bishop's seat
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The original dedication is not known, but in 1588 it was already used as an Ecclesiastical Court, and the next year a bishop's seat was made for use in it.
From The Churches of Coventry A Short History of the City & Its Medieval Remains by Woodhouse, Frederick W.
John de Villula, with the intention of making the city the bishop's seat, built here a church so spacious that the nave alone would swallow up the existing building.
From Somerset by Wade, G. W.
So to the town of Chester, where there were about 400 or 500 houses, the bishop's seat was moved.
From Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Lichfield A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Espicopal See by Clifton, A. B.
The other part is East Gautland, where there is also a bishop's seat, to which the islands of Gotland and Eyland belong; and forming all together a still greater bishopric.
From Heimskringla, or the Chronicle of the Kings of Norway by Snorri Sturluson
The bishop's seat was originally at Wells, where it still continues.
From Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Wells A Description of Its Fabric and a Brief History of the Episcopal See by Dearmer, Percy
