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Diocese of York

administrative division of the Church of England

23 dated entries naming Diocese of York, drawn from 22 separate years between 626 CE and 1212 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

  • 626April 19 – Eanflæd, daughter of Edwin of Northumbria, is born at a royal residence by the River Derwent. She is baptised by Paulinus, bishop of York.source

8th century

  • 721May 7 – John of Beverley, bishop of Yorksource
  • 732Ecgbert is appointed bishop of York, by his cousin Ceolwulf of Northumbria. He founds a library, and makes the city a renowned centre of learning (approximate date).source
  • 735The see of York receives the pallium from pope Gregory III, and is elevated to an archbishopric. Ecgbert becomes the first archbishop.source
  • 796April 18 – King Æthelred I of Northumbria is murdered, probably at Corbridge, by his ealdormen, Ealdred and Wada. Another rival, Torhtmund, slays Ealdred in revenge. Northumbria is plunged into chaos. The patrician Osbald is placed on the throne, but is deserted by his supporters after only 27 days. He flees from Lindisfarne to Pictland. Another faction brings back Æthelred I's old back-from-the-dead rival, Eardwulf, as the new king. He dismisses his wife and publicly takes a concubine. Eardwulf is alienated from Archbishop Eanbald of York.source
  • 796August 10 – Eanbald, archbishop of Yorksource

9th century

  • 900Wulfhere, archbishop of York (approximate date)source

10th century

  • 956December 26 – Wulfstan, archbishop of Yorksource

11th century

  • 1002May 6 – Ealdwulf, archbishop of Yorksource
  • 1014Wulfstan, archbishop of York in England, preaches his Latin homily Sermo Lupi ad Anglos ("Wulf's Address to the English"), describing the Danes as "God's judgement on England".source
  • 1023May 28 – Wulfstan (or Lupus), archbishop of Yorksource
  • 1051January 22 – Ælfric Puttoc, archbishop of Yorksource
  • 1058Ealdred, archbishop of York, becomes the first English bishop to make a pilgrimage to Jerusalem.source
  • 1060December 22 – Cynesige, archbishop of Yorksource
  • 1069September 11 – Ealdred, archbishop of Yorksource
  • 1070Thurstan, archbishop of York (approximate date)source
  • 1100November 18 – Thomas of Bayeux, archbishop of Yorksource

12th century

  • 1108May 21 – Gerard, Norman archbishop of York and Lord Chancellor of Englandsource
  • 1113Bridlington Priory is founded in England, in the Diocese of York (approximate date).source
  • 1114February 24 – Thomas II, archbishop of Yorksource
  • 1140February 6 – Thurstan, archbishop of Yorksource
  • 1191September – Geoffrey, illegitimate son of the late King Henry II and half-brother to Richard I and John, lands secretly at Dover. He has been consecrated as the new archbishop of York while in Tours, and on his return is arrested by William de Longchamp. Citing the Winchester treaty, John seeks a meeting with William. Geoffrey is freed, William flees and heads to Dover Castle.source

13th century

  • 1212December 12 – Geoffrey, Anglo-Norman archbishop of York and Chancellor of England (b. 1152)source

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