Winkles's Architectural and Picturesque Illustrations of the Cathedral Churches of England and Wales; Lichfield Cathedral. Gloucester Cathedral. Heref (English, French, Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1842 edition. Excerpt: ... of the origin of this see, and the description of its magnificent cathedral, that very little remains for the notice of the more eminent bishops. Of the earlier ones, and especially of St. Cuth bert, it was necessary to give some account in tracing the history of the see. Richard Poor, the famous architect of Salisbury Cathedral, was translated from that See to this, and held it from 1228 to 1237, when he died. From some similarity in its style, he is supposed to have been the author of the design, if not the builder of the chapel of the Nine Altars. Richard Kellow, elected in 1311, is said to have carried with him, to the Palatine throne, the piety and humility of the cloister. His public conduct was marked by a steady sense of duty: inflexible in the distribution of justice, his meanest vassal shared his equal protection. Neither wealth nor rank could screen a criminal from punishment; and the proudest baron of the bishoprick was once obliged to submit to the public penance imposed by a humble ecclesiastic, who, without forgetting the duties of his station, retained all the simplicity of his former habits. Richard Fox, elected in 1494, and translated to Winchester in 1501, was the founder of Corpus Christi College, in Oxford. He was afflicted with blindness for many years before his death; but, under the pressure of age and infirmity, his spirit remained unbroken. When Cardinal Wolsey wished him to resign his bishoprick, he replied, that though he could no longer distinguish black from white, yet could he discriminate right from wrong, truth from falsehood, and could well discern the malice of an ungrateful man. He warned the proud favourite to beware lest ambition should render him blind to his approaching ruin; bade him attend closer...