Hugh Murdac was an English clergyman and

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in the 12th and 13th centuries. Murdac was the nephew of

Henry Murdac Henry Murdac (died 1153) was abbot of Fountains Abbey and Archbishop of York in medieval England. Early life Murdac was a native of Yorkshire.Knowles ''Monastic Order'' p. 239 He was friendly with Archbishop Thurstan of York, who secured his ...

, the

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. Hugh was a canon of the

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of York Minster before 1153, holding the

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. He last occurs as a simple canon in 1198.Greenway
Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066–1300: Volume 6: York: Prebends: Driffield
' In 1201 he was elected

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by the cathedral chapter but his election was opposed by Geoffrey, the archbishop. Geoffrey

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Murdac and appointed William of Ely instead.Greenway
Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066–1300: Volume 6: York: Archdeacons: Cleveland
' Geoffrey and Murdac clashed at least one other time. Geoffrey had confiscated the revenues of a number of the officials of the cathedral chapter. These included

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, Henry Marshal -

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, Peter de Ros -

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, and another canon, Adam of Thornover. Geoffrey refused to restore the incomes unless the offenders came barefoot into

and begged for the archbishop's forgiveness. This all but Marshal did and they had their official revenues restored.Appleby ''England Without Richard'' pp. 104–105 Murdac is probably the same person as a king's clerk who occurs in documents from 1178, 1179, and 1184. The occurrence in 1179 is as a

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. Murdac founded the

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at York.

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