Cathedrals, abbeys and churches of England and Wales : descriptive, historical, pictorial (1890)
Bonney, T. G. (Thomas George), 1833-1923, Bonney, T. G. (Thomas George), 1833-1923 · London : Cassell · leaf 255
w years, to become a total ruin. From this fate it was saved bytimely though tasteless repairs, executed wiih great mechanical ingenuity byRichard Essex, a builder of Cambridge, in the episcopate of Bishop Maw son(1754—1770); and in 1845 great works of restoration were commenced whichhave placed… … EXETER. The monastic clmrcli of the Benedictines, dedicated to St. Maryand St. Peter, served for the episcopal scat of Leofric, the firstBisliop of Exeter, on that prelates translation from Crediton, byKing Edward the Confessor, in 1050, and continued to be thecathedral chuich until the reign of…
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