Peter des Roches

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  1. 1 2 Rhodes, Walter Eustace (1896). "Peter des Roches"  . Dictionary of National Biography . Vol. 45. pp. 52–56.
  2. Vincent Peter des Roches p. 18.
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  12. 1 2 3 4 Tyerman England and the Crusades pp. 99–101.
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Peter des Roches
Bishop of Winchester
Peterdesrochesheadontombwinchestercathedral.jpg
Head of the effigy on Roches' tomb in Winchester Cathedral
Appointed1205
Term ended9 June 1238
Predecessor Richard Poore
Successor Ralph Neville
Other post(s) Precentor of Lincoln
Archdeacon of Poitiers
Orders
Consecration24 March 1206
by Pope Innocent III
Personal details
Died9 June 1238
DenominationCatholic
Chief Justiciar of England
In office
1213–c.1215
Political offices
Preceded by Chief Justiciar
1213 c.1215
Succeeded by
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Bishop of Winchester
1205–1238
Succeeded by