In 1891 Bishop Herbert de Losinga purchased his position at Thetford from William Rufus (King William II) for the sum of nineteen hundred pounds, thus committing the sin of Simony. As penance he went to Rome where the Pope duly granted him absolution on condition that he erect a new Cathedral, which he did at Norwich. The Cathedral was built in French limestone, brought from the quarries in Caen of Fécamp - where de Losinga had previously been Prior.