Richard Middleton (Lord Chancellor) Explained

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

Middleton was appointed Lord Chancellor 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.^[2]

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.^[3]

Middleton died on 7 August 1272.^[3] He had a son, Gilbert, who was dead by 1291, and a grandson, also named Gilbert, who was executed for treason in 1318.^[4]

References

• Book: Fryde, E. B. . Greenway, D. E. . Porter, S. . Roy, I. . Handbook of British Chronology . Third revised . Cambridge University Press . Cambridge, UK . 1996 . 0-521-56350-X .
• Book: Greenway, Diana E. . Durham: Archdeacons: Northumberland . Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066–1300 . 2, Monastic Cathedrals (Northern and Southern Provinces) . 1971 . Institute of Historical Research . http://www.british-history.ac.uk/fasti-ecclesiae/1066-1300/vol2/pp39-42 . 11 January 2017 .
• Encyclopedia: Prestwich, Prestwich . Middleton, Sir Gilbert . Oxford Dictionary of National Biography . Oxford University Press . 2004 . 10.1093/ref:odnb/53089 .
• Encyclopedia: Staff . Lord chancellors of England and Great Britain (1060s–2012) . Oxford Dictionary of National Biography . Oxford University Press . 11 January 2017 .

Notes and References

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