John Morton was an English prelate who served as the Archbishop of Canterbury from 1486 until his death and also Lord Chancellor of England from 1487. He was elevated to the cardinalate in 1493.
Robert Winchelsey was an English Catholic theologian and Archbishop of Canterbury. He studied at the universities of Paris and Oxford, and later taught at both. Influenced by Thomas Aquinas, he was a scholastic theologian.
Walter Reynolds was Bishop of Worcester and then Archbishop of Canterbury (1313–1327) as well as Lord High Treasurer and Lord Chancellor.
Henry Burghersh, was Bishop of Lincoln (1320-1340) and served as Lord Chancellor of England (1328–1330). He was a younger son of Robert de Burghersh, 1st Baron Burghersh, and a nephew of Bartholomew de Badlesmere, 1st Baron Badlesmere. He was educated in France.
Simon Mepeham was Archbishop of Canterbury from 1328 to 1333.
John of Thoresby was an English clergyman and politician, who was Bishop of St David's, then Bishop of Worcester and finally Archbishop of York. He was Lord Chancellor of England under King Edward III starting from 1349.
William Booth or Bothe was Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield from 1447 before becoming Archbishop of York in 1452 until his death in 1464.
Thomas Cobham was an English churchman, who was Archbishop-elect of Canterbury in 1313 and later Bishop of Worcester from 1317 to 1327.
Robert Baldock was the Lord Privy Seal and Lord Chancellor of England, during the reign of King Edward II of England.
Adam Orleton was an English churchman and royal administrator.
John Ross was a Bishop of Carlisle. He was selected on 13 February 1325, and consecrated 24 February 1325.
John Hotham was a medieval Chancellor of the Exchequer, Lord High Treasurer, Lord Chancellor and Bishop of Ely. He was also effective Governor of Ireland for a time.
Thomas Mylling was a medieval Bishop of Hereford. He was Abbot of Westminster from 1469 to 1474. He was nominated as bishop on 22 June 1474 and consecrated on 21 August 1474. He died about 12 January 1492.
Stephen Gravesend was a medieval Bishop of London.
Robert Braybrooke was a medieval Dean of Salisbury and Bishop of London.
John Low or John Lowe was a medieval Bishop of St Asaph and then Bishop of Rochester, in Wales and England respectively. He was an Augustinian monk and opponent of the Lollard movement.
Robert Wyvil was a medieval Bishop of Salisbury.
Reginald Brian was a medieval Bishop of St David's and Bishop of Worcester. He was the son of Guy Brian, Baron Brian, brother of Guy Brian the younger, and brother-in-law of Alice Brian, better known as Alice de Bryene.
Centuries is a house in Hythe, Kent, built in the 13th century, possibly earlier. It is the birthplace of Hamo Hethe, b.1275, who became the Bishop of Rochester in 1319. In 1685 it became St. Bartholomew's Hospital, for between ten and thirteen people, until 1949; from 1951 it has been divided into two private flats. The house is currently listed on the Statutory List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest as Grade II*, and is on the corner of Church Hill and Bartholomew Street in Hythe.
The invasion of England in 1326 by the country's queen, Isabella of France, and her lover, Roger Mortimer, led to the capture of Hugh Despenser the Younger and the abdication of Isabella's husband, King Edward II. It brought an end to the insurrection and civil war.
