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ROGER DE PONT L'EVEQUE.
Roger had all the Norman love for building. A
fragment of the archiepiscopal residence which he
reared on the north side of the minster yet remains.
At Ripon he began the rebuilding of the church,
where some of his work is still to be seen in the
nave, adjoining the western towers ; in the north
transept, the doorway of which is a characteristic
example of the architecture of his period, and in the
westernmost bays of the choir. At York he rebuilt
the choir of the minster, and a portion of the crypt
may be identified as being part of his work. He had
been Archdeacon of Canterbury before he became
Archbishop, and was probably desirous of emulating
" the glorious choir of Conrad," which was " the
pride of Canterbury." He also founded the chapel
of the Holy Sepulchre, on the north side of the
cathedral, with splendid endowments. On the 22 nd
of November, ii8r, he died.
The see remained vacant for ten years, the king
meanwhile receiving, its great revenues. The
spiritualities were under the care of the Dean of
York, the episcopal functions being discharged by
Hugh Pudsay, Bishop of Durham, who, previously
to his accession to that see, had been one of the
quatuor persona of the Church of York. During the
vacancy an important matter was settled as regarded
the claims of the see of York to jurisdiction over the
Scottish sees. It was declared by Pope Clement
that Scotland should be independent of every
authority save that of Rome, Whitherne being the
only see which was left under the authority of York.
In 1191 the see of York was at last filled up by