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109, 117 ;
hisattitude towards
the Pope, 109
William Rufus, lays foundationstone
of St. Mary's Abbey,
York, 116
William and Mary, proclaimed
at York, 404 imposition of
;
oath of allegiance and its
results, 405
Williams, Archbishop, 375,
385 ; his eminence in public
affairs, ih. ; brief connexion
of, with York, ib. his flight
from
;
Cawood, 386 ; takes
refuge in Wales, ib.; death
of, ib.; Peter, 394
Winchcombe, 114
Wini, Bishop of Winchester,
54
Winuaedfield, battle of 42, 49
Wisk, river, 6
WoLSEY, Tho.mas, Cardinal
Archbishop, 229-237 ; early
connexion with York, 229 ;
founds colleges at Oxford
and Ipswich, 230; suppresses
smaller monasteries, uneasy
feeling about it, 231 ;
obtains further powers to
deal with monastic property,
232 policy
;
as to church
reformation, ib., 233 proceedings
;
against him and
confiscation of his property,
236 ; allowed to retain York,
ib. ; his arrest, 237 ; his
death, ib.
Worcester, 66 ; see of, held in
conjunction with York, and
policy of Dunstan and Oswald
respecting it, 100, loi ;
Sampson, first Norman
Bishop of, 1 19
Worde, Wynkyn de, 220, 221
Wulfhere, 72
Wui.STAN, Archbishop, 98 ;
INDEX. 439
deposition of, 99 II., Arch-
;
bishop, writings of, 100, loi ;
his rules called laws of
Northumbrian priests, loi ;
encourages literature, ib.
Wycliffe, John, account of his
life and works, 174-18 1.
Y.
York, Yorkshire, county of,
shire of, extent of, 3 natural
;
features of, ib. ;
appearance
of in early times, 4, 5 ;
traces of its early inhabitants,
6 ; Roman occupation
of, ib. ;
Ebrauc, Eboracum,
Eoforwic, city of, its early
importance, I ; chief city of
Brigantes, 4 great Roman
;
military centre, 6 ;
high rank
of, in Roman Britain, 7, 8 ;
state of under the Danes, 99,
100 ; stormed by the Northmen,
107 ;
commercial, military,
and political importance
of, 161, 162 ; siege of,
387; minster of, 158; new
nave commenced, ib. ; source
of funds for work at, 159;
chapter-house of, 160; progress
of work at, after Thoresby's
death, 188 ; glazing of
great east window, ib. ;
great tower of, 197 Skirlaw's
work at, ib. ;
; completion
of interior work of, 198;
visit of /Eneas Sylvius to,
ib. ;
completion of western
towers of, ib. ; construction
of nave roof of, ib. ; final completion
of, 199; re-dedication
of, ib. ; state of clergy connected
with, 213, 214; new
statutes for, 288-290 ; splendour
of mediaeval services in.