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Died	July 13, 1205 • England
Title / Office	chancellor (1199-1205), England

St. Thomas Becket

St. Thomas Becket

archbishop of Canterbury

Godfrey Kneller: painting of James II

James II

king of England, Scotland, and Ireland

Painting by Anthonis Mor of Mary I of England seated on an ornate chair, wearing a dark gown with gold embroidery, a jeweled necklace, and holding a red rose.

Mary I

queen of England

Thomas Cardinal Wolsey

Thomas, Cardinal Wolsey

English cardinal and statesman

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Saint Wilfrid

English saint

Reginald Pole, detail of a portrait attributed to Fra Sebastiano del Piombo; in a private collection

Reginald Pole

archbishop of Canterbury

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Stephen Gardiner

English bishop and statesman

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Stephen Langton

archbishop of Canterbury

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Saint John Fisher

English priest

George Jeffreys, detail of an oil painting attributed to H. Claret; in the National Portrait Gallery, London

George Jeffreys, 1st Baron Jeffreys

English judge

George Calvert, 1st Baron of Baltimore, engraving

George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore

British statesman

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Saint Dunstan of Canterbury

English archbishop

St. Edmund Campion

St. Edmund Campion

English saint

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Walter Reynolds

archbishop of Canterbury

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John Morton

archbishop of Canterbury

William Warham, engraving from Edmund Lodge's Portraits of Illustrious Personages of Great Britain (1814–34).

William Warham

archbishop of Canterbury

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Wulfstan

English archbishop

St. Thomas de Cantelupe, cast of his seal; in the collection of the Dean and Chapter of Hereford Cathedral, England

Saint Thomas de Cantelupe

English saint

Arundel, Thomas

Thomas Arundel

archbishop of Canterbury

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William Watson

English priest