Richard Wendene


Richard Wendene was a medieval Bishop of Rochester.
Wendene's family held lands between Wendover near Buckingham and Wenden in Essex, and he was appointed as Rector of Bromley in Kent.
Wendene was advanced as bishop, being elected on 26 March 1235, and consecrated on 21 November 1238 in Rochester Cathedral.
Wendene died on 12 October 1250, at Danbury Palace in the diocesan manor of Freckenham, Suffolk.

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