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Excerpt from A Survey of the Cathedrals of York, Durham, Carlisle, Chester, Man, Litchfield, Hereford, Worcester, Gloucester, Bristol, Lincoln, Ely, Oxford, Peterborough, Canterbury, Rochester, London, Winchester, Chichester, Norwich, Salisbury, Wells, Exeter, Vol. 1 of 3: St. Davids, Landaff, Bangor, and St. Asaph; Containing an History of Their Foundations, Builders, Antient Monuments, and Inscriptions, Endowments, Alienations, Sales of Lands, Patronages Cathedrals, or antient Province of St. DA VI to attempt fomewbat' in like Manner for zbe four Northern Cathedrals, or Province of YO R x g and to tbat End I ufi'd my Endeavours to procure Lil'cs or Series's of tbc I'rebendaries in' every Stall in tbe Cburcb of York, (tbofe of Durham and Chelter loaning been tranfmitted to me jbon af-1 ter tbe Coming out of Mr. Lo' Neve's Boole) and as I found on Eu quiry, tbat tbofe of York bad been lucleil extrai't'ed from Records by Mr. Torr to tbe Tiar 169 3, I bad by t e Interefi of m Friends lit tle to do, except paying for Tranfcripts of wbat be ba done, and to obtain a Continuation of tbem to tbe fz'ear r7zz. At wbicb Y'eriod I ddigned to terminate tbis bvorle, wben I firg/i refobsed to undertake it, being [en/ib/e bow i mprafiicable and oai n it was to attempt deducing it lower, on Account of man alterations-mat would daily happen, and tbatjbould I not tbus filo; tbe Limits, tbe Series of tbe Members of one Cburcb, or Prebendal Stalls mufi difir from anotber 5 and tberefore bad I been determined otberwife, my feckin after Infer mation would bane been endlefi', and my Searcbes in 0 es, and Trou bling my Friends unreafonabl tirefitme, borb to my fibf and Menu But it fo bappening, tbat wbi e I was purfuing tbis Work, I found my felf called upon to anfwer an unexpeiled Attack made on me in a mofif extraordinary Manner, as I bane ob/erced Pag, goo. By a 9) About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
