r washing the feet of beggars, as was his custom. He was
buried at Worcester, and miracles occurred at his tomb. He was
afterwards canonised.

#Adulf# (992-1002) had been Abbot of Peterboro', and succeeded to both
sees held by Oswald.

#Wulstan# (1002-1023) was also Bishop both of York and Worcester, but in
1016 one Leofsi was appointed his suffragan at Worcester. He died at
York, but was buried at Ely, where there is said to have been a picture
of him under the lantern.

#Alfric Puttoc# or #Pulta# (1023-1050) was Archbishop of York alone. He
is said to have incited Hardicanute to set fire to the city of
Worcester. He was a liberal benefactor of the church and college of
Beverley, and built a magnificent shrine of the tomb of St. John. He
died at Southwell, and was buried at Peterboro'.

#Kinsi# (1050-1060) had been a monk at Peterboro', and chaplain to
Edward the Confessor.

#Ealdred# or #Aldred# (1060-1067). He was successively a monk at
Winchester, Abbot of Tavistock, and Bishop of Worcester. He is said to
have made his way by money and bribes to the see of York, with which he
continued to hold Worcester. He had been much employed by Edward in
diplomatic work. When created Archbishop of York, he went to Rome with
the famous Tosti to obtain his pall. This the Pope refused, having
heard, it is said, of his Simoniacal practices. But the Pope afterwards
relented, on condition that he should resign the see of Worcester--this
he did.

Once established as archbishop, Ealdred showed great activity as a
builder and benefactor, especially at Southwell and Beverley. He also
built a new cathedral at Gloucester.

He crowned Harold, and afterwards William. For this Drake calls him "a
meer worldling and an odious time-server." He is said, however, to have
exacted an oath from William that he would rule Normans and Saxons
alike. Afterwards he excommunicated William for disregarding his oath,
but William is said to have bought him off.

Hearing of the Danish invasion in 1069, he is said to have sickened at
the news and died of a broken heart. Thus he escaped witnessing the
vengeance exacted by William upon the north.

#Thomas# of Bayeux (1070-1100) was the chaplain of the Conqueror. He had
assisted William with all his fortune in the invasion of England. In his
time, the quarrel for precedence broke out with Canterbury. Thomas
refused to make a profession of obedience to Lanfranc, and appealed to
the Pope, and both went t