DISCOVERY OF HAROLD’S BODY, after the Battle of Hastings, by his Mistress, “Edith with the Swan’s neck” ARCHER. DALZIEL. 348 HEAD OF KING CHARLES I. as Prisoner in Carisbrooke Castle LAW. JACKSON. 350 THE ABBOT OF NETLEY’S MITRE AND CROSIER SARGENT. EVANS. 352 <g>List of Illustrations.</g> ALLEGORICAL VIGNETTE SARGENT. EVANS. v ARMS AND ABBATIAL TROPHIES OF ST. ALBANS HERMAN. DELAMOTTE. vii ARCHITECTURAL SCROLL-HEAD AND TROPHIES OF ELTHAM HALL HERMAN. DELAMOTTE. viii MILITARY SCROLL AND ARMS OF ROCHESTER CASTLE HERMAN. DELAMOTTE. ix SCROLL-HEAD, WITH ARMS AND TROPHIES OF TEWKESBURY ABBEY HERMAN. DELAMOTTE. x MILITARY TROPHIES OF KENILWORTH, with the Arms of Robert Earl of Leicester HERMAN. DELAMOTTE. xi SCROLL, WITH THE SHRINE OF THE HOLY CROSS, WALTHAM ABBEY HERMAN. DELAMOTTE. xii SCROLL-HEAD AND GATEWAY, with the Royal Crown and Arms HERMAN. DELAMOTTE. xiii ALLEGORICAL HEADING OF NETLEY ABBEY HERMAN. DELAMOTTE. xiv <g>Fínís.</g> VIGNETTE--CHRONICLES OF ENGLAND SARGENT. EVANS. xv <g>Architectural Letters.</g> A, characteristic of ARUNDEL. S, “ ST. ALBANS. E, “ ELTHAM. R, “ ROCHESTER. T, “ TEWKESBURY. K, “ KENILWORTH. W, “ WALTHAM. C, “ CARISBROOKE. N, “ NETLEY. * * * * * De tout usage antique amateur idolâtre; De toute nouveauté frondeur opiniâtre; Homme d’un autre siècle, et ne suivant en tout Pour tou qu’un vieux honneur, pour loi que le vieux goût: Cerveau des plus bornés qui, tenant pour maxime Qu’un seigneur de paroisse est un être sublime!-- On n’imagine pas combien il se respecte, Ivre de son château dont il est l’architecte.--GRESSET, _Le Châtelain_. ---- Enraptured have I loved to roam, A lingering votary, the vaulted dome, Where the tall shafts, that mount in massy pride, Their mingling branches shoot from side to side; Where elfin Sculptors, with fantastic clew, O’er the long roof their wild embroidery drew; Where Superstition, with capricious hand, In many a maze the wreathed window plann’d, With hues romantic tinged the gorgeous pane, To fill with holy light the wondrous fane! [Illustration: Designed by Lonsdale. Painted by Backler. Engraved by Allen. _Signing of the Magna Charta by King John._ FROM THE GREAT WINDOW OF THE BARONS HALL ARUNDEL CASTLE. _page 27._ LONDON, GEORGE VIRTUE.] [Illustration: CASTLES & ABBEYS OF ENGLAND]