CHAPTER XXIX.

LANFRANC OF PAVIA:--The Pope's legates arrive in London--Deposition of the Saxon bishops--Lanfranc is appointed to the Archbishopric of Canterbury--Lanfranc's birth-place--His fame at Bec-Hellouin--Lanfranc gains the friendship of William the Norman--Lanfranc opposes William's marriage--He gains a dispensation for William--Is restored to favour--Is made Abbot of Caen--William's delight at Lanfranc's appointment to the province of Canterbury--The Pope's letter to Lanfranc--Lanfranc's entry into Canterbury--The church in ruins--Lanfranc gains the primacy of England for Canterbury--Undertakes a revision of the Scriptures--The Saxons averse to the revision--Lanfranc the people's champion