Answer the following question: Facts: - diocese: durham - title: bishop of durham - province: york - buried: durham cathedral - predecessor: walter skirlaw - birth date: circa 1363 - parents: william and alice langley - church: roman catholic - death date: 20 november 1437 -lrb- aged c. 74 -rrb- - term end: 20 november 1437 - name: thomas langley - death place: bishop auckland , county durham - birth place: middleton , lancashire - previous post: lord privy seal dean of york - consecration: 8 august 1406 - successor: robert neville - nationality: english - other post: lord chancellor bishop-elect of london archbishop-elect of york - term start: 4 september 1406 - appointed: 14 may 1406 Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of thomas langley .
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thomas langley -lrb- c. 1363 -- 20 november 1437 -rrb- was an english prelate who held high ecclesiastical and political offices in the early to mid-1400s .he was dean of york , bishop of durham , twice lord chancellor of england to three kings , and a pseudocardinal .in turn keeper of the king 's signet and keeper of the privy seal before becoming de facto england 's first foreign secretary .he was the second longest serving chancellor of the middle ages .