his death approaching, he sent for his architect Geoffrey de Noyers, and enjoined him to hasten the completion of the altar of St. John the Baptist, his patron. He then gave directions for his funeral, and instructions that he was to be buried in the mother-church of his diocese dedicated to the Mother of God, near the altar of St. John the Baptist. The personality of the great bishop comes vividly before us when we read that he also wished his tomb to be placed near the wall, in a convenient place, lest it should be a stumbling-block to those approaching. On the 16th of November, 1200, Hugh breathed his last, lying, as he had wished, on the bare ground, on a cross of consecrated ashes. His instructions regarding the funeral were carried out; but such a light as Hugh’s could not be hid, and within a century we find his remains enclosed in a costly golden shrine, borne on the shoulders of kings and bishops, and placed at last in a structure erected specially for their reception, ‘one of the loveliest of human works,’ the celebrated Angel Choir. The original place of Hugh’s burial has been somewhat disputed. The _Magna Vita_ tells us that he was buried near the altar he had named, _a boreali ipsius aedis regione_. On the east side of the eastern transept, Hugh had placed four apsidal chapels, two north and two south of the central apse. From the words above quoted, it has been considered that the northern-most of these chapels was the site of his tomb.”--(A. F. K.) The western transept and the nave were next finished (Thirteenth Century), and a central tower was built to replace the one that fell in 1237-1239. To this period belongs Bishop Hugh de Wells, brother of Jocelin (see page 108), who contributed largely to the funds for building and roofing. He was succeeded by Roger Bacon’s friend, Robert Grosseteste (1235-1253). In his time the new nave was completed. The large screen of the west front, the central gable and the octagonal turrets at the corners, belong to this period; also the lower part of the central tower, the Canon’s Vestry at the eastern transept, and the Galilee Porch at the western transept. The trellis ornament always marks Grosseteste’s work. He made many changes in the windows. To the treasurer, John de Welburne (died 1380), the Cathedral is indebted for its splendid choir-stalls. The Russell and Longland chantries, the upper parts of the tower, and many windows date from the Perpendicular period. John Evelyn, visiting Lincoln in 1654, gives us an idea how the Cathedral suffered in the Civil Wars: