. Cathedrals, abbeys and churches of England and Wales, descriptive, historical, pictorial . EXETER. The monastic church of the Benedictines, dedicated to St. Maryand St. Peter, served for the episcopal seat of Lcofric, the firstBishop of Exeter, on that prelates translation from Crediton, by^ King Edward the Confessor, in 10<50, and continued to be the^o^«Ti)JS cathedral church until the reign of King Henry I. in 1112. ThisSaxon cathedral seated two bishops—namely, Leofric and Osbern;the latter, dying in 1102, was succeeded by William Warclwast, a nephewof William the Conqueror, after a la
. Cathedrals, abbeys and churches of England and Wales, descriptive, historical, pictorial . EXETER. The monastic church of the Benedictines, dedicated to St. Maryand St. Peter, served for the episcopal seat of Lcofric, the firstBishop of Exeter, on that prelates translation from Crediton, by^ King Edward the Confessor, in 10<50, and continued to be the^o^«Ti)JS cathedral church until the reign of King Henry I. in 1112. ThisSaxon cathedral seated two bishops—namely, Leofric and Osbern;the latter, dying in 1102, was succeeded by William Warclwast, a nephewof William the Conqueror, after a lapse of years, occasioned by disputesbetween the Church and Crown concerning investitures. ^ The clironiconof the Church of Exeter assigns to him (Warelwast) the honour of rebuild-ing the cathedral. Of that structure we have remaining the north and southtowers, forming the transepts of the present church, and some traces in theChapels of St. Andrew and St. James, and in the south-east door leadinginto the cloisters.* This cathedral, commenced by Warelwast in 1112, andcompleted by Bisho
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