CHAPTER III.--The Interior 92 The Nave 92-98 The Aisles 98 The Transepts 100 The Rood Screen 105 The Choir 106 The Choir Stalls 108-110 The Reredos 112 The Salisbury Chantry 116 The Draper Chantry 118 The Lady Chapel, and the "Miraculous Beam" 120 St Michael's Loft 126 The Shelley Monument 126 CHAPTER IV.--Deans, Priors, and Vicars of Christchurch 128 Stratford's Injunctions 129 Archbishop Arundel's Injunctions 130 The Norman Castle 131 The Norman House 132 Dimensions of Christchurch Priory 134 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS WIMBORNE MINSTER PAGE Arms of Wimborne and Christchurch _Title page_ Wimborne Minster from the North-East 2 Wimborne Minster in 1840 3 Wimborne Minster in 1707. (From a copperplate in the Library) 13 The Minster from the South-East before 1891 19 The North Transept before 1891 21 The East Window 23 The Western Tower 27 The Interior, looking East 30 Pier and Arch-Spring, South Arcade 31 Decorated Arch in the Nave 32 Clerestory Stage of the Central Tower 35 The Tower Arches 36 North Transept and Crossing 37 Thirteenth-Century Piscina, South Transept 39 Choir Stalls 40 West View from the Choir 41 The East Window 43 Sedilia 44 The Beaufort Tomb 45 Brass of Aethelred 46 The Etricke Tomb 49