John of Pontoise

John of Pontoise (Latin: Johan de Pontissara;^[1] died 1304) was a medieval Bishop of Winchester in the Kingdom of England, serving from 1282 to 1304.

John of Pontoise
Bishop of Winchester
Appointed	9 June 1282
Installed	September 1282
Term ended	5 December 1304
Predecessor	Richard de la More
Successor	Henry Woodlock
Previous post(s)	Archdeacon of Exeter
Orders
Consecration	before 15 June 1282
Personal details
Died	5 December 1304
Denomination	Catholic

Life

John of Pontoise was from Pontoise in Seine-et-Oise in France, but spent much of his life in England. In 1280, he was briefly Chancellor of the University of Oxford.^[2][3] He was an Archdeacon of Exeter and a papal chaplain before Pope Martin IV provided him to the see of Winchester on 9 June 1282; he was consecrated before 15 June 1282. He was enthroned at Winchester Cathedral in September 1282.^[4]

In 1303, he helped negotiate the Treaty of Paris that ended the 1294–1303 Gascon War.^[5]

John of Pontoise died on 4 December 1304.^[4]