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appointment was not carried out. Gerard died, and
at the urgent request of the Dean of York and some
of his canons the king consented to advance him to
the northern primacy. As soon as the news of his
election to the see of York became known to Anselm,
there was a recurrence of the old demand of subjection.
Both parties were resolute in maintaining
what they conceived to be their rights. Both tried to
gain the support of the king. At one time a sort of
compromise was suggested, viz., to make it pro Iidc
rice, at all events, a personal matter, and to recognise
the primacy of Anselm. One bishop after another
was sent to confer with Thomas, but nothing could
shake his determination. Submission to Canterbury
he would not brook. The king's intervention was
sought, and a letter was addressed by him to the
pope requesting that some duly authorised person
should be sent by the apostolic see to settle the
dissension. Ulric, a cardinal, was selected for this
office. In the meantime Anselm passed away, but
even on his death-bed he addressed a letter to
Thomas urging him in the most solemn manner to
make submission to the primatial see. In the end
the king required the Archbishop-elect of York to
submit himself to Canterbury, only without prejudice
to his successors or the Church. Thomas stubbornly
resisted, to the great displeasure of the king, who
threatened ruin to him and all connected with him if
he persisted in his obstinate refusal. With great
difficulty he was, at last, in a manner compelled to
yield, and was consecrated by the Bishop of London.
The episcopate of Thomas II. was not a long one,