V.

_Vicars' Close_, first built by Ralph of Shrewsbury, 138; recast by Beckington's executors, _ib._; modern changes in, 139.

_Vicars_, origin of, 84; account of, by Richard of the Devizes, 86, 173; story of a vicar at Saint Paul's, 87, 173; their original duties, 89; lived originally in the canons' houses, 87, 138; Jocelin's legislation about, 88; incorporated by Ralph of Shrewsbury, 137; change in their position consequent on the institution of residentiaries, _ib._; their petition to Ralph, 138; building of the Vicars' Close, _ib._; their collegiate manner of life, 139; question as to its possible restoration, _ib._; distinction between vicars and petty canons, 140; admission of laymen to the college, _ib._; distinction between lay-vicars and singing-men, 141; charter of Elizabeth for their share in the distribution, 174; property given them by Ralph, 182; payments secured by the charter of Elizabeth, 187.

_Vitalis_, Vicar at Saint Paul's, 173.

W.

_Waltham_, mode of life of the Canons, 164.

_Wardship_, meaning of, 178.

_Wedmore_, granted to the Church of Wells by Eadward the Confessor, 31; prebends of, 51.

_Wellesley_, manor of, granted to the Vicars, 182.

_Wells, Chapter of_, its original foundation, 14, 15; older than the Bishoprick, 15; original number of the canons, 24, 39; increased by Gisa, 31; their original manner of living, _ib._; compelled to live together by Gisa, 32, 33; their first property distinct from the Bishop, 33; oppression of, by Bishop John, 38; embezzlement of their property by the Provosts, 39; breaking up of Gisa's discipline, 40; settlement of the controversy with Bath, 45; becomes the sole Chapter under Henry the Eighth, 46, 148; property restored by Reginald, 49; new constitution of under Bishop Robert, 49-52; nature and use of the different offices in, 54; increase in the number of canons, 57; connexion with the Bishoprick weakened through Robert's changes, 62-64, 173; part played by in the dispute with Glastonbury, 71; its constitution fixed by Jocelin, 72; distribution of its revenues, 90, 174; regulations as to residence, 90, 174, 176; origin and number of residentiaries, 92; their mode of appointment, _ib._; rules as to their residence, 94; grants of Bishop Roger to, 106; untouched by the suppression of monasteries, 148; lands lost by and recovered by Bishop Bourne, 150; charter of Queen Elizabeth to, 151, 186; its effect on the relations of the two classes of canons, 151, 152, 187; its rules as to residence, 176, 187; its new foundation of the Chapter, 186; held to consist only of the Dean and Residentiaries, 106, 188; inconsistency of the new system, 188.

_Wells Cathedral Church_, its general effect as compared with other churches, 5; always a church of secular canons, 6, 8; founded as a collegiate church by Ine, 15; becomes cathedral under Eadward the Elder, 16; analogy of Ripon and Manchester, _ib._; character of the oldest building, 24; tombs of the early bishops, 26; works of Bishop Robert in, 66; long retention of the old English church, 66-70; consecrated by Robert, 67; character of his building, 68, 69; beginning of the works of Jocelin, 71; lectures of Professor Willis on, 72, 73; extent of the work of Jocelin, 74; two styles of Early Gothic in, 74-76; date of the west front, 76; fall of the vault and consequent repairs, 76-77; its arrangement and appearance under Jocelin, 78-70; breaks and stoppages in the nave, 79, 80; its condition at the end of the thirteenth century, 98-100; gradual reconstruction of its eastern portions, 103-114; addition of the Lady chapel, 109; changes in the choir and presbytery, 100-112; its completion in the fourteenth century, 114; raising of the towers, 115-123; dangerous state of the central tower, 118; the danger remedied by props, 119-121; finishing of the western towers, 122; position of Wells among English churches, 124, 136; essentially a second class church, 124; criticism on the west front, 125-128; excessive smallness of its west doors, 126; lack of finish to the Western towers, 129; character and special beauty of the east end, 130-132; marked horizontal lines in the nave, 132, 133; treatment of the Arcades, 133, 134; little damage suffered by, 135; excellence of the stone, 135; its connexion with the surrounding buildings, 136; the church and its appurtenances, completed in the fifteenth century, 145; modern changes in, 152; objectionable arrangements in, 153-156; necessity of reform, 157-161; Henry the Third's grants to, 172; fragments of the older east end, 177; its probable form, _ib._

_Wells, Historian of_, known as the _Canon of Wells_, quoted, 28, 47.

_Wells, Palace of_, built by John de Villulâ, 37, 166; its original position, 38; present building built by Jocelin, 76; its style, 76, 81; great hall added by Robert Burnell, 108, 178; moat and wall added by Ralph of Shrewsbury, 137, 182; alienated to Edward Duke of Somerset, and recovered, 149, 186; undercroft in, 176; the hall dismantled by Sir John Gates, 177.

_Wells_, peculiar character of its history, 1-4, 143; its interest purely ecclesiastical, 3; relations of the city to the Bishops, _ib._; parliamentary rivalry of Wells and Evesham, 4, 163; general effect of its buildings, 5, 6; the oldest seat of the Somersetshire Bishoprick, 11; why chosen as such, 14; contrast with Glastonbury, 19; origin of the name, 19; preservation of ancient buildings at, 22, 136; destruction of ditto, 23, 142, 143; never a walled town, 36; position of, under John de Villulâ, 37; grant of municipal rights by Bishop Robert, 40; analogy of its history with that of England, 101-104; practically restored to its old position, 106; gift of the Guildhall by Bishop Bubwith, 123; grant of municipal rights by Bishop Robert, 170; interest of its municipal history, 184.

_Wells, Saint Cuthbert's Church_, its peculiar constitution, 4; disproportion of its nave and choir, 80.

_Wells, Saint John's Priory_ not a monastery, 150; its suppression, _ib._

_Welsh_, their position in Somersetshire, 17.

_Westminster_, history of the Church of, 53, 170; Norman Church of, the great model in the twelfth century, 69, 170; octagonal Chapter-house at, 176.

_West-Saxons_, their conversion to Christianity, 13; their first Bishoprick, _ib._

_Whitchurch Church_, style of, 75.

_White Tower_, roof of the chapel in, 179.

_Whiting, Richard_, Abbot of Glastonbury, his martyrdom, 61; its cause, 147, 185.

_William_, Abbot of Saint Alban's, his works, 171.

_William Button the First_, Bishop, his nepotism, 107; consecrated at Rome, 171.

_William Button the Second_, Bishop, his holiness, 107; alleged miracles in his tomb, _ib._

_William Fitz-Stephen_, quoted, 173.

_William of Malmesbury_, quoted, 35; his account of the Church of Westminster, 170.

_William of March_, Bishop, alleged miracles at his tomb, 109; oblations at his tomb, 171.

_William of Sens_, architect of Canterbury Cathedral, 172.

_William of Wykeham_, designs the nave of Winchester, 81.

_William the Conqueror_, his grants to Gisa, 31.

_William the Englishman_, architect of Canterbury Cathedral, 172.

_William Rufus_, grants the Abbey of Bath to John de Villulâ, 36; sells the town to him, _ib._

_Willis, Professor_, his lectures on Wells Cathedral, 72, 73; his opinion of the date of the west front, 76; of the Chapter-house, 98, 176; of the Lady chapel, 110, 179; his remarks on central towers, 118, 180; his account of the choir, 113; of Glastonbury, 164.

_Wimborne Minster_, grouping of towers at, 131, 182.

_Winchester Cathedral_, nave of, designed by William of Wykeham, 81; west front of, 125; arrangement of the Lady chapel, 129.

_Winchester_, foundation of the Bishoprick, 13, 163; division of the diocese, _ib._

_Windsor, Saint George's Chapel_, receives lands of Alien Priories, 185; escapes at the suppression of Colleges, _ib._

_Winesham_, history of the lordship, 29, 31.

_Wolsey, Cardinal_, his suppression of monasteries, 147.

_Wookey_, Bishop's house at, 37; its connexion with the Sub-Deanery, 65, 168; Jocelin builds the manor at, 76, 171; its style, 76, 81, 177.

_Worcester_, plan and date of the Chapter-house, 176.

_Wormestor_, or Worminster, lands at, bought by Gisa, 31.

_Wrexham Church_, apse of, 130.

Y.

_Yatton Church_, disproportion of its nave and choir, 80.

_York Minster_, burning of, 47; residentiaries at, how appointed, 92; chapter-house at, 92; architecture of the nave, 111; west front of, 125; grandeur of its doorways, 127; arrangement of the east end, 131; loss of height in the nave, 133; position of the Vicars at, 141.

THE END.

R. CLAY, SONS, AND TAYLOR, PRINTERS, BREAD STREET HILL.

Transcriber's Notes

Variations in spelling, punctuation and hyphenation have been retained except in obvious cases of typographical errors.

Italics are shown thus _italic_.