E-text prepared by Louise Pryor and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team (https://www.pgdp.net) Note: Project Gutenberg also has an HTML version of this file which includes the original illustration. See 26065-h.htm or 26065-h.zip: (https://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/2/6/0/6/26065/26065-h/26065-h.htm) or (https://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/2/6/0/6/26065/26065-h.zip) Transcriber's note: Some of the spellings and hyphenations in the original are unusual; they have not been changed. A few obvious typographical errors have been corrected, and they and other possible errors are listed at the end of this e-text. HUGH, BISHOP OF LINCOLN London : Edward Arnold : 1901 HUGH BISHOP OF LINCOLN A SHORT STORY OF ONE OF THE MAKERS OF MEDIAEVAL ENGLAND by CHARLES L. MARSON Curate of Hambridge Author of "The Psalms at Work," Etc. Tua me, genitor, tua tristis imago Saepius occurens, haec limina tendere adegit. Stant sale Tyrrheno classes. Da jungere dextram Da, genitor; teque amplexu ne subtrahe nostro. AEN. VI. 695. London Edward Arnold 37, Bedford Street, Strand 1901 CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE INTRODUCTION vii I. THE BOY HUGH 1 II. BROTHER HUGH 12 III. PRIOR HUGH 26 IV. THE BISHOP ELECT AND CONSECRATE 42 V. THE BISHOP AT WORK 60 VI. IN TROUBLES 78 VII. AND DISPUTES 94 VIII. THE BUILDER 111 IX. UNDER KING JOHN 128 X. HOMEWARD BOUND 143 INTRODUCTION In a short biography the reader must expect short statements, rather than detailed arguments, and in a popular tale he will not look for embattled lists of authorities. But if he can be stirred up to search further into the matter for himself, he will find a list of authorities ancient and modern come not unacceptable to begin upon.