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Excerpt from The History of the City and County of Norwich, Vol. 4: Containing Its Original Rise and Increase, Its Ancient and Present Government, With Various Accidents That Have Happened to It; Part 2
The next addition to this pile, was the noble chapel of the Virgin mary, called the chapel of St. Mary the Great, which was built by walter DE suffield the 10th Bishop here, who was a person of such sanctity and goodness, that though he was not formally cano nized by the Pope, he was a reputed saint in his country, and a shrine being erected over his grave, it was visited by pilgrims from many parts, abundance of miracles being said to be done there; which was much confirmed by the miraculous escape of this chapel (as they then interpreted it) from the fire and fury of the citizens in 1272, when the whole church, tower, and adjacent buildings, were totally defaced in the insurrection between the citizens and monks; a large account of which occurs in Part I. P. 53, 54, Ste. But the citizens being condemned to pay 3000 marks for their rash ness; with that, and the liberality of the King, Queen, Bishop, Nobles, and Barons, of the country, the church was repaired and finished, and on Advent Sunday 1278, King edward the First, and eleanor his Queen, the Bishop of London, Hereford, Waterford, and many other nobles, were present at the inthronization of william DE MI dle ton, who then rededicated the church in their presence; and John de Chisil Bishop of London then dedicated that altar where the body of St. William was buried, to the honour of our saviour, and all the Saints; and Thomas de Cantelupe Bishop of Hereford dedicated the opposite altar by the choir door, to the honour of the Blessed _v ir gin, St. John the Baptist, St. Giles the Abbot, and all Holy Virgins; and Stephen Bishop of Waterford in Ireland dedicated the altar at the sacrist's chamber door, to St. Peter and Paul, and all the Saints, And at this time the Bishop decreed, that the feast or dedication of the church should be held on the 18th of the calends of October, (viz. Sept. As usual in ancient time, and that the octaves of that feast, should be a single feast, held every year on the first day of October. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
