INTRODUCTION BY THE EDITOR. THE FOLLOWING WORK was in the press, and a large portion of it had been revised for publication, when the hand of the Author was stayed by that illness which ended so sadly for all those who, anxiously watching, desired his recovery. It had formed the labour, the pleasant occupation, of the last few months of his life; and he had thrown himself into the history of his Cathedral with all that unflagging industry, with all that freshness of interest, which was so marked a feature in the character of one who ever did with all his might whatsoever he found to do. It is not for his family, who loved him so much, to express any opinion upon the merits of this the latest fruit of his genius, though they could not fail to be struck by the wonderful brightness and intellectual vigour which shone forth, as it seemed to them, from every word he wrote or spoke. To other more impartial judges belongs the duty of literary criticism; to them it is remitted in fullest confidence, that the name of HENRY HART MILMAN will be held entitled to no unworthy. place upon the roll of those distinguished men whose lives are here recorded, and who, like him, in former times, have presided as Deans over the Cathedral of S. Paul. I may not say more; I cannot say less. vi INTRODUCTION BY THE EDITOR. The Annals close with the funeral of the Duke of Wellington, but I know that it was my father's intention to have added a few more pages in which he would have given some account of the present aspect of the Cathedral, and of the proposals which have recently been put forward for its completion and decoration. These farewell words he never wrote, but the subject was so near his heart that I am advised it should not be altogether passed over. I have ventured, therefore, to make the necessary brief addition, but in doing so have religiously used his own words and expressions, so far as I have been able to discover them, either from the imperfect rough notes which he had committed to paper, or from his own letter, written some years ago to the Bishop of London, when first the project was discussed. A detailed statement of the works which have already been executed, and of those in contemplation, has been drawn up by Mr. Penrose, the Surveyor of S. Paul's, and will be found in the Appendix. In conclusion, I ought gratefully to acknowledge, as my father would himself assuredly have done, the valuable and interesting Appendix which has been furnished by his friend, Archdeacon Hale. ARTHUR MILMAN. CONTENTS. Roman and Christian London-Ancient Catacomb-Worship of Diana-Roman Christianity-Bishop Mellitus-S. Erkenwald- William the Conqueror-William, Bishop of London-Council in S. Paul's-S. Paul's burnt-New Cathedral-Bishop Gilbert Papal Power in England-The Legate, Cardinal Otho-Council in S. Paul's-Sermon and Canons of Otho-University of Oxford excommunicated-Bishop Roger the Black-Boniface, Archbishop of Canterbury-Bishop Henry de Wengham-Guido Fulcodi, Legate-Bull of Pope Boniface VIII.-Will of Bishop Gravesend Richard II. in S. Paul's-Residentiaries-Convocations in S. Paul's -Archbishop Arundel-Sentences in Convocation-Bishop Re- Thomas Kemp, Bishop of London-King Henry in S. Paul's-York's Oath of Fidelity-Reconciliation in S. Paul's-Concord and Unity -Edward IV. at S. Paul's-The Body of King Henry exposed in S. PAUL'S, ON THE APPROACH OF THE REFORMATION. Obscure Prelates-Colet, Dean of S. Paul's-Erasmus-Colet on his Travels, and at Oxford-His Lectures on Genesis-Colet as a Preacher-Convocation-Bishop Fitz James-Colet accused of Chapter of S. Paul's-Thirty Canons-Bishops of London-The Bishops of London-Marriage of Prince Arthur and Katherine- |