THE MOTHER CHURCH OF THE SAXONS

In "Notes and Queries" (Vol. ii., p. 478.) Sir Henry Ellis observes, that— "Although St. Martin's, Canterbury, is commonly called the mother church of England on account of its having been the first used here by Augustine, tradition represents, that when this missionary arrived in Kent, he found an ancient church on the site of what is now called St. Martin's." Sir H. Ellis adds, that— "A charter of King Canute's styles Saviour's church, Canterbury, the mother and mistress of all churches in the kingdom of England."-*Æcclesia Salvatoris*, &c. I conceive these accounts to be perfectly reconcila…