The succession of the bishops of England since the first planting of Christian religion in this island together with the historie of their liues and memorable actions faithfully gathered out of the monuments of antiquity. VVhereunto is prefixed a discourse concerning the first conuersion of our Britaine vnto Christian religion. By Francis Godwin now Bishop of Hereford.

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The succession of the bishops of England since the first planting of Christian religion in this island together with the historie of their liues and memorable actions faithfully gathered out of the monuments of antiquity. VVhereunto is prefixed a discourse concerning the first conuersion of our Britaine vnto Christian religion. By Francis Godwin now Bishop of Hereford.
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Godwin, Francis, 1562-1633.
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London :: Printed [by Eliot's Court Press] for Andrew Hebb, and are to be sold at the signe of the Bell in Pauls Church-yard,
[1625?]
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Bishops -- England.
Great Britain -- Church history -- Early works to 1800.
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"The succession of the bishops of England since the first planting of Christian religion in this island together with the historie of their liues and memorable actions faithfully gathered out of the monuments of antiquity. VVhereunto is prefixed a discourse concerning the first conuersion of our Britaine vnto Christian religion. By Francis Godwin now Bishop of Hereford." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A01804.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 11, 2024.

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4. Robert de Chisney.

AFter Alexander succéeded Robert Archd. of Leycester,* 1.1 a very yong man, surnamed by some de Querceto, by o∣thers de Chesueto, which is al one, ye one beeing drawn from ye French & the other Latine; both signifying a groue of oaks. He was consecrate in September 1147. and died Ianuary 8 1167. This man added one Prebend vnto those that were founded by his predecessors, purchased a house for himselfe, and his successors neere vnto the temple at London, & built

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the Bishops pallace at Lincolne in a manner all. It is said al∣so that he founded the Priory of S. Catherines néere Lin∣colne for Gilbertines, valued at the suppression in 270. pound one shilling three pence, yeerly reuenues. He left his Sée in∣debted vnto one Aaron a Iew the summe of 300. pound, (a great deale of money in those daies) and his successors were faine to sée it discharged long after.

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