26 May 604: d. St. Augustine of #Canterbury, head of a Roman mission to #England#otd (BM)
His mission became an important point in controversy between #Catholics and #Protestants after Henry VIII's break with #Rome
(Folger from T. Stapleton's translation of #Bede who d. #otd)
Avalanche Peak part three: the way down. Quite cruisy through Scott's track, watching this crazy Devils Punchbowl waterfall that was definitively worth a peek, despites the extra hiking time at the end of the walk. Absolutely mesmerising, one of the most beautiful waterfall I saw in Aotearoa. #hike#hiking#mountain#mountains#waterfall#nature#Canterbury#AvalanchePeak#Aotearoa#NewZealand#NZ
23 May 1533: Archbishop Cranmer of #Canterbury pronounces marriage of Katherine of Aragon & Henry VIII null & void #otd (NPG) being ‘against the law of God’
22 May 1137: Richard of Dover, Archbishop of #Canterbury presides over the introduction of #Benedictine nuns from Fontevrault at Amesbury #Wiltshire#otd (Matthew Black)
21 May 1554: Matthew Parker, the future Archbishop of #Canterbury & very significant manuscript collector deprived of his Deanery of #Lincoln for being married #otd (LPL) A moustache man in a world of beards.
20 May 1624: George Abbot, Archbishop of #Canterbury presents a House of Commons petition to the Lords #otd proposing Catholics be barred from public office (NPG)
#NowPlaying - a ground zero for so much, but why so many cowrites for kevin ayers & so few lead vocals? is it like the neil-young's-voice-was-too-weird-for-the-springfield thing or just cuz ayers was the new guy? and how many steps between "we did it again" & oneida's "sheets of easter"? @Corry342@vinylrecords#canterbury#prog
9 May 1234: Edmund des Roches, Archbishop of #Canterbury threatens to excommunicate Henry III #otd unless he changed his manner of governance (McGlinchey)
21 Apr 1597: Richard Bancroft elected Bishop of #London, later as Archbishop of #Canterbury, he oversaw the Authorised Version of #Bible project #otd (NPG) In London, he went on a drive to make ministers conform to the canons.
20 Apr 1012: St. Alphege Archbishop of #Canterbury - killed on day before by his Viking captors during the course of a drunken party - is buried #otd in
St Paul's London
19 Apr 1554: Matthew Parker, the future Archbishop of #Canterbury former chaplain to Anne Boleyn & very significant manuscript collector deprived of his Deanery of #Lincoln for being married #otd (LPL)
6 Apr 1619: George Abbot, Archbishop of #Canterbury lays the foundation stone of The Hospital of the Blessed Trinity, now better known as Abbot's Hospital at #Guildford#otd (Jack1956/NPG)
30 Mar 1648: Gilbert Sheldon (future Archbishop of #Canterbury) forcibly ejected from the wardenship of All Souls #Oxford#otd by Parliament's Visitors (NPG)
He nonetheless later left a permanent mark on the University landscape
28 Mar 1558: Cardinal Archbishop Reginald Pole names Hugh Turnbull, Dean of #Chichester, a commissioner to investigate heresy in the diocese of #Canterbury#otd (BM)