St Peter's Collegiate Church
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St Peter's Collegiate Church is located in central Wolverhampton, England. For many centuries it was a chapel royal and from 1480 a royal peculiar, independent of the Diocese of Lichfield and even the
St Peter's Collegiate Church
A Wolverhampton Civic Society blue plaque in the south porch summarises the history of the church.
Shaft of Anglo-Saxon cross, attributed to the 9th century, to the south of the church. Although often said to belong to an early Mercian monastery on the site, there is no evidence of such a building. The cross is as likely to have been a preaching cross from the period before the church existed.
Statue of Wulfrun bearing her charter, on the church steps, by Charles Wheeler
Peter of Blois
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Peter of Blois was a French cleric, theologian, poet and diplomat. He is particularly noted for his corpus of Latin letters.
Baldwin of Forde, Peter's tutor and friend, as depicted on the exterior of Canterbury Cathedral.
Peter's pupil, William II, depicted offering Monreale Cathedral to the Virgin Mary.
Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine holding court.
The Young King Henry, whose rebellion against his father signalled a rupture in the Angevin dynasty.