de Nova Villa; Or, the House of Nevill in Sunshine and Shade. Or, the House of Nevill in Sunshine and Shade (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos or missing text. Not indexed. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1885. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... "Out of monuments, names, words, proverbs, traditions, private records, and evidences, fragments of stories, passages of books, and the like, we do save and recover somewhat from the deluge of time."--Lord Bacon. "Old moniments which of so famous sprights The honour yet in ashes do maintain."--Spenser. Ruins of Rome. Canterbury Cathedral.--In the north transept are the arms of Anne Nevill, daughter of the first Earl of Westmoreland, and also the arms of the Kingmaker, and those arms of Cicely Nevill, Duchess of York, and George Nevill (the son of Montague), who was created Duke of Bedford. On the monument of Henry IV. the arms of Nevill and Despencer are visible, and in various parts of the Cathedral are the arms of Beauchamp and Bergavenny. Ch1chester Cathedral.--Ralph Nevill, elected bishop in 1222, is said to have designed and commenced the spire of this cathedral, which was far from being completed at the time of his death in 1244. The plan of the presbytery was also prepared by him about the year 1230, and was adopted in his time, and continued with the addition of the Lady Chapel by Bishop St. Leofard. The chapter house, a small square room, the arched roof and windows of which plainly indicate that it was built about the beginning or towards the middle of the thirteenth century, is probably the work of Bishop Nevill, by whom the dean and chapter were first established. He greatly improved the revenues of the see, and built the episcopal residence in London, the site of which is now occupied by Lincoln's Inn.--Vide Winkles Cathedral Churches. "Ralph Nevill, Bishop of Chichester, received the great seal in 1226, by the advice and consent of the great council of the nation; and he refused to surrender it to the king, except at the express command of th...