Patriarch of Jerusalem
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THE LOST CHAPEL OF THE PRINCE BISHOPS
Antony Bek, Archdeacon of York, Auckland Castle, banners, Barnard Castle, Battle of Neville’s Cross, chapels, Constable of the Tower, Crusades, david II, Durham, Durham Cathedral, Edward I, Edward II, Edward III, Edward of Middleham, Farne Islands, Lincolnshire, Oxford, Patriarch of Jerusalem, prince bishops, Prior of Durham, Puritans, Richard III, saints, Scotland, Sir Arthur Heselrige, slighting, St. Cuthbert, statues, Westminster Abbey, Windsor CastleOnce upon a time, in the 13th century, in the grounds of Auckland Castle, there stood a mighty northern chapel that was almost as large as St George’s at Windsor and bigger than St Stephen’s Chapel at Westminster. The Prince-Archbishop Antony Bek was its founder, a man so powerful it was said by some that…
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