Wells Cathedral from St. Andrew's Spring _Frontispiece_ Arms of the See _Title_ The Cathedral from the South-East 2 The Cathedral in the Seventeenth Century 15 South Aisle of Nave 19 West Front--Bishop of Aethelhelm 22 The West Front 23 Ornaments in the West Front 28, 29 West Front--Christina 31 The Central Tower from the South-East 45 The North Porch 49 The Bishop's Eye 53 Doorway, South-East of Cloister 58 East Walk of Cloister 59 The Chain Gate, Entrance to Close, 1824 65 The Bishop's Palace 68 The Nave 75 A Capital--The Fruit-stealer's Punishment 79 A Capital--Toothache 81 Specimens of Capitals 82, 83, 84, 148, 149 View across Nave, showing Sugar's and Bubwith's Chapels 85 Sugar's Chapel--The Lectern and Pulpit 88 Section of North Transept, and Elevation of South Transept 90 Capitals in Transept 92 The South Transept, from North Side of Nave 93 The Font 95 The Annunciation--Husse's Tomb 101 Priest in Surplice--Husse's Tomb 102 The East End in 1823 103 The Inverted Arches 109 Choir, looking West 111 Choir, looking East 115 Procession Path and Lady Chapel 129 Steps Of Chapter-house Vestibule And Passage Over Chain Gate 135 Chapter-House--Doorway 138 Chapter-House--Interior 139 Chapter-House--Vault 141 Chapter-House--Undercroft 142, 143 Section of Chapter-House 145 PLAN 160 [Illustration: Wells From The South-East.] WELLS CATHEDRAL CHAPTER I HISTORY OF THE CHURCH