predecessor successor death_date title type see term article_title name church
john kemp thomas brunce 30 september 1434 bishop of rochester bishop diocese of rochester 1421 -- 1434 john langdon -lrb- bishop -rrb-
 john langdon catholic
john langdon -lrb- bishop -rrb-

john langdon -lrb- died 30 september 1434 -rrb- was a medieval bishop of rochester .
langdon was admitted a monk of christ church , canterbury , in 1398 .
afterwards he studied at oxford , and is said to have belonged to gloucester hall .
he was one of twelve oxford scholars appointed at the suggestion of convocation in 1411 to inquire into the doctrines of wycliffe .
on 17 november 1421 he was appointed by papal provision to the see of rochester , and was consecrated on 7 june 1422 at canterbury by archbishop chicheley .
after his consecration he appears among the royal councillors , and after 1430 his name constantly occurs among those present at the meetings .
in february 1432 he was engaged on an embassy to charles vii of france .
on 18 february 1434 he had license to absent himself from the council if sent on a mission by the pope or cardinals , and on 3 november of that year was appointed to treat for the reformation of the church and peace with france .
langdon had , however , died at basle on 30 september .
it is commonly alleged that langdon 's body was brought home for burial at the charterhouse , loudon , but in reality he was interred in the choir of the carthusian monastery at basle .
