Roger de Clinton
Roger de Clinton | |
|---|---|
Bishop of Coventry | |
| Appointed | October 1129 |
| Term ended | 16 April 1148 |
| Predecessor | Robert Peche |
| Successor | Walter Durdent |
| Other post(s) | Archdeacon, either of Buckingham or Lincoln |
| Orders | |
| Consecration | 22 December 1129 |
| Personal details | |
| Died | 16 April 1148 |
| Denomination | Catholic |
Roger de Clinton (died 1148) was a medieval
Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield. He was responsible for organising a new grid street plan for the town of Lichfield
in the 12th century which survives to this day.
Life
Clinton was the nephew of Geoffrey de Clinton, an advisor to King Henry I of England.[1]
Clinton had been an
Second Lateran Council in 1139.[7] The Gesta Stephani claimed that Roger was heavily involved in military affairs during the reign of King Stephen.[1]
Clinton died on 16 April 1148.Cistercian house in Shropshire in 1135.
Citations
- ^ a b c d e Barlow English Church p. 87
- ^ Cantor Church Kingship and Lay Investiture p. 292 footnote 115
- ^ Bartlett England Under the Norman and Angevin Kings p. 400
- ^ Chibnall Anglo-Norman England p. 80
- ^ a b Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 253
- ^ Schriber Dilemma of Arnulf of Lisieux p. 16
- ^ Barlow English Church p. 112
- ^ Burton Monastic and Religious Orders p. 229
References
- ISBN 0-582-50236-5.
- ISBN 0-19-822741-8.
- Burton, Janet (1994). Monastic and Religious Orders in Britain: 1000–1300. Cambridge Medieval Textbooks. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-37797-8.
- OCLC 186158828.
- ISBN 0-631-15439-6.
- 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.
- Schriber, Carolyn Poling (1990). The Delimma of Arnulf of Lisieux: New Ideas versus Old Ideals. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press. ISBN 0-253-35097-2.
Further reading
- Franklin, M. J. "Clinton, Roger of". doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/95152. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)