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4 days ago · In 1195 Geoffrey, Archbishop of York, was suspended from his spiritual duties, (fn. 19) and Hubert, Archbishop of Canterbury, went to York as papal legate. On Tuesday 13 June he visited the abbey of St. Mary, being received by the monks in solemn procession.
2 days ago · Henry's father, Geoffrey, made him Duke of Normandy in 1150, and upon Geoffrey's death in 1151, Henry inherited Anjou, Maine and Touraine. His marriage to Eleanor of Aquitaine brought him control of the Duchy of Aquitaine. Thus, he controlled most of France.
4 days ago · The Chapter of York Minster 1066-1300 On the eve of the Conquest the Minster of York was ruled by archbishop Ealdred, who was also bishop of Worcester. On a visit to Germany in 1054 he had been greatly impressed by ecclesiastical building there and by liturgical practices especially in Cologne, from where he brought books back to ...
5 days ago · During his time Archbishop Roger abandoned a claim to the patronage which he had put forward, but after the death of Paulinus, Archbishop Geoffrey on his own authority, in the time of King John, appointed John his chaplain as master, but the dean and chapter successfully impleaded him and removed John and made Ralph of Nottingham ...
2 days ago · The bishops of the Scottish church refused to accept subjugation under the Archbishop of York, and began a campaign of writing to the Pope, Alexander III, and his successors. This finally bore fruit in 1192 when Pope Celestine III decreed that the church was a “special daughter” of the Holy See, thus ending any English control.
3 days ago · York Diocesan Synod - Presidential Address. 13/07/2024. Archbishop Stephen addressed York Diocesan Synod today. The address follows in full: Meeting here in York last weekend, the General Synod of the Church of England discussed a motion brought by the Winchester Diocese proposing that an uninterrupted rest period of 36 rather than 24 hours ...
1 day ago · Stephen's dispute with the church had its origins in 1140 when Archbishop Thurstan of York died. An argument then broke out between a group of reformers based in York and backed by Bernard of Clairvaux, the head of the Cistercian order, who preferred William of Rievaulx as the new archbishop, and Stephen and his brother Henry, who ...
