William of Corbeil
Archbishop of Canterbury from 1123 to 1136, who consecrated the new cathedral at Canterbury in 1130.
archbishop 1123–1136
A year in a sentence: entries from the Chronicle
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, entries for 802–1154, in the edition of John Earle (Oxford, 1865) · entries for 802–1154; the Peterborough copy written about 1121–1155
Ðis geares wæs se mynstre of Cantwarabyri halgod frā þone ærce b' Will'm þes dæies iv no' Mai. [...] Ðes feorðe dæges þær æft' wæs se king Heanri on Roue ceastre. and se burch for bernde æl mæst. and se ærce b' Will'm halgede s' Andreas mynstre and ða for sprecon bisc̃ mid hī. [...]
This year the minster at Canterbury was consecrated by Archbishop William on May 4. Four days later King Henry was at Rochester, and the town burned almost entirely. And Archbishop William consecrated St. Andrew’s minster there, with the bishops already named.