Walter Hart (or Walter Lyhert; died 24 May 1472) was a medieval

Bishop of Norwich The Bishop of Norwich is the ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Norwich in the Province of Canterbury. The diocese covers most of the county of Norfolk and part of Suffolk. The bishop of Norwich is Graham Usher. The see is in the ...

. He was Provost of

Oriel College, Oxford Oriel College () is a constituent college of the University of Oxford in Oxford, England. Located in Oriel Square, the college has the distinction of being the oldest royal foundation in Oxford (a title formerly claimed by University College, wh ...

, from 1435 to 1446. He was nominated as bishop 24 January 1446 and was consecrated on 27 February 1446. He died on 24 May 1472.Fryde, et al. ''Handbook of British Chronology'' p. 262 The executors of his will are named as William Pykenham, arch deacon of Suffolk, John Bulman, Robert Hober, Henry Smyth, and another (illegible). He features in the ''

Paston Letters The ''Paston Letters'' is a collection of correspondence between members of the Paston family of Norfolk gentry and others connected with them in England between the years 1422 and 1509. The collection also includes state papers and other impor ...

'', especially their correspondence in 1469, when he was drawn into the efforts by her mother and brothers to prevent Margery Paston from marrying their bailiff Richard Calle.

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* Bishops of Norwich 1472 deaths Year of birth unknown 15th-century English Roman Catholic bishops Provosts of Oriel College, Oxford {{England-bishop-stub