Walter Scammel was a medieval
Bishop of Salisbury
The Bishop of Salisbury is the ordinary of the Church of England's Diocese of Salisbury in the Province of Canterbury. The diocese covers much of the counties of Wiltshire and Dorset. The see is in the City of Salisbury where the bishop's seat ...
.
Scammel was
archdeacon of Berkshire
The Archdeacon of Berkshire (also rendered Archdeacon of Berks) is a senior ecclesiastical officer in the Church of England Diocese of Oxford. The archdeacon is the head of the archdeaconry of Berkshire, a post historically found within the diocese ...
in the
diocese of Salisbury, treasurer of that diocese, and finally
Dean of Salisbury
The Dean of Salisbury is the head of the chapter of Salisbury Cathedral in the Church of England. The Dean assists the archdeacon of Sarum and bishop of Ramsbury in the diocese of Salisbury.
List of deans
High Medieval
* Walter
* Osbert
...
. He was elected to the deanery on 9 September 1271.
[Deans of Salisbury]
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Scammel was elected bishop on 26 June 1284 and consecrated on 22 October 1284.
[Fryde, et al. ''Handbook of British Chronology'' p. 270] He was enthroned at
Salisbury Cathedral on 4 January 1285. He died between 20 September and 25 September 1286.
[British History Online Bishops of Salisbury]
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References
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Bishops of Salisbury
Deans of Salisbury
Archdeacons of Berkshire
13th-century English Roman Catholic bishops
1286 deaths
Year of birth unknown
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