John le Romeyn

John le Romeyn
Archbishop of York
Elected	29 October 1285
Installed	9 June 1286
Term ended	11 March 1296
Predecessor	William de Wickwane
Successor	Henry of Newark
Other posts	chancellor of Lincoln diocese
Orders
Consecration	10 February 1286 by Latino Malabranca Orsini
Personal details
Born	c. 1230
Died	11 March 1296 Bishop Burton, Yorkshire
Buried	York Minster
Parents	John le Romeyn

John le Romeyn (or John Romanus), died 1296, was a medieval Archbishop of York.

Romeyn was the illegitimate son of John le Romeyn the elder, treasurer of York. The younger John was born while his father was still a subdeacon, and nothing is known about his mother, except for a 14th-century chronicler's mention that she was a waiting woman. His birth was probably around 1230. He was a master at Oxford University and a Doctor of Theology at the University of Paris by 1276.

Romeyn was rector of Nether Wallop, Hampshire and precentor and chancellor of Lincoln as well as holding the prebend of Warthill in Yorkshire before being elected Archbishop of York on 29 October 1285. Romeyn went to Rome to receive his pallium, but while there questions arose about the canonical validity of his election, so John resigned, and a new election was held under Pope Honorius IV's supervision, where Romeyn was once more elected. He was consecrated 10 February 1286 by Latino Malabranca Orsini, the Bishop of Ostia in Rome. He was enthroned on 9 June 1286 at York Minster.

During Romeyn's first seven months that he was archbishop, he held two group ordinations of priests and attended Convocation as well as visiting eighteen priories, twelve of the rural deaneries, the towns Otley, Ripon and Beverley, and an abbey. Romeyn often used the Bishop of Whithorn as his deputy for confirmations and other ecclesiastical matters. In 1286 he issued an order to all the clergy in his diocese that held benefices but that were not yet ordained a priest to come to Tadcaster to be ordained.

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