Roger de Meyland

Roger de Meyland
Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield
See	Diocese of Coventry and Lichfield
Elected	January 1257
Predecessor	Roger Weseham
Successor	Walter Langton
Other posts	papal chaplain
Orders
Consecration	10 March 1258
Personal details
Died	16 December 1295
Denomination	Catholic

Roger de Meyland (or Roger de Longespée, Roger de Meuland, Roger Longespee or Roger de Molend; 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 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 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]

He was appointed Sheriff of Berkshire in 1271.^[4]

Roger died on 16 December 1295.^[3]

Notes

^ Moorman Church Life in England in the Thirteenth Century p. 159
^ ^a ^b Carpenter "Meuland, Roger de (c.1215–1295)" Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
^ ^a ^b Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 253
^ "Berkshire History: High Sheriffs of Berkshire". david Nash Ford. http://www.berkshirehistory.com/bios/sheriffs_berkshire.html. Retrieved 2011-05-24.

References

Carpenter, D. A. (2004). "Meuland, Roger de (c.1215–1295)" (Subscription or UK public library membership required). Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/37908. http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/37908. Retrieved 15 January 2008.
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.

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	16 December 1295
Place of death