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Norwich Cathedral is in Norwich, Norfolk [Map], Cathedrals in England.
. 1094. On the death of Herfast, who had been a chaplain to earl William and afterwards to king William, and in process of time bishop of Thetford, and the death also of William, his successor, Herbert, surnamed Losing, for his address in flattery, from being prior of Fecamp and abbot of Ramsey, became by purchase bishop of Thetford; and his father Robert, of the same surname, became intrusive abbot of Winchester. But he was absolved by penitence from the errors of his faults; for going to Rome in more mature years he there laid down his simoniacal staff and ring, which were restored to him by the indulgence of that most merciful see. Returning home, he transferred the seat of his bishopric to a town celebrated as a place of trade and general resort, called Norwich [Map], and founded there a convent of monks.
In 1096 Bishop Herbert of Losinga commissioned the building of Norwich Cathedral [Map] and was appointed Bishop of Norwich.
. 12th June 1121. After a few days, one named Everard, attached to the king's chapel, was elected bishop of Norwich, and consecrated at Canterbury [Map] by archbishop Ralph on the second of the ides [the 12th] of June; Arnulph, bishop of Rochester, Richard, bishop of Hereford, and Robert, bishop of Coventry, having met for the purpose.
In 1200 Bishop Geoffrey Burgh (age 20) was appointed Archdeacon of Norwich.
On 20th December 1226 Bishop Thomas Blunville was consecrated Bishop of Norwich.
On 4th February 1335 Bishop Thomas Percy was appointed Bishop of Norwich.
On 23rd January 1344 Bishop William Bateman (age 46) was elected Bishop of Norwich.
On 3rd April 1370 Bishop Henry Despencer (age 29) was appointed Bishop of Norwich.
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The Deeds of King Henry V, or in Latin Henrici Quinti, Angliæ Regis, Gesta, is a first-hand account of the Agincourt Campaign, and subsequent events to his death in 1422. The author of the first part was a Chaplain in King Henry's retinue who was present from King Henry's departure at Southampton in 1415, at the siege of Harfleur, the battle of Agincourt, and the celebrations on King Henry's return to London. The second part, by another writer, relates the events that took place including the negotiations at Troye, Henry's marriage and his death in 1422.
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In 1385 Bishop Richard Mitford was appointed Archdeacon of Norwich which he held until 1390.
In 1413 Bishop Richard Courtenay was appointed Bishop of Norwich.
On 21st September 1437 Bishop Thomas Brunce (age 49) was collated to Bishop of Norwich.
On 17th July 1472 Bishop James Goldwell was elected Bishop of Norwich.
On 4th October 1472 Bishop James Goldwell was consecrated Bishop of Norwich at Saints Blaise and Charles in Catinari Church.
In 1500 Christopher Urswick (age 52) was appointed Archdeacon of Norwich.
In 1501 Bishop Richard Nix aka Nykke (age 54) was appointed Bishop of Norwich.
In 1554 Bishop John Christopherson was appointed Dean of Norwich which post he held until 1557.
In 1558 Dean John Harpsfield (age 42) was appointed Dean of Norwich.
On 13th April 1560 Bishop John Parkhurst (age 48) was elected Bishop of Norwich.
In September 1560 Bishop John Parkhurst (age 48) was installed as Bishop of Norwich.
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The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
In 1585 Bishop Edmund Scambler (age 65) was translated to Bishop of Norwich.
In 1611 Bishop John King (age 52) was appointed Bishop of Norwich.
In 1618 (age 53) was appointed Bishop of Norwich.
On 22nd January 1629 Bishop Francis White (age 65) was elected Bishop of Norwich.
In 1635 Bishop Matthew Wren (age 49) was appointed Bishop of Norwich.
In 1641 Bishop Joseph Hall (age 66) was translated to Bishop of Norwich.
John Evelyn's Diary. 2nd December 1657. Dr. Raynolds (age 58) (since Bishop of Norwich) preached before the company at St. Andrew Under-shaft, on Nehemiah xiii. 31, showing, by the example of Nehemiah, all the perfections of a trusty person in public affairs, with many good precepts apposite to the occasion, ending with a prayer for God's blessing on the company and the undertaking.
John Evelyn's Diary. 17th October 1671. Next morning, I went to see Sir Thomas Browne (age 65) (with whom I had some time corresponded by letter, though I had never seen him before); his whole house and garden being a paradise and cabinet of rarities; and that of the best collection, especially medals, books, plants, and natural things. Among other curiosities, Sir Thomas had a collection of the eggs of all the fowl and birds he could procure, that country (especially the promontory of Norfolk) being frequented, as he said, by several kinds which seldom or never go further into the land, as cranes, storks, eagles, and variety of water fowl. He led me to see all the remarkable places of this ancient city, being one of the largest, and certainly, after London, one of the noblest of England, for its venerable cathedral [Map], number of stately churches, cleanness of the streets, and buildings of flint so exquisitely headed and squared, as I was much astonished at; but he told me they had lost the art of squaring the flints, in which they so much excelled, and of which the churches, best houses, and walls, are built. The Castle [Map] is an antique extent of ground, which now they call Marsfield, and would have been a fitting area to have placed the Ducal palace in. The suburbs are large, the prospects sweet, with other amenities, not omitting the flower gardens, in which all the inhabitants excel. The fabric of stuffs brings a vast trade to this populous town.
In 1681 Archbishop John Sharp (age 35) was appointed Dean of Norwich.
In 1685 Bishop William Lloyd (age 48) was appointed Bishop of Norwich.
In 1691 Bishop John Moore (age 45) was appointed Bishop of Norwich.
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The Chronicle of Walter of Guisborough, a canon regular of the Augustinian Guisborough Priory, Yorkshire, formerly known as The Chronicle of Walter of Hemingburgh, describes the period from 1066 to 1346. Before 1274 the Chronicle is based on other works. Thereafter, the Chronicle is original, and a remarkable source for the events of the time. This book provides a translation of the Chronicle from that date. The Latin source for our translation is the 1849 work edited by Hans Claude Hamilton. Hamilton, in his preface, says: "In the present work we behold perhaps one of the finest samples of our early chronicles, both as regards the value of the events recorded, and the correctness with which they are detailed; Nor will the pleasing style of composition be lightly passed over by those capable of seeing reflected from it the tokens of a vigorous and cultivated mind, and a favourable specimen of the learning and taste of the age in which it was framed." Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
John Evelyn's Diary. 5th June 1698. Dr. White, late Bishop of Norwich, who had been ejected for not complying with Government, was buried in St. Gregory's Churchyard, or vault, at St. Paul's. His hearse was accompanied by two non-juror bishops, Dr. Turner of Ely, and Dr. Lloyd, with forty other non-juror clergymen, who would not stay the Office of the burial, because the Dean of St. Paul's had appointed a conforming minister to read the Office; at which all much wondered, there being nothing in that Office which mentioned the present King.
On 15th March 1706 Rose Moore (age 25) died. She was buried in Norwich Cathedral [Map] under a white marble tablet with an inscription to her memory.
On 11th June 1718 Frances Preston (age 40) died. She was buried on the south side of the bishop's chapel in Norwich Cathedral [Map].
In 1721 Bishop Thomas Green (age 63) was appointed Bishop of Norwich.
In 1st November 1724 Humphrey Prideaux (age 76) was appointed Dean of Norwich.
On 13th October 1749 Bishop Thomas Hayter (age 47) was elected Bishop of Norwich.
On 3rd December 1749 Bishop Thomas Hayter (age 47) was consecrated Bishop of Norwich.
In 1761 Dean Edward Townshend (age 41) was appointed Dean of Norwich.
In 1783 Bishop Lewis Bagot (age 42) was appointed Bishop of Norwich.
In 1837 Bishop Edward Stanley (age 57) was appointed Bishop of Norwich.
Before 1854. Frederick Mackenzie (age 65). Norwich Cathedral [Map]. This work comes from one of sixteen volumes of Royal Academy Annual Exhibition catalogues that were collected and extra-illustrated by the lawyer and antiquarian Edward Basil Jupp F.S.A. (1812 - 1877). The catalogues span the period from the first annual exhibition in 1769 up to 1875. Jupp added drawings, prints, letters and autographs by, or referring to, Academicians and other exhibitors at the Academy's annual exhibition.
Before March 1870 Venerable Charles Nourse Wodehouse (age 79) was appointed Archdeacon of Norwich.
In 1942 Bishop Percy Herbert (age 56) was appointed Bishop of Norwich whic office he held until 1959.
Cathedral Close, Norwich Cathedral, Norfolk, East England, British Isles [Map]
On 19th July 1549 Edmund Sheffield 1st Baron Sheffield (age 27) was killed at Cathedral Close, Norwich Cathedral [Map] during Kett's Rebellion. His son John (age 11) succeeded 2nd Baron Sheffield of Butterwick in Lincolnshire.
Lady Chapel Norwich Cathedral, Norfolk, East England, British Isles [Map]
On 13th August 1444 William Paston (age 66) died. He was buried at Lady Chapel Norwich Cathedral [Map].