Walcher
Walcher | |
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Bishop of Durham | |
Appointed | c. 1071 |
Installed | probably 3 April 1071 |
Term ended | 14 May 1080 |
Predecessor | Æthelwine |
Successor | William de St-Calais |
Orders | |
Consecration | 1071 |
Personal details | |
Died | 14 May 1080 Gateshead |
Denomination | Catholic |
Walcher
Career
Walcher was a priest in
One of Walcher's councillors was
The Northumbrians were enraged at the murder of one of their leaders and there was a real threat of rebellion. In order to calm the situation Walcher agreed to travel from Durham and meet Ligulf's kinsmen at
A UNESCO report on Durham Castle provided this additional information about the bishop:
Walcher "purchased the earldom [of Northumbria] and thus became the first of the Prince-Bishops of Durham, a title that was to remain until the 19th century, and was to give Durham a unique status in England. It was under Walcher that many of the Castle's first buildings were constructed. As was typical of Norman castles, it consisted of a motte (mound) and an inner and outer bailey (fenced or walled area). Whether the motte and inner bailey were built first is unknown".[14]
Character
Walcher was a saintly man[15] but an incompetent leader. According to Symeon of Durham, Walcher's household knights were allowed to plunder and occasionally kill natives without punishment.[16]
Walcher was considered a well-educated bishop, and had a reputation as a pious man.
Aftermath of his death
Following the killing of Walcher, the rebels attacked Durham Castle and besieged it for four days, before returning to their homes. The result of their rising and the killing of William's appointed bishop, led William to send his half brother Odo of Bayeux with an army to harry the Northumbrian countryside. Many of the native nobility were driven into exile and the power of the Anglo-Saxon nobility in Northumbria was broken.[20]
Notes
- ^ Sometimes Walchere or Walker
Citations
- ^ Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 241
- ^ "Durham Castle". Castles, Forts, Battles. 1 March 2016. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
- ^ a b c Williams English and the Norman Conquest p. 66
- ^ a b Greenway Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066–1300: Volume 2: Monastic Cathedrals (Northern and Southern Provinces): Durham: Bishops
- ^ Barlow English Church p. 152
- ^ Douglas William the Conqueror p. 240
- ^ a b Barlow English Church p. 62
- ^ Douglas William the Conqueror p. 328
- ^ Snape "Documentary Evidence" Medieval Art and Architecture at Durham Cathedral p. 22
- ^ a b Sadler Battle for Northumbria p. 51
- ^ Barlow Feudal Kingdom of England p. 94
- ^ a b Kapelle Norman Conquest of the North p. 139
- ^ Stafford Unification and Conquest p. 123
- ^ "Durham Castle". Durham World Heritage Site. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
- ^ Douglas William the Conqueror p. 327
- ^ Kapelle Norman Conquest of the North p. 138
- ^ Kapelle Norman Conquest of the North p. 137
- ^ Powell and Wallis House of Lords p. 32
- ^ Powell and Wallis House of Lords p. 36
- ^ Kapelle Norman Conquest of the North p. 141
References
- ISBN 0-582-50236-5.
- ISBN 0-582-49504-0.
- OCLC 399137.
- Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1996). Handbook of British Chronology (Third revised ed.). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
- Greenway, Diana E. (1971). "Durham: Bishops". Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066-1300. Vol. 2: Monastic Cathedrals (Northern and Southern Provinces). Institute of Historical Research. Retrieved 25 October 2007.
- ISBN 0-8078-1371-0.
- OCLC 463626.
- Sadler, John (1988). Battle for Northumbria. Morpeth, UK: Bridge Studios. ISBN 0-9512630-3-X.
- Snape, M. G. (1980). "Documentary Evidence for the Building of Durham Cathedral and its Monastic Buildings". Medieval Art and Architecture at Durham Cathedral. British Archaeological Association Conference Transactions for the year 1977. Leeds, UK: British Archaeological Association. pp. 20–36. OCLC 13464190.
- ISBN 0-7131-6532-4.
- ISBN 0-85115-708-4.
Further reading
- Leyser, Henrietta. "Walcher, earl of Northumbria". doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/28428. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
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