Diocese of Winchester

Diocese of the Church of England

23 dated entries naming Diocese of Winchester, drawn from 22 separate years between 648 CE and 1308 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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7th century

648Cenwahl invites bishop Birinus to establish under his direction the Old Minster in Winchester. Together they have a small stone church built.source
670The diocese of Dorchester-on-Thames in England is replaced by the Diocese of Winchester (approximate date).source

8th century

800Swithin, bishop of Winchester (approximate date)source

9th century

836Herefrith, bishop of Winchestersource
862July 2 – Swithun, bishop of Winchestersource

10th century

904Æthelwold, bishop of Winchester (or 909)source
909Æthelwold, bishop of Winchester (or 904)source
934November 1 – Beornstan, bishop of Winchestersource
951March 12 – Ælfheah the Bald, bishop of Winchestersource
971The grave of Swithun, Anglo-Saxon bishop of Winchester, is moved into an indoor shrine (he was previously buried outside) in the Old Minster. The ceremony is said to have been marred by 40 days of torrential rain.source
977Æthelwold, bishop of Winchester, rebuilds the western end of the Old Minster, with twin towers and no apses (approximate date).source
984August 1 – Æthelwold, bishop of Winchestersource

11th century

1006Cenwulf, bishop of Winchester (approximate date)source
1047August 29 – Ælfwine, bishop of Winchestersource
1096Henry of Blois, bishop of Winchester (approximate date)source
1098January 3 – Walkelin, Norman bishop of Winchestersource

12th century

1107August 11 – The Investiture Controversy is resolved, by the reconciliation of Henry I and Anselm, archbishop of Canterbury and the mass consecration of bishops by Anselm at the royal Palace of Westminster: William Giffard to Winchester, Roger to Salisbury, Reynelm to Hereford, William Warelwast to Exeter and Urban to Llandaff. Roger of Salisbury is also appointed Justiciar in this year.source
1129January 23 – William Giffard, bishop of Winchestersource
1129January 23 – Henry of Blois becomes bishop of Winchester after the death of William Giffard (who was also Lord Chancellor to King Henry I) in England.source
1171August 8 – Henry of Blois, bishop of Winchester (b. 1096)source
1188December 22 – Richard of Ilchester, bishop of Winchestersource

13th century

1238June 9 – Peter des Roches, bishop of Winchestersource

14th century

1308February 25 – Edward II is crowned at Westminster Abbey under the guidance of Henry Woodlock, bishop of Winchester. During the ceremony, Piers Gaveston is given the honour of carrying the crown. At the banquet that followed, Edward spends more time with Gaveston than with his wife Isabella of France. Isabella's family, who have travelled with her from France, leave to report back to Philip IV of Edward's favouritism for Gaveston over Isabella. As part of the coronation, Edward swears an oath to uphold "the rightful laws and customs which the community of the realm shall have chosen".source