Robert de Chesney was a medieval English Bishop of Lincoln. Educated at
Oxford or Paris, Chesney was Archdeacon of Leicester before his election
as bishop in December 1148. He served as a royal justice in
Lincolnshire, and was an early patron of Thomas Becket. Although shown
favour by King Stephen of England, including the right to a mint,
Chesney was present at the coronation of King Henry II of England in
1154 and went on to serve Henry as a royal justice. In about 1160
Chesney became embroiled in a dispute with St Albans Abbey that was
eventually settled when the abbey granted him land in return for his
relinquishing any right to oversee the abbey. He was active in his
diocese; more than 240 documents relating to his episcopal career
survive. They show him mediating disputes between religious houses and
granting exemptions and rights in his diocese. Chesney bought a house in
London to serve as an episcopal residence, constructed an episcopal
palace in Lincoln, and founded a religious house outside the city. He
died in December 1166 and was buried in Lincoln Cathedral.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_de_Chesney>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1154:
Henry II was crowned King of England in London's Westminster
Abbey.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_II_of_England>
1828:
Nullification Crisis: Vice President of the United States John
C. Calhoun wrote the South Carolina Exposition and Protest to protest
the Tariff of 1828.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Carolina_Exposition_and_Protest>
1843:
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, a novella about the miser
Ebenezer Scrooge and his transformation after being visited by three
Christmas ghosts, was first published.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Christmas_Carol>
1932:
The BBC launched its World Service, now the world's largest
international broadcaster, as BBC Empire Service.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_World_Service>
1985:
Yakutsk United Air Group Flight 101/435 was hijacked by the co-
pilot and landed in China, where he was apprehended, while the
passengers returned home with Chinese gifts.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yakutsk_United_Air_Group_Flight_101/435>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
antispinward:
(often science fiction) In a rotating reference frame, against the
direction of spin.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/antispinward>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Are these the shadows of the things that will be, or are they
shadows of things that may be, only?
--A Christmas Carol
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/A_Christmas_Carol>