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    The Bishop of Winchester is the diocesan bishop of the Diocese of Winchester in the Church of England. The bishop's seat (cathedra) is at Winchester Cathedral...
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    Henry of Blois (c. 1096 – 8 August 1171), often known as Henry of Winchester, was Abbot of Glastonbury Abbey from 1126, and Bishop of Winchester from 1129...
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    of its kind in Northern Europe. The cathedral is the seat of the Bishop of Winchester and is the mother church for the ancient Diocese of Winchester....
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    built-up area of Winchester had a population of 48,478. The wider City of Winchester district includes towns such as Alresford and Bishop's Waltham and...
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    Æthelwold of Winchester (also Aethelwold and Ethelwold, 904/9 – 984) was Bishop of Winchester from 963 to 984 and one of the leaders of the tenth-century...
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    White Benson, Archbishop of Canterbury, discussed with the Bishop of Winchester and others the role of the Bishop of Winchester within the Chapter. Lambeth...
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    Southampton, a suffragan bishop in the Diocese of Winchester, and acted as diocesan Bishop of Winchester. Sellin is originally from Scotland, and was born...
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    likely it was built c. 660 to be the cathedral for the first bishop of Winchester, the Saxon Bishop Wine, when the West Saxon bishopric was transferred from...
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    Winchester Palace was a 12th-century bishop's palace that served as the London townhouse of the Bishops of Winchester. It was located in the parish of...
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  • Winchester House may refer to: in England Winchester Palace, former residence of the Bishops of Winchester in London, also known as Winchester House Winchester...
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    Swithun (category Bishops of Winchester)
    was an Anglo-Saxon bishop of Winchester and subsequently patron saint of Winchester Cathedral. His historical importance as bishop is overshadowed by...
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  • portal The Bishop of Southampton is an episcopal title used by a suffragan bishop of the Church of England Diocese of Winchester, in the Province of Canterbury...
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  • Parliament constituency) Winchester Cathedral Diocese of Winchester Bishop of Winchester Winchester College City of Winchester, the local government district...
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  • The Bishop of Winchester Academy is a co-educational secondary school and sixth form with academy status, located in the Charminster area of Bournemouth...
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    Henry went on to be appointed Abbot of Glastonbury and Bishop of Winchester. In that capacity, he sponsored hundreds of constructions including bridges,...
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  • Alphege, was an Anglo-Saxon Bishop of Winchester, later Archbishop of Canterbury. He became an anchorite before being elected abbot of Bath Abbey. His reputation...
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  • (1412–1413) Henry Beaufort, Bishop of Winchester (1413–1417) Thomas Langley, Bishop of Durham (1417–1424) Henry Beaufort, Bishop of Winchester (1424–1426) John Kemp...
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    The Clink (category Former buildings and structures in the London Borough of Southwark)
    Liberty of the Clink, a local manor area owned by the Bishop of Winchester rather than by the reigning monarch. As the Liberty owner, the Bishop kept all...
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    Henry Beaufort (category Bishops of Winchester)
    Catholic prelate and statesman who held the offices of Bishop of Lincoln (1398), Bishop of Winchester (1404) and cardinal (1426). He served three times...
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    William of Wykeham (/ˈwɪkəm/; 1320 or 1324 – 27 September 1404) was Bishop of Winchester and Chancellor of England. He founded New College, Oxford, and...
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    pupils are known as Old Wykehamists. Winchester College was founded in 1382 by William of Wykeham, Bishop of Winchester and Chancellor to both Edward III...
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    William Giffard (category Bishops of Winchester)
    Chancellor of William II and Henry I, from 1093 to 1101, and Bishop of Winchester (1100–1129). Giffard was the son of Walter and Ermengarde, daughter of Gerard...
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    The Bishop of Winchester is ex officio a Lord Spiritual of the Westminster Parliament, one of five clerics (specifically certain prelates) of the Church...
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    jurisdiction of the county's sheriff and was under the jurisdiction of the Bishop of Winchester who was usually either the Chancellor or Treasurer of the King...
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    Headmaster of Winchester College (1429–1441), Provost of Eton College (1442–1447), Bishop of Winchester (1447–1486) and Lord Chancellor of England (1456–1460)...
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  • September 1914 – 30 January 2001) was an English bishop and theologian who was the Bishop of Winchester from 1974 to 1985. Taylor was born in Cambridge...
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    Duke of Chandos and is believed to have been played by Handel. Holy Trinity Gosport was consecrated in 1696 by Peter Mews, the Bishop of Winchester, who...
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    Wolvesey Palace (category Episcopal palaces of the bishops of Winchester)
    residence of the Bishop of Winchester, located in Winchester, England. The bishops had previously lived in the adjacent Wolvesey Castle. The site of Wolvesey...
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    literary and artistic flowering, mainly associated with Æthelwold, Bishop of Winchester. Monasteries aggressively acquired estates from lay landowners with...
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    Philip Mounstephen (category Bishops of Winchester)
    1959) is a British Anglican bishop and missionary. He has been the Bishop of Winchester since 2023, having been Bishop of Truro from November 2018 until...
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