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    Walter de Merton (c. 1205 – 27 October 1277) was Lord Chancellor of England, Archdeacon of Bath, founder of Merton College, Oxford, and Bishop of Rochester...
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    Oxford in England. Its foundation can be traced back to the 1260s when Walter de Merton, chancellor to Henry III and later to Edward I, first drew up statutes...
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    wont to wear the habit of a Merton canon – as was a successor of his, Hubert Walter. It is thought that Walter de Merton studied there in the 1230s; he...
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  • physicist and art collector Walter de Merton (c. 1205 – 1277), Bishop of Rochester, England and founder of Merton College William Merton (1917–2014), British...
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  • Hogsmill, is a Grade II listed building. The medieval church was built by Walter de Merton, Bishop of Rochester. It comprised nave, chancel and west tower. The...
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    Leicester. In 1270 Walter de Merton, the founder of Merton College, Oxford, bought a large part of the parish of Kibworth Harcourt from Saer de Harcourt, who...
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  • appointed chancellor by Henry III in 1260, but he was sacked in favour of Walter de Merton in 1261. His politics were in favour of the Montfortian dispensation...
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    [citation needed] In 1264 Walter de Merton, Bishop of Rochester, founded a college here that was later moved to Oxford as Merton College.[citation needed]...
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    birthplace of Walter de Merton, founder of Merton College, Oxford. In 1235, Henry III held negotiations here with his barons for the Statute of Merton. The Abbey...
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  • London (1255–1260) Nicholas of Ely, Archdeacon of Ely (1260–1261) Walter de Merton, Archdeacon of Bath (1261–1263) Nicholas of Ely, Archdeacon of Ely...
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    founder, Walter de Merton, a Lord Chancellor of England and afterwards Bishop of Rochester, devised a series of regulations for college life; Merton College...
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    centre of the north wall is the resting place of Walter de Merton, former bishop and founder of Merton College. Two wooden doors are visible, one of which...
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    parallels between the Waqf and the trusts used to establish Merton College by Walter de Merton, who had connections with the Knights Templar. In 1276, the...
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  • Lowther, politician Charles Massey, psychical researcher Walter de Merton, founder of Merton College, Oxford William Paulet, 1st Marquess of Winchester...
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  • Theophylactus of Constantinople, Patriarch of Constantinople, died 956. Walter de Merton, Lord Chancellor of England (d. 1277) William the Conqueror died aged...
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  • Retrieved 11 March 2008. "Houses of Austin canons: Priory of St Mary of Merton". A History of the County of Surrey: Volume 2. Retrieved 2 March 2018. "Furness...
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  • (approximate) date of matriculation is used, and given in brackets when known. Walter de Merton, Lord Chancellor, Bishop of Rochester (founder) Thomas Wilton, theologian...
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    two years after his father King Henry III's death. September 21 – Walter de Merton, English chancellor and regent, retires from royal service, in favour...
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  • Thomas Merton OCSO (January 31, 1915 – December 10, 1968), religious name M. Louis, was an American Trappist monk, writer, theologian, mystic, poet, social...
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    parallels between the Waqf and the trusts used to establish Merton College by Walter de Merton, who had connections with the Knights Templar, but Brand also...
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  • 1280, then William Louth (later Bishop of Ely) until 12 May 1290, then Walter Langton, acting controller from 12 May 1290, and then appointed to office...
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  • Carinthia (b. c.1220) 1272 – Hugh IV, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1213) 1277 – Walter de Merton, Lord Chancellor of England 1303 – Beatrice of Castile, wife of King...
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  • John de Balliol via a grant of land in 1263 as a penance imposed by the Bishop of Durham, and Merton College was founded with an endowment by Walter de Merton...
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    Merton Street is a cobbled street in central Oxford, England. It joins the High Street at its northeastern end, between the Ruskin School of Drawing and...
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    but awarded to her during her lifetime as her dowry. Thomas's uncle was Walter de Cantilupe (died 1266), Bishop of Worcester. Cantilupe was educated at...
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  • two years after his father King Henry III's death. September 21 – Walter de Merton, English chancellor and regent, retires from royal service, in favour...
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  • 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. On 5 January...
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    income of £20 per year) to Walter de Merton, who used it to endow the college in Oxford that he had founded in 1264. Merton College remained the lords...
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    universities and maintained houses for students. Archbishop Walter de Merton founded Merton College, Oxford and three different popes – Gregory IX, Nicholas...
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    Barons' War. 14 September: Walter de Merton formally completes the foundation of the House of Scholars of Merton, later Merton College in the university...
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