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ST GREGORYS CATHEDRAL

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Possible site of the Saxon monastery and later cathedral and palace of bishops until 1050. A richly endowed Saxon monastery, possibly dedicated to St Gregory, was founded in 739 by a grant from King Aethelheard to Forethere, Bishop of Sherborne, in which see Crediton then lay. With the division of the See of Sherborne in 909, the former Saxon monastery became the cathedral church of the new see of Crediton and remained so until the see was removed to Exeter in 1050. Its location is not precisely known, although Leland suggested it lay here, close to the later churchyard, although it may be beneath the Church of the Holy Cross, (SS80SW9).

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(SS 83650026) St. Gregory's Cathedral (NR) (Site of) (NAT) (1)

Here were the Cathedral and the Palace of the Bishops until the
Bishop Leofric removed the see to Exeter in the year 1050. (2)

The former existence of the Saxon cathedral of St. Gregory appears to be based solely upon Leland's statement that "the place wher the old cathedrale church of Grideton stood is now occupied with buildings of houses by the new church yarde side. The old churche was dedicate to S. Gregory." There does not seem to be any evidence for its precise location here, however, and Smith believes that the present church probably occupies the site of the Saxon church. (3-4)

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( 1) Ordnance Survey Map (Scale / Date)

OS 25" 1905

( 2a) General reference

Revd W M Smith-Dorien vicar

( 2) Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Object Name Book reference

Rev O N B 1904 45

( 3) Devonshire Association reports and transactions

Rev Preb Smith 14, 1882 Page(s)193

( 4) General reference

Leland's Itinerary of England 1535-43 1 1964 239 (L T Smith)

(5) by David Knowles and R Neville Hadcock 1971 Medieval religious houses in England and Wales

Page(s)471

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