Roger Martival (died 14 March 1330) was a medieval

Bishop of Salisbury The Bishop of Salisbury is the ordinary of the Church of England's Diocese of Salisbury in the Province of Canterbury. The diocese covers much of the counties of Wiltshire and Dorset. The see is in the City of Salisbury where the bishop's seat ...

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. Martival was

Archdeacon of Huntingdon The Archdeacon of Huntingdon and Wisbech is a senior ecclesiastical officer in the Diocese of Ely. The archdeacon is responsible for some clergy discipline and pastoral care in the Archdeaconry of Huntingdon and Wisbech. History The Archdeaconry ...

(1286–1295),

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(1295–1310) and

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(1310–1315). From 1293 to 1294, he was

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of the

University of Oxford , mottoeng = The Lord is my light , established = , endowment = £6.1 billion (including colleges) (2019) , budget = £2.145 billion (2019–20) , chancellor ...

. Martival was elected as Bishop of Salisbury about 11 June 1315 and consecrated on 28 September 1315. He died 14 March 1330.Fryde, et al., ''Handbook of British Chronology'', p. 270. He has a house named for him at

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Martival, Roger 1330 deaths Archdeacons of Huntingdon Archdeacons of Leicester Chancellors of the University of Oxford Deans of Lincoln Bishops of Salisbury 14th-century English Roman Catholic bishops Year of birth unknown