Roger de Clinton (died 1148) was a medieval Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield. He was responsible for organising a new grid street plan for the town of Lichfield in the 12th century which survives to this day.
Roger de Clinton | |
|---|---|
| Bishop of Coventry | |
| Appointed | October 1129 |
| Term ended | 16 April 1148 |
| Predecessor | Robert Peche |
| Successor | Walter Durdent |
| Other post(s) | Archdeacon, either of Buckingham or Lincoln |
| Orders | |
| Consecration | 22 December 1129 |
| Personal details | |
| Died | 16 April 1148 |
| Denomination | Catholic |
Life
editClinton was the nephew of Geoffrey de Clinton, an advisor to King Henry I of England.[1]
Clinton had been an archdeacon before his elevation to the episcopate,[2] either of Buckingham (1119–1129)[1] or of Lincoln (c.1129).[3] Geoffrey de Clinton was said to have promised King Henry three thousand marks if the king would appoint Roger a bishop.[1][4] Roger was nominated in October 1129, and consecrated on 22 December 1129.[5] 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.[1] Another member of the delegation included Arnulf of Lisieux, who was an archdeacon at the time, but who presented the case.[6] Roger also attended the Second Lateran Council in 1139.[7] The Gesta Stephani claimed that Roger was heavily involved in military affairs during the reign of King Stephen.[1]
Clinton died on 16 April 1148.[5] Clinton was responsible for establishing Buildwas Abbey,[8] a Cistercian house in Shropshire in 1135.
Citations
edit- ^ a b c d e Barlow English Church p. 87
- ^ Cantor Church Kingship and Lay Investiture p. 292 footnote 115
- ^ Bartlett England Under the Norman and Angevin Kings p. 400
- ^ Chibnall Anglo-Norman England p. 80
- ^ a b Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 253
- ^ Schriber Dilemma of Arnulf of Lisieux p. 16
- ^ Barlow English Church p. 112
- ^ Burton Monastic and Religious Orders p. 229
References
edit- Barlow, Frank (1979). The English Church 1066–1154: A History of the Anglo-Norman Church. New York: Longman. ISBN 0-582-50236-5.
- Bartlett, Robert C. (2000). England Under the Norman and Angevin Kings: 1075–1225. Oxford, UK: Clarendon Press. ISBN 0-19-822741-8.
- Burton, Janet (1994). Monastic and Religious Orders in Britain: 1000–1300. Cambridge Medieval Textbooks. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-37797-8.
- Cantor, Norman F. (1958). Church, Kingship, and Lay Investiture in England 1089–1135. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. OCLC 186158828.
- Chibnall, Marjorie (1986). Anglo-Norman England 1066–1166. Oxford, UK: Basil Blackwell Publishers. ISBN 0-631-15439-6.
- Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1996). Handbook of British Chronology (Third revised ed.). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
- Schriber, Carolyn Poling (1990). The Delimma of Arnulf of Lisieux: New Ideas versus Old Ideals. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press. ISBN 0-253-35097-2.
Further reading
edit- Franklin, M. J. "Clinton, Roger of". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/95152. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)