Event: Expulsion, Grant and Gift, Monastic reform, Papal advice/audience/decision/privilege, Writ-issuing/sending

Scholarly Info
Description	King William 1 announces that, by order of Pope Gregory 8 VII, at the request and agreement of Bishop William 15 of Durham, and on the advice of Archbishops Lanfranc 1 and Thomas 2, he has granted and decreed that the secular canons serving the church of St Cuthbert, Durham, shall be removed and replaced by monks from the monasteries of Wearmouth and Jarrow, and that the monks shall have all the possessions that the canons formerly held, with all their estates, churches and revenues. The writ contains details of the monks’ liberties and rights.
Year	1083 x 1084

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Agent: William 1 (the Bastard or the Conqueror, king of England, 1066-1087)
(Other): Gregory 8 (VII, pope, 1073-1085)
Participant: Lanfranc 1 (Archbishop of Canterbury, 1070-89)
Participant: Thomas 2 (of Bayeux, Thomas (I) of York, d. 1100, archbishop of York)
Participant: William 15 (Walcher, bishop of Durham, 1071-1080)
Secondary: Durham, St Cuthbert's 1 ()
Charter Witness: Royalty (1) William 1 (the Bastard or the Conqueror, king of England, 1066-1087)
Charter Witness: Ecclesiastical_Episcopal (1) Odo 3 (Bishop of Bayeux; Earl of Kent, d. 1097)
Charter Witness: Ecclesiastical_Episcopal (2) Osmund 23 (Saint, d. 1099, bishop of Salisbury)
Charter Witness: Ecclesiastical_Episcopal (3) Geoffrey 2 (de Montbray, d. 1093, bishop of Coutances)
Charter Witness: Ecclesiastical_Episcopal (4) Walkelin 1 (Bishop of Winchester, 1070-1098)
Charter Witness: Ecclesiastical_Episcopal (5) Herfast 1 (d. 1084, administrator and bishop of East Anglia)
Charter Witness: Ecclesiastical_Other (1) Turstin 1 (Abbot of Glastonbury, c. 1077/1078-1083)
Charter Witness: Ecclesiastical_Other (2) Scotland 1 (Abbot of St Augustine's, d. 1087)
Charter Witness: Ecclesiastical_Other (3) Vitalis 1 (Abbot of Westminster, c.1076-1085)
Charter Witness: Other (1) Robert 9 (Count of Mortain; half-brother of William 1, d. 1095)
Charter Witness: Other (2) Richard 7 (de Courcy, fl. 1083 x 1084)
Charter Witness: Other (3) Urse 1 (d'Abetot, c.1040?1108, administrator)
Charter Witness: Ecclesiastical_Other (4) Maurice 3 (Chaplain, fl. 1083 x 1084)
Charter Witness: Other (4) Siweard 14 (Bearn, fl. 1071)
Charter Witness: Other (5) Robert 18 (de Montfort, fl. 1083 x 1084)
Charter Witness: Other (6) Alan 2 (of Lincoln, fl. 1083 x 1084)
Charter Witness: Other (7) Turold 3 (de Papeleon, fl. 1083 x 1084)
Charter Witness: Ecclesiastical_Episcopal (5) William 14 (Chaplain, fl. 1083 x 1084)
Charter Witness: Other (8) Robert 9 (Count of Mortain; half-brother of William 1, d. 1095)
Charter Witness: Other (9) Roger 6 (Bigod, d. 1107)
Charter Witness: Other (10) Robert 20 (Dispensator, fl. 1083 x 1084)
Charter Witness: Ecclesiastical_Episcopal (6) Robert 21 (Chaplain, fl. 1083 x 1084)
Charter Witness: Other (11) Roger 4 (de Montgomery, earl of Shrewsbury, d. 1094)
Charter Witness: Other (12) Hamo 2 (de Crevequer; sheriff of Kent)

Event: Expulsion, Grant and Gift, Monastic reform, Papal advice/audience/decision/privilege, Writ-issuing/sendingBates110 - writ of William 1 in favour of Durham

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