His chief minister was Ranulf Flambard, whom he appointed Bishop of Durham in 1099: this was a political appointment, to a see that was also a great fiefdom.

* Ranulf Flambard, Bishop of Durham

Robert took as his close adviser Ranulf Flambard, who had been previously a close adviser to his father.

William joined the service of Ranulf Flambard, Bishop of Durham, as a clerk, and was present at the translation of the body of Saint Cuthbert in 1104.

He was ordained a deacon in December 1114 and ordained a priest on 6 June 1115 by Ranulf Flambard, who was Bishop of Durham.

Ranulf was the son of a priest of Bayeux, Normandy, and his nickname Flambard means incendiary or torch-bearer, and may have referred to his personality.

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The first carries the history from 1096 to the death of Ranulf Flambard ( 1129 ); the second extends from 1133 to 1144.

Its domesday assets were: 2 churches ( both held by Ranulf Flambard ) worth 12s, 3 mills worth £ 2 1s 8d, 25 ploughs, of meadow, woodland worth 103 hogs.

He was Constable of the Tower of London at that time, and thus keeper of the first person known to be imprisoned there for political reasons, Ranulf Flambard.

In 1104, early in the bishopric of Ranulf Flambard, Cuthbert's tomb was opened again and his relics translated to a new shrine behind the main altar of the half-built Norman cathedral.

Some historians claim the first in the post was Roger of Salisbury ; Frank Barlow argues in favour of Bishop Ranulf Flambard, a functionary within the household of William I of England, as the first, and points out that the role began, perhaps, with Odo of Bayeux in his relationship with William I.

Upon Aelric's death, Godric made one last pilgrimage to Jerusalem, and then returned home where he convinced Ranulf Flambard, the Bishop of Durham, to grant him a place to live as a hermit at Finchale, by the River Wear.

Robert returned from the Holy Land after Henry's coronation, and encouraged by his advisor Ranulf Flambard, he invaded the Kingdom of England in order to claim the throne.

Duke Robert returned from the First Crusade in triumph, According to Orderic, Curthose was being encouraged to attack Henry by his barons but he remained indecisive until Ranulf Flambard, having escaped from the Tower of London, fled to Normandy where he appears to have influenced Duke Robert to go ahead with his invasion of England and depose his brother Henry.

At Whitsun in 1101 King Henry I, with Anselm's support, deprived Ranulf Flambard, Bishop of Durham, of the lands of the see of Durham, because Ranulf had defected to Henry's elder brother Robert Curthose, who also claimed the English throne.

Ranulf de Glanvill ( sometimes written Glanvil or Glanville ) ( died 1190 ) was Chief Justiciar of England during the reign of King Henry II and reputed author of a book on English law.

Immediately after the Conquest Walcott was given to Robert Malet who died before the Domesday Survey of 1088 when it was granted to Ralph ( Ranulf ), brother of Iger and held by Humphrey, possibly his nephew.

Abberton is recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086-7 as Edburghetuna and as Edburgetuna in the Hundred of Winstree, when it was part of the lands of Count Eustace in Essex, held by Ralph de Marcy and further held by Ranulf Peverel in demesne ; it was held by Siward, a free man, as a manor in the time of King Edward before the Norman Conquest of 1066.

Ranulf II ( also spelled Rannoux, Rannulf, Ramnulf, and Ranulph ) ( 850 – 5 August 890 ) was Count of Poitou from 866 and Duke of Aquitaine from 887.

Ranulf I ( also Ramnulf, Rannulf, and Ranulph ) ( 820 – 866 ) was a Count of Poitiers ( from 835 ) and Duke of Aquitaine ( from 852 ).

The Angevin plan involved Ranulf agreeing to give up his claim to Carlisle, held by the Scots, in return for being given the rights to the whole of the Honour of Lancaster ; Ranulf would give homage to both David and Henry Fitzempress, with Henry having seniority.

A political map of England in 1153 ; red indicates those areas broadly under Stephen's control ; blue – Angevin ; grey – indigenous Welsh ; cream – Ranulf of Chester and Robert of Leicester ; green – David I of Scotland

The Empire of the Carolingians was divided: Arnulf maintained Carinthia, Bavaria, Lorraine and modern Germany ; Count Odo of Paris was elected King of Western Francia ( France ), Ranulf II became King of Aquitaine, Italy went to Count Berengar of Friuli, Upper Burgundy to Rudolph I, and Lower Burgundy to Louis the Blind, the son of Boso of Arles, King of Lower Burgundy.

The Angevin plan involved Ranulf agreeing to give up his claim to Carlisle, held by the Scots, in return for being given the rights to the whole of the Honour of Lancaster ; Ranulf would give homage to both David and Henry Fitzempress, with Henry having seniority.

A political map of southern Great Britain in 1153 ; red = areas broadly under Stephen's control, blue = Angevin, grey = indigenous Welsh, cream = Ranulf of Chester and Robert of Leicester, green = David I of Scotland

At the side of the broad shady road called Rotten Row, leading from the West Lodge to Bailiffgate, a tablet of stone marks the spot where William the Lion of Scotland was captured in 1174, during the second Battle of Alnwick by a party of about four hundred mounted knights, led by Ranulf de Glanvill ; and there are many others of similar interest.

All that is known of his parents or ancestry is that he had two brothers, Ranulf and Helgot ; his brothers appear as witnesses on William's charters.

Ranulf worked to complete the cathedral which his predecessor, William de St-Calais, had begun ; fortified Durham with a wall around Durham Castle, built Norham Castle to help defend the Tweed River ; and endowed the collegiate church of Christchurch, Hampshire.

Ranulf had married Bertha de Valoignes, daughter of Theobald de Valoignes, Lord of Parham, Suffolk ; they had three daughters .< Ref > S.

De Worde was the first to use italic type ( 1528 ) and Hebrew and Arabic characters ( 1524 ) in English books ; and his 1495 version of Polychronicon by Ranulf Higdon was the first English work to use movable type to print music.

His men are ambushed and decimated by arrows ; Sir Ranulf is left unharmed only because Robin orders him spared.

Lochlann ignored Henry's summons until an embassy consisting of Hugh de Puiset, Bishop of Durham and Justiciar Ranulf de Glanville provided him with hostages as a guarantee of his safety ; when he agreed to travel to Carlisle with the king's ambassadors.

In 1200 Ranulf cemented his power in Normandy by marrying Clemence of Fougères ; she was the daughter of William of Fougères, widow of Alan de Dinant, and sister of Geoffrey of Fougères.

** Ranulf Higdon, English chronicler ( d. c. 1363 )

* probable – Ranulf Higdon, English chronicler ( b. c. 1299 )

* 1120 – 1129 Ranulf le Meschin, 3rd Earl of Chester (– c. 1129 )

* 1129 – 1153 Ranulf de Gernon, 4th Earl of Chester (– c. 1153 )

* 1181 – 1232 Ranulf de Blondeville, 6th Earl of Chester ( c. 1172 – 1232 )

1260 ), Ranulf Higden ( before 1352, and the first to misname him " Oliver ") and the English translators of his work, Henry Knighton ( before 1367 ), John Nauclerus of Tübingen ( c. 1500 ), John Wilkins ( 1648 ), John Milton ( 1670 ), and John Wise ( 1850 ).

Ranulf Higden ( or Higdon ) ( c. 1280 – March 12, 1364 ) was an English chronicler and a Benedictine monk of the monastery of St. Werburgh in Chester.

* Ranulf Higdon ( c. 1280-c. 1363 )

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