High Treason and A Wicked Contrivance?
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Library volunteer Myra Amor explores the stories of three successive bishops of Rochester each accused of treason.
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Royalty and Rochester Cathedral
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As we head toward the coronation of King Charles III, Rebecca Peachey introduces the 1,400-year history of royalty and Rochester Cathedral from early patrons, records and statues to the visit of the future king.
Read MoreMary Elizabeth and John Griffith, Canon of Rochester 1827-1879
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T. H. James introduces Rev. Dr John Griffith and his wife Mary Elizabeth Griffith, benefactors to the Cathedral in the 19th century.
Read MoreChristopher Chavasse, Bishop of Rochester 1940-1960
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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.
Read MoreDean Reynolds Hole (1819-1904)
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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.
Read MoreThe Oxford Movement at Rochester Cathedral, 1895-1930
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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.
Read MoreCathedral 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.
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