Turold Bishop of Bayeux. 1098-1195. that the throne of Bayeux was vacant by the death of Odo far away at Palermo. William at once bestowed the staff on Turold the brother of Hugh of Evermouth, seemingly the same Hugh who figures in the legend of Hereward as his son-in-law and successor.[1] This prelate sat for seven years, and then, for reasons of his own, gave up his see, and became a monk at Bec.[2]
§ 7. The Last Dispute between William and Anselm. 1097.
Christmas, 1096-1097.
State of Wales at the end of 1096.
Easter, April 5, 1097.
William comes to England.
The year which followed William's acquisition of
Normandy was a busy year in many ways. The King
passed the winter in the duchy; the greater part of the
year he spent in England. He was largely occupied
with the affairs of Wales and Scotland, and in this year
came the last dispute between the King and the Archbishop,
and the first departure of Anselm from England.
Since their reconciliation at Windsor two years before,
there had been no open breach between them. The
first difference arose out of the events of the Welsh war.
At the end of the year which saw William master of
Normandy, he seemed to have wholly lost his hold on
Wales. Except Glamorgan and the one isolated castle
of Pembroke, the Britons seemed to have won back their
whole land.[3] The affairs of Wales brought the King
back from Normandy, and he designed to hold the
Easter Gemót in its usual place at Winchester. Stress of
weather however hindered him from reaching England
in time for the festival. He landed at Arundel on Easter
