Westminster abbey and the cathedrals of England (1895)
Farrar, Frederic William, 1831-1903, Milman, Henry Hart, 1791-1868, Stanley, Arthur Penrhyn, 1815-1881 · Philadelphia : J. C. Winston & co. · leaf 152
d a vicegerent to act forthe King, and who was called a Count Palatine. This functionary held a very similarposition to a modern vicero3\ Most of the powers of the crown were vested in theCount to exercise at discretion over the area of his Palatinate. The Palatine of Chester was a temporal lord,… … HOLY ISLAND FISHKRWOMEN. Palatinate of Durham, the Conqueror founded Durham Castle. The See of Durham,therefore, from the early times of the Conquest gained a precedence of dignity over allother bishoprics. But we must hasten on to the episcopate of William of St. Carileph (1081-1096),who, in 1083,…
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