |author-link= Diana Greenway |section=Archdeacons: Essex |title= Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066-1300|volume=1, St. Paul's, London|section-url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/fasti-ecclesiae/1066-1300/vol1/pp12-14 |access-date= 29 October 2007|publisher=Institute of Historical Research |year=1968}} * {{cite book |author=Greenway, Diana E. |section=Bishops |title= Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066-1300|volume=1, St. Paul's, London|section-url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/fasti-ecclesiae/1066-1300/vol1/pp1-4 |access-date= 29 October 2007|publisher=Institute of Historical Research |year=1968}}

==External links==

* {{cite book |last1=Hutchinson |first1=John |title=Men of Kent and Kentishmen |date=1892 |publisher=Cross & Jackman |location=Canterbury |page=116 |edition=Subscription |chapter=Richard of Gravesend}}

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{{short description|13th and 14th-century Bishop of London}}

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