Portraits, 17th-20th century
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The Chapter Library and Cathedral collections features a number of painted and printed portraits of former bishops, deans and Cathedral clergy.
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Sarah Baker and her Kentish Theatres, 1737-1816
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A brief outline by Dr Jean Baker of the life and times of a remarkable but little-known woman (not an ancestor of hers) who played a significant role in the political, social and cultural evolution of Kent’s rapidly growing towns at the end of the eighteenth century.
Read MoreColonial heritage at Rochester Cathedral
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A reinvestigation of the Early Modern history and collections of the Cathedral was spurred by the 2020 Black Lives Matter Protests and ensuing debate on memorialisation in public spaces.
Read MoreSouth Sea Company investments, 1715-1720
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The archives of the Dean & Chapter include a collection of early 18th-century stock and dividend receipts and accounts evidencing an extensive financial legacy from investments in two of the largest slave-trading companies in history.
Read MoreBaptisms, marriages and burial registers
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Facsimile and transcriptions of the baptism, marriage and burial registers of Rochester Cathedral.
Read MoreCayley family herald, 18th/19th century
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These arms belong to the Cayley family of Brompton Yorkshire, who were created baronets in 1661.
Read MorePeople, animals and beasts graffiti
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Humans are the most common subjects in the pictorial graffiti record, comprising dozens of cartoons and caricatures. Fauna, a small collection of flora and two or three cryptozoological examples lurk among the earlier graffiti clusters.
Read MoreElizabeth Elstob (1683-1756)
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Bishop’s Chaplain Lindsay Llewellyn-MacDuff discusses the centrality of Elizabeth Elstob to our understanding of and access to Anglo-Saxon history.
Read MoreDame Ann Hennicker (d.1792)
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The C18th monument to Dame Henniker features statues of Truth and Old Time cast from the fascinating Coade stone, developed by notable early British businesswoman Eleanor Coade.
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 MoreConservation of the Vinegar Bible
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A rare misprinted bible printed by John Baskett of Oxford in 1717, also known as the Vinegar Bible, was conserved by Lara Meredith in 2015 in advance of its exhibition in the Cathedral Crypt.
Read MoreNicholas 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.
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