#North Aisle.#--This aisle retains its original Norman vaulting. The Norman piers, which correspond to the piers in the nave, are divided into several members, and their capitals are in some cases richly carved. In each bay the jambs and heads are of old work, filled in with Perpendicular tracing. A stone bench along the wall is also Perpendicular. The door into the cloister at the west end of the aisle contains some very fine work. The wall is panelled on either side, and the panels are said to have formerly had paintings of the twelve apostles. The side niches and the canopy work over the door should be examined. The door at the eastern end of the aisle by which access is gained to the cloisters and the chapter-house is also of Perpendicular work. Both of these doors have fan-vaulted recesses, like the great west door of the nave. They are so contrived that the doors may open into them and occupy the minimum of space. Over the east door in the cloisters there were blazoned some years back the arms of the See, the Bishop, the Dean, the Canons, the Darell and Nightingall families. The west end of the aisle is the work of Abbot Morwent, and is of the same date as his reconstructed west end of the nave--viz. 1421-1437. The _west window_ in this aisle was filled with glass by Hardman. It is a memorial to Wm. Viner Ellis of Minsterworth. Subject: Events in the life of King Lucius, who is said to have been the first Christian king in this land, and to have been buried in the Church of St. Mary de Lode. The scrolls contain the monkish lines-- Es merito Celebris ex quo baptisma subisti. Lucius in tenebris prius idola qui coluisti. The four figures represent Robert, Duke of Normandy; Thomas of Woodstock, 1397; Humphrey, 1447; William Frederick, 1534; all three of them Dukes of Gloucester. The _first window_ (or over the west door into cloisters), of which only two lights are open, is a memorial window to Thomas Churchus (1870). The window, which is by Clayton & Bell, is very pleasing in colour. The _second window_ is to the memory of Mr Price, who died in 1860. The glass is by Ward & Hughes. The _third window_ contains some old glass in the upper half, restored by Hardman. Much of the lower half is new. The _fourth window_ is a memorial window to Dr Hall, Master of Pembroke College, Oxford; died in 1843. The glass is by Clayton & Bell. The _fifth window_, like the third, contains some old glass, restored by Hardman. The _sixth window_ is in memory of Bp. Hooper, second Bishop of this diocese, and the only bishop of the united sees of Gloucester and Worcester. The glass is by Clayton & Bell. The _seventh window_ is to the memory of Thomas Turner. The glass is by Clayton & Bell. The _eighth window_ is a memorial to members of the Darell family, as explained in the inscription in the base.