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. In 1353, he became the Archdeacon of Worcester before being collated Archdeacon of Berkshire in 1365 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).
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External links Royal Berkshire History: John Harewell (d. 1386)