bishop ric ▁of ▁Th ur stan , ▁the ▁Arch bishop ▁of ▁York ▁between ▁ 1 1 1 4 ▁and ▁ 1 1 4 0 , ▁the ▁dispute ▁fla red ▁up ▁and ▁Th ur stan ▁appe aled ▁to ▁the ▁pap acy ▁over ▁the ▁issue , ▁with ▁Can ter bury ▁under ▁Ralph ▁d ' E sc ures ▁counter ing ▁with ▁information ▁from ▁B ede ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁for ged ▁documents . ▁The ▁pap acy ▁did ▁not ▁necessarily ▁believe ▁the ▁for ger ies , ▁but ▁the ▁dispute ▁r umbled ▁on ▁for ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁years . ▁Short ly ▁after ▁Th ur stan ' s ▁election ▁in ▁ 1 1 1 4 , ▁Ralph ▁refused ▁to ▁consec rate ▁the ▁Th ur stan ▁unless ▁Ralph ▁received ▁a ▁written , ▁not ▁just ▁or al , ▁profession ▁of ▁ob ed ience . ▁Th ur stan ▁refused ▁to ▁do ▁so , ▁and ▁assured ▁his ▁c athedral ▁chapter ▁that ▁he ▁would ▁not ▁submit ▁to ▁Can ter bury . ▁York ▁based ▁its ▁claim ▁on ▁the ▁fact ▁that ▁no ▁metropol itan ▁bishop ▁or ▁arch bishop ▁could ▁swe ar ▁alleg iance ▁to ▁anyone ▁but ▁the ▁po pe , ▁a ▁position ▁guaranteed ▁to ▁gain ▁support ▁from ▁the ▁pap acy . ▁King ▁Henry , ▁however , ▁refused ▁permission ▁for ▁Th ur stan ▁to ▁appeal ▁to ▁the ▁pap acy , ▁which ▁left ▁the ▁dispute ▁in ▁lim bo ▁for ▁two ▁years . ▁Henry ▁does ▁not ▁seem ▁to ▁have ▁c ared ▁about ▁who ▁won ▁the ▁dispute , ▁and ▁Henry ▁may ▁have ▁delayed ▁hoping ▁that ▁Ralph ▁and ▁Th ur stan ▁would