Canterbury — Minor Figures

3 figures from The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle who appear only briefly. Each keeps their own page; this one gathers them so they can be read together.

Landfranc

Archbishop of Canterbury · first appears A.D. 1070–1073

A.D. 1070–1073 · vassal / appointee: Archbishop Thomas (A.D. 1070) “After this came Thomas to Canterbury; and all that the archbishop required of him he humbly fulfilled, and afterwards received consecration.”
A.D. 1087 · vassal / appointee: William son of William “After his death his son, called William also as the father, took to the kingdom, and was blessed to king by Archbishop Landfranc at Westminster three days ere Michaelmas day.”

archbishop · first appears A.D. 796–835

A.D. 796–835 · with Wigbert “Archbishop Wulfred, accompanied by Wigbert, Bishop of Wessex, undertook a journey to Rome.”
A.D. 796–835 · with Pope Leo (A.D. 799) “This year Archbishop Wulfred returned to his own see, with the blessing of Pope Leo.”

archbishop · first appears A.D. 796–835

A.D. 796–835 · with Pope Leo (A.D. 799) “Ethelard, Archbishop of Canterbury, held a synod, wherein he ratified and confirmed, by command of Pope Leo, all things concerning God's monasteries that were fixed in Witgar's days, and in other king's days”

Extracted from the original text of The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. Made with Rho MD.