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THOMAS (d. 110o)

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THOMAS (d. 110o) , See also:archbishop of See also:York, was a native of See also:Bayeux, and is usually called Thomas of Bayeux. His See also:father was a See also:priest named Osbert, and See also:Samson, See also:bishop of See also:Worcester from 1o86 until his See also:death in May 1112, was his See also:brother. Owing largely to the generosity of See also:Odo, bishop of Bayeux, Thomas studied in See also:France, See also:Germany and See also:Spain and became known as a See also:scholar; then he became one of Bishop Odo's officials and after io66 one of See also:William the Conqueror's chaplains, or secretaries. In 1070 he succeeded See also:Aldred as archbishop of York, but declining to promise obedience to the archbishop of See also:Canterbury, See also:Lanfranc, the latter See also:prelate refused to consecrate him. See also:King William, however, induced him to submit and he was consecrated, but his profession of obedience was to Lanfranc personally and not to the archbishops of Canterbury. In 1071 both archbishops travelled to See also:Rome for their palls and while there Thomas wished See also:Pope See also:Alexander II. to See also:decree the equality of the See also:sees of Canter-See also:bury and York. The pope, however, referred the dispute to a See also:council of See also:English prelates, and this met at See also:Windsor at Whitsuntide.1072. It was then decided that the archbishop of Canter-bury was the See also:superior of the archbishop of York, who had no rights See also:south of the See also:Humber, but whose See also:province included See also:Scot-See also:land. But this decision did not put a See also:period to the dispute. It See also:broke out again, and in 1092 and again in 1093 Thomas protested against what he regarded as infringements of his archiepiscopal rights. The first of these occasions was over the See also:dedication of the See also:cathedral built by See also:Remigius at See also:Lincoln and the second was over the See also:consecration of St See also:Anselm to the archbishopric of Canterbury.

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exile, Thomas reached See also:London too See also:late to See also:crown See also:Henry I., the ceremony having been hurriedly performed by See also:Maurice, bishop of London, but his anger at this slight was soon appeased. He died at York on the 18th of See also:November moo. Thomas rebuilt the See also:minster at York, where he appears to have been an excellent archbishop; he knew something of See also:church See also:music and wrote See also:hymns. Thomas had a See also:nephew, Thomas, the son of his brother Samson, who was also archbishop of York. The younger Thomas became archbishop in zro8 and like his See also:uncle he refused to promise obedience to the archbishop of Canterbury; his consecration was then delayed and the dispute was still unsettled when St Anselm died in See also:April 1109. Henry I. and his bishops then decided against Thomas, who was forced to make the necessary promise and was consecrated in London in See also:June 1109. He died at See also:Beverley on the 24th of See also:February 1114.

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