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122 YORK.
CHAPTER X.
[a.d. 1 1 14.] Thomas II. was succeeded by Thurstan,
whose name stands out as the great restorer of monastic
disciphne and organisation in the north
Before he was in a position to undertake that work,
however, he had many years of anxious controversy
on the never-ending subject of the claim so persistently
arrogated by Canterbury to the dependence
and submission of York.
When Thurstan was nominated to the see of York
he was only a sub-deacon. After receiving the diaconate
from the bishop of Winchester he was received
and enthroned at York. The Archbishop of Canterbury
summoned him to receive the priesthood and
consecration to the episcopate at his hands, but he
refused to obey the summons. He well knew that
Canterbury would forego none of his demands, and
that unless he made his profession of obedience, consecration
would be refused. Thurstan went into
Normandy, and sought permission of Henry to go to
Rome, which the king declined to grant. The papal
legate in France was consulted by the king, and his
counsel was that Thurstan should be ordained priest
by one of the suffragans at the court, and then proceed
to Rome, where the pope would doubtless meet
the difficulty by consecrating him himself and then
giving him the pall. Ths king permitted him to