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3 unusual facts about Walter Langton


Church of St Thomas the Martyr, Upholland

However in 1319 the college was converted into a priory by Walter de Langton, Bishop of Lichfield, because of charges of misbehaviour by the priests.

Eccleshall Castle

This original castle was replaced by a larger castle in 1305 by Bishop Walter Langton, Chancellor of England.

Gresley Priory

In June 1313, Bishop Walter Langton visited the priory and subsequently ordered that licences and pensions were not to be granted from the Priory without episcopal licence, and that no women were to be allowed within the monastery bounds.



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