Roger Martival (died 14 March 1330) was a medieval

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. Martival was Archdeacon of Huntingdon (1286–1295),

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(1295–1310) and

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(1310–1315). From 1293 to 1294, he was

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of the

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. Martival was elected as Bishop of Salisbury about 11 June 1315 and consecrated on 28 September 1315. He died 14 March 1330.Fryde, et al., ''Handbook of British Chronology'', p. 270. He has a house named for him at Bishop Wordsworth's School,

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Martival, Roger 1330 deaths Archdeacons of Huntingdon Archdeacons of Leicester Chancellors of the University of Oxford Deans of Lincoln Bishops of Salisbury 14th-century English Roman Catholic bishops Year of birth unknown