| Friaries were occupied by friars, abbeys were headed by abbots, priories by priors. |
| It is one of the few abbeys to have survived to the present day as a parish church. |
| Founded in 1032, Cerisy is one of the oldest and most audaciously beautiful abbeys. |
| Internally the decoration is of a type and standard more usually encountered in abbeys and cathedrals. |
| He was a conspicuous pluralist in the diocese, annexing to his bishopric a number of Salisbury prebends, two abbeys, and several churches. |
| He founded bishoprics and abbeys, made the building of churches mandatory, and established the practice of tithing. |
