Walter Reynolds
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Walter Reynolds (died 1327) was Bishop of Worcester and then Archbishop of Canterbury (1313–1327) as well as Lord High Treasurer and Lord Chancellor.
Early career
Reynolds was the son of a baker from Windsor, Berkshire,[1] and became a clerk, or chaplain, in the service of Edward I.[2]
Reynolds held several livings and, owing perhaps to his acting skill, he became a prime favourite with the
Treasurer of England.[3]
On 13 November 1307 Reynolds, who had the living of
Lord Chancellor of England.[6][7] Amongst his duties as Bishop of Worcester was to act as the patron and appoint the headmaster of the school that later became the Royal Grammar School Worcester
.
Reynolds was one of the godfathers of the future
Edward III when the prince was christened on 17 November 1312.[8]
Episcopate
When
Clement V to appoint his favourite to the vacant archbishopric,[citation needed] and Reynolds was enthroned at Canterbury Cathedral in January 1314 as the 51st Archbishop.[2][9]
Although the private life of the new archbishop appears to have been the reverse of exemplary, he attempted to carry out some very necessary reforms in his new official capacity; he also continued the struggle for precedence, which had been carried on for many years between the archbishops of Canterbury and of
William de Melton, the Archbishop of York, had passed through its streets with his cross borne erect before him.[2]
Reynolds remained in general loyal to Edward II until 1324, when with all his suffragans he opposed the king in defence of the
vox populi, vox Dei, contrary to Alcuin
's original warning to Charlemagne to resist such arguments, as the title of his sermon laying charges against Edward II.
Reynolds died at Mortlake on 16 November 1327.[9][14]
Citations
- ^ a b Weir 2005, p. 21.
- ^ a b c d e Chisholm 1911.
- ^ Fryde, E. B. et al. 1996, p. 104.
- ^ "Wimbledon Pages 519-540 The Environs of London: Volume 1, County of Surrey. Originally published by T Cadell and W Davies, London, 1792". British History Online. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
- ^ Fryde, E. B. et al. 1996, p. 279.
- ^ Fryde, E. B. et al. 1996, p. 86.
- ^ Weir 2005, p. 52.
- ^ Weir 2005, p. 71.
- ^ a b Fryde, E. B. et al. 1996, p. 233.
- ^ Weir 2005, pp. 158–159.
- ^ Weir 2005, p. 234.
- ^ Weir 2005, p. 261.
- ^ Weir 2005, p. 264.
- ^ Weir 2005, pp. 305–306.
References
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Reynolds, Walter". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 23 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 229.
- 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.
- OCLC 60373641.
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