title: John Gervais
text: # John Gervais
  
  John Gervais was a medieval Bishop of Winchester.
  
  ## Life
  
  Gervais was a clerk of the diocese of Exeter and educated in physical sciences. He held the prebends of Fenton and Warthill in the diocese of York before becoming chancellor of the diocese of York. He made a trip to Rome on business about the election of Archbishop Sewal de Bovil to York and became a papal chaplain under Pope Alexander IV. In 1260 he was named Bishop of Carlisle by Archbishop Godfrey Ludham of York, but the election was not effective.
  
  Gervais was nominated to the see of Winchester on 22 June 1262 by papal provision and probably consecrated on 10 September 1262. He was enthroned in Winchester Cathedral about Christmas, 1262.
  
  Gervais died on 19 or 20 January 1268.
  
  ## Citations
  
  * ↑ British History Online Chancellors of York accessed on 2 November 2007
  * 1 2 British History Online Bishops of Winchester Archived 14 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine accessed on 2 November 2007
  * ↑ Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 276
  