Roger Skerning Explained

Roger Skerning
Bishop of Norwich
Elected:23 January 1266
Ended:22 January 1278
Predecessor:Simon Walton
Successor:William Middleton
Consecration:4 April 1266
Other Post:Prior of Norwich
Death Date:22 January 1278
Religion:Roman Catholic

Roger Skerning (or Roger de Skerning; died 22 January 1278) was a medieval Bishop of Norwich.

Life

Skerning was a monk of Norwich Cathedral before he was elected Prior of Norwich in 1257.[1]

Skerning was elected to the see of Norwich on 23 January 1266 and was consecrated on 4 April 1266.[2]

In 1276, William Freney, titular archbishop of Edessa, was acting as Skerning's suffragan in Norwich.[3]

Skerning died on 22 January 1278.[4]

References

Notes and References

  1. http://british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=33867 British History Online Priors of Norwich
  2. http://british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=33866 British History Online Bishops of Norwich
  3. Jackson, "Freney, William".
  4. Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 261