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    Exeter Cathedral, properly known as the Cathedral Church of Saint Peter in Exeter, is an Anglican cathedral, and the seat of the Bishop of Exeter, in...
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    Exeter Cathedral School (ECS) is a 3–13 mixed, Church of England, private day and boarding choir and preparatory school in Exeter, Devon, England. It...
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    Exeter (/ˈɛksɪtər/ EK-sit-ər) is a cathedral city and the county town of Devon, South West England. It is situated on the River Exe, approximately 36 mi...
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    The Exeter Book, also known as the Codex Exoniensis or Exeter Cathedral Library MS 3501, is a large codex of Old English poetry, believed to have been...
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    The Exeter Cathedral Astronomical Clock is a fifteenth-century astronomical clock in Exeter Cathedral, England. It displays the hour of the day, the day...
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    of Exeter. In 1050, King Edward the Confessor authorised that Exeter was to be the seat of the bishop for Devon and Cornwall and that a cathedral was...
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    brother of Walter Stapledon (died 1326), Bishop of Exeter. His effigy and monument survive in Exeter Cathedral. The Stapledons were minor gentry who had lands...
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    Durham Cathedral "The Octagon" at Ely Cathedral Detail of the west front at Exeter Cathedral The Perpendicular chancel at Gloucester Cathedral The 11th-century...
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    Exeter Diocesan Training College was created in Cathedral Close, Exeter at the former house of the Archdeacon of Totnes, adjacent to Exeter Cathedral...
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    Cathedral) 1975–1983 Andrew Millington (later organist of Guildford Cathedral and Exeter Cathedral) 1983–1990 Mark Blatchly 1990–1998 Mark Lee 1998–2002 Ian Ball...
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    Chris Martin (category People educated at Exeter Cathedral School)
    Zimbabwe when he was 10 years old, later attending the Hylton and Exeter Cathedral schools, where he found his passion for music. His secondary education...
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    Exeter Minster, was a historic church and parish in the City of Exeter, Devon, dating from the 7th century. It pre-dated the first Exeter Cathedral by...
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  • of Exeter, John Grandisson, founded a new church at Ottery St Mary, which was built by Joy. In 1342 he was put in charge of works at Exeter Cathedral. Initially...
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  • Reginald Moore (category Cathedral organists)
    Reginald Moore (1910–1968) was an English cathedral organist, who served in Exeter Cathedral. Reginald Moore was born in Bramley, Leeds. He was a pupil...
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    Samuel Sebastian Wesley (category Cathedral organists)
    Hereford on 17 September 1833. He moved to Exeter Cathedral three years later, and joined St George's Lodge No.129 Exeter on 10 December 1835. He subsequently...
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    The Dean of Exeter is the head of the Chapter of Cathedral Church of Saint Peter in Exeter, England. The chapter was established by William Briwere, Bishop...
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    Peter I of Courtenay (category Burials at Exeter Cathedral)
    in the floor of Exeter Cathedral, next to Elizabeth; however, no physical evidence currently exists and the historians at the cathedral can find no documentation...
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    Durham Cathedral Layout The Plans of Saint-Sernin, Toulouse and Amiens Cathedral St. Patrick's Cathedral Floorplan (Armagh) Exeter Cathedral Floorplan...
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    whose effigy in the form of a cross-legged crusader knight survives in Exeter Cathedral. The place of his origin is unclear from surviving records, but he...
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    The area of Cathedral Close, Exeter has been in the centre of Exeter, Devon, England, since Roman times when there was a basilica and a bath house in this...
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  • move the episcopal seat to Exeter in 1050. At Exeter, Leofric worked to increase the income and resources of his cathedral, both in lands and in ecclesiastical...
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  • the couple's fortitude and resiliency." Canon Mike D. Williams of Exeter Cathedral writes that the book is made by the quality of its writing, and the...
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    Fortunes of Men". Since the donation of the Exeter Book in 1076, it has been housed in Exeter Cathedral in southwestern England. The poem is for the...
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    (Nicholas Orme states that the posting of documents on and around Exeter Cathedral for which Benet was condemned took place in October 1530, and his execution...
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    Durham – Chorister School ExeterExeter Cathedral School Hereford – Hereford Cathedral School Lichfield – Lichfield Cathedral School Lincoln, England...
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    the Cathedral Churches of England and Wales: Lincoln cathedral. Chichester cathedral. Ely cathedral. Peterborough cathedral. Norwich cathedral. Exeter cathedral...
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    Hugh Oldham (category Burials at Exeter Cathedral)
    Oxford for which he donated £4,000. After his death he was buried in Exeter Cathedral in a chantry chapel that he had caused to be built for that purpose...
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    Angel Choir of Lincoln Cathedral, and that of Exeter Cathedral (begun before 1280). The striking retrochoir of Wells Cathedral (begun before 1280), the...
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    Exeter College, Oxford and contributed liberally to the rebuilding of Exeter Cathedral, where his tomb and monument survive. He was killed by a mob during...
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    chancellor of Exeter Cathedral. In 1245 he enjoyed a dispensation enabling him to hold three ecclesiastical benefices. He was buried in the nave of Exeter Cathedral...
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