Part 5 (1/2)

these naiven above The chronicle expressly records of Kinsius, ”_jacet tunum altare in parte boreali_”

[Illustration: Portion of Abbot's Toon was buried in the north choir aisle, just outside the most eastern arch, in 1535 A hearse was placed near, probably between the two piers Four years later this is described as ”the inclosed place where the Lady Katherine lieth,” and there seems to have been a small altar within it Some banners that adorned it remained in the cathedral till 1586 About the sa the ”monument,” and required to ”reform the same” The only monument, strictly so called, of which there is any record, was a low table monument, raised on two shallow steps, with siravings of this shew it to have been an insignificant and mean erection A few slabs of it were lately found buried beneath the floor, and they are now placed against the wall of the aisle One of the prebendaries repaired this monument at his own cost, about 1725, and supplied a tiny brass plate with name and date, part of which remains in the floor This monument was removed in 1792 A handsome marble stone has quite recently been laid down to the Queen's rave, with incised inscription and coats of arms

A tablet has been erected in the south choir aisle to record the fact that Mary Queen of Scots had been buried near the spot Recent explorations have proved that the exact spot was just within the choir

The funeral took place on the first of August, 1587 Remains of the hearse between the pillars were to be seen so lately as 1800 On Oct

11, 1612, the body was re Ja the reinal of which is still in possession of the Dean and Chapter, is fra on an adjacent pillar

[Illustration: Portion of Abbot's Tomb]

In the south choir aisle is a fine ee in his robes It is carved in pure white marble On the side are impaled coats of arms and an inscription The likeness is excellent

[Illustration: Portion of Abbot's Tomb]

The other tablets and inscriptions hardly require detailed descriptions

In the New Building is the mutilated monument to Sir Humfrey Oruis Iesu Christi purgat nos ab omnibus Peccatis nostris_ Near this is an elaborate erection to Thoreat benefactor to the town On a stone to John Brie, 1670, we read that he was _Musis etitems will be found John Benson, 1827, was the ”oldest Committee Clerk at the House of Co'iae senatu ad superiorem sanctorum conventum evocatus_ On the memorial to Bishop Madan, 1813, are the lines:--

In sacred sleep the pious Bishop lies, Say not in death--A good Man never dies

[Illustration: South Aisles of Choir and Nave]

On the tablet to Bishop curam upon the Bishop's confutation of Hobbes In the south choir aisle, on the tablet to Dean Lockier, 1740, is the only instance of the ar another shi+eld, on a ood taste, recording the fact that the iron screens are a ifts to the cathedral are well known The Norman arch at the west end of this aisle has a modern painted inscription, believed to be an exact copy of the original:--

_Hos tres Abbates, Quibus est Prior Abba Johannes Alter Martinus, Andreas Ultieer Pemberton, 1695, with a line from Homer in Greek, ”The race of men is as the race of leaves” In the north choir aisle John Workman, Prebendary, 1685, is described as _Proto-Canonicus_, probablythat he held the first stall The tablet to Frances Cosin (d 1642), wife of the Dean, afterwards Bishop of Durham, was not erected till after the Bishop's death in 1672 He prescribed in his will the words of the inscription On the large tablet above the piscina is a punning motto, _Te Richard Tryce, 1767

Two tablets of interest in connexion with the Great War are to be seen in the south aisle of the nave, one in marble to Nurse Cavell, and the other in bronze to the ”lonely Anzac,” Thoh from wounds received in France

Last of all we must speak of the one memorial which is usually looked at first, the famous picture of Old Scarlett, on the wall of the western transept He is represented with a spade, pickaxe, keys, and a whip in his leathern girdle; at his feet is a skull At the top of the picture are the arms of the cathedral Beneath the portrait are these lines:--

YOV SEE OLD SCARLEITS PICTVRE STAND ON HIE BVT AT YOVR FEETE THERE DOTH HIS BODY LYE HIS GRAVESTONE DOTH HIS AGE AND DEATH TIME SHOW HIS OFFICE BY THEIS TOKENS YOV MAY KNOW SECOND TO NONE FOR STRENGTH AND STVRDYE LIMM A SCARBABE MIGHTY VOICE WITH VISAGE GRIM HEE HAD INTER'D TWO QVEENES WITHIN THIS PLACE AND THIS TOWNES HOVSEHOLDERS IN HIS LIVES spacE TWICE OVER: BVT AT LENGTH HIS ONE TVRNE CAME WHAT HEE FOR OTHERS DID FOR HIM THE SAME WAS DONE: NO DOVBT HIS SOVL DOTH LIVE FOR AYE IN HEAVEN: THOVGH HERE HIS BODY CLAD IN CLAY

On the floor is a stone inscribed: ”Ivly 2 1594 R S aetatis 98” This painting is not a contemporary portrait, but a copy ton Museum

[Illustration: South Side of the Close, 1801]

CHAPTER IV

THE MINSTER PRECINCTS AND CITY

There are reat interest to be seen in the Minster Yard

This naiven to the whole of the territory belonging to the Dean and Chapter surrounding the church The correct title is, however, as given above, the Minster Precincts; and it is by this name that the parish is described, for the Abbey Church, like a few others, is a parish church, as well as the Cathedral of the diocese

Although without churchwardens, this parish still appoints its own overseers of the poor Old residents distinguish the Close fro the use of the former expression to the area west of the Cathedral Contrary to what all would expect, the great gateway to the west is not the boundary of the Precincts, for they extend a little further west, and include one or two houses beyond the gateway