[Ccnet-jira] Ples of modern work. The altar itself is of Englis

[Alejandra <ar...@ma...>]

F SS. Peter and Paul his church at Edingdon, near Westbury, one of his
palaces, was attacked by a mob, who seized the bishop in the vestments
wherein he had just said mass, and, dragging him to a hill-top near,
there they stoned and beheaded him, stripping off his garments and
dividing them among themselves for memorials. His body was afterwards
interred at Edingdon. Possibly his scholarship, which separated him from
his people, was the real cause of his unpopularity, which is, however,
generally attributed to his frequent absence with King Henry VI., to
whom he was Confessor. =Richard Beauchamp= (1450-1481) was translated
from the bishopric of Hereford. Son of Sir Walter, and grandson of Lord
Beauchamp of Powick, he was sent on diplomatic missions to various
courts, including Burgundy. In 1471 he was one of the signatories of the
truce with the Duke of Brittany. In 1477 he became Dean of Windsor, and
was appointed by Edward IV. master of the works then in progress, which
include