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of the

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in England held by the new

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Lanfranc Lanfranc, OSB (1005 1010 – 24 May 1089) was a celebrated Italian jurist who renounced his career to become a Benedictine monk at Bec in Normandy. He served successively as prior of Bec Abbey and abbot of St Stephen in Normandy and then ...

five years after his installation. Other attendees included

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and

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(Bishop of London). The Council of London produced several decrees, these were known as the " Canons of the Council of London AD 1075".Gee. ''Documents Illustrative of English Church History''. pp. 55-56 A number of copies of the acts of the council survive, which derive from two earlier copies, one from

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and one from

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.Brooke "Archbishop Lanfranc" ''Studia Gratiana'' p. 56–57 The following "Canons of the Council of London AD 1075", translated from the original Latin, are taken from the old register of the church at Worcester, the original document has a short historical preface followed by the nine canons and then a section with signatures of the two archbishops, twelve bishops, and twenty-one abbots, these were preceded by the Archdeacon of Canterbury.Brooke "Archbishop Lanfranc" ''Studia Gratiana'' pp. 52–53

Canons of the Council of London AD 1075

The original text was in Latin. The following is an English translation:Lanfranc. ''Letters.'' Letter 11 pp.73-79 : here followed a list of the signatories, these were two archbishops, twelve bishops, and twenty-one abbots. The last abbots signature was preceded by that of the archdeacon of Canterbury]

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