John Harewell

{{short description|14th-century Bishop of Bath and Wells}}

{{For|John Harewell (MP)|Warwickshire (UK Parliament constituency)}}

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| name = John Harewell

| title = Bishop of Bath and Wells

| image = Tomb of John Harewell in Wells Cathedral.JPG

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| caption = Tomb in Wells Cathedral

| religion = Catholic

| appointed =14 December 1366

| term_end ={{circa|16 July 1386}}

| predecessor = John Barnet

| successor = Walter Skirlaw

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| consecration = 7 March 1367

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| death_date = c. 16 July 1386

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John Harewell was a Bishop of Bath and Wells in medieval England.

Harewell came from Harwell in Berkshire (now in Oxfordshire). He was in the employ of the Black Prince,{{cite web|title=Harwell: The Family Name|url=http://www.harwellparish.co.uk/village4a1000years/book/three/the-family-name.html|publisher=Harwell Village|access-date=4 February 2012}} before being collated Archdeacon of Berkshire in 1365{{cite web |url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=32315 |title=Archdeacons: Berkshire |author=Joyce M. Horn |publisher=Institute of Historical Research |year=1962 |work=Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1300-1541: volume 3: Salisbury diocese |access-date=1 September 2013 }} 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).