‘I do not think there is any city deserving greater approval for its custom in respect of church-going, honour paid to the ordinances of God …’
(William Fitz Stephen, about 1173)
The clergy, from lowly parish priests and monks to wealthy bishops, made up a significant proportion of London’s medieval population. Since religion was central to people’s lives, so too were the men of the church.
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