AthelingPapal legates depose Stigand
The council at Winchester strips the old archbishop of Canterbury and Winchester.
What the record says
Legates from Rome presided over the Easter council. Stigand had never received a recognised pallium and had held two sees together. His fall opened the English church to reform on Norman terms.
Certainty
| Fact | Value | Certainty |
|---|---|---|
| Date | 11 April 1070 | Exact |
| How sure we are | High | Of this record as a whole |
People
Related events
- The harrying of the north
William winters in Yorkshire and destroys the means of life across the north.
- Lanfranc becomes archbishop
The abbot of Caen takes Canterbury and begins remaking the English church.
- The Danes and the north take York
Sweyn’s fleet in the Humber joins Edgar, Waltheof, and the Northumbrians against the Norman garrison.
- The Isle of Ely falls
Hereward and Morcar are the last to hold out; Morcar surrenders and Hereward escapes.
- Edwin and Morcar rise in the Midlands
The brothers leave court after the promised marriage to William’s daughter fails to happen.
Sources
Where this is recorded
- The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle (Avalon Project)
- The Chronicle of Florence of Worcester, trans. Thomas Forester
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