282 DURHAM. Gateshead, in revenge of the nnirder of Liwiilph, com- mitted by Gilbert, the bishop's relative ^^*. To him succeeded JO(So William, abbot of St. Carilef, who was nominated by the J5 viii. 1. King 9th Nov. icSo, and consecrated at Gloucester 3rd Jan. 1080-81^-. He died at Windsor 2nd Jan. 1095-6, and was buried in the Chapter-house at Durham '^ ^ After the death of bishop William, the see of Durham was void upwards of three years, 1099 Ralph Flambard orPASSEFLABERE, canon of Salisbury 13 Will. II. and a prebendary of Lincoln^ was nominated by the King on Whit-Sunday (29th May) 1099^', ^^^ con- secrated in St. Paul's cathedral, London, on Tri- nity Sunday, the 5th of June, in that year^ He was imprisoned in the Tower T4th Sept. iioo^^; but he made his escape from thence "^^ 4th Feb. ^ An account of the occur- rence will be found in Malines- bury, Gesta Regum, vol. ii. p. 451, Florence of Worcester, Matthew Paris, and other chro- niclers. ^1 Sim. Dunclm. ad ann. «^ Ibid. ^•'^ Ibid, et Flor. Wigorn. ^■^ Sim. Dunelm. 8> Sim. Dunelm., Hoved. fol. 268, Anglia Sacra, ])ars i. p. 705- ^6 Sim. Dunelm. says 15th Aug. 1100.
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Londinensi Gulielino de Mag- navilla custodiendus in vinculis traditus, exitum callide per ami- cos ])rocuravit. Erat enim solers et facundus, et licet crudelis. largus tamen et jocundus, et ob hoc plerisquc gratus ct ainatu^, Cotidie ad yictum suum duos solidos jussu Regis habebat. Unde cotidie in carcere si)len- didum sibi suisque custodibus convivium exhiberi jubebat. Quadam die in lagena vini funis ei delatus est, et copiosus con- vivii apparatus. — Inebriatis cus- todibus, episcopus funem ad co- lumnam, quae in medio fenestrae arcis erat, coaptavit : et baculum pastoralem secum sumens, per funem descendit. Verum quia manus suas oblitus fuit chiro- tliecis obvolvere, uscpie ad os excoriate sunt. — Fideles amici ad pedem turris expectabant, qui ibidem ei optimos cornipedes pra'paraverant. Quibus ascen- sis, ille velociter aufugit, et fidos comites cum thesauro suo ob- viam habuit, cum (juibus in Nor- manniam ad R()])ertum ducem navigavit." Orderic. Vital. Hist. Eccl.
