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	Odon of Conteville - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Some historians have suggested he was born as early as 1030, so that he would be about 19 instead of 14 when William made him bishop of Bayeux in 1049.
		Odo was not however deposed as bishop of Bayeux.
		More certain is his development of the cathedral school in Bayeux, and his patronage of a number of younger men who later became prominent prelates.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Odo,_Bishop_of_Bayeux (593 words)

	Swan of Essex Five
		Bishop of Bayeux; Count Eustace and Adolulf and St. Martins from him: Odo from SWAN of ESSEX; Humphrey from Hugh de Montfort; Robert de Verly from Robert Gernon; Bernard from Ralph Baynard; Humphrey from Ranulf Peveral; Mauger from Robert FitzCarbucion; Gundwin.
		Pointel and Osborn from the Bishop of Bayeux; Walter from SWAN of ESSEX.
		Pointel, Osbert, Teher and FitzThorold from the Bishop of Bayeux; William FitzOdo and Maynard from SWAN of ESSEX; Medwin; Ilbod.
	myweb.tiscali.co.uk /vicswanpage/page23.html (331 words)

	Bayeux
		Bayeux is considered by some sources to have been the most Scandanavian town in Normandie during its early history.
		The Bayeux Tapestry is one of the most important pictorial works surviving from the middle ages, and certainly the most important from the eleventh century.
		The bishop's palace is now a museum in which the tapestry is on permanent display and viewed by thousands of visitors a year.
	bdaugherty.tripod.com /normandie/bayeux.html (1039 words)

	Bayeux Tapestry (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		It was made at the request of William's half brother, Odo the Bishop of Bayeux, to commemorate the conquest of England.
		Bayeux tapestry, a seamless strip of linen, 230 ft (70 m) long and 20 in.
		The tapestry is exhibited in a museum near the cathedral of Bayeux.
	www.caratexstamps.com /Articles/bayeux_tapestry.htm (206 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Bayeux
		The Bishop of Bayeux was senior among the Norman bishops, and the chapter was one of the richest in France.
		At Tilly, in the Diocese of Bayeux, Michel Vingtras established, in 1839, the politico-religious society known as La Miséricorde, in connexion with the survivors of La Petite Eglise, which was condemned in 1843 by Gregory XVI.
		Daniel Huet, the famous savant (1630-1721) and Bishop of Avranches, was a native of Caen.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/02358b.htm (830 words)

	TimeRef - History Timelines - Odo (Bishop of Bayeux)
		Odo,the Bishop or Bayeux, became William the Conqueror's deputy in England and was assisted by William Fitz Osbern until Osbern's death in 1071.
		Thomas of Bayeux, a pupil of Odo (William's brother), was put in the position of Archbishop of York after the death of Ealred who died on September 11, 1069.
		The revolt in the Welsh Marches was dealt with by Bishop Wulfstan.
	www.btinternet.com /~timeref/hpr301.htm (491 words)

	The Domesday Book Online - Buckinghamshire N-Z
		Merstone: Robert from Bishop of Bayeux; Ranulf from Bishop of Coutances; Ranulf and Bernard from William FitzAnsculf; Seric, the pre-Conquest holder, from Miles Crispin.
		Stoches: An Englishman from Bishop of Coutances; Drogo from William Peverel.
		Westone: Bishop of Lisieux and Roger from Bishop of Bayeux.
	www.domesdaybook.co.uk /buckinghamshire3.html (657 words)

	The Domesday Book Online - Buckinghamshire A-E
		Ed(d)intone: Robert of Romney from Bishop of Bayeux.
		Elm(n)odesham: Roger from Bishop of Bayeux; Aelmer from Count of Mortain; Geoffrey de Mandeville; Wulfgeat from Hugh de Bolbec; Thurstan Mantle; Jocelyn le Breton.
		Ambre(i)tone: Godric and Wulfric, the pre-Conquest holder, from Bishop of Coutances; Ralph from Countess Judith.
	www.domesdaybook.co.uk /buckinghamshire1.html (936 words)

	Bayeux Tapestry (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		The Bayeux tapestry (French: Tapisserie de Bayeux) is not actually a tapestry (that is, a weaving), but is embroidery.
		It is currently to be found in a special museum in the town of Bayeux in Normandy.
		However, it was probably made in a workshop on the orders of Odo, Bishop of Bayeux, who was William's half-brother.
	www.ruf.rice.edu /~kemmer/Words04/history/bayeux.html (299 words)

	French Bishop convicted in paedophile case (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		A court has convicted a Catholic bishop of concealing knowledge that a priest was sexually abusing children, sentencing him to a three-month suspended prison term.
		The prosecution said Pierre Pican, 66, bishop of Bayeux-Lisieux in Normandy, had failed to ensure the case was brought to the attention of judicial authorities.
		Pican's lawyers had argued that the bishop had been motivated by what amounts to professional secrets even though he learned of the priest's acts outside the church confessional.
	www.cathnews.com /news/109/21.html (208 words)

	Bayeux
		Bayeux is an ancient town well worth visiting for its beauty and atmosphere.
		The tapestry is probably the work of Anglo-Saxon monks supervised by Odo, William the Conqueror's half brother and Bishop of Bayeux.
		The cathedral at Bayeux was consecrated in the presence of William the Conqueror and his Queen Matilda in 1077.
	freespace.virgin.net /doug.thompson/normandy/bayeux.htm (436 words)

	Philip de Harcourt (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Philip later was associated with Henry II when he was Duke of Normandy and became Bishop of Bayeux in 1142.
		He was present at the coronation of Henry II in 1156 and at the translation of the bodies of Dukes Richard I and II of Normandy at Fécamp in 1162.
		He died in 1163 and was buried on the North side of the entrance to the cathedral at Bayeux.
	freespace.virgin.net /doug.thompson/BraoseWeb/PHarcourt.htm (167 words)

	Odo of Bayeux
		Norman bishop and English earl, a uterine brother of William the Conqueror, from whom he received, while still a youth, the see of Bayeux (1049).
		The bishop returned to his earldom and soon organized a rebellion with the object of handing over England to his eldest nephew, Duke Robert.
		William Rufus, to the disgust of his supporters, permitted Odo to leave the kingdom after the collapse of this design (1088), and from that point forward Odo was the right-hand man of Robert in Normandy.
	www.nndb.com /people/010/000102701 (290 words)

	Bayeux
		Bayeux was the first major town to be liberated by the Allies.
		Bayeux miraculously was spared this fate and her historic treasuresthe cathedral, the ancient and picturesque buildings and the famous Bayeux tapestry remained in tact.
		Bayeux is known as the cradle of the Norman dynasty.
	www.hawaii.edu /hga/KathyT/france5.htm (703 words)

	Bayeux Tapestry
		Traditionally considered the work of Mathilda of Flanders, wife of William the Conqueror, it was actually made during the 11th century for Odo, bishop of Bayeux, to hang in the cathedral at Bayeux.
		Odo of Bayeux (1036-1097) was Anglo-Norman bishop and earl of Kent.
		Odo became bishop of Bayeux in 1049 and accompanied William’s invasion of England in 1066, taking part in the Battle of Hastings.
	arthistory.heindorffhus.dk /frame-TapestryBayeux.htm (791 words)

	Odo, Bishop of Bayeux: from The Conqueror and His Companions - Genealogy on Pat Patterson's Pages (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		First amongst the companions of the Conqueror must be ranked his two brothers of the half blood, the well-known Odo, Bishop of Bayeux and Earl of Kent, and the less notorious Robert, Count of Mortain in Normandy, and Earl of Cornwall in England.
		The Norman troops were commanded by Bishop Odo, once more bestriding a war-horse, and wielding, no doubt, the iron-shod club as formerly at Senlac, and with him were William Comte d'Evreux, one of the principal despoilers of the duchy, Ralph de Conches, and his nephew William de Breteuil.
		And this profligate prelate was actually one of the subscribers to the decree of the Synod of Rouen in 1072, confirming those of a former one at Lisieux, A.D. 1055, whereby incontinence in the clergy was solemnly condemned, and rendered punishable by deprivation and loss of revenue.
	genealogy.patp.us /conq/odo.shtml (1868 words)

	Bayeux Tapestry Pictures Web-Page \| Bayeux Tapestry Pictures Data (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		The bayeux tapestry is an embroidery that is roughly 20 inches tall and 230 feet long.
		Half brother of william the conqueror and bishop of bayeux, normandy.
		Bayeux tapestry and the battle of hastings 1066.
	www.tapestrymaster.info /bayeux-tapestry-pictures.html (1237 words)

	Bayeux Tapestry (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Bayeux Tapestry, needlework panorama, representing the invasion and conquest of England by William the Conqueror, preserved in the Musée de la Reine Mathilde in Bayeux, France.
		Traditionally considered the work of Mathilda of Flanders, wife of William the Conqueror, it was actually made during the 11th century for Odo, bishop of Bayeux and half brother of William, to hang in the cathedral at Bayeux.
		The tapestry is most valuable for its representation of the costume, arms, and manners of the Normans before the Conquest; it gives more details of the events represented than does the contemporary literature.
	www.woodwardfamilyonline.com /bayeux_tapestry.htm (231 words)

	Welcome to This Is Folkestone Kent .. people, places, and events (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		February 1097, Palermo), half brother of William the Conqueror and bishop of Bayeux, Normandy.
		He probably commissioned the famed Bayeux tapestry, which pictures the Norman Conquest of England, for the dedication of his cathedral (1077).
		Although scandalously immoral, he was made bishop of Bayeux in 1049 by his half brother.
	www.thisisfolkestone.co.uk /odo.htm (240 words)

	Bishop Odo Bayeau Tapestry Directory And Web-Site (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Commissioned perhaps by odo, bishop of bayeau, half brother of william I the conqueror.
		Bishop of bayeau and william's half brother, odo, commissioned the work.
		Bayeux tapestry in fact was probably commissioned by his half brother, bishop odo of bayeux.
	www.tapestrymaster.info /bishop-odo-bayeau-tapestry.html (1114 words)

	The Bayeux Tapestry and the Norman Invasion of England
		The Bayeux Tapestry and the Norman Invasion of England
		We do not know for certain who commissioned the tapestry, though the likeliest candidate is William's half-brother Odo, Bishop of Bayeux from 1050-1097, or one of Odo's followers.
		For all its faults, both material and in historical "truthfulness", the Bayeux Tapestry remains one of the true treasures of the Norman period in English history.
	www.britainexpress.com /History/bayeux-tapestry.htm (780 words)

	The Bayeux Tapestry by Michael Leete
		The Bayeux Tapestry used to be displayed in Bayeux Cathedral.
		The Bayeux Tapestry begins with Harold, Earl of Wessex, and a companion, in an audience with King Edward the Confessor.
		The Bayeux Tapestry continues with Harold's ride to Bosham and bad navigation leading to a landfall in fog in the Somme estuary.
	www.bayeuxtapestry.co.uk (783 words)

	The Secret of the Bayeux Tapestry
		The tapestry now hangs in the Palace of the Bishop of Bayeux, now a museum which is open to everyone.
		This may have been why the tapestry, which was made about ten years after the invasion, was at first hung in the Cathedral of Bayeux.
		Later it was given to the Bishop of Bayeux and kept in his palace.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/british_social_history/113697/2 (148 words)

	Domesday Book Entry For Dover Kent England
		Now it is assessed at £40; however, the reeve pays £54, that is £24 of pence, which are 20 to the ora, to the King and £30 at face value to the Earl.
		For these houses they all cite the Bishop of Bayeux as protector and deliverer, that is donor.
		Of this, Herbert's nephew says that the Bishop of Bayeux gave permission for it to be made by his uncle, Herbert son of Ivo.
	www.doverpages.co.uk /domesday.htm (668 words)

	People in the Bayeux Tapestry (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		When Odo was only nineteen years old, William made him Bishop of Bayeux.
		The tapestry was later hung in his cathedral at Bayeux.
		He returned to England, plotted against William Rufus, the Conqueror's son, but was captured and banished to Bayeux.
	www.bayeuxtapestry.org.uk /BayeuxPeople.htm (929 words)

	The Bayeux Tapestry\| Lectures in Medieval History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		The best guess is that it was commissioned by Odo, bishop of Bayeux, William the Conqueror's half-brother, and one of the leading figures in the invasion of England.
		It was perhaps completed on 1077 in time for the consecration of the new cathedral at Bayeux.
		If you get to Bayeux in late September, you'll be in time for the Calvados season.
	www.ku.edu /kansas/medieval/108/lectures/bayeux_tapestry.html (1353 words)

	The Bayeux Tapestry
		These Study Guides on War and Art were originally prepared for a course entitled "Responses to War: An Intellectual and Cultural History" given in the Department of History at The University of Adelaide between 1989 and 1999.
		C.H. Gibbs-Smith, The Bayeux Tapestry (London: Phaidon, 1973).
		Made in England for William's half-brother Odo, Bishop of Bayeux.
	homepage.mac.com /dmhart/WarArt/StudyGuides/Bayeux.html (500 words)

	The Bayeux Tapestry (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		The Bayeux Tapestry is a magnificent commemoration of the conquest of England by William of Normandy.
		It is thought to have been made in England for Odo, Bishop of Bayeux, not many years after 1066.
		The tapestry is not only a great work of art, but also a valuable historical record (it depicts several events mentioned nowhere in contemporary chronicles) and a virtual sourcebook for eleventh-century clothing, armor, weaponry, feudal customs, and even building and metalworking.
	www.engl.virginia.edu /OE/Tour/Bayeux/Bayeux.html (102 words)

	Odo of Bayeux
		In 1049 William of Normandy appointed Odo bishop of Bayeux and over the next few years organized the rebuilding of Bayeux Cathedral.
		William was in Normandy in 1073 and Odo of Bayeux had the task of dealing with the rebellion led by Waltheof and Ralph, Earl of Norfolk.
		Odo of Bayeux is buried in the cathedral on Sicily.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /NORodo.htm (437 words)

	Odo Bishop of Bayeux 1040 Dover England
		Probably the most disliked person in Dover's long history was Odo Bishop of Bayeux he was both greedy and ruthless in his quest for power.
		He not only brought the town of Dover to near destruction but also terrorized the County of Kent as well.
		He was exiled for his attempts to seek the help of English Knights to help him depose the Pope.
	www.doverpages.co.uk /odo.htm (255 words)

	Grey - 2
		says that another of the Thurrocks, 160 acres held by Hugh from the bishop of Bayeux (Odo, half-brother of the Conqueror), was the future Mitchells in West Thurrock.
		Most of the missing land seems to have been taken by Gilbert, another man of the bishop of Bayeux, but twenty acres were taken by Ansketel, a man of the bishop of London (Maurice at the time of the survey).
		Somebody called Ansketel also held land in Oxfordshire both from Edward of Salisbury and from the bishop of Bayeux, but the name was not uncommon and there is nothing in writing to tell us just how many different people were identified simply as Ansketel in Domesday.
	www.thurrock-community.org.uk /historysoc/grey2.htm (1325 words)

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