Cathedral Priors of Rochester from 1629
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A list of the Cathedral Priors of Rochester from 1629 by David Carder.
Read MoreNicholas Clagett, Dean of Rochester 1723-1731
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David Cleggett investigates the life of Dean Nicholas Clagett.
Read MoreThe bishops of Rochester, from 604
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An analysis of the bishops of Rochester by the Revd John Prior and Alan McLean.
Read MoreGundulf, Bishop of Rochester 1077-1108
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An introduction to Gundulf, Rochester's Bishop from Normandy, with an introductory message from St Mary's Abbey, West Malling.
Read MoreFrancis Atterbury, Bishop of Rochester 1713-1723
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John Sears introduces Francis Atterbury, Bishop of Rochester 1713-1723.
Read MoreThomas Sprat, Bishop of Rochester 1684-1713
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Barney Milligan of the Beaminster Society provides a further angle on Bishop Thomas Sprat.
Read MoreDr John Harris DD, Prebendary 1707/8-1713/4
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The significant water damage throughout Textus and subsequent rebinding is due to its accidental submersion in either the River Thames or the River Medway around 1716 on its way to notable writer and prebendary of the Cathedral Dr John Harris for use in writing his History of Kent.
Read MoreBurial places of the bishops of Rochester
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Tim Tatton-Brown investigates what is known of the burial places of the bishops of Rochester.
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Nicholas Clagett, Dean of Rochester 1723-1731
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A brief biography of Dean Nicholas Clagett by David A. H. Cleggett.
Read MoreThomas Sprat, Bishop of Rochester 1684-1713
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David A. H. Cleggett provides a bref biography of Bishop Thomas Sprat, fellow and author of History of the Royal Society.
Read MoreWalter de Merton, Bishop of Rochester 1274-1277
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John Melhuish explores the episcopacy of Bishop Walter de Merton. Featured in The Friends of Rochester Cathedral Annual Report for 1997-1998.
Read MoreBishops of Rochester at Westminster
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John Physick studies the careers of four bishops over the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries that also served as the Dean of Westminster.
Read MoreCathedral Organs, 1185-1989
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Paul Hale studies the history of organs at Rochester Cathedral leading to the exceptional organ over the pulpitum taking much of its current form in 1875.
Read MoreCathedral organists, 1560-1977
/Paul Hale lists the Cathedral organists from the sixteenth century. Featured in a publication by The Friends of Rochester Cathedral.
Read MoreWhatever happened to Hamo?
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Bernard Wigan considers what became of one of Rochester’s longest-serving bishops, Hamo de Hythe (1319-1352).
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Robert Scott, Dean of Rochester 1870-1887
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The Rev. E. H. Dunkley explores the career of Dean Robert Scott, presiding at the time of Sir George Gilbert Scott’s restoration of the Cathedral in the 1870s.
Read MoreWalter de Merton, Chancellor of England and founder of Merton College, Oxford
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F. M. Powicke, FBA, Regius Professor of Modern History, University of Oxford, Hon. Fellow of Merton College, explores the life of Walter de Merton, Bishop of Rochester from 1274 to 1277 and founder of Merton College in Oxford.
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