_Wells, Chapter of_, its original foundation, 14, 15; older than the Bishoprick, 15; original number of the canons, 24, 39; increased by Gisa, 31; their original manner of living, _ib._; compelled to live together by Gisa, 32, 33; their first property distinct from the Bishop, 33; oppression of, by Bishop John, 38; embezzlement of their property by the Provosts, 39; breaking up of Gisa's discipline, 40; settlement of the controversy with Bath, 45; becomes the sole Chapter under Henry the Eighth, 46, 148; property restored by Reginald, 49; new constitution of under Bishop Robert, 49-52; nature and use of the different offices in, 54; increase in the number of canons, 57; connexion with the Bishoprick weakened through Robert's changes, 62-64, 173; part played by in the dispute with Glastonbury, 71; its constitution fixed by Jocelin, 72; distribution of its revenues, 90, 174; regulations as to residence, 90, 174, 176; origin and number of residentiaries, 92; their mode of appointment, _ib._; rules as to their residence, 94; grants of Bishop Roger to, 106; untouched by the suppression of monasteries, 148; lands lost by and recovered by Bishop Bourne, 150; charter of Queen Elizabeth to, 151, 186; its effect on the relations of the two classes of canons, 151, 152, 187; its rules as to residence, 176, 187; its new foundation of the Chapter, 186; held to consist only of the Dean and Residentiaries, 106, 188; inconsistency of the new system, 188.