History of the Cathedral Church of Wells: As Illustrating the History of the Cathedral Churches of the Old FoundationMacmillan, 1870 - 200 pages |
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... second foundation of Wells , Somersetshire must have been mainly an English land . The evidence of nomenclature shows us that most of the sites now occupied , most of the old towns and villages , were occupied between these two dates ...
... second foundation of Wells , Somersetshire must have been mainly an English land . The evidence of nomenclature shows us that most of the sites now occupied , most of the old towns and villages , were occupied between these two dates ...
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... second year of his reign restored all Harold's estates to the church of Wells , except some small parcels which had been conveyed to the monastery of Gloucester ; in lieu of which he gave the manor and advowson of Yatton , and the manor ...
... second year of his reign restored all Harold's estates to the church of Wells , except some small parcels which had been conveyed to the monastery of Gloucester ; in lieu of which he gave the manor and advowson of Yatton , and the manor ...
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... second wife , Adeliza of Löwen , with whom he had doubtless come into England . ( 1 ) He is described as being of noble birth , mild , and pious , but perhaps mere mildness was not the virtue which was most needed in those days . All ...
... second wife , Adeliza of Löwen , with whom he had doubtless come into England . ( 1 ) He is described as being of noble birth , mild , and pious , but perhaps mere mildness was not the virtue which was most needed in those days . All ...
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... second in rank , the Precentor . To his lot falls the immediate management of the cathedral services ; he is , as Bishop Godwin says , " the Precentor to govern the choir . " ( 14 ) Here is work , full and worthy work , for an ...
... second in rank , the Precentor . To his lot falls the immediate management of the cathedral services ; he is , as Bishop Godwin says , " the Precentor to govern the choir . " ( 14 ) Here is work , full and worthy work , for an ...
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... Second they brought an action to recover the lands which had been restored to the Church by their uncle Reginald . It is said in a marked way that this hap- pened after the death of Stephen and the accession of Henry . This looks ...
... Second they brought an action to recover the lands which had been restored to the Church by their uncle Reginald . It is said in a marked way that this hap- pened after the death of Stephen and the accession of Henry . This looks ...
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Abbey Abbot ancient Anglia Sacra apse arches architectural bays Bishop of Bath Bishop Robert Bishoprick body building built called capitular cathedral cathedral church central tower century changes Chapter Chapter-house choir church of Saint clergy cloister College corporation Crown 8vo Dean Deanery diocese distinct Duduc duties eastern limb ecclesiæ ecclesiastical Edward election England English episcopate estates Exeter Extra fcap fabric Fcap finished Gisa Gisa's Glastonbury Godwin Henry Hereford high altar Historiola Jocelin John of Tours King Lady chapel land lectures Lichfield Llandaff look minster monastery Monasticon monks nave non-residentiary Canons offices Old Foundation palace POEMS Pope Prebendaries prebends Precentor presbytery present priests Professor Willis Ralph of Shrewsbury reign residence Residentiaries Robert Burnell Romanesque Saint Andrew Saint David's Salisbury secular canons Somersetshire style suppressed thing transept Translated vault Vicars west front western towers whole William William of Malmesbury Winchester
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