Hugh (Dean of York)
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Hugh, first
dean of York Dean may refer to: People * Dean (given name) * Dean (surname), a surname of Anglo-Saxon English origin * Dean (South Korean singer), a stage name for singer Kwon Hyuk * Dean Delannoit, a Belgian singer most known by the mononym Dean Titles ...
, was appointed by archbishop
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before December 1093. He was present at a royal council at
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on 25 December 1093 and visited
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with archbishop
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on 9 October 1132. It was this abbey to which he retired as old and infirm, to become a
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monk, in 1135 - he was also a benefactor to it and founded its library.


Sources

*http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=10458#s4 'List 2: Deans',
Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae In ancient Rome, the ''fasti'' (Latin plural) were chronological or calendar-based lists, or other diachronic records or plans of official and religiously sanctioned events. After Rome's decline, the word ''fasti'' continued to be used for simil ...
1066-1300: Volume 6: York (1999), pp. 7–13. {{DEFAULTSORT:Hugh Deans of York Anglo-Normans