Roger Weseham (also Roger de Weseham; died 1257) was an
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Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield
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Weseham was probably a native of Weasenham, Norfolk,
[Either Weasenham All Saints or Weasenham St Peter] and was educated at
Oxford University
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. He graduated with a master's in arts before 1233.
[Franklin "Wesham, Roger of" ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography''] He was then a lecturer at Oxford University.
[Moorman ''Church Life in England'' p. 163] He was
Archdeacon of Oxford
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by May 1237 until 1240, when he was appointed
Dean of Lincoln
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Robert Grosseteste
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, who had made Roger a protégé.
He was nominated as a bishop and consecrated between 17 May and 4 July 1245.
[Fryde, et al. ''Handbook of British Chronology'' p. 253]
While bishop, Weseham wrote an ''Instituta'' for his clergy, in order to teach them Christian doctrine and help them select sermon topics.
[Moorman ''Church Life in England'' p. 181] One of the subjects he wanted his clergy to cover the basics tenets of the Christian faith. To do this, he listed all the doctrines in the
Apostles' Creed
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, and covered possible sermon themes relating to each doctrine.
[Swanson ''Religion and Devotion'' p. 67] He also gathered learned men around him, including the
Franciscan
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Brother Vincent,
John of Basingstoke
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, a Greek scholar, and
Ralph de Sempringham
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, who became
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Weseham resigned the see in November or December 1256 and died about 20 May 1257.
[ He resigned due to paralysis.][Moorman ''Church Life in England'' p. 183] He was buried in Lichfield Cathedral
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Year of birth unknown
1257 deaths
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