The Washington herald., 1911-05-28
Home Of the Archbishop Of Canterbury.

OF the monks, TO rsxe 10 the greund the
chapel upon which no was engaged,
Great must have been the power of the
head Of tho Church OF Rsms in those
days. for many were the countries over
which his strong arm reached, and few
we're the individuals who could be found,
be they king or subject ehBFchRsR or
| laynan. bold enough 10 brave the anger
Of him who eat on the throne Of g. Peter
In the Vatican. Therefore power often
held sway where wisdom sRd ssRtieRsss
should have prevailed. 10 that the bull
Of Pope Innocent was esBesivsd In q
style moro fittsd 20 a worldly ruler,
Not only did ho order thst tbs Gstisgs
Of Lambeth should be demolished and the
canons elected. but he also threatened,
IL his commands were not carried out
within thirty days. that the bishops of
tho province OF Canterbury should cease
to acknowledge tho archbishop and the
latter should bo suspended from his
ONCE: and In a letter 20 the King shortly
afterward occurs a rassage which has
become famous and runs as follows;
That he ohc Pope) held tho pisns Of
God upon earth. and without distinction
OF persons he would punish the men and
nations that presumed to oppose his
commands"
The chapel was destroyed. and In it's
place there grew a manor house In which
the archbirhops took up their permanent
abode. but In course Of time this also
disappeared to make way for the present
palace. tho earliest part Of which dates
from about 1916. when Boniface Of Savoy
dwelt here as Archbishop Of Canterbury;
but or his work nothing remains beyond
the crypt beneath the chapel, the vault
ing OF which Is reproduced In the roof Of
the chapel itself though on a much
grander scale. every square inch Of space
being painted In colors OF great luster.
representative OF biblical episodes.
Boniface was succeeded by Kilwarby.
OF whose works at the palace no traces
remain. as this archbishop. on the occa-
sion OF his ascension to the office Of Car
dinal and Bishop OF Portua. took away
with him not only the Jewels. plate. and
money of the see. but also the register
books. which his successor. Archbishop
Peckham. made several Intellectual at
tempts to recover
Further improvements were made in
1921 by Archbishop Reynolds. but progress
was retarded sixty years later by the
plundering of the palace by a party Of
rebels under the notorious Wat Tyler
The two succeeding archbishops prob
ably repaired what damage had been
done TO the structure by the rebels, but
II was under Chicheley that the greatest
improvements were made to the dwelling
which had so long sheltered the head OF
the Church nf England. By Henry w
and Henry V he was held in much es-
TEEN. Being intrusted with several i'm
portant negotiations and being opposed
by what was termed the Wickliffe re-
form. he pursued the Lollards with Sc
verify. whence we are led to infer that
the building by him Of the great tower
(now called the Lollards' Tower) at the
west end OF the chapel was designed for
the purpose of incarcerating the enemies
OF the church.
After the death Of Chicheley there
reigned at Lambeth Palace two arch
bishops Of whom little Is known, but In
John Morton, who succeeded to the arch
bishopric In 1856, we find a man who has
made history and left a record Of his
work in brick and stone in the gate
house that guards the entrance to this
archiepiscopaI abode. Morton was edu-
Gated at Balloil College. oxford. after
which he became principal Of Peckwater
Inn nong since merged into Christchurch
College). and subsequently practicing as
an attorney, became SO eminent for his
skill in Jurisprudence as to attract the
notice of Cardinal Boucher. by whom he
was introduced to King Henry vi. to
which unfortunate morarch he was deep
ly attached. BY Edward w he was Gre
ated Bishop Of Ely and lord chancellor
Of England in 1f7S, and on the death of
his royal patron was appointed one Of
his executors. BY Richard III he seems
to have been but little loved, for he was
imprisoned IN Brecknock Castle. but
from here he contrived to escape to the
Continent, where he threw in his lot with
the Earl Of Richmond and assisted the
latter to mount the throne of England
FLANEUR.
Copyright. 1911. by Court Gossip syndicate.)