Thomas of Bayeux was Archbishop of York from 1070 until 1100. A native
of Bayeux, he was educated at Liège and became a royal chaplain to Duke
William of Normandy, later King William I of England. After the Norman
Conquest, the King nominated Thomas to succeed Ealdred as Archbishop of
York. After Thomas' election, Lanfranc, Archbishop of Canterbury,
demanded an oath from Thomas to obey him and any future Archbishops of
Canterbury; this was part of Lanfranc's claim that Canterbury was the
primary bishopric, and its holder the head of the English Church.
Thomas countered that York had never made such an oath, which resulted
in Lanfranc's refusal to consecrate him. The King eventually persuaded
Thomas to submit, but Thomas and Lanfranc continued to clash over
ecclesiastical issues, including the primacy of Canterbury, which
dioceses belonged to the province of York, and the question of how
York's obedience to Canterbury would be expressed. After King William
I's death Thomas served his successor William II, and helped to put
down a rebellion led by Thomas' old mentor Odo of Bayeux. Thomas also
attended the trial for rebellion of the Bishop of Durham, William de
St-Calais, Thomas' sole suffragan, or bishop subordinate to York.
During William II's reign Thomas once more became involved in the
dispute with Canterbury over the primacy when he refused to consecrate
the new Archbishop of Canterbury, Anselm, if Anselm was named the
Primate of England in the consecration service. After William II's
sudden death in 1100, Thomas arrived too late to crown King Henry I,
and died soon after the coronation.
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1676:
Praying Indian John Alderman shot and killed King Philip, the Wampanoag
war chief, ending King Philip's War.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Philip%27s_War>
1877:
American astronomer Asaph Hall discovered Deimos, the smaller of the
two moons of Mars.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deimos_%28moon%29>
1981:
The IBM Personal Computer , the original version and progenitor of the
IBM PC compatible hardware platform, was introduced.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_Personal_Computer>
1990:
American paleontologist Sue Hendrickson found the most complete
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<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sue_%28dinosaur%29>
2000:
The Oscar class submarine K-141 Kursk of the Russian Navy exploded and
sank in the Barents Sea during a military exercise.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_submarine_Kursk_explosion>
2005:
Foreign Minister of Sri Lanka Lakshman Kadirgamar was fatally shot by a
Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam sniper as he was getting out of his
swimming pool at his home in Colombo.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lakshman_Kadirgamar>
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