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canons, &c.

et present in chapter at the recita

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in capitulo Lincolniensi, personæ ejusdem ecclesiæ tres, DigniGaufredus præcentor, Reimundus 1 archidiaconus Lei- taries, cestriæ, Willelmus archidiaconus de Westredinge, canonici ac clerici ecclesiæ plurimi, necnon et laici multi, Deum publice laudantes, et vocibus ac votis in tions of hujuscemodi præconia, Deique magnalia prorumpentes: cles. "Mirabilis Deus in sanctis suis," et "Magnus in Ps. lxvii. " omnibus operibus suis;" item, “ Magnus Dominus Ps. cxliv. "et laudabilis nimis, et magnitudinis ejus non est 13, 17, & 3. finis;" Quique "De fine in finem attingens fortiter, Sap. viii. 1. "et disponens omnia suaviter," vivit et vincit, regnat et imperat, in secula seculorum. Amen.

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1 This Reimund, archdeacon of Leicester, is spoken of in high terms in the Magna Vita. The author of which tells us that he was said to be a kinsman of bishop Hugh, who made him a canon of Lincoln. In the beginning of June 1200, he entertained Hugh at Paris, when the latter was on his way to the Great Chartreuse (Mag. Vit. 303). He was then studying theology at Paris, as afterwards in his exile during the Interdict; some time in the course of which, he entertained in his hospice the author of the Magna Vita for nearly three months (304, 305). He must, however, have been at Lincoln some time during the Interdict, if Giraldus is

3

His

right in what he here says.
name occurs as archdeacon of Lei-
cester as late as 1222 (Hardy's Le
Neve).

2 Westredinge] i.e. of Lincoln-
shire; the archdeaconry of the
West Riding being the same as the
archdeaconry of Stow. In Domes-
day the North, South, and West
Ridings of Lincolnshire are spoken
of. In the Registrum Magnum of
the dean and chapter, there are
many continuous pages of deeds
relating to places in this archdea-
conry, and these pages are headed
with "Westredinge."

3 Magnus] The Vulgate has "Sanctus" instead.

36.

APPENDICES.

APPENDICES.

APPENDIX A.

Remigius's Profession to Lanfranc.1

Tempore quo ego Remigius Dorcacensis, et Legoracensis, et Lincolniensis provinciæ, ceterarumque provinciarum quibus antecessores mei præfuerunt, sum electus antistes, sanctæ Cantuariensi ecclesiæ Stigandus præsidebat. Cum enim, contempta Helmeanensis 2 ecclesiæ mediocritate, translatus esset ad Wentanæ civitatis episcopum, stimulante adhuc majoris honoris ambitu, post paucos annos Robertum archiepiscopum partim vi partim insidiis expulit,3 metropolem invasit, pallium quod a sede apostolica ipse detulerat cum ceteris ablatum usurpare non metuit. Qua temeritate Romæ audita, a Romanis pontificibus sæpe vocatus, tandem damnatus et excommunicatus est. Ipse tamen

1 Gervase of Canterbury tells us (Twysden, 1653, 1. 62), that archbishop Lanfranc, after his full accession to Canterbury, "ab omnibus "suffraganeis Cantuariensis eccle"siæ petiit et accepit professiones." The above is the profession made by Remigius, as preserved in a Cotton MS. of the British Museum, Cleopatra E. 1. The profession by bishop Wulfstan of Worcester is printed in Freeman's History of the Norman Conquest, ii. 607, who thanks Professor Stubbs for a copy of it. I have equally to thank him

for a copy of this profession of Remigius.

2 Stigand was consecrated bishop of Elmham April 3, 1043; was translated to Winchester in 1047, and to Canterbury in 1052.

3 What this profession says of archbishops Robert and Stigand is, of course, the Norman and Roman version of the story. As to the English version, and a masterly discussion as to the position of Stigand, see Freeman's History of the Norman Conquest, ii. 339-344, and note U, 604, &c.

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