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Excerpt from Wells Cathedral: Its Foundation, Constitutional History, and StatutesTo do this - to gain any such idea - it is necessary to examine the actual deeds and documents which are a daily record of all their habits, and manners and customs. These are generally found in the Episcopal and Capitular Registers, and in such works as the Chronicles of Evesham, Glo'ster, and Tewkesbury, which were published some years ago under the direction of the Master of the Rolls. The publication of such works is, however, of so great expense, and their sale is so necessarily limited, that unless a public department of the State undertake the work it has to be given up for want Of funds.It is, therefore, the purpose of the Editor to give, as far as he can, an introduction to the Wells Consuetudinary and Statutes which shall contain such information bearing upon the internal history of Wells Cathedral as is found in some of the ms. Books now in the possession of the Dean and Chapter, and to most of which, by the above-mentioned kindness of the Dean and Chapter, he has obtained access. At the same time, the Editor wishes to protect himself by saying that a work like the present cannot possibly contain the substance of all these volumes or one hundredth part of them. This must be left to one connected with the Cathedral, and constantly resident, with immediate access to every document, and unlimited time at his disposal.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.