Puneet Varma (Editor)

Roger of London

Updated on
Edit
Like
Comment
Share on FacebookTweet on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on Reddit
Predecessor
  
Gilbert de Vere

Other posts
  
prior of Selby Abbey

Died
  
January 1198

Term ended
  
January 1198

Successor
  
Richard

Denomination
  
Catholic

Appointed
  
16 September 1189

Roger of London was an English Benedictine monk and abbot of Selby Abbey from 1189 to 1195.

Roger was prior of Selby Abbey before his appointment as abbot at the council of Pipewell on 16 September 1189. Roger was appointed by King Richard I of England, who also appointed two other men to offices within the diocese of York: he made Henry Marshal the Dean of York and Burchard du Puiset the treasurer of York Minster treasurer. Geoffrey, the archbishop of York and illegitimate half-brother of the king, objected to these appointments, and as a result Geoffrey's estates were confiscated by the king until he submitted. The historians Ralph Turner and Richard Heiser speculate that Richard's strategy in making these appointments was to keep Geoffrey distracted by problems within his diocese, and thus unable to challenge for the English throne.

Roger was blessed as abbot on 6 December 1189.

Roger died in January 1198.

References

Roger of London Wikipedia


Similar Topics