Roger de Meyland (died 1295) was a medieval

Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield The Bishop of Lichfield is the ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Lichfield in the Province of Canterbury. The diocese covers 4,516 km2 (1,744 sq. mi.) of the counties of Powys, Staffordshire, Shropshire, Warwickshire and West M ...

, England. Roger was a cousin of King

Henry III of England Henry III (1 October 1207 – 16 November 1272), also known as Henry of Winchester, was King of England, Lord of Ireland, and Duke of Aquitaine from 1216 until his death in 1272. The son of King John and Isabella of Angoulême, Henry a ...

, although the exact relationship is unclear.Moorman ''Church Life in England'' p. 159 Roger was born c. 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

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of Lichfield and a papal chaplain.Carpenter "Meuland, Roger de" ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'' He was elected in January 1257, and consecrated on 10 March 1258.Fryde, et al. ''Handbook of British Chronology'' p. 253 His election was probably due to the influence of

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, King Henry's brother, whom Roger later accompanied to Germany, where Richard had been elected king. Roger was

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in 1271. Roger died on 16 December 1295.

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Roger de Meyland Roger de Meyland (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.Moorman ''Church Life in England'' p. 159 Roger was born c. 1215 ...

13th-century English Roman Catholic bishops Bishops of Lichfield High Sheriffs of Berkshire High Sheriffs of Oxfordshire Year of birth unknown {{England-bishop-stub