Walter Skirlaw

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Walter Skirlaw
Bishop of Durham
Church	Catholic
See	Diocese of Durham
Appointed	3 April 1388
Term ended	24 March 1406
Orders
Consecration	14 January 1386
Personal details
Born	Swine, East Riding of Yorkshire
Died	24 March 1406
Previous post	Bishop of Coventry Bishop of Bath and Wells

Walter Skirlaw (also Walter de Skirlaw, Walter Skirclaw, Walter Skirlaugh, Walter Shirlagh, or Walter Skarlawe) (born Swine parish, Holderness,^[1]^[2] brought up at Skirlaugh; died 1406) was an English bishop and diplomat. He was Bishop of Durham from 1388 to 1406. He was an important adviser to Richard II of England and Henry IV of England.^[3]

Life

Skirlaw was Archdeacon of the East Riding from 1359 to 1385^[4] and Archdeacon of Northampton from 1381.^[5] In 1382, he was given custody of the privy seal, filling the office of Lord Privy Seal, which office he held until 1386.^[6]^:95 He was elected Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry on 28 June 1385, and consecrated on 14 January 1386.^[6]^:253^[7] Then he was translated to be Bishop of Bath and Wells on 18 August 1386.^[6]^:228 On 3 April 1388, he was once again transferred, this time to the see of Durham.^[6]^:242 He would have become archbishop of York in 1398, but Richard II over-ruled the cathedral chapter, insisting on Richard le Scrope.^[8]

Skirlaw was employed on diplomatic missions to Italy in 1381–3,^[9] to Calais to negotiate with the French in 1388,^[10] and to the Scots. He died on 24 March 1406.^[6]^:242

Skirlaw is described as "a munificent prelate. He built bridges at Shincliffe, Bishop Auckland, and Yarm; a refuge tower, a beautiful chapter-house (now in ruins) at Howden; and was a large contributor to the expense of building the central tower of York Cathedral".^[11]

During his episcopacy much was added to Durham Cathedral, including its cloisters.^[12] He is portrayed in the east stained-glass window in York Minster,^[13] which he had made.^[14]

Notes

↑ Secrets of Hylton Castle accessed on 23 August 2007
↑ A History of the County of East Riding: Swine Parish accessed on 23 August 2007
↑ The Fading Years of the Prince Bishops accessed on 23 August 2007
↑ British History – Archdeacons of the East Riding, 1300–1541
↑ Archdeacons of Northampton accessed on 23 August 2007
↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology
↑ Bishops of Coventry and Lichfield accessed on 23 August 2007
↑ Welcome to York Minster accessed on 23 August 2007
↑ Concise Dictionary of National Biography
↑ May McKisack, The Fourteenth Century, p. 463.
↑ J. E. Bygate, Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Durham, Gutenberg text.
↑ Durham Cathedral Historical Survey accessed on 23 August 2007
↑ Vidimus no. 6 (April 2007): Panel of the Month accessed on 23 August 2007
↑ York Minster: The Great East Window accessed on 7 September 2007

References

Archdeacons of Northampton
Bishops of Coventry and Lichfield
Bygate, J. E. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Durham, Gutenberg text
Concise Dictionary of National Biography
Durham Cathedral Historical Survey
The Fading Years of the Prince Bishops
Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1996). Handbook of British Chronology (Third revised ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
Glynne Jarratt The Life of Walter Skirlaw: Medieval Diplomat and Prince Bishop of Durham 2004
A History of the County of East Riding: Swine Parish
McKisack, May The Fourteenth Century
Secrets of Hylton Castle
Vidimus no. 6 (April 2007): Panel of the Month
Welcome to York Minster

Political offices
Preceded by William Dighton	Lord Privy Seal 1382–1386	Succeeded by John Waltham
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Robert de Stretton	Bishop of Coventry 1385–1386	Succeeded by Richard le Scrope
Preceded by John Harewell	Bishop of Bath and Wells 1386–1388	Succeeded by Ralph Ergham
Preceded by John Fordham	Bishop of Durham 1388–1406	Succeeded by Thomas Langley

v t e Bishops of Lichfield and Coventry

Mercia	Diuma Ceollach Trumhere Jaruman Chad (Bishop of the Mercians and Lindsey People)

Lichfield	Chad (Bishop of the Mercians and Lindsey People) Winfrith Seaxwulf Headda Aldwine Witta Hemele Cuthfrith Berhthun Hygeberht (Archbishop of Lichfield) Ealdwulf Herewine Æthelwold Hunberght Cynefrith Tunberht Wulfsige Burgheard Wulfred Wigmund Ælfwine Wulfgar Cynesige Wynsige Elphege Godwin Leofgar Brihtmær Wulfsige Leofwin Peter (Bishop of Chester)

Coventry	Robert de Limesey (Bishop of Chester) Robert Peche Roger de Clinton Walter Durdent Richard Peche Gerard la Pucelle Hugh Nonant Geoffrey de Muschamp William de Cornhill Alexander de Stavenby

Coventry & Lichfield	Alexander de Stavenby Hugh de Pateshull Roger Weseham Roger de Meyland Walter Langton Roger Northburgh Robert de Stretton Walter Skirlaw Richard le Scrope John Burghill John Catterick James Cary William Heyworth William Booth Nicholas Close Reginald Boulers John Hales William Smyth John Arundel Geoffrey Blythe Rowland Lee

Lichfield & Coventry	Rowland Lee Richard Sampson Ralph Baines Thomas Bentham William Overton George Abbot Richard Neile John Overall Thomas Morton Robert Wright Accepted Frewen John Hacket Thomas Wood William Lloyd John Hough Edward Chandler Richard Smalbroke The Hon Frederick Cornwallis John Egerton Brownlow North Richard Hurd The Hon James Cornwallis The Hon Henry Ryder Samuel Butler

Lichfield	Samuel Butler James Bowstead John Lonsdale George Selwyn William Maclagan The Hon Augustus Legge John Kempthorne Edward Woods Stretton Reeve Kenneth Skelton Keith Sutton Jonathan Gledhill

v t e Bishops and Prince-Bishops of Durham

High Medieval Bishops	Aldhun Edmund Eadred Æthelric Æthelwine

High Medieval Prince-Bishops	William Walcher William de St-Calais Ranulf Flambard Geoffrey Rufus William Cumin William of St. Barbara Hugh de Puiset Philip of Poitou Richard Poore John de Gray Morgan Richard Marsh William Scot Richard Poore Thomas de Melsonby Nicholas Farnham Walter of Kirkham Robert Stitchill Robert of Holy Island Antony Bek

Late Medieval Prince-Bishops	Richard Kellaw Lewis de Beaumont Richard de Bury Thomas Hatfield John Fordham Walter Skirlaw Thomas Langley Robert Neville Lawrence Booth William Dudley John Sherwood Richard Foxe

Early modern Prince-Bishops	William Senhouse Christopher Bainbridge Thomas Ruthall Thomas Wolsey Cuthbert Tunstall James Pilkington Richard Barnes Matthew Hutton Tobias Matthew William James Richard Neile George Montaigne John Howson Thomas Morton John Cosin Nathaniel Crew William Talbot Edward Chandler Joseph Butler Richard Trevor John Egerton Thomas Thurlow Shute Barrington William Van Mildert

Late modern Bishops	Edward Maltby Charles Longley Henry Villiers Charles Baring Joseph Barber Lightfoot Brooke Westcott Handley Moule Hensley Henson Alwyn Williams Michael Ramsey Maurice Harland Ian Ramsey John Habgood David Jenkins Michael Turnbull Tom Wright Justin Welby Paul Butler

v t e Bishops of Bath and Wells

Medieval	see renamed from Bath Roger of Salisbury (previously Bishop of Bath) William of Bitton Walter Giffard William of Bitton (nephew) Robert Burnell William of March Walter Haselshaw John Droxford Ralph of Shrewsbury John Barnet John Harewell Walter Skirlaw Ralph Ergham Richard Clifford Henry Bowet Nicholas Bubwith John Stafford Thomas Beckington Robert Stillington Richard Foxe Oliver King

Early modern	Cardinal Adriano Castellesi Cardinal Thomas Wolsey John Clerk William Knight William Barlow Gilbert Bourne Gilbert Berkeley Thomas Godwin John Still James Montague Arthur Lake William Laud Leonard Mawe Walter Curle William Piers Robert Creighton Peter Mews Thomas Ken Richard Kidder George Hooper John Wynne Edward Willes Charles Moss

Late modern	Richard Beadon George Law Hon Richard Bagot The Lord Auckland Lord Arthur Hervey George Kennion Wynne Willson Francis Underhill William Wand Harold Bradfield Edward Henderson John Bickersteth George Carey Jim Thompson Peter Price Peter Maurice, Bishop suffragan of Taunton (acting diocesan) Peter Hancock (announced)

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Persondata
Name	Skirlaw, Walter
Alternative names	de Skirlaw, Walter; Skirclaw, Walter; Skirlaugh, Walter; Shirlagh, Walter; Skarlawe, Walter
Short description	Bishop of Coventry; Bishop of Bath and Wells; Bishop of Durham
Date of birth
Place of birth	Swine, East Riding of Yorkshire
Date of death	24 March 1406
Place of death

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