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John Harewell

John Harewell

14th-century Bishop of Bath and Wells

For John Harewell (MP), see Warwickshire (UK Parliament constituency).

John Harewell was a Bishop of Bath and Wells in medieval England.

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Harewell came from Harwell in Berkshire (now in Oxfordshire). He was in the employ of the Black Prince,[1] before being collated Archdeacon of Berkshire in 1365[2] and then selected, on 14 December 1366, as Bishop of Bath and Wells. He was consecrated on 7 March 1367 and died around 16 July 1386.[3] His executors are listed[4] as John Harewell; John Bryngton; John Grene, of Welles, canon; John de Tuttebury, in 1399 (1 Henry IV).

Citations

  1. [1]
    "Harwell: The Family Name". Harwell Village. Retrieved 4 February 2012.
  2. [2]
    Joyce M. Horn (1962). "Archdeacons: Berkshire". Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1300-1541: volume 3: Salisbury diocese. Institute of Historical Research. Retrieved 1 September 2013.
  3. [3]
    Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 228
  4. [4]
    Plea Rolls of the Court of Common Pleas; National Archives; CP 40/555; http://aalt.law.uh.edu/H4/CP40no555/bCP40no555dorses/IMG_0152.htm; 4th entry from the bottom, with Soms (Somerset) in the margin, in a plea of debt, with the executors as plaintiffs

References

  • 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.
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