Battle of Sluys

In 1895 Davidson accepted the offer of translation to the largely rural diocese of Winchester, where
the workload was less onerous. He renewed his regular contact with the Queen, who spent much
time in the diocese, at Osborne House on the Isle of Wight.[2] Archbishop Benson died the following
year and was succeeded by the Bishop of London, Frederick Temple.[n 9] The Queen vetoed a
proposed offer of the vacant bishopric of London to Davidson, on the grounds that his health would
not stand it.[2] Temple, unlike his two predecessors, did not turn to Davidson for advice; [n 10] he had a
reputation for isolating himself from all the bishops and their views. Davidson greatly regretted his
sudden exclusion from national Church affairs.[54]
Within his diocese Davidson was drawn into controversy over a high-church breach of canon
law by Robert Dolling, a fervent Anglo-Catholic priest, who liked to be called "Father Dolling".
Davidson discovered that Dolling had installed a third altar at his newly built church, St Agatha's,
Landport, to be reserved for masses for the dead. The Church of England disowned the Roman
Catholic belief in Purgatory and the efficacy of praying for souls in it.[n 11] Davidson saw Dolling and
tried to reach a compromise that would bring the latter's practices within Anglican rules. Dolling
refused to compromise and resigned, leaving the diocese. [57] His supporters were critical of Davidson;
Mews cites a high-church journalist who concluded that the episode left its mark on Davidson "in
forming his determination not to be the archbishop who drove the high-church party out of the
Church of England".[2] Though traditionally Protestant in his rejection of some aspects of Roman
Catholic doctrine such as Benediction, he thought his evangelical colleagues were too easily upset
by "incense, copes and other adornments", which had no doctrinal significance. [58]
One of Davidson's closest friends from his Oxford days was Craufurd Tait, son of Archibald
Campbell Tait. Like Davidson, Craufurd was preparing for ordination; his father was by
now Archbishop of Canterbury, and the two friends were accepted for ordination as deacons in the
Archbishop's diocese. They were ordained in March 1874, and Davidson was assigned as curate to
the vicar of Dartford in Kent. He was ordained priest the following year.[23] During his two and a half
years at Dartford, Davidson served under two vicars; the first was a moderate high churchman and
the second a moderate evangelical. Bell writes that the young curate learnt a good deal from each,
"both in pastoral work and in piety".[24]
Late in 1876 Craufurd Tait, who was working as his father's resident chaplain and private secretary,
wished to move on and the Archbishop chose Davidson to succeed him. [21] In May 1877 Davidson
began work at Lambeth Palace, the Archbishop's home and headquarters, beginning what Bell
describes as "an association with the central life of the Church of England which lasted more than
fifty years".[25] Craufurd Tait died after a brief illness in May 1878;[26] his mother never recovered from
this blow and
The Battle of Sluys was a naval battle fought on 24 June 1340 between England and France, in
the roadstead of the since silted-up port of Sluys. The English fleet of 120–150 ships was led
by Edward III of England and the 230-strong French fleet by Hugues Quiéret, Admiral of France,
and Nicolas Béhuchet, Constable of France. It was one of the opening engagements of the Hundred
Years' War. Edward sailed on 22 June and encountered the French the next day; they had bound
their ships into three lines, forming large floating fighting platforms. The English were able to
manoeuvre against the French and defeat them in detail. Most of the French ships were captured,
and they lost 16,000–20,000 men killed, against 400–600 for the English. The English were unable
to take strategic advantage, barely interrupting French raids on English territories and
shipping. Operationally the battle allowed the English army to land and to then besiege the French
town of Tournai, albeit unsuccessfully. (Full article...)

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