![]() ![]() Peter." When William's brother, Robert Curthose, duke of Normandy, pledged the duchy to Rufus for 10,000 marks in 1096 to finance his journey on the First Crusade, Rufus had gained all the dominions of his father. Anselm thwarted the king and received the pallium from the altar of Canterbury "as if from the hand of St. After unsuccessfully trying to extort a simoniacal payment from Anselm, Rufus then attempted to bribe Pope Urban II to hand Anselm's pallium over to the king for conferral on the archbishop -a precedent that would have spelled disaster for Canterbury's future. It was only in the midst of a serious illness, when he thought he was on his deathbed, that the king appointed Anselm of Bec to the archbishopric of Canterbury. Most grievous of all was his exploitation of Canterbury during its vacancy, and Rufus's refusal to appoint a new archbishop for four years. Indeed, he even dispersed some of the monks from the abbeys lacking abbots. He left abbacies and bishoprics vacant and collected their revenues for the royal treasury, leaving the monks barely enough to live on. But on Lanfranc's death in 1089, Rufus began his repression and almost a systematic looting of the English Church. ![]() On his accession in 1087, Lanfranc forced him to promise better laws and redress of grievances, and to care for the Church. Inheriting the kingdom of England (but not Normandy) at his father's will, he thwarted a general conspiracy in 1087 –88, and another in 1095. It is possible, but not certain that he was raised and educated in Lanfranc's care although he may have received some religious training, he later went in another direction. William Rufus, as he was called, was the third son of william i the Conqueror. ![]()
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