Stigand (died 1072) was an Anglo-Saxon churchman in pre-Norman Conquest England who became Archbishop of Canterbury.His birth date is unknown, but by 1020 he was serving as a royal chaplain and advisor. He was named Bishop of Elmham in 1043, and was later Bishop of Winchester and Archbishop of Canterbury. Stigand was an advisor to several members of the …

Foundation Image Communities & Provenance Formal Name or Dedication and alternative names Ankerwycke Priory, Wraysbury: Benedictine nuns founded c.1160 by Gilbert de Mountfitchet, Kt., Lord of Wyrardisbury and his son; dissolved before 8 July 1536; granted to Lord Windsor 1538/9 then to Sir Thomas Smith 1550/1

Constructed by Bishop Herbert de Losinga. Westminster Hall: City of Westminster, England 1097: Oldest existing part of the Palace of Westminster. The roof was possibly originally supported by pillars, giving three aisles, but during the reign of King Richard II, this was replaced by a hammerbeam roof in 1393. However, recent archaeological ...

Origins. Thomas was the third son of William II de Cantilupe (died 1251) (anciently Cantelow, Cantelou, Canteloupe, etc, Latinised to de Cantilupo), 2nd feudal baron of Eaton Bray in Bedfordshire, who was steward of the household to King Henry III (as his father William I de Cantilupe (died 1239) had been to Henry's father King John). Thomas's mother was Millicent …

King's Lynn, known until 1537 as Bishop's Lynn and colloquially as Lynn, is a port and market town in the borough of King's Lynn and West Norfolk in the county of Norfolk, England.It is located 98 miles (158 km) north of London, 36 miles (58 km) north-east of Peterborough, 44 miles (71 km) north-north-east of Cambridge and 44 miles (71 km) west of Norwich.

Roger Bigod (died 1107) was a Norman knight who travelled to England in the Norman Conquest.He held great power in East Anglia, and five of his descendants were earls of Norfolk.He was also known as Roger Bigot, appearing as such as a witness to the Charter of Liberties of Henry I of England.. Biography. Roger came from a fairly obscure family of poor …

Norwich School (formally King Edward VI Grammar School, Norwich) is a selective English independent day school in the close of Norwich Cathedral, Norwich.Among the oldest schools in the United Kingdom, it has a traceable history to 1096 as an episcopal grammar school established by Herbert de Losinga, first Bishop of Norwich.In the 16th century the school …

Roger BIGOD (E. East Anglia) Born: ABT 1060, St. Saveur, Calvados, Normandy, France Died: 8 Sep 1107, Evesham, Suffolk, England Buried: Thetford, Norfolk, England Notes: The first of this great family that settled in England, in the Conqueror's time, possessed six lordships in Essex and a hundred and seventeen in Suffolk, besides divers manors in Norfolk.

A Norman Chapel built for Bishop Herbert de Losinga. In the 14th century, it was converted into a fortified manor house by Henry Despenser, the Bishop of Norwich who suppressed the Peasants' Revolt of 1381. St Olave's Priory: Priory: 1239 Remains An Augustinian priory of Black Canons, founded by Sir Roger Fitz Osbert of Somerley in the time of ...

La cathédrale de Norwich est une cathédrale anglicane située à Norwich en Angleterre.Construite par les normands à la fin du XII e siècle avec la création du diocèse et du monastère bénédictin de Norwich dans le style roman elle a reçu des apports en style gothique. Son cloître très important construit en plus de 130 ans permet de suivre le développement des styles …