Cathedral Priors of Rochester from 1629
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A list of the Cathedral Priors of Rochester from 1629 by David Carder.
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Nicholas Clagett, Dean of Rochester 1723-1731
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David Cleggett investigates the life of Dean Nicholas Clagett.
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 MoreRochester Cathedral, 1800 AD
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David A. H. Cleggett reviews Daniel Alexander's survey of the fabric and concerns around the 500-year old bell tower shortly before it was replaced in the 1820s.
Read MoreRochester Cathedral in the second half of the 18th century
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David A. H. Cleggett tells the sorry tale of the Cathedral’s deterioration through the second half of the 18th century.
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 MoreCathedral inventories
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Carolyn Foreman investigates the historic inventories of the Dean & Chapter.
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 MoreIndex of fabric records, 1540-1984
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An index of maintenance, repair, alteration, restoration, decoration, furnishing and survey of the fabric by Diana Holbrooke (1994).
Read MoreOrder in the quire, 18th century
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David A. H. Cleggett investigates the changes to the furnishngs of the quire over the 18th century.
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 MoreVestments and textiles, 15th-20th century
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David Cleggett tells the story of ecclesiastical vestments as told through some of the exceptional items in the Cathedral collections.
Read MoreSome of the Nave Monuments and their Sculptors, 18th-19th century
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Rupert Gunnis explores the sculptors behind some of the fine Renaissance-era marble monuments around the Nave.
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