lan ▁castle ▁in ▁ 1 1 6 7 ▁after ▁a ▁sie ge ▁of ▁three ▁months . ▁ ▁Dis put es ▁with ▁the ▁church ▁and ▁succession ▁The ▁last ▁years ▁of ▁O w ain ' s ▁life ▁were ▁spent ▁in ▁disput es ▁with ▁the ▁Arch bishop ▁of ▁Can ter bury , ▁Thomas ▁Be cket , ▁over ▁the ▁appointment ▁of ▁a ▁new ▁Bishop ▁of ▁Bang or . ▁When ▁the ▁see ▁became ▁vac ant ▁O w ain ▁had ▁his ▁nom ine e , ▁Arthur ▁of ▁B ard sey , ▁elected . ▁The ▁arch bishop ▁refused ▁to ▁accept ▁this , ▁so ▁O w ain ▁had ▁Arthur ▁consec r ated ▁in ▁Ireland . ▁The ▁dispute ▁continued , ▁and ▁the ▁see ▁remained ▁officially ▁vac ant ▁until ▁well ▁after ▁O w ain ' s ▁death . ▁He ▁was ▁also ▁put ▁under ▁pressure ▁by ▁the ▁Arch bishop ▁and ▁the ▁Pope ▁to ▁put ▁aside ▁his ▁second ▁wife , ▁Crist in , ▁who ▁was ▁his ▁first ▁cousin , ▁this ▁relationship ▁making ▁the ▁marriage ▁invalid ▁under ▁church ▁law . ▁Despite ▁being ▁ex communic ated ▁for ▁his ▁def iance , ▁O w ain ▁stead fast ly ▁refused ▁to ▁put ▁Crist in ▁aside . ▁O w ain ▁died ▁in ▁ 1 1 7 0 , ▁and ▁despite ▁having ▁been ▁ex communic ated ▁was ▁buried ▁in ▁Bang or ▁C athedral ▁by ▁the ▁local ▁cler gy . ▁The ▁ann al ist ▁writing ▁Br ut ▁y ▁T yw ys og ion ▁recorded ▁his ▁death ▁" after ▁in numerable ▁vict ories , ▁and ▁un con quer ed ▁from ▁his ▁youth ".