For later medieval times: (1) Chroniclers, &c., after 1066, as Florence of Worcester, ed. B. Thorpe, Eng. Hist. Soc. (2 vols., 1878), trans. by J. Stevenson in _Church Historians_ (London, 1853); Symeon of Durham, ed. T. Arnold, Rolls series (2 vols., 1882); Eadmer (for Archbishop Anselm), ed. M. Rule, Rolls series (1884); William of Malmesbury, _Gesta regum_, &c. (to 1152), ed. W. Stubbs, Rolls series (2 vols., 1887), and _Gesta pontificum_, ed. N. E. S. A. Hamilton, Rolls series (1870); (John of Salisbury?) _Historia pontificalis_ (for Archbishop Theobald, 1139-1161), ed. Pertz, _Rerum Germ. scriptt._ xx.; _Materials for the Life of Archbishop Becket_, ed. J. C. Robertson, Rolls series (7 vols., 1875-1885); Giraldus Cambrensis (12th century), _Gemma ecclesiastica and Speculum ecclesiae_, Works ii. and iv., ed. J. S. Brewer, Rolls series (1862, 1873); Matthew Paris, _Chronica majora_ (to 1259), ed. H. R. Luard, Rolls series (7 vols., 1880-1883), and many more. (2) Letters, as Archbishop Lanfranc, _Epistolae_, ed. Giles (Oxford, 1844); Archbishop Anselm, _Epistolae_, ed. Migne (Paris, 1863); Robert Grosseteste, _Epistolae_, ed. H. R. Luard, Rolls series (1861), and others. (3) Bishops' Registers, as _Registrum J. Peckham_ (Archbishop of Canterbury, 1279-1292), ed. C. T. Martin, Rolls series (3 vols., 1882-1886); _Exeter Registers_, ed. Hingeston-Randolph (5 vols., 1889); _Registers_ of Bishops Drokensford and Ralph of Shrewsbury, ed. W. H. Dickinson and T. S. Holmes, Somerset Record Soc. (3 vols., 1887, 1895-1896), and others. For Wycliffe and early Lollards see WYCLIFFE. R. Pecock, _Repressor of Overmuch Blaming of the Clergy_, ed. C. Babington, Rolls series (2 vols., 1860); and T. Gascoigne, _Loci e libro veritatum_, ed. J. T. Rogers (Oxford, 1881), which gives ample notices of abuses, should be consulted for 15th century. Modern books: W. R. W. Stephens, _The English Church, 1066-1272_ (revised edition, 1904), and W. W. Capes, _The English Church in the 14th and 15th Centuries_ (1900), both ed. Stephens and Hunt (London); J. Raine, _Archbishops of York_ (ends at 1373) (London, 1863); F. A. Gasquet, _Henry III. and the Church_ (London, 1905). Biographical: Dean R. W. Church, _Anselm_ (London, 1870); M. Rule, _Life and Times of St Anselm_ (written from a Roman Catholic standpoint) (2 vols., London, 1883); C. de Rémusat, _Vie de S. Anselme_ (Paris, 1868); G. G. Perry, _St Hugh, Bishop of Lincoln_ (London, 1879); F. S. Stevenson, _Robert Grosseteste, Bishop of Lincoln_ (London, 1899), and others.
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