Canterbury, with letters to Eádwini of Northumberland; in these he says:—“Duo pallia utrorumque metropolitanorum, id est Honorio et Paulino direximus, ut dum quis eorum de hoc saeculo ad Auctorem suum fuerit arcessitus, in loco ipsius alter episcopum ex hac nostra auctoritate debeat subrogare.” Hist. Eccl. ii. 17. The reason of this Beda tells us was the inconvenience of going to Rome for archiepiscopal ordination:—“Ne sit necesse ad Romanam usque civitatem per tam prolixa terrarum et maris spatia pro ordinando archiepiscopo semper fatigari.” Hist. Eccl. ii. 18. We learn from Honorius’s letter to the archbishop of Canterbury, that this alleviation was granted at the petition of the English kings and prelates:—“Et tam iuxta vestram petitionem, quam filiorum nostrorum regum, vobis per praesentem nostram praeceptionem, vice beati Petri apostolorum principis, auctoritatem tribuimus, ut quando unum ex vobis Divina ad se iusserit gratia vocari, is qui superstes fuerit, alterum in loco defuncti debeat episcopum ordinare. Pro qua etiam re singula vestrae dilectioni pallia pro eadem ordinatione celebranda direximus, ut per nostrae praeceptionis auctoritatem possitis Deo placitam ordinationem efficere: quia ut haec vobis concederemus, longa terrarum marisque intervalla, quae inter nos ac vos obsistunt, ad haec nos condescendere coegerunt.” Hist. Eccl. ii. 18. The archiepiscopate in York ceased after Paulinus’s expulsion till 735, when it was restored, king Eádberht having succeeded in obtaining a pall for his brother Ecgberht. The short chronicle appended to Beda says:—“Ecgberhtus episcopus, accepto ab apostolica sede pallio, primus post Paulinum in archiepiscopatum confirmatus est; ordinavitque Fridubertum et Friduwaldum episcopos.” See also Chron. Sax. an. 735; Sim. Dunelm. an. 735. The following archbishops are recorded to have received their palls from Rome:— Canterbury:— Tátwine. Sim. Dun. an. 733. Nóðhelm. Chron. Sax. an. 736. Flor. Wig. an. 736. Cúðberht. Rog. Wend. i. 227. an. 740. Eánberht. Chron. Sax. an. 764. Flor. Wig. an. 764. Wulfred. Chron. Sax. an. 804. Flor. Wig. an. 804. Rog. Wend. an. 806. Ceólnóð. Chron. Sax. an. 831. Flor. Wig. an. 831. York:— Ecgberht. an. 745. Rog. Wend. i. 228. Alberht. Sim. Dun. an. 773. Eánbald I. Chron. Sax. an. 780. Flor. Wig. an. 781. Sim. Dun. an. 780. Eánbald II. Chron. Sax. an. 797. Sim. Dun. an. 797. Oswald. Flor. Wig. an. 973. At some period however, which our chroniclers do not note, the custom arose for the archbishop not to receive, but to fetch his pallium. The following cases are recorded:—