Editing Pope Honorius II (section)

===Relations with England and Spain===
In England, the ongoing dispute between the Sees of [[Archbishop of Canterbury|Canterbury]] and [[Archbishop of York|York]] over primacy continued unabated. On 5 April 1125, Honorius wrote to [[Thurstan]], Archbishop of York, advising him that Honorius planned to settle the issue personally.<ref name="Mann, pg. 285">Mann, pg. 285</ref> He sent a legate, [[Cardinal (Catholicism)|Cardinal]] [[John of Crema]], to deal with the question of primacy, as well as other jurisdictional issues between Canterbury and [[Wales]], and between York, [[Scotland]] and [[Norway]].<ref name="Mann, pg. 285" /> Honorius wrote to the clergy and nobles of England, directing them to treat his legate as if he were Honorius himself.<ref name="Mann, pg. 285" />

In Honorius's name, John of Crema convened the Synod of [[Roxburgh]] in 1125. In a letter written to King [[David I of Scotland]], the king was asked to send the bishops of Scotland to the council, which discussed the claims of the Archbishop of York to have jurisdiction over the church in Scotland.<ref>Mann, pg. 286</ref> Upholding the claims of York, Honorius was unsuccessful in forcing the Scottish bishops to obey Archbishop Thurstan.<ref name="Mann, pg. 287">Mann, pg. 287</ref>

Next, John convened the Synod of [[Westminster]] in September 1125, which was attended by both the archbishops of Canterbury and York, together with twenty bishops and forty abbots.<ref>Mann, pg. 290</ref> Although the synod issued rulings on the forbidding of simony and of holding multiple sees at the same time, it did not touch on the vexed question of primacy between Canterbury and York.<ref>Mann, pgs. 290–291</ref> Instead, John summoned the two [[prelates]] to travel with him to Rome to discuss the matter in person before Honorius.<ref name="Mann, pg. 291">Mann, pg. 291</ref> They arrived in late 1125 and were greeted warmly by Honorius, and they remained in Rome until early 1126. While there, Honorius ruled that the [[Bishop of St Andrews]] was to be subject to the Archbishop of York<ref name="Mann, pg. 287" /> and in the more contentious issue, he attempted to circumvent his way around the problem by declaring that Thurstan was subject to [[William de Corbeil]], not in his role as Archbishop of Canterbury, but as papal legate for England and Scotland.<ref name="Mann, pg. 292">Mann, pg. 292</ref> To emphasise this, Honorius decreed that the Archbishop of Canterbury could not ask for any oath of obedience from the Archbishop of York, and in the matter of honorary distinction, it was the Archbishop of Canterbury in his role as Legate that was the most elevated ecclesiastic in the kingdom.<ref name="Mann, pg. 292" />

[[Urban (bishop of Llandaff)|Urban of Llandaff]] also travelled to Rome on numerous occasions to meet with Honorius throughout 1128 and 1129, to plead his case that his diocese should not be subject to the see of [[Canterbury]]. Although he obtained numerous privileges for his see and Honorius always spoke encouragingly to him, Honorius avoided having to make a decision that might alienate the powerful archbishops of Canterbury.<ref>Mann, pg. 289</ref>

In [[Spain]], Honorius was deeply suspicious of the ambitions of [[Diego Gelmírez]], the Archbishop of [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Santiago de Compostela|Compostela]].<ref name="Mann, pg. 293">Mann, pg. 293</ref> Although Pope Callixtus II had made him Papal Legate of a number of Spanish provinces, Honorius informed Diego that he had been made aware of Diego's ambitions and subtly advised him to keep his ambition in check.<ref name="Mann, pg. 293" /> Still hoping to be promoted to the office of Legate of Spain, Diego sent envoys to Rome, carrying with them 300 gold [[Almoravid dynasty|Almoravid]] coins, two hundred and twenty for Honorius and another eighty for the [[Curia]].<ref name="Mann, pg. 293" /> Honorius repeated that his hands were tied, as he had just appointed a cardinal for that post.<ref name="Mann, pg. 294">Mann, pg. 294</ref>

Nevertheless, Honorius was not prepared to completely alienate Diego, and when the [[Archbishop of Braga]] nominated a successor to the vacant See of [[Coimbra]], Honorius reprimanded the archbishop for usurping the rights of Diego, who should have been the one to nominate a successor.<ref name="Mann, pg. 294" /> Honorius also demanded that the Archbishop of Braga present himself before Honorius on the second Sunday after Easter in 1129 to answer for his actions.<ref name="Mann, pg. 294" /> Honorius also ensured that Diego should play a leading role in the Synod of Carrión (February 1130), having his legate approach Diego and ask for his assistance during the synod.<ref>Mann, pgs. 294–295</ref>

Honorius also wished to promote the ongoing struggle against the [[Moors]] in Spain, and to that end he bestowed the city of [[Tarragona]], which had been recently captured from the Moors, to [[Robert d'Aguiló]].<ref>Elizabeth Van Houts, ''The Normans in Europe'', (Manchester University Press, 2000), 271.</ref><ref name="Mann, pg. 296">Mann, pg. 296</ref> Robert travelled to Rome to receive the gift from Honorius in 1128.<ref name="Mann, pg. 296" />