Roger de Pont L'Evêque (died 1181)

Roger served as archdeacon at Canterbury under Archbishop Theobald and became Archbishop of York in 1154. He rebuilt the choir and crypt of York Minster, the earliest Gothic building in England; parts of his crypt still survive. In May 1170 Roger crowned Young Henry (son of Henry II) king in Westminster Abbey, thereby infringing the prerogative of the Archbishop of Canterbury, then Thomas Becket. In December 1170, on the eve of his return to England, Becket excommunicated Roger along with the bishops of London and Salisbury who had assisted in the coronation. The three bishops then crossed to Normandy to complain to the king and this led, albeit indirectly, to Becket's murder.