 Ælfric 's brother , <unk> , succeeded him as Abbot of St Albans when he became bishop . Between 991 and <unk> , Ælfric rose to the Bishopric of Ramsbury , and possibly continued to hold office of abbot of St Albans while bishop . In 995 he was elevated to the see of Canterbury . He was translated , or moved with appropriate ecclesiastical ceremony , to Canterbury on 21 April 995 at a <unk> held at <unk> . Here he received the permission of " King Æthelred and all the <unk> " to be elevated to Canterbury . Ælfric continued to hold Ramsbury along with Canterbury until his death . The story that his brother was chosen first for Canterbury but refused , stems from confusion on the part of Matthew of Paris and historians generally hold the entire episode to be <unk> . 
