Roger de Clinton (died 1148) was a medieval Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield.
Life
Clinton was the nephew of Geoffrey de Clinton, an advisor to King Henry I of England.Barlow English Church p. 87
Clinton had been an archdeacon before his elevation to the episcopate,Cantor Church Kingship and Lay Investiture p. 292 footnote 115 either of Buckingham (1119–1129) or of Lincoln (c.1129).Bartlett England Under the Norman and Angevin Kings p. 400 Geoffrey de Clinton was said to have promised King Henry three thousand marks if the king would appoint Roger a bishop.Chibnall Anglo-Norman England p. 80 Roger was nominated in October 1129, and consecrated on 22 December 1129.Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 253 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. Another member of the delegation included Arnulf of Lisieux, who was an archdeacon at the time, but who presented the case.Schriber Dilemma of Arnulf of Lisieux p. 16 Roger also attended the Second Lateran Council in 1139.Barlow English Church p. 112 The Gesta Stephani claimed that Roger was heavily involved in military affairs during the reign of King Stephen.
Clinton died on 16 April 1148. Clinton was responsible for establishing Buildwas Abbey,Burton Monastic and Religious Orders p. 229 a Cistercian house in Shropshire in 1135.
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