Wessex . •»! mi !»{ h*- ff- [^ K. Wells at the Conquest towers, which are seen across the well-kept lawnbordered with its trees and environed by its deaneryon the north and the beautiful chapter-house andchain gate on the east. Although the close is inferiorto that of several other cathedrals, it is one of singularcharm and beauty, and about its precincts is that peace-ful tranquillity into which any discordant sounds ofthe town itself seldom seem to intrude. The founder of the first ecclesiastical college of secularcanons was King Ina, in 704, and this was endowedby succeeding kings of Wessex
Wessex . •»! mi !»{ h*- ff- [^ K. Wells at the Conquest towers, which are seen across the well-kept lawnbordered with its trees and environed by its deaneryon the north and the beautiful chapter-house andchain gate on the east. Although the close is inferiorto that of several other cathedrals, it is one of singularcharm and beauty, and about its precincts is that peace-ful tranquillity into which any discordant sounds ofthe town itself seldom seem to intrude. The founder of the first ecclesiastical college of secularcanons was King Ina, in 704, and this was endowedby succeeding kings of Wessex with additional privi-leges, until the religious foundation here establishedbecame so important that it was selected by Edwardthe Elder as the seat of a bishopric. The first bishopwas Athelm, formerly Abbot of Glastonbury and after-wards Archbishop of Canterbury in 914. The see of Wells at first underwent some consider-able vicissitudes of fortune, and is said to have beenseized by Harold during Edward the Confessors life-time,
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