Peace's Orkney almanac and county directory . f AEL EOGN-gJp VALD,who had also thedistinction of be-ing sainted for hisfaithful perform-ance of a piousvow, establisheda hierarchy aswell as foundeda church. Previ-ous to this periodthere had beentitular Bishops ofOrkney, nominat-ed, it is supposed,by the Archbish-ops of York, butthe building ofthe cathedral gavenew importance tothe islands as apapal province,and in the year1136 William be-came, by Eomish consecration, Primus Episcopiis Orcadum. Thisprelate had a seat in the Council of Freemen, and it was probablyduring his tenure of the prelatic
Peace's Orkney almanac and county directory . f AEL EOGN-gJp VALD,who had also thedistinction of be-ing sainted for hisfaithful perform-ance of a piousvow, establisheda hierarchy aswell as foundeda church. Previ-ous to this periodthere had beentitular Bishops ofOrkney, nominat-ed, it is supposed,by the Archbish-ops of York, butthe building ofthe cathedral gavenew importance tothe islands as apapal province,and in the year1136 William be-came, by Eomish consecration, Primus Episcopiis Orcadum. Thisprelate had a seat in the Council of Freemen, and it was probablyduring his tenure of the prelatic dignity that the Odallers werefirst compelled to submit to the imposition of tiends. In accordancewith ecclesiastical custom, the splendour of the hierarchy required Bishops Palace, Kirkwall. to be maintained in harmony with the magnificence of the stately Mag-nus Kirk. From the extensive ruins of the Bishops Palace adjoiningthe cathedral, some impression may be gathered of the great pomp inwhich the old prelates lived, and the heavy burden
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