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unusual facts about Papal election, 1086



Abenhall

The parish includes the settlement of Plump Hill, which is actually more populous than Abenhall itself, and was once part of the Hundred of St Briavels (known as Dene at the time of the Domesday book in 1086).

Adstock

In the mid to late 11th century the manor of Adstock was given by William the Conqueror to his illegitimate son William Peverel, who was listed as its owner in 1086.

Arlington, Devon

The manor of "Alferdintone" (Arlington) was listed in the Exeter Domesday Book of 1086 as held by "Alvred de Ispania" (Alfred of Spain) as a tenant-in-chief of the king.

Bailiffscourt Chapel

The manor of Atherington existed at the time of the Domesday survey in 1086, by which time it was held by the Abbey of Séez in Normandy.

Baron Waleran

The name of the barony, with its spelling being a variant of the family name, appears to have been chosen to suggest a possible ancestry from Waleran the Huntsman, feudal baron of West Dean, Wiltshire, at the time of the Domesday Book of 1086, which was held by the Waleran family until the death of Walter Walerand in 1200/1 leaving three daughters his co-heiresses.

Bertram de Verdun

In the Domesday Book (1086), Bertram de Verdun holds the land and the manor of Farnham Royal in Buckinghamshire, held before by princess Goda of England.

Boguszyn, Lower Silesian Voivodeship

A former gord on the ancient Amber Road near the border of Bohemia with the Kingdom of Poland was already mentioned in 1086, later named Burgstädtel.

Clatworthy Reservoir

In the Domesday Book of 1086 the manor of Syndercombe is recorded as held by Turstin FitzRolf.

Dan Donegan

Randall RM4 preamp with 1 "Clean" and 3 "1086" modules into a RT2/50 Power Amp.

Davenham

Legend says that the church was founded by St Wilfrid on a journey through Cheshire in the 7th Century, but the first documented evidence of a church on the site is an existing priest and church in 1086.

Dovercourt

The Saxon lord Wulwin/Ulwin was lord in 1066; by 1086 the estate was in possession of Aubrey de Vere I and remained part of the barony of his descendants the Earls of Oxford until the 16th century.

Église Notre-Dame la Grande, Poitiers

The whole of the building was rebuilt in the second half of the 11th century, in the period of High Romanesque, and inaugurated in 1086 by the future Pope Urban II.

Ewyas

By the time of the Domesday Book in 1086, Ewyas or Ewias was an autonomous area bounded by the Black Mountains in the west, Graig Syfyrddin in the south, the line of the Golden Valley in the east, and Yager Hill and Cefn Hill to the north, just below the village of Clifford Castle near Hay-on-Wye.

Folquet de Lunel

Al bon rey q'es reys de pretz car was usually dated to 1269, but is more likely to have been written later, between February 1271, when Pope Gregory X arrived in Rome, and September 1273, when Rudolf of Habsburg was elected King of Germany, since the sirventes mentions a pope (there had been a vacancy since 1268) and does not mention Rudolf's claim to the Empire.

García Ordóñez

More probably she was from southern France, being the daughter of Almanricus, viscount of Rochechouart and one of those French barons who had answered Alfonso VI's international call for aid against the Almoravids following the Battle of Sagrajas (1086).

Great Barford Castle

Originally thought to have been built just after the Norman Invasion (1066), when William the Conqueror commanded the building of so many castles in defense of his new position as King of England, it is now known to have been built after the Domesday Book (1086) was commissioned.

Hallam Line

The line is named after the manor of Hallam which included Sheffield at the time of the Domesday Book (1086).

Holdworth

The Domesday Book states that in 1086 Holdworth consisted of one ploughland with some woodland with a taxable value of two geld units.

Humphrey with the Beard

After the Conquest he received an honour with its seat at Tatterford in Norfolk, as recorded in Domesday Book (1086).

Hundreds of Cambridgeshire

At the time of the Domesday Survey in 1086 the county was divided into the hundreds as they are now, except that the Isle of Ely, which then formed two hundreds having their meeting-place at Witchford, were subsequently divided into the four hundreds of Wisbech, Ely, North Witchford and South Witchford, while Cambridge formed a hundred by itself.

Ingegerd Knudsdatter

At the deposition and murder of her father in 1086, her mother left Denmark and returned to Flanders with her son Charles, while Ingegerd and her sister Cæcilia Knudsdatter followed their paternal uncle Eric I of Denmark and Boedil Thurgotsdatter, who became their foster parents, to Sweden.

Ingulf

He was an Englishman who, having travelled to England on diplomatic business as secretary of William, Duke of Normandy, in 1051, was made Abbot of Crowland in 1087 (Chambers and DNB say 1086) at Duke William's instigation after he had become king of England and the abbacy had fallen vacant.

Karol: A Man Who Became Pope

It was broadcast for the first time by the Italian television station Canale 5 on the first day of the 2005 papal election.

Kennett, Cambridgeshire

Listed as Chenet in the Domesday Book of 1086, the village is named after the river Kennett, a tributary of the River Lark.

Kensington

He in turn granted the tenancy of Kensington to his vassal Aubrey de Vere I, who was holding the manor in 1086, according to Domesday Book.

Longwood, Bronx

At this time, crime reached such a level that the 41st Precinct Station House at 1086 Simpson Street became known by the police as "Fort Apache", as was later immortalized in a 1981 movie named for it.

Manningford

The western third of the Parish, held by Amelric de Drewes 1086, name from 12th century Humphrey de Bohun (related to Bohun Earls of Hereford).

Moulsecoomb Place

At the time of the Domesday survey in 1086, Moulsecoomb was an outlying part of the large parish of Patcham, which was centred on Patcham village north of Brighton.

Nettlecombe Court

As stated in Nettlecombe Court, by R. J. E. Bush,"Nettlecombe is first mentioned in the Domesday book of 1086, when it was stated to be held by William the Conqueror, and in the charge of his Sheriff for Somerset, William de Mohun."

Otterburn Tower

Originally founded by a cousin of William the Conqueror in 1086, it was later owned by the Clan Hall, before being rebuilt in 1830 by Thomas James, a magistrate, on the site and using some of the stones from the Otterburn Castle.

Papal election, 1061

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Papal election, 1086

The papal election of 24 May 1086 ended with the election of Desiderus, abbot of Monte Cassino as Pope Gregory VII's successor after a year-long period of sede vacante.

Papal election, 1198

The papal election of January 8, 1198 was convoked after the death of Pope Celestine III; it ended with the election of Cardinal Lotario dei Conti di Segni, who took the name Innocent III.

Papal election, 1264–65

The papal election of 12 October 1264 - 5 February 1265 was convened after the death of Pope Urban IV and ended by electing his successor Pope Clement IV.

Papal election, 1277

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The papal election from May 30, 1277 to November 25, 1277, convened in Viterbo after the death of Pope John XXI, was the smallest papal election since the expansion of suffrage to cardinal-priests and cardinal-deacons, with only seven cardinal electors (following the deaths of three popes who had not created cardinals).

Papal election, September 1276

The only act of his pontificate was the suspension of the constitution Ubi periculum about the conclave.

The papal election of September, 1276 is the only papal election to be the third election of the same year.

Pope Alexander II

The papal election of 1061, which Hildebrand had arranged in conformity with the papal decree of 1059 (see Pope Nicholas II), was not sanctioned by the imperial court of Germany.

Prestbury, Gloucestershire

Prestbury appears in the Doomsday Book of 1086 as Presteberie, part of the property of the church of Hereford, with residents as 18 villagers, five smallholders, a priest, a riding man and 11 slaves.

Priory of St. Andrews of the Ards

Originally the area was known as Stoke and by 1086 was owned by William de Falaise following the Norman Conquest.

Scotterthorpe

In the 1086 Domesday Book Scotterthorpe is written as "Scaltorp", in the West Riding of Lindsey and the Hundred of Corringham.

Smithdown Road, Liverpool

The area was previously known as Smithdown (or Smeedon in Olde English) and dates back to 1086 when it was listed in the Doomsday Book.

St Giles in the Wood

Dodscott, about 3/4 mile NE of the parish church and 3/4 NW of Winscott, was listed in the Doomsday Book of 1086.

Ubi periculum

Although the first election following Ubi periculum observed its rules and took only one day, its application was suspended and the elections of 1277, 1280–1281, 1287–1288, and 1292–1294 were long and drawn out until Pope Celestine V (another non-cardinal and relative outsider) reinstituted the law of the conclave.

Weston-under-Redcastle

Weston-under-Redcastle was pronounced as Westune in the 1086 Doomsday Book, it was included in the Hundred of Hodnet within the county of Shropshire.

Whiston, South Yorkshire

It is referred to as Witestan,in the Domesday Book of 1086, at which time it was part of the same manor as Handsworth (Handswrde), now a suburb of Sheffield .

William de Moyon

William de Moyon or William de Moion was seigneur of Moyon and Sheriff of Somerset in 1086.


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