Sewal de Bovil
Sewal de Bovil (died 1258) was a medieval Archbishop of York.[1] He first appears as a canon of York Minster in 1236, and was holding the prebend of Fenton by October 1240.He was selected about 1 October 1255 and was consecrated on 23 July 1256,[5] at York by Walter de Cantilupe, Bishop of Worcester.In July 1257 he was appointed to a commission to mediate between King Alexander III of Scotland and the Scottish nobles.[6] Matthew Paris wrote that he was "a humble and holy man well skilled in law and other sciences.