Lord Chancellor of England from 1274 to 1292. A native of Shropshire, he
served as a minor royal official before entering into the service of
Prince Edward, the future King Edward I of England. When Edward went on
the Eighth Crusade in 1270, Burnell stayed in England to secure the
prince's interests. He served as regent after the death of King Henry
III of England while Edward was still on crusade. He was twice elected
Archbishop of Canterbury, but his personal life—which included a long-
term mistress who was rumoured to have borne him four sons—prevented
his confirmation by the papacy. In 1275 Burnell was elected Bishop of
Bath and Wells, after Edward had appointed him Lord Chancellor in 1274.
He was behind the efforts of the royal officials to enforce royal rights
during his term of office as chancellor, including the implementation of
the quo warranto procedures. He also helped with the legislative and
legal reforms of Edward's reign. During Burnell's tenure the
chancellor's office and records became fixed in London rather than
travelling with the king. He went abroad on diplomatic missions for
Edward, and for a time governed Gascony.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Burnell>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1609:
Forces of the Japanese feudal domain of Satsuma captured the
castle on Ryukyu Island, beginning the process that turned the Ryukyu
Kingdom into a vassal state under Satsuma.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invasion_of_Ryukyu>
1722:
Dutch explorer Jacob Roggeveen became the first European to
land on Easter Island.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter_Island>
1847:
Britain's first civic public park, Birkenhead Park in
Birkenhead, Merseyside, opened.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birkenhead_Park>
1942:
Second World War: Carrier-based aircraft of the Imperial
Japanese Navy conducted the Easter Sunday Raid on Ceylon (now Sri Lanka)
and the British Eastern Fleet in an attempt to drive the Commonwealth
naval force from the Indian Ocean.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter_Sunday_Raid>
1992:
Bosnian War: Unidentified gunmen killed two people while firing
upon a large crowd of anti-war protesters in Sarajevo, marking the start
of the four-year-long Siege of Sarajevo.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Sarajevo>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
reptilianness:
The quality of the embodiment of reptile characteristics.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/reptilianness>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Not from without us, only from within, Comes or can ever come
upon us light Whereby the soul keeps ever truth in sight.
--Algernon Charles Swinburne
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Algernon_Charles_Swinburne>
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