ABSTRACT
The collegiate character of medieval cathedrals, whether secular or monastic, was nowhere better expressed than by their chapter houses in which the business of cathedral governance was transacted. They were sometimes square in ground-plan but more usually polygonal, situated either to the north or north east or south or south east of the crossing. The Archbishops' Commission on Cathedrals 1994 recommended that cathedral governance should be supportive, effective, accountable, and responsive. The Cathedrals Measure 1999 requires Chapter to meet on at least nine occasions in each calendar year; the dean presides and has a casting vote. Constitutions and/or statutes of cathedrals are much the same as to the calling of meetings and the transaction of business. The Cathedrals Measure 1999 requires a cathedral constitution to provide for the appointment of a cathedral architect, auditor, and supervisor of music in the cathedral.
