Walcher

Walcher
Walcher
Bishop of Durham
Appointed	c. 1071
Installed	probably 3 April 1071
Term ended	14 May 1080
Predecessor	Æthelwine
Successor	William de St-Calais
Orders
Consecration	1071
Personal details
Died	14 May 1080; Gateshead
Denomination	Catholic

Walcher^[a] (died 14 May 1080) was the bishop of Durham from 1071,^[1] a Lotharingian and the first Prince-bishop (appointed by the King, not the Pope).^[2] He was the first non-Englishman to hold that see and an appointee of William the Conqueror following the Harrying of the North.^[3] He was murdered in 1080, which led William to send an army into Northumbria to harry the region again.

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^ Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 241
^ "Durham Castle". Castles, Forts, Battles. 1 March 2016. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
^ Williams English and the Norman Conquest p. 66

[Handbook241-2] Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 241

[3] "Durham Castle". Castles, Forts, Battles. 1 March 2016. Retrieved 29 October 2019.

[Williams66-4] Williams English and the Norman Conquest p. 66

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