High Treason and A Wicked Contrivance?

High Treason and A Wicked Contrivance?

Library volunteer Myra Amor explores the stories of three successive bishops of Rochester each accused of treason.

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Mary Elizabeth and John Griffith, Canon of Rochester 1827-1879

Mary Elizabeth and John Griffith, Canon of Rochester 1827-1879

T. H. James introduces Rev. Dr John Griffith and his wife Mary Elizabeth Griffith, benefactors to the Cathedral in the 19th century.

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Christopher Chavasse, Bishop of Rochester 1940-1960

Christopher Chavasse, Bishop of Rochester 1940-1960

Bishop Chavasse is remembered as a patron of the French Hospital charity at La Providence, several Anglican schools and colleges throughtout the diocese, and for his outspoken evangelism efforts and extreme opinions given informally to the Wolfenden Report.

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Dean Reynolds Hole (1819-1904)

Dean Reynolds Hole (1819-1904)

Dean of Rochester Philip Hesketh introduces the life and work of Samuel Reynolds Hole, Dean of Rochester 1887–1904, a celebrated gardener notable for his expertise with roses. First of a two-part series.

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The Oxford Movement at Rochester Cathedral, 1895-1930

The Oxford Movement at Rochester Cathedral, 1895-1930

David Cleggett examines the times of Bishop Edward Talbot, Bishop John Harmer and Dean John Storrs over the late 19th and early 20th century, a High Church period in the history of the Cathedral.

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