_Wells_, peculiar character of its history, 1-4, 143; its interest purely ecclesiastical, 3; relations of the city to the Bishops, _ib._; parliamentary rivalry of Wells and Evesham, 4, 163; general effect of its buildings, 5, 6; the oldest seat of the Somersetshire Bishoprick, 11; why chosen as such, 14; contrast with Glastonbury, 19; origin of the name, 19; preservation of ancient buildings at, 22, 136; destruction of ditto, 23, 142, 143; never a walled town, 36; position of, under John de Villulâ, 37; grant of municipal rights by Bishop Robert, 40; analogy of its history with that of England, 101-104; practically restored to its old position, 106; gift of the Guildhall by Bishop Bubwith, 123; grant of municipal rights by Bishop Robert, 170; interest of its municipal history, 184. _Wells, Saint Cuthbert's Church_, its peculiar constitution, 4; disproportion of its nave and choir, 80. _Wells, Saint John's Priory_ not a monastery, 150; its suppression, _ib._ _Welsh_, their position in Somersetshire, 17. _Westminster_, history of the Church of, 53, 170; Norman Church of, the great model in the twelfth century, 69, 170; octagonal Chapter-house at, 176. _West-Saxons_, their conversion to Christianity, 13; their first Bishoprick, _ib._ _Whitchurch Church_, style of, 75. _White Tower_, roof of the chapel in, 179. _Whiting, Richard_, Abbot of Glastonbury, his martyrdom, 61; its cause, 147, 185. _William_, Abbot of Saint Alban's, his works, 171. _William Button the First_, Bishop, his nepotism, 107; consecrated at Rome, 171. _William Button the Second_, Bishop, his holiness, 107; alleged miracles in his tomb, _ib._ _William Fitz-Stephen_, quoted, 173. _William of Malmesbury_, quoted, 35; his account of the Church of Westminster, 170. _William of March_, Bishop, alleged miracles at his tomb, 109; oblations at his tomb, 171. _William of Sens_, architect of Canterbury Cathedral, 172. _William of Wykeham_, designs the nave of Winchester, 81. _William the Conqueror_, his grants to Gisa, 31. _William the Englishman_, architect of Canterbury Cathedral, 172. _William Rufus_, grants the Abbey of Bath to John de Villulâ, 36; sells the town to him, _ib._ _Willis, Professor_, his lectures on Wells Cathedral, 72, 73; his opinion of the date of the west front, 76; of the Chapter-house, 98, 176; of the Lady chapel, 110, 179; his remarks on central towers, 118, 180; his account of the choir, 113; of Glastonbury, 164. _Wimborne Minster_, grouping of towers at, 131, 182. _Winchester Cathedral_, nave of, designed by William of Wykeham, 81; west front of, 125; arrangement of the Lady chapel, 129. _Winchester_, foundation of the Bishoprick, 13, 163; division of the diocese, _ib._