I neglect temporary changes, such as that of John at Beverley, Birinus at Dorchester, etc., and confine myself to the settled and usual location of the sees, and what appears to have been the established order of their precedence. One of the most solemn ecclesiastical acts on record, namely that of archbishop Æðelheard’s synod at Clofeshoo, in 803, by which the integrity of the see of Canterbury was restored, was signed by the following prelates in the order in which they stand, and which usually prevails in the rest of the charters:— 1. Æðelheard, archbishop of Canterbury. 2. Aldwulf, bishop of Lichfield. 3. Werenberht, bishop of Leicester. 4. Eádwulf, bishop of Sidnacester (Lincoln). 5. Deneberht, bishop of Worcester. 6. Wulfheard, bishop of Hereford. 7. Wigberht, bishop of Sherborne. 8. Ealhmund, bishop of Winchester. 9. Alhheard, bishop of Elmham. 10. Tidfrið, bishop of Dunwich. 11. Osmund, bishop of London. 12. Wermund, bishop of Rochester. 13. Wihthun, bishop of Selsey.—Cod. Dipl. No. 1024. The archbishop of York, and his suffragans, it appears, did not care to attend a synod which restored his rival of Canterbury to a predominant authority in England. ----- Thus, inclusive of Canterbury and York, there were seventeen sees. At a later period some of these perished altogether, as Lindisfarn, Hexham, Whiterne and Dummoc; while others were formed, as Durham for Northumberland, Dorchester for Lincoln; and in Wessex, Ramsbury (Hræfnesbyrig, Ecclesia Corvinensis) for Wilts, Wells for Somerset, Crediton for Devonshire, and during some time, St. Petroc’s or Padstow for Cornwall.