Repton and its neighbourhood : $b a descriptive guide of the archæology, &c. of the districtHipkins, F. C. (Frederick Charles)
History
Repton and its neighbourhood : $b a descriptive guide of the archæology, &c. of the district
Hipkins, F. C. (Frederick Charles)
Repton (England) -- Description and travel; Repton (England) -- History
On the south of the choir was _a chapel dedicated to St. John_, with his
image, and alabaster table, similar to that in the choir. To the south of
St. John’s Chapel was the “_Chapel our Lady_” similarly ornamented, these
two chapels were separated from the south transept by “partitions of
tymber,” or screens, the holes in which the screens were fixed are still
to be seen in the bases of the pillars. On the east of the choir was
the Presbytery. In the _South Transept_ was the Chapel of St. Nicholas
with images of St. John and St. Syth, (St. Osyth, daughter of Frithwald,
over-lord of the kingdom of Surrey, and Wilterberga daughter of King
Penda). Of the _North Choir Aisle_ nothing remains: it is supposed that
in it was the shrine of St. Guthlac, whose sanctus bell is thus referred
to by the visitors in their report “superstitio—Huc fit peregrinatio ad
Sanctum Guthlacum et ad eius campanam quam solent capitibus imponere ad
restinguendum dolorem capitis.” “Superstition. Hither a pilgrimage is
made to (the shrine of) St. Guthlac and his (sanctus) bell, which they
were accustomed to place to their heads for the cure of headache.” The
_North Transept_ was separated from the north choir aisle by an arcade of
three arches, immediately to the east of which the foundations of a wall,
about six feet wide, were discovered, which, like those in the north nave
aisle, belonged to an older building. Many beautiful, painted canopies,
tabernacle work, &c., were found among the _débris_ of the north transept
and aisle, which no doubt adorned the shrines, and other similar
erections, which, _before_ the suppression of the monasteries, had been
destroyed, and their relics taken away—that is, probably, the reason why
we find no mention of the shrines of St. Guthlac, or St. Wystan in the
Inventory.
In the western wall of the North Transept there was a curious recess
(13 ft. 10 in. by 4 ft. 10 in.) which may have been the _armarium_, or
cupboard of _the Vestry_, to hold the various ornaments, and vestments
used by the Canons, “j Crosse of Coper, too tynacles, (tunicles), ij
albes, ij copes of velvet, j cope of Reysed Velvet, iiij towels & iiij
alter clothes, ij payented Alterclothes,” &c., &c.
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