Collegiate church

A collegiate church is a church served and administered by a body of canons or prebendaries, similar to a cathedral, although they are not the seat of a bishop. They were often supported by (sometimes extensive) lands held by the church. In pre-Reformation England there were usually a number of collegiate churches in each diocese. They were all abolished in England by Henry VIII in 1547 as part of the Reformation by the Act for the Dissolution of Collegiate Churches and Chantries.

Related Topics:
Canons - Prebendaries - Cathedral - Bishop - Reformation - Diocese - Henry VIII

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