Editing Thurstan (section)

==Early life==

Thurstan was the son of a [[Canon (priest)|canon]] of [[St Paul's Cathedral|St Paul's]] in London named Anger, Auger or Ansgar,{{efn|Anger or Auger former Norman first name, today surname ''Anger'' (without -s, Angers with -s means a native of [[Angers]]), some ''Auger'', all from ''Ásgeir'', [[Norsemen|Norse]] name, the same as [[Oscar (given name)|Oscar]] or ''Ōs-gār''.}} who held the [[Prebendary|prebend]] of [[Cantlers]]. Another son of Anger, [[Audoen]], was later [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Évreux|Bishop of Évreux]].<ref name=BHOCantl>Greenway ''Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066-1300: Volume 1: St. Paul's, London: Prebendaries: Cantlers''</ref><ref name=HenryI242>Hollister ''Henry I'' p. 242–244</ref><ref name=Spear5>Spear "Norman Empire and the Secular Clergy" ''Journal of British Studies'' p. 5</ref><ref name=DD151>Keats-Rohan ''Domesday Descendants'' p. 151</ref> Thurstan's mother was named Popelina.<ref name=DD151/> Thurstan was born sometime about 1070 in [[Bayeux]],<ref>Nicholl ''Thurstan'' p. iv</ref> in the [[Bessin]] region of [[Normandy]]. Before 1104 the father was given the prebend of Cantlers by [[Maurice (Archdeacon of Le Mans)|Maurice]], [[Bishop of London]], and the family moved to England.<ref name=DNB>Burton "Thurstan" ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography''</ref>

Early in his career, Thurstan held the prebendary of [[The Sokens|Consumpta per mare]] in the [[diocese of London]],<ref name=BHOConsumpta>Greenway "Prebendaries: Consumpta-per-Mare" ''Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066-1300'': Volume 1: St. Paul's, London</ref> and served both William Rufus and Henry I as a royal clerk.<ref name=BHOYork>Greenway "Archbishops" ''British History Online Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066-1300'': Volume 6: York</ref> At some point in Thurstan's early career, he visited [[Cluny]], where he vowed to become a Cluniac monk later in his life.<ref name="DNB" /> Thurstan also served Henry as [[almoner]],<ref name=Church83>Barlow ''English Church'' p. 83</ref> and it was Henry who obtained Thurstan's election as Archbishop of York in August 1114.<ref name=Handbook281>Fryde, et al. ''Handbook of British Chronology'' p. 281</ref> He was ordained a [[deacon]] in December 1114 and ordained a [[Priesthood (Catholic Church)|priest]] on 6 June 1115<ref name="BHOYork" /> by [[Ranulf Flambard]], who was [[Bishop of Durham]].<ref name=DNBFlambard>Mason "Flambard, Ranulf" ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography''</ref>