Men of Kent and Kentishmen/Henry of Sandwich
Henry of Sandwich,
BISHOP,
Is placed by Fuller amongst the celebrities of Kent, the title of "Sandwich" being taken to indicate his birthplace. He was, when Archdeacon of Oxford, consecrated Bishop of London in 1263. He took part with the seditious barons against Henry III., for which he was deservedly (the same author remarks) excommunicated by Othobon, the Pope's Legate. Going to Rome it cost him well nigh an apprenticeship of patience, dancing attendance almost seven years before he could gain his absolution; which obtained, he returned home, and, dying September 16th, 1273, was buried in his own church of St. Paul's. It is clear from this that Fuller did not form a high opinion of this prelate, nor of another Kentishman, Bernard of Gravesend, Bishop of Lincoln, who joined in the same rebellion, but is "not otherwise to be remembered."
[See "Fuller's Worthies."]