Roger de Rolleston

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Roger de Rolleston
Dean of Lincoln
SeeDiocese of Lincoln
AppointedMarch 1195
PredecessorHamo (Dean of Lincoln)
SuccessorWilliam de Thornaco
Other post(s)Archdeacon of Leicester Prebendary of Aylesbury
Personal details
Died28 Jan 1223
DenominationRoman Catholic

Roger de Rolleston was a Priest in the Roman Catholic Church.

Career[]

Between 1174 and 1184 it is believed that Roger was a clerk to Archbishop of Canterbury Richard of Dover. In or after 1186 he was given by Archbishop of Canterbury Baldwin of Forde into the service of Bishop of Lincoln Hugh of Avalon during which time he worked with who is recorded as vice Bishop to Hugh of Avalon.

He was Archdeacon of Leicester but in 1195 he became Dean of Lincoln and Prebendary of Aylesbury.

References[]

Sources[]

  • Lipscomb, George. The history and antiquities of the county of Buckingham (1847).
  • Collectanea topographica et genealogica. 1837.
  • Fasti ecclesiae Anlicanae.
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