Roger Martival

Roger Martival
Bishop of Salisbury
Martival's tomb in Salisbury Cathedral
Electedabout 11 June 1315
Term ended14 March 1330
PredecessorSimon of Ghent
SuccessorRobert Wyvil
Orders
Consecration28 September 1315
Personal details
Died14 March 1330
DenominationCatholic

Roger Martival (died 14 March 1330) was a medieval Bishop of Salisbury in England.

Martival was Archdeacon of Huntingdon (1286–1295), Archdeacon of Leicester (1295–1310)[1] and Dean of Lincoln (1310–1315). From 1293 to 1294, he was Chancellor of the University of Oxford.[2]

Martival was elected as Bishop of Salisbury about 11 June 1315 and consecrated on 28 September 1315. He died 14 March 1330.[3] He has a house named for him at Bishop Wordsworth's School, Salisbury.[4]

  1. ^ "Archdeacons- Leicester". British History Online. Retrieved 15 January 2012.
  2. ^ Hibbert, Christopher, ed. (1988). "Appendix 5: Chancellors of the University". The Encyclopaedia of Oxford. Macmillan. pp. 521–522. ISBN 0-333-39917-X.
  3. ^ Fryde, et al., Handbook of British Chronology, p. 270.
  4. ^ "Bishop Wordsworth's School". www.bws-school.org.uk. Retrieved 6 May 2018.