The Minor Clergy of Exeter Cathedral : Biographies: 1250-1548
The Minor Clergy of Exeter Cathedral : Biographies: 1250-1548
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Author(s): Orme, Nicholas
ISBN No.: 9780901853547
Pages: 332
Year: 201307
Format: Trade Paper
Price: $ 46.17
Dispatch delay: Dispatched between 7 to 15 days
Status: Available

Exeter Cathedral is rich in its medieval archives, which record not only its buildings but also its personnel from the thirteenth century onwards. This volume lists the names of about a thousand people who served in the Cathedral between 1250 and the Reformation in 1548, including vicars choral, chantry priests and choristers. It provides their biographies as far as these can be constructed. In this way the book recreates a medieval religious community in almost unparalleled detail, ranging from distinguished musicians to violent or unsatisfactory men, some of whom were dismissed. It also traces many of the boys and men back to their places of origin in Devon and Cornwall, and shows how cathedral clergy often left to work in churches elsewhere in the South West. It is therefore an important resource for local history, providing information about the origins and careers of many clergy of the region's parish churches.


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