Peter des Roches
historical figure · 1 work · 6 mentions · 10 anchored passages
the Bishop of Winchester · Bishop Peter · John's Regent, Peter · Peter of Winchester · bishop Peter · the Poitevin Bishop of Winchester
spoken of as
1 expressionBishop of Winchester“Peter des Roches”1 mention
Magna Carta: A Commentary on the Great Charter of King John (English)
A Council summoned by William Marshal had consented to a scutage, and the Bishop of Winchester was assessed at 159 marks for his knight’s fees.
in the texts
Magna Carta: A Commentary on the Great Charter of King John
Bishop of Winchester, former Regent and Justiciar, whose unpopular administration is blamed for provoking rebellion, and who later acted as a papal commissioner against Langton.
while Hubert de Burgh became Justiciar in room of Peter des Roches.
” Blackstone himself suggests a third cause, the appointment as Regent in John’s absence of the hated alien and upstart, Peter des Roches, and his misconduct in that office.
The execution of this sentence was delayed, in the groundless hope of a compromise, till the middle of September, when two of the commissioners, Pandulf and Peter of Winchester, demanded that the archbishop should publish it;