William Middleton (bishop)

For other people with the same name, see William Middleton.

William Middleton
Bishop of Norwich
Elected	24 February 1278
Installed	27 November 1278
Term ended	either 31 August or 1 September 1288
Predecessor	Roger Skerning
Successor	Ralph Walpole
Other posts	Archdeacon of Canterbury
Orders
Consecration	29 May 1278
Personal details
Died	either 31 August or 1 September 1288
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Profession	previously clerk; also administrator

William Middleton (or William de Middleton; died 31 August or 1 September 1288) was a medieval Bishop of Norwich.

Life

Middleton began his career as a clerk in the Jewish exchequer in 1265. He was given custody of the rolls in 1276, and in 1277 was at the French royal court.^[1] He was an official of Canterbury when he was appointed Archdeacon of Canterbury by Archbishop Robert Kilwardby in October 1275. He may also have held a prebend in the diocese of London.^[2]

Middleton was elected on 24 February 1278 and was consecrated on 29 May 1278. He was enthroned at Norwich Cathedral on 27 November 1278.^[3] He continued to work on royal administrative business after his election and consecration.^[1]

Middleton died 31 August^[3] or 1 September 1288)^[4]

Citations

1 2 Pegues "Clericus in Legal Administration" English Historical Review p. 548
↑ British History Online Archdeacons of Canterbury accessed on 29 October 2007
1 2 British History Online Bishops of Norwich accessed on 29 October 2007
↑ Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 261

References

British History Online Archdeacons of Canterbury accessed on 29 October 2007
British History Online Bishops of Norwich accessed on 29 October 2007
Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1996). Handbook of British Chronology (Third revised ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
Pegues, Frank (October 1956). "The Clericus in the Legal Administration of Thirteenth-Century England". The English Historical Review. 71 (281): 529–559. doi:10.1093/ehr/LXXI.281.529.

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Roger Skerning	Bishop of Norwich 1278–1288	Succeeded by Ralph Walpole

Bishops of Norwich

Bishops of Elmham	Bedwinus Northbertus Headulacus Æthelfrith Eanfrith Æthelwulf Alherdus Sybba Hunferthus Humbertus See interrupted Eadwulf Ælfric I Theodred I Theodred II Athelstan Ælfgar Ælfwine Ælfric II Ælfric III Stigand Grimketel Stigand (again) Æthelmær Herfast see removed to Thetford

Bishops of Thetford	Herfast William de Beaufeu Herbert de Losinga see removed to Norwich

High Medieval	Herbert de Losinga Everard of Calne William de Turbeville John of Oxford John de Gray Pandulf Verraccio Thomas Blunville Simon of Elmham William de Raley Walter Suffield Simon Walton Roger Skerning William Middleton Ralph Walpole

Late Medieval	John Salmon Robert Baldock William Ayermin Thomas Hemenhale Antony Bek William Bateman Thomas Percy Henry le Despenser Alexander Tottington Richard Courtenay John Wakering William Alnwick Thomas Brunce Walter Hart James Goldwell Thomas Jane

Early modern	Richard Nykke William Rugg Thomas Thirlby John Hopton John Parkhurst Edmund Freke Edmund Scambler William Redman John Jegon John Overall Samuel Harsnett Francis White Richard Corbet Matthew Wren Richard Montagu Joseph Hall Edward Reynolds Anthony Sparrow William Lloyd John Moore Charles Trimnell Thomas Green John Leng William Baker Robert Butts Thomas Gooch Samuel Lisle Thomas Hayter Philip Yonge Lewis Bagot George Horne Charles Manners-Sutton

Late modern	Henry Bathurst Edward Stanley Samuel Hinds John Pelham John Sheepshanks Bertram Pollock Percy Herbert Launcelot Fleming Maurice Wood Peter Nott Graham James

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