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.

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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

_____________________________ 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

___________________________ 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