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The register of Edward Story, Bishop of Chichester 1478-1503, edited by Janet H. Stevenson

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Includes bibliographical references and indexes

contains biographical information

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The register of Edward Story, Bishop of Chichester 1478-1503

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919107176

edited by Janet H. Stevenson

The Canterbury and York Society,, CVI, 0262-995X

Edward Story, fellow of Pembroke Hall, Cambridge, and later master of Michaelhouse, was also, in two terms as chancellor, a university administrator. But it was as a royal servant that he rose to eminence from about 1460 to serve succeeding monarchs with the impartial efficiency of a career civil servant. Bishop of Carlisle from 1468, he was translated in 1478 to Chichester, which, although conterminous with the county of Sussex, contained several exempt jurisdictions, notably the archbishop of Canterbury's deanery of South Malling. The register begins with Story's primary visitation of his diocese. The full record reveals both the shortcomings of the cathedral chapter and of those religious houses subject to episcopal jurisdiction. Besides purely diocesan matters such as ordinations, collations and institutions, clerical indiscipline and the exercise of his judicial authority, the extraordinary actions required of the bishop are reflected not only in reports of local suspicions of heresy, but also in matters of national importance such as summonses to convocation, clerical taxation, natural disasters such as plague, and external threats to the kingdom. The documents are presented here with full notes and introduction

Introduction -- Text -- Appendix I: Itinerary of Bishop Story -- Appendix II: Proposed Visitation Itineraries for 1478 and 1482 -- Appendix III: Concordance of WSRO, Ep. I/1/3 -- Appendix IV: Concordance of WSRO, Ep. I/1/4 -- Index of Persons and Places -- Index of Subjects