Roger de Weseham (also Wesenham) was an
English medieval
churchman and university
chancellor
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.
Roger de Weseham was
Doctor
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or Professor of
Divinity
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.
During 1294–97, he was
Chancellor
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of the
University of Oxford
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. He was also
Archdeacon
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of
Rochester and a
Prebendary of Aylesbury.
References
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English Roman Catholic theologians
13th-century English Roman Catholic priests
Chancellors of the University of Oxford
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