- Walter de Stapledon
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name = Walter de Stapledon
religion =Catholic
See =Diocese of Exeter
Title =Bishop of Exeter
Period = 1308–1326
Predecessor =Thomas Bitton
Successor =James Berkeley
ordination =
bishops =
post =papal chaplain
date of birth =February 1 1261
place of birth =Annery ,Devonshire
date of death =October 14 1326
place of death =London Walter de Stapeldon (
February 1 ,1261 –October 15 ,1326 ), English bishop, was born atAnnery in NorthDevon .He became professor of
canon law at Oxford University andchaplain toPope Clement V Fact|date=April 2008 and onMarch 13 1307 was chosenBishop of Exeter , and was consecrated onOctober 13 1308 .Fryde "Handbook of British Chronology" p. 246] He went on errands toFrance for both Edward I and Edward II, and attended the councils and parliaments of his time.Fact|date=April 2008 AsLord High Treasurer ofEngland , an office to which he was appointed twice, once in 1320 and once in 1322,Fryde "Handbook of British Chronology" p. 105] the Bishop was associated in the popular mind with the misdeeds of Edward II, and consequently, after the king fled before the advancing troops of Queen Isabella, he was murdered inLondon by the mobFact|date=April 2008 on15 October 1326 .Stapeldon is famous as the founder of
Exeter College, Oxford , which originated inStapeldon Hall , established in 1314 by the bishop and his elder brother, Sir Richard Stapeldon, a judge of the king's bench. He also contributed very liberally to the rebuilding of his cathedral at Exeter. His tomb is on the north side of the high altar there.Notes
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NAME=Stapledon, Walter de
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SHORT DESCRIPTION=Bishop of Exeter; Lord High Treasurer of England
DATE OF BIRTH=February 1, 1261
PLACE OF BIRTH=Annery, Devonshire
DATE OF DEATH=October 15, 1326
PLACE OF DEATH=London, England
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