Imaginary portrait c. 1670, by wilhelm sonmans (d. 1708) of walter de merton (c. 1205 – 1277) lord chancellor of england, archdeacon of bath, founder of merton college, oxford, and bishop of rochester. Holding a folded parchment document from which is appended the great seal of england. Arms of de merton at sinister (right). Bodleian libraries, oxford [1]. Date: circa 1670.
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