...hands of another man. Gervase describes the new architect as " William by name, by nation English, small in body, but in workmanship of many kinds acute and honest." He, of course, continued the choir, which must have been still far from finished. The new eastern chapel,...

...William returned to France invalided, "and another succeeded him in charge of the works, William by name, English by nation, small in body, but in workmanship of many kinds acute and honest." The work of the two Williams at Canterbury is most important, as it is almost, though not quite, the...

...returned to his home in France. And another succeeded him in the charge of the works; William by name, English by nation, small in body, but in workmanship of many kinds acute and honest. He in the summer of the fifth year [1 179] finished the cross [transept] on each side, that is, the...