The Cathedral Church of Peterborough eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 137 pages of information about The Cathedral Church of Peterborough.

The Cathedral Church of Peterborough eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 137 pages of information about The Cathedral Church of Peterborough.

=William Connor Magee= (1868-1891) was Dean of Cork.  He was translated to the Archbishopric of York, but died within a very few months, May 5th, 1891.  He is buried in the Cathedral Yard, where a massive cross of Irish marble has been erected over his grave.  In the south choir aisle of the cathedral there is also a recumbent effigy, the likeness to the deceased prelate being most remarkably good.  His career is so recent and his eminence so well known that it is unnecessary to speak of them.

=Mandell Creighton= (1891-1897) had been Canon of Windsor, and previously of Worcester.  He was translated to London when Bishop Temple became Archbishop of Canterbury.  He died in 1901, and is buried in the crypt of S. Paul’s; an inlaid marble slab copied from the one over his grave is in the south choir aisle of the cathedral.

=Hon. Edward Carr Glyn= (1897-1916), Vicar of Kensington, Chaplain to the Queen; resigned 1916.

=Frank Theodore Woods= (1916), Vicar of Bradford, Yorks, 1912-1916, is the present bishop.

[Illustration:  PLAN OF THE CATHEDRAL.]

   PRINCIPAL DIMENSIONS.

Interior length, 426 feet. 
Interior height, 78 "
Nave length, 228 "
Nave width, 35 "
Nave and Aisles, 79 "
Transept length, 185 "
Transept width, 58 "
Area, 41,090 sq feet

DEANS OF PETERBOROUGH CATHEDRAL.

1541 Francis Abree, B.D. 1543 Gerard Carleton, B.D., Canon of Westminster. 1549 James Curthop, M.A., Canon of Christ Church. 1557 James Boxall, LL.D., Archdeacon of Ely, Warden of Winchester, Dean of Norwich, Dean of Windsor. 1560 William Latimer, D.D., Archdeacon of Westminster. 1585 Richard Fletcher, D.D., Bishop of Bristol, of Worcester, and finally of London. 1590 Thomas Nevill, D.D., Master of Magdalene, and afterwards of Trinity, Cambridge, Canon of Ely, Dean of Canterbury. 1597 John Palmer, D.D., Prebendary of Lichfield, Master of Magdalene, Cambridge. 1607 Richard Clayton, D.D., Archdeacon of Ely, Master of Magdalene, and afterwards of S. John’s, Cambridge. 1612 George Meriton, D.D., Dean of Bucking, Dean of York. 1616 Henry Beaumont, D.D., Dean of Windsor. 1622 William Peirse, D.D., Prebendary of S. Paul’s, Canon of Christ Church, Bishop of Peterborough, and afterwards of Bath and Wells. 1630 John Towers, D.D., Bishop of Peterborough. 1638 Thomas Jackson, D.D., Prebendary of Winchester, President of Corpus, Oxford. 1640 John Cosin, D.D., Prebendary of Durham, Archdeacon of Cleveland, Master of Peterhouse, Dean of Durham. 1660 Edward Rainbow, D.D., Master of Magdalene, Cambridge, Bishop of Carlisle. 1664 James Duport, D.D., Master of Magdalene, Cambridge, Professor of Greek, Prebendary of Lincoln. 1679 Simon Patrick, D.D., Canon of Westminster, Bishop of Chichester, and afterwards of Ely. 1689 Richard Kidder, D.D., Prebendary of Norwich, Bishop of Bath and Wells. 1601 Samuel Freeman D.D. 1707 White Kermett, D.D., Archdeacon

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