DOCSLIB.ORG

The Cathedral and Metropolitical Church of Christ, Canterbury

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
The Cathedral and Metropolitical Church of Christ, Canterbury THE CATHEDRAL AND METROPOLITICAL CHURCH OF CHRIST, CANTERBURY FEBRUARY 2018 The Reverend C Edwards in Residence 12 MONDAY 7.30 Morning Prayer – Our Lady Martyrdom 16 FRIDAY 7.30 Morning Prayer – Our Lady Martyrdom 8.00 Holy Communion – Our Lady Undercroft, Crypt 8.00 Holy Communion – Saints and Martyrs of Our Own Time, Corona Saints & Martyrs of 12.00 Sacrament of Reconciliation (until 1pm) 5.30 EVENSONG Responses – Ayleward Our Own Time – Holy Innocents, Crypt SUNG BY ST MARY’S, WALMER 12.30 Holy Communion – Our Lady Undercroft, Crypt Dyson in F Psalm 67 Richard of Dover, st How lovely are thy dwellings – Brahms Hymn 591 41 Archbishop, 1184 5.30 EVENSONG Responses – Ayleward and procession to the Chapel of Saints and Martyrs of Our Own Time 13 TUESDAY 7.30 Morning Prayer – Our Lady Martyrdom SUNG BY ST STEPHEN’S, CANTERBURY 8.00 Holy Communion – St Gabriel, Crypt Introit: Holy is the true light – Harris Barker Salisbury fauxbourdons Psalm 84 5.30 EVENSONG Responses – Sanders O quam gloriosum – Victoria Hymns 295; 303 t.51 SUNG BY THE CHAPEL CHOIR, CANTERBURY CHRIST CHURCH UNIVERSITY Purcell in G minor Psalm 69.1-6 The Archdeacon of Canterbury in Residence Greater love – Ireland Hymn 582 SERVICES SUNG BY THE VASARI SINGERS 17 SATURDAY 8.00 Holy Communion – St Gregory, South-East Transept 14 ASH 7.30 Morning Prayer – Our Lady Martyrdom 9.30 Morning Prayer – Jesus Chapel, Crypt WEDNESDAY 8.00 Holy Communion with Imposition of Ashes Janani Luwum, – High Altar Archbishop of 3.15 EVENSONG Responses – Campbell 12.30 Holy Communion with Imposition of Ashes Uganda, Martyr, 1977 Tippett St John’s service Psalm 89.1-9 – Our Lady Undercroft, Crypt Bless the Lord, O my soul – Dove Collection Hymn 128i 5.30 EVENSONG with Litany in Procession Responses – Sarum 7.30 Concert: Music Divine – The Caroline Consort SUNG BY THE CATHEDRAL CHOIR – Eastern Crypt Introit: In ieiunio et fletu – Tallis Psalm 51 Antiphon: Lay up for yourselves Plainsong Tones i and iii 18 THE FIRST 8.00 Holy Communion (BCP) – High Altar Litany – Ridout SUNDAY OF p236, readings p91 LENT 6.30 Holy Communion with Imposition of Ashes 9.30 Morning Prayer (said) – Quire Psalm 77 – Our Lady Undercroft, Crypt 11.00 SUNG EUCHARIST – Quire Jongen Messe en l’honneur du Hymns 121; 116; 15 THURSDAY 7.30 Morning Prayer – Our Lady Martyrdom Saint-Sacrement 621; 118 8.00 Holy Communion – St Mary Magdalene, Crypt Attende Domine – Villette Henry Deane, Preacher: The Archdeacon of Canterbury, Vice Dean 67th Archbishop, 1503 5.30 EVENSONG Responses – Plainsong SUNG BY ST MARY’S SINGERS 3.15 EVENSONG Responses – Campbell st 1 of Saints and Martyrs of our Own Time Lent Prose in procession Wood in C minor Psalm 78.1-13 Stanford in A Psalm 119.17-32 Try me, O God – Nares Hymn 127 Blest pair of sirens – Parry Collection Hymn 748 6.30 Sermon and Compline Preacher: The Dean ROBERT WILLIS, DL, DCL, DD, DEAN CANTERBURY CATHEDRAL MAX KRAMER, MA (Oxon), MA (Cantab), MPhil, PRECENTOR CATHEDRAL HOUSE, 11 THE PRECINCTS, CANTERBURY, CT1 2EH DAVID FLOOD, MA, DMUS, FRCO (Chm), FGCM, ORGANIST TEL: +44 (0) 1227 762862 | EMAIL: [email protected] THE CATHEDRAL AND METROPOLITICAL CHURCH OF CHRIST, CANTERBURY FEBRUARY 2018 The Archdeacon of Canterbury in Residence SERVICES SUNG BY THE CATHEDRAL CHOIR 23 FRIDAY 7.30 Morning Prayer – Our Lady Martyrdom 19 MONDAY 7.30 Morning Prayer – Our Lady Martyrdom 8.00 Holy Communion – Our Lady Martyrdom 8.00 Holy Communion – St Nicholas, Crypt Polycarp, 12.00 Sacrament of Reconciliation (until 1pm) Bishop of Smyrna, Thomas Arundel, – Holy Innocents, Crypt th 60 Archbishop, 1414 5.30 EVENSONG Responses – Tomkins Martyr, c.155 Statham in E minor Psalms 98-101 5.30 EVENSONG Responses – Moore Wash me thoroughly – Wesley Hymn 130i Ember Day Byrd short service Psalms 114; 115 Lux aeterna – Elgar Hymn 131 The Reverend N C Papadopulos in Residence 24 SATURDAY 8.00 Holy Communion – St Augustine, Nave 20 TUESDAY 7.30 Morning Prayer – Our Lady Martyrdom 9.30 Morning Prayer – Jesus Chapel, Crypt 8.00 Holy Communion – Holy Innocents, Crypt Ember Day 3.15 EVENSONG Responses – Moore 5.30 EVENSONG Responses – Tomkins Noble in A minor Psalm 119.1-32 Purcell in G minor Psalm 104 Night prayer – Lambert Collection Hymn 120ii Salvator mundi – Tallis Hymn 115 The Reverend C Edwards in Residence 21 WEDNESDAY 7.30 Morning Prayer – Our Lady Martyrdom 8.00 Holy Communion – St Anselm, South Quire Aisle 25 THE SECOND 8.00 Holy Communion (BCP) – High Altar Ember Day 12.30 Holy Communion – Our Lady Undercroft, Crypt SUNDAY OF p236, readings p93 LENT 5.30 EVENSONG Responses – Foster 9.30 Morning Prayer (said) – Quire Psalm 105.1-6, 37-end SUNG BY THE GIRLS AND MEN OF THE CATHEDRAL CHOIR Gibbons short service Psalm 106.1-12 11.00 SUNG EUCHARIST –Quire Psalms 22.23-end; Jehova, quam multi sunt – Purcell Hymn 119 Lassus Missa super bel’ amfitrit altera 103.8-13 Drop, drop slow tears – Walton Hymns NEH 73ii, 420i, NEH 75 22 THURSDAY 7.30 Morning Prayer – Our Lady Martyrdom Preacher: The Reverend C Edwards, Vice Dean 8.00 Holy Communion – Jesus Chapel, Crypt Stigand, 3.15 EVENSONG Responses – Moore th 34 Archbishop, 1072 1.30 Funeral – Quire Lent Prose in procession Howells Gloucester service Psalm 135 5.30 EVENSONG Responses – Archer first set Miserere mei – Allegri Collection Hymn 669 Boys’ voices Noon second service Psalm 109.1-4, 20-end 5.30 Kings’ School Confirmation – Quire President & Preacher: The Bishop of Dover Ex ore innocentium – Ireland Hymn 135 ROBERT WILLIS, DL, DCL, DD, DEAN CANTERBURY CATHEDRAL MAX KRAMER, MA (Oxon), MA (Cantab), MPhil, PRECENTOR CATHEDRAL HOUSE, 11 THE PRECINCTS, CANTERBURY, CT1 2EH DAVID FLOOD, MA, DMUS, FRCO (Chm), FGCM, ORGANIST TEL: +44 (0) 1227 762862 | EMAIL: [email protected].
Load more

Recommended publications
  • Lambeth Palace Library Research Guide Biographical Sources for Archbishops of Canterbury from 1052 to the Present Day
    Lambeth Palace Library Research Guide Biographical Sources for Archbishops of Canterbury from 1052 to the Present Day 1 Introduction .................................................................................................................... 3 2 Abbreviations Used ....................................................................................................... 4 3 Archbishops of Canterbury 1052- .................................................................................. 5 Stigand (1052-70) .............................................................................................................. 5 Lanfranc (1070-89) ............................................................................................................ 5 Anselm (1093-1109) .......................................................................................................... 5 Ralph d’Escures (1114-22) ................................................................................................ 5 William de Corbeil (1123-36) ............................................................................................. 5 Theobold of Bec (1139-61) ................................................................................................ 5 Thomas Becket (1162-70) ................................................................................................. 6 Richard of Dover (1174-84) ............................................................................................... 6 Baldwin (1184-90) ............................................................................................................
    [Show full text]
  • Archbishop of Canterbury, and One of the Things This Meant Was That Fruit Orchards Would Be Established for the Monasteries
    THE ARCHBISHOPS OF CANTERBURY And yet — in fact you need only draw a single thread at any point you choose out of the fabric of life and the run will make a pathway across the whole, and down that wider pathway each of the other threads will become successively visible, one by one. — Heimito von Doderer, DIE DÂIMONEN “NARRATIVE HISTORY” AMOUNTS TO FABULATION, THE REAL STUFF BEING MERE CHRONOLOGY “Stack of the Artist of Kouroo” Project Archbishops of Canterb HDT WHAT? INDEX ARCHBISHOPS OF CANTERBURY ARCHBISHOPS OF CANTERBURY 597 CE Christianity was established among the Anglo-Saxons in Kent by Augustine (this Roman import to England was of course not the Aurelius Augustinus of Hippo in Africa who had been in the ground already for some seven generations — and therefore he is referred to sometimes as “St. Augustine the Less”), who in this year became the 1st Archbishop of Canterbury, and one of the things this meant was that fruit orchards would be established for the monasteries. Despite repeated Viking attacks many of these survived. The monastery at Ely (Cambridgeshire) would be particularly famous for its orchards and vineyards. DO I HAVE YOUR ATTENTION? GOOD. Archbishops of Canterbury “Stack of the Artist of Kouroo” Project HDT WHAT? INDEX ARCHBISHOPS OF CANTERBURY ARCHBISHOPS OF CANTERBURY 604 CE May 26, 604: Augustine died (this Roman import to England was of course not the Aurelius Augustinus of Hippo in Africa who had been in the ground already for some seven generations — and therefore he is referred to sometimes as “St. Augustine the Less”), and Laurentius succeeded him as Archbishop of Canterbury.
    [Show full text]
  • Henry Ii New Interpretations
    HENRY II NEW INTERPRETATIONS edited by Christopher Harper-Bill and Nicholas Vincent THE BOYDELL PRESS Henry II.indb 3 3.9.2007 15:34:49 Contents List of Illustrations vii Editors’ Preface ix List of Abbreviations xi Introduction : Henry II and the Historians 1 Nicholas Vincent The Accession of Henry II 24 Edmund King Henry II and Louis VII 47 Jean Dunbabin Doing Homage to the King of France 63 John Gillingham Henry, Duke of the Normans (1149/50–1189) 85 Daniel Power Henry II and England’s Insular Neighbours 129 Seán Duffy Henry II , the English Church and the Papacy, 1154–76 154 Anne J. Duggan On the Instruction of a Prince : The Upbringing of Henry, 184 the Young King Matthew Strickland Henry II and the Creation of the English Common Law 215 Paul Brand Finance and the Economy in the Reign of Henry II 242 Nick Barratt Henry II.indb 5 3.9.2007 15:34:49 vi Contents Henry II and the English Coinage 257 Martin Allen The Court of Henry II 278 Nicholas Vincent Literary Culture at the Court of Henry II 335 Ian Short Henry II and Arthurian Legend 362 Martin Aurell Index 395 Henry II.indb 6 3.9.2007 15:34:49 Anne J. Duggan Henry II, the English Church and the Papacy, 1154–76 He preponderant historical opinion of Henry II’s relations with the English Church and with the papacy is easily summarised as reasonably T amicable, apart from the Becket crisis, which represented an aberration from the broad accommodation that characterised the relationship between the regnum and the sacerdotium.
    [Show full text]
  • St Dunstan in the East: an Architectural History of a Medieval London Parish Church
    London and Middlesex Archaeological Society Transactions, 66 (2015), 47—77 ST DUNSTAN IN THE EAST: AN ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY OF A MEDIEVAL LONDON PARISH CHURCH Jennifer Ledfors SUMMARY 1996, 18). Consequently, the vanished inter- nal layout of these medieval churches has to The medieval parish of St Dunstan in the East was one be reconstructed from archaeological and of three London parishes referred to as juxta Turrim; historic sources. This article aims to examine the other two parishes were St Olave’s Hart Street and the evidence for the medieval fabric of St All Hallows Staining. It is a well-documented London Dunstan in an attempt to reconstruct the community that is surprisingly under-researched. medieval church based upon documentary, The prevalence of such a rich supply of documentary archaeological, visual and cartographic sources can be attributed to the fact that many of sources. These documents support not only London’s powerful social, civic and governing elite the existence of speciþc features in the pre- lived in the community and also to the parish’s status Reformation parish church, but also provide as a peculiar of the archbishopric, which consequently impressions of the building structure and served in various ways the administration of the architectural features. This allows for the archbishops of Canterbury. The rich records for St construction of a narrative on the various Dunstan in the East have allowed for a study of the elements of the interior fabric, a perspective architecture in a pre-Reformation parish church, on their appearance and usage, as well as which has consequently served to illuminate various providing an impression of the religious aspects of Londoners’ expressions of popular piety and practices and preferences of the people who daily liturgical practices in the later Middle Ages on lived and worshipped in the parish.
    [Show full text]
  • 1052 to the Present Day
    Lambeth Palace Library Research Guide Biographical Sources for Archbishops of Canterbury from 1052 to the Present Day 1 Introduction .................................................................................................................... 3 2 Abbreviations Used ....................................................................................................... 4 3 Archbishops of Canterbury 1052- .................................................................................. 5 Stigand (1052-70) .............................................................................................................. 5 Lanfranc (1070-89) ............................................................................................................ 5 Anselm (1093-1109) .......................................................................................................... 5 Ralph d’Escures (1114-22) ................................................................................................ 5 William de Corbeil (1123-36) ............................................................................................. 5 Theobold of Bec (1139-61) ................................................................................................ 5 Thomas Becket (1162-70) ................................................................................................. 6 Richard of Dover (1174-84) ............................................................................................... 6 Baldwin (1184-90) ............................................................................................................
    [Show full text]
  • Hubert Walter's Council of Westminster of 1200 and Its Use of Alexander III's 1179 Lateran Council
    This is a repository copy of Hubert Walter's Council of Westminster of 1200 and its use of Alexander III's 1179 Lateran Council. White Rose Research Online URL for this paper: https://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/133578/ Version: Accepted Version Book Section: Summerlin, D.J. orcid.org/0000-0002-1559-9365 (2018) Hubert Walter's Council of Westminster of 1200 and its use of Alexander III's 1179 Lateran Council. In: Eichbauer, M.H. and Summerlin, D.J., (eds.) The Use of Canon Law in Ecclesiastical Administration, 1000-1234. Medieval Law and Its Practice, 26 . Brill , Turnhout , pp. 121-139. ISBN 978- 90-04-38724-9 https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004387249_008 © 2018 Brill. This is an author-produced version of a chapter subsequently published in Eichbauer, M. and Summerlin, D. (eds.), The Use of Canon Law in Ecclesiastical Administration, 1000–1234. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. Reuse Items deposited in White Rose Research Online are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved unless indicated otherwise. They may be downloaded and/or printed for private study, or other acts as permitted by national copyright laws. The publisher or other rights holders may allow further reproduction and re-use of the full text version. This is indicated by the licence information on the White Rose Research Online record for the item. Takedown If you consider content in White Rose Research Online to be in breach of UK law, please notify us by emailing [email protected] including the URL of the record and the reason for the withdrawal request.
    [Show full text]
  • St. Gregory's Priory, Canterbury a Re-Assessment
    http://kentarchaeology.org.uk/research/archaeologia-cantiana/ Kent Archaeological Society is a registered charity number 223382 © 2017 Kent Archaeological Society ST. GREGORY'S PRIORY, CANTERBURY A RE-ASSESSMENT M. SPARKS St. Gregory's was in Northgate, a poor relation as a religious house to the Cathedral Priory and St. Augustine's Abbey. Until recently it was even more obscure than the three Canterbury houses of friars, whose sites were known. All that could be said of the priory buildings was that they lay to the east of Northgate, just outside the city walls and near High Street St. Gregory's. This situation was changed by a series of excavations undertaken by the Canterbury Archaeological Trust 1988-89, starting with the Lay Cemetery under a car park to the south of High Street St. Gregory's, and progressing north across the sites of the churches and priory buildings, most recently occupied by the G.P.O. Sorting Office. The area in the angle between Northgate and Union Street was to have been developed for housing, but was eventually covered by a new student accommodation block for Canterbury Christ Church University College. The final report is not yet published, but interim reports covered archaeology and history.' In the excitement of uncovering the site of the church, there was an idea the religious use might go back to a pre-Conquest guild of priests. However, mature consideration suggested that the church was probably Lanfranc's. So the origin of the house was in fact as stated by R.C. Fowler 'the foundation of this house is by common consent attributed to Lanfranc ..
    [Show full text]
  • Corrected Thesis Final Version
    Bowie, Colette Marie (2011) The daughters of Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine: a comparative study of twelfth-century royal women. PhD thesis. http://theses.gla.ac.uk/3177/ Copyright and moral rights for this thesis are retained by the author A copy can be downloaded for personal non-commercial research or study, without prior permission or charge This thesis cannot be reproduced or quoted extensively from without first obtaining permission in writing from the Author The content must not be changed in any way or sold commercially in any format or medium without the formal permission of the Author When referring to this work, full bibliographic details including the author, title, awarding institution and date of the thesis must be given Glasgow Theses Service http://theses.gla.ac.uk/ [email protected] The Daughters of Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine: A Comparative Study of Twelfth-Century Royal Women. Colette Marie Bowie M.A. (Hist), Mphil. (Hist) Submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy University of Glasgow School of History April 2011 i Abstract This thesis compares and contrasts the experiences of the three daughters of Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine. Matilda, Leonor and Joanna all undertook exogamous marriages which cemented dynastic alliances and furthered the political and diplomatic ambitions of their parents. Their later choices with regards religious patronage, as well as the way they and their immediate families were buried, seem to have been influenced by their natal family, suggesting a coherent sense of family consciousness. To discern why this might be the case, an examination of the childhoods of these women has been undertaken, to establish what emotional ties to their natal family may have been formed at this time.
    [Show full text]
  • A History of St. Augustine's Monastery, Canterbury
    H Distort of St Huaustine's Monastery Canterbury. BY The Reverend R. J. E. BOGGIS, B.D. Sub- Warden of St. A ugustinfs College. Canterbury : CROSS & JACKMAN, 1901. PREFACE. Churchman or the Antiquarian cannot but feel THEa pang of regret as he turns over the pages of such a work as Dugdale's Monasticon, and notes the former glories of the Religious Houses of England before the hand of the spoliator, had consigned them to desecration and ruin. Some of these homes of religion and learning have entirely disappeared, while others are represented by fragments of buildings that are fast crumbling to decay; and among these latter possibly even among the former would have been counted St. Augustine's, had it not been for the pious and public-spirited action of Mr. A. J. Beresford Hope, who in 1844 purchased part of the site of the ancient Abbey, and gave it back to the Church of England with its buildings restored and adapted for the require- ments of a Missionary College. The outburst of en- thusiasm that accompanied this happy consummation of the efforts of the Reverend Edward Coleridge is still remembered not a few devout Church by people ; and there are very many besides, who rejoice in the fresh lease of life that has thus been granted to the PREFACE. old Foundation, and are interested in the service that is now being here rendered to the English Church of modern times. Such persons may like to have the opportunity of tracing the varied fortunes of the St. Augustine's of former ages, and I have therefore en- deavoured to set forth a sketch of its history during the 940 years of its existence as a Religious House, till the day when the Crown took possession of the Church's property, and "St.
    [Show full text]
  • Sources for the Liturgy of Canterbury Cathedral in the Central Middle Ages
    View metadata, citation and similar papers at core.ac.uk brought to you by CORE provided by Kent Academic Repository Sources for the Liturgy of Canterbury Cathedral in the Central Middle Ages HELEN GITTOS Recent research suggests there is a large quantity of surviving evidence for the liturgi- cal texts written at Canterbury cathedral in the central middle ages. A provisional list of manuscripts containing material for occasional rites, such as Candlemas, Palm Sunday and the dedication of churches is given, and the reasons for thinking they contain evidence for Canterbury’s liturgy are presented. Some examples are given to illustrate their potential as sources of evidence for architectural historians, including for the policies of individual bishops, the fabric of the cathedral, and changes in the performance of the liturgy. IT has been said that ‘no detailed history’ of the medieval liturgy of Canterbury cathedral ‘can be written, since very little relevant documentation has survived’.1 This is simply not true. Recent research suggests that there is a large quantity of surviving evidence for the liturgical texts written at the cathedral in the central middle ages, from c. 900 to c. 1150. In this article I shall give a preliminary review of that evidence, focusing on the material of greatest interest to architectural historians. The most useful sources for understanding how rituals were performed are those containing directions for how to perform them; even if these are only ideals and bear little relation to what actually happened, they are still informative about what those ideals were. Such texts tend to be found in books written for priests (manuals), bishops (pontifi cals), and as guidance for how an ecclesiastical community should be run (customaries).
    [Show full text]
  • Translation, Canonization, and the Cult of the Saints in England, 1160-1220
    TRANSLATION, CANONIZATION, AND THE CULT OF THE SAINTS IN ENGLAND, 1160-1220 Elizabeth Hasseler A thesis submitted to the faculty at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in the Department of History (Medieval History). Chapel Hill 2014 Approved by: Marcus G. Bull Brett E. Whalen Robert G. Babcock © 2014 Elizabeth Hasseler ALL RIGHTS RESERVED ii ABSTRACT Elizabeth Hasseler: Translation, Canonization, and the Cult of the Saints in England, 1160- 1220 (Under the direction of Marcus G. Bull and Brett E. Whalen) The twelfth century marked a significant change in the way that saints were made. While previously sanctification had been a primarily local phenomenon, overseen by local bishops through the ritual practice of translation, throughout the twelfth century the development of formalized, juridical canonization processes allowed the papacy to oversee the process of making a new saint. This thesis addresses the nature of this shift, arguing that even as canonization proceedings became more common, the ritual of translation still retained significance as an act of local cult building. Focusing on the cults of Edward the Confessor and Thomas Becket, both of whom were canonized by the papacy and subsequently translated by their communities, this study will show that the translation ceremony remained significant through the twelfth century as a moment at which saints were commemorated, their lives narrated, and their remains enshrined within the sacral landscape of the community. iii ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Thanks go first of all to my family and friends who have supported me throughout my time in school.
    [Show full text]
  • Research Notes - Medieval
    http://kentarchaeology.org.uk/research/archaeologia-cantiana/ Kent Archaeological Society is a registered charity number 223382 © 2017 Kent Archaeological Society RESEARCH NOTES - MEDIEVAL AN IMPORTANT SOURCE FOR KENTISH HISTORY: THE CARTULARY OF ST MARTIN'S PRIORY. DOVER The History ofthe Priory In the early twelfth century the priory of St Martin at Dover was made dependent on the archbishop and Benedictine community of Christ Church Canterbury. Dover was always overshadowed by Christ Church, but it had some importance in its own right. It was nowhere near so handsomely endowed as the priory at Canterbury, one ofthe richest in England, but it had lands in some profitable areas in the vicinity as well as the tithes offish, some profits ofthe port, and toll ofthe market. Dover was the gateway to England. Tlie situation ofthe priory in the major southem port of entry into England gave it prominence. Tlie royal court came frequently to the town and to the great royal fortress on the hill on its way to and from the Continent. The prion' and its dependent hospital of St Bartholomew at Buckland, near Dover, were on a route frequented by most travellers entering or leaving England. Tlie Maison Dieu, or hospital, founded in 1220, the year ofthe translation of Archbishop Tliomas Becket, also received numerous travellers and pilgrims. The curious ceremony ofthe trendyll, when every three years a wax taper whose length was the circumference ofthe town walls was wound on a great reel and sent by the monks of Dover to St Thomas's shrine at Canterbury on the eve of the feast of Becket's translation (6 July),1 perhaps symbolises a small community which, in spite of its loss of independence, showed a remarkable ability to organize itself.
    [Show full text]