Archbishop Anselm goes into Exil 1097

On the 8th of November 1097, Archbishop Anselm of Canterbury set sail from Dover to Wissant in Flanders (now France) accompanied by the monks Eadmer and Baldwin of Tournai.1 Anselm was in dispute with William II over the appointment of bishops, the demand that Anselm do homage to him, and that Anselm accept royal interference in Church matters. He was travelling to Rome to consult with Pope Urban II over the matters. William had declared that should Anselm leave England without permission then William would appoint another to the position of Archbishop.2

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  Powicke, Sir Maurice The Thirteenth Century 1216-1307 The Oxford History Of England The Oxford History Of England Oxford Clarendon Press 1962.

  p176.