Richard Middleton (Lord Chancellor)

Richard Middleton
Archdeacon of Northumberland
Province	Durham
Appointed	before 23 September 1271
Term ended	before 7 August 1272
Predecessor	Roger de Herteburn
Successor	Thomas de Birland
Other post(s)	Lord Chancellor
Personal details
Died	7 August 1272
Lord Chancellor
In office 29 July 1269 – before 7 August 1272
Monarchs	Henry III, Edward I
Preceded by	John Chishull
Succeeded by	Walter de Merton

Richard Middleton (sometimes Richard of Middleton or Richard de Middleton; died 7 August 1272) was an English ecclesiastic and Lord Chancellor of England.

Middleton was appointed Lord Chancellor on 29 July 1269. He was out of office before his death, but his successor Walter de Merton is first mentioned in the office on 29 November 1272.

On 5 January 1270 Middleton was given the living of the church at Hemingbrough in the East Riding of Yorkshire by the cathedral chapter of Durham Cathedral. He was also Archdeacon of Northumberland, occurring in that office on 23 September 1271 and in 1272.

Middleton died on 7 August 1272. He had a son, Gilbert, who was dead by 1291, and a grandson, also named Gilbert, who was executed for treason in 1318.

References

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• "Lord chancellors of England and Great Britain". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/92824. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
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