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A History of the County of Oxford
… that king and bishop should present by turns, 20 but the bishops retained the patronage until 1869 when, under an … eminent churchmen long after the Middle Ages. Five bishops received commendams permitting them to retain the … Crew (16714), 87 and Henry Compton (16745) were all bishops of Oxford. 88 Three rectors subsequently became …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Wittering was the occasional residence of the bishops of Chichester from the thirteenth to the sixteenth …