Eanbald (died 808) was an eighth century

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and correspondent of

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Life

Eanbald was taught by

when Alcuin was the teacher of the school of York, and was affectionately nicknamed "Simeon" by Alcuin.Duckett ''Alcuin'' p. 28 Eanbald was consecrated the successor of his namesake to the archbishopric of York on 14 August 796.Fryde, et al. ''Handbook of British Chronology'' p. 224 Alcuin wrote frequently to Eanbald, laying down many rules for the direction of his province.Duckett ''Alcuin'' pp. 205-208 He sent many gifts to

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, including a shipload of metal (stagnum) for the roof of the bell tower at

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.Duckett ''Alcuin'' pp. 296-298 Eanbald assisted

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, in recovering the rights of the See of Canterbury which had been despoiled by

Offa Offa (died 29 July 796 AD) was King of Mercia, a kingdom of Anglo-Saxon England, from 757 until his death. The son of Thingfrith and a descendant of Eowa, Offa came to the throne after a period of civil war following the assassination of Æt ...

. In 798 Eanbald assembled his clergy in synod at Finchale, near

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. There, he enacted a number of regulations relating to the ecclesiastical courts and the observance of Easter. He may have been the first to introduce the

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in the church of York.Rollason "Eanbald" ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'' Eanbald became estranged from

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after denouncing Eardwulf's adulteries as well as Eanbald's sheltering of Eardwulf's enemies in church sanctuary.Yorke ''Kings and Kingdoms'' p. 93Kirby ''Earliest English Kings'' p. 132 Eanbald died sometime about 808, perhaps as late as 830, if numismatic evidence is correct.

Coinage

Eanbald, like later archbishops of York, produced coinage in his name.

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