The Cathedral Church of Peterborough: A Description Of Its Fabric And A Brief History Of The Episcopal SeeSweeting, W. D. (Walter Debenham)
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The Cathedral Church of Peterborough: A Description Of Its Fabric And A Brief History Of The Episcopal See
Sweeting, W. D. (Walter Debenham)
Peterborough Cathedral
=Thomas Dove= (1600-1630) was Dean of Norwich. He was[36] "a lover of
hospitality, keeping a very free house, and having always a numerous
family, yet was so careful of posterity that he left a fair estate to
his heirs." He was buried in the north transept. "Over his body was
erected a very comely monument of long quadrangular form, having four
corner pilasters supporting a fair table of black marble, and, within,
the pourtraiture of the bishop lying in his Episcopal habit." This was
destroyed in 1643. There was a long Latin inscription in prose and
verse, and among the verses these occur:--
"Hoc addam: Hie illa est senio argentata Columba
Davidis, coelos hinc petit ille suos."
This monument was erected by the bishop's eldest son, Sir William Dove,
Kt., of Upton.
=William Peirse= (1630-1632) was promoted from the Deanery. He only
remained here as bishop two years, when he was translated to Bath and
Wells. "A man of excellent parts, both in divinity and knowledge of the
laws: very vigilant and active he was for the good both of the
ecclesiastical and civil state." He was silenced during the civil war,
but restored in 1660. On his tombstone, at Walthamstow, it is said
"_Templum Cathedrale Wellense reparavit, Episcopale Palatium
exædificavit, coelis maturus terris valedixit an. æt._ 94 _salut_.
1670."
=Augustine Lindsell= (1632-1634) was Dean of Lichfield. He was
translated to Hereford after being bishop here two years, but died
within a few months.
=Francis Dee= (1634-1638) was Dean of Chichester. "He was a man of very
pious life and affable behaviour." He founded scholarships and
fellowships at S. John's College, Cambridge, of which he had been
Fellow, for boys from the King's School, Peterborough, of his name or
kindred. In 1637 Archbishop Laud reported to the King that "My Lord of
Peterborough hath taken a great deal of pains and brought his diocese
into very good order." He left by will £100 to the repairs of the
Cathedral, and the same amount to the repairs of S. Paul's. He was
buried in the choir, near the throne.
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