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Roger de Meyland (or Roger de Longespée Roger de Meuland Roger Longespee or Roger de Molend; died 1295) was a medieval Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield England.Roger was a cousin of King Henry III of England although the exact relationship is unclear. Roger was born circa 1215 and may have been a son of William de Longespee uncle of Henry III. Little is known of his early career and he first appears in 1257 as a canon of Lichfield and a papal chaplain.