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English Bishops at the Norman Conquest

English Bishops at the Norman Conquest

VIII.—The Epigraphy of Medieval English Seals

It has generally been accepted as an axiom that the date of a seal can be determined within close limits by the style of the lettering of its legend. The late G. Demay, in his Inventaire des sceaux de la Normandie, published in 1881, was the first to give serious attention to the subject, and he naturally drew his material almost entirely from French sources. In 1887 the late Sir William Hope, in his paper on the Seals of English Bishops, offered some suggestions as to the date of the different styles of lettering, basing his conclusions on the fact that a bishop's first seal must be of the same date as his appointment to his see. His classification was as follows:(1) 1072-1174. Roman capitals.(2) 1174-1215. Rude Lombardic.(3) 1206-1345. Good Lombardic.(4) 1345-c. 1425. Bold black letter.(5) c. 1425-1500. Fine close black letter.(6) After 1500. Roman capitals.

The English Bishops at the Lateran Council of 1139

The English Bishops at the Lateran Council of 1139

The English Bishops at the Lateran Council of 1139

Journal Article The English Bishops at the Lateran Council of 1139 Get access WILLIAM HUNT WILLIAM HUNT Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The English Historical Review, Volume XXXVIII, Issue CLII, October 1923, Pages 557–560, https://doi.org/10.1093/ehr/XXXVIII.CLII.557 Published: 01 October 1923

The Seal of Robert Fitz Meldred

Among some old family deeds in my possession is a quitclaim by Robert Fitz Meldred to Henry Spring of four marks of silver being the annual rent of the town of ‘Hoctun’, probably Houghton le Spring in the bishopric of Durham. The date is about 1230. Attached to the deed is the seal in white wax of Robert Fitz Meldred (fig. 1). The seal is circular, and when perfect was about 2½ in. in diameter ; it bears a saltire which it will be noticed is very narrow, and the legend, now partly broken away, that originally readThe exact date of the matrix of a seal such as this cannot, of course, be given with certainty, but I venture to think it may be placed before the year 1200. Although Sir William St. John Hope in his paper on the Seals of English Bishops gives useful approximate dates for the various kinds of lettering, his remarks relate to episcopal seals only, and he guards himself against necessarily applying them to other classes. The lettering of the seal now under discussion is rough and of an earlier type than the ordinary Lombardic which is met with in the thirteenth century; we may perhaps place it between the Roman capitals which ceased about the last quarter of the twelfth century and the Lombardic capitals.

First English Bishop to Marry: Bishop Barlow

Journal Article First English Bishop to Marry: Bishop Barlow Get access Alfred Chas. Jonas Alfred Chas. Jonas 1Thornton Heath Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Notes and Queries, Volume s10-XI, Issue 264, 16 January 1909, Page 52, https://doi.org/10.1093/nq/s10-XI.264.52b Published: 16 January 1909

First English Bishop to Marry: Bishop Barlow

First English Bishop to Marry: Bishop Barlow

First English Bishop to Marry: Bishop Barlow

First English Bishop to Marry: Bishop Barlow

First English Bishop to Marry: Bishop Barlow

First English Bishop to Marry: Bishop Barlow

First English Bishop to Marry: Bishop Barlow

First English Bishop to Marry: Bishop Barlow

First English Bishop to Marry: Bishop Barlow

Journal Article First English Bishop to Marry: Bishop Barlow Get access Wm. Jaggard Wm. Jaggard Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Notes and Queries, Volume s10-X, Issue 259, 12 December 1908, Page 475, https://doi.org/10.1093/nq/s10-X.259.475c Published: 12 December 1908

First English Bishop to Marry

First English Bishop to Marry

First english bishop to Marry

First english bishop to Marry

<italic>The Office of an English Bishop in the First Half of the Fourteenth Century</italic>. By <sc>Edith Katherine Lyle</sc>. (Thesis presented to the Faculty of Philosophy of the University of Pennsylvania. 1903. Pp. v, 132.)

<italic>The Office of an English Bishop in the First Half of the Fourteenth Century</italic>. By <sc>Edith Katherine Lyle</sc>. (Thesis presented to the Faculty of Philosophy of the University of Pennsylvania. 1903. Pp. v, 132.)

The Office of an English Bishop in the First Half of the Fourteenth Century

The Office of an English Bishop in the First Half of the Fourteenth Century

XIII.— Scriptural Names in Early Middle English

The paramount influence of French learning in England after the Conquest is well known. Under Edward the Confessor many of the most important church positions in England had been filled by foreigners. Although most of the foreign prelates were expelled by Earl Godwin, after the accession of William there was an immediate and general occupation by the invaders of all high offices of church and state. Freeman (Norman Conquest, vol. III.) remarks that when, near the end of his reign, “William gathered his Witan to his great Gemot at Salisbury, there was not a single English earl and only one English bishop to answer his summons.” That under these circumstances French culture and French learning must have dominated in England, is obvious.

XIX.—Life of Bishop Lloyd

William Lloyd, one of the most learned and eminent of English bishops, descended from an ancient Welsh family seated in the island of Anglesea, was born in 1627, at Tilehurst, in Berkshire, of which place his father was rector, and also vicar of Sunning, in the same county. He received his early education from his father, and was entered in 1638 a student of Oriel college, Oxford, and the following year obtained a scholarship at Jesus college. In 1642 he proceeded B.A. and left the university, but returned in 1646, when he commenced M.A. and was chosen fellow of his college. He was ordained deacon in 1649 and afterwards became tutor to the children of Sir William Backhouse of Swallowfield, Berks. In 1654 he was presented to the living of Bradfield by Elias Ashmole, but, a dispute arising as to the right of presentation, he resigned the living. In 1656 he was ordained priest, and went to Wadham college, Oxon. as governor to John Backhouse, Esq., a gentleman commoner, with whom he continued till 1659. In September 1660 he was incorporated M.A. at Cambridge, and was made a prebendary of Ripon. In 1666 he was appointed a king's chaplain, and in 1667 was collated to a prebend of Salisbury, having shortly before proceeded D.D. at Oxford.

Notice of Three Silver Cups, Preserved in the Public Library at Zurich, Presented by Bishop Jewel and Other English Bishops, in the Reign of Elizabeth, to their Friends of the Reformed Church in that City

Notice of Three Silver Cups, Preserved in the Public Library at Zurich, Presented by Bishop Jewel and Other English Bishops, in the Reign of Elizabeth, to their Friends of the Reformed Church in that City

Consecration of English bishops, 1855, 1856

Journal Article Consecration of English bishops, 1855, 1856 Get access A. S. A. A. S. A. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Notes and Queries, Volume s2-V, Issue 112, 20 February 1858, Page 150, https://doi.org/10.1093/nq/s2-V.112.150b Published: 20 February 1858

Opinion of an english bishop on mixed marriages

Opinion of an english bishop on mixed marriages