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Alexander de Stavenby (or Alexander of Stainsby; died 26 December 1238) was a medieval Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield.Alexander was probably a native of Stainsby Lincolnshire and had two brothers William and Gilbert who held land there. He may have studied under Stephen Langton later Archbishop of Canterbury as Langton was from a village less than 10 miles away. Alexander taught theology at Toulouse before his elevation to the episcopate.