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16 de abr. de 2024 · Saint Wulfstan was the bishop of Worcester from 1062, the last surviving English holder of a bishopric after the Norman Conquest (1066). He ended the capture and sale of slaves at Bristol, rebuilt the cathedral at Worcester, helped compile Domesday Book (the record of William I the Conqueror’s.
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16 de abr. de 2024 · Wulfstan (died May 28, 1023, York, Eng.) was the bishop of London, 996–1002, archbishop of York, 1002–23, and bishop of Worcester, 1002–16. He was the author of many Old English homilies, treatises, and law codes.
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13 de abr. de 2024 · In 1129 Robert d'Oilly the younger, at the instigation of his wife Edith Forne, founded an Augustinian priory in the island of Oseney, lying immediately west of the castle of Oxford. (fn. 1) By his foundation charter he gave them the manor of Water Eaton, and all he had in the island of Oseney, namely the southern half, some rents in Oxford and ...
Hace 2 días · Goddard was born in Worcester, Massachusetts to Nahum Danford Goddard (1859–1928) and Fannie Louise Hoyt (1864–1920). Robert was their only child to survive; a younger son, Richard Henry, was born with a spinal deformity and died before his first birthday.
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- October 5, 1882, Worcester, Massachusetts, U.S.
Hace 2 días · For about a year, Henry lived alongside Roger of Worcester, one of Robert's sons, and was instructed by a magister, Master Matthew; Robert's household was known for its education and learning. The canons of St Augustine's in Bristol also helped in Henry's education, and he remembered them with affection in later years.
17 de abr. de 2024 · Henry II's dispute with Thomas Becket reached Worcester as the Bishop Roger attempted to support Becket and the independence of the Church. He wrote to the King to intercede on behalf of Becket after his exile, which provoked Henry to instruct him to keep away from Becket in his exile.
9 de abr. de 2024 · Lady Godiva (died between 1066 and 1086) was an Anglo-Saxon gentlewoman famous for her legendary ride while nude through Coventry, Warwickshire. Godiva was the wife of Leofric, earl of Mercia, with whom she founded and endowed a monastery at Coventry.
