Event: Agreement, Assembly, Charter-witnessingBates68 - charter establishing the primacy of Canterbury
Scholarly Info
| Description |
In 1072 a meeting was convened at the command of Pope Alexander 1 II and with the agreement of King William 1, to discuss and decide on the primacy of the see of Canterbury over the see of York. |
| Year |
1072 |
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Notes:
Cf. Bates, Regesta, no. 67, which has a much shorter witness list.
Persons associated with this Event:
- Agent:
Alexander 1
(II, pope, 1061-1073)
- Charter Witness:
Royalty (1) William 1
(the Bastard or the Conqueror, king of England, 1066-1087)
- Charter Witness:
Royalty (2) Matilda 2
(Queen of England; wife of William 1, d. 1083)
- Charter Witness:
Ecclesiastical_Other (1) Hubert 1
(Legate, fl. 1072)
- Charter Witness:
Ecclesiastical_Episcopal (1) Lanfranc 1
(Archbishop of Canterbury, 1070-89)
- Charter Witness:
Ecclesiastical_Episcopal (2) Thomas 2
(of Bayeux, Thomas (I) of York, d. 1100, archbishop of York)
- Charter Witness:
Ecclesiastical_Episcopal (3) William 2
(Bishop of London, d. 1075)
- Charter Witness:
Ecclesiastical_Episcopal (4) Herman 2
(Bishop of Ramsbury, 1045-1078)
- Charter Witness:
Ecclesiastical_Episcopal (5) Wulfstan 55
(II, bishop of Worcester and saint, 1062-1095)
- Charter Witness:
Ecclesiastical_Episcopal (6) Walter 2
(Bishop of Hereford, 1060-1079)
- Charter Witness:
Ecclesiastical_Episcopal (7) Giso 1
(Bishop of Wells, 1060-1088)
- Charter Witness:
Ecclesiastical_Episcopal (8) Remigius 1
(d. 1092, bishop of Lincoln, transferred his see from Dorchester-on-Thames )
- Charter Witness:
Ecclesiastical_Episcopal (9) Walkelin 1
(Bishop of Winchester, 1070-1098)
- Charter Witness:
Ecclesiastical_Episcopal (10) Herfast 1
(d. 1084, administrator and bishop of East Anglia)
- Charter Witness:
Ecclesiastical_Episcopal (11) Stigand 5
(Bishop of Chichester, d. 1087)
- Charter Witness:
Ecclesiastical_Episcopal (12) Siweard 13
(Bishop of Rochester, 1058-1075; Abbot of Chertsey)
- Charter Witness:
Ecclesiastical_Episcopal (13) Osbern 8
(Bishop of Exeter, d. 1103)
- Charter Witness:
Ecclesiastical_Episcopal (14) Odo 3
(Bishop of Bayeux; Earl of Kent, d. 1097)
- Charter Witness:
Ecclesiastical_Episcopal (15) Geoffrey 2
(de Montbray, d. 1093, bishop of Coutances)
- Charter Witness:
Ecclesiastical_Other (2) Scotland 1
(Abbot of St Augustine's, d. 1087)
- Charter Witness:
Ecclesiastical_Other (3) Ælfwine 55
(Abbot of Ramsey, 1043-1080/1)
- Charter Witness:
Ecclesiastical_Other (4) Æthelnoth 46
(Abbot of Glastonbury, fl. 1066)
- Charter Witness:
Ecclesiastical_Other (4) Thurstan 11
(Abbot of Ely, fl. 1072)
- Charter Witness:
Ecclesiastical_Other (5) Wulfwald 1
(Abbot of Chertsey and Bath, d. 1084)
- Charter Witness:
Ecclesiastical_Other (6) Æthelwig 15
(Abbot of Evesham, d. 1077)
- Charter Witness:
Ecclesiastical_Other (7) Frederic 1
(Abbot of St Albans, fl. 1072)
- Charter Witness:
Ecclesiastical_Other (8) Geoffrey 3
(Abbot of St Peter's, Westminster, fl. 1072)
- Charter Witness:
Ecclesiastical_Other (9) Baldwin 5
(Abbot of Bury St Edmunds, (1065x1066)-?)
- Charter Witness:
Ecclesiastical_Other (10) Turold 1
(Abbot of Malmesbury and of Peterborough, 1070-)
- Charter Witness:
Ecclesiastical_Other (11) Adelelm 1
(Abbot of Abingdon, 1071-1083)
- Charter Witness:
Ecclesiastical_Other (12) Riwallon 1
(Abbot of New Minster, Winchester, 1072-1088)
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