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second queen, the mother, fons et origo, of “all the Howards. 
Robert, the old Duke of Normandy, and Fulke, Earl of 
Anjou, are above, in the same front. Genealogies were 
dear to Trotman and his coadjutors, as they are to us now, 
so long as the stem and branches bear worthy fruits.” 
Mr. Cockerell’s conception of, and his explanation, in the 
foregoing letters, of this noble specimen of ancient art—so 
grand in its design and so beautiful in its execution— will 
lead us hereafter to regard this cathedral with heightened 
feelings both of reverence and admiration. 
Bishop Trotman, the Prelate t0 whom we owe this 
great work, is better known by his more dignified and 
euphonical name of Joceline of Wells. He was con- 
secrated Bishop of Wells 1206, and having filled the see 
more than thirty-seven years, died in 1244. He may be 
regarded as the Wykeham of the diocese over which he 
presided. 
“Ecclesiam ipsam Wellensem jamjam collapsuram egregie 
refecit ac restituit, vel potiusnovam condidit. Nam partem 
multo maximam, quiequid nimirum presbyterio est ab ocei- 
dente, demolitus est, ut cum ampliorem tum pulchriorem 
redderet, structura excitata ex polito lapide affabre in- 
sculpto, augustissima et spectatu dignissima.”* 
Henry III, the monarch in whose reign Bishop Joceline 
flourished, is said to have been the first English king who 
displayed in a remarkable degree a taste for architecture, 
sculpture, and painting. To the rebuilding and restoring 
of the royal residences, and to the decoration of them we 
are told that he paid minute attention.f As he doubtless 
fostered similar tastes in some of his subjects, Joceline 
* Godwin de Prsulibus Angli®, by Richardson, p. 371. 
f Mr. Botfield’s “ Manners and Household Expenses of England in 
the 13th and 15th Centuries.” Introduction p. Ixxiv. 
