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The inscription under the bust of Dr. Johnson is equally com- 

 prehensive and panegyrical : 



The friends of SAMUEL JOHNSON, LL. D. 



a native of Lichneld, 



erected this monument, 



as a tribute of respect to the memory of 



a man of extensive learning, 



a distinguished moral writer, and a sincere Christian. 



He died the 13th of December, 1784, 



aged 75 years. 



BISHOPS OF LICHFIELD, 



{from their Institution to the present Tiwie.] 



Mercia, the largest kingdom of the Heptarchy, followed the 

 Pagan idolatry, till Penda, one of the most powerful of its kings, 

 was defeated and slain by Oswy, King of Northumberland, 

 who having obtained quiet possession of his conquest, continued 

 Peada, the son of Penda, in the government of the parts of Mercia 

 south of the Trent, on condition of his marrying Oswy's daughter, 

 which proposal was acceded to by Peada. Oswy now began to 

 convert the Mercians to Christianity, in which faith Peada, soon 

 after his marriage, was baptized. Peada afterwards built a mo- 

 nastery at Medeshamstead (Peterborough), to shew his personal 

 respect for religion ; and in 655, appointed DWINA first Bishop of 

 the Mercians. The Bishops had then no certain dwelling-places, 

 but contented themselves to live in the monasteries. Dwina ruled 

 about two years, and was succeeded by 



Date. 



657. CELLACH, a Scotchman by birth : but Wulfer having established 

 himself King of Mercia, removed Cellach, the 2d Bishop, and 

 constituted in his stead, TRUMHERE, 3d Bishop of Mercia: he 

 died, and was succeeded about 



662. by 4, JARUMANNUS: whilst he presided, the Cathedral Church at 

 Lichneld began to be built in the year 666 : he died, and in 



669. Wulfer made CEDDA 5th Bishop of Lichneld. This is the St. Chadd 

 who gave name to the Cathedral and parish : he died March 2, 

 672, and was buried in the Cathedral. He was succeeded by 6th, 

 WULFRID, who had been his Deacon: he was deposed in 674, and 

 SEAXWULP was made 7th Bishop of Lichfield by Theodore, Arch- 

 bishop of Canterbury : he governed this See 20 years, and then died, 

 according to the Saxon Chronicle. In 



691. HEDDA was consecrated Bishop of Lichfield. The Church of Lich- 

 neld was dedicated by this Bishop, December 30, 700, and the 



