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LANGTON, JOHN (d. 1337)

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Originally appearing in Volume V16, Page 178 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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LANGTON, See also:JOHN (d. 1337) , See also:chancellor of See also:England and See also:bishop of See also:Chichester, was a clerk in the royal See also:chancery, and became chancellor in 1292. He obtained several ecclesiastical appointments, but owing to the resistance of See also:Pope See also:Boniface VIII. he failed to secure the bishopric of See also:Ely in 1298, although he was supported by See also:Edward I. and visited See also:Rome to attain his end. Resigning his See also:office as chancellor in 1302, he was chosen bishop of Chichester in 1305, and again became chancellor shortly after the See also:accession of Edward II. in 1307. Langton was one of the " ordainers " elected in 1310, and it was probably his connexion with this See also:body that led to his losing the office of chancellor about this See also:time. He continued, however, to take See also:part in public affairs; mediating between the See also:king and See also:Earl See also:Thomas of See also:Lancaster in 1318, and attempting to do so between Edward and his rebellious barons in 1321. He died in See also:June or See also:July 1337. Langton built the chapterhouse at Chichester, and was a benefactor of the university of See also:Oxford.

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