The Three Choirs: A Handbook to the Cathedrals of Gloucester, Hereford, and Worcester: A Complete Description of the Buildings, a History of Each Diocese and Biographical Notices of the BishopsKing, R. J. (Richard John)
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The Three Choirs: A Handbook to the Cathedrals of Gloucester, Hereford, and Worcester: A Complete Description of the Buildings, a History of Each Diocese and Biographical Notices of the Bishops
The Norman piers of the choir and the monuments described in § X. should
be noticed from the aisle, the pavement of which has been laid in square
panels of red and green tiles, with a border of grey stone. In the north
wall of the aisle is a series of arched recesses, of Decorated
character, with the open-flower ornament in the mouldings, episcopal
heads at the crown of the arches, and heads of ecclesiastics at the
intersections. In the first of these recesses east of the transept, is
an effigy assigned to Bishop GEOFFRY DE CLIVE, (died 1120). This is one
of the series of Perpendicular effigies already noticed, (§ X.) Beyond
this recess a door opens to the turret staircase leading to the Archive
Room and Chapter Library, (see § XXIII.,) above the north transept. The
effigy in the next recess (also Perpendicular) is given to Bishop HUGH
DE MAPENORE, (died 1219). The window above is filled with stained glass,
by Clayton and Bell, as a memorial of JOHN HUNT, organist, died 1842,
and his nephew James, “who died of grief three days after his uncle;” as
appears from an inscription on a small brass plate at the side of the
window. Beyond the entrance to Bishop Stanbery’s chapel is an arch open
to the chapel itself, under which is a Perpendicular effigy assigned to
Bishop RICHARD, (called “de Capella,”) died 1127.
XIV. _Bishop Stanbery’s Chantry_ (1453-1474) [Plate VI.] is a good
example of rich late Perpendicular. It is 16 ft. by 8 ft.; with two
windows on the north side, (filled with stained glass, which forms part
of the Musgrave memorial; see _post_,) and on the south the entrance,
and the arch with effigy already mentioned. The west end is covered with
tracery and shields in panels; and the east has shields with emblems
above the place of the altar. The ceiling is richly groined. The
grotesque capitals at the angles of the chapel should be remarked; as
should the shields with emblems of St. Matthias, St. Thomas, and St.
Bartholomew, over the arch on the south side. Other shields bear the
arms of the see and of the deanery, with those assigned to St.
Ethelbert, and to Leofric of Mercia.
Bishop Stanbery’s monument (§ X.) is on the wall of the choir
immediately opposite his chantry. On the
[Illustration: BISHOP STANBERY’S CHAPEL.
PLATE VI.
]
panels toward the aisle are figures of saints, and angels bearing
shields. In the wall of the aisle above the chantry, which is only 11
ft. in height, is a Decorated window filled with stained glass as a
memorial of the late Dr. MUSGRAVE, Archbishop of York; who, as Bishop of
Hereford, was among the first to set on foot the restoration of his
cathedral. The glass, which is by WARRENTON, exhibits the principal
events in the life of St. Paul. The subjects are continued in the
windows of the chantry, which form part of the memorial.
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