Men of Kent and Kentishmen/John of Kent
John of Kent,
LEARNED MONK,
Was so called according to Fuller, because he was born in Kent. "After he had studied at home with good proficiency, he went over to France, where he became canon in the Church of St. Mary in Angers; but afterwards being weary of wordly wealth, he quitted that place, and turned Franciscan friar, and by Pope Innocent IV. he was sent joint legate into England. He flourished in the year 1248."
[See "Fuller's Worthies."]