york00orns

—
THURSTAN. 123
receive priest's orders from Flambard, bishop of
Durham, but still refused to sanction his journey to
Rome.
In the meantime the chapter of York had written
to the pope announcing Thurstan's election, and
urging that his consecration should not be delayed.
The pope recognised the choice of the chapter and
directed the Archbishop of Canterbury to consecrate
at once, without requiring the profession. The pope's
missive was unregarded. The Archbishop of Canterbury
persisted in his requirements, and Thurstan was
equally determined not to yield. For five years the
dispute went on. The king had been induced to
support the views of Canterbury, and although three
successive popes—Paschal, Gelasius, and Calixtus
all supported Thurstan's views, the matter still remained
unsettled. It came to an end in 11 19. In
that year a council was held at Rheims, over which
Calixtus presided. Thurstan was permitted by Henry
to attend it, under the idea that there was no likelihood
of his receiving consecration from the pope.
But he was mistaken. The pope embraced the
opportunity and consecrated him with his own hands.
Henry's indignation was extreme, but a conference
took place between him and the pope with the view,
if possible, of getting things arranged. A compromise
was proposed. Profession of obedience to the
prelate who now sat in the chair of Canterbury was
to be imperative, though it was not of necessity to be
required in the case of his successors. But all overtures
were fruitless, and on Henry's return to England
he dispossessed Thurstan of the property attaching