John Harewell was a

Bishop of Bath and Wells The Bishop of Bath and Wells heads the Church of England Diocese of Bath and Wells in the Province of Canterbury in England. The present diocese covers the overwhelmingly greater part of the (ceremonial) county of Somerset and a small area of D ...

in medieval England. Harewell came from Harwell in

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(now in

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). He was in the employ of the

Black Prince Edward of Woodstock (15 June 1330 – 8 June 1376), known as the Black Prince, was the eldest son and heir apparent of King Edward III of England. He died before his father and so his son, Richard II, succeeded to the throne instead. Edward n ...

, before being collated

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in 1365 and then selected, on 14 December 1366, as Bishop of Bath and Wells. He was consecrated on 7 March 1367 and died around 16 July 1386.Fryde, et al. ''Handbook of British Chronology'' p. 228 His executors are listedPlea Rolls of the Court of Common Pleas; National Archives; CP 40/555; http://aalt.law.uh.edu/H4/CP40no555/bCP40no555dorses/IMG_0152.htm; 4th entry from the bottom, with Soms (Somerset) in the margin, in a plea of debt, with the executors as plaintiffs as John Harewell; John Bryngton; John Grene, of Welles, canon; John de Tuttebury, in 1399 (1 Henry IV).

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Royal Berkshire History: John Harewell (d. 1386)
1386 deaths People from Vale of White Horse (district) Bishops of Bath and Wells Archdeacons of Berkshire Year of birth unknown {{England-bishop-stub