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Ralph d'Escures (also known as Radulf [1]) (died 20 October 1122) was a medieval abbot of Séez, bishop of Rochester, and then archbishop of Canterbury. He studied at the school at the Abbey of Bec. In 1079 he entered the abbey of St Martin at Séez and became abbot there in 1091.
Ralph d’Escures was Archbishop of Canterbury from 1114 to 1122. Unlike previous appointments he was elected by a meeting of both churchmen, the King and the barons. He had, like Lanfranc and Anselm, studied at the Abbey at Bec.
Introduction: the English Church as Anselm left it -- Ralph d'Escures: a different kind of Archbishop -- The road to Rome: Ralph of Canterbury, Thurstan of York, and the primacy dispute -- Roman holiday: William of Corbeil and the Canterbury forgeries -- Securing the future: William of Corbeil and the Anglo-Norman succession crisis -- Juggling ...
The first two archbishops of Canterbury after the Norman Conquest, Lanfranc and Anselm, were towering figures in the medieval church and the sixth archbishop, the martyred Thomas Becket, is perhaps the most famous figure ever to hold the office.
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Ralph d'Escures (sometimes as 'de Turbine) was the son of Seffrid d'Escures and his first wife, Rascendis. He had at least one sister, who had at least one son. They may have been related to the lords of Bellême and held lands in Alençon.
Ralph D’Escures, at one time Abbot of Séez, and then the Benedictine bishop of Rochester (to 1114), and archbishop of Canterbury until his death in 1122, wrote his Latin homily for the Assumption of St Mary in c.1100.
Mar 21, 2017 · The first two archbishops of Canterbury after the Norman Conquest, Lanfranc and Anselm, were towering figures in the medieval church and the sixth archbishop, the martyred Thomas Becket, is perhaps the most famous figure ever to hold the office.
