Already Earl of Kent, Odo held design on the Papal throne and, in 1075 was made Earl of Hereford.
Fearing Odo's power, William I had him arrested in 1082, not as Bishop of Bayeux, but in his capacity as Earl of Kent.
The division by the Conqueror of his Norman and English possessions between his sons Robert and William alarmed the barons with possessions on both sides of the Channel sorely. A conspiracy was formed by Odo of Bayeux which most of them joined. Its aim was to rebel against Rufus in favour making the weak if greedy Robert king of England under whome they were certain to gain more power.
William Rufus easily suppressed the rebellion of 1088 with the help of the bishops, the Church and the English under the leadership of Wulfstan, bishop of Worcester. The English fyrd captured Odo at Rochester and he was exiled from the kingdom.
William made peace with Robert by the treaty of Caen in 1091 by which it was agreed that the survivor should rule both England and Normandy. Five years later, Robert mortgaged Normandy to William for £6,000 to finance him on the First Crusade.
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