The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle

Henry, Bishop of Winchester

Family: Winchester · Role: bishop · First appears: A.D. 1140–1154

A.D. 1140–1154

  • siblings with King Stephen “After this the Bishop of Winchester, Henry, the brother of King Stephen”
  • with Robert, Earl of Gloucester (He swore not to support Stephen and promised Winchester to Robert and the empress.) “After this the Bishop of Winchester, Henry, the brother of King Stephen, spake with Earl Robert, and with the empress, and swore them oaths, ”
  • with King Stephen (The passage identifies them as brothers and records Henry's oath not to support Stephen.) “After this the Bishop of Winchester, Henry, the brother of King Stephen, spake with Earl Robert, and with the empress, and swore them oaths, ”

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