According to Chrodegang's rule, the cathedral clergy were to live under a common
roof, occupy a common dormitory and submit to the authority of a special
officer. The rule of Chrodegang was, in fact, a modification of the Benedictine
rule. Gisa, a native of Lorraine, who was bishop of Wells from 1061 to 1088,
introduced it into England, and imposed its observance on the clergy of his
cathedral church, but it was not followed for long there, or elsewhere in
England.