Normans — Minor Figures

4 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.

Ranulf

chaplain and Bishop of Durham · first appears A.D. 1096–1099

A.D. 1096–1099 · lord / consecrator: William son of William “there he gave the bishopric of Durham to Ranulf his chaplain”
A.D. 1100–1103 · with King Henry “And the king, soon after this, by the advice of those that were about him, allowed men to take the Bishop Ranulf of Durham, and bring him into the Tower of London, and hold him there.”

nobleman · first appears A.D. 1104–1109

A.D. 1104–1109 · with King Henry “and the Earl of Moretaine, and Robert of Stutteville, and afterwards sent to England, and put into custody.”
A.D. 1104–1109 · enemies with King Henry “There was the Earl of Normandy taken, and the Earl of Moretaine, and Robert of Stutteville, and afterwards sent to England, and put into custody.”

nobleman · first appears A.D. 1104–1109

A.D. 1104–1109 · enemies with King Henry “Robert of Belesme was there put to flight, and William Crispin was taken, and many others forthwith.”

steward · first appears A.D. 1096–1099

A.D. 1096–1099 · with William son of William “his steward, William by name, who was the son of his stepmother, the king commanded to be hanged on a gibbet”

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