William de York was a medieval

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. William was provost of Beverley as well as holding prebends in the dioceses of

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. He was also a royal justice.British History Online Bishops of Salisbury
accessed on 30 October 2007 He was elected on 8 or 10 December 1246 and consecrated on 7 or 14 July 1247. He died on either 25 January or 31 January in 1256.Fryde, et al. ''Handbook of British Chronology'' p. 270

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British History Online Bishops of Salisbury
accessed on 30 October 2007 * Bishops of Salisbury 13th-century English Roman Catholic bishops 1256 deaths Year of birth unknown {{England-bishop-stub