William de Wickwane
William de Wickwane | |
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William de Wickwane (died 1285) was Archbishop of York between 1279 and 1285.
Life
Wickwane's background is unknown, as is his place of education, but he was referred to as magister so he probably attended a university.see of Canterbury, thus reviving a centuries-old controversy between York and Canterbury. He was enthroned at York Minster on Christmas Day 1279. The matter of the cross involved Wickwane in a dispute with Archbishop John Peckham of Canterbury.[1]
While archbishop, in 1281 Wickwane tried make an archiepiscopal visitation of the
canon of York Minster, taking Bogo to task for the state of the vestments and other liturgical items in the cathedral.[6] Wickwane also attempted to keep clergy who kept concubines from performing clerical functions in the diocese of York.[7]
Wickwane died on 26 August or 27 August 1285
Citations
- ^ a b c Dobson "Wickwane, William de" Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
- ^ Greenway Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066–1300: Volume 6: York: Chancellors
- ^ a b Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 282
- ^ a b Greenway Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066–1300: Volume 6: York: Archbishops
- ^ Lawrence "Thirteenth Century" English Church and the Papacy pp. 143-144
- ^ Moorman Church Life p. 202
- ^ Moorman Church Life p. 235
References
- Dobson, R. B. (2004). "Wickwane, William de (d. 1285)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/29351. (subscription or UK public library membershiprequired)
- 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. (1999). "Archbishops". Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066–1300. Vol. 6: York. Institute of Historical Research. Retrieved 22 September 2007.
- Greenway, Diana E. (1999). "Chancellors". Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066–1300. Vol. 6: York. Institute of Historical Research. Retrieved 22 September 2007.
- Lawrence, C. H. (1999) [1965]. "The Thirteenth Century". In Lawrence, C. H. (ed.). The English Church and the Papacy in the Middle Ages (Reprint ed.). Stroud: Sutton Publishing. pp. 117–156. ISBN 0-7509-1947-7.
- OCLC 213820968.
Further reading
- JSTOR 553072.
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