Walter of Kirkham (died 1260) was a medieval English official who held the positions of Keeper of the Wardrobe, Dean of York, and Bishop of Durham.
He was elected bishop over Aymer de Valence, 2nd Earl of Pembroke, the brother of King Henry III.
This inquiry was to determine whether the clergy understood the basic dogma of the church and whether they were capable of explaining it to their parishioners.
[6] He also issued instructions on how the sacramental wine and bread were to be treated,[7] and forbade the sale of them.
[8] Some doubt has recently been cast on the authorship of the statutes that were assigned to his time, they may have been the work of Farnham instead.