The cathedrals of Great Britain, their history and architecture; (1904)
Ditchfield, P. H. (Peter Hampson), 1854-1930 · London : J. M. Dent & Company; Philadelphia, J. B. Lippincott Coy · leaf 186
monastery at Exeter in the time of Athelstan, which wasmuch plundered by the Danes. In 1050 Bishop Leofric, thefavourite of Edward the Confessor, removed his episcopal seat toExeter, and continued to hold it when William the Conquerorcame. Osbern was appointed in 1072, but he contented himselfwith… … Exeter Cathedral 167 was continued by Bishop Marshall (i 194-1206), who is said tohave finished the building according to the plot and foundationwhich his predecessors laid. Exeter has suffered many sieges, and during that of Stephen,in 1136, the Cathedral was much injured by fire. The two towersat…
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