Short answers, pulled from the story.
St Theodore of Canterbury established a new diocese at Worcester in the year 679. This act created a church to serve the Kingdom of the Hwicce with original borders matching those ancient kingdom boundaries.
King Alfred recruited priests and monks from Worcester to rebuild Wessex during the 880s. Priests arriving from Worcester brought new attitudes toward the church's role in society that reshaped the relationship between religious institutions and the monarchy.
Bishop Roger attempted to support Thomas Becket by writing to the King to intercede on behalf of Becket after his exile. He ignored royal instructions to keep away from Becket and remained in exile until the political climate shifted enough to allow his return.
William de Blois imposed particularly strict rules on Jews within the diocese in 1219 requiring them to wear square white badges representing tabulae. Most places relinquished this requirement if fines were paid, but Worcester did not enforce payment exemptions for badge-wearing.
The Diocese of Gloucester briefly dissolved and returned to Worcester on the 20th of May 1552. John Hooper held the title Bishop of Worcester and Gloucester until deprived by Queen Mary in 1554.
Physical form appears in two distinct cartularies known as Cartulary A and B. Cartulary A holds the majority of charters making up the archive which contains texts ranging from late seventh to eleventh centuries.