_Bishops_, their relations to their cathedral churches, 10, 11, 45; difference between their position in England and elsewhere, 12; their ancient territorial style, 12; how appointed in early times, 25; Norman and French Bishops after the Conquest, 35; number of, increased by Henry the Eighth, 53; their greater power in the old cathedrals, 54; plunder of, under Edward the Sixth and Elizabeth, 149. _Bishopricks_ moved from small towns to larger, 35, 166. _Bishopstool_, meaning of the word, 12. _Boniface the Ninth_, Pope, his bull about entertainments, 175. _Bourges Cathedral_, absence of transepts in, 116. _Bourne, Gilbert_, Bishop, recovers the lands of the see, 149. _Bridgewater_, more modern than the other Somersetshire towns, 14. _Bristol_, Church of St. Mary Redcliff, internal effect of height in, 133. _Bristol_, position of the Cathedral, 2; harmless stoves at, 189. _Brunswick_, sham fronts in the churches of, 181. _Bubwith, Nicholas_, Bishop, his share in building the north-west tower, 122; his gift of the Guild-hall to the citizens, 123; his buildings in the cloister, _ib._ _Bury Saint Edmund's_, its municipal history compared with Wells, 184. C. _Canon_, title of, not to be confined to the Residentiaries, 50; meaning of the name, 51. _Canons_, honorary, unknown in the old foundations, 140. _Canons_, non-residence of, 89; their share in the daily distribution, 174; their three sources of income, ib. _Canons_, residentiary and non-residentiary, origin of the difference, 85 et seqq. _Canterbury Cathedral_, propping of the central tower at, 119; its double apse, 182. _Carlisle Cathedral_ compared with Wells, 134, 135. _Carol_, see Karole. _Cathedral Churches_, their clergy sometimes regular, sometimes secular, 21; distinction of old and new foundations, 53; foundations under Henry the Eighth, _ib._; held to be the freehold of the Chapter or Convent, 64; urgent need of their reform, 160. _Cathedral_, meaning of the word, 8-10. _Century_, thirteenth, its special historical importance, 103; fourteenth, character of its architecture, 111, 113. _Chancellor of the Church_, foundation of the office, 50, 168; its duties, 57. _Chancellor of the Diocese_, distinguished from Chancellor of the Church, 57. _Chantries_, suppression of, 149. _Chantry Priests_, incorporated by Bishop Erghum, 141, 142, 183; suppressed, 142, 150. _Chapter-house_, different character of, in regular and secular churches, 96; building of that, at Wells, 96-98, 176; polygonal type of, 97; style and date of, at Wells, 98; examples of the polygonal shape, 176; of the oblong shape, _ib._ _Chapters_, origin of, 21; their relation to their Bishops, 45; their increased independence of the Bishops, 63, 64; need of their reform on the old basis, 189.