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JOHN DE SANDFORD (d. 1294)

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Originally appearing in Volume V24, Page 139 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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JOHN DE SANDFORD (d. 1294)  , archbishop of
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Dublin, was probably an illegitimate son of the baronial leader, Gilbert Basset (d . 1241), or of his
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brother Fulk Basset, bishop of
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London from 1241 until his
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death in 1259, a prelate who was prominent during the troubles of Henry III.'s reign . John was a
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nephew of
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Sir Philip Basset (d . 1271), the justiciar . He first appears as an official of Henry III. in Ireland and of
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Edward I. in both England and Ireland; he was appointed dean of St Patrick's, Dublin, in 1275 . In 1284 he was chosen archbishop of Dublin in succession to John of
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Darlington; some, however, objected to this choice and Sandford resigned his claim; but was elected a second time while he was in Rome, and returning to Ireland was allowed to take up the office . In 1288, during a time of
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great
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con-
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fusion, the archbishop acted as governor of Ireland . In 1290 he resigned and returned to England . Sandford served Edward I. in the great case over the succession to the Scottish
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throne in 1292 and also as an envoy to the German king, Adolph of
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Nassau, and the princes of the
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Empire . On his return from Germany he died at Yarmouth on the and of
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October 1294 . Sandford's elder brother, Fulk (d . 1271), was also archbishop of Dublin .

He is called Fulk de Sandford and also Fulk Basset owing to his relationship to the Bassets . Having been

arch-deacon of Middlesex and treasurer and chancellor of St Paul's
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Cathedral, London, he was appointed archbishop of Dublin by Pope Alexander IV. in 1256 . He took some slight
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part in the government of Ireland under Henry III. and died at Finglas on the 4th of May 1271 .

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