Roger Northburgh

Who was Roger Northburgh?

Roger Northburgh was Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield.

Northburgh served as Keeper of the Privy Seal from 1312 to 1316, and as Keeper of the wardrobe from 1316 to 1322. During his term as keeper of the Privy Seal he was captured at the Battle of Bannockburn in 1314 and lost possession of the seal, forcing the king to write to every sheriff to warn them the seal was no longer under his control.

Northburgh was Archdeacon of Richmond from 1317 to 1322, Chancellor of the University of Cambridge from 1321 to 1326 and Lord High Treasurer of England from June to December of 1340. Northburgh was selected as bishop of Coventry and Lichfield on 14 December 1321, consecrated on 27 June 1322 and died in office on 22 November 1358.