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CHICANERY, f. [,chicanerie, Ftv] Sophiftry; mean 
arts of wrangle.—His anger caufed him to deftroy the 
greateft: part of thefe reports ; and only to preferve fuch 
as difcovered molt of the chicanery and futility of the 
praflice. Arbutbnot. 
CHIC'AN'GA, or Chacanga, a kingdom of Africa, 
which was formerly a part of the country of Monoma- 
tapa, rich in gold mines. It is called Manica, from the 
rincipal town, which is fituated on the river Sofala. 
at. zo. 13. S. Ion. 28. E. Greenwich, 
CHICAPE'E, or ChjckaBEE, a river of North Ame¬ 
rica, in Malfachufetts, which rifes from feveral ponds 
in Worcefter county, and running fouth-weft unite with 
Ware river, and fix miles further empties into the Con¬ 
necticut at Springfield, on the eaft bank of that river. 
CHI'CAS, or Tarija, a diftrift or jurifdi&ion of South 
America, in the country of Buenos Ayres; the province 
is extenfive, and affords food to numerous herds of cattle; 
the capital is St. Jago de Colayata. 
CHICCAMOG'GA, a large creek of North America, 
which runs north wefterly into Tennelfee river. Its 
mouth is fix miles above the Whirl, apd about twenty- 
feven fouth-weft from the mouth of the Hiwaflee. The 
Cliiccamogga Indian towns lie on this creek, and on the 
bank of the Tenneflee- 
CHI'CHAR, [aaa, Heb. In general what is of a fiat 
round form ; as, a loaf of bread, a level tra£l of land en- 
compaffed with hills, a round piece of lead, a round mafs 
of fil ver or gold.] A talent.—A talent of filver, according 
to Dr. Cumberland, weighed 3000 fhekels, and was, in 
our money, 353I. is. iod. The talent of gold was of the 
fame weight, and, in our money, 5075I, 15s. 7d. Taylor’s 
Hebrew Concordance. 
CHICHE', a town of France, in the department of the 
Two Sevres, a chief place of a canton, in the diftrift of 
Chatillon fur Sevre : fix miles fouth-eaft of Breffuire. 
CHI'CHELY (Henry), archbilhop of Canterbury, was 
born at Higham Ferrers in Northamptonlhire. After be¬ 
ing educated at Winchefter college, he became fellow of 
New college in Oxford (where he took the degree of 
LL. D.) and chaplain to Robert Medfprd, bifliop of Salif- 
bury, who, about 1402, made him archdeacon of Salis¬ 
bury. This preferment he exchanged two years after, 
for the chancellorlhip of that diocefe. Henry IV. fent 
him to congratulate Gregory XII. on his advancement 
to the papacy, who conferred on Chichely the bifhopric 
of St. David’s, which fell vacant during his abfence from 
England in 1407. In 1409, he was deputed by the fynod 
of London, to the general council held at Pila, for heal¬ 
ing the fchifm of the church. In 1414, upon the death 
of Arundel, he w'as tranflated to the fee of Canterbury. 
A fubfidy being demanded this year of the parliament, 
the commons addreffed the king to feize the revenues of 
the clergy, and apply them to the public fervice. To 
ward off this blow’, Chichely advifed the clergy to make 
a voluntary offer of a large fubfidy, and to engage the 
king to affert his title to the crown of France ; that, being 
embroiled in a foreign war, his attention might be diverted 
fromdomeftic affairs. This expedient fucceeded. In 1416, 
he gave a Angular proof of his juftice and fteadinefs. 
Lord Strange, with his lady and fervants, coming to St. 
Dunftan’s church to vefpers, and meeting fir John Truf- 
fel there, had long been at variance with lord Strange, 
the fervants of the latter drew their fwords in the church, 
wounded fir John, his fon, and others, and killed one 
who had interpofed. The archbilhop, being informed of 
the affair, interdicted the church, as being polluted with 
blood, and publicly excommunicated the authors and 
accomplices of the crime. And lord S trange and his lady, 
having, purfuant to a fummons, appeared before him at 
St. Paul’s, and implored the church's pardon, he impofed 
on them this penance, that their fervants who were the 
immediate offenders, fhould in their Hurts and drawers 
only, and he and his wife with tapers in their hands, walk 
from St. Paul’s to St. Dunftan’s, with which they com- 
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plied j and when the archbilhop purified St. Dnnftan’s 
church, lady Strange filled the vefiels with W’ater, and 
both the and her lore! were commanded to offer a pyx and 
an altar-cloth. About 14243110 founded in Higham Fer¬ 
rers, his college for eight fellows,-four clerks, fix choril- 
ters, and a mailer; he alio ereCted 31 fpacious hofpital, 
for the poor of that place. In 1439, he founded and en¬ 
dowed All-Souls college in Oxford; and he likewife con¬ 
tributed to the building of Croydon church, and Rochef- 
ter bridge. He died April 12,. 1443, having enjoyed the 
archiepilcopal fee tw’enty-nine years, and was buried in 
the cathedral of Canterbury. 
CHl'CHESTER., a very neat and opulent city, the 
metropolis of Suflex, fituated on a healthy and pleafant 
plain, diftant fixty-three miles from London, eighteen 
from Portfmouth, ajid thirty-fix from Winchefter. The 
feite of Chichefter is a gentle elevation, of which the 
crofs is nearly in the centre. The Lavant, forming here 
a femi-circle, encompaffes it on part of the eaft; fide, the 
whole of the fouth, and the greateft part of the weft. 
From the crofs proceed four ftreets at right angles, whole 
direction is towards the four cardinal points, from which 
each of.them is named. The city is furrounded by a 
ftonewall, in which, formerly, were four gates opening 
into the four principal ftreets: but they were taken down, 
as well to enlarge the profpeCt, as to admit the free circu¬ 
lation of air. The ftreets are handfome, broad, airy, and well 
paved. There are within the walls fix parifh-churches 
St. Peter the Great, (which is within the cathedral,) 
St. Peter the Lefs, St. Olave’s, St. Martin’s, St. Andrew’s, 
and All Saints. Without the eaft gate is a church dedi¬ 
cated to St. Pancraft ; and without the weft gate is the 
parifh of St. Bartholomew, which has only a burying- 
ground, the church having been entirely demolifhed, to¬ 
gether with that of St. Pancrafs, without eaft gate, in 
1642, when the city was befieged and taken by Sir Win. 
Waller. There is alfo a chapel in St. Martin’s-lane, de¬ 
dicated to the virgin Mary. This was formerly a nun¬ 
nery, founded by William dean of Chichefter, in the 
reign .of Henry II. It is now converted into an hofpital 
or charitable foundation, for fix men, and fix women, 
under the patronage of the dean and chapter, having fe¬ 
veral valuable eftates held under it. The cathedral is 
built on the feite where the church of St. Peter the Great 
flood before the fee was removed from Selfea ; and, tko’ 
not large, is yet a very elegant Gothic ilruCture. The 
fpire is of very curious workmanftiip, and 300 feet in 
height. The choir is extremely neat, having been lately 
repaired and beautified at a confiderable expence. The 
great tower, 1 "he north-weft of the chu-rch, was built 
by Robert Raymond, at what time we cannot afeertain. 
Camden calls him R. Riman, and fays, that “.lie built 
it with the very fame Hones he had provided to build him 
a caltle at Appledram, hard by where he lived.” It is a 
curious Gothic ItruCture, and contains a muiical ring of 
eight bells. Ralph Nevile (lord chancellor of England) 
was a great benefaCtor to this church. He gave his noble 
alace, which at that time flood where Lincoln’s-inn now 
ands, to his fucceffors, the bilhops of Chichefter, for 
ever; where feme of them lived when they repaired to 
London : he alfo gave to them the eftate called Chichef- 
ter-rents, in Chancery-lane, being the only part now re¬ 
maining of that great benefaction. During the civil wars 
in this kingdom, in the unhappy reign of king Charles I. 
the church of Chichefter did not efcape that defolating 
fury of the puritans, which fell fo heavy on all the ca¬ 
thedral churches in England, and difgraced the annals 
of this country. The prefent chapter confifts of the dean, 
and four prebendaries called to refidence, and therefore 
called canons refident. Formerly the bifliop, the dean, 
the chanter, the chancellor, the treafurer, and two arch¬ 
deacons (of Chichefter and Lewes) dignitaries, and the 
thirty-two prebendaries, compofed the chapter. The fer¬ 
vice of the choir is performed by four minor-canons, 
called vicars choral. The church, as it now ftands, was 
rebuilt 
