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The History of the Town of Thetford; In the Counties of Norfolk and Suffolk, From the Earliest Accounts to the Present Time
The History of the Town of Thetford In the Counties of Norfolk and Suffolk From the Earliest Accounts to the Present Time Author:Thomas Martin General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1779 Original Publisher: J. Nichols Subjects: Thetford (England) Thetford, Eng. (Norfolk) History / Europe / Great Britain Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the Genera... more »l Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: CHAP. V. THE BISHOPRIC. UPON the converfion of the Eaft Angles to Chriftiamry in the reign of Sigebert, an epifcopal fee was founded at Dunwich, of which Felix was the iirfl bifhop, and had only two fucceflbrs. The fee was then divided into two; one for Suffolk, at Dunwich, the other for Norfolk at North Elmham. This laft town became at length the refidence of the bifhop of Norfolk; of which Stigand, the tenth bifhop, was elected in 1038, depofed by Grimketel in 1040, reftored in 1042, and, on his promotion to the fee of Canterbury in 1047, was fucceeded by his brother Egelmar or Athelmar. He was depofed in 1070 c by the Conqueror; who gave the Eafl Ati- glian bifhppric to Arfaft, his rhiplain and chancellor, who removed his fee from Elmham to Thetford. Soon after this removal, having a view to get Bury abbey for his epifcopal fee, he had a lharp conteft with Baldwin, abbot of Bury. The whole proceeding is thus related by Marianus Scotus u. " The glorious king William, the firil of the Norman line, who by his prudence and fortitude reduced all England to " his government, granted this liberty to Baldwin abbot of " St. Edmundsbury, that he might, to the utmoil of his " power, increafe thofe lands which belonged to the church " of St. Edmund, either by purchafe of his neighbours, or " by voluntary donations. The iffue proved adequate to his " wilhes, and fully anfwered the defign of his. royal mafter; " for he obtained the homage of a great number of free men, 1 In a fynod at Winchef...« less