. Cathedrals, abbeys and churches of England and Wales, descriptive, historical, pictorial . back to the cathedral. The bodies of many other Norman knights werelaid to rest in the chapter-house. There are inscriptions in the arcades to RogerFitz-Milo, Earl of Hereford, Richard Strongbowe Fitz-Gilbert, Earl of Pembroke,Walter de Lacy, Sir Philip de Foye, Bernard Newmarch, Pagan de Cadurcis, andAdam de Cadurcis, all of whom were patrons of the abbey. In 1168 a Christian boy, named Harold, was murdered by Jews at Gloucester. 212 CATHEDRAL CHURCHES. [Gloucebtbh This was followed by the burial of t
. Cathedrals, abbeys and churches of England and Wales, descriptive, historical, pictorial . back to the cathedral. The bodies of many other Norman knights werelaid to rest in the chapter-house. There are inscriptions in the arcades to RogerFitz-Milo, Earl of Hereford, Richard Strongbowe Fitz-Gilbert, Earl of Pembroke,Walter de Lacy, Sir Philip de Foye, Bernard Newmarch, Pagan de Cadurcis, andAdam de Cadurcis, all of whom were patrons of the abbey. In 1168 a Christian boy, named Harold, was murdered by Jews at Gloucester. 212 CATHEDRAL CHURCHES. [Gloucebtbh This was followed by the burial of the martyr, as they called him, in the crypt of the church, and the performance of miracles at his grave. On October 28tli, 1216, the young sovereign, Henry III., was crowned in the choir of St. Peters by the Bishopsof Winchester, Bath, Worcester, andExeter. Six years after this coronationthe building of the great centraltower was commenced, and the workwas completed in 1239, when theabbey church was re-dedicated byWalter de Cantilupe, the patriot Bishopof Worcester. No trace of the Early. SHUINE OF EDWAKD II English tower re-mains—in fact littlework of this periodis to be found in thecathedral. The vault-ing of the nave, com-pleted by the monksin 1242 with theirown hands, the reli-quary, if it be one,in the north transept,
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