Editing Roger of Howden (section)

==Roger and the Third Crusade==
In 1189 Bishop Hugh du Puiset was appointed with the chancellor, [[William de Longchamp]], by King Richard as joint justiciars to rule England in his absence. By this time Roger and he had a working relationship and Roger can be found accompanying the bishop in his household at the end of 1189 and then across to France. So he was a witness when Longchamp staged a violent coup against Bishop Hugh on his return to England in the early summer of 1190. The bishop was put under house arrest in his residence at Howden. Roger was rapidly commissioned to lead a covert mission to report the outrage to King Richard, who was still at the time in France. His part in the affair was revealed by the recent discovery of the journal of his voyage from Howden to [[Marseille]] in July 1190, where he successfully delivered the bishop's complaint to the king, along with a substantial bribe to get royal writs reversing Longchamp's coup.<ref>Crouch, 'At Home with Roger of Howden', 169-73.</ref> Rather than return to Howden, Roger joined the king's retinue and accompanied him to Sicily and Palestine, appearing with a group of fellow Yorkshiremen in a document drafted at the [[Siege of Acre (1189–1191)|siege of Acre]] in 1191.<ref>Doris M. Stenton, 'Roger of Howden and Benedict, ''English Historical Review'', 68 (1953), 574–82.</ref> Roger returned later that year with the fleet of [[Philip II of France]] and so did not accompany his own king on his disastrous return voyage.