Roger de Pont L'Évêque
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Roger de Pont L'Évêque was Archbishop of York from 1154 to 1181. Born in Normandy, he preceded Thomas Becket as Archdeacon of Canterbury, and together with Becket served Theobald of Bec while Theobald
Henry II and Thomas Becket are shown in this 14th-century illuminated manuscript.
Geoffrey was an illegitimate son of King Henry II of England who became bishop-elect of Lincoln and archbishop of York. The identity of his mother is uncertain, but she may have been named Ykenai. Geo
Henry II with Thomas Becket, from a 13th-century illuminated manuscript
Dover Castle, where Geoffrey was briefly imprisoned
Scenes from the Life of Christ in the Leiden St Louis Psalter made for Geoffrey