Church Commission deposit of Durham palatinate and bishopric records 14th - 20th century

Church Commissioners for England.

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Durham Bishopric Estates

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The post-Conquest bishops of Durham were heirs to a tradition of ecclesiastical and temporal authority stretching back to the 7th century, which grew at least in part from the reputation of St Cuthbert and his shrine. Their regalian authority as palatine lords, and the judicial institutions associated with it, developed gradually during the Middle Ages - the term palatinus seems first to have been applied to the bishop of Durham towards the end of the 13th century. The geographical ...

Durham (England : County). Palatine courts.

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Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England.

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