_Saint David's_, constitution of the Residentiary body at, 93; absence of a Dean at, 169; history of, compared with Wells, 176; works of Bishop Gower at, 178. _Saint Quentin_ Collegiate Church, its great height, 116. _Salisbury_, analogy of its history with that of Wells, 3; origin of the Bishoprick, 31; style of, 75; the spire constructively a mistake, 118; mode of propping, 119; unreality of the west front of, 125, 128; its doorways compared with Wells, 127; octagonal Chapter-house at, 176. _Savaric_, Bishop, attaches prebends to two abbeys, 68; unites the church of Glastonbury to the see of Bath, 70, 78. _Saxon_, meaning of the name, 26. _Screens, close_, an abuse in secular churches, 157. _Screens, open_, their good effect at Lichfield and Hereford, 159. _Secular Clergy_, their distinction from the regulars, 20. _Serel, Mr._, quoted, 170, 175, 177. _Sham Fronts_ common in France and Germany, 181. _Sherborne_, foundation of the Bishoprick, 13; division of the diocese, _ib._; see removed to Old Sarum, 31; Ealdhelm, first Bishop of, 164. _Shrewsbury Abbey_, arrangement of towers at, 182. _Sinecure_, meaning of the word, 55. _Slymbridge Church_, Gloucestershire, style of, 75. _Somerset, Edward_, Duke of, appropriates the lands of Wells and Glastonbury, 149. _Somersetshire_, mainly Welsh in 597, 13; lack of any central town, _ib._; picture of, in the time of Ine, 16, 17; gradually becomes English, 18; local architecture of, 48; Early Gothic style of, resembles French work, 75; characteristics of the Perpendicular style in, 121, 122. _Southwell_, Chapter-house at, 97; changes in the west front at, 128; loss of spires at, 129; form of the east end, 130; compared with Wells, 131; no President of the Chapter at, 176. _South Wales_, likeness of its Early Gothic to that of Somersetshire, 75. _Spires_, often covered with lead, 129. _Stalls_, each canon makes his own, 113; wrong arrangement at Wells, 153. _Stephen_, King, helps Bishop Robert at Wells, 52, 168. _Stillington, Robert_, Bishop, rebuilds the Lady chapel in the cloister, 144; destruction of his tomb, _ib._ _Stoke Courcy Priory_, suppression of, 185. _Stoke-sub-Hamdon College_, suppressed, 186. _Stone_, early use of, in building, 23. _Stoves_, intrusion of, at Wells, 153. _Sub-Chanter_, foundation of the office, 50, 57; its suppression, 150, 168. _Sub-Dean_, foundation of the office, 50, 57, 168; its property and jurisdiction, 65, 168. _Sugar, Hugh_, Treasurer, executor of Bishop Beckington, his works, 138. _Sumorsætas_, give their name to Somersetshire, 12; obtain a Bishop of their own, 13. _Supremacy, Royal_, accepted by both regular and secular clergy, 146. _Swan Inn_ laid open to the Cathedral, 143.