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.

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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

_____________________________ 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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