Sarum Missal, 16th century
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Chapter Library volunteer Beverley Jacobs leafs through the 16th-century Sarum Missal, a remnant from the final days of the Priory Library.
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Bede, Opera (volume 2), with manuscript leaves, 1521
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Dr Christopher Monk leaves through a volume of Bede’s second opera in the Chapter Library collection featuring two medieval manuscript paste-downs.
Read MoreDalmatic, 15th/16th century
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The most exceptional historic embroidery in the Cathedral collections, this item was probably a dalmatic; a vestment used by a Deacon. It dates from the fifteenth or sixteenth centuries is the oldest vestment in the Cathedral collections by centuries.
Read MoreWills of lay clerks Ricard Butler and Peter Bold, 16th century
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Andrew Ashbee explores the wills of two sixteenth-century lay clerks at the Cathedral, Richard Butler and Peter Bold, shining light on the first year of life at the Cathedral after the refoundation of the Cathedral in 1542.
Read MoreArchaeology of the Priory Cloisters
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Unlike most monastic establishments where the cloister (‘enclosed'/’seperate’ - the monastic part of the medieval Cathedral Precinct) ranges are to the south of the nave the cloister at Rochester is situated to the south of the presbytery and quire.
Read MoreThe Great Bible: the gospel according to Henry VIII
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Stuart Palmer, University of Kent, shares with us a mighty message.
Read MoreThe monastic cemetery, 1080-1540
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The monks of Saint Andrew’s Priory were buried to the east of the Cathedral, beneath the site of the Old Deanery and Cathedral car park. Excavations during works over the past 30 years have revealed many skeletal remains from the area.
Read MoreWilliam Lambarde (1536–1601)
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In 1573, the scholar William Lambarde came to Rochester Cathedral to examine Textus Roffensis. He was amazed to find that its opening document, Æthelberht’s law-code, was one he thought no longer survived. Moved by the importance of his discovery, he added a comment in the right margin, urging others to take note.
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Index 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 MoreHenry VIII and Rochester Cathedral
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David A. H. Cleggett reviews the period when the Cathedral priory buildings were appropriated and served as a residence of King Henry VIII.
Read MoreBrass casements and ledger stones
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Dr John Physick studies the medieval brasses in the floor of the North Quire Aisle and the ledger stones throughout the nave.
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.
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The King's School, Rochester, founded 604 AD
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Headmaster D. R. Vicary explores the long history of The King’s School, Rochester.
Read MoreDisappeared monuments at Rochester Cathedral, 13th-16th century→
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The Rev. Edward Hawkins, Canon of Rochester Cathedral, records some of the tombs and inscriptions around the Cathedral that had already disappeared by his time of writing.
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