A01=Nicholas Orme
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Author_Nicholas Orme
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Clergy Biographies
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Cornwall
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Devon
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Exeter Cathedral
Language_English
Local History
Medieval Archives
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Parish Churches
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Religious Community
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Thirteenth Century
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- ISBN 9780901853547
- Weight: 514g
- Dimensions: 150 x 230mm
- Publication Date: 01 Jul 2013
- Publisher: Devon & Cornwall Record Society
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
- Language: English
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Exeter Cathedral is rich in its medieval archives, which record not only its buildings but also its personnel from the thirteenth century onwards. This volume lists the names of about a thousand people who served in the Cathedralbetween 1250 and the Reformation in 1548, including vicars choral, chantry priests and choristers. It provides their biographies as far as these can be constructed. In this way the book recreates a medieval religious community inalmost unparalleled detail, ranging from distinguished musicians to violent or unsatisfactory men, some of whom were dismissed. It also traces many of the boys and men back to their places of origin in Devon and Cornwall, and shows how cathedral clergy often left to work in churches elsewhere in the South West. It is therefore an important resource for local history, providing information about the origins and careers of many clergy of the region's parishchurches.
