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REYNOLDS, WALTER (d. 1327)

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Originally appearing in Volume V23, Page 229 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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REYNOLDS, See also:WALTER (d. 1327) , See also:archbishop of See also:Canterbury, was the son of a See also:Windsor See also:baker, and became a clerk, or See also:chaplain, in the service of See also:Edward I. He held several livings and, owing perhaps to his histrionic skill, he became a See also:prime favourite with the See also:prince of See also:Wales, afterwards Edward II. Just after the prince became See also:king 'in 1307 Reynolds was appointed treasurer of See also:England; in 1308 he became See also:bishop of See also:Worcester and in 1310 See also:chancellor. When See also:Robert See also:Winchelsea, archbishop of Canterbury, died in May 1313 Edward II. prevailed upon See also:Pope See also:Clement V. to appoint his favourite to the vacant archbishopric, and Walter was enthroned at Canterbury in See also:February 1314. Although the private See also:life of the new archbishop appears to have been the See also:reverse of exemplary he attempted to carry out some very necessary reforms in his new See also:official capacity; he also continued the struggle for See also:precedence, which had been carried on for many years between the archbishops of Canterbury and of See also:York. In this connexion in 1317 he laid See also:London under an See also:interdict after See also:William de Melton (d. 1340), archbishop of York, had passed through its streets with his See also:cross See also:borne erect before him. Reynolds remained in See also:general loyal to Edward II. until 1324, when with all his suffragans he opposed the king in See also:defence of the bishop of See also:Hereford, See also:Adam of Orlton. In the events which concluded Edward's life and reign the archbishop played a contemptible See also:part. Having fled for safety into See also:Kent he returned to London and declared for Edward III., whom he crowned in February 1327. He died at See also:Mortlake on the 16th of See also:November following.

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