Roger de Meyland

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Roger de Meyland

Denomination	Catholic
Senior posting
See	Diocese of Coventry and Lichfield
Title	Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield
Period in office	1257–1295
Predecessor	Roger Weseham
Successor	Walter Langton
Personal
Date of death	December 16, 1295

Roger de Meyland (or Roger de Longespée, Roger de Meuland, Roger Longespee or Roger de Molend) 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 circa 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 of 1257, and consecrated on March 10, 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]

He died on December 16, 1295.^[3]

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[edit] References

• Carpenter, D. A. "Meuland , Roger de (c.1215–1295)" rev. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Oxford University Press, 2004 Online Edition accessed January 15, 2008
• Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1996). Handbook of British Chronology, Third Edition, revised, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-56350-X. 
• Moorman, John R. H. Church Life in England in the Thirteenth Century Revised Edition Cambridge:Cambridge University Press 1955

Roman Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Roger Weseham	Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield 1257–1295	Succeeded by Walter Langton

Persondata
NAME	Meyland, Roger de
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Longespée, Roger de; Longespee, Roger;Molend, Roger de; Meuland, Roger de
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Bishop of Coventry
DATE OF BIRTH
PLACE OF BIRTH
DATE OF DEATH	December 16, 1295
PLACE OF DEATH