Roger of Norwich

Roger of Norwich
Roger of Norwich
Prior of Llanthony
Church	Llanthony Priory
Appointed	c. 1174
Term ended	c. 1185×1189
Predecessor	Clement of Llanthony
Successor	Geoffrey de Henlaw
Personal details
Died	1191

Roger of Norwich (died 1191) was prior of Llanthony Priory from c. 1174 to c. 1185×1189.^[1]^: 75^[2]^: 172

Llanthony Priory

Roger was sub-prior under Clement of Llanthony. He succeeded him c. 1174 as the sixth prior of Llanthony Prima and the fourth prior of Lanthony Secunda.^[2]^: 172^[3]^: 20

Gerald of Wales described Roger as an "enemy" of the Welsh house of Llanthony Prima, accusing him of usurping revenues from it for the benefit of the daughter house of Llanthony Secunda in Gloucester, as well as appropriating books, ornaments, and privileges.^[3]^: 20^[4]^: 26

Roger became paralysed in old age and sought the services of Geoffrey de Henlaw, a reputed physician from Bristol, whom he rewarded with "very large gifts". The History of Llanthony Priory claimed that this paralysis was divine punishment for gluttony.^[1]^: 83^[5]^{: 151, 206}

The History says that Roger nominated Geoffrey as his successor on his deathbed, while Gerald of Wales wrote that Roger resigned after falling ill, "long before his death".^[1]^: 75, 87 Geoffrey succeeded him c. 1185×1189, and according to the Annals of Winchcombe Roger died in 1191.^[1]^: 75^[5]^: 206

The Llanthony library catalogue lists a book of sermons as having belonged to Roger.^[4]^: 29 David H. Williams proposed Roger as the author of part of the History of Llanthony Priory.^[3]^: 14

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Bartlett, Robert (2022). The history of Llanthony priory. Oxford medieval texts - cloth (1 ed.). New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-286649-3.
^ ^a ^b Knowles, David; Brooke, Christopher Nugent Lawrence; London, Vera C. M., eds. (2001). "The Augustinian Canons". The heads of religious houses, England and Wales, I, 940-1216. The Heads of Religious Houses (2nd ed.). Cambridge, U.K New York: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-511-04167-9.
^ ^a ^b ^c Williams, David H. (2009). "Llanthony Prima Priory". The Monmouthshire Antiquary. 25–26: 13–50.
^ ^a ^b Langston, J. N. (1942). "Priors of Lanthony by Gloucester" (PDF). Transactions of the Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society. 63: 1–144.
^ ^a ^b Cowley, Frederick George (1977). The monastic order in South Wales, 1066-1349. Studies in Welsh history. University of Wales. Cardiff: University of Wales Press [for] the History and Law Committee of the Board of Celtic Studies. ISBN 978-0-7083-0648-2.

[:5-1] Bartlett, Robert (2022). The history of Llanthony priory. Oxford medieval texts - cloth (1 ed.). New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-286649-3.

[:2-2] Knowles, David; Brooke, Christopher Nugent Lawrence; London, Vera C. M., eds. (2001). "The Augustinian Canons". The heads of religious houses, England and Wales, I, 940-1216. The Heads of Religious Houses (2nd ed.). Cambridge, U.K New York: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-511-04167-9.

[:0-3] Williams, David H. (2009). "Llanthony Prima Priory". The Monmouthshire Antiquary. 25–26: 13–50.

[:3-4] Langston, J. N. (1942). "Priors of Lanthony by Gloucester" (PDF). Transactions of the Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society. 63: 1–144.

[:12-5] Cowley, Frederick George (1977). The monastic order in South Wales, 1066-1349. Studies in Welsh history. University of Wales. Cardiff: University of Wales Press [for] the History and Law Committee of the Board of Celtic Studies. ISBN 978-0-7083-0648-2.

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