_Offa_, King of the Mercians, founds the Church of Bath, 36. _Old Foundation_, Cathedral Churches of, meaning of the name, 53; closer connexion of the Bishops with, 54; general likeness of their constitutions, 66, 85. _Old Saint Paul's Cathedral_, loss of the spire at, 129; minor canons of, 140. _Old Sarum_, see Salisbury. _Organist's House_, foundation of, 182; neglect and ruin of, 184. _Osbern_, his life of Saint Dunstan, quoted, 164. _Ottery Saint Mary_, spire of lead remaining at, 129. _Oxford_, position of the Cathedral, 2; foundation of the Bishoprick, 53. P. _Pagan_, origin of the name, 11. _Palk, Sir Lawrence_, his championship of Wells against Evesham, 163. _Pakington, Sir John_, compared with Saint Dunstan, 5, 163. _Parker, Mr._, house restored by, 68; quoted, 129, 183. _Payne of Pembridge_, claims the Provost's estate, 60. _Perpendicular style_, its characteristics in Somersetshire, 121, 122. _Pershore Abbey_, apse of, 130. _Peterborough Cathedral_, the west front an addition, 76; its perfection, 125. _Petty Canons_ distinguished from Priest-Vicars, 140. _Pluralities_, early instances of, 44; causes of, in the Middle Ages, 5-8. _Pole, Reginald_, holds two Deaneries as layman, 148. _Pope, John_, Prebendary, executor of Bishop Beckington, his works, 138. _Prebendaries_, become corporations sole, 65; their exempt jurisdictions, _ib._ _Prebends_, origin of, 50, 168; meaning of the name, 51; their position, 52; refounded by Elizabeth, 187. _Precentor_, foundation of the office, 50, 168; its duties, 56. _Priest-Vicar_, title of, 139. _Provost_, origin of the office, 33; becomes hereditary, 39, 166; suppression of the office, 150. _Purton Church_, Wiltshire, arrangement of tower at, 182. R. _Ralph of Shrewsbury_, importance of his episcopate, 108; his place of burial, 113; his connexion with the eastern reconstruction, 114; fortifies the palace, 137; founds the College of Vicars, 137, 182; portions of his work remaining, 138; treatment of his tomb, 177. _Ramsbury_, poverty of the church of, 31. _Reformation_, the, its real character in England, 145, 146. _Reginald_, son of Hildebert, restores the canons' lands, 49; appointed precentor, 60, 167; withstands the claims of his nephews, 6. _Reginald_, Bishop, founds new prebends, 70. _Regular Clergy_, their distinction from the seculars, 20. _Residence_, Jocelin's regulations as to, 90; devices to hinder, 91.