Note 119 — HISTORY OF THE CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF WELLS. (continued 2)

These were various works in the church and dormitory, done in the time of Abbot William, 1214-1235. Matthew Paris, in the Gesta Abbatum (i. 280), after describing them, adds, "Quippe ista conquæstu et industriâ Ricardi de Thidenhangaer, monachi nostri conversi ac camerarii, sine obedientiæ suæ defectu vel diminutione, sunt perfecta: quæ tamen Abbati ob reverentiam sunt adscribenda. Ille enim facit, cujus auctoritate quippiam fieri dinoscitur."