John Sheppey

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John Sheppey (c.Template:TrimScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – 19 October 1360) was an English administrator and bishop. He served as treasurer from 1356 to 1360.[1] Little is known of his family and background. A Benedictine, he was ordained deacon in 1318, and later studied at Oxford. Later he became involved in royal government,Script error: No such module "Unsubst". and was made bishop of Rochester on 22 October 1352. He was consecrated on 10 March 1353. He died on 19 October 1360,[2] and was buried in Rochester Cathedral at the altar of St John the Baptist. As his will shows, he was a friend of his predecessor in the treasury, William Edington.

Sheppey is today remembered mostly for his sermons, many of which still survive.

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  1. Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 105
  2. Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 267

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