Pulpit in the Summer, or elsewhere in the Winter. I must not omit to say something of the Shaft, or Spire of this Church, commonly called the Pinacle, as being a handsom and well proportioned Fabrick, and one of the highest in _England_, higher than the noted Spires of _Litchfield_, _Chichester_, or _Grantham_, but lower than that at _Salisbury_, [at a general Chapter, holden _June 4. 1633_, it was agreed that the Steeple should be mended] for that Spire being raised upon a very high Tower, becomes higher from the Ground; but this Spire, considered by itself, seems, at least, to equal that. It is an Hundred and five Yards and two Foot from the Top of the Pinacle unto the Pavement of the Choir under it. The Spire is very strongly built, tho' the Inside be of Brick. The upper Aperture, or Window, is the highest Ascent inwardly; out of which, sometimes a long Streamer hath been hanged, upon the Guild, or Mayor's Day. But at His Majesty's Restauration, when the Top was to be mended, and a new gilded Weather-Cock was to be placed upon it, there were Stayings made at the upper Window, and divers Persons went up to the Top of the Pinacle. They first went up into the Belfry, and then by eight Ladders, on the Inside of the Spire, till they came to the upper Hole, or Window; then went out unto the Outside, where a Staying was set, and so ascended up unto the Top-Stone, on which the Weather-Cock standeth. The Cock is three quarters of a Yard high, and one Yard and two Inches long; as is also the Cross-Bar, and Top-Stone of the Spire, which is not flat, but consists of a half Globe, and Channel about it; and from thence are eight Leaves of Stone spreading outward, under which begin the eight Rows of Crockets, which go down the Spire at five Foot distance. From the Top there is a Prospect all about the Country. _Mourshold-Hill_ seems low, and flat Ground. The _Castle-Hill_, and high Buildings, do very much diminish. The River looks like a Ditch. The City, with the Streets, make a pleasant Show, like a Garden with several Walks in it. Tho' this Church, for its Spire, may compare, in a manner, with any in _England_, yet in its Tombs and Monuments it is exceeded by many. No Kings have honour'd the same with their Ashes, and but few with their Presence. And it is not without some Wonder, that _Norwich_ having been for a long Time so considerable a Place, so few Kings have visited it: Of which Number, among so many Monarchs since the Conquest, we find but Four, _viz._ King _Henry_ III. _Edward_ I. Queen _Elizabeth_, and our Gracious Sovereign now reigning; King _Charles_ II. of which I had particular Reason to take Notice.[321] [321] Sir _Thomas_ being then Knighted.