History of the Cathedral Church of Wells: As Illustrating the History of the Cathedral Churches of the Old FoundationFreeman, Edward A. (Edward Augustus)
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History of the Cathedral Church of Wells: As Illustrating the History of the Cathedral Churches of the Old Foundation
Freeman, Edward A. (Edward Augustus)
Wells Cathedral
_Gervase_, historian of Canterbury, quoted, 172.
_Gisa_, Bishop of Somersetshire, his quarrel with Earl
Harold, 27-29, 165;
his birth in Lorraine, 30;
increases the revenues of his church, 31;
makes his canons follow the rule of Chrodegang, 31-33;
his buildings, 33.
_Gisa_, his gifts to the canons, 33;
his death and burial, 34;
his account of the Old-English church, 67.
_Glastonbury_, its whole history gathers round the Abbey, 3;
permanence of the British Monastery at, 18;
its original wooden church, 19, 164;
stone church of Dunstan, 24;
annexed to Bath by Savaric, 70, 71;
formed part of the style of the Bishops, 70, 71;
again separated from Bath and Wells, 71;
surrenders estates to Jocelin, 71;
style of the Early Gothic of the Abbey, 75;
cloister of wood, 84;
goodness of the stone at, 135;
suppression of the Monastery, 147;
destroyed by Edward, Duke of Somerset, 149;
relation of the Bishops to, 171;
antiquity of the foundation, 177;
central tower propped as at Wells, 178.
_Gloucester Abbey_, vault in, built by the Monks' own hands, 81, 172;
west front of, 125.
_Gloucester and Bristol_, joint Bishoprick of, 46.
_Godele, John_, Dean, his share in repairing the choir, 180.
_Godfrey_, Bishop of Bath, his birth in Lower Lorraine, 43;
his character, _ib._;
he tries to recover the canons' lands, _ib._
_Godwin, Bishop_, his catalogue of Bishops quoted. 28, 56-57, 113-134.
_Gower, Bishop_, his works at Saint David's, 179.
_Green, Mr. J. R._, quoted, 165, 170, 184.
_Grey of Wark_, Lord, preserves Wells Cathedral in Monmouth's
rebellion, 4.
_Grosmont_, Monmouthshire, state of the church at, 8.
_Gunthorpe, John_, Dean, builds the Deanery, 142, 183.
_Gwent_, meaning of the name, 17, 164.
H.
_Haddan, Mr. A. W._, quoted, 173.
_Hadrian the Fourth_, Pope, his dispute with the Emperor Frederick, 169.
_Harewell, John_, Bishop, his share in building the South-west
Tower, 122.
_Harold_, Earl, his quarrel with Bishop Gisa, 27, 29, 165;
his writ as King to Gisa, 165;
Gisa's view of his death, _ib._
_Henry the First_, his charters to John de Villulâ, 36, 37;
his opposition to Bishop Godfrey, 43.
_Henry the Third_, character of his reign, 105;
promotes the illegal election of Bishop Roger, 106;
his grant to the Church of Wells, 172.
_Henry the Fifth_, suppression of monasteries under, 147.
_Henry the Eighth_, character of his reign, 145-147;
suppression of monasteries under, 147;
enforces the payments of Residentiaries, 175.
_Henry of Blois_, Bishop of Winchester, holds the Abbey of Glastonbury
with the Bishoprick, 44;
helps Bishop Robert in his reforms at Wells, 52.
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