Lincoln cathedral . e with a vehemence that made Rome herself tremble and hesitate to opposeso fierce a foe. His administration of the diocese, though perhaps not tempered withthe gentle spirit of St. Hugh, was fearlessly just, and anticipated in many particularsthe work of the later reformers. Oxford being within the jurisdiction of the bishops, their connexion with theUniversity was naturally intimate. Many held the office of Chancellor, and RichardFleming (1420—31) drew the tie still closer by the foundation in 1427 of LincolnCollege to combat the growing Lollard heresy. Thomas Rotheram (14
Lincoln cathedral . e with a vehemence that made Rome herself tremble and hesitate to opposeso fierce a foe. His administration of the diocese, though perhaps not tempered withthe gentle spirit of St. Hugh, was fearlessly just, and anticipated in many particularsthe work of the later reformers. Oxford being within the jurisdiction of the bishops, their connexion with theUniversity was naturally intimate. Many held the office of Chancellor, and RichardFleming (1420—31) drew the tie still closer by the foundation in 1427 of LincolnCollege to combat the growing Lollard heresy. Thomas Rotheram (1472—80) refoundedthe college, and William Smith (1495—1514) is remembered as a benefadlor of Orieland Lincoln, and joint-founder of Brasenose College. In modern times the great work of Christopher Wordsworth (1869—85), doneat a time when the quickened life of the people was making demands that it neededall the resources of the Church to meet, worthily maintained the noble traditions of hisfamous (259) From the South-West /^ENTURIES before Remigius chose the steep hill of Lincolnfor the site of his new cathedral the strategic value of theplace had been realized, and the Roman Newport gate remains asilent witness of the importance of Lindum Colonia. Where oncethis flourishing city stood are now the cathedral and castle of theNorman builders, the former in its original condition probably verylike its martial neighbour, for Stephen twice garrisoned it during hisattempts to wrest the castle from Matilda. The Minster Yard, as the Close is called, is entered throughthe Exchequer Gate, the finest remaining part of the defenceserected by the canons during the fourteenth century. Architecturalcriticisn; though it has pointed out its many faults with ceaselessiteration, is forced to acknowledge the impressive grandeur of thewest front. In the middle are the five simple arches built byRemigius, three of them enriched with Transitional Norman door-ways : on either side
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