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Walter Stapledon, bishop and Lord High Treasurer of England, and his brother Sir Richard Stapledon, judge and politician.
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Walter Stapledon
English bishop and Treasurer of England (died 1326)
Walter Stapeldon was an English cleric and administrator who was Bishop of Exeter from 1308 and twice served as Lord High Treasurer of England, in 1320 and from 1322 to 1325. He founded what became Exeter College, Oxford and contributed liberally to the rebuilding of Exeter…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Lord High Treasurer
English government position
The Lord High Treasurer was an English government position and has been a British government position since the Acts of Union of 1707. A holder of the post would be the third-highest-ranked Great Officer of State in England, below the Lord High Steward and the Lord High…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Richard Stapledon
English judge and politician
Sir Richard Stapledon was an English judge and politician, the elder brother of Walter Stapledon, Bishop of Exeter. His effigy and monument survive in Exeter Cathedral.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)