Men of Kent and Kentishmen/Stephen of Gravesend
Stephen of Gravesend,
BISHOP OF LONDON, 1318,
Was (by inference) a native of Kent. Previous to his appointment he was Prebendary of Wenlakesbarn and Chamberlain Wood. He strenuously opposed the archbishop's pretensions to the right of visitation in his diocese, and of the monks of Canterbury to elect to that see. He also opposed the deposing of Edward II., and refused to qualify himself to his son and successor. He was convicted of conniving at the escape of that prince, though, as afterwards appeared, he was dead. He founded in St. Paul's a charity of two priests for the celebration of mass for his soul, and died 8th April, 1338.
[See Wharton's "De Episcopis Londonensibus."]