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William Warelwast
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William Warelwast was a medieval Norman cleric and Bishop of Exeter in England. Warelwast was a native of Normandy, but little is known about his background before 1087, when he appears as a royal cle
King Henry's Dream from a 12th-century manuscript of the Chronicon ex chronicis of John of Worcester
King Henry's Dream from a 12th-century manuscript of the Chronicon ex chronicis of John of Worcester
One of the transept towers at Exeter Cathedral, which date from Warelwast's time
One of the transept towers at Exeter Cathedral, which date from Warelwast's time
Gerard (archbishop of York)
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Gerard was Archbishop of York between 1100 and 1108 and Lord Chancellor of England from 1085 until 1092. A Norman, he was a member of the cathedral clergy at Rouen before becoming a royal clerk under
William Warelwast
…sought to have the newly appointed Archbishop of Canterbury, Anselm of Canterbury, removed from office. He visited the pope with another royal clerk, Gerard, with orders to recognize Urban as pope in return for Anselm's deposition, at least according to Eadmer, an Anselm partisan. The two clerks travelled…
Gerard undertook missions to Pope Urban II, seen here preaching the First Crusade in an illustration from the Grand Chronicle of France, a work from a
Gerard undertook missions to Pope Urban II, seen here preaching the First Crusade in an illustration from the Grand Chronicle of France, a work from about 1455.
Thirteenth-century manuscript illustration of Henry I
Thirteenth-century manuscript illustration of Henry I