 Roger did not like monks , and William of Newburgh said that he often referred to the foundation of Fountains Abbey as the worst mistake of Archbishop Thurstan 's episcopate . Roger also was accused of avarice , and of making unworthy clerical appointments . However , he also started the rebuilding of York Minster , which had been damaged by fire in 1137 , and helped with the building of a church at Ripon . He also endowed the school at York with an annual income of 100 shillings . 
