Ralph of Shrewsbury
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Ralph of Shrewsbury was a Bishop of Bath and Wells. He was elected 2 June 1329 and consecrated 3 September 1329. He died 14 August 1363.
Ralph founded Vicars Close
, 'a college for the habitation of the vicars and choristers of the cathedral church'.
Ralph was also a chancellor of the University of Oxford.
Ralph founded Vicars Close
Vicars' Close, Wells
Vicars' Close, in Wells, Somerset, England is claimed to be the oldest purely residential street with its original buildings all surviving intact in Europe.John Julius Norwich calls it "that rarest of survivals, a planned street of the mid-14th century"....
, 'a college for the habitation of the vicars and choristers of the cathedral church'.
Ralph was also a chancellor of the University of Oxford.