Richard Middleton (sometimes Richard of MiddletonStaff "Lord chancellors of England and Great Britain" ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'' or Richard de Middleton; died 7 August 1272) was an English ecclesiastic and

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of England. Middleton was appointed Lord Chancellor on 29 July 1269. He was out of office before his death, but his successor

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is first mentioned in the office on 29 November 1272.Fryde, et al. ''Handbook of British Chronology'' p. 85 On 5 January 1270 Middleton was given the living of the church at

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in the East Riding of

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by the cathedral chapter of

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. He was also

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, occurring in that office on 23 September 1271 and in 1272.Greenway
Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066–1300: Volume 2, Monastic Cathedrals (Northern and Southern Provinces): Durham: Archdeacons: Northumberland
' Middleton died on 7 August 1272. He had a son, Gilbert, who was dead by 1291, and a grandson, also named

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, who was executed for treason in 1318.Prestwich 2004

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Middleton, Richard Archdeacons of Northumberland Lord chancellors of England Year of birth unknown 1272 deaths