"This new edition undertaken by the Institute of Historical Research makes use of the many fresh sources of information now available, applying rigorous standards of scholarship to them. It is being issued cathedral by cathedral. When complete, it will trace the chronology and careers of all the bishops, deans, archdeacons and canons of the cathedral churches of England and Wales from the earliest times to the middle of the nineteenth century, when Crockford's Clerical List began to be published annually. It is being published in three series, 1066-1300, 1300-1541 and 1541-1857."

"A scholar-monk who envisioned an Academy of Science, Bacon's ideas were far ahead of his time and ran counter to the Church's doctrine." An article from British Heritage (1999).