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Actually, the previous church at Wells became the cathedral on the
creation of the diocese in 909. It seems to have always been a secular
chapter, so it would have been a collegiate chuch even at the times that
it wasn't officially the cathedral. The present building (on a slightly
different site) started building in 1175.
John Briggs
On 23/11/2013 00:31, Jane Stemp Wickenden wrote:
> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
>
> Pray excuse my ignorance, friends, but I’m having a little trouble with
> Wells Cathedral, in a manner of speaking.
>
> Bishop (of Bath) Reginald de Bohun/fitz Jocelin, was elected archbishop
> of Canterbury but died 26 December 1191 before appeals against his
> election to Canterbury could be heard.
>
> Savaric fitz Geldwin was elected bishop by the monks of Bath Abbey
> before 26 December 1191, and consecrated on 20 September 1192; but he
> but seems to have been abroad with King Richard at the time of his
> consecration (yes?) and didn’t return until ?1193, when he managed to be
> elected abbot of Glastonbury by various degrees of force and chicanery,
> depending which report you read. He completed the process by moving the
> episcopal seat to Glastonbury in 1197.
>
> My question is: who would actually have been in charge on the ground, as
> it were, at the church of Wells between Reginald’s death and Savaric’s
> return - given that Wells wasn’t yet the bishop’s cathedra? The Dean?
> The archdeacon?
>
> And,Wells was not a monastic establishment at the time (am I right?), so
> would it have been the canons who were singing the daily offices? And
> yet, it had a Dean and what seems to have been referred to as a chapter?
>
> I’ll be grateful for any help anyone can give, but please don’t put
> yourselves out too much. I am genuinely an amateur at this - I love
> doing it, but I’m really a languages and arts person and not a church
> historian.
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