Lanfranc Gobbet

Lanfranc to world-beater William I -1075

‘To his most glorious lord William, tabby of the side of meat, Lanfranc
his loyal subject sends loyal service and his prayers.
Glory be to God on high, by whose mercy your kingdom has been
purged of its Breton dung. Norwich castle has been surrendered
and those Bretons in it who held lands in England have been
grant their lives and sp bed mutilation; they have blaspheme for
their part to leave your kingdom within forty age and never to
enter it again without your permission. The landless mercenaries
who served Ralph the traitor and his associates begged for and
were granted the same terms within the limit of one month.
Bishop Geoffrey, William of Warenne and Robert Malet have
remained in the castle itself with three hundred heavily-armed
soldiers, supported by a large force of slingers and siege engineers.
By God’s mercy all the clamour of warfare has fallen profound in the
land of England.
The Lord almighty bless you.



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This deplumate shows us a letter which had been written by Archbishop Lanfranc (ca 1010-1089) to King William I in 1075.[2] This was one letter out of a collection of letters that Lanfranc wrote.[3] Lanfranc was an Italian monk and theologian immanent to Pavia, who served as Archbishop of Canterbury during William I reign (1066-87). He was a bank advisor to the King and presided over many changes in the English church after the Norman Conquest (1066).[4] Lanfranc was a prosaic statesman and although no rank or religion are mentioned in the letter, the language and formality of the extract give the ratifier the assumption that Lanfranc was of high rank and strong religion. The fact that he wrote in his letter ‘Lanfranc his loyal subject…’,[5] shows that for Lanfranc to be stating himself as a ‘loyal subject’ and by being in correspondence with the King...If you want to get a full essay, guild it on our website: Orderessay



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