Romeyn was rector of
Nether Wallop,
Hampshire and
precentor and
chancellor of
Lincoln as well as holding the
prebend of
Warthill in
Yorkshire 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. 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. From the late 13th century onwards the Archbishops of York monitored
Kirklees Priory as there was considerable concern for its spiritual health. In 1287 Romeyn asked the prior of St Oswald's to visit the convent. He was instructed to hear the nuns' confessions and to ensure that they were living worthy lives, keeping a secure house and adhering to the church's and their order's doctrines and laws. In August 1287, the parish church of Saint Oswald, in
Oswaldkirk, was re-consecrated by Henry, Bishop of Whithorn on Romeyn's mandate. On 25 January 1288, Romeyn issued a decree concerning the financing of a
chapter house at
Southwell Minster. On 27 April 1289, Romeyn requested the Provincial,
Henry of Hanna, to receive
Richard Manlovel, a canon of
Thurgarton, of the
Order of St. Augustine, into the
Carmelite Order. When members of York's Jewish community faced expulsion in 1290, Romeyn told his parishioners that they would be excommunicated if they harmed any of them. In 1293, Romeyn was brought before
Parliament on a charge of usurping the royal prerogatives for having excommunicated
Anthony Bek, the
Bishop of Durham, because Bek allowed the arrest of two priests of Durham. Parliament held that Bek had been acting as
earl palatine and not as a bishop, and ordered that the archbishop be imprisoned. However, Romeyn avoided arrest by paying a fine of 4000 marks to King
Edward I of England. Romeyn was a member of a few embassies for Edward I, but otherwise does not seem to have been involved in the government of the kingdom. ==Death==