Stigand
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Stigand was an Anglo-Saxon churchman in pre-Norman Conquest England who became Archbishop of Canterbury. His birth date is unknown, but by 1020, he was serving as a royal chaplain and advisor. He was
Stigand from the Bayeux Tapestry
Emma of Normandy, seated with sons Harthacnut and Edward the Confessor, in this manuscript copy of the Encomium Emmae Reginae from about 1042
William the Conqueror, shown here from the Bayeux Tapestry, at first accepted Stigand's position, but later allowed papal legates to depose him.
Robert of Jumièges
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Robert of Jumièges was the first Norman Archbishop of Canterbury. He had previously served as prior of the Abbey of St Ouen at Rouen in Normandy, before becoming abbot of Jumièges Abbey, near Rouen, i
Retrospective tomb effigy of Robert of Jumièges
Jumièges Abbey
View of the interior ruins of Jumièges, looking west down the nave
Image of William the Conqueror from the Bayeux Tapestry