John de Halton (died 1324), also called John de Halghton, was an English

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and

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from 1292 to 1324.

Life

Little is known of Halton's background, but he attended

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.Summerson "Halton, John" ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'' He was a

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.Greenway
Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066–1300: Volume 2: Monastic Cathedrals (Northern and Southern Provinces): Carlisle: Bishops
'' He was elected

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on 23 April 1292, and consecrated on 14 September 1292.Fryde, et al. ''Handbook of British Chronology'' p. 235 He was not enthroned until January 1293, however, because after his consecration he was with King

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in Scotland. He was present at Berwick when Edward decided that the throne of Scotland should go to

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. Halton spent much of the time between 1292 and 1295 in Scotland, for Pope Nicholas IV had appointed Halton to collect the crusading tax that the pope had imposed. However, when England and Scotland went to war in 1296, Halton returned to his diocese and remained there. In January 1298 Halton appeared at a meeting in York held by Roger Bigod the

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and Humphrey de Bohun the

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all opponents of

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.Prestwich ''Edward I'' p. 430 During the reign of King

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his diocese was exposed to constant raids from the Scots, and much of his time was spent in trying to repair the damage from the raids. In 1309 he excommunicated

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for the murder of

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three years earlier. He served as an envoy to Scotland again in 1320. He was an attendee of the gathering, or anti-Parliament, held at Sherburn and led by

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the

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in June 1321. This gathering was part of the baronial uprising against King Edward II and his favorites the Despensers,Powell and Wallis ''House of Lords'' p. 291 but Halton does not seem to have played any further role in the conflict. Halton died on 1 November 1324 at his manor at Rose. He was probably buried in his cathedral, but his tomb no longer survives. His register episcopal acts, however, does survive, and is the first one from Carlisle still extant.

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John de Halton John de Halton (died 1324), also called John de Halghton, was an English priest and Bishop of Carlisle from 1292 to 1324. Life Little is known of Halton's background, but he attended Oxford University.Summerson "Halton, John" ''Oxford Dictionar ...

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