Osbert de Bayeux
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Osbert de Bayeux was a medieval English cleric and archdeacon in the Diocese of York. A relative of Thurstan, the Archbishop of York, Osbert probably owed his ecclesiastical positions to this relative
A medieval plaque showing William of York's miraculous escape from death when a bridge collapsed under him.
Gilbert Foliot
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Gilbert Foliot was a medieval English monk and prelate, successively Abbot of Gloucester, Bishop of Hereford and Bishop of London. Born to an ecclesiastical family, he became a monk at Cluny Abbey in
Interior view of Hereford Cathedral. The lower sections predate Foliot's time as bishop.
Pope Innocent II (left) from a mosaic in Rome
Matilda's seal
12th-century depiction of Becket with King Henry II