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Walter de Gray (died 1 May 1255) was an English prelate and statesman who was Archbishop of York from 1215 to 1255 and Lord Chancellor from 1205 to 1214. His uncle was John de Gray, who was a bishop and royal servant to King John of England.
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30 de abr. de 2024 · Walter de Gray was an English churchman who rose to high ecclesiastical office through service to King John. He became chancellor of England in 1205 and, after John had made his peace with the church, was elected bishop of Worcester (1214).
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The de Grey family continued to own the estate of Rotherfield for more than four centuries. In 1239 Walter de Grey, Archbishop of York, brought Rotherfield from his Kinswoman, Eve de Grey, in order to give it to his brother Robert de Grey, ancestor of the Lords Grey of Rotherfield.
Walter de Gray wanted to rebuild York Minster as the greatest cathedral in the kingdom, and helped to find the funding for this. However, the changes occurred over a long timescale and didn't include the demolition of the Norman cathedral.
Walter de Gray Birch (1842–1924) worked in the Department of Manuscripts at the British Museum from 1864 to 1902 and published extensively in Anglo-Saxon studies. He is best known for this collection of over 1300 charters, in Latin and Old English, originally published in thirty-two parts between 1883 and 1893 and now reissued in three volumes.
22 de oct. de 2008 · Birch, Walter de Gray, 1842-1924. Publication date 1905 Topics Seals (Numismatics), genealogy Publisher Stirling : Mackay; London, Fisher Unwin Collection
13 de nov. de 2019 · Walter de Gray was one of the longest serving and most important archbishops of York. This lecture draws on new research, including a modern edition of his register, a prototype for a new kind of record keeping.
