wells wells known died november medieval brother canon elected bishop king john england dispute pope remained king john late went exile returned england mentioned bishops crowned john son rest life involved royal administration active diocese ordering construction cathedral wells issuing rules clergy time bishop settled dispute diocese started predecessor memorial brass tomb probably earliest england early life born wells somerset son edward wells small landowner city wells brother wells historians relative exact relationship unknown simon wells historians dispute occasionally known modern historians dates contemporary life royal vacant diocese lincoln royal clerk canon wells canon previous bishop wells died february elected bishop consecrated reading london unclear cathedral chapters bath wells took action king john driving force election advisor king john main advisors king john dispute pope appointment immediately leave england pope innocent iii placed england encouraged john settle innocent early worried innocent expand forcing john advisors choose serving king pope came negotiations leave england john late bishop rochester subject mocking song conduct hugh exile returned england english bishops bishops august refused pay king sided barons lists king reign peter des bishop winchester crowned king young son john john death later present battle monk helped secure henry rule supported work french forces england regaining control royal castles seized barons southwestern england ended dispute diocese gave claim control abbey abbey gave number estates previously bishops attempt known held office abbot settlement new abbot elected acknowledged claiming title abbot historian felt settlement began use title wells historian disagreed baron served king head receivers tax fifteenth dismissal treasurer took functions long longer involved financial affairs occasionally witnessed charters fall peter des april given control wardrobe appears regularly royal government witness affairs brother hugh founded wells set diocese ordered clergy reside gave land income cathedral school complained plundered lands abbey involved william rights abbey finally settled dispute funded building begun east end early english gothic style nave completed west begun new cathedral consecrated october construction work undertaken included bishop palace wells manor house death died november wells buried choir father nicholas wells memorial brass tomb allegedly earliest england employed medieval architect household official
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