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William de Corbeuil (Cur- bcllio), 1123 to 1136. See also:Theobald, 1139 to 1161. See also:Thomas See also:Becket,1162 to 1170. See also:Richard, 1174 to 1184. See also:Baldwin, 1185 to 1190. Reginald Fitz-Jocelyn, 1191. See also:Hubert See also:Walter, 1193 to 1205. See also:Stephen See also:Langton, 1207 to 1228. Richard Wethershed, 1229 to 1231. See also:Edmund See also:Rich (deAbbendon) 1234 to 1240. See also:Boniface of See also:Savoy, 1241 to 1270.

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Robert See also:Kilwardby, 1273 to 1278. See also:John See also:Peckham, 1279 to 1292. Robert See also:Winchelsea, 1293 to Walter See also:Reynolds, 1313 to 1327. See also:Simon de Meopham, 1328 to 1333. John See also:Stratford, 1333 to 1348. John de Ufford, 1348 to 1349. Thomas Bradwardin, 1349. Simon See also:Islip, 1349 to 1366. Simon See also:Langham, 1366 to 1368. William See also:Whittlesea, 1368 to 1374. 29. 30.

31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 59. 93. 94. 95. 96. 73.

74. 75. 76. 77. 78. 91. 70. 71. when he saw the See also:

fair-faced See also:children of the Angles who had been brought to See also:Rome, and termed them " not Angles but angels." There were lesser houses of many religious orders in See also:Canterbury, but only two, those of the See also:Dominicans near St See also:Peter's See also:church in St Peter's See also:Street, and the See also:Franciscans, also in St Peter's Street, have See also:left notable remains. The Dominican See also:refectory is used as a See also:chapel. Among the many churches, St See also:Martin's, Longport, is of the first See also:interest. This was the See also:scene of the earliest See also:work of See also:Augustine in Canterbury, and had seen See also:Christian service before his arrival.

Its walls contain See also:

Roman See also:masonry, but whether it is in See also:part a genuine remnant of a Romano-See also:British Christian church is open to doubt. There are See also:Norman, See also:Early See also:English and later portions; and the See also:font may be in part pre-Norman, and is indeed associated by tradition with the See also:baptism of 1Ethelberht himself. St Mildred's church exhibits Early English and Perpendicular work, and the use of Roman material is again visible here. St See also:Paul's is of Early English origin; St See also:Dunstan's, St Peter's and See also:Holy See also:Cross are mainly Decorated and Perpendicular. The See also:village of Harbledown, on the See also:hill See also:west of Canterbury on the See also:London road, from the neighbourhood of which a beautiful view over the See also:city is obtained, has many associations with the ecclesiastical See also:life of Canterbury. It is mentioned by See also:Chaucer in his See also:pilgrimage under the name, appropriate to its site, of " Bob up and down." The almshouses, which occupy the site of See also:Lanfranc's See also:hospital for lepers, include an See also:ancient See also:hall and a chapel in which the west See also:door and See also:northern See also:nave See also:arcade are Norman, and are doubtless part of Lanfranc's buildings. The neighbouring See also:parish church is in See also:great part rebuilt. Among the numerous charitable institutions in Canter-See also:bury there are several which may be called the descendants of See also:medieval ecclesiastical See also:foundations. City Buildings, &c.—The old city walls may be traced, and the public walk called the Dane John (derived probably from See also:donjon) follows the See also:summit of a high artificial See also:mound within the lines. The See also:cathedral is finely seen from this point. Only the massive turreted west See also:gate, of the later part of the 14th See also:century, remains out of the former six city See also:gates. The site of the See also:castle is not far from the Dane John, and enough remains of the Norman keep to show its strength and great See also:size.

Among other buildings and institutions there may be mentioned the See also:

guildhall in High Street, of the early part of the 18th century; the museum, which includes a See also:fine collection of See also:local, including many Roman, See also:relics; and the school of See also:art, under municipal management, but founded by the painter T. See also:Sidney See also:Cooper (d. 1902), who was a See also:resident at Harbledown. A See also:modern statue of a muse commemorates the poet See also:Christopher See also:Marlowe (1564-1593), a native of the city; and a See also:pillar indicates the See also:place where a number of persons were burnt at the stake in the reign of See also:Mary. The See also:King's school, occupying buildings adjacent to the cathedral, See also:developed out of the early teaching furnished by the monastery. It was refounded by See also:Henry VIII. in 1541 (whence its name), and is managed on the lines of See also:ordinary public See also:schools. It has about 250 boys; and there is besides a junior or preparatory school. The school is still connected with the ecclesiastical See also:foundation, the See also:dean and See also:chapter being its See also:governors. A noted occasion of festivity in Cante-bury is the Canterbury See also:cricket-See also:week, when the See also:Kent See also:county cricket eleven engages in matches with other first-class teams, and many visitors are attracted to the city. Canterbury has a considerable See also:agriculture See also:trade, breweries, tanneries, brickworks and other manufactures. The See also:parliamentary See also:borough returns one member. The city is governed by a See also:mayor, 6 aldermen and 18 councillors.

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Area, 3955 acres. See also:History of the City.—The existence of a Romano-British See also:town on the site of Canterbury has already been indicated. It was named Durovernum, and was a flourishing county town on the road from the Kentish ports to London. See also:Mosaic pavements and other remains have been found in considerable abundance. The city, known by the See also:Saxons as Cantwaraburh, the town of the men of Kent, was the See also:metropolis of IEthelberht's See also:kingdom. At the See also:time of the Domesday survey Canterbury formed part of the royal See also:demesne and was governed by a portreeve as it had beenbefore the See also:Conquest. In the 13th and 14th centuries, two bailiffs presided over the burghmote, assisted by a larger and smaller See also:council. Henry II., by an undated See also:charter, confirmed former privileges and granted to the citizens that no one should implead them outside the city walls and that the pleas of the See also:crown should be decided according to the customs of the city. In 1256 Henry III. granted them the city at an See also:annual See also:fee See also:farm of £6o, also the right of electing their bailiffs. Confirmations of former charters with additional liberties were granted by later sovereigns, and Henry VI. incorporated Canterbury, which he called " one of our most ancient cities," under the See also:style of the mayor and commonalty, the mayor to be elected by the burgesses. See also:James I. in 1609 confirmed these privileges, giving the burgesses the right to be called a See also:body corporate and to elect twelve See also:alder-men and a See also:common council of twenty-four. See also:Charles II., after calling in the charters of corporations, granted a See also:confirmation in 1684.

Canterbury was first represented in See also:

parliament in 1283, and it continued to return two members until 1885, when the number was reduced to one. A fair was granted by Henry VI. to the citizens to be held in the city or suburbs on the 4th of See also:August and the two days following; other fairs were in the hands of the monasteries; the See also:corn and See also:cattle markets and a See also:general See also:market have been held by See also:prescription from time immemorial. Canterbury was a great centre of the See also:silk-See also:weaving trade in the 17th century, large See also:numbers of See also:Walloons, driven by persecution to See also:England, having settled there in the reign of See also:Elizabeth. In 1676 Charles II. granted a charter of See also:incorporation to the Walloon See also:congregation under style of the See also:master, wardens and fellowship of weavers in the city of Canterbury. The market for the See also:sale of corn and hops was regulated by a local See also:act in 18o,. See A. P. See also:Stanley, See also:Historical Memorials of Canterbury (London, 1855) ; J. Brent, Canterbury in the Olden Time (Canterbury, 1879) ; J. W. Legg and W. H.

St J. See also:

Hope, Inventories of See also:Christchurch, Canterbury (London, 1902) ; See also:Victoria County History, Kent.

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