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A Memoir of Bishop Stapledon

Trans. Devon. Assoc., vol. 8 (1876) pp. 442-452.

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Lieutenant C. Worthy

Prepared by Michael Steer

Walter de Stapledon (or Stapeldon) (1 February 1261 - 15 October 1326) was Bishop of Exeter and twice Lord High Treasurer of England. He contributed liberally to the rebuilding of Exeter Cathedral. His tomb and monument survives in Exeter Cathedral. He went on embassies to France for both Kings Edward I, and Edward II, and attended the councils and parliaments of his time. Stapeldon founded Exeter College, Oxford, which originated in Stapeldon Hall, established in 1314 by the bishop and his elder brother, Sir Richard Stapeldon, a judge of the king's bench, whose monument with effigy also exists in Exeter Cathedral near that of his brother. The college was much frequented by sons of the Devonshire gentry for many centuries. The armorials of the college are those of Bishop Stapledon. Google with the Archive Organization has sponsored the digitisation of books from several libraries. The Internet Archive makes available, in its Community Texts Collection (originally known as Open Source Books), books that have been digitised by Google from a number of libraries. These are books on which copyright has expired, and are available free for educational and research use. This rare book was produced from a copy held by Princeton University Library, and is available from the Internet Archive.