Roger Northburgh was Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield. He served as Lord Privy Seal from 1312 to 1316, as Chancellor of the University of Cambridge from 1321 to 1326, and as Lord High Treasurer of England from June to December of 1340.

|- style="text-align: center;" | width="30%" |Preceded by:
Sir Robert Sadington | width="40%" style="text-align: center;" |Lord High Treasurer
1340–1341 | width="30%" |Succeeded by:
Sir Robert Parving