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E cathedral library, which is approached from the north aisle of the
presbytery by a staircase turret. His tomb is one of the finest in the
cathedral. Under it, together with those of his nephew, a Dean of
Hereford, are his own remains, except the heart, which, as he had
wished, was carried to his own country of Savoy. In 1275 the Chapter of
Hereford elected to the bishopric Thomas de Cantilupe, one of the
greatest men who has ever held that office, a man whose life was in
almost every way a remarkable contrast to that of his predecessor,
Bishop Aquablanca. It is said that the Bishop of Worcester, his
great-uncle, asked him as a child as to his choice of a profession, and
that he answered he would like to be a soldier. "Then, sweetheart," his
uncle is said to have exclaimed, "thou shalt be a soldier to serve the
King of Kings, and fight under the banner of the glorious martyr, St.
Thomas." Regular attendance at mass was his custom from earliest years.
Both at Oxford and Paris he distinguished himself, gaining his degree of
M.A. at the Sorbonne, and on his return accepted, at the request of the
university of Oxford and with the consent of the King, the office of
chancellor. In this capacity he showed singular courage and
determination in repressing a brawl between the southern scholars and
those of the north, in which we are told he escaped with a whole skin,
but not with a whole coat. He was chosen to fill the post of Chancellor
of England under Simon de Montfort, at whose death, however, he was
deprived of the office. It was some years after this that he became
Bishop of Hereford, and was consecrated at Canterbury, September 8th,
1275. No Welsh bishop attended the consecration. After he became a
bishop he still wore his hair-shirt and showed ever intense devotion in
his celebration of divine service. He was remarkable in the
steadfastness and ability he displayed in maintaining the rights of the
see. Gilbert de Clare, Earl of Gloucester, claiming a certain "chace"
near Malvern Forest, whence came