THE NORTH-EAST TRANSEPT is the chapel of St. John Baptist, and contains a Decorated piscina. On its east wall is a sculpture of the Ascension, which formerly was fixed in the east cloister above the I.H.S. in the fourth bay. St. Andrew with his cross may be noticed among the Apostles. There are traces of blue in the background, and of red in one of the cloaks. Most noticeable among its monuments is the handsome marble sarcophagus and effigy _of Bishop Creyghton_, who gave the lectern. The figure is vested in cope, mitre, and alb, a fact which is worth noting, as the bishop lived in the reign of Charles II. There is also an effigy of _John de Myddleton_ or Milton, who, after being chancellor for a very short time, became a friar and died in 1337. The plain tomb of _Bishop Berkele_ (_ob._ 1581) bears a curious inscription, which assumes more than the character of its subject would seem to warrant: _Spiritvs, ervpto, salvvs, gilberte novembre, carcere principis en(c) aethere barkle, crepat. añ: dãt ista salutis._ Which may thus be translated, "Thy soul is safe, Gilbert Barkley, having broken from its prison in the beginning of November, it speaks from the sky. These words give the year of its safety," The words referred to are in the middle part of the tomb-- _Vixi, videtis præmium: 83 Lvxi, redux quieascibus. Pro, captua gendo præsulis Septem per annos triplices_ The figures 83 at the side of _Vixi_ and _Lvxi_ suggested to Mr J. Parker that the letters stood also for figures thus--vi (6) xi (11) lv (55) xi (11), the total being 83, which was the age at which Berkeley died. The quatrain may be translated-- "I have lived, you see my reward: I have shone, returning to my rest. Having held the office of bishop For seven times three years." The east end of the north aisle forms a roomy chapel which is dedicated to St. Stephen, and contains a piscina of the same type as those in the neighbouring chapels. Its east window has five lights, and that in the side wall has three, with good reticulated tracery; the principal mouldings are already assuming the large flat hollow form which was to become characteristic of the Perpendicular style. The chapel of St. Catherine on the south side corresponds to it exactly. [Illustration: Procession Path And Lady Chapel.]