1277
Walter de Merton, Lord Chancellor of England
Walter de Merton, Lord Chancellor of England
Walter de Merton, Lord Chancellor of England
Walter de Merton
Bishop and Chancellor of England (c. 1205 – 1277)
- Died
- 1277
Walter de Merton was Lord Chancellor of England, Archdeacon of Bath, founder of Merton College, Oxford, and Bishop of Rochester. For the first two years of the reign of Edward I he was – in all but name – Regent of England during the King's absence abroad. He died in 1277 after falling from his horse, and is buried in Rochester Cathedral.
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