Roger Northburgh

Roger Northburgh
Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield
Church	Catholic
See	Diocese of Coventry and Lichfield
In Office	1321–1358
Predecessor	Walter Langton
Successor	Robert de Stretton
Personal details
Died	22 November 1358
Previous post	Archdeacon of Richmond

Roger Northburgh (died 1358) was Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield.

Northburgh served as Keeper of the Privy Seal from 1312 to 1316,^[1] and as Keeper of the wardrobe from 1316 to 1322. During his term as keeper of the Privy Seal he was captured at the Battle of Bannockburn in 1314 and lost possession of the seal, forcing the king to write to every sheriff to warn them the seal was no longer under his control.^[2]

Northburgh was Chancellor of the University of Cambridge from 1321 to 1326 ^[3] and Lord High Treasurer of England from June to December of 1340.^[4] He was Archdeacon of Richmond from 1317 to 1322.^[5]

Northburgh was selected as bishop of Coventry and Lichfield on 14 December 1321, consecrated on 27 June 1322 and died in office on 22 November 1358.^[6]

Notes

^ Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 93
^ Tout, Thomas. "Chapters in the Administrative History of Mediaeval England, Volume 1". p. 296. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=1RwNAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA286&lpg=PA286&dq=northburgh+wardrobe&source=bl&ots=UkEPSQMJey&sig=clzNTr6Aw5Bc_ZP-KAxeUgE2HCw&hl=en&sa=X&ei=UkgET6iAAoW8-QaTxPXMAQ&sqi=2&ved=0CHoQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=northburgh%20wardrobe&f=false. Retrieved 2012-01-04.
^ Victoria County History
^ Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 105
^ Jones Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1300–1541: volume 6: Northern province (York, Carlisle and Durham): Archdeacons: Richmond
^ Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 253

References

Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1996). Handbook of British Chronology (Third revised ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
Jones, B.. Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1300–1541: volume 6: Northern province (York, Carlisle and Durham): Archdeacons: Richmond. Institute for Historical Research. http://british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=32516.

Political offices
Preceded by William Melton	Lord Privy Seal 1312–1316	Succeeded by Thomas Charlton
Preceded by Sir Robert Sadington	Lord High Treasurer 1340–1341	Succeeded by Sir Robert Parning
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Walter de Langton	Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield 1321–1358	Succeeded by Robert de Stretton

Persondata
Name	Northburgh, Roger
Alternative names
Short description	Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield; Lord High Treasurer; Lord Privy Seal
Date of birth
Place of birth
Date of death	22 November 1358
Place of death