Like many senior medieval prelates, Beaton was in a long term relationship with a local noblewoman.

William of Tyre (c. 1130 - 29 September 1186) was a medieval prelate and chronicler.

John Fraser [also, more commonly then, Frisel or Frisell] (died 1507) was a late medieval Scottish prelate.

William Stewart (c. 1490-1545) was a late medieval Scottish prelate.

Richard de Lincoln was a medieval Anglo-Norman prelate.

Martin or Martin of Gniezno (died after 1112) was a medieval prelate based in Principality of Poland.

As a military power the papacy was a failure, and this above all saved the popes from the innate tendency of medieval prelates to become secular rulers.

Alexander Neville (c. 1340-1392) was a late medieval prelate who served as Archbishop of York from 1374 to 1388.

James Ogilvie [Ogilvy] (died 1518) was a late medieval Scottish prelate.

Allowed to work for only two hours each day, she dedicated the 1970's to translating the sermons of a medieval English prelate, John of Ford, from Latin.