Gasquet, Francis Aidan, 1846-1929 · New York, Dodd, Mead and company · leaf 271
hops still ruled the See of Sherborne, the head of themonastery would have been, as in the case of other mo-nastic cathedrals, a prior. The bishop was held to havethe position of abbot, and in many cases had more or lesspractical jurisdiction over the cloister as well as the ap-pointment of many of…
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