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state of the church after the norman conquest. 21
The Refectionarius looked after the hall, provided table-cloths, napkins, towels,
ls es, plates, spoons, and all other necessaries for it, even servants to wait and
tend there ; and kept the silver utensils of the house.
oqumarius, the kitchener; Gardinarius, the gardener; and Portarius, the
^IiT' a^S° ment*oned in many records.
nunneries there were corresponding offices and officers; as, abbess, prioress,
Th reSS' Sa°"stan or sexton, treasurer, chamberess, chapellan, &c.
e period succeeding the Norman conquest, which was so remarkable for the
ncrease of monastic establishments, was also distinguished by the increase of
superstition, and the rapid and successive encroachments of papal ambition. In-
cessant struggles for power were carried on between the church and king, in which
former was commonly victorious. William I. by separating the bishops' courts
°m tn°se of civil judicature, promoted appeals to the court of Rome, where the
bTh°n ^W suPPosec* to ^e best expounded. Henry I. suffered Anselm, Arch"
^ °P °f Canterbury, to wrest from him the power of nomination to bishoprics ;
j0 Stephen submitted to a regular appeal from his authority to that of the pope's
hisTv ^ ^ re'^n °^ Henry II. the bold and pertinacious Becket effectually set
^ g at defiance, and attained bis object, although at the expense of bis life,
vail'^^ in^Uence was at this period strengthened throughout Europe by the pre-
§ mania of the crusades, and lost no part of its force during the time of
ength, in the turbulent and precarious reign of John, a.d. 1213, the impe-
rious Tn ~ ' r
the p r|0Cent "I. obliged that weak and timid prince to surrender his crown to
rent S ^ate' ant^ to accept it anew as a vassal of the holy see, at an annual
barons tnousan(l marks. Notwithstanding the remonstrances of the English
bishon bishoPs> the Popes were permitted by our monarchs to consecrate Arch-
1206 to T anterDury, from Stephen Langton, who was advanced to that see in
statutes ^6tnPe' wll° obtained it in 1452, with very few exceptions, although
interval gTainSt papal provisions were in force during the greater part of that
in Eno-1 a n tllC re'gn of Kin§' Henry III. popery had attained its highest influence
To^de? 1 an<1 enslaved tlie minds of mankind to the most degrading superstition,
the T 6tai1 Partlcularly the struggles of the English monarchs and people against
^^ncroachments of papal tyranny, from the time of Edward I. to that of Henry
latter " excee(i the just limits of this part of our subject. The reign of the
Pnnce was distinguished by one of the most important revolutions that ever
The Refectionarius looked after the hall, provided table-cloths, napkins, towels,
ls es, plates, spoons, and all other necessaries for it, even servants to wait and
tend there ; and kept the silver utensils of the house.
oqumarius, the kitchener; Gardinarius, the gardener; and Portarius, the
^IiT' a^S° ment*oned in many records.
nunneries there were corresponding offices and officers; as, abbess, prioress,
Th reSS' Sa°"stan or sexton, treasurer, chamberess, chapellan, &c.
e period succeeding the Norman conquest, which was so remarkable for the
ncrease of monastic establishments, was also distinguished by the increase of
superstition, and the rapid and successive encroachments of papal ambition. In-
cessant struggles for power were carried on between the church and king, in which
former was commonly victorious. William I. by separating the bishops' courts
°m tn°se of civil judicature, promoted appeals to the court of Rome, where the
bTh°n ^W suPPosec* to ^e best expounded. Henry I. suffered Anselm, Arch"
^ °P °f Canterbury, to wrest from him the power of nomination to bishoprics ;
j0 Stephen submitted to a regular appeal from his authority to that of the pope's
hisTv ^ ^ re'^n °^ Henry II. the bold and pertinacious Becket effectually set
^ g at defiance, and attained bis object, although at the expense of bis life,
vail'^^ in^Uence was at this period strengthened throughout Europe by the pre-
§ mania of the crusades, and lost no part of its force during the time of
ength, in the turbulent and precarious reign of John, a.d. 1213, the impe-
rious Tn ~ ' r
the p r|0Cent "I. obliged that weak and timid prince to surrender his crown to
rent S ^ate' ant^ to accept it anew as a vassal of the holy see, at an annual
barons tnousan(l marks. Notwithstanding the remonstrances of the English
bishon bishoPs> the Popes were permitted by our monarchs to consecrate Arch-
1206 to T anterDury, from Stephen Langton, who was advanced to that see in
statutes ^6tnPe' wll° obtained it in 1452, with very few exceptions, although
interval gTainSt papal provisions were in force during the greater part of that
in Eno-1 a n tllC re'gn of Kin§' Henry III. popery had attained its highest influence
To^de? 1 an<1 enslaved tlie minds of mankind to the most degrading superstition,
the T 6tai1 Partlcularly the struggles of the English monarchs and people against
^^ncroachments of papal tyranny, from the time of Edward I. to that of Henry
latter " excee(i the just limits of this part of our subject. The reign of the
Pnnce was distinguished by one of the most important revolutions that ever