Walkelin 1 (Male) Bishop of Winchester, 1070-1098
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Recorded Name (1)

Walcalinus (1)

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Office (1)

Bishop (1)

Anon.EpisList4 (bishop of the city of Winchester)

Event (32)

Agreement (2)

Bates67 - charter establishing the primacy of Canterbury: In 1072 a meeting was convened at the command of Pope Alexander 1 II and with the agreement of King William 1, to discuss and decide on the primacy of the see of Canterbury over the see of York.: Bates67 (1072)

Bates68 - charter establishing the primacy of Canterbury: In 1072 a meeting was convened at the command of Pope Alexander 1 II and with the agreement of King William 1, to discuss and decide on the primacy of the see of Canterbury over the see of York.: Bates68 (1072)

Appointment/consecration/elevation/ordination of archbishop (1)

Lanfranc 1.consecration: Lanfranc 1 was consecrated on 29 August 1070 by: William 1 of London, Walkelin 1 of Winchester, Remigius 1 of Dorchester, Siweard 13 of Rochester, Herfast 1 of East Anglia, Stigand 5 of Selsey, Herman 2 of Sherborne, Giso 1 of Wells.: Lanfranc, Ep. no. 3 (1070)

Assembly (2)

Charter-witnessing (10)

Bates150 - William 1 granting to Ghent, St Peter's: King William 1 grants to the abbey of Saint-Pierre au Mont-Blandin of Ghent and to Abbot Everelm 1 the manor of Lewisham, with everything belonging to it, namely East Greenwich, Woolwich, Mottingham and Coombe, Kent, as they were granted by King Edward 15 and, long before, by Ælfthryth 5, a member of the royal kingdred, whom Count Baldwin 2 the Bald of Flanders took from England as his wife. William 1 also grants nearby lands within his forest which is called Andred (i.e. the Weald), namely Ashour in cowden, Ivelands, Wickenden, Shernden in Edenbridge and Sandherste (which comprised Wickens and The Moat in Cowden) to repair the houses belonging to the abbey. Within London, he grants the land given by King Edward 15, namely part of Warmansacre with the wharf which belongs to it, and with its fairs, markets, stalls and shops, and its revenues with customs, rights, toll and wharf-dues. : Bates150 (1081)

Bates154 - William 1 agrees to Arnulf 3's grant to Gloucester, St Peter's: King William 1 attests and agrees to the grant of Linkenholt, Hants., to the abbey of St Peter’s, Gloucester, by Arnulf 3 de Hesdin.: Bates154 (1081)

Bates176 - William 1 granting land to Lewes, St Pancras: King William 1 grants to the monastery of St Pancras of Lewes the manor of West Walton, Norfolk, with all its appurtenances which are held of him by William de Warenne. The monks of Lewes are permitted to possess the manor with the same liberties as other churches founded by the king’s barons and with his consent, and the king is to have the same rights in this benefaction as in the others.: Bates176 (1081 x 1086)

Bates193 - Matilda 2 granting land to Malmesbury: Queen Matilda 2 to Malmesbury Abbey; grant of 3 hides at Garsdon, Wilts..: Bates193 (1081)

Bates194 - William 1 granting lands and rights to Malmesbury: King William 1, at the request of Queen Matilda 2 and of many bishops and barons, confirms to Abbot Warin 1 of Malmesbury and to his successors the grant of lands and possessions which all his predecessors have made to the abbey.: Bates194 (1081)

Bates220 - William 1 confirms lands of Ramsey: King William 1 notifies all kings who reign after him, all archbishops, bishops, abbots, earls, sheriffs, magnates and faithful men under his authority, both clerical and lay, that he has taken the abbey of Ramsey under his protection. He confirms all the grants of lands, churches and other things made in the time of previous kings, by whomever they were given.: Bates220 (1077)

Bates290 - William 1 confirming lands of Westminster, St Peter's: King William 1 confirms lands of the monks of St Peter's, Westminster, and concludes agreements with them concerning Windsor and the royal regalia.: Bates290 (1067)

Bates60 - William 1 and Matilda 2 granting land to Caen, La Trinité: King William 1 and Matilda 2 grant Felstead, Essex, Minchinhampton and Penbury, Gloucs., and Tarrant, Dorset, to the abbey of La Trinité, Caen, as freely as they were held on the day that King Edward 15 was alive and dead.: Bates60 (1082)

Church/monastery/minster foundation/dedication/restoration (1)

Bates19 - writ of William 1 in favour of Battle: King William 1 informs Archbishop Lanfranc 1, Hamo 2, sheriff of Kent, Walter 4 the sheriff, and all his sheriffs and French, English and Welsh barons, that he establishes and orders the abbey of Battle, its surrounding leuga and all its manors with the appendages belonging to them, namely: Wye, Kent ; Alciston, Sussex; Limpsfield, Surrey; Hutton, Essex; Brightwalton, Berks.; Crowmarsh, Oxfordshire; shall be free of all earthly service with sake and soke, toll and team, infangenetheof, geld, scot murdrum, all aids, work on castles, parks and bridges, hideage, danegeld, all please, plaints, shires, hundreds, lestage, tallage, assarts, enclosures, and military service.: Bates19 version I (1070 x 1086)

Confirmation of land/privileges (13)

Bates20 - writ of William 1 in favour of Battle: King William 1 notifies Archbishop Lanfranc 1 and Bishop Stigand 5 of Chichester and all his French and English barons and faithful men that he has granted and confirmed that the church of Battle, with its surrounding leuga shall be eternally free of all geld, scot, aid and all earthly service, and have sake and soke, toll and team, infangenetheof, and wardpenny, and shall be free of all custom and the domination of bishops and others.: Bates20 (1070 x 1086)

Bates20a - writ of William 1 in favour of Battle: King William 1 notifies Archbishop Lanfranc 1 and Bishop Stigand 5 of Chichester and all his bailiffs that he grants and confirms that the abbot and the monks of Battle are to have warren in all places belonging to the monastery.: Bates20a (1070 x 1087)

Bates23 - writ of William 1 in favour of Battle: King William 1 informs the clergy and laity of England that he has confirmed that the abbey of Battle shall be free of all exaction, with all dignities and royal customs which he has granted by royal authority as they are witnessed by his charter, with the assent of Archbishop Lanfranc 1, Bishop Stigand 5 of Chichester, and the advice of all his bishops and barons.: Bates23 (1070 x 1086)

Bates298 - writ of William 1 in favour of Westminster, St Peter's: King William 1 notifies Bishop Walkelin 1 of Winchester, Abbot Wulfwald 1 of Chertsey, William 3 fitzOsbern dapifer, Geoffrey 10, son of count Eustace 1 and all his French and English barons and officials of Surrey, that he has granted to the abbey of Westminster and Abbot Edwin 38 the small manor of Claygate, Surrey, as it was given by Earl Tosti 4 and Countess Leofrun 7, and as they were conceded and confirmed by King Edward 15.: Bates298 (1066 x 1071)

Bates301 - writ of William 1 in favour of Westminster, St Peter's: King William 1 notifies Bishop William 2 of London, Geoffrey 5 de Mandeville and the sheriff and all French and English officials and faithful men of Middlesex that he wills and orders that the abbey of Westminster should have the estate of Chalkhill in Kingsbury, Middx, as freely as Thurstan 8, housecarl of King Edward 15, held it of that king, and as he gave it to that abbey, and as King Edward 15 confirmed it in his charges. : Bates301 (1066 x 1075)

Bates302 - writ of William 1 in favour of Westminster, St Peter's: King William 1 notifies Bishop William 2 of London, Geoffrey 4 the sheriff, and all his French and English officials and faithful men of Essex that he has ordered that the abbey of Westminster should have the manor of Kelvedon Hatch, with all its appendages, as Æthelric 66 granted it, and as King Edward 15 conceded it.: Bates302 (1066 x 1086)

Bates304 - writ of William 1 in favour of Westminster, St Peter's: King William 1 notifies Bishop William 2 of London, Geoffrey 5 de Mandeville, and the sheriff and all his French and English officials and faithful men of Essex that he has granted and ordered that the abbey of Westminster is to have the manor of Wennington and its church with the land and soke of Aveley, as Atsere 3 and his wife Ælfgyth 8 granted them to the abbey, and as King Edward 15 confirmed them.: Bates304 (1066 x 1076)

Bates306 - writ of William 1 in favour of Westminster, St Peter's: King William 1 notifies Bishop Hugh 7 of London and all the bishops who will succeed him, Geoffrey 5 de Mandeville, and the sheriff and all future sheriffs, French and English nobles, barons and citizens of London that he has confirmed to the abbey of Westminster all the lands and customs in London which King Edward 15 had granted to the abbey.: Bates306 (1081)

Bates334 - writ of William 1 in favour of Winchester: King William 1 notifies Bishop Walkelin 1 of Winchester, the sheriffs Hugh 10 de Port and Edward 26, Odo 6, Æthelsige 47, Sæwulf 2, Ælfsige 97 of Hatch, Cola 5 and Eadric 70 and all his thegns of Hants. and Wilts. that he wills that St Peter (i.e. Winchester) and Bishop Walkelin 1 be entitled to all the rights that Bishop Ælfwine 45 had in King Edward 15’s day. They are not to impede the bishop in any way in the possession of these rights, since William 1 does not wish that any new customs should be imposed on St Peter and Bishop Walkelin 1.: Bates334 (1070 x 1087)

Bates340 - writ of William 1 in favour of Winchester: King William 1 notifies Bishop Walkelin 1, Hugh 10 de Port and Edward 26 the sheriff and all his thegns in Hants. and Wilts. that he has granted the land at Buttermere, Wilts., to the community of Old Minster, Winchester, to has as freely as they had it in the time when Wulfwig 14 gave it to the community when he became a monk in the time of King Cnut 3.: Bates340 (1070 x 1087)

Council-meeting, ecclesiastical (3)

Bates303 - writ of William 1 in favour of Westminster, St Peter's: Writ from a synod at Westminster at which King William 1 ordered that the bishop of London should not oppress the monks of Westminster.: Bates303 (1075)

Lanfranc 1.council of London: In 1075 there was assembled in London in the church of the apostle St Paul a council of the entire district of England, composed of bishops, abbots, and many persons in religious orders. It was ordered and presided over by Lanfranc 1, archbishop of the holy church of Canterbury and primate of the whole island of Britain; and there sat with him venerable persons: Thomas 2 archbishop of York, William 2 bishop of London, Walkelin 1 of Winchester, Herman 2 of Sherborne, Wulfstan 55 of Worcester, Walter 2 of Hereford, Giso 1 of Wells, Remigius 1 of Dorchester or Lincoln, Herfast 1 of Elmham or Norwich, Stigand 5 of Selsey, Osbern 8 of Exeter, and Peter 10 of Lichfield.: WilliamofMalmesbury.GestaPontificumAnglorum i.42.7(1-2) (1075)

Lanfranc 1.summoning the council of London: In 1075 there was a council at London summoned and presided over by Lanfranc 1.: Lanfranc, Ep. no. 11 (1075)

Expulsion (2)

Bates110 - writ of William 1 in favour of Durham: King William 1 announces that, by order of Pope Gregory 8 VII, at the request and agreement of Bishop William 15 of Durham, and on the advice of Archbishops Lanfranc 1 and Thomas 2, he has granted and decreed that the secular canons serving the church of St Cuthbert, Durham, shall be removed and replaced by monks from the monasteries of Wearmouth and Jarrow, and that the monks shall have all the possessions that the canons formerly held, with all their estates, churches and revenues. The writ contains details of the monks’ liberties and rights.: Bates110 (1083 x 1084)

Bates39 - writ of William 1 concerning the adjudication of a dispute between Herfast and Bury St Edmunds: King William 1 informs all the faithful men of his kingdom that Bishop Herfast 1’s claim that the abbey of Bury St Edmunds should be his episcopal church has been brought to his attention and that he has decided that the matter should be heard in his court. On the set day, the bishop made his case eloquently, but produced neither written documents nor witnesses. Abbot Baldwin 5 then told how King Cnut 3 expelled the clerks and introduced monks, how the church had then been dedicated to on that king’s order by Archbishop Æthelnoth 43 of Canterbury, how the first abbot [Ufi 4] had been consecrated by the bishop of London [Ælfwig 13], the second [Leofstan 24] by the bishop of Winchester [Ælfwine 45], and Baldwin 5 himself by the archbishop of Canterbury [Stigand 1], and how the monks had been ordained by the bishops of their choice over a period of fifty-three years without any objection from Herfast 1’s predecessors. He also produced orders of King Cnut 3 and Edward 15 the Confessor which granted that the monastery should be free of all episcopal domination. Those present then decided in Bury St Edmunds favour.: Bates39 (1081)

Freeing from dues (2)

Grant and Gift (13)

Bates193 - Matilda 2 granting land to Malmesbury: Queen Matilda 2 to Malmesbury Abbey; grant of 3 hides at Garsdon, Wilts..: Bates193 (1081)

Bates341 - writ of William 1 in favour of Winchester: King William 1 notifies Bishop Osmund 23 of Salisbury, Edward 26 the sheriff and all his French and English thegns of Wilts. that Bishop Walkelin 1 has a the king’s prayer granted the land which Wulfweard 19 Belgisone held at Alton Priors, Wilts., to William 30 Escudet, the king’s cook.: Bates341 (1078 x 1085)

Journey (1)

Judicial decision/review (2)

Bates146 - plea regarding claims of William 18 de Briouze and Fécamp: Record of a plea heard before King William 1 at Lacock, Wilts., regarding the claims which William 18 de Briouze had made in respect of the possessions of the abbey of Fécamp.: Bates146 (1086)

Marriage (1)

Message-sending (1)

Lanfranc 1.consecration: In 1070, on 29 August Lanfranc 1 was consecrated in the metropolitan see by the suffragans of that see, William 2 of London, Walkelin 1 of Winchester, Remigius 1 of Dorchester or Lincoln, Siweard 13 of Rochester, Herfast 1 of Elmham or Thetford, Herman 2 of Sherborne, and Giso 1 of Wells. The others who did not attend sent apologies both by envoy and in writing. : WilliamofMalmesbury.GestaPontificumAnglorum i.25.1 (1070)

Monastic life, converting to/joining/oblation (1)

Monastic reform (2)

Ordering (2)

Papal advice/audience/decision/privilege (1)

Patronage (1)

Bates305 - writ of William 1 in favour of Westminster, St Peter's: King William 1 notifies all his archbishops, bishops, abbots, earls, sheriffs, and all his barons and officers, both French and English, throughout England in all the shires in which Westminster has lands and men that he has taken the abbey under his protection.: Bates305 (1076)

Writ-issuing/sending (16)

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Walkelin 1 (Male) Bishop of Winchester, 1070-1098
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