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Wulstan Bransford was a medieval Bishop of Worcester. Bransford was first elected between 31 August and 8 September 1327 but the election was quashed.Fryde, et al. ''Handbook of British Chronology'' p. 279 He was elected again about 4 January 1339 and consecrated on 21 March 1339. He tonsured the poet William de Rokayle, who was known as
William Langland William Langland (; la, Willielmus de Langland; 1332 – c. 1386) is the presumed author of a work of Middle English alliterative verse generally known as ''Piers Plowman'', an allegory with a complex variety of religious themes. The poem tr ...
. Bransford died on 6 August 1349.


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* Bishops of Worcester Priors of Worcester 14th-century English Roman Catholic bishops 1349 deaths Year of birth unknown {{England-bishop-stub