Walter Langton, bishop of Lichfield and treasurer of England (born 1243)

Walter Langton

English bishop (1296–1321)

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 York-elect, by Robert Burnell, Lord Chancellor of England and then by the years…