Walter Langton

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Walter Langton
Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield
Walter Langton, 18th-century drawing of a now-lost stained-glass depiction in Lichfield Cathedral
Elected20 February 1296
Term ended9 November 1321
PredecessorRoger de Meyland
SuccessorRoger Northburgh
Orders
Consecration23 December 1296
Personal details
Born2 September 1243 (1243-09-02)
Leicestershire
Died9 November 1321 (1321-11-10) (aged 78)
BuriedLichfield Cathedral
DenominationCatholic
Marble effigy of Bishop Walter Langton, Lichfield Cathedral, long since separated from its elaborate chest tomb and Gothic canopy
Arms of Walter Langton, Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry: Or, a fess chequy gules and azure as tricked in a drawing by William Dugdale of a stained-glass image of the Bishop formerly in Lichfield Cathedral[1]

Walter Langton (died 1321) of Castle Ashby[2] in Northamptonshire, was Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield and King's Treasurer. The life of Langton was strongly influenced by his uncle William Langton (d. 1279), Archbishop of York-elect, by Robert Burnell, Lord Chancellor of England and then by the years in which he served King Edward I. Lichfield Cathedral was improved and enriched at his expense.[3]

  1. ^ see File:WalterDeLangton Died1321 BishopOfCoventry&Lichfield AfterDugdale.png. The arms (apparently based on Dugdale's drawing) are blazoned slightly differently as Or, a fess compony azure and gules in Bedford, Blazons of Episcopacy, 1858, p.57, apparently based on Dugdale's depiction [1]
  2. ^ 'Parishes: Castle Ashby', in A History of the County of Northampton: Volume 4, ed. L F Salzman (London, 1937), pp. 230-236. [2]
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference EB1911 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).