Roger de Meyland | |
|---|---|
| Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield | |
| Elected | January 1257 |
| Term ended | 16 December 1295 |
| Predecessor | Roger Weseham |
| Successor | Walter Langton |
| Other post(s) | papal chaplain |
| Orders | |
| Consecration | 10 March 1258 |
| Personal details | |
| Died | 16 December 1295 |
| Denomination | Catholic |
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
- ^ Or Roger de Longespée, Roger de Meuland, Roger Longespee or Roger de Molend
Citations
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.
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