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William Melton

43rd Archbishop of York
Person Human Q8015555

Facts

14 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[11]
Date of birth
1275
Date of death
April 5, 1340
Place of death
York
Occupation
Catholic priest, Catholic bishop
Position held
Lord Privy Seal, Lord High Treasurer, Roman Catholic archbishop of York, Lord High Treasurer[7][8][9]
Religion or worldview
Catholic Church[10]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[15]
Consecrator
John XXII[16]
Described by source
Dictionary of National Biography, 1885–1900[14]
Family name
Melton[12]
Given name
William[13]
Place of burial
York Minster[6]
🏷️ Also known as
en William Melton hu William Melton, York 43. érseke ja ウィリアム・メルトン ru Мелтон, Уильям ru Уильям Мелтон
🔖 Identifiers · 21
ISNI
000000010899313X
VIAF cluster ID
49384410
Library of Congress Authorities ID
nr98015593
GND ID
119068036
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Archbishop de Melton.jpg ↗
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
13533441g
CERL Thesaurus ID
cnp01368819
Catholic Hierarchy person ID
melton
DDB person (GND) ID
119068036
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
119068036
FAST ID
1834314
Find a Grave memorial ID
89622946
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Freebase ID
/m/02xw7v
IdRef ID
070308322
IxTheo authority ID
695690582
J9U entity ID
987012527473205171
NUKAT ID
n2006095659
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography ID
18538
SNAC ARK ID
w67120nm
WikiTree person ID
Melton-3662
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJdgYVgHF6wCd9pxhFHgrq

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🔗 Connections
Position held 3
Lord Privy Seal, Lord High Treasurer, Lord High Treasurer
Occupation 2
Catholic bishop, Catholic priest
Consecrator 1
John XXII
Given name 1
William
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Place of burial 1
York Minster
Place of death 1
York
Religion or worldview 1
Catholic Church
Sex or gender 1
male
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Summary

William Melton was born on 1275[1]. He died on April 5, 1340[2], in York[3]. He worked as a Catholic priest[4] and Catholic bishop[5].

FAQs

Where did William Melton die?

William Melton passed away in York[3].

What did William Melton do for work?

William Melton worked as a Catholic priest[4] and Catholic bishop[5].

Related Entities

John XXII

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [1] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [2] ↑ . SNAC. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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