It was during the rule of Chambers that Queen Catherine, the first wife of Henry the 8th, died [July 1, 1535], and was buried in the monastery. Her tomb may be seen in the north side of the choir. The scaff which covered her pall was originally deposited at the back of the great altar. It was inwoven with silver, and was very massive and heavy. [7] This sum made the church dependent upon the monastery, and the chaplain was required to bring his church key to the sacrist of the monastery, yearly, as an acknowledgement of it.--_See Gunton's Hist. Church, Peterborough, p. 24._ [8] Britton says "he founded a chapel to St. Nicholas _near_ it;" but Gunton is doubtless correct, when he says that the chapel was over it. [9] After Acharius had recovered the marsh of Singlesholt from the Abbot of Crowland by the law of the land, he let it to him with the understanding that, instead of his paying four stones of wax to the Abbot of Crowland, the abbot should pay him a yearly rental in kind, of the same amount. [10] These decrees were, that all churches not consecrated with holy oil, should be dedicated within two years.--_See Britton's Hist. Cathedral Church, Peterborough, pp. 22-3._ [11] There was at one time an entrance from the Choir into the Lady Chapel through a door, on the right side of which was a small oratory, with a stone roof; the remains are yet to be seen. [12] This hospital was afterwards called Spittle, and some of the stones are still remaining in Spittle-field. It was left by Agnes Pudding, with eight acres of arable land adjoining it. [13] The Prince at first refused the robe offered to him, because the abbot did not make a similar offer to his companion; Godfrey, however, soon settled the affair, by presenting one to each. [14] A gentleman in this city who is an excellent antiquarian, and has seen the corrody alluded to above, says, "It was granted by charter of the abbot, and presents many curiosities--mentioning particularly the abbot's wine cellar at the over end of the cloister, under the present passage into the square."--_Private MS._ [15] The abbot was indicted at the sessions at _Peterburgh_ before Guy Woolston.--_Private MS._ [16] It is still commonly, but incorrectly, called The Lady Chapel. A building of corresponding position at Lincoln is called the Presbytry. CHAPTER III. _From the transformation of the monastery into a Cathedral during the rule of abbot Chambers, in 1541, to the present time._ The dissolution of the religious houses of England is one of the most important events recorded in our national history. It changed the whole aspect of civil and ecclesiastical affairs, and produced an entire revolution in the scheme of legislation.