Richard Middleton (Lord Chancellor)

Richard Middleton (sometimes Richard of Middleton[1] or Richard de Middleton;[2] died 7 August 1272) was an English ecclesiastic and Lord Chancellor of England.

Not to be confused with Richard of Middleton.
For other uses, see Richard Middleton.
Richard Middleton
Archdeacon of Northumberland
ProvinceDurham
Appointedbefore 23 September 1271
Term endedbefore 7 August 1272
PredecessorRoger de Herteburn
SuccessorThomas de Birland
Other postsLord Chancellor
Personal details
Died7 August 1272
Lord Chancellor
In office
29 July 1269 – before 7 August 1272
MonarchHenry III, Edward I
Preceded byJohn Chishull
Succeeded byWalter de Merton

Middleton was appointed Lord Chancellor[2] on 29 July 1269. He was out of office before his death, but his successor Walter de Merton is first mentioned in the office on 29 November 1272.[3]

On 5 January 1270 Middleton was given the living of the church at Hemingbrough in the East Riding of Yorkshire by the cathedral chapter of Durham Cathedral. He was also Archdeacon of Northumberland, occurring in that office on 23 September 1271 and in 1272.[2]

Middleton died on 7 August 1272.[2]

Citations
  1. Staff "Lord chancellors of England and Great Britain" Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
  2. Greenway Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066–1300: Volume 2, Monastic Cathedrals (Northern and Southern Provinces): Durham: Archdeacons: Northumberland
  3. Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 85

References
  • Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1996). Handbook of British Chronology (Third revised ed.). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
  • Greenway, Diana E. (1971). Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066–1300: Volume 2, Monastic Cathedrals (Northern and Southern Provinces): Durham: Archdeacons: Northumberland. Institute of Historical Research. Retrieved 11 January 2017.
  • Staff. "Lord chancellors of England and Great Britain (1060s–2012)" ((subscription or UK public library membership required)). Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 11 January 2017.

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