Roger de Meyland
Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield
ElectedJanuary 1257
Term ended16 December 1295
PredecessorRoger Weseham
SuccessorWalter Langton
Other post(s)papal chaplain
Orders
Consecration10 March 1258
Personal details
Died16 December 1295
DenominationCatholic

Roger de Meyland[a] (died 1295) was a medieval Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield, England.

Roger was a cousin of King Henry III of England, although the exact relationship is unclear.[1] Roger was born c. 1215, and may have been a son of William de Longespee, uncle of Henry III. Little is known of his early career, and he first appears in 1257 as a canon of Lichfield and a papal chaplain.[2] He was elected in January 1257, and consecrated on 10 March 1258.[3] His election was probably due to the influence of Richard of Cornwall, King Henry's brother, whom Roger later accompanied to Germany, where Richard had been elected king.[2]

Roger was High Sheriff of Berkshire in 1271.

Roger died on 16 December 1295.[3]

Notes

  1. ^ Or Roger de Longespée, Roger de Meuland, Roger Longespee or Roger de Molend

Citations

  1. ^ Moorman Church Life in England p. 159
  2. ^ a b Carpenter "Meuland, Roger de" Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
  3. ^ a b Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 253

References

  • Carpenter, D. A. (2004). "Meuland [Meuleng, Meulent, Molend], Roger de [Master Longespée]". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/37908. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  • Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1996). Handbook of British Chronology (Third revised ed.). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
  • Moorman, John R. H. (1955). Church Life in England in the Thirteenth Century (Revised ed.). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. OCLC 213820968.
Political offices Preceded byWilliam de L'Isle Sheriff of Berkshire and Oxfordshire 1271–1273 Succeeded byGilbert de Kirkby Catholic Church titles Preceded byRoger Weseham Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield 1257–1295 Succeeded byWalter Langton


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