Bishop of Salisbury (1103-1139), Abbot of Sherborne (1103-1122), Chancellor and subsequently Justiciar to King Henry I.
Roger de Caen built Sherborne 'Old ' Castle between 1122 and 1139 - he was the largest landowner in the area. He also built the semi-circular earthwork on a ridge above the River Gwendraeth in Carmarthenshire which became Kidwelly Castle and Malmesbury Castle in Wiltshire of which nothing remains.
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After the death of King Henry I, conflict errupted over the succession between Henry's daughter Matilda and her cousin, Stephen. Sherborne was seized by Stephen in 1135, and it remained in royal hands until the reign of Edward III.
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