Surname Index

to

From Earliest Times (p. 1) to bishop John Gauden, (p. 151)

of

Lives of the Bishops of Exeter and a History of the Cathedral, with an illustrative appendix

by

George Oliver

Exeter: William Roberts, Broadgate (1861), illus. xiv, 529 pp.

Index prepared by Michael Steer

From the first bishop until the sixteenth century, the Bishops of Exeter were in full communion with the Roman Catholic Church. However, during the Reformation the church in England broke away from the authority of the Pope and the Roman Catholic Church, at first temporarily and later more permanently. Since the Reformation, the Bishop and Diocese of Exeter has been part of the Church of England and of the Anglican Communion. The book's author, Reverend George Oliver, D.D., the famous priest-historian had been in charge of the Catholics of Devonshire for nearly 50 years, during which time he combined zealous pastoral care with an intense study of the history of the diocese of Exeter in the Middle Ages, and other kindred subjects. The book's illustrative appendix, pp. 269-503, is a treasury of early charters, certificates and muniments, many in the original Latin, as well as a lengthy subscribers list.

The appendix is not included in this name index.

For convenience, the term 'filius de' (son of) has been rendered as 'Fitz' throughout the index

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