Roger Norreis (died c. 1224) was a medieval Abbot of Evesham in England.
A native of northern England, his family was probably of Norse origin.
He was a monk at Christ Church Priory, the cathedral chapter of
Canterbury Cathedral, and in 1187 he was appointed treasurer of the
priory. The cathedral chapter sent him to King Henry II of England to
plead their case against Baldwin of Forde, the Archbishop of Canterbury.
After Norreis took Baldwin's side, the Canterbury monks captured Norreis
and held him in custody. He escaped by travelling through the sewer and
fled to the safety of the archbishop. In a mocking reference to his
escape route, Norreis was sometimes called Roger Cloacarius or "Roger
the Drain-Cleaner". In 1190 he was appointed to the abbacy of Evesham
Abbey (16th-century bell tower pictured). There he was accused of
immoral behaviour and failing to follow monastic rules. In 1202 he
became embroiled in a dispute with his monks, and in 1213 the papal
legate deposed him from the abbacy.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Norreis>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1864:
American Civil War: Despite incurring nearly twice as many
casualties as the Confederates, the Union Army emerged victorious in the
Battle of Cedar Creek.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Cedar_Creek>
1943:
Streptomycin (molecular model pictured), the first antibiotic
remedy for tuberculosis, was first isolated by a PhD student at Rutgers
University.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streptomycin>
1988:
The British government banned the voices of representatives
from Sinn Féin and several Irish republican and Loyalist paramilitary
groups from being broadcast on television and radio in the United
Kingdom.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1988%E2%80%9394_British_broadcasting_voice_restrictions>
2005:
Hurricane Wilma became the most intense Atlantic hurricane on
record with a minimum atmospheric pressure of 882 mbar.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Wilma>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
list:
1. (transitive) To create or recite a list.
2. (transitive) To place in listings.
3. (transitive) To sew together, as strips of cloth, so as to make a
show of colours, or to form a border.
4. (transitive) To cover with list, or with strips of cloth; to put list
on; to stripe as if with list.
5. (transitive, agriculture) To plough and plant with a lister.
6. (transitive, agriculture, chiefly Southern US) To prepare (land) for
a cotton crop by making alternating beds and alleys with a hoe.
7. (transitive, carpentry) To cut away a narrow strip, as of sapwood,
from the edge of.
8. (transitive, military) To enclose (a field, etc.) for combat.
9. (transitive, obsolete) To engage a soldier, etc.; to enlist.
10. (intransitive, obsolete) To engage in public service by enrolling
one's name; to enlist.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/list>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
In my experience, each failure contains the seeds of your next
success — if you are willing to learn from it.
--Paul Allen
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