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
_Hereford Cathedral_, loss of the spire at, 129;
character of the east end, 130;
loss of the western tower, 131;
position of the Vicars and Minor Canons at, 140, 141;
present good arrangement of, 158;
choir screen at, 159;
its arrangement of towers, 182.
_Hermann_, Bishop, joins the sees of Sherborne and Ramsbury, and removes
the see to Old Sarum, 31, 165.
_Hildebert_, Provost, embezzles the property of the canons, 39, 166.
_Historiola_ de Primordiis Episcopatûs Somersetensis, quoted, 28, 47.
_Honorary Canons_, proposed extension of their rights in the new
foundations, 189.
_Howden Collegiate Church_, octagonal Chapter-house at, 176.
_Hugh_, Bishop of Chester, substitutes canons for monks at Coventry, 173.
I.
_Ilminster_, lost prebend of, 174.
_Ine_, his victories over the Welsh, 14;
founds Taunton, _ib._;
probably founds the
church of Wells as collegiate, 15;
defeats Gerent of Cornwall, 164;
founds Taunton, _ib._;
his laws, _ib._
_Innocent the Fourth_, Pope, corruptly confirms the election of
Bishop Roger, 106.
_Installation_ of Canons, 188.
_Isaac_, Provost of Wells, 33, 166.
J.
_Jenkyns_, Dean, his doings in the Cathedral, 189.
_Jocelin of Wells_, his episcopate, 70;
his style during the union with Glastonbury, 71;
his compromise with Glastonbury, _ib._;
his works at Wells, _ib._;
his banishment, 72;
his special connexion with the church and city, _ib._;
first founder of the Vicars, 72, 84;
extent of his building, 74-76;
his domestic works at Wells and Wookey, 76;
consecrates the church, 77, 174;
character of his works, 78;
how far the designer of the church, 81;
probable nature of his relations to it, _ib._;
increases the dignities and prebends, 84;
his statute of residence, 90, 174;
his position among the Bishops of Wells, 104, 177;
destruction of his tomb, _ib._
_John de Villulâ_, first French Bishop of Somersetshire, 35;
buys the town of Bath and removes the see thither, 36, 37, 166;
his government and buildings at Bath, 37, 166;
his oppression of the Canons of Wells, 37, 38;
builds himself a house at Wells, _ib._, 166.
_John, Provost and Archdeacon_, his dealings with the canons, 39, 166;
his repentance, 49.
K.
_Karole_, meaning of the word, 172.
_King, Oliver_, Bishop, his works at Bath, 48.
L.
_Lady_, proper title of a West-Saxon King's wife, 31.
_Lady Chapel_, character of, at Wells, 109;
date of, 179.
_Lady Chapel_ in the cloister, 83.
_Leases_ for three lives, early cases of, 61.
_Lee, Roland_, Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield, tries to save the Church
of Coventry, 64, 170.
_Le Mans_, Cathedral of, 69;
its date, 100.
_Leofric_, Bishop, his changes in the Church of Exeter, 33;
moves the see of Crediton thither, 35.
_Letter missive_, see Congé d'élire.
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