York Minster, Yorkshire, England, British Isles [Map]

Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. 625. This year Paulinus was invested bishop of the Northumbrians, by Archbishop Justus, on the twelfth day before the calends of August.

On 19th July 627 Archbishop Paulinus of York was was appointed the first Bishop of York.

In 664 Bishop Wilfrid of York was consecrated Bishop of York.

Bede. 678. In the year of our Lord's incarnation 678, which is the eighth of the reign of Egfrid (age 33), in the month of August, appeared a star, called a comet, which continued for three months, rising in the morning, and darting out, as it were, a pillar of radiant flame. The same year a dissension broke out between King Egfrid and the most reverend prelate, Wilfrid, who was driven from his see, and two bishops substituted in his stead, to preside over the nation of the Northumbrians, namely, Bosa, to preside over the nation of the Deiri; and Eata over that of the Bernicians; the latter having his see in the city of York [Map], the former in the church of Hagulstad [Map], or else Lindisfarne [Map]; both of them promoted to the episcopal dignity from a society of monks. With them also was Edhed ordained bishop in the province of Lindsey, which King Egfrid had but newly subdued, having overcome and vanquished Wulfhere; and this was the first bishop of its own which that province had; the second was Ethelwin; the third Eadgar; the fourth Cynebert, who is there at present. Before Edhed, Sexwulf was bishop as well of that province, as of the Mercians and Midland Angles; so that when expelled from Lindsey, he continued in the government of those provinces. Edhed, Bosa, and Eata, were ordained at York [Map] by Archbishop Theodore; who also, three years after the departure of Wilfrid, added two bishops to their number; Trumbert, in the church of Hagulstad [Map], Eata still continuing in that of Lindisfarne; and Trumwine in the province of the Picts, which at that time was subject to the English. Edhed returning from Lindsey, because Ethelred had recovered that province, was placed by him over the church of Ripon.

In 678 Bishop Bosa of York was appointed Bishop of York.

In 691 Bishop Bosa of York was appointed Bishop of York.

Bede. Bertwald succeeded Theodore in the archbishopric, being abbot of the monastery called Racuulfe [Map], which stands at the northern mouth of the river Genlade. He was a man learned in the Scriptures, and perfectly instructed in ecclesiastical and monastic teaching, yet in no wise to be compared to his predecessor. He was chosen bishop in the year of our Lord 692, on the first day of July, when Wictred (age 22) and Suaebhard were kings in Kent; but he was ordained the next year, on Sunday the 29th of June, by Godwin, metropolitan bishop of Gaul, and was enthroned on Sunday the 31st of August. Among the many bishops whom he ordained was Tobias, a man instructed in the Latin, Greek, and Saxon tongues, and otherwise of manifold learning, whom he consecrated in the stead of Gedmund, bishop of the Church of Rochester, who had died.

On 1st July 692 Archbishop Berhtwald was elected Archbishop of York.

On 31st August 693 Archbishop Berhtwald was enthroned Archbishop of York.

In 705 Bishop John of Beverley was consecrated Archbishop of York.

On 24th April 767 Archbishop Æthelbert of York was consecrated Archbishop of York.

In 931 Archbishop Wulfstan was appointed Archbishop of York.

In 958 Archbishop Oscytel was elected Archbishop of York.

In 972 Archbishop Oswald was elected Archbishop of York.

In 992 Archbishop Ealdwulf was elected Archbishop of York and Bishop of Worcester.

In 1002 Archbishop Wulfstan was elected Archbishop of York.

In 1041 Bishop Æthelwine was consecrated Archbishop of York. Possibly Bishop.

On 11th January 1041 Bishop Æthelric was consecrated Bishop of Durham at York Minster [Map].

In 1051 Archbishop Cynesige was appointed Archbishop of York.

Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. 1068. This year King William (age 40) gave Earl Robert the earldom over Northumberland; but the landsmen attacked him in the town of Durham, County Durham [Map], and slew him, and nine hundred men with him. Soon afterwards Edgar Etheling (age 17) came with all the Northumbrians to York; and the townsmen made a treaty with him: but King William came from the South unawares on them with a large army, and put them to flight, and slew on the spot those who could not escape; which were many hundred men; and plundered the town. St. Peter's minster [Map] he made a profanation, and all other places also he despoiled and trampled upon; and the etheling went back again to Scotland. After this came Harold's sons from Ireland, about midsummer, with sixty-four ships into the mouth of the Taft, where they unwarily landed: and Earl Breon came unawares against them with a large army, and fought with them, and slew there all the best men that were in the fleet; and the others, being small forces, escaped to the ships: and Harold's sons went back to Ireland again.

Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. 1070. The same year Thomas, who was chosen Bishop of York, came to Canterbury, to be invested there after the ancient custom. But when Landfranc craved confirmation of his obedience with an oath, he refused; and said, that he ought not to do it. Whereupon Archbishop Landfranc was wroth, and bade the bishops, who were come thither by Archbishop Landfranc's command to do the service, and all the monks to unrobe themselves. And they by his order so did. Thomas, therefore, for the time, departed without consecration. Soon after this, it happened that the Archbishop Landfranc went to Rome, and Thomas with him. When they came thither, and had spoken about other things concerning which they wished to speak, then began Thomas his speech: how he came to Canterbury, and how the archbishop required obedience of him with an oath; but he declined it. Then began the Archbishop Landfranc to show with clear distinction, that what he craved he craved by right; and with strong arguments he confirmed the same before the Pope Alexander, and before all the council that was collected there; and so they went home. After this came Thomas to Canterbury; and all that the archbishop required of him he humbly fulfilled, and afterwards received consecration.

Flowers of History. 8th April 1071. A general council of the kingdom of England was held, to discuss the question of the primacy of the church of Canterbury, as superior to the church of York, on the eighth of April. And at last it was decreed that the archbishop of Canterbury had the preeminence, and that the archbishop of York was subordinate to him in everything.

In 1100 Archbishop Gerard was appointed Archbishop of York.

On 23rd May 1100 Archbishop Thomas of Bayeux was elected Archbishop of York.

In August 1114 Archbishop Thurstan was elected Archbishop of York.

Chronicon ex Chronicis. 1128. Thurstan, the archbishop, consecrated at York [Map], Robert, who had been intruded by Alexander, king of Scots, on the petition of David, his brother and successor, into the see of St. Andrew's. The archbishop had called in Ralph, bishop of Durham, and one Ralph, formerly ordained bishop of the Orkney islands, to be his coadjutors in the ceremony. This Ralph having been ordained without the election or consent of the lord of the land, or of the clergy and people, was rejected by all of them, and acknowledged as bishop by no one. Being bishop of no city, he attached himself sometimes to the archbishop of York, sometimes to the bishop of Durham; he was supported by them, and employed by both as coadjutor in the performance of their episcopal functions.² Robert, being consecrated by these bishops, was not permitted by the Scots, as it is reported, to make any profession of submission or obedience to the church of York or its bishop, although he was a canon of that church.

Note 2. This accounts for this Ralph's being called "bishop of Durham,' by Henry of Huntingdon and Roger of Wendover, who seem to have lost sight of his original and proper designation. The ubiquitous bishop forms a distinguished figure in the group sketched by the former author before the battle of the Standard, A.D. 1138, in which we are informed he was commissioned by the archbishop of York to supply his place. Henry of Huntingdon represents him as standing on a hillock, and addressing the army before the battle in a florid discourse, which the historian has preserved. See pp. 267—269, in the Antiq. Lib.

On 7th December 1147 Archbishop Henry Murdac was consecrated Archbishop of York by the future Pope Eugene III.

On 14th October 1153 Archbishop Henry Murdac died at Beverley [Map]. He was buried at York Minster [Map].

In 1191 Archbishop Geoffrey Plantagenet (age 39) was appointed Archbishop of York.

On 10th November 1215 Archbishop Walter Grey (age 35) was elected Archbishop of York.

In or before 1239 Fulk Basset (age 49) was appointed Dean of York.

On 25 or 26th December 1251 King Alexander III of Scotland (age 10) and Margaret Queen of Scotland (age 11) were married at York Minster [Map]. She by marriage Queen Consort Scotland. The couple remained in York until Jan 1252 after which they travelled to Edinburgh. She the daughter of King Henry III of England (age 44) and Eleanor of Provence Queen Consort England (age 28). He the son of King Alexander II of Scotland and Marie Coucy (age 33). They were half fourth cousins. He a great x 3 grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England.

On 15th October 1266 Archbishop Walter Giffard (age 41) was appointed Archbishop of York.

On 1st November 1266 Archbishop Walter Giffard (age 41) was enthroned as Archbishop of York.

On 25th April 1279 Archbishop Walter Giffard (age 54) died at York [Map]. He was buried at York Minster [Map].

On 22nd June 1279 Archbishop William de Wickwane was elected Archbishop of York.

On 19th September 1279 Archbishop William de Wickwane was consecrated Archbishop of York at Rome.

On 9th January 1284 Bishop Antony Bek (age 39) was consecrated Bishop of Durham at which time he also had the remains of Saint William of York moved to a new shrine in York Minster [Map].

On 29th October 1285 Archbishop John le Romeyn was elected Archbishop of York.

On 29th October 1285 Archbishop John Romanus was elected Archbishop of York.

On 10th February 1286 Archbishop John le Romeyn was consecrated Archbishop of York by Latino Malabranca Orsini Cardinal in Rome, Italy [Map].

On 9th June 1286 Latino Malabranca Orsini Cardinal was enthroned Archbishop of York.

On 7th May 1296 Archbishop Henry of Newark was elected Archbishop of York.

On 15th June 1298 Archbishop Henry of Newark was consecrated Archbishop of York by Bishop Antony Bek (age 53) at York Minster [Map].

On 4th December 1304 Archbishop William Greenfield was elected Archbishop of York.

On 30th January 1306 Archbishop William Greenfield was consecrated Archbishop of York at Lyons. The delay having been caused by the death of Pope Benedict XI.

In January 1315 Archbishop William Melton (age 40) was elected Archbishop of York.

On 6th December 1315 Archbishop William Greenfield died at his palace Cawood Castle, North Yorkshire [Map]. He was buried in the Eastern Transept of York Minster [Map] where is monument is extant.

In September 1317 Archbishop William Melton (age 42) was consecrated Archbishop of York at Avignon [Map].

On 16th February 1337 William of Hatfield was born to King Edward III of England (age 24) and Philippa of Hainault Queen Consort England (age 22) at Hatfield [Map]. He died shortly afterwards around 3rd March 1337. He was buried at York Minster [Map] where there is a monument to him in the north aisle. Coefficient of inbreeding 3.00%.

On 2nd May 1340 Archbishop William Zouche was appointed Archbishop of York.

On 19th July 1352 Archbishop William Zouche died at Cawood, North Yorkshire [Map]. He was buried at York Minster [Map].

On 16th August 1352 Cardinal John of Thoresby was appointed Archbishop of York.

In November 1373 Archbishop Alexander Neville (age 32) was elected Archbishop of York.

On 14th April 1374 Archbishop Alexander Neville (age 33) was appointed Archbishop of York.

On 18th December 1374 Archbishop Alexander Neville (age 33) was consecrated as Archbishop of York at York Minster [Map].

On 3rd April 1388 Archbishop Thomas Fitzalan aka Arundel (age 35) was appointed Archbishop of York at a time when Richard II was, in effect, suspended from rule.

On 5th October 1396 Archbishop Robert Waldby was appointed Archbishop of York.

Around May 1398 Archbishop Richard Scrope (age 48) was appointed Archbishop of York.

After 8th June 1405 Archbishop Richard Scrope (deceased) was buried at York Minster [Map].

Before 1425 Bishop William Grey aka Gray was appointed Dean of York.

On 18th September 1452 John Scrope (age 30) died. He was buried at York Minster [Map].

In 1464 Archbishop William Booth (age 76) was appointed Archbishop of York.

On 17th June 1465 Archbishop George Neville (age 33) was translated to Archbishop of York.

In 1476 Archbishop Lawrence Booth (age 56) was translated to Archbishop of York.

In 1480 Archbishop Thomas Rotherham (age 56) was appointed Archbishop of York.

In 1488 Christopher Urswick was appointed Dean of York.

On 18th January 1501 Archbishop Thomas Savage (age 52) was appointed Archbishop of York.

In 1506 Archbishop Thomas Rotherham was buried at York Minster [Map].

In 1531 Archbishop Edward Lee (age 49) was appointed Archbishop of York.

On 16th January 1545 Archbishop Robert Holgate was translated to Archbishop of York.

In 1555 Archbishop Nicholas Heath was appointed Archbishop of York.

Henry Machyn's Diary. 5th July 1559. The v day of July was deposyd of ther byshopeprykes the archebyshope of Yorke doctur Heth, and the bysshope of Ely docthur Thurlbe, at my lord treysorer('s) (age 76) plasse at Frers Augustyne.

On 16th March 1560 Richard Goldthorpe died. He was buried at York Minster [Map].

Before 12th August 1560 Dean William May died. He had been elected Archbishop of York the same day.

On 27th January 1561 Archbishop Thomas Young was elected Archbishop of York.

After 26th June 1568 Archbishop Thomas Young was buried in the Choir of York Minster [Map].

In 1570 Archbishop Edmund Grindal was consecrated Archbishop of York.

In 1576 Archbishop Edwin Sandys (age 57) was consecrated Archbishop of York.

In 1631 Archbishop Richard Neale was elected Archbishop of York.

In 1640 Archbishop John Williams (age 57) was appointed Archbishop of York.

In 1660 Archbishop Accepted Frewen was elected Archbishop of York.

Samuel Pepys' Diary. 4th October 1660. This morning I was busy looking over papers at the office all alone, and being visited by Lieut. Lambert of the Charles (to whom I was formerly much beholden), I took him along with me to a little alehouse hard by our office, whither my cozen Thomas Pepys the turner had sent for me to show me two gentlemen that had a great desire to be known to me, one his name is Pepys, of our family, but one that I never heard of before, and the other a younger son of Sir Tho. Bendishes, and so we all called cozens. After sitting awhile and drinking, my two new cozens, myself, and Lieut. Lambert went by water to Whitehall, and from thence I and Lieut. Lambert to Westminster Abbey, where we saw Dr. Frewen translated to the Archbishoprick of York. Here I saw the Bishops of Winchester, Bangor, Rochester, Bath and Wells, and Salisbury, all in their habits, in King Henry Seventh's chappell [Map]. But, Lord! at their going out, how people did most of them look upon them as strange creatures, and few with any kind of love or respect.

On 28th April 1664 Archbishop Richard Sterne was elected Archbishop of York.

In 1677 Tobias Wickham (age 57) was appointed Dean of York.

In 1683 Archbishop John Dolben was appointed Archbishop of York.

John Evelyn's Diary. 19th August 1683. I went to Bromley to visit our Bishop, and excellent neighbor, and to congratulate his now being made Archbishop of York. On the 28th, he came to take his leave of us, now preparing for his journey and residence in his province.

On 24th February 1685 Charles Howard 1st Earl Carlisle (age 56) died. He was buried at York Minster [Map]. His son Edward (age 38) succeeded 2nd Earl Carlisle. Elizabeth Uvedale Countess Carlisle by marriage Countess Carlisle.

On 27th December 1685 Henriette Stanley Countess Strafford (age 55) died. She was buried at York Minster [Map].

In 1688 Archbishop Thomas Lamplugh (age 73) was translated to Archbishop of York.

In 1691 Archbishop John Sharp was appointed Archbishop of York.

On 16th October 1695 William Wentworth 2nd Earl Strafford (age 69) died. He was buried at York Minster [Map]. Earl Strafford, Viscount Wentworth, Baron Wentworth, Baronet Wentworth of Wentworth Woodhouse in Yorkshire extinct.

In 1697 Thomas Gale was appointed Dean of York.

On 20th April 1697 Tobias Wickham (age 77) died. He was buried behind the High Altar of York Minster [Map].

On 4th December 1701 Richard Roundell (age 21) and Sarah Brearey were married at York Minster [Map].

On 27th October 1708 Mary Howard (age 55) died. She was buried at York Minster [Map].

In 1714 Archbishop William Dawes 3rd Baronet (age 42) was appointed Archbishop of York.

On 6th October 1723 Thomas Watson (age 58) died. He was buried in York Minster [Map].

On 21st April 1743 Archbishop Thomas Herring (age 50) was translated to Archbishop of York.

In 1757 Archbishop George Gilbert was appointed Archbishop of York.

On 3rd October 1761 Archbishop Robert Hay-Drummond (age 49) was elected at Archbishop of York.

In 1776 Bishop Richard Terrick refused the Archbishop of York on the grounds of ill health.

In 1777 Archbishop William Markham (age 58) was appointed Archbishop of York.

1805. John Buckler. South East View of the Cathedral [Map] and Metropolitan Church of St. Peter, York.

On 26th November 1807 Archbishop Edward Venables-Vernon-Harcourt (age 50) was elected Archbishop of York.

1st April 1818. Frederick Mackenzie. York Minster [Map]. The History And Antiquities Of The Metropolitan Church Of York; Illustrated By A Series Of Engravings, Of Views, Elevations, Plans, and Details Of The Architecture of that Edifice: With Biographical Anecdotes Of The Archbishops. By John Britton, F.S.A. - London: 1819

1827. David Roberts. Interior of York Minster [Map].

In 1858 Augustus Duncombe (age 43) was appointed Dean of York.

In 1860 Archbishop Charles Longley was appointed Archbishop of York.

In 1862 Archbishop William Thomson was elected Archbishop of York.

In 1880 Arthur Purey Cust (age 51) was appointed Dean of York.

On 16th September 1889 Bishop Henry Marshal was appointed Dean of York.

In 1891 Archbishop William Dalrymple Maclagan was translated to Archbishop of York.

On 17th March 1891 Archbishop William Connor Magee was appointed Archbishop of York. He died seven weeks later.

In 1908 Archbishop Cosmo Gordon Lang was elected Archbishop of York.

The Times. 24th December 1959. From Our Correspondent STAMFORD BRIDGE [Map], Dec. 23. The Earl of Halifax (deceased) died to-night at his home at Garrowby, near York. He was 78 and had been suffering from a chest complaint. Lord (age 53) and Baroness Feversham (age 49), Lord (age 47) and Lady Irwin (age 43), Lady Clarissa Duncombe (age 21), and Baroness Bingley were at Garrowby when he died. Baroness Feversham said he had suffered from poor breathing for some time and that had been aggravated by a chest infection. Last July Lord Halifax broke his hip when walking in his garden and was flown to London for an operation at University College Hospital. He made a remarkable recovery from the accident. In September he and Lady Halifax celebrated their golden wedding anniversary. The funeral will be in private. A memorial service and requiem will be held in York Minster [Map] next Monday at 11 a.m. The date of a service in London is to be announced later. Obituary on page 8. MR. SELWYN LLOYD'S TRIBUTE Mr. Selwyn Lloyd, Foreign Secretary, in a tribute to Lord Halifax last night, said: "He held high office, as Viceroy of India, Foreign Secretary, and finally as Ambassador to Washington. He adorned each of these offices with his integrity, his idealism, and his ability. He was a great public servant. He will be deeply mourned." WASHINGTON, Dec. 23. Mr. Douglas Dillon, the acting Secretary of State, to-night issued this statement: "The many Americans who knew Lord Halifax deeply regret his passing. He was ever a staunch friend of this country and during his years of public life contributed greatly to the strengthening of Anglo-American relations. He is particularly remembered for his dedicated service to the cause of humanity during the crucial war years as British Ambassador in Washington." Reuter.

On 8th June 1961 Edward Windsor 2nd Duke Kent (age 25) and Katharine Worsley Duchess of Kent (age 28) were married at York Minster [Map]. She by marriage Duchess Kent. He the son of Prince George Windsor 1st Duke Kent and Princess Marina Glücksburg Duchess Kent (age 54).

Edward Beckett 5th Baron Grimthorpe (age 6) served as a Page.

Bede. HOW CEADDA, ABOVE-MENTIONED, WAS MADE BISHOP OF THE MERCIANS. OF HIS LIFE, DEATH, AND BURIAL.

At that time, the Mercians were governed by King Wulfhere, who, on the death of Jaruman, desired of Theodore to supply him and his people with a bishop; but Theodore would not obtain a new one for them, but requested of King Oswy that Ceadda might be their bishop. He then lived retired at his monastery, which is at Lestingau, Wilfrid filling the bishopric of York, and of all the Northumbrians, and likewise of the Picts, as far as the dominions of King Oswy extended. And, seeing that it was the custom of that most reverend prelate to go about the work of the Gospel to several places rather on foot than on horseback, Theodore commanded him to ride whenever he had a long journey to undertake, and finding him very unwilling to omit his former pious labour, he himself, with his hands, lifted him on the horse; for he thought him a holy man, and therefore obliged him to ride wherever lie had need to go. Ceadda having received the bishopric of the Mercians and Lindisfarne, took care to administer the same with great rectitude of life, according to the example of the ancients. King Wulfhere also gave him land of fifty families, to build a monastery, at the place called Barvc, or "The Wood," in the province of Lindsey, wherein marks of the regular life instituted by him continue to this day.

Amaury Montfort was appointed Canon York.