Walter Stapledon

Walter Stapledon
Bishop of Exeter
Walter Stapledon (died 1326), Bishop of Exeter. Detail from his effigy in Exeter Cathedral
Appointed13 March 1307
Term ended15 October 1326
PredecessorThomas Bitton
SuccessorJames Berkeley
Previous post(s)Papal chaplain
Personal details
Bornbefore 1266
Devon, England
Died14 October 1326
London
DenominationCatholic

Walter Stapledon (died 15 October 1326) was an English cleric and administrator who was Bishop of Exeter from 1308 and twice served as Lord High Treasurer of England, in 1320 and from 1322 to 1325. He founded what became Exeter College, Oxford and contributed liberally to the rebuilding of Exeter Cathedral, where his tomb and monument survive. He was killed by a mob during the London uprising.[1]

  1. ^ M. C. Buck (23 September 2004). "Stapeldon, Walter (b. in or before 1265, d. 1326)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/26296. Retrieved 6 October 2023. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)