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Muriel. Thomas of Bayeux (died 18 November 1100) was Archbishop of York from 1070 until 1100. He was educated at Liège and became a royal chaplain to Duke William of Normandy, who later became King William I of England. After the Norman Conquest, the king nominated Thomas to succeed Ealdred as Archbishop of York.
Thomas Of Bayeux (born, Bayeux, Normandy—died Nov. 18, 1100, Yorkshire, Eng.) was the archbishop of York from 1070, who opposed the primacy of the archbishopric of Canterbury over that of York. Consecrated by Archbishop Lanfranc of Canterbury, Thomas professed obedience to Lanfranc personally rather than to the see of Canterbury.
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Archbishop of York; b. Bayeux, Normandy; d. Nov. 18, 1100. Thomas was the son of Osbert (a priest of noble family) and a clerk in the household of Bp. odo of Bayeux. Educated at Odo's expense, he attended schools in France, Germany, and Spain before being appointed treasurer of Bayeux cathedral. In 1066 he accompanied Odo to England, where he ...
This study considers the career of Thomas of Bayeux, the first Norman archbishop of York. Through the patronage of William of Normandy and his half-brother, Odo, Thomas rose from treasurer of Bayeux to royal chaplain, and then to archbishop of York. Thomas' notorious "loss" of the primacy dispute has been misrepresented, for the archbishop made ...
But before 1093 archbishop Thomas (1070-1100) had brought about a total reorganization and rebuilding at York, based on his experience in Normandy. He had been clerk of Odo, bishop of Bayeux, and canon and treasurer of Bayeux cathedral, where by 1093, Odo presided over a large chapter, with nine dignitaries and over thirty canons.
Aug 3, 2024 · Archbishop Thomas of Bayeux and his canons looked askance upon the settlement of Benedictines in York in the neighbourhood of the Minster. (fn. 4) Alan's right to the church and land was disputed by the cathedral authorities, the archbishop himself laying claim to them.
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The religious foundations laid by the Normans are perhaps their greatest legacy. The last Anglo-Saxon Archbishop of York was Ealdred, who had crowned William the Conqueror at Westminster Abbey. After Ealdred’s death in 1070 a Norman, Thomas of Bayeux, was appointed Archbishop of York and became the single most powerful person in the city.
