Walter Langton
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Walter Langton of Castle Ashby in Northamptonshire, was Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield and King's Treasurer. The life of Langton was strongly influenced by his uncle William Langton, Archbishop of Y
Marble effigy of Bishop Walter Langton, Lichfield Cathedral, long since separated from its elaborate chest tomb and Gothic canopy
Ordinances of 1311
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The Ordinances of 1311 were a series of regulations imposed upon King Edward II by the peerage and clergy of the Kingdom of England to restrict the power of the English monarch. The twenty-one signato
Walter Langton
…who was anxious to uphold the privileges of his order, Langton, accused again by the barons in 1309, remained in prison after Edward's surrender to the ordainers in 1310. He was released in January 1312 and again became treasurer on the 23rd; but he was disliked by the ordainers, who forbade him to discharge the…
Edward I blessing his son – the future Edward II – prince of Wales.
Scene from the Battle of Bannockburn in the Holkham Bible, 1327–35