Roger Skerning

Roger Skerning
Bishop of Norwich
Elected	23 January 1266
Term ended	22 January 1278
Predecessor	Simon Walton
Successor	William Middleton
Other posts	Prior of Norwich
Orders
Consecration	4 April 1266
Personal details
Died	22 January 1278
Denomination	Roman Catholic

Roger Skerning (or Roger de Skerning; died 22 January 1278) was a medieval Bishop of Norwich.

Life

Skerning was a monk of Norwich Cathedral before he was elected Prior of Norwich in 1257.^[1]

Skerning was elected to the see of Norwich on 23 January 1266 and was consecrated on 4 April 1266.^[2]

Skerning died on 22 January 1278.^[3]

Citations

↑ British History Online Priors of Norwich accessed on 29 October 2007
↑ British History Online Bishops of Norwich accessed on 29 October 2007
↑ Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 261

References

British History Online Bishops of Norwich accessed on 29 October 2007
British History Online Priors of Norwich accessed on 29 October 2007
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.

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Simon Walton	Bishop of Norwich 1266–1278	Succeeded by William Middleton

Bishops of Norwich

High Medieval	Herbert de Losinga Everard of Calne William de Turbeville John of Oxford John de Gray Pandulf Verraccio Thomas Blunville Simon of Elmham William de Raley Walter Suffield Simon Walton Roger Skerning William Middleton Ralph Walpole

Late Medieval	John Salmon Robert Baldock William Ayermin Thomas Hemenhale Antony Bek William Bateman Thomas Percy Henry le Despenser Alexander Tottington Richard Courtenay John Wakering William Alnwick Thomas Brunce Walter Hart James Goldwell Thomas Jane

Early modern	Richard Nykke William Rugg Thomas Thirlby John Hopton John Parkhurst Edmund Freke Edmund Scambler William Redman John Jegon John Overall Samuel Harsnett Francis White Richard Corbet Matthew Wren Richard Montagu Joseph Hall Edward Reynolds Anthony Sparrow William Lloyd John Moore Charles Trimnell Thomas Green John Leng William Baker Robert Butts Thomas Gooch Samuel Lisle Thomas Hayter Philip Yonge Lewis Bagot George Horne Charles Manners-Sutton

Late modern	Henry Bathurst Edward Stanley Samuel Hinds John Pelham John Sheepshanks Bertram Pollock Percy Herbert Launcelot Fleming Maurice Wood Peter Nott Graham James

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