,a ,,short ,,account ,,of ,,king',s     
,,college ,,chapel     ,,london ,,agents
  ,,simpkin1 ,,marshall1 ,,hamilton1    
,,kent  ,,co4 ,,ltd4  ,illustration3    
,,outside     ,a ,,short ,,account  ,,of
  ,,king',s ,,college ,,chapel  ,,by    
,w4 ,p4 ,,littlechild  7,,chapel        
,,clerk7            ,,second ,,edition  
,with ,illustrations                    
,,cambridge3           ,w4 ,,heffer     
,,sons ,,ltd4           #aiba           
,preface to ,second ,edition   ,,the    
success which has attended this little  
work from its first appearance1 and the 
approval with which it has been received
 prompts me to issue a second and       
revised edition4  ,regret has been      
expressed by some1 that ,i omitted to   
give a description of all the windows1  
and that there were no illustrations in 
the first edition4 ,this ,i have        
endeavoured to remedy by giving the     
subjects of all the windows 7with here  
and there a special note7 and inserting 
some pictures of the ,chapel both inside

 and out1 also the arms and supporters  
7a dragon and greyhound7 of ,henry      
,,vii1 crowned rose and portcullis1 from
 the walls of the ante-chapel and the   
initials ,h4,a4 from the screen4  ,i am 
indebted to ,messrs4 ,sir ,isaac ,pitman
 and ,sons ,ltd41 #a ,amen ,corner1     
,london1 for the loan of the blocks of  
the former1 which appeared in the late  
,sir ,william ,st4 ,john ,hope's book   
,heraldry for ,craftsmen and ,designers4
 ,the latter1 together with three       
photographs of the ,chapel1 were        
specially taken for me by ,mr4 ,a4      
,broom4 ,i wish also to thank the       
,provost of ,eton1 ,dr4 ,m4 ,r4 ,james1 
for permission to use some part of his  
description of the windows4 ,i am also  
indebted to ,mr4 ,j4 ,palmer ,clark for 
leave to reproduce the photograph of the
 ship in the window on the south side4  
,i am also grateful to ,mr4 ,benham and 
,dr4 ,mann for their assistance in      
compiling the lists of ,provosts and    
,organists4 ,i have again to thank ,sir 

,g4 ,w4 ,prothero1 ,honorary ,fellow of 
the ,college1 for reading through the   
manuscript and proofs of both editions  
and for his valuable suggestions4 ,in   
conclusion1 ,i would ask for the kind   
indulgence of my readers for any errors 
that may be discovered in this little   
book1 and shall be glad to have them    
pointed out to me4            ,w4 ,p4   
,l4    ,,cambridge1     ,,st4 ,,james'  
,,day1   ,july #be1 #aiba4              
,illustrations     ,,outside            
,frontispiece                           
,,page    ,,looking ,,east ,,from       
,,provost ,,stall   face      #d        
,,the ,,screen ,,from ,,west ,,end      
#h    ,,ship ,,window                   
#aa    ,h4,a4 ,,from ,,the ,,screen     
#bg    ,,arms ,,of ,,henry ,,vii4       
#ce    ,,rose ,,and ,,portcullis        
#ce       7,badges of ,henry ,,vii47    
,the ,foundation   ,,in the year #adda  
,henry ,,vi#a founded ,king's ,college  
for a ,rector and twelve scholars4 ,he  
remodelled his plan in #addc1 and styled

 his foundation the ,college of ,st4    
,mary and ,st4 ,nicholas4#b ,it was to  
consist of a ,provost1 seventy ,fellows1
 or ,scholars1 together with ,chaplains1
 ,lay ,clerks1 and ,choristers4 ,the    
court was originally on the north side  
of the present chapel opposite ,clare   
,college1 and was the home of many      
generations of ,kingsmen until about    
#ahbe4 ,in #ahbi this court was sold to 
the ,university1 and the buildings      
thereon were demolished to make way for 
an extension of the ,university         
,library2 but the old entrance gateway  
was happily spared and incorporated with
 the new ,library building1 and stands  
there1 as a venerable and beautiful     
specimen of architecture1 at the present
 day4  ,on ,st4 ,james' ,day1 ,july     
#beth1 #addf1 the ,king laid the        
foundation stone of the chapel1 and so  
began a building which1 as a            
distinguished member of the college     
7,lord ,orford7 said1 would alone be    
sufficient to ennoble any age4 ,it has  

been classed with the chapel of ,henry  
,,vii at ,westminster and ,saint        
,george's collegiate church at ,windsor1
 as one of the three great royal chapels
 of the ,tudor age2 but there is no     
edifice1 except ,eton ,college ,chapel1 
which forms in any way a fair subject of
 comparison with that of ,king's        
,college4  ,the style is rich           
perpendicular1 marking the point where  
the last ,gothic meets the early        
,renaissance4 ,nicholas ,close has      
commonly been considered to be the      
architect4 ,he was a man of ,flemish    
family1 and for a few years held the    
cure of the parish of ,st4 ,john        
,zachary1 which church stood on the west
 side of ,milne ,street1 and probably so
 close to it that the high altar of the 
church was on ground afterwards enclosed
 within the western bays of the         
,ante-,chapel4 ,close1 in #adej1 was    
appointed to the ,see of ,carlisle1 and 
in #adeb transferred to ,lichfield4 ,he 
certainly received from the ,king the   

grant of a coat of arms for his         
services1 but it might fairly be said   
that ,john ,langton1 ,master of         
,pembroke ,college1 and ,chancellor of  
the ,university1 who also had the title 
of ,surveyor1 a term generally admitted 
to be synonymous with architect1 has an 
equally strong claim4 ,but ,mr4 ,g4 ,g4 
,scott1 in his essay on ,english ,church
 ,architecture1 says the man who really 
should have had the credit of conceiving
 this great work was the master-mason1  
,reginald ,ely1 appointed by a patent of
 ,henry ,,vi to press masons1           
carpenters1 and other workers4          
,according to ,mr4 ,scott's view1 ,close
 and his successors did the work which  
in modern days would be done1 though    
less efficiently1 by a building         
committee4 ,but they were ecclesiastics1
 not architects2 it is the master-mason1
 not the more dignified 'surveyor1' to  
whom the honour of planning the building
 should be attributed4     ,royal       
,benefactors   ,illustration3 ,,looking 

,,east ,,from ,,provost ,,stall         
,,besides the founder1 whose misfortunes
 hindered the completion of his work1   
four successive kings aided in its      
erection4 ,when ,henry was taken        
prisoner at ,st4 ,albans in #adee1 the  
,earls of ,salisbury and ,warwick       
promised to supply funds for the college
 buildings4 ,for a time they kept their 
word1 and some part of the ,l#a1jjj a   
year promised by ,henry from the ,duchy 
of ,lancaster continued to be paid2 but 
the defeat of the ,king at the battle of
 ,towton in #adfa and the subsequent    
overthrow of the ,lancaster dynasty     
checked progress4 ,after a long time    
spent in hiding in secret places1       
wherein for safety's sake he was forced 
to keep close1 he was found and taken1  
brought as a traitor and criminal to    
,london1 and imprisoned in the ,tower1  
and eventually suffered a violent death4
 ,he was buried at ,chertsey ,abbey1 but
 his body was afterwards removed to     
,windsor ,castle4#c ,still1 the idea was

 there1 and it remained for a later     
generation only to imitate and complete4
 ,in #adhc1 just before ,edward ,,iv's  
death1 we find that nearly ,l#a1cjj had 
been spent on the chapel1 about ,l#a1ajj
 given by the ,king1 and ,l#ajj by      
,thomas ,rotherham1 ,archbishop of      
,york1 ,lord ,chancellor of ,england1   
formerly a ,fellow of the ,college1 but 
it is not stated how the deficit was    
met4 ,richard ,,iii1 on his accession1  
resumed the work with great vigour4     
,between ,may and ,december1 #adhd1     
about ,l#gej was spent1 nearly all of   
which was provided by the king4  ,it is 
stated that in the year #aejf sufficient
 progress had been made in the building 
to admit of the performance of divine   
service1 at which ,henry ,,vii and his  
mother1 ,margaret ,countess of          
,richmond1 ,foundress of ,st4 ,john's   
and ,christ's ,colleges1 who were on a  
visit to ,cambridge1 were present2 and  
it is said that ,john ,fisher1          
,president of ,queens' ,college1 ,bishop

 of ,rochester1 took part as chief      
celebrant4 ,professor ,willis1 in ,the  
,architectural ,history of the          
,university of ,cambridge1 takes        
exception to this statement4 ,he is of  
opinion that1 as the ,screen and ,stall 
work was not finished until #aecf1 and  
as the old ,chapel#d did not fall down  
until #aecg 7in fact it was used on the 
eve of the day on which it fell71 it is 
unlikely that the new chapel was used   
for service until that time4 ,he further
 quotes ,dr4 ,caius to strengthen this  
view4  ,henry ,,vii1 who has been       
credited with an excessive tendency to  
accumulate treasure1 was1 next to the   
,founder1 much the largest contributor4 
,a short time before his death in       
#aejie1 moved perhaps to emulate the    
liberal example of his pious mother1 he 
gave ,l#e1jjj to the college1 with      
instructions to his executors to finish 
the building4 ,may we not also think    
that ,richard ,fox1 ,founder of ,corpus 
,christi ,college1 ,oxford1 ,bishop of  

,winchester from #aejj to #aebh1 who was
 ,henry ,,vii's constant adviser1 ,privy
 ,seal1 and one of his executors1 had   
something to do with this mark of       
,henry's generosity and favour8 ,this   
sum of ,l#e1jjj was probably all spent  
by the beginning of #aeab1 when the     
,king's executors made over to the      
,provost and scholars1 in #aeaa-ab1 a   
second sum of ,l#e1jjj4  ,thus in #aeae1
 in the #gth year of ,king ,henry       
,,viii's reign1 the stonework of the    
chapel was completed2 it had cost1 in   
the present value of money1 about       
,l#afj1jjj4 ,the stone used in the      
construction is of different kinds4 ,the
 white magnesian limestone from         
,huddlestone in ,yorkshire is that which
 was chiefly used in the lifetime of the
 ,founder4 ,the lower part of the walls 
was built of this2 the upper part was   
built with stone brought from ,clipsham 
in ,rutlandshire in #adgg4 ,a third     
kind1 from ,weldon in ,northamptonshire1
 was used for the vaulting of the choir 

and ante-chapel1 executed in #aeab and  
the following years4 ,the north and     
south porches were vaulted with a       
magnesian limestone1 more yellow in     
colour1 from the ,yorkshire quarry of   
,hampole4  ,the outside measurement of  
the chapel from turret to turret is #caj
 feet1 the said turrets being #adf feet 
high4 ,the four westernmost buttresses  
on the south and five on the north side 
are ornamented with heraldic devices1   
crowns1 roses1 and portcullises1 while  
on the set-offs separating the stages   
are dragons1 greyhounds1 and antelopes  
bearing shields4  ,illustration3 ,,the  
,,screen ,,from ,,west ,,end  ,inside1  
the chapel is #bhi feet long1 #dj feet  
wide from pier to pier1 and #hj feet    
high from the floor to the central point
 of the stone vault4 ,the tracery of the
 roof is a fine specimen of the         
fan-vault which is rarely to be found in
 ,continental architecture1 but is the  
peculiar glory of the ,english style4   
,it can truly be said that stone seems1 

by the cunning labour of the chisel1 to 
have been robbed of its weight and      
density and suspended aloft as if by    
magic1 while the fretted roof is        
achieved with the wonderful minuteness  
and airy security of a cobweb4 ,similar 
roofs appear in ,bath ,abbey 7the       
architect of which was ,dr4 ,oliver     
,king1 a member of ,king's71 in ,st4    
,george's ,chapel1 ,windsor1 in ,henry  
,,vii's ,chapel at ,westminster1 in     
,sherborne ,minster1 and in the         
ambulatory of the choir of              
,peterborough2 but the earliest example 
of this kind of vaulting is the cloister
 of ,gloucester 7#acha-adab71 of which  
the late ,dean ,spence speaks in the    
following lines3            ,old        
,gloucester's peerless cloister1 once   
the haunt            ,of mitred ,abbot  
and of monk in cowl4            ,above  
we see the long fan-traceried arch2     
,beneath are letter'd stones and human  
dust4  ,the same words can be applied to
 this chapel1 for here we have the long 

fan-traceried arch1 and beneath are     
stones and human dust1 for many members 
of ,king's and others are buried within 
its walls4  ,,footnotes3  #a ,henry was 
born at ,windsor in the year #adba4     
,when ,henry ,v was informed that       
,catherine had borne him an heir he     
asked3 ,where was the boy born8 ,at     
,windsor was the reply4 ,turning to his 
,chamberlain1 he gave voice to the      
following prophetic utterance3    ,i    
,henry born at ,monmouth1    ,shall     
small time reign1 and much get2    ,but 
,henry of ,windsor shall long reign and 
loose all4    ,but as ,god will1 so be  
it4  #b ,the preamble to the charter    
granted by ,henry in ,january #adda1 and
 confirmed by ,act of ,parliament in    
,february of the same year1 as          
translated1 reads as follows3--         
,to the honour of ,almighty ,god1 in    
whose hand are          the hearts of   
,kings2 of the most blessed and         
immaculate ,virgin ,mary1 mother of     
,christ2 and also          of the       

glorious ,confessor and ,bishop         
,nicholas1          ,patron of my       
intended ,college1 on whose festival we 
first saw the light4  #c ,in the        
,college ,library may be seen a small   
piece of silk in which his bones were   
wrapped1 and which was taken from the   
coffin by the late ,sir ,w4 ,h4 ,st4    
,john ,hope in the presence of ,dr4 ,m4 
,r4 ,james1 when it was opened on the   
#dth ,november1 #aiaj4  #d ,the accounts
 show that a chapel existed from the    
beginning1 and that it stood between the
 south side of the old court and the    
north side of the present ,chapel4 ,it  
consisted of a chancel1 nave1 and       
ante-chapel1 and had a door at the west 
end1 and east and west windows4 ,it was 
richly fitted up2 and numerous allusions
 to plate1 hangings1 relics1 service    
books1 vestments1 choristers and large  
and small organs1 show that the services
 were performed with full attention to  
the ritual of the day4  #e ,he was      
buried in his chapel at ,westminster    

beside that of his wife1 ,elizabeth of  
,york4 ,lord ,bacon says ,he lieth at   
,westminster in one of the stateliest   
and daintiest monuments of ,europe both 
for the chapel and the sepulchre4 ,so   
that he dwelleth more richly dead in the
 monument of his tomb than he did alive 
in ,richmond or in any of his palaces4  
,work of ,freemasons   ,,it may be that 
some of my readers are members of the   
,masonic body4 ,mr4 ,john ,proctor      
,carter1 sometime ,fellow of ,king's and
 ,eton1 in writing a history of the     
chapel1 published in #ahfg1 writes thus3
 ,so many learned authors have been at  
fault when they have ventured into the  
obscurity which envelops the history of 
the ,freemasons1 by a gang of whom this 
chapel1 in common with1 at all events1 a
 large number of mediaeval buildings    
were erected1 that to say a word upon   
the subject may seem presumptuous4 ,the 
theory of a traditional science1        
confined entirely to the members of a   
secret society that had ramified over   

the whole of civilised ,europe1 and to  
whom developments in architecture were  
due1 has been pushed to extremity by    
some writers4 ,by a natural reaction    
others have been led to discredit       
altogether the existence of such a      
society1 and to consider the masonic    
fraternity merely as one of the various 
trade corporations or guilds whose      
relics have descended to our own day4   
,but apart from the argument drawn from 
universal belief1 there is probably     
sufficient evidence to show that the    
,freemasons were distinguished to some  
extent from other guilds1 partly by the 
possession of peculiar secrets1 and     
partly by their religious character4    
,they seem to have been as it were the  
knight-errants of architecture1 and to  
have travelled from city to city and    
country to country in the exercise of   
what they must have deemed a half sacred
 profession4  ,ample proof has been     
adduced that ,henry ,,vi was not only a 
,mason himself 7having been admitted a  

member of the fraternity in #adej71 but 
did a good deal for the craft2 and      
,freemasonry has much to thank him for4 
,in a history of ,westminster ,abbey1   
written by the late ,dean ,farrar1 is to
 be found the following3 ,even the      
geometrical designs which lie at the    
base of its ground plan are combinations
 of the triangle1 the circle1 and the   
oval4 ,masons' marks are to be found in 
various places on the walls in chapel4  
,the ,windows   ,illustration3 ,,ship   
,,window  ,,as ,i have previously       
mentioned1 the building was begun in    
#addf1 but1 owing to the long ,civil    
,wars1 it dragged on until #aeae2 and it
 was in that year that a contract was   
entered into with one ,barnard ,flower1 
to glaze the windows with good1 clene1  
sure1 and perfyte glass1 according to   
the old and new lawe1 or1 as we should  
put it1 the ,old and ,new ,testament4   
,barnard ,flower died between ,july #be1
 #aeag1 the date of his will1 and       
,august #ad1 #aeag1 the date when the   

will was proved1 having completed only  
four windows1 one of which is generally 
believed to be that over the north door1
 while a second faces the organ on the  
same side4 ,he describes himself as     
,barnard ,floure1 the ,kinges glasyer of
 ,england1 dwelling within the precynt  
of ,saint ,martin hospitale1 in the     
,burgh of ,southwark1 in the county of  
,surrey4 ,in #aebf two contracts were   
entered into with other firms to        
complete the rest of the windows1 which 
was done in #aeca4 ,among the names of  
those who entered into the last contract
 were two ,flemings4 ,windows of a      
similar kind1 although smaller1 are to  
be found at ,fairford in                
,gloucestershire2 these date from about 
#adij4  ,the windows of the ,chapel     
contain the finest series in the world  
of pictures in glass on a large scale4  
,the tracery is filled with heraldic    
devices4 ,at the top of the centre light
 are the ,royal ,arms as borne by ,henry
 ,,vii1 and the rest of the badges are  

,roses1 ,crowns1 ,portcullises1         
,hawthorn bushes and ,fleur-de-lys1     
being all appropriate to ,henry ,,vii4  
,there are also the initials ,h4 ,e4    
7,henry ,,vii and ,elizabeth of ,york7  
and ,h4 ,k4 for ,henry ,,viii and       
,katherine of ,aragon as ,prince and    
,princess of ,wales4 ,these badges run  
all round the side windows4 ,in each    
side window there are four subjects1 two
 side lights above and two below the    
transom or crossbar1 while in the centre
 light are four figures1 men and angels 
alternately1 ,messengers1 as they are   
called1 because they hold scrolls or    
tablets 7in ,latin7 descriptive of the  
pictures at the sides4 ,all the side    
windows1 except the easternmost window  
on the south side1 are carried out in a 
similar manner4  ,in most cases the two 
lower pictures illustrate two scenes in 
the ,new ,testament1 and the two upper  
ones give types of these scenes drawn   
from the ,old ,testament or elsewhere4  
,there are exceptions to this           

arrangement1 as1 for instance1 the first
 two windows on the north side and in   
those illustrating the ,acts of the     
,apostles4  ,the main subjects of the   
windows are the life of the ,virgin     
,mary and the life of ,christ4 ,the     
scenes begin with the ,birth of the     
,virgin1 in the westernmost window on   
the north side1 and proceed through the 
principal events of our ,lord's life to 
the ,crucifixion in the east window4    
,this is followed on the south side by  
the following events as recorded in the 
,gospels1 of which the last depicted is 
the ,ascension in the one opposite the  
organ4 ,next comes the history of the   
,apostles as recorded in the ,acts1     
while the legendary history of the      
,virgin occupies the last two windows4#f
  ,the following diagram may be of use  
in helping my readers to decipher the   
windows on the north and south sides4   
,illustration3    --------------        
,f            o            u         #a 
r   #b                     ,m           

e            s        --------------    
s            e            n         #c  
g   #d        e            r            
s        -------------  ,,footnote3  #f 
,the side windows are #di feet in height
 from the base to the point of the arch1
 and #af feet in width4     ,,the       
,,subjects ,,of ,,the ,,windows ,,are   
,,as ,,follows3   ,,north ,,side        
,,window ,i4 7,,westernmost47    #a4    
,the offering of ,joachim and   #b4     
,joachim is bidden by an ,angel to      
,anna rejected by the ,high             
return to ,jerusalem1 where he          
,priest4                          would 
meet his wife at the ,golden            
,gate of the ,temple4    #c4 ,joachim   
and ,anna at the       #d4 ,birth of the
 ,virgin4      ,golden ,gate of the     
,temple4   ,,window ,,ii4    #a4        
,presentation of a ,golden      #b4     
,marriage of ,tobias and ,sara4         
,table 7found by fishermen              
entangled in their nets7      in the    
,temple of the ,sun4    #c4             

,presentation of the ,virgin    #d4     
,marriage of ,joseph and ,mary4      in 
the ,temple4  ,at the bottom of each    
picture in this window there is a small 
compartment containing a half-length    
figure of a man or angel bearing a      
legend4   ,,window ,,iii4    #a4 ,the   
,temptation of ,eve4        #b4 ,moses  
and the ,burning ,bush4    #c4 ,the     
,annunciation4             #d4 ,the     
,nativity4,a  ,a ,joseph1 ,mary1 and a  
number of little angels adore the       
,child4 ,through an opening in the      
background are seen the ,angels         
appearing to the ,shepherds4   ,,window 
,,iv4    #a4 ,the ,circumcision of      
,isaac     #b4 ,the visit of the ,queen 
of ,sheba to      by ,abraham4          
,solomon4    #c4 ,the ,circumcision of  
,christ4   #d4 ,the ,adoration of the   
,magi4,b  ,b ,the ,virgin and ,child on 
right3 the ,star above4 ,just above the 
,virgin in the picture the head of an   
,ox and an ,ass may be seen4   ,,window 
,v4    #a4 ,the ,purification of ,women 

#b4 ,jacob's ,flight from ,esau4,c      
under the ,law4    #c4 ,the             
,presentation of ,christ    #d4 ,the    
,flight into ,egypt4      in the        
,temple4,d  ,c ,in the background on    
right ,rebecca is seen bringing ,jacob  
to ,isaac to be blessed4  ,d ,simeon is 
a conspicuous figure4   ,,window ,,vi4  
#a4 ,the ,golden ,calf on a ,ruby       
#b4 ,the ,massacre of the ,seed ,royal  
by      ,pillar4                        
,athaliah4    #c4 ,the ,idols of ,egypt 
#d4 ,the ,massacre of the ,innocents4   
falling4,e  ,e ,at the bottom are the   
figures #aejag1 generally read as a date
 7#aeag74   ,,window ,,vii4    #a4      
,naaman ,washing in ,jordan4     #b4    
,jacob tempts ,esau to sell his         
birthright4    #c4 ,the ,baptism of     
,christ4        #d4 ,the ,temptation of 
,christ4,f  ,f ,below in front the devil
 7represented as an old man7 tempts     
,christ to turn stones into bread4      
,above on left the two are seen on the  
high mountain3 on right they stand on   

the pinnacle of the temple4   ,,window  
,,viii4    #a4 ,elisha raises the       
#b4 ,the ,triumph of ,david4,g          
,shumanite's ,son4    #c4 ,the raising  
of ,lazarus4       #d4 ,the entry into  
,jerusalem4,h   ,g ,david enters on left
 balancing the huge head of ,goliath on 
the point of a sword4 ,on right are the 
women with musical instruments4  ,h ,a  
man in a tree cuts down branches3 others
 spread garments4   ,,window ,,ix4      
#a4 ,the ,fall of ,manna4            #b4
 ,the ,fall of the ,rebel ,angels4      
#c4 ,the ,last ,supper4,i           #d4 
,the ,agony in the ,garden4,j  ,i       
,christ on left stands and gives the sop
 to ,judas1 who bends over the table    
from right4 ,he is red-haired4  ,j ,a   
cup is shown at the left upper corner1  
and an angel is represented as coming   
down to comfort our ,lord4 ,the         
disciples are shown asleep at the bottom
 of the picture4   ,,window ,x4    #a4  
,cain killing ,abel4            #b4     
,shemei cursing ,david4    #c4 ,the     

,betrayal4,k              #d4 ,christ   
mocked and blind-folded4,l  ,k ,judas   
kisses ,christ4 ,peter attacks ,malchus4
  ,l ,annas and other ,jews look on from
 above4   ,,window ,,xi4    #a4         
,jeremiah imprisoned4          #b4 ,noah
 mocked by ,ham4    #c4 ,christ before  
,annas4          #d4 ,christ before     
,herod4   ,,window ,,xii4    #a4 ,job   
tormented4                #b4 ,solomon  
crowned4    #c4 ,the ,scourging of      
,christ4      #d4 ,christ crowned with  
thorns4   ,,window ,,xiii4  ,the ,east  
,window is quite different4 ,for one    
thing it is much larger1 and has nine   
vertical divisions instead of five4     
,here1 in the tracery1 in addition to   
other heraldic badges1 is the ,dragon of
 the great ,pendragonship1 holding a    
banner with the arms of ,henry ,,vii4   
,also there is seen the ostrich feather 
of the ,prince of ,wales with the motto 
,ich ,dien4#g  ,in this window there are
 no ,messengers with inscriptions2 only 
six scenes from the ,passion beginning  

at the bottom left hand corner1 and each
 occupying three lights instead of two4 
,in the first three lights below the    
transom is the ,ecce ,homo2 in the      
centre three1 ,pilate washing his hands1
 the final moment in the trial4 ,our    
,lord is represented in the centre light
 with his back to the spectator4 ,in the
 three on the right is ,christ bearing  
the ,cross4 ,here is shown ,saint       
,veronica kneeling and offering to our  
,lord a handkerchief to wipe his face4  
,the legend goes on to say that1 when he
 returned it to her1 his face was       
impressed upon it2 and it is now one of 
the four great relics preserved in the  
piers of the dome of ,st4 ,peter's at   
,rome4  ,above the transom1 the left    
three lights contain the ,nailing to the
 ,cross4 ,in the centre three is ,christ
 crucified between the thieves4 ,at the 
base of the ,cross may be seen our      
,lord's robe on the ground1 and two     
figures kneeling upon it and pointing   
down to pieces of paper or dice1 a scene

 depicting the fulfilment of the        
prophecy3 ,they parted my garments among
 them and upon my vesture they did cast 
lots4 ,in the right three lights the    
body of ,christ is taken down from the  
,cross4   ,,south ,,side   ,,window     
,,xiv4  ,the ,brazen ,serpent1 after a  
picture by ,rubens1 now in the ,national
 ,gallery4,m    #c4 ,naomi and her      
#d4 ,the ,virgin and other ,holy ,women 
,daughters-in-,law4                     
lamenting over the body of ,christ4  ,m 
,there was originally only half a window
 here4 ,the lower half was intended to  
have a building 7which was in part      
begun7 abutting on it4 ,this building   
was removed in #ahbg1 and the lower part
 of the window opened up4 ,the old glass
 was moved down to the lower lights in  
#ahda1 and in #ahde the glass which now 
occupies the upper main lights inserted 
by ,hedgeland4 ,the only thing that can 
be said in its favour is its vivid      
colours4   ,,window ,,xv4    #a4 ,joseph
 cast into the pit by   #b4 ,israel     

going out of ,egypt4      his brethren4 
#c4 ,burial of ,christ4             #d4 
,the ,harrowing of ,hell4   ,,window    
,,xvi4    #a4 ,jonah vomited up by the  
#b4 ,tobias returning to his ,mother4   
,whale4,n    #c4 ,the ,resurrection of  
#d4 ,christ appearing to his ,mother    
,christ4                          at    
prayer4  ,n ,this subject is often asked
 about4 ,the whale is represented as a  
great green monster with a large black  
patch for the open mouth4 ,jonah is     
shown in a recumbent position on the    
ground4 ,at the back is part of a ship1 
while in the extreme background may be  
seen ,ninevah4   ,,window ,,xvii4    #a4
 ,reuben at the pit1 he finds   #b4     
,darius visiting the lions' den      it 
empty1 and ,joseph gone4       finds    
,daniel alive4    #c4 ,the three ,marys 
at the        #d4 ,christ1 with a spade1
 appears to      ,sepulchre1 which they 
find       ,mary ,magdalene in the      
garden4,o      empty4  ,o ,mary         
,magdalene is also seen alone in the    

background1 looking into the ,sepulchre4
   ,,window ,,xviii4    #a4 ,the ,angel 
,raphael meets       #b4 ,habakuk       
feeding ,daniel in the      ,tobias4    
lions' den4    #c4 ,christ meets the two
          #d4 ,the ,supper at ,emmaus4  
,disciples on the way      to ,emmaus4  
,,window ,,xix4    #a4 ,the ,return of  
the ,prodigal    #b4 ,the meeting of    
,jacob and ,joseph4      ,son4,p    #c4 
,the ,incredulity of ,st4        #d4    
,christ appearing to the ,apostles      
,thomas4                                
without ,thomas4,q  ,p ,in the upper    
part of the left hand light is depicted 
the killing of the fatted calf4  ,q     
,this subject and its type ought to     
precede numbers #a and #c4   ,,window   
,,xx4    #a4 ,elijah carried up to      
#b4 ,moses receives the ,tables of ,law4
      ,heaven4,r    #c4 ,the ,ascension 
of ,christ4      #d4 ,the ,descent of   
the ,holy ,ghost4  ,r ,he casts his     
mantle1 represented by a lovely piece of
 ruby glass1 down to ,elisha4   ,,window

 ,,xxi4    #a4 ,peter and ,john heal the
       #b4 ,the ,apostles arrested4,s   
lame man at the gate of      the        
,temple4    #c4 ,peter and the ,apostles
        #d4 ,the ,death of ,annanias4,u 
going to the ,temple4,t  ,s ,in the     
background1 ,peter and ,john are seen   
bound to a pillar and scourged4  ,t ,in 
the background1 ,peter preaching inside 
the building4  ,u ,in the background is 
seen his body being carried out for     
burial4   ,,window ,,xxii4    #a4 ,the  
,conversion of ,st4 ,paul4    #b4 ,paul 
conversing with ,jews at                
,damascus4,v    #c4 ,paul and ,barnabas 
at           #d4 ,paul stoned at        
,lystra4      ,lystra4  ,v ,in the      
background he is seen being let down in 
a basket from a window4 ,in this and the
 preceding window figures of ,st4 ,luke1
 habited as a doctor1 with his ox by    
him1 alternate with figures of angels in
 the central light4   ,,window ,,xxiii4 
#a4 ,paul and the ,demoniac         #b4 
,paul before the ,chief ,captain        

,woman4                                 
,lysias at ,jerusalem4    #c4 ,paul     
saying farewell at       #d4 ,paul      
before ,nero4      ,philippi4,w  ,w ,in 
this subject is a beautiful specimen of 
a late fifteenth century ship4 ,the ship
 has her sails furled1 and is anchored  
by her port anchor as her starboard     
anchor is fished 7i4e4 made fast with   
its shank horizontal7 to the ship's side
 by her cable4 ,an empty boat is        
alongside4 ,at the top of the mainmast  
is a fighting top from which project two
 large spears4  ,an excellent article on
 this ship was contributed by ,messrs4  
,h4 ,h4 ,brindley1 ,m4,a41 and ,alan ,h4
 ,moore1 ,b4,a41 and read to the members
 of the ,cambridge ,antiquarian ,society
 in #aiji4   ,,window ,,xxiv4    #a4    
,the ,death of ,tobit4           #b4    
,the ,burial of ,jacob4    #c4 ,the     
,death of the ,virgin4      #d4 ,the    
,funeral of the ,virgin4   ,,window     
,,xxv4    #a4 ,the ,translation of      
,enoch4     #b4 ,solomon receives his   

mother                                  
,bath-,sheba4    #c4 ,assumption of the 
,virgin4     #d4 ,the ,coronation of the
 ,virgin4,x  ,x ,she kneels in the      
centre1 full face4 ,on right the ,son1  
seated2 on left the ,father1 crowning   
,mary4 ,the dove between4 ,angels       
playing music in front4   ,,window      
,,xxvi4  ,the ,west ,window was filled  
with stained glass depicting the ,last  
,judgment1 by ,messrs4 ,clayton and     
,bell1 of ,london1 in #ahgi4 ,there is  
no doubt that in the original scheme of 
the windows this was intended to be the 
subject of the west window4#h ,like the 
east window1 it consists of nine lights1
 divided by a transom into two tiers4   
,the general idea is to set forth the   
scene of the ,judgment as within a vast 
hall of semi-circular plan4 ,in the     
central light of the upper tier is      
seated the figure of our ,lord on the   
throne of judgment4 ,on each side of the
 principal figure are groups of angels  
jubilant with trumpets and bearing      

emblems of the ,passion4  ,on the right 
and left1 each in three divisions1 are  
seated figures of ,apostles and other   
,saints4 ,in the three lights below the 
figure of our ,lord are ,st4 ,michael   
and two other angels1 the one on the    
dexter side 7the left side as you look  
at it7 bearing a ,lily1 the other on the
 sinister 7right7 holding a flaming     
sword4 ,st4 ,michael in the centre is in
 full armour4 ,he carries the scales of 
judgment1 and rests one hand on a       
cruciferous shield4  ,the lower portions
 of the lights show1 on the one side1   
the resurrection of the blessed1 with   
angels receiving them4 ,a special       
feature of the design is seen in the    
lowermost portion near the centre4 ,here
 appears the figure of the founder1     
,king ,henry ,,vi4 ,he rises from his   
grave gazing upward1 and bearing in his 
hands a model of the chapel itself4 ,on 
the other side the lost are shown1      
driven out by angels threatening them   
with flaming swords4  ,in the tracery   

are arranged various shields and        
heraldic devices1 which comprise the    
arms of ,queen ,victoria1 ,henry ,,vi1  
,henry ,,vii1 ,henry ,,viii1 the        
,provost 7,dr4 ,okes71 the ,visitor 7the
 ,bishop of ,lincoln1 ,chr4             
,wordsworth71 ,f4 ,e4 ,stacey1 ,esq4    
7the ,donor71 with those of ,king's     
,college1 ,eton ,college1 and the       
,university4         99       99        
99       99       99  ,the question has 
often been asked1 ,how did the windows  
escape during the ,civil ,war8 ,there is
 one story that the west window was     
broken by ,cromwell's soldiers 7who     
certainly were quartered in the chapel71
 and that the rest of the glass was     
taken out and concealed inside the organ
 screen4 ,another1 which appears in a   
small book called ,the ,chorister1 is   
that all the glass was taken down and   
buried in pits in the college grounds in
 one night by a man and a boy4 ,both    
these stories are entirely fictitious4  
,the best answer to the question may be 

found in the words of the ,provost of   
,eton 7,dr4 ,m4 ,r4 ,james71 who says1  
in one of his addresses on the windows3 
,it is most probable that ,cromwell1    
anxious to have at least one of the     
universities on his side1 gave some     
special order that no wilful damage     
should be wrought on this building1     
which1 then as now1 was the pride of    
,cambridge and of all the country round4
 ,the windows have been taken out and   
re-leaded at various times--first       
between #afeg and #affd2 next in        
#agaa-agab2 thirdly in #agbe-agcj2      
fourthly in #ageg-agfe2 fifthly in      
#ahdg-ahej2 and fourteen of them 7one in
 each year7 in a period extending from  
#ahic to #aijf1 by the late ,mr4 ,j4 ,e4
 ,kempe1 when several mistakes which    
then existed were put right4            
,,footnotes3  #g ,this window from its  
base to the top of the arch is #ec feet 
and #be feet wide4  #h ,this window is  
#di feet from its base to the top of the
 arch and #cc feet #f inches in width4  

,the ,woodwork1 ,organ1 etc4            
,illustration3 ,h4,a4 ,,from ,,the      
,,screen  ,,the ,screen dividing the    
choir from the ante-chapel is one of the
 earliest and purest examples of        
renaissance woodwork in this country and
 is no doubt the work of foreign artists
 7probably ,italian71 several having    
been brought over and employed by ,henry
 ,,viii4 ,carved upon it are the badge  
of ,anne ,boleyn1 a crowned falcon      
holding a sceptre2 the initials ,h4 ,r41
 ,r4 ,a41 ,h4 ,a41 with true lovers'    
knots entwining these two letters2 the  
arms of ,henry ,,viii and ,anne impaled2
 while below in the same compartment is 
a bull's head caboched4 ,this last is   
not a rebus#i in the true sense of the  
term 7for at least one would expect the 
letter ,n or something similar to       
appear71 yet ,i venture to say it refers
 to ,anne1 and1 with the rest1 shows the
 date of the work to be #aecc-aecf1     
during which period her influence was at
 its height4 ,at the back of the        

,provost's stall is carved an admirable 
representation of ,st4 ,george and the  
dragon4 ,over the door on this side are 
the arms of ,king's and ,eton           
emblazoned4 ,the definition of the arms 
of ,king's is as follows3 ,sable1 three 
roses argent1 a chief per pale1 azure a 
fleur-de-lis of ,france1 and gules a    
lion of ,england4#aj ,that of ,eton is  
the same1 with the exception of three   
lilies in the place of the roses4#aa    
,the organ was put up in #afhh by ,rene 
,harris1#ab taking the place of one     
erected in #afjf by an organ-builder    
named ,dalham2 some portions of the case
 date back to the time of ,henry ,,viii4
 ,on the outer towers of the organ      
facing west are two angels holding      
trumpets4 ,these were put up in #ahei1  
taking the place of two pinnacles1 which
 in their turn were substituted for two 
figures about the size of ,david on this
 same side4 ,in #ahei the organ was much
 enlarged by ,messrs4 ,hill1 of ,london4
  ,the ,coats of ,arms at the back of   

the stalls on the north and south sides 
were put up at the expense of ,thomas   
,weaver1 a former ,fellow of the        
,college1 in #afcc4 ,amongst them are   
the arms of ,england as they were at the
 time2 those of ,henry ,v1 ,,vi1 ,,vii1 
,,viii1 ,eton and ,king's ,college--for 
,henry ,,vi 7no doubt following out the 
scheme adopted by ,william of ,wykeham1 
who founded ,winchester ,school and ,new
 ,college1 ,oxford7 founded ,eton       
also--also the arms of ,cambridge       
,university1 and1 to show a friendly    
feeling to the sister ,university1 those
 of ,oxford placed on the opposite side4
 ,the canopies of the stalls and the    
panel work east of them were executed in
 #afge-afgi4  ,the ,altar ,table1 from a
 design by ,mr4 ,garner1 was first used 
on ,advent ,sunday1 #aijb2 and the      
woodwork round the chancel was finished 
in #aiaa4 ,the architects were ,messrs4 
,blow and ,billary1 the work being      
executed by ,messrs4 ,rattee and ,kett1 
the celebrated ecclesiastical builders1 

of ,cambridge4  ,the ,candelabra which  
stand within the ,chancel1 were the gift
 of ,messrs4 ,bryan1 ,wayte1 and ,witts1
 sometime ,fellows2 conjointly with the 
,college1 and are of the date #ahgb4    
,the ,candlesticks on the ,altar were   
given by ,edward ,balston1 a former     
,fellow1 in #ahej2 and the ,cross 7by   
,mr4 ,bainbridge ,reynolds7 is in memory
 of the late ,rev4 ,augustus ,austen    
,leigh1 ,provost1 #ahhi-aije4  ,the     
,picture on the north side1 ,the        
,deposition1 by ,daniel de ,volterra1   
was presented to the ,college by the    
,earl of ,carlisle in #aghj4 ,it        
previously occupied the central position
 in the woodwork placed there in #aggd1 
and was removed in #ahif when the east  
window was re-leaded4 ,the handsome     
,lectern was given to the ,college by   
,robert ,hacomblen1 who was ,provost    
from #aeji to #aebh4 ,the candle        
branches were added in #affh4 ,it was   
removed to the ,library in #aggd1 where 
it remained until #ahed4  ,before ,i go 

on to speak of the side ,chapels1 ,i    
think it is worth recording that on     
,wednesday1 ,may #d1 #agfc1 nine        
,spanish ,standards taken at ,manilla by
 ,brigadier ,general ,draper1 formerly  
,fellow1 were carried in procession to  
the ,chapel by the scholars of the      
,college4 ,a ,te ,deum was sung1 and the
 ,revd4 ,william ,barford1 ,fellow1 and 
,public ,orator1 made a ,latin oration4 
,the colours were first placed on each  
side of the ,altar rails1 but afterwards
 were hung up on the ,organ ,screen2    
they eventually found a resting-place in
 one of the ,south ,chapels4 ,about #bj 
years ago they were sent to a needlework
 guild in ,london with a view to their  
being restored1 but it was found they   
were too far gone4 ,some of the remnants
 that were returned are preserved in a  
glass case in the vestry1 where they may
 be seen4  ,,footnotes3  #i ,a rebus was
 invariably a badge or device forming a 
pun upon a man's surname4 ,it probably  
originated in the canting heraldry of   

earlier days4 ,a large number of rebuses
 ending in ton are based upon a tun or  
barrel2 such are the lup on a ton of    
,robert ,lupton1 ,provost of ,eton      
#aejd1 which appears in the spandrils of
 the door in the screen leading into his
 chapel at ,eton ,college1 or the kirk  
and ton of ,abbott ,kirkton on the      
deanery gate at ,peterborough4 ,the eye 
and the slip of a tree1 which form1     
together with a man falling from a tree 
7,i slip671 the rebuses of ,abbot       
,islip1 are well known4 ,the ox crossing
 a ford in the arms of ,oxford1 and the 
,cam and its great bridge in the arms of
 ,cambridge are kindred examples4  #aj  
,the founder designed1 by the colour of 
the field1 to denote the perpetuity of  
his foundation2 by the roses1 his hope  
that the college might bring forth the  
choicest flowers1 redolent of science of
 every kind1 to the honour and most     
devout worship of ,almighty ,god and the
 undefiled virgin and glorious mother2  
and by the chief1 containing portions of

 the arms of ,france and ,england1 he   
intended to impart something of royal   
nobility1 which might declare the work  
to be truly regal and                   
renowned4--,cooper's ,memorials of      
,cambridge4  #aa ,at a meeting of old   
,etonian generals at ,eton on ,may #bj1 
#aiai1 the following reference was made 
to the arms of ,eton3--    ,what bears  
,etona on her shield8      ,what each   
true son should be2    ,a lion valiant  
in the field2      ,at heart a          
fleur-de-lis4                ,daily     
,telegraph1 ,may #ba1 #aiai4  #ab ,mr4  
,t4 ,f4 ,bumpas in his ,london          
,churches1 ,ancient and ,modern1 speaks 
of him as an organ builder of some note4
 ,renatus ,harris he is there styled4   
,in #affc the ,benchers of the ,temple  
,church being anxious of obtaining the  
best possible organ1 we find him in     
competition with one ,bernard ,schmidt1 
a ,german1 who afterwards became        
,anglicized as ',father ,smith4' ,each  
builder erected an organ which were     

played on alternate ,sundays4 ,dr4 ,blow
 and ,purcell played upon ,smith's      
organ1 while ,draghi1 organist to the   
,queen ,consort1 ,catherine of          
,braganza1 touched ,harrises4 ,the      
conflict was very severe and bitter4    
,smith was successful4 ,harrises organ  
having been removed1 one portion of it  
was acquired by the parishioners of ,st4
 ,andrew's1 ,holborn1 while the other   
was shipped to ,dublin1 where it        
remained in ,christ ,church ,cathedral  
until #agej1 when it was purchased for  
the ,collegiate ,church of              
,wolverhampton4 ,in #afhd he competed   
again with ,father ,smith for the       
contract for an organ for ,st4          
,laurance1 ,gresham ,street1 and was    
successful4 ,in #affi he built a fine   
large organ for ,st4 ,andrews1          
,undershaft4 ,he was also engaged in    
#afic to keep in order the organ in     
,jesus ,college ,chapel1 ,cambridge1 at 
a yearly salary of ,l#c4     ,the ,side 
,chapels   ,i ,,would next draw the     

attention of my readers to two of the   
side chapels4 ,the second from the west 
on the south side is known as           
,hacumblen's ,chapel1 and contains a    
brass marking the place of his burial4  
,it also contains a tomb 7the only one  
in the ,chapel7 to the great ,duke of   
,marlborough's only son1 ,john          
,churchill ,marquis of ,blandford1 who  
died of the small-pox in #agjb while    
resident in ,college4 ,in the window    
next the ,court is a portrait of the    
,founder1 and the other figure is ,st4  
,john the ,evangelist4 ,in the tracery  
are the evangelistic symbols and the    
four fathers of the ,latin church--,st4 
,jerome1 ,st4 ,ambrose1 ,st4 ,augustine 
and ,st4 ,gregory2 and in the window    
which divides the chantry from the      
,ante-chapel is to be seen the          
,annunciation1 with1 on the one side1   
,st4 ,ursula and the eleven thousand    
virgins1 and ,st4 ,christopher with the 
infant ,jesus2 on the other1 ,st4 ,anne 
with the ,blessed ,virgin1 and ,st4     

,john the ,baptist with the ,lamb4  ,the
 third chapel on the same side is       
,provost ,brassie's ,chapel1 where he   
was buried in #aeeh4 ,in the window is  
some fifteenth century glass1 which1    
having been removed from the north side 
chapels1 was repaired in #aheg and      
placed here4 ,the ,provost of ,eton1    
whose knowledge of old glass makes him a
 competent authority1 is now of opinion 
that it was made for the side ,chapels1 
and was probably the gift of ,john      
,rampaine1 ,vice-,provost in #adie4  ,of
 the remaining chantries on the south   
side1 the first contains the ,music     
,library2 the next three are to be      
utilized as a ,library of ,ancient      
,theological works2 and the last two    
will be fitted up and dedicated1 as a   
,war ,memorial to those members of the  
,college who made the great sacrifice in
 the ,war #aiad-aiai4 ,some fine        
,flemish glass1 given by ,mrs4 ,laurence
 ,humphrey1 and two lights purchased of 
,st4 ,catherine's ,college1 and other   

fragments of the ,x,vth and ,x,v,ith    
century of great interest and beauty    
have already been placed in the windows1
 and a reredos is in course of erection4
 ,in the window of the second chantry   
from the west on the north side are the 
arms of ,roger ,goad 7,provost          
#aefi-afaj7 impaling the arms of the    
,college1#ac in a most beautiful floral 
border4  ,illustration3 ,,rose ,,and    
,,portcullis4 7,badges of ,henry ,,vii47
  ,illustration3 ,,arms ,,of ,,henry    
,,vii4   ,two other ,side ,chapels      
deserve to be mentioned1 viz4 the two   
eastmost on the north side1 which were  
the first roofed with lierne vaulting4  
,the one furthest east has been lately  
restored to use for early celebrations  
of the ,holy ,communion and other       
devotional services4 ,visitors should   
pay special attention to the lovely     
doorway in stone through which you      
enter1 and the one on the opposite side4
 ,in the apex of the arch are the arms  
of ,edward the ,confessor1 on the left  

those of ,east ,anglia1 on the right    
those of ,england4 ,on that of the      
opposite side is a figure of the        
,blessed ,virgin ,mary at the top1      
flanked on the right by one of ,st4     
,margaret1 and on the left by ,st4      
,catherine4 ,these figures have been    
defaced1 probably by ,william ,dowsing1 
who is said to have gone about the      
country like a lunatic1 breaking        
windows1 etc4 ,he visited the ,college  
in #afdd4  ,the ,ante-chapel is         
profusely decorated with the arms of    
,henry ,,vii1 with a dragon and         
greyhound as supporters1 the dragon of  
the great ,pendragonship and the        
greyhound of ,cecilia ,neville1 wife of 
,richard ,duke of ,york in every severy1
 and with crowned roses and portcullis  
alternating with each other1 intimating 
that1 as the portcullis was the second  
defence of a fortress when the gate was 
broken down1 so he had a second claim to
 the crown through his mother1 daughter 
of ,john de ,beaufort4 ,after the       

accession of the ,tudor dynasty there   
arose a mania for heraldic devices2 in  
some cases an unsatisfactory mode of    
decoration1 but in this building one    
that possesses not only historical      
interest1 but great decorative value4   
,during the time when these styles of   
,gothic architecture prevailed that are 
now called the ,decorated and the       
,perpendicular1 the roof1#ad the        
columns1 the stained glass windows1 the 
seats1 altar1 tombs1 and even the       
flooring1 were filled with emblasonment4
 ,nor was heraldic ornament confined to 
architecture2 it formed the grand       
embellishment of the interior of palaces
 and baronial castles4#ae  ,in the      
middle of one of the roses at the west  
end1 toward the south1 may be seen a    
small figure of the ,virgin ,mary1 about
 which ,malden says3 ,foreigners make   
frequent enquiries1 and never fail to   
pay it a religious reverence1 crossing  
their breasts at the sight1 and         
addressing it with a short prayer4 ,i   

cannot say that1 in my long experience1 
,i have ever observed an instance of    
this4  ,,footnotes3  #ac ,heads of      
,colleges have the right of impaling    
with their own arms the arms of the     
,college of which they are the head in  
the same way as a ,bishop impales the   
arms of the ,see over which he presides4
 ,deans of secular churches and the     
,regius ,professors of ,divinity at     
,cambridge 7since #aeij7 have the same  
privilege4  #ad ,of ,melrose it is      
written3    ,the keystone that locked   
each ribbed aisle    ,was a fleur-de-lys
 or a quarterfoil4  #ae ,the gorgeous   
halls which were on every side          
,with rich array and costly arras dight4
     ,memorials of the ,dead   ,,happily
 the chapel does not abound in epitaphs1
 a species of memorial often extravagant
 or even ridiculous1 but there is one1  
viz4 of ,thomas ,crouch1 a former       
,fellow1 ,m4,p4 for the ,university1 who
 died #afgi1 written by himself1 which1 
in my opinion1 is of a high character4  

,it is as follows3                      
,at the last day           ,god will lay
 open the graves1 and bring forth       
,all men from their sepulchres4         
,it shall be known1 when that day       
,shall come1 what manner of man ,i was4 
,one may notice two striking features   
contained in this epitaph3 7#a7 ,he     
believes in the resurrection2 7#b7 he   
does not care what man thinks of him1 it
 is ,god who shall decide whether he was
 good or bad4  ,money was not a dominant
 motive with those employed on our old  
buildings1 but master and man worked    
together for a common object1 with a    
common sympathy2 and especially in our  
cathedrals and minsters they kept       
uppermost in their minds that they were 
working for the glory of ,god4 ,they    
thought not of a perishable home ,who   
thus could build4  ,froude1 in his      
,history of ,england 7,i4 #ea71 says of 
our ancestors3 ,they cannot come to us1 
and our imaginations can but feebly     
penetrate to them4 ,only among the      

aisles of the cathedrals1 only as we    
gaze upon their silent figures sleeping 
on their tombs1 some faint conceptions  
float before us of what these men were  
when they were alive4  ,there are four  
,sepulchral ,brasses on the floor of the
 chantries4 ,the earliest one is that of
 ,dr4 ,william ,towne1 who is buried in 
the second chantry from the east1 to    
which ,i have already referred as being 
the first roofed in4 ,he is represented 
in academical costume2 and on his hands 
hangs a scroll with the following words3
 ,farewell to glory1 to reputation in   
learning1 to praise1 to the arts1 to all
 the vanity of this world4 ,god is my   
only hope4#af ,under his feet is the    
inscription3 ,pray for the soul of      
,master ,william ,towne1 ,doctor of     
,divinity1 once a ,fellow of this       
,college1 who died on the eleventh day  
of ,march1 #adid4 ,whose soul ,god      
pardon4 ,amen4 ,the words ,pray for the 
soul and ,whose soul ,god pardon4 ,amen1
 have been partially effaced4#ag  ,the  

most ancient brass after ,dr4 ,towne's  
is that of ,dr4 ,argentine1 who is      
buried in the vestry on the south side  
nearest to the east4 ,his figure is     
placed1 according to his last desire1 on
 the tombstone in his doctoral robes1   
with his hands elevated towards the     
upper part of the stone1 where there was
 formerly placed a ,crucifix4 ,from his 
mouth proceed these words3 ,o ,christ1  
,son of ,god and the ,virgin1 crucified 
,lord1 ,redeemer of mankind1 remember   
me4 ,below his feet are the words3 ,this
 stone buries the body of ,john         
,argentine1 ,master of ,arts1           
,physician1 ,preacher of the ,gospel2   
,passenger1 remember1 thou art mortal2  
pray in an humble posture1 that my soul 
may live in ,christ1 in a state of      
immortality4 ,on a fillet round the     
tombstone the following words are       
engraved3 ,pray for the soul of ,john   
,argentine1 ,master of ,arts1 ,doctor of
 ,physick and ,divinity1 and ,provost of
 this ,college1 who died ,february #b1  

#aejg4 ,may ,god have mercy on his soul4
 ,amen4#ah  ,the next is that of ,robert
 ,hacumblen1 in the second chantry from 
the west on the same side4 ,he is       
represented in ecclesiastical costume in
 processional vestments4 ,on a label    
proceeding from his mouth is inscribed  
the following line3 ,o ,christ1 be thy  
wounds my pleasing remedy4 ,this applies
 to a shield in the sinister corner of  
the stone1 which represents the five    
wounds of ,christ4 ,the shield in the   
dexter corner is missing4 ,it probably  
contained his coat of arms1 which were3 
vert1 a cross saltire argent between    
four lilies of the second4 ,on the      
fillet1 which on all sides surrounds the
 stone1 are the words3            ,o    
,lord1 judge me not according to my     
actions4            ,i have done nothing
 worthy in ,thy sight4                  
,therefore ,i beseech ,thy majesty1     
,that ,thou1 ,o ,god1 wouldst blot out  
my iniquity4            ,have mercy1    
,jesu4  ,at the corners are the         

evangelistic emblems4 ,the inscription  
that was under his feet has been taken  
away4 ,it may be that it contained the  
words ,pray for the soul1 etc4  ,the    
fourth brass is in the next chantry     
toward the east1 and is that of ,robert 
,brassie4 ,he is also in ecclesiastical 
costume in processional vestments1      
without the cope exposing the almuce4   
,the label that proceeded from his mouth
 is missing4 ,at his feet are the       
following words3 ,here lies ,robert     
,brassie1 ,doctor of ,divinity1 formerly
 ,provost of this ,college1 who departed
 this life ,november #aj1 ,a4,d4 #aeeh4 
,on the walls of the ,ante-chapel there 
are several ,memorial ,brasses4 ,the    
oldest is a diamond-shaped one1 on the  
left of the south porch1 to the memory  
of ,john ,stokys1 ,public ,orator1 who  
died #agth ,july1 #aeei4 ,that of a     
similar shape on the right is a repousse
 tablet in copper1 and is to the memory 
of ,j4 ,k4 ,stephen1 ,fellow1 who died  
,february1 #ahib4 ,in the last bay is   

one to ,richard ,okes1 ,doctor in       
,theology1 who was ,provost of the      
,college from #ahej to #ahhh4  ,on the  
north wall there are seven tablets4     
,taking them in order of death1 the     
first is to ,roland ,williams1          
,s4,t4,p41 ,fellow1 who died #aeth      
,february1 #ahgj4 ,then ,henry          
,bradshaw1 ,m4,a41 ,fellow1 ,university 
,librarian1 died #aeth ,february1 #ahhf2
 ,william ,johnson 7afterwards ,cory71  
,m4,a41 ,fellow1 and for many years a   
,master at ,eton1 died #ahib2 ,charles  
,vickery ,hawkins1 ,scholar1 died #fth  
,august1 #ahid2 ,john ,henry ,middleton1
 ,m4,a41 ,professorial ,fellow1 ,slade  
,professor1 died #ahif2 ,arthur ,thomas 
,reid1 ,scholar1 who met his death in   
climbing a mountain near ,bangor1 ,north
 ,wales1 ,september1 #aijg2 ,frederick  
,whitting1 ,m4,a41 ,senior ,fellow1 who 
was for #bd years ,bursar and #bj years 
,vice-,provost1 died suddenly in        
,london1 #ast ,january1 #aiaa4 ,other   
tablets in the chantries commemorate    

various members of the ,college4        
,,footnotes3  #af ,in all cases ,i have 
refrained from using the ,latin1 and    
have contented myself with giving the   
,english translation4  #ag ,the words   
,pray for the soul1 or ,may whose soul  
,god pardon1 were sufficient excuse for 
fanatics such as ,dowsing to destroy or 
deface the beautiful brasses in various 
parts of the kingdom4 ,but the fanatics 
were not alone to blame2 for it is well 
known that churchwardens and even       
incumbents of our churches have in many 
cases taken up and sold the brasses to  
satisfy some whim of their own in what  
they called restoration of the edifice  
over which they had charge4  #ah ,it may
 appear to my readers somewhat strange  
that in this case the words ,pray for   
the soul and ,may ,god have mercy1 c4   
are intact4 ,until #ahih this chantry   
had a boarded floor above the slab1 the 
fillet round not being visible4 ,the    
figure itself with label was affixed to 
a board and placed in the vestry for    

those who cared to inspect it4 ,when the
 floor was removed the ,brass was placed
 in its proper place on the slab and the
 whole inscription could then be seen4  
,there are the matrixes of four coats of
 arms4 ,probably they were ,king's1     
,eton1 the ,university1 and ,argentine's
 own coat1 which was gules1 three       
covered cups argent4 ,at the upper      
corners of the fillet are the           
evangelistic emblems of ,st4 ,matthew   
and ,st4 ,john1 while those of ,st4     
,mark and ,st4 ,luke1 which were        
evidently at the bottom1 have been taken
 away4     ,conclusion   ,,like human   
beings1 the chapel has received         
well-merited praise from many1 while    
some have used their knowledge 7or want 
of it7 to criticise4 ,fuller speaks of  
it as one of the rarest fabricks in     
,christendom1 wherein the stonework1    
woodwork1 and glasswork contend which   
shall deserve most admiration4 ,to quote
 ,carter again3 ,it is entitled to be   
ranked with the finest buildings of the 

world1 although he further goes on to   
say3 ,the exterior aspect is perhaps    
justly open to some criticism1 but it   
has received unqualified abuse at the   
hands of some writers4 ,ruskin was very 
severe1 comparing it to a billiard      
table1 turned upside down1 the four     
corner turrets being the four legs2 but 
he afterwards1 it is said1 retracted4   
,the late ,rev4 ,augustus ,austen       
,leigh1 ,provost of the ,college from   
#ahhh to #aije1 in writing a history of 
the ,college1 says3 ,like other really  
great works1 ,king's ,chapel produces an
 impression which is instantaneous1 and 
at the same time permanent4 ,it does not
 disarm criticism1 but it compels       
admiration4 ,and if anyone is inclined  
to criticise1 let him look at the       
exterior on a moonlight night from the  
south side of the ,quadrangle1 or from  
the top of ,trinity ,street1 or let him 
take his stand within the ante-chapel at
 the northwest corner on a bright       
summer's day1 and cast his eye along the

 coloured glass and stone vaulting till 
he catches a part of the east window    
rising above the stately rood-loft2 and 
if he does not feel that there is an    
inspiration in the building which is    
above criticism1 he must be a man that  
hath no music in himself4  ,i cannot end
 this brief sketch better than by       
quoting ,wordsworth's two famous sonnets
 on ,king's ,college ,chapel3--         
,tax not the ,royal ,saint with vain    
expense1            ,with ill-matched   
aims the ,architect who planned--       
,albeit labouring for a scanty band     
,of white-robed ,scholars only--this    
immense            ,and glorious work of
 fine intelligence6            ,give all
 thou canst2 high ,heaven rejects the   
lore            ,of nicely-calculated   
less or more2            ,so deemed the 
man who fashioned for the sense         
,these lofty pillars1 spread that       
branching roof            ,self-poised1 
and scooped into ten thousand cells1    
,where light and shade repose1 where    

music dwells            ,lingering--and 
wandering on as loth to die2            
,like thoughts whose very sweetness     
yieldeth proof            ,that they    
were born for immortality4              
4     4     4     4     4     4     4   
,what awful perspective6 while from our 
sight            ,with gradual stealth  
the lateral windows hide                
,their portraitures1 their stone-work   
glimmers1 dyed            ,in the soft  
chequerings of a sleepy light4          
,martyr1 or ,king1 or sainted ,eremite1 
,whoe'er ye be1 that thus1 yourselves   
unseen1            ,imbue your          
prison-bars with solemn sheen1          
,shine on1 until ye fade1 with coming   
night4            ,but from the arms of 
silence--list6 ,o list6            ,the 
music bursteth into second life2        
,the notes luxuriate1 every stone is    
kissed            ,by sound1 or ghost of
 sound1 in mazy strife2                 
,heart-thrilling strains1 that cast1    
before the eye            ,of the       

devout1 a veil of ecstasy6     ,appendix
  ,list of ,provosts from the ,year     
#addc             ,,william             
,,millington1 ,d4,d4              ,april
 #aj1 #addc           ,,john            
,,chedworth1 ,d4,d4                     
,nov4 #e1 #addf           ,y,,robert    
,,woodlarke1 ,d4,d4             ,may    
#ag1 #adeb           ,,walter ,,field1  
,d4,d4                    ,oct4 #ae1    
#adgi           ,,john ,,dogget1        
,d4,c4,l4 7,oxon7            ,april #ah1
 #adii           ,,john ,,argentine1    
,d4,d4 and ,m4,d4         ,may #d1 #aeja
           ,,richard ,,hatton1 ,,ll4,d4 
,mar4 #ba1 #aejg           ,,robert     
,,hacumblen1 ,d4,d4                ,june
 #bh1 #aeji           ,,edward ,,fox1   
,d4,d4                      ,sept4 #bg1 
#aebh           ,z,,george ,,day        
,june #e1 #aech           ,,sir ,,john  
,,cheke1 ,m4,a4                  ,april 
#a1 #aedh           ,,richard           
,,atkinson1 ,d4,d4                ,oct4 
#be1 #aeec           ,,robert ,,brassie1

 ,d4,d4                  ,oct4 #c1 #aeef
           ,,philip ,,baker1 ,d4,d4     
,dec4 #ab1 #aeeh           ,,roger      
,,goad1 ,d4,d4                          
,mar4 #ai1 #aefi           ,,fog        
,,newton1 ,d4,d4                        
,may #ae1 #afaj           ,,william     
,,smith1 ,d4,d4                   ,aug4 
#bb1 #afab           ,,samuel ,,collins1
 ,d4,d4                  ,april #be1    
#afae           ,,benjamin ,,whichcot1  
,d4,d4               ,mar4 #ai1 #afdd   
,,james ,,fleetwood1 ,d4,d4             
,june #bi1 #affj           ,,sir        
,,thomas ,,page1 ,m4,a4                 
,jan4 #af1 #afge           ,,aa,,john   
,,coplestone1 ,d4,d4              ,aug4 
#bd1 #afha           ,,charles          
,,roderick1 ,,ll4,d4 and ,d4,d4         
,oct4 #ac1 #afhi           ,,john       
,,adams1 ,d4,d4                         
,may #b1 #agab           ,,andrew       
,,snape1 ,d4,d4                    ,feb4
 #ba1 #agai           ,,william         
,,george1 ,d4,d4                  ,jan4 

#cj1 #agdb           ,,john ,,sumner1   
,d4,d4                     ,oct4 #ah1   
#agef           ,,william ,,cooke1      
,d4,d4                   ,mar4 #be1     
#aggb           ,,humphrey ,,sumner1    
,d4,d4                 ,nov4 #c1 #agig  
,,george ,,thackeray1 ,d4,d4            
,april #d1 #ahad           ,,richard    
,,okes1 ,d4,d4                    ,nov4 
#b1 #ahej           ,,augustus ,a4      
,,leigh1 ,m4,a4               ,feb4 #i1 
#ahhi           ,,montague ,r4 ,,james1 
,litt4,d4            ,may #ac1 #aije    
,,sir ,,walter ,,durnford1 ,,ll4,d4     
,nov4 #af1 #aiah   ,list of ,organists  
from #aeib            ,,edward          
,,gibbons1 ,mus4,b4 7,cantab4  ,oxon7   
#aeib-aeii           ,,john ,,tomkins1  
,mus4,b4 7,cantab47                     
#afjf-afbb           ,,matthew ,,barton 
#afbb-afbe           ,,giles ,,tomkins  
#afbe-afbf           ---- ,,marshall    
#afbf-afbg           ,,john ,,silver    
#afbg           ,,henry ,,loosemore1    
,mus4,b4 7,cantab47                     

#afbg-afga           ,,thomas ,,tudway1 
,mus4,d4 7,cantab47                     
#afga-agbh           ,,robert ,,fuller1 
,mus4,b4 7,cantab47                     
#agbh-agdc           ,,john ,,randall1  
,mus4,d4 7,cantab47                     
#agdc-agii           ,,john ,,pratt     
#agii-ahee           ,,william ,,amps1  
,m4,a4 7,cantab47                       
#ahee-ahgf           ,,arthur ,,henry   
,,mann1 ,f4,r4,c4,o41 ,mus4,d4          
7,oxon71 #ahhb2 ,m4,a4 7,cantab471 #aiaj
          #ahgf-  ,,footnotes3  ,y ,the 
last ,provost appointed by the ,founder4
  ,z ,it is very strange1 but there is  
no evidence of ,provost ,day having     
taken a degree of any kind4 ,he was     
,master of ,st4 ,john's ,college1       
,cambridge1 #aecg2 ,provost1 #aech2     
,bishop of ,chichester1 #aedc4 ,on      
making enquiry at ,chichester1 the      
answer is ,we have no reference whatever
 to his having taken a degree1 odd as   
this is to us4  ,,aa ,the last ,provost 
nominated by the ,crown4                

,,printed ,,by             ,w4 ,,heffer 
,,sons ,,ltd4              ,,cambridge1 
,,england4         99       99       99 
99       99  ,transcriber's ,notes3     
,obvious punctuation marks added4  ,page
 #d1 bnried changed to buried 7buried at
 ,chertsey ,abbey7  ,page #aj1 ravelled 
changed to travelled 7have travelled    
from city7  ,page #cf1 ,naaomi changed  
to ,naomi 7,naomi and her               
,daughters-in-,law7