Roger de Clinton

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name =Roger de Clinton


religion =Catholic
See =Diocese of Coventry
Title = Bishop of Coventry
Period = 1129–1148
Predecessor = Robert Peche
Successor =Walter Durdent
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date of death =16 April 1148
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Roger de Clinton was a medieval Bishop of Coventry.

Life

He was the nephew of Geoffrey de Clinton, an advisor to King Henry I of England.Barlow "The English Church 1066-1154" p. 87]

He had been an archdeacon before his elevation to the episcopate,Cantor "Church Kingship and Lay Investiture in England" p. 292 footnote 115] either of Buckingham or of Lincoln.Bartlett "England Under the Norman and Angevin Kings" p. 400] Geoffrey de Clinton was said to have promised King Henry three thousand marks if the king would appoint Roger a bishop.Chibnall "Anglo-Norman England 1066-1166" p. 80] Roger was nominated in October of 1129, and consecrated on 22 December 1129.Fryde "Handbook of British Chronology" p. 253] Roger was part of the deputation to the papal curia in 1139 that defended King Stephen of England against the charge of breaking his oath to the Empress Matilda. Another member of the delegation included Arnulf of Lisieux, who was an archdeacon at the time, but who presented the case.Schriber "The Dilemma of Arnulf of Lisieux" p. 16] Roger also attended the Second Lateran Council in 1139.Barlow "The English Church 1066-1154" p. 112] The Gesta Stephani claimed that Roger was heavily involved in military affairs during the reign of King Stephen.

Roger died on 16 April 1148.

Roger de Clinton was responsible for establishing Buildwas Abbey,Burton "Monastic and Religious Orders" p. 229] a Cistercian house in Shropshire in 1135.

Notes

References

* Barlow, Frank "The English Church 1066-1154" London:Longman 1979 ISBN 0-582-50236-5
* Bartlett, Robert "England Under the Norman and Angevin Kings: 1075-1225" Oxford:Clarendon Press 2000 ISBN 0-19-822741-8
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* Cantor, Norman F. "Church, Kingship, and Lay Investiture in England 1089-1135" Princeton, NJ:Princeton University Press 1958
* Chibnall, Marjorie "Anglo-Norman England 1066-1166" Oxford: Basil Blackwell 1986 ISBN 0-631-15439-6
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* Schriber, Carolyn Poling "The Delimma of Arnulf of Lisieux: New Ideas versus Old Ideals" Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press 1990 ISBN 0-253-35097-2

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