. Cathedrals, abbeys and churches of England and Wales, descriptive, historical, pictorial . h offices. No attempt is made to enumeratethem in the present limited space, but they include Robert of Gloucester, theChronicler, prebendary in 1291 ; Nicholas of Hereford, chancellor in 1377—aremarkable man, leader of the Lollards at Oxford; Polidore Vergil, prebendaryin 1507—a celebrated literary man, author of a most popular history; CardinalWolsey, prebendary in 1510; Miles Smith, prebendary in 1580, promoted to thesee of Gloucester—a very learned man, one of the translators of the authorisedBible
. Cathedrals, abbeys and churches of England and Wales, descriptive, historical, pictorial . h offices. No attempt is made to enumeratethem in the present limited space, but they include Robert of Gloucester, theChronicler, prebendary in 1291 ; Nicholas of Hereford, chancellor in 1377—aremarkable man, leader of the Lollards at Oxford; Polidore Vergil, prebendaryin 1507—a celebrated literary man, author of a most popular history; CardinalWolsey, prebendary in 1510; Miles Smith, prebendary in 1580, promoted to thesee of Gloucester—a very learned man, one of the translators of the authorisedBible, 1611; and Dr. R. D. Hampden, who was bishop of the see 1848—68. The library, it should be added, placed in a room adjoining the northtransept, contains many old books in MS. chained to their places. Some ofthem are fine specimens of ancient handwriting, and contain beautiful illustra-tions in gold and colour. Among these one of the most valuable is a uniquecopy of the ancient Hereford antiphonary of the thirteenth century, in goodpreservation. Francis T. Havergal. fi^frMi^m0\Sf. THE ANCIENT EPISCOPAL CHAIR.
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