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 EARLY HISTORY AND CHARACTERISTICS OF THE CITY OF WORCESTER : -ORIGIN AND 
 
 ESTABLISHMENT OF THE SEE AND CATHEDRAL:-HISTORICAL NOTICES OF THESE, 
 
 DURING THE ANGLO-SAXON DYNASTY, TILL THE COMPLETE ESTABLISHMENT OF 
 THE NORMANS IN ENGLAND. 
 
 Associated with many royal, noble, and distinguished persons ot the olden 
 times—possessing, in its own integral parts, much historical, antiquarian, 
 and architectural interest—the head of an antient and influential diocess, 
 the Cathedral of Worcester will be found to demand the critical and careful 
 researches of its historian in order to verify these assertions, do justice to the 
 subject, and at the same time satisfy the reasonable demands of the reader. 
 Although much has been written by Abingdon, Thomas, Green 1 , and other 
 authors on the city and its minster, it is believed that there is ample scope 
 for a new and more discriminating account of the latter than has hitherto 
 appeared; and the author of the present essay, entertains a hope that he 
 may be able to adduce new facts and illustrations, calculated to elucidate 
 the history of the See, the architecture of the edifice, and certain other local 
 events belonging to the place, and which may also serve to mark many 
 national characteristics of former ages. 
 
 1 The full titles of the respective works of these authors will be found at the end of this essay. 
 
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 WORCESTER CATHEDRAL. 
 
 As in former volumes of “ the Cathedral Antiquities the author has 
 been very scrupulous in his quotations and references to authorities, he will 
 adhere to the same plan on the present occasion; for he has often experi¬ 
 enced much trouble and vexation from the careless and inaccurate manner 
 of some writers on antiquities in their marginal references: indeed he has 
 reason to believe that on many occasions, the authors referred to have not 
 been consulted, and are not responsible for the facts or opinions ascribed to 
 them. Such practices are indolent and unjust; injurious to the “fair fame” 
 of established writers, and insulting to the patrons of literature. 
 
 Introductory to the immediate history of the cathedral, it will be proper 
 to narrate a few historical events of the City: for as the former constitutes 
 the most distinguished feature of the latter, so is it intimately associated 
 with all the civic and national vicissitudes of the place. The early annals 
 of Worcester, as of all modern cities, and even of the celebrated towns of 
 Greece and Italy, are replete with stories of thrilling warfare, with the tyran¬ 
 nic domination of civil and religious rulers, and with the vassalage of their 
 humble inhabitants. They also exhibit deplorable pictures of the perpetual 
 jealousies and contests between the temporal governors of castles, and the 
 spiritual rulers of monastic houses. The histories of Norwich, Old Sarum, 
 York, &c. abound with events illustrative of this assertion ; and we shall find 
 that the immediate contiguity of the Castle and Cathedral of Worcester 
 occasioned frequent quarrels and broils between their respective governors 
 and inmates. 
 
 Worcester, a respectable, populous, thriving city and corporate town,— 
 a sort of provincial metropolis,—like all other great towns of modern date, 
 was once a place unimportant, and indeed without house or inhabitant. Its 
 original settlement as a town, and even its first creation to the rank of a city, 
 are alike problematical and uncertain. Before the establishment of monas¬ 
 teries, in populous places, we are satisfactorily assured that it had become 
 a town of some consequence. Respecting its early annals there is more scope 
 for conjecture than for confidence to build a rational history upon : during the 
 dynasties of the Romans, the Anglo-Saxons, and even the Anglo-Normans, in 
 Britain, there is little dependance to be placed on the written evidence that 
 
MONASTIC CHRONICLERS :—ROMAN STATIONS. 
 
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 has descended to our times. The monastic chroniclers, miscalled historians, 
 are not entitled to that credit which is too often given to them; their state¬ 
 ments require to be carefully analyzed; to be scanned with suspicion, and to 
 be repeated with all due allowances for the credulity, the prejudices, and the 
 illiterate state of society at the time in which they were respectively written. 
 In the course of the present essay, one of the most respectable and accredited 
 of the Anglo-Norman historians will be impeached, and probably convicted 
 of inaccuracies and misrepresentations, which have heretofore been regarded 
 as data for genuine history; yet to this, and to other annalists of the “ dark 
 ages” modern antiquaries are compelled to resort for all matters of informa¬ 
 tion connected with the subject; and though it must be admitted that they 
 are essential, as they are the only authorities, it will be proper to regard them 
 as partial, and consequently suspicious witnesses. 
 
 The modern name of Worcester clearly points out a Roman settlement 
 at the place: for there is perhaps not a town or place in England having 
 the prefix, or postfix Chester, or cester, but was either a Roman station, or a 
 place of ancient encampment. Thus Colchester in Essex, Winchester and 
 Silchester in Hampshire, Chesterton in Essex, Dorchester both in Dorset¬ 
 shire and in Oxfordshire, Gloucester, Chester, Cirencester, &c. with many 
 others, were all places of importance during the Roman dominion in Britain. 
 Camden (Britannia, vol. ii. p. 352, edit. 1790) says, “ Worcester was 
 probably founded by the Romans, when they built cities at proper intervals, 
 on the east side of the river Severn, to check the Britons on the other side 
 of that river. It formerly boasted Roman walls. It has now a tolerably strong- 
 wall.” Other topographers contend that Worcester was a station possessed 
 by the Romans, who had military roads for communication between it and 
 others of their undoubted towns. Dr. Stukeley 2 , who appears to have visited 
 
 2 As an anecdote connected with topography, with Worcester, and the Cathedral, it may he 
 remarked that, at the time of writing this note, there are living in the city two ladies, one of them 
 the immediate descendant of the learned antiquary here referred to, and the other of Captain 
 Grose, another author, whose writings have been more popular than the doctor’s. The widow 
 of the late Prebendary, the Rev. John S. St. John, is grand-daughter of Dr. Stukeley; and 
 Mrs. Singleton, mother of the Reverend Archdeacon, of that name, is daughter of the once 
 facetious antiquary Captain Grose. 
 
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 the city and several other places in this part of England, in 1721, and after¬ 
 wards published an account of his antiquarian researches in his “ Itinerarium 
 Curiosum,” says, “No doubt but this was a Roman city, yet we could find 
 no remains, but a place in it called Sudbury, which seems to retain in its 
 name some memorial of that sort.” This place is now named Sidbury, 
 evidently a corruption of South-bury, or borough. Since Camden, Stukeley, 
 and Green wrote their respective works, a vast mound of earth, the keep 
 of the antient Norman castle—on the south side of the Cathedral, has been 
 entirely taken away, and some Roman antiquities were found in 1833, at or 
 near its base:—viz. an urn, or jug, of red earth with a handle; coins of 
 Vespasian, Caligula, Nero, Tiberius, Adrian, Antoninus Pius, &c. and in 
 a field near Upper Deal, was discovered another Roman urn, containing 
 twenty copper coins of Carausius 3 . 
 
 “ The Anglo-Saxons unquestionably possessed this place, gave it the 
 name of Weogerna-ceastre , changed to Wigorna-cestre, whence Worcester. 
 Under the Mercian kings a viceroy was seated here; and a castle, with 
 fortified walls, was built before the time of Alfred. These and the greater 
 part of the town were battered down, burnt and pillaged by the Danes in 
 the early part of that monarch’s reign, and again in the time of Hardicanute. 
 When the Domesday-book was compiled, the inhabitants had the privilege of 
 coining; and St. Wulstan, the Bishop of the See, assisted at the coronation 
 of the first Norman monarch. There is abundant evidence to show that the 
 castle of Worcester was of great importance, not only during the Anglo- 
 Norman dynasty, but through a long succession of subsequent eras. Parts 
 
 3 Gentleman’s Magazine, Jan. 1834. Dr. Stukeley has published a volume on the coins of 
 the emperor Carausius. The real extent of the ancient castle cannot now be ascertained, but 
 the lofty mound, called the keep, and its ditches, &c. occpied an area of between three and four 
 acres. The apex of the keep mound measured more than eighty feet above the high water mark of 
 the Severn, which flowed close to its western base. Mr. Eaton, a respectable bookseller of 
 Worcester, purchased the castle keep, with its annexed land; and has levelled the whole; so 
 that future antiquaries will seek in vain for any visible memorials of the once famous baronial 
 mansion of old Worcester. 
 
 A long essay on Roman-Worcester, written by the Rev. E. Garbett, is printed in Green’s 
 History, vol. i. 
 
FIRST SETTLEMENT OF THE SEE, A. D. 680. 
 
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 of the City wall remain on the north side of the place, but all the fortified 
 gate-houses are taken down. Some of them (there were six) are described 
 as having had draw-bridges. On the old bridge, over the Severn, was a 
 fortified tower 4 .” Without adverting more to the City generally, it is time 
 to lay before the reader such facts and statements as may serve to elucidate 
 the early history of the See, its connected Monastery, and the Cathedral 
 Church. In the “ Notitia Monastica ,” of Bishop Tanner, this has been 
 concisely given; and although it might be easy to dilate further on the 
 statements of the once learned prelate, it will not be easy to controvert 
 any of their essential facts. 
 
 “Upon the division of the once great kingdom of Mercia 5 6 ,” says the 
 Bishop, “ an Episcopal See, with a chapter of secular clerks, was placed 
 here by King Ethelred and Archbishop Theodore, about the year 680°, in 
 a church dedicated to St. Peter, which came in the next century to be more 
 generally called St. Mary’s. Upon the pretended reformation of these 
 ecclesiastical societies, by the expulsion of the seculars, in the time, and by 
 the command of King Edgar, Bishop Oswald, before a. d. 964, founded a 
 new Cathedral in the old churchyard, to the honour of the Blessed Virgin, 
 and placed therein a prior and monks. Soon after the conquest, this convent, 
 from the number of twelve increased to fifteen of the Benedictine order, by 
 the zeal and munificence of good Bishop Wolston, who built for them a netv 
 
 4 “ Picturesque Antiquities of English Cities," in which volume there are engraved views of 
 Edgar’s tower-gate-house, of old houses in Friar’s Street, of a house in the Corn-market, and a 
 general view of the City from the north-east. 
 
 5 An account of the division of the great Mercian Bishoprick, into five diocesses, has been 
 given in “ The History, fyc. of Lichfield Cathedral," a former part of “ The Cathedral Antiqui¬ 
 ties of England." 
 
 6 “Annales Wig or n." in Angl. Sac. vol. i. p. 469:—Mon. Angli. tcm. i. p. 120. This year, or 
 679 (as Wharton in his notes), or 678 (as Mon. Ang. tom. i. p. 137), seem to be more right than 
 A. D. 670, where this foundation is placed in Fleming, p. 529, as being more consistent with the 
 council of Flatfield, where the division of this diocess was directed.” Tanner’s note.— An account 
 of the “ National Synod,” at Heorefard, i. e. Hertford, will be found in Johnson’s “ Ecclesiastical 
 Laws,” A. D. DCLXXIII. 
 
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 and large monastery, a. d. 1082 7 .” On these points, thus recorded by Tanner, 
 there are differences of opinion amongst the older, as well as later writers: 
 but they are not of much importance; for after all the investigation that can 
 be devoted to the subject very little of substantia] information will be gained 
 by the result. Whether the See was founded in G70, 678, 679, or 680, will 
 neither add importance to, nor detract from its history; for we may be 
 assured that for some years after its establishment, it furnished but few 
 events entitled to published record. It is related that the Bishop “ and his 
 family,” as the seculars were called, immediately after their settlement in the 
 new See, lived in a conventual way, in buildings adjoining the Cathedral: 
 which Cathedral we may believe was but a small building; that the prelate’s 
 duties and offices were nearly the same as those of an abbot, and that during 
 his absence, another member of the choir was chosen to act as vice-Bishop, 
 under the title of the Prcepositas, or Provost 8 . It must be remembered that 
 at this time a diocess and parish were synonymous, and that the priests of 
 a Cathedral were frequently required to travel to distant parts of their 
 widely-spread parish to preach to the people on Sundays, and return to 
 the services of the Cathedral during the other days of the week. At that 
 time all the ecclesiastical dues of the diocess were collected for the Cathe¬ 
 dral, and preserved in a common treasury, for the repair of buildings, for 
 the maintenance of the establishment, and to afford relief to the poor and 
 entertainment for travellers. Soon afterwards, priests were regularly placed 
 in particular villages, with provisions made for their maintenance, whilst a 
 
 7 Tanner’s “ Notitia Monastica,” by Nasmyth, Worcestershire, xxi. 
 
 8 At the time of Oft’a’s death, 796, Mercia had attained its greatest extent of power among 
 the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms, and is said to have been the last that was established. It extended 
 from the fens of Cambridgeshire in the east, to the famous Offa’s dyke on the border of Wales’ 
 in the west: and from the rivers Mersey and Humber in the north, to the Thames and the Wilt¬ 
 shire Avon, on the south. This area embraced nearly seventeen of the present English counties. 
 Heming (Chartu. p. 3,) states that a charter was granted by Duke Ethelred, and his duchess, 
 Ethelfleda, the heroic daughter of King Alfred, before the year 900, to the citizens of Worcester, 
 empowering them to improve and fortify their city: and granted to the church, or minster, there, 
 one half of the royal “ tolls from the market, or the street.” 
 
EARLY HISTORY OF THE SEE. 
 
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 proper number of clergy were settled at the Cathedral to perform its regular 
 offices. “We have many charters, or copies of charters,” says Green, 
 K made in the eighth and ninth centuries to the Bishop and his family 9 at 
 Wigorna Ceastre, by royal or princely patrons. The viceroys of the 
 Huiccii were considerable benefactors to them. Athelbald, Offa, Kenulf, 
 Coelwulf, Boernulf, Wiglaf, Berhtwulf, and Burhred, successive Kings of 
 Mercia, outdid the munificence of the eastern Magi, for they offered at 
 St. Peter’s altar, entire villages, or manors, with their various lucrative 
 appendages, their native bondsmen, woods, fisheries, cattle, &c. 10 Some of 
 these territories were part of royal demesne, and as such were conveyed 
 with great immunities; and for the rest, exemption from secular services 
 was not difficultly obtained Such was the state of the See of Worcester 
 under its first dynasty : and although it progressively augmented its revenues 
 and powers, and many Bishops presided over it from Tatfrith, in 680, to 
 St. Dunstan, in 957, we do not find much important matter for record 
 during that period. Beside the monastry of St. Peter’s, and the Cathedral, 
 there was another religious house in the city, which claims notice here, as it 
 merged into the Cathedral soon after the year 774, when Bishop Mildred, in a 
 grant to Ethelburga, Abbess of St. Mary’s, in Worcester, stipulated that it 
 should devolve on the church and choir of St. Peter, after her death. In a char¬ 
 ter of King Ethelbald, a.d. 743, the minster of St. Mary’s is mentioned l2 , as 
 it is in others of Uthtred, the Mercian viceroy, and of King Offa; but Green 
 says these “ are manifestly spurious.” In the year 969, it seems evident that 
 the Church of St. Mary was used as the Cathedral of the See—but it appears 
 to have been too small for its new destination. About that time a great revo- 
 lution took place in the ecclesiastical establishment at Worcester. Hitherto 
 the clergy and the Bishop were seculars, but after Oswald had obtained 
 possession of his chair, and had erected a new Church, within the churchyard 
 of St. Peter’s, he expelled the whole of the secular clergy, and introduced 
 
 9 See Johnson’s “ Ecclesiastical Laws,” vol. i. A. D. dclxxiii. and A. d. dccxlvii. 
 
 10 See Dugdale’s “ Monasticon,” vol. i. edition 1817, for a series of seventy charters, grants, 
 &c. for the endowment of this church, also for the “ Valor Ecclesiasticus,” temp. Henry VIII. 
 
 11 Green’s History, 1—24. 12 Heming’s Chart, p. 96. 
 
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 regular monks in their stead. This caused a vast change in the character, 
 constitution, and discipline of the Monastery and the Cathedral. The 
 regular and strict rules and canons of the Benedictines were established, and 
 the celibacy of the clergy was rigidly enforced 13 . Though this system had 
 been previously adopted at Winchester, by the instigation of St. Dunstan, 
 it was not confirmed here till Oswald had been sometime seated in the 
 episcopal chair, and until he had gradually, and what has been called 
 “ insidiously,” ingratiated himself, by popular preaching, with the people 
 of Worcester 14 . Respecting this reform in the Christian Church, the zea¬ 
 lous Catholics and Protestants are violently opposed ; and either strenuously 
 advocate, or reprobate the system. Bishop Milner, and the Rev. J. Lingard 
 may be referred to as the able and eloquent apologists or vindicators of the 
 entire principles of Catholicism, or Catholicity, as the latter calls it, whilst 
 several Protestant Bishops and their dependant clergy have been at once their 
 opponents and assailants. These two parties being regarded as interested,— 
 prejudiced witnesses, are not believed to utter “the whole truth, and nothing 
 but the truth.” An impartial reader descries error and delusion in both; but 
 cannot help admitting that the learning, argument, and placid temper of the 
 two Catholic controversialists, preponderate over those of their opponents. 
 Had the first courage and independence enough to renounce their belief 
 in, and refuse to sanction the silly and contemptible romances, called 
 miracles of their Saints, they would be more worthy of credit and of 
 confidence. Even the unnatural and irrational practice of monastic celibacy 
 must entail suspicion and disgrace on its advocates, and on the system that 
 enjoins it. At first promoted by visionary fanatics, by austere tyrants, and 
 continued by credulous disciples, it cannot fail to excite the pity and 
 condemnation of every impartial and right-thinking man. It may easily 
 
 13 See Johnson’s “ Ecclesiastical Laws,” A. D. dcccclvij, Milner’s “ History of Winches¬ 
 ter,” i. 105, Ac. 2nd edition. Lingard’s “ Antiquities of the Anglo-Saxon Church.” 
 
 14 The monastic chroniclers tell us that the Church of St. Peter’s was too small for Oswald’s 
 congregations, and that he often preached to crowded audiences in the open area, near a hand¬ 
 some cross that was erected over a stone monument, raised to the memory of Duke Wifred and 
 his lady. This is described to have been situated at the south end of the High Street. 
 
ST. OSWALD. 
 
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 be inferred, that when Oswald expelled all the married priests, with their 
 wives and children, from their only homes, and deprived them of the means 
 of subsistence, he inflicted much misery on the sufferers, and incurred 
 the indignation of most of the families of the city. It is said that Oswald 
 also ejected the married clergy from seven monasteries within the Wor¬ 
 cester diocess, and obtained the Pope’s sanction for the same. So, before 
 at Canterbury, where the wily Dunstan had tyrannized over the regulars ; 
 and so, at Winchester, where Bishop Ethelwold governed the Cathedral 15 . 
 Sanctioned and protected by the king, Oswald entailed on his dependants, 
 with grants of lands 1( ‘, a sort of feudal tenure. Spelman 17 says, they were 
 bound to perform the duties of horsemen, to pay all dues, and execute all 
 rites of the Church, swear to be in all humble subjection to the Bishop, 
 furnish him with horses, and ride themselves, perform all the work about 
 the steeple of the Church, and the Bishop’s castles and bridges, fence his 
 parks, furnish him with hunting weapons, and be obedient to the chief 
 captain or leader of the Bishoprick. After the expiration of three lives the 
 lands were again to return to the Bishop. It is proper to observe that 
 Oswald was a prelatical pluralist, being appointed to the metropolitan See 
 of York, which he held and governed in coinmendam with that of Worcester. 
 Three of his successors, Adulph, Wulstan, and E fric, possessed the same, 
 and it is singular that Worcester was the principal place of residence of the 
 three, as it was the scene of sepulture of two of them. Florence of Wor¬ 
 cester (Anglia Sacra, i. 202), and the Monk of Ramsey, intimate, that force 
 as well as craft was made use of in turning out the seculars 18 . Lingard, 
 on the contrary (Hist, of Eng. i. 245, 4to. 1819), asserts, that “ Oswald, 
 whose mercy was tempered with lenity, soon converted the canons of his 
 cathedral into a community of monks.” 
 
 15 Milner, in his interesting history of that city (vol. i. 164, &c.), has entered into a full 
 account of these transactions, in order to justify the measure, and to vindicate the characters of 
 the three sainted prelates who then governed the monarch and the kingdom. Lingard, in his 
 learned “ History of the Anglo-Saxon Church,” has advocated the same cause. 
 
 16 Thomas, in his “Survey,” has given a chronological list of these grants extending from 
 A. D. 962 to 992, specifying one hundred and ninety hides of land given to seventy persons. 
 
 17 “ Works,” part ii. p. 41. “ Feuds and Tenures.” 18 Thomas’s “ Survey,” p. 6. 
 
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 Another prominent event in Oswald’s life, and in the history of the See, 
 is the erection of a new Cathedral by that prelate, in the year 983. This 
 is said to have contained no less than twenty-eight altars; but why there 
 should be so many it is not easy to conjecture or to believe, when the monks 
 did not exceed twenty-six in number. Abingdon conjectures that King 
 Edgar joined Oswald in founding this Church, which was dedicated to 
 St. Mary. Ednoth, who was a monk here, was appointed by the Bishop 
 to direct the building of Ramsey Abbey, which was finished in 974; and 
 it is not unlikely that he afterwards superintended the fabric of the new 
 Cathedral. He was subsequently promoted to the See of Dorchester. The 
 new Cathedral was not destined to last long, for in 1041, the soldiers ot 
 Hardicanute entered, plundered, and burnt the greater part ot the city, and 
 with it the new Church. Of this we have no further particulars recorded, till 
 the erection of another building by St. Wulstan : but it is not likely that the 
 whole of a stone edifice could be thus destroyed, or that the monastic estab¬ 
 lishment was broken up and abandoned. It was not till 1084, i. e. foity- 
 three years after the burning of St. Oswald’s Church, that Wulstan is 
 represented to have laid the foundation of another. This fabric, and this 
 prelate constitute a new era in the history of the Cathedral. 
 
 Lingard gives the following picture ot the state of the country and the 
 people at the infancy of the Saxon Church. u The scanty supply of mis¬ 
 sionaries was then unequal to the multiplied demands of the people entrusted 
 to their care. The Bishop either followed the court and preached according 
 to his leisure and opportunity; or fixed his residence at some particular 
 spot, whence, attended by his clergy, he visited the remoter parts ot the 
 diocess. Churches were not erected except in monasteries and the more 
 populous towns l<J .” According to Bede, the natives of sequestered villages 
 eagerly congregated around priests whenever they appeared amongst them. 
 Honorius, Archbishop of Canterbury, about a. d. (550, is said to have 
 divided each diocese into several parts, or parishes, and established a 
 clergyman in each: but Lingard thinks that this arrangement was only 
 
 19 “ The Antiquities of the Anglo-Saxon Church,” p. (35. 
 
ST. CUTHBERT:—ARCHBISHOP THEODORE. 
 
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 adopted among the Kentish Saxons, at that time; and that Theodore, who 
 was Archbishop from a. d. 668 to 690, was the first to establish parishes, 
 churches, and priests, throughout the southern parts of the island. A very 
 important change took place, about that time, in the ecclesiastical regulations 
 of the country. That prelate induced some of the Thanes to erect and 
 endow churches on their respective estates, and granted to them the right of 
 patronage. Hence parishes and manors became co-extensive, and hence 
 also arose the lay-patronage, of tithes, glebes, advowsons, &c. The parish 
 priests were required to attend the episcopal synods twice a year, for 
 the purpose of giving an account of their conduct, and for receiving orders, 
 &c 20 . “Theodore w r as the first Archbishop,” says Bede, “to whom all 
 the Church of the English submitted.” Till his time the “ Church 
 Song” was only known in Kent, but it was then introduced into all 
 the churches of the island. The same pious author also tells us that 
 Theodore and Adrian, who came to Britain in 668, were “ well versed in 
 holy writ, knowing in monastical and ecclesiastical discipline, and excellently 
 skilled in the Greek and Latin tongues; in astronomy and arithmetic.” In 
 the time of King Alfred, before a. d. 900, we find a fact of consequence 
 relating to Worcester and its minster. Bishop Werefrid applied to the 
 monarch to have the city fortified ; upon which occasion, one half of the 
 royal dues of tolls from the market, or street, was vested in the See. 
 Green thinks that Edgars gate-house was erected about that time 21 . The 
 prelacies of Saints Dunstan and Oswald are important in the annals of 
 this Church, as well as in those of the kingdom. During their dominion 
 great alterations were introduced into the monasteries, by the stern, perse¬ 
 vering, and uncompromising conduct of these advocates of celibacy. 
 
 20 See Smith’s edition of Bede’s Eccles. Hist. p. 189.—Spelman’s Councils, p. 152.— 
 Wilkins’s “Concilia,” p. 103, 245, as quoted by Lingard. 
 
 21 “ History,” vol. i. p. 19. A view of the lower, or under part of this fortified barrier is 
 given in “ Picturesque Antiquities of English Cities,” with a description and comments on 
 Green's account and date. 
 
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 WORCESTER CATHEDRAL. 
 
 mm. m* 
 
 HISTORICAL PARTICULARS OF THE CATHEDRAL OF WORCESTER, FROM THE COM¬ 
 MENCEMENT OF THE PRESENT EDIFICE TO THE REIGN OF HENRY VIII.:- 
 
 NOTICES OF ST. WULSTAN, WILLIAM OF MALMESBURY:-ANNALS OF WOR¬ 
 
 CESTER :—NOTICES OF THE DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE CHURCH. 
 
 Green, on the authority of Heming (Chart, p. 521) and referring to Tanner’s 
 “ Notitia,” p. 614, asserts that Wulstan “laid the foundation of a new 
 Church in 1084, and in the year 1089 he finished both that and the monas¬ 
 tery which was called “ Monasterium S. Marias in Cryptis.” This state¬ 
 ment is very doubtful, as are all the others by Mr. Green, which relate to 
 the sainted prelate and his Church. Some of them are evidently erroneous : 
 but in extenuation for such errors of the truly worthy historian, it may 
 be said, that the study and knowledge of the architectural antiquities of the 
 middle ages had not, in his time, attained the certainty and rationality 
 which now belong to them. That Wulstan did commence and finish the 
 Church and the monastery, is not explained by Green, nor is it at all 
 probable, although the prelate presided over the See for twenty years; and 
 he is described by William of Malmesbury, as a prodigy of piety, good 
 fortune, and catholic virtues 
 
 1 “ The description of his unexceptionable conduct, as a priest and as a Bishop, seems written 
 with an angel’s pen; and 1 believe that the most beautiful and edifying passages are perfectly 
 true. But if an opinion may be advanced, there are scarcely three words of truth in what pre¬ 
 cedes.”—“ Ancient History, English and French, exemplified in a regular Dissection of the Saxon 
 Chronicle,” Arc. a small volume published in 1830, without an author’s name. It is, however, 
 a curious and interesting dissertation on that famed Chronicle, shewing it to be the production 
 of different monastic writers, and that the genuineness and authenticity of parts of it are doubtful. 
 It, also enters into an elaborate criticism on Malmesbury’s two essays on the life of St. Wulstan, 
 in Wharton’s “ Anglia Sacra,” vol. i. p. 473, and in “Gesta Pontif.” book iv. Of these works 
 
EARLY HISTORY OF THE FABRIC. 
 
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 The annexation of the Sees of York and Worcester, which continued 
 during the prelaces of St. Oswald, Adulph, Wulstan, and Elfric 2 , is a 
 remarkable circumstance in the history of this See: and it is equally 
 singular that these Archbishops appear to have resided chiefly at Worcester, 
 where the first and second were buried, whilst the fourth was buried at 
 Peterborough, and the third died and was interred at Ely. The Norman 
 invasion and subsequent government of William the First, and his descen- 
 
 the author says, “They involve the most strange transactions ever devised,” p. 77. Again, 
 speaking of Coleman’s Life of Wulstan, which Malmesbury of'en refers to, he says, “There is so 
 much of folly and falsehood in Malmesbury, which is apparently” Coleman’s, “ that he probably 
 was one of the greatest hypocrites and impostors of that age:—l know not what to think.” 
 Further on he shews that there have been interpolations and omissions in the Worcester annals, by 
 which the name of “ Elfric, who succeeded Wulstan as Bishop in 1023, is omitted by Malmes¬ 
 bury and other historians, and that of Leofsiims inserted in his place.” This mistatement has been 
 followed by Dugdale, Thomas, &c. and is unfortunately adopted in the ensuing “ List,” (page 5.) 
 “ This foolish and apparently incredible forgery,” says the learned anonymous author, “ was 
 intended to serve, and did serve a very base purpose. The particulars of Wulstan’s early life are 
 neither true, nor near to the truth; but in the two last books there are many stories much 
 more shocking. Coleman is in general the instrument of miracles, which W ulstan never pre¬ 
 tended to, and Malmesbury was wrong to repeat.” These miracles are so truly puerile and 
 contemptible, that it is degrading to literature to record them ; unless for the purpose of shewing 
 their folly, and to warn the credulous against paying them any credit. In another page (111) the 
 author writes, “ The pretended book of possessions of Heming is a barefaced forgery, for the 
 greater part of it; and as late, I think, or later than Malmesbury’s time, and probably got up for 
 some purpose unconnected with Elfric. Its pervading spirit is malevolence towards Earl Leofric 
 and his noble family, therein set forth as robbers of the church. The Worcester forgeries seem 
 to aim at one object—to mystify, to lose, to ruin Elfric.” In conclusion, the author asserts, 
 “ Malmsbury was fully aware that his Life of Wulstan was written from false documents.”— 
 This critical investigation into the merits and genuineness of the monastic Chronicles, plainly 
 shews that they cannot be trusted as authentic histories, relating to religious matters. 
 
 2 Of this Bishop and Archbishop there is not any account in the Worcester lists and 
 memoirs; but in Drake’s “ Eboracum,” p. 411, there are some particulars of the life and 
 character of “ Alfricus Puttoc,” most probably the same Elfric, which shews that he was not 
 likely to be favoured, or even fairly treated by William of Malmesbury. According to that 
 historian, he was deprived of holding Worcester in commendam with York, and therefore urged 
 Hardicanute to invade the former city and set it on fire—that he caused the dead body of Harold 
 to be dug up, its head cut off, and cast into the Thames. “ Old William and his brother monks,” 
 says Drake, “ bore hard upon this Archbishop, who gave so much to churches belonging to the 
 secular clergy, and nothing to them.” Ib.d. 
 
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 dants, in England, caused many changes in the political and religious affairs 
 of the island. Bishop Wulstan II. was presiding at Worcester at the 
 time of that event, and was allowed, by the conqueror, to continue not only 
 in that See but to hold York also, as some of his predecessors had done. 
 The true annals of the Cathedral, during Wulstan’s prelacy, are so much 
 blended with fable—with the silly nonsense of miracles, that it would be 
 an arduous and difficult task to separate the genuine from the fictitious, and 
 the useful from the worthless. On the present occasion, we must confine 
 our future narrative to the history of the fabric, and endeavour to elucidate 
 it with as much precision as can be deduced from the evidence before us. 
 
 The first foundation of the present Church, and the ages of those 
 different parts which are evidently of distinct, and even distant epochs of 
 time from each other, are matters of doubt, and have occasioned difference 
 of opinion among those writers who have published accounts of the edifice. 
 Although we have not succeeded in obtaining any genuine documents on 
 the subject—any antient record, on which credit can be placed, we are 
 enabled to controvert the statements of preceding authors, and shew that 
 they have materially erred in ascribing dates to particular parts, which are 
 not justified by their peculiar features and details. The origin of the pre¬ 
 sent edifice is not satisfactorily defined: some ascribe it to St. Oswald, 
 and others to St. Wulstan. Green takes it for granted that St. Oswald’s 
 Cathedral was destroyed by Hardicanute, a. d. 1041, and that St. Wulstan 
 finished a new and enlarged edifice in 1089. He also contends that this 
 Church extended no farther westward than the present chief transept, 
 which he calls a “ narthex, ante-temple,” or vestibule to the church. “ Here 
 then,” he asserts, “ most unquestionably the western boundary of St. Wul¬ 
 stan’s fabric was terminated, and its grand approach provided 3 .” This 
 transept is probably part of the original Church, as its walls, and some 
 windows in the south end, as well as the passage on the outside, exhibit 
 arches and features of Wulstan’s age ; but no critical architectural antiquary 
 can agree with the Worcester historian in ascribing the Lady Chapel, and 
 
 3 History, i. 36. 
 
EARLY HISTORY OF THE FABRIC. 
 
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 the eastern transept to the same date, or to a time even much less than one 
 hundred years afterwards. Mr. Green asserts that the east end is an 
 “ ancient part of the Cathedral, with its original embellishment.” In Storer’s, 
 and in some other works, this statement is repeated. The writer in Storer’s 
 volume says that part of “ Wulstan’s Church still constitutes the choir and 
 Lady Chapel of the existing building.” “ This choir was the nave, having 
 a crypt under it, and the part now called the Ladv Chapel was the original 
 choir.” (page e.) This assertion is more than improbable: it is refuted 
 by the examples of almost every other Norman Church, not only in England 
 but on the continent. A crypt is almost invariably under the choir, for the 
 purpose of raising and keeping its floor dry ; as at Winchester, Canterbury, 
 Gloucester, &c. The style and architectural features of this choir, the Lady 
 Chapel, and the small transept are the first pointed, and nearly correspond 
 with Salisbury Cathedral; and as the Church of Worcester was newly dedi¬ 
 cated by Bishop Silvester, in 1218, when King Henry III. and a concourse 
 of the nobility and gentry were present, it may be fairly believed that it had 
 been recently rebuilt. It also appears that it had sustained much damage 
 by fire, particularly in the years 1113 and in 1202. Between these two dates 
 we may refer several parts of the present Cathedral: viz. the passages on 
 the west, and south, and east sides of the cloister, the lower part of the 
 refectory, the walls of the chapter-house, the western transept, and the 
 two western compartments of the nave. The latter belong to the end of 
 the twelfth century. But the oldest part of the present edifice is its Crypt, 
 which may probably be part of Oswald’s church, or it may have been 
 rebuilt by Wulstan: for there is neither document nor internal evidence 
 sufficient to prove by which of those prelates it was designed and constructed. 
 Its Norman character is shewn in the view, (Plate x.) and in the ground 
 plan (Plate i.) The oldest part of the Church is the transept, and particu¬ 
 larly its eastern wall, through which there were entrances to the crypt, and 
 also two door-ways, with semicircular arches, to the vestry on the south 
 side, and to the sacristy on the north. The former arch is shewn in the 
 title-page to this volume. 
 
 Green has created for himself, and occasioned to others, who have since 
 
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 written on the Cathedral, no little confusion and error, by stating that 
 the present choir was the original nave; that its western front was the 
 present transept; that the two arches at the west end “ are even older than 
 any other part of the whole Church, and yet constituting a portion of the 
 most modern of the additions which have been made to it 4 .” 
 
 In consequence of the fire, which consumed some of the Cathedral in 
 1202, the visit of commissioners from the papal See in the following year to 
 inquire into the reputed miracles ascribed to Wulstan, and their unqualified 
 report of their truth, of King John’s pilgrimage to the canonized bones of 
 the newly made saint, and of other circumstances of great local notoriety, it 
 is probable that the whole east end of the Cathedral was either rebuilt or 
 adapted and altered to the prevailing fashion of architecture, about this 
 time. It seems evident that it was newly dedicated in 1218. The Lady 
 Chapel, the shrines for Saints Oswald and Wulstan, then became objects of 
 Catholic attraction and devotion. Bishop Giffard is described as having 
 ornamented this part of the Church, by placing rings of copper, gilt, or 
 bands round the marble columns, to strengthen them: but it is more likely 
 that such ornaments, or features of these columns, were parts of their original 
 design and formation; although Giffard may have gilt them. It seems 
 evident that he erected a splendid tomb for himself, as it is mentioned in his 
 will, dated Sept. 13, 1301 5 . It is described by Thomas to be near the 
 great altar of the Virgin Mary’s Chapel; but others assert that the altar- 
 tomb and effigy under Prince Arthur’s Chantry, belong to Giffard. (See page 
 2, hereafter.) This, as well as the Countess of Surrey’s tomb adjoining, has 
 been sadly mutilated. 
 
 4 In a very well-written essay on Worcester Cathedral, in a valuable periodical magazine, 
 called “the Analyst,” it is observed:—“That Green, driven from one untenable position by 
 Bishop Littleton, should take shelter in one still more absurd, is not to be much wondered 
 at, but that authors of local histories, with the building before their eyes, should fall into the same 
 error, seems astonishing. We regret to perceive that this absurdity is reiterated in a recent 
 ‘ Concise History of the City and Cathedral of Worcester,’ in many other respects a very com¬ 
 mendable publication.” Analyst, vol. ii. p. 103. 
 
 5 This testament is printed in Thomas’s “ Survey,” Appendix, p. 77. 
 
KING JOHN I—HIS MONUMENT, ETC. 
 
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 The interment of the body of King John in this Cathedral (a. d. 1216), 
 was an event of no small importance to the monastery and See, at the time, 
 nor of less local consequence afterwards. He died at Newark-upon-Trent, of 
 poison, as some chroniclers report, and his corpse was conveyed across the 
 country, to Worcester, where he had ordered, in his will, that it should be 
 interred. Of this ceremony—of the simple tomb erected over his remains,—of 
 its removal at the time of the Reformation,—of discoveries made in the grave, 
 and of much other collateral matter, Green has recorded many interesting 
 particulars, in his History of Worcester, and in a quarto pamphlet published 
 in 1797. On these, and the author, the Catholic Bishop Milner, remarks, 
 that respecting “ the worst of sovereigns,” he has fallen into various errors, 
 on this his favourite subject, as well as on many others. He is never satis¬ 
 fied with repeating his calumnies on the subject of King John’s funeral.— 
 “ On the skull was found the celebrated monk’s cowl, in which he is recorded 
 to have been buried, as a passport through the regions of purgatory.” 
 “Account,” &c. p. 4. Similar passages occur in his History, pages 59. 73. 
 157, and in the preface, which occasions the learned historian of Winchester 
 to exclaim, “What a mass is here of ignorant and illiberal abuse, calculated 
 to represent the piety of our ancestors as more stupid, and of a more immo¬ 
 ral tendency, than the mythology of their pagan ancestors.” He then says 
 “ the cowl is not a mere hood covering the skull, but a large garment to cover 
 nearly the whole of the body” (History of Winchester, vol. i. p. 240). The 
 tomb, near the east end of the choir, with the effigy of King John on its 
 slab, is of a date long subsequent to his decease. It was probably made at 
 the time when Prince Arthur’s chantry-chapel and tomb were erected. In 
 Stothard’s most valuable work, “ Monumental Effigies of Great Britain,” are 
 front and the profile views of King John’s statue, as well as a miniature 
 representation, with the costume properly coloured, and a very interesting 
 essay on the character of the “fool, rogue, and hypocrite” king. There is 
 some interesting information respecting this monarch, and the far-famed 
 charter of English liberties, forced from him, in Thomson’s “ Historical 
 Essay on the Magna Carta,” a very beautiful and unique book. See also 
 
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 Sandford’s ££ Genealogical History of the Kings, &c. of England,” fol. 1707, 
 for his pedigree, marriages, children, both natural and legitimate. 
 
 Green states, that the Nave, from the western arches to the tower, was 
 the work of Bishop Blois, about 1224. The age and character of the 
 western arches will be hereafter noticed, as well as the improbable notion 
 of the original west end terminating at the transept. 
 
 During the prelacy of Bishop Wakefield, who was treasurer of England, 
 some alterations were made at the West-End, and in the nave, by opening 
 the large central window in the former, by making other windows, and forming 
 some of the vaulting 0 . It is also probable that he altered the position of 
 the screen between the nave and the choir, by removing it westward two 
 arches from the transept, and it is equally likely that the two lesser Towers, 
 said to have been blown down, a. d. 1222, were situated at the west end 
 of the church. The Worcester annals state that the great Tower, which 
 must have been at the intersection of the nave and the choir, with the tran¬ 
 sept, fell in the year 1175. The present tower appears to have been finished 
 in 1374, and was most likely, at the time, a beautiful design. 
 
 In the will of Bishop Nicholas de Ely, sixty marks were bequeathed to¬ 
 wards re-edifying the tower; shewing that it was entirely down, or dangerous, 
 about 1267: but it appears that the present tower was finished as above stated. 
 About two years afterwards, the vaultings of the choir, and of the principal 
 transept were completed. Other parts of the church are said to have been 
 vaulted with stone in 1327, 1375, and 1376, whence it seems that, during 
 the fourteenth century, the Church underwent many essential additions 
 and embellishments. The present interesting Cloister probably occupies 
 the site of one of much older date, for this does not appear to have been 
 built before 1380, when Bishop Wakefield made some alterations at the 
 west end. King John gave one hundred marks for the repairs of the old 
 cloister. In Storer’s volume, it is stated that the ££ Chapter House was built 
 about the same time as the cloisters;” but it is evident that the lower part of 
 
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 it, if not the whole walls, are the architecture of the end of the twelith cen¬ 
 tury. The upper tier of windows are likely to be of the same age as the 
 cloister. 
 
 The splendid Chantry-Cliapel and Sepulchral Monument for Arthur 
 Tudor, Prince of Wales 1 , son of Henry VII., who died in Ludlow Castle, 
 April 2, a. d. 1502, and was conveyed to, and interred in this Cathedral, 
 soon afterwards, is fully illustrated in the accompanying engravings. It 
 will be again referred to in speaking of the different plates. It was erected 
 in 1504, and its whole surface, externally and internally, is covered with 
 tracery and sculptured ornaments. It manifests, however, the first stage 
 of decline from the genuine monastic style. A particular account of this 
 prince’s death and funeral-ceremonies, is preserved in Leland’s “ Collec¬ 
 tanea,” vol. v., from an ancient manuscript. Four bishops, several abbots 
 and priors, “ curats, secular priests, clerks, and children with surplisses in 
 great number, and I suppose all the torches of the towne,” were present 
 to receive the royal corpse. Many of the neighbouring nobility and gentry 
 attended at Worcester on the occasion, which, by the description, must have 
 exhibited a sort of monastic carnival of u sore weeping and lamentation.” 
 In Green’s History, vol. i. are many curious particulars respecting this 
 “ mausoleum,” as he calls it. 
 
 7 He was born at Winchester, 20th Sept. 1186. At the age of fifteen, a. d. 1501, he was 
 married, in St. Paul’s Cathedral, London, to Lady Catherine, daughter to Ferdinand, King of Spain, 
 when nineteen bishops and mitred abbots attended the ceremony ; immediately after which he was 
 sent into the marches of Wales to govern that principality; and he died at Ludlow, after having 
 been wedded four months and nineteen days. Such was the unnatural and irrational prematurity 
 of his marriage and government which probably occasioned early death. In Sandford’s “ Genea¬ 
 logical History ” is an engraved view of the south side of the chantry-chapel, by Hollar, and also 
 a view of the altar-tomb. 
 
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 To the professional architect and to the architectural antiquary, the 
 engravings, which accompany this letter-press, will convey full, and almost 
 complete information relating to the forms, sizes, relative proportions of 
 parts, and the varied architectural members of the Cathedral Church of 
 Worcester: but to those who are not familiar with the language, as it may 
 be called, of geometrical plans, sections, and elevations, it may be proper 
 to employ a little descriptive, in addition to that of graphic language. 
 The general views, it is presumed, are read and understood by almost every 
 person, and one of these is calculated to shew and illustrate the exterior 
 features of the Church, as presumed to be seen from the north-east 1 . 
 Other general views represent the interior. Externally this Cathedral 
 does not exhibit much of architectural interest or beauty. “ Perhaps,” 
 says a very able writer in u the Analyst,” vol. ii. p. 98, who is evidently 
 a critical observer, “ no English Cathedral presents so heterogeneous an 
 appearance, in its external aspect, such a patched and thread-bare coat 
 of many colours, with so little to admire, and so much to deplore, as the 
 Cathedral of Worcester. Although this arises in some degree from the 
 different periods at which portions of the structure have been erected, the 
 
 1 The view, here represented, is from an imaginary point, drawn from the ground plan, and 
 the parts sketched in from different stations. Near the north-east angle of the Cathedral 
 Church, is the old dilapidated parish Church of St. Michael, with some dwelling-houses, which 
 obscure, and almost shut out this part of the Cathedral from the inspection of persons. So the 
 tasteless Church of St. Margaret’s, at Westminster, is absurdly built near the north-east end 
 of the famed and splendid Abbey-Church, and Henry the Seventh’s Chapel. Such Gothic 
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 general effect would not be marred, were it not for the tasteless manner 
 in which the repairs have been carried on, almost ever since the dissolution 
 of the priory, and the alienation of its revenues to other purposes by 
 the great vandal of the age, Henry VIII.” After adverting to the real 
 injuries done to this Church, as well as to many others, during the fana¬ 
 tical civil wars, and to others falsely ascribed to the same spoliating times, 
 the writer thus proceeds: “Browne Willis, who wrote in 1723, praises 
 the chapter for laying out several thousand pounds in repairs, new casing 
 the outward walls, &c. But unfortunately good taste was not shewn in 
 those renovations. We have only to look at the modern pinnacles which 
 succeeded the old ones, the western transept of white sandstone, and the 
 miserable balustrade that now surmounts the tower, instead of the battle¬ 
 ments of former times, to be assured, that restoration was the least object 
 the improving architect had in view. The numerous pinnacles which 
 distinguished this Cathedral, — now mostly taken down, — should be re¬ 
 stored, but assuredly in a different manner to the last ones, which, erected 
 in the early part of the eighteenth century, were not taken from any model 
 of the age they should represent. If a little lower in altitude than before, 
 it would be an improvement, as they would suffer less from the western 
 blasts, which so distorted the pinnacles lately displaced. The tower, 
 above all, demands careful attention ; its ornaments should be restored, and 
 the ugly modern balustrade at the top, made to give place to an elegant 
 open-work battlement. The northern porch, too, would assume a still more 
 elegant appearance, were it cleaned and renovated. Finally, unless the 
 fabric be devoted to ruin, sooner or later, nearly the whole exterior 
 must be new-cased, but some other stone, at whatever expense, ought to 
 be substituted.” 
 
 As mentioned in the above extract, the tall pinnacles, which rise at the 
 different angles of the Cathedral, and which had become ruinous, have 
 been taken down, and those at the top of the tower, with the parapet, have 
 been altered and repaired. The view of the Church, now referred to, 
 represents the eastern end, with its large and lofty window, the flying, or 
 arch-buttresses at the angles, the tall pinnacles as they appeared in 1832> 
 
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 the north aile of the Lady Chapel, and the clerestory windows, the finely 
 designed, but rather slight north small transept, also that at the centre of 
 the Church, the tower rising at the intersection of the transept, nave, and 
 choir, with part of the nave, and the north porch. The exterior of the 
 south side of the Church, east of the great transept, is within the precincts 
 of the deanery garden, and the remainder of the south side is to be seen from 
 the cloister. The eastern end is open to the public street, whilst the 
 western front abuts on a thoroughfare-passage, but unlike most other 
 western ends is deprived of any entrance cloor-way. 
 
 The annexed Ground Plan (Plate i.) displays the general arrangement, 
 proportions, and divisions of the whole Church, with its cloister, chapter- 
 house, and other members; also the thickness and forms of the walls, 
 columns, door-ways, windows, buttresses, &c. By this it is seen that the 
 whole edifice consists of the following divisions, the proportions and 
 dimensions of which are ascertainable by the scale on the plate, while the 
 architectural features and peculiarities, both externally and internally, are 
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 a, North porch, being the principal entrance from the city: there are 
 two other entrance door-ways from the cloister (e and h). As indicated in 
 the plan, the north porch has a vaulted roof, with ribs, and on each side, 
 within, is a dwarf wall of unusual design, b b, North aile of the nave, 
 vaulted and ribbed 2 , a section of which is shewn in Plate v. b, and also the 
 form of the arch. The two western arches of this aile, in the exterior wall 
 and columns, as well as the nave and south aile, are evidently older than 
 the eastern parts, which extend to the transept: as shewn in the plan, the 
 walls are thicker, and of more massive character, whilst the columns, with 
 the arches, triforige, and clerestories are likewise of a more antient style of 
 architecture (See Plate iv. b.) Nine arches, springing from nine clustered 
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 files of the ribs, are delineated in Plate iv. a and b. The western window of 
 the nave is shewn in Plate hi.; and the true form, proportion, and relative 
 space of the open part, with the great pier of clustered mouldings are defined 
 in Plate v. c. The South aile of the nave, d d, presents nearly the same 
 design, form, and arrangement as that to the north, excepting in the wall, 
 which has two blank windows with semicircular arches, between the aile 
 and a passage, near the west end. East of the nave and its ailes, and 
 extending laterally beyond each, is the principal Transept, e f; which is of 
 narrow and short dimensions, as compared to other transepts. On the 
 south side of the nave, near the west end, is an arched passage (a a, in the 
 Ground Plan) of Norman architecture, like that at y, and forming a covered¬ 
 way from the prebendal houses to the cloister, and to the Church; from 
 this passage there are stairs of entrance to the triforium over the south 
 aile, and at f, to an apartment over the passage. The plan of the antient, 
 and once noble Monastic Refectory, or College Hall, now school-room, 
 &c. on the south side of the cloister, is marked b b: part of it is appro¬ 
 priated to the King’s-School, and it has been often used for the famed music 
 meetings of the three choirs 3 4 . 
 
 The plan of the fine and very interesting Cloister 4 is shewn in Plate i. 
 letters t, tj, v, and w; and in its architectural style and adornment, Plate 
 xii. : whilst the former serves to mark the extent, arrangement, piers, win- 
 
 3 A curious volume, by the Rev. Daniel Lysons, was published in the year 1812, intituled, 
 “ History of the Origin and Progress of the Meeting of the Three Choirs of Gloucester, Worces¬ 
 ter, and Hereford,” in which the author has introduced a dissertation on tithes, appropriations, 
 endowments, the parochial and cathedral clergy, &c. evidently intended to justify and vindicate 
 those of the Protestant, and reprobate those of the Catholic church. Yet he remarks, as an 
 historical fact, that “ about the year 970, the laws of King Edgar provided that every man should 
 pay his tithes to the mother church of the parish to which he belonged. That these were the 
 golden days of the Church, when the parochial clergy had every man an income adequate to the 
 support of himself and family, notwithstanding his parsonage was charged with the repairs of 
 his church, and the relief of the poor.” 
 
 4 In the north aile of the cloister is a sepulchral slab, with the word “ Miserrimvs'’ on it, 
 which has occasioned much speculation and inquiry respecting its meaning, and the person to 
 whom it alludes. In a pleasing provincial periodical, called “ The W orcestershire Miscel- 
 
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 WORCESTER CATHEDRAL. 
 
 clows, and disposition of the ribs of its vaulted roof, the latter represents the 
 entire eastern walk, or avenue, and particularly as to the design of the piers, 
 the forms, proportions, and arrangement of the ribs, the tracery of the 
 soffits of the arches round the windows, and at the junction of the eastern and 
 southern walks. It is shewn that the entrance door-way to the Church is 
 not placed in the centre of the avenue : whilst that at the north end of 
 the western avenue is still farther removed from a central position. The 
 square apertures, through the piers, between the windows, is, I believe, 
 peculiar to this cloister, and to three sides of it. The different walks of the 
 cloister vary in length: that on the east is one hundred and twenty-five 
 feet, whilst those to the west, north, and south, measure one hundred and 
 twenty feet; the width is sixteen feet, and the height is seventeen feet. At 
 the intersection of the ribs of the vaulting are numerous bosses of varied 
 designs, some of which exhibit curious specimens of monastic sculpture. 
 In the western wall, near the entrance to the old refectory (at g in plan) is 
 a large stone lavatory , which was supplied with water from Henwic-hill, on 
 the opposite side of the Severn, at about a mile distant. The transept , e and 
 f, is unlike that of any other Cathedral. It consists of one space, or aile, 
 without columns. At the south-west and north-west angles are circular stair¬ 
 cases to the roofs, and to galleries in the walls. As already remarked, this 
 portion of the Church is certainly of Norman design, although alterations 
 have been made in the arches, windows, and other parts. The choir, h h, 
 
 lany,” edited by E. Lees, it is stated that this stone “ covers the remains of the Rev. Thomas 
 Morris, who, at the Revolution, refusing to acknowledge the king’s supremacy, was deprived of 
 bis preferment, and depended, for the remainder of his life, on the benevolence of different Jaco¬ 
 bites.” At his death he requested that the only inscription on his grave-stone might be the word 
 above. Wordsworth addressed a pathetic sonnet to the interred, and in the “ Miscellany,’’ 
 above-named, are two others to the same, by H. Martin and Edwin Lees. A small anonymous 
 volume, being a tale, or romance, supposed to relate the woeful and distressing life and character of 
 the person buried, has recently been published. It soon attained a second edition. Inscribed to 
 William Godwin, the veteran author of “ Po ideal Justice,” of “ The Inquirer,” “ Caleb Wil¬ 
 liams, <Xc.” it manifests a kindred feeling, sympathy, pathos, eloquence, terseness, and energy; 
 and, according to the apposite language of “ The Literary Gazette,” is strikingly original, forcible, 
 and interesting. The bridal, with its funeral pageantry, is such as Hoffman might have imagined 
 in his darkest mood.” The action is single, the progress fearful, and the denouement terrific. 
 

 
 
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SMALL TRANSEPT : — LADY CHAPEL :—CHAPTER-HOUSE. 
 
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 and its ailes, k k, and l l, extend from the transept to the altar-steps, at j ; 
 where a second, or smaller Transept , n and o, of different architecture to any 
 other part of the Church, branches off to the north and south. This, as well 
 as the whole of the eastern end, has the floor much lower than that of the 
 choir and its ailes. It will also be seen, by the plan, that the architect has 
 constructed two boldly-projecting flying-buttresses at the south-east and 
 at the south-west angles of the southern wing of this transept, to strengthen 
 and sustain the lateral pressure of the thin and slight walls. Similar but¬ 
 tresses are raised at the east end, both in the lines of the longitudinal walls, 
 and also laterally against the north and south sides. It is rather singular that 
 there are not any similar supports to the northern small transept, where the 
 walls and construction seem to be the same as in the opposite transept. 
 The central division of the church, east of the altar-screen, is described by 
 Green as the Lady-Chapel, s, whose altar was under the great eastern 
 window at w. The ground plan of the Chapter-Iloase is given at x. and 
 an interior view of it, Plate xv. By the plan it is shewn to be nearly 
 circular within, and having ten faces externally, with buttresses at some 
 of the angles. It is approached from the east walk, of the cloister, the 
 usual place of entrance, and also the usual position of chapter houses. As 
 shewn in the view, and indicated in the plan, its vaulted roof is supported 
 by a single column in the centre, whence diverge small torus ribs which take 
 the circular sweep of the vaulting, and terminate on columnar capitals 
 attached to the side walls. The inferior design is plainly shewn in Plate xv., 
 by which a series of semicircular-headed niches is seen to extend around the 
 whole building, forming a sort of continued row of recesses, on the stone- 
 seat. Above these is an arcade of columns, and of semicircular and inter¬ 
 laced arch-mouldings, crowned with an enriched string-course. Over this 
 is a series of large, pointed-arched windows, of four lights to each, with three 
 mullions, and tracery. Green says that it has “ a fine, round, umbilical 
 pillar, arising in the centre, exactly corresponding with that at Ely.” It is 
 not easy to understand the meaning of umbilical, applied to such a member 
 of architecture, and there is not any chapter-house at Ely, with a central 
 column. He is equally erroneous in ascribing its erection to “ the same time 
 
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 with the cloisters” (vol. i. p. 78), which is repeated in Storer’s account (m). 
 This fine and unique apartment is now fitted up as a library. 
 
 At Y is an arched-passage of Norman architecture, or corridor of com¬ 
 munication between the cloister and the modern deanery: or ancient priory, 
 z marks the ground plan and position of an apartment called the Guestern- 
 Hall, or audit-room, which Prior Wulstan de Braunsford built in 1320 for the 
 “ exclusive entertainment of travellers.” A monthly court was held here in 
 the monastic times for the trial of disputed causes between the tenants of the 
 Priory; and, according to Dr. Thomas, it was used for similar purposes in 
 the time of King Charles I. Latterly, it has been appropriated to festive 
 entertainments at the annual audits of the chapter. At A a is a passage 
 already referred to: Bb is the refectory, or modern school-room : C c, area 
 of the cloister. 
 
 The small figures on the ground plan refer to the principal sepulchral 
 monuments in the Church, which will be found noticed in page 2, &c. of 
 the Appendix, at the end of this volume; where also are references to other 
 parts of the Church. 
 
 The Plan of the Crypt, at one corner of Plate i., is drawn to the same 
 scale as the Church, and shews its division into four spaces, by walls, and 
 these divisions again partly arranged into different ailes, by rows of columns 
 extending from east to west. A view of the principal area of the crypt is 
 shewn in Plate xiii., by which the forms and sizes of the columns, with their 
 capitals and bases, the vaulting, and the flat ribs which extend from column 
 to column, beneath the arched roof, are illustrated. Of the age of this part 
 of the edifice some notice has already been taken. “ The sculptured decora¬ 
 tions,” says Green, (History, i. 39), “ with which this ancient part of the 
 Cathedral was originally embellished, consist of a series of ornamental 
 arches, pointed at their tops, which runs under the foot of the lower tier 
 of windows.” This strange account, following his dissertation on the crypt, 
 has been adopted in Storer’s volume (page f), also in Chambers’s “ General 
 History” (page 80), and in some other publications, to the embarrassment 
 of many readers. The last writer copies not only sentences from Green, 
 but often whole pages, without acknowledgment; and, as in this instance, 
 
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INTERIOR ARCHITECTURE :-NAVE :—TRANSEPT. 
 
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 repeating palpable errors. The passage by Mr. Green refers to the eastern 
 end of the Church, where there are sculptures and a continued arcade under 
 “the lower tier of windows;” but there are no sculptures, or ornamental 
 arches, or lower tier of windows, in the crypt. 
 
 The general Interior Architecture, as well as the true forms of the arches, 
 piers, columns, windows, and other members of the church, are illustrated 
 and defined in the accompanying prints; by references to, and short notices 
 of some of which, the reader will be enabled to understand and appreciate 
 the whole building. The Nave and its ailes are shewn in Plates i., hi., iv., 
 v.; that of Plate iii. displaying nearly its whole extent, looking to the west, 
 and indicating the large window, with an arcade of three semicircular arches 
 below, also the vaulting and ribbing of the roof, &c.; Plate iv. contains 
 elevations of two compartments of the nave, on the south side, at the west 
 end. That on the right, marked b., evidently of different style, character, 
 and age to the other, at a., has already been adverted to; whilst that at a. 
 is in unison with the arches, piers, triforium, and clerestory of the remainder 
 of the nave. The arch of the latter is more acutely pointed than that of 
 the former; its mouldings are more elaborate, its three-quarter attached- 
 columns are more numerous and taller, whilst the bases, capitals, and the 
 whole work, manifest a later and more enriched specimen than in the two 
 western arches. It is also to be remarked that the arch-mouldings of the 
 three openings in the clerestory, g, have triangular, pedimental forms and 
 finishings, whereas those to the west, at a, have a semicircular-headed win¬ 
 dow in the centre, and small lancet-shaped arches, to a gallery, at the sides. 
 In the triforium, b, we perceive two compartments of three open arches, 
 in each, with semicircular arches, and dressed mouldings, with rosettes, or 
 pateras, above. These forms and ornaments resemble some work in the 
 north transept of Wells Cathedral, which may be ascribed to the age of 
 Bishop Reginald Fitz-Joseline, about the year 1180. The string-course of 
 the western arches, and the lower arches, c, range lower than the more 
 eastern parts of the nave; and in the southern wall, behind the arch, at d, 
 there are mouldings of a small semicircular-headed window. 
 
 The principal Transept is marked, as to length and width, by the Ground 
 Plan, Plate i., whilst its height, internally and externally, is shewn in 
 
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 WORCESTER CATHEDRAL. 
 
 Plate v. In the latter print are also defined the thickness of the wall under 
 the southern window, at e, with the section of a modern window, the dress¬ 
 ings on the wall at the east side, and the height and timbering, or raftering of 
 the roof • a section of the archivolt mouldings of the arch, between the tower 
 and south wing of the transept, and an elevation of half of the arch between 
 the nave and the tower, a half section and half elevation of that tower, in its 
 true geometrical forms, and displaying some of its tasteless modern works; 
 a section of the northern aile of the nave, b, and an elevation of the western 
 face of the northern wing of the transept, a ; a modern organ-screen and 
 organ-case are shewn at c, whilst the massive pier at the north western angle 
 of the tower is given between b and c, a plan of which is shewn at the top, 
 on the left hand, of Plate i. 
 
 The architectural forms and features of the Choir are displayed in Plates 
 vi., vii., and viil, whilst its width and length are marked in the ground 
 plan, Plate i. It has stalls on each side, and under the organ, at the west 
 end; the Bishop’s throne is on the south side, a pulpit is on the north, 
 and galleries for visitors are placed behind, and partly over, the stalls. Near 
 the altar-steps, in the middle of the choir, is an altar-monument, or cenotaph 
 to King John, whilst a gorgeous chantry-chapel for Prince Arthur fills up 
 the arch on the south of the altar. A handsome, open-worked, stone screen 
 closes the back, or east end of the communion-table. The forms, propor¬ 
 tions, mouldings, and general architectural features of the choir are defined 
 in Plates vi., vii., and vm.; the first displaying one side of King John’s 
 tomb, the pulpit, a stone screen separating part of the choir from the aile, 
 a window, and the vaulting of that aile, &c. In the second, or Plate vii., at 
 a, is a geometrical delineation of one division of the choir, on the north side, 
 shewing an arch, with its two clustered columns of support, the rich trifo- 
 rium above, a plan of which is marked at ff, gg, and the clerestory, with its 
 screen arcade, forming a gallery before the window. As shewn in this ele¬ 
 vation, and in Plate viii., it is quite evident that the choir and its transept 
 must originally have formed a most splendid architectural design. Modern 
 white-washing and fittings-up have, however, greatly deteriorated its effect; 
 and the irreverent theatrical practice of fixing numerous galleries and seats 
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 part of the Church. The bosses, at the intersection of the ribs of the roof, 
 and the capitals of the columns 5 , are elaborately and skilfully sculptured, 
 whilst a series of basso and alto-relievos, sadly battered by the fanatics of 
 the seventeenth century, adorn the spandrils of the triforium. From the 
 draperies and general character of some of these figures, it may be inferred 
 that when in a perfect state they manifested much merit in the artists. 
 
 Some variation in forms and proportions of the arches, in the columns, 
 clerestory, and side walls, contradistinguish the east end, or Lady Chapel, 
 from the choir and from the other parts of the Church. One compart¬ 
 ment, on the north side, is delineated in Plate vii. b, and shews it to cor¬ 
 respond in expression and detailed ornament with the famed Salisbury 
 Cathedral 6 . Tall, thin, insulated shafts of Purbeck, or Sussex marble, 
 polished, either standing singly, as in the triforium and clerestory, or clus¬ 
 tered and with bands near the centre, and with rich foliated capitals and 
 bold bases, as in the piers between the central part and the ailes, plans of 
 which are given, d, e. The triforiae of the Choir and the Lady Chapel are 
 not open to the gallery, as in most cases, but have walls behind the screen- 
 arches, against which is a continued arcade; (see b, Plate vii.). It must be 
 evident that this mode of closing the triforium is useful, to exclude cold air, 
 whilst it also produces a fine architectural effect. Under the windows of the 
 ailes extends an arcade of trefoil-headed arches, with foliated capitals, and 
 with the spandrils of each arch adorned, by what Mr. Green and some of his 
 copyists call, K grotesque” sculpture. Like the same species of adornment, 
 and the same style of arcade in the chapter-house at Salisbury 0 , this sculpture 
 is particularly interesting to the architectural antiquary and artist, as exhi¬ 
 biting the style of design and workmanship of the early part of the thirteenth 
 century. In Plate ix. is shewn a geometrical elevation of the interior of 
 the east side of the south Transept, with a section of the southern wall and 
 windows, and an elevation of the exterior of the western face of the north 
 Transept. This print shews that the two wings of this transept, north and 
 
 5 Some of these bosses, with the sections of the ribs, the clustered capital, and the elaborate 
 archivolt mouldings of the arch, also of other capitals and bases, and a large plan of the clustered 
 columnar pier of the choir, are correctly delineated in one of Mr. Wild’s plates. 
 
 6 See views, plans, &c. of that Church, in the First Volume of the “ Cathedral Antiquities.” 
 
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 WORCESTER CATHEDRAL. 
 
 south of the ailes of the choir, are of different architectural design to the 
 other parts of the Church, The arch-buttress, at the south-east angle, is 
 given in this print, at h ; also the arcade under the lower range of windows, 
 at d ; and the two tiers of tall windows, above. A screen of insulated clus¬ 
 tered columns is formed within-side each of these windows, and it will be 
 observed that the upper, treble-window, occupies the space of the triforiuin 
 and the clerestory. This engraving also displays the situation, &c. of Prince 
 Arthur’s monumental chantry, f ; the altar-screen and altar, g ; part of King 
 John’s tomb, at b; a geometrical elevation of the great eastern window; 
 part of the crypt, at c; and the pulpit, at a. 
 
 In the North Aile of the Choir, Plate xi., are shewn two varieties of 
 windows, also one of the fine bosses, with two equally fine capitals to the 
 attached clustered columns which support the ribs of the vaulting. Pro¬ 
 jecting from the wall is a sort of oriel window, supported on a bold corbel. 
 The original purpose of this has created many conjectures, and may still 
 occasion more. Green calls it the Sacrist's Balcony, (i. 37), as that officer 
 formerly had a house or office at the angle of the Church, between the 
 north aile and the east wall of the transept. King, in u Munimenta Antiqua,” 
 considers that it was connected with a prison-cell, and that the prisoners 
 were permitted to see and hear the Catholic ceremonies and prayers from 
 this window. 
 
 The other engravings, not yet referred to, represent the architectural 
 design and details of Prince Arthur s Monumental Chantry, Plates viii., 
 x., and xiv.; the last of which gives sections of the screens on the north and 
 south sides, the vaulted roof, and the tomb; also an elevation of the eastern 
 end of the chantry, behind and above its altar. At the top of the Plate is 
 part of the parapet, whilst at the sides and bottom are delivered some of 
 the sculptured details. (Vide ante, p. 19.) 
 
 Plate xvi. represents six monumental Effigies, which are noticed in 
 a, p. 3, at the end of the volume. The border of the print displays four 
 bosses from the cloister, b, c, f, g, and other ornaments. 
 
 Biography of Bishops. In previous volumes of the Cathedral Anti¬ 
 quities, the author wrote and published a few biographical notices of the 
 most eminent prelates of each See; but, on the present occasion, he is 
 
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BISHOPS OF WORCESTER. 
 
 31 
 
 induced to forego this usual portion of Cathedral history. Dr. Thomas’s 
 “ Survey of the Cathedral” contains the fullest account of the Bishops, from 
 JDiuma , 657, to Babbington, who died in 1610. Green gives some account 
 of the same dignitaries, in nearly the words of his predecessor, beginning 
 with Bat frith, 680, and ending with Hurd, 1808. A list of Hurd’s successors 
 will be found in a subsequent page. Thomas’s memoirs are substantiated 
 by numerous references to authorities. In the new edition of Dugdale’s 
 Monasticon (vol. i.) are brief notices of the same persons, with the addition 
 of F. H. Walker, D.D. 1817. To repeat such biography would neither 
 enhance the utility nor interest of this volume; and to enter into new 
 inquiries, and attempt original essays on the respective characters and ages 
 of each, would occupy some years of a man’s life, and require the space of a 
 large quarto volume for its narrative. Whilst a Roman Catholic author, like 
 Milner, or Lingard, would be likely to estimate the characters of Dunstan, 
 Oswald, or Wulstan, and other rigid and intolerant prelates of their own 
 church, much above their historical standard, they would be equally likely 
 to depreciate, or to treat uncandidly, the memoirs and works of a Latimer, 
 Hough, Stillingfleet, and other staunch and partial advocates for the reforms 
 or revolutions of the Roman Catholic church. Such protestant churchmen, 
 as Hoadley, Tomlins, Marsh, and Phillpotts, would be equally unfitted to 
 do justice to all parties; to investigate with the only object of ascertaining 
 facts, and writing with the full and conscientious principle of extenuating 
 nothing, and setting down nought in malice. 
 
 The See of Worcester has certainly enrolled, on its list of prelates, many 
 names of high historic celebrity. It presents one pope, four saints in the 
 Catholic calendar; six lords chancellors of England, three lords treasurers, 
 one king’s chancellor, eleven archbishops of Canterbury and of York, one 
 Roman cardinal, and many men of general learning and of literary merit. 
 The mere publication of sermons, charges, and controversial divinity, is 
 part of the professional obligation of officers of the Church ; and the time is 
 fast approaching when they will find it both their duty and interest to write 
 such essays in a more humane and philosophical tone and tendency than is 
 to be found in some of those productions of the present century. 
 
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 Subjects. 
 
 Ground Plan, Plans of Columns, and } 
 
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 View of the Church from the N. E. 
 
 Interior View of the Nave, looking West 
 
 Elevations of two Compartments of Nave 
 
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 View in (he North Aile of Choir. 
 
 View of the East Walk of the Cloisters .. 
 
 View of the Crypt, looking East . 
 
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 View of the Chapter-House, Interior. 
 
 Six Monumental Effigies and details. 
 
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 Parts of the Building. 
 
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 (Part of the West End of the Nave 1 .. 
 
 ( Lower part of Chapter-House 2 . 
 
 Small, or Eastern Transept . 
 
 Choir and Ailes, and Lady Chapel 3 .. 
 
 East part of Nave and Ailes . 
 
 Central Tower begun . 
 
 Central Tower finished. 
 
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 WLiii) References to 3j3arts of tl}c Rulltimg, iMonuments, Srt. 
 
 *** SEE INDEX FOR REFERENCES TO OTHER NOTICES. 
 
 Plate I. — Ground Plan, with Plan of the Crypt, and Plans of Five Columns, &c. The capital 
 letters, from A to c c, refer to different parts, or members of the Church which have been already 
 described, and the Arabic numerals, or figures, refer to the Monuments, some of which have been 
 noticed in previous pages. 
 
 A, North Porch, the principal Entrance to the 
 Church, by a descent of eight steps. 
 
 B B, North Aile of the Nave. 
 
 c c, Nave, see Plate hi. 
 
 d D, South Aile of the Nave. 
 
 E, North Wing of the Principal, or Western 
 Transept. 
 
 F, South ditto, ditto. For an elevation of the 
 western side, and section of the southern, 
 looking east, see Plate v. 
 
 G, Plan of the Tower, the ribbed groining of 
 which is indicated on the Floor. A half 
 section and half elevation of the tower, &c. 
 is shewn in Plate v. The Choir and its 
 Ailes are raised by six steps above the level 
 of the Nave and the other parts of the church. 
 
 H H, Choir, with Organ Screen at m:— Altar 
 Screen, &c. at j :—also Stalls, on each side : 
 —King John’s Monument at 47. 
 
 K K, North Aile of the Choir. 
 
 L L, South Aile of the Choir. 
 
 M, Vestry, or Chapel, from which there are 
 stairs to a room, over the passage at y. At 
 the western end is a large recessed semicir¬ 
 cular archway, already referred to, and repre¬ 
 sented in the title-page. 
 
 N, North Wing of the Eastern Transept. 
 
 o, South ditto, ditto. Fora section of the south¬ 
 ern wing, and an elevation of the north wing, 
 see Plate ix. 
 
 P and Q, Ailes to the Lady Chapel and altar end. 
 
 T, u, v, and w, The four Sides, or Walks of 
 the Cloisters:—g, A Lavatory, near which 
 was a doorway to the Monastic Dormitory, 
 and another to the stairs of the Refectory at 
 B b. 
 
 x, The Chapter-House, now the Library, see 
 Plate xv. 
 
 y, Arched Passage to the Deanery, which 
 was formerly the Priory buildings. 
 
 z, The Guesten Hall, being part of the Priory. 
 
 A a, Arched Passage from the FNebendal 
 
 Houses to the Cloister. 
 
 The small letters refer to the following: 
 
 a, Stairs at N. W. Angle of the Church. 
 
 b b, Buttresses detached from the wall. 
 
 c, Stairs to a room over the Porch. 
 
 d, Stairs at S. W. angle of the Church. 
 
 e, Doorway from the South Aile of Nave to 
 the Cloister. 
 
 f, Staircase to apartments over Passage A a. 
 
 g, Lavatory, in the Cloister. 
 
 h, Doorway from South Aile of Nave to the 
 Cloister. 
 
 i, Staircase at N. AT. angle of the great Tran¬ 
 sept. 
 
 k, In the Eastern AA^all, behind Bishop Hough’s 
 Monument, is an Archway, with semicircu¬ 
 lar head (tilled up) similar to that in the 
 South Wing of the Transept. 
 
 l, A Bay-AA'indow projecting from the wall, 
 and represented in Folate xi. 
 
 m, Organ Screen. 
 
 o, Doorway and Stairs to the Crypt. 
 
 p, Archway in the Vestry, shewn in the title 
 page. 
 
 q, Stairs to a room over a Passage, Y. 
 
 r, An Apartment for Surplices, formerly a 
 Chantry Chapel. 
 
 s, Stairs to the Crypt from the outside. 
 
 t, t, Detached, or flying buttresses to strengthen 
 the wall. 
 
 u u, Six Steps from the Ailes of the Choir to 
 the Lady Chapel, shewing that the floor of 
 the latter is nearly level with that of the 
 Nave ; and that the floor of the Choir is about 
 five feet above the eastern and the western 
 parts of the Church. 
 
 v, Altar Screen of Stone, the upper part of 
 which is glazed. 
 
 w, Site of the Altar to the Virgin Mary. 
 
 CRYPT. 
 
 The Ground F*lan of the Crypt is to 
 the same scale as that of the Church, and its 
 central open space extends from the eastern 
 wall of the great transept to a point immedi¬ 
 ately under the tomb of King John, at 47 ; but 
 if its semicircular aile, or apsis, was open, the 
 eastern end would then extend to the centre of 
 the eastern transept. See Plate xiii. 
 
 a 
 
2 
 
 WORCESTER CATHEDRAL, 
 
 Crypt. References — 1. Under the Ves¬ 
 try :—2. Beneath the eastern end of the same ; 
 which seems of subsequent age to the other 
 parts of the Crypt; as indicated by the win¬ 
 dows. It is supposed to have been a sepul¬ 
 chral chapel for the Earls of Gloucester:—3 
 and 4. Aile, under the south aile of Choir:—5 
 5 5 5. Openings in the walls, from the central to 
 the lateral ailes of the Crypt:—6. Recess in the 
 semicircular end, nearly under King John’s 
 Tomb :—6 6 6. Openings, or windows, in the 
 outer wall of the north aile:—7. Stairs from the 
 outside :—8. Parts tilled up, and query if ever 
 finished? — 0. 11 and 12. Openings in the 
 western wall, for stairs to the Church. 
 
 The Arabic Numerals, or Figures, on the 
 Ground Plan, refer to the following Monu¬ 
 ments: 
 
 JESUS CHAPEL. 
 
 1. A mural marble slab, of architectural de¬ 
 sign, to James Fleetwood, date 1633. 
 
 2. A mural architectural slab to Walter 
 Blandford, aged 59, dale 1675. 
 
 3. The Font. 
 
 NORTH SIDE OF THE NAVE. 
 
 4. Altar monument, sustaining two alabaster 
 effigies, of Sir John Beauchamp and his Lady, 
 of Holt, in the county of Worcester; having 
 sixteen shields and panels on the sides. The 
 whole has been chipped and sadly maltreated. 
 
 5. A monument recessed in the wall, witli 
 smali figures of three men and three women, 
 kneeling on a sarcophagus. To the Moore 
 Family, of Worcester, date 1613. 
 
 SOUTH SIDE OF THE NAVE. 
 
 6. A mural marble monument, executed by 
 J. Bacon, Jun. 1804, to Richard Solly, Esq., 
 containing figures of a female, supposed to be 
 the widow of Mr. Solly, and her three children. 
 
 7. A mural monument, by J. Bacon, Jun., 
 for Col. Sir Henry Walton Ellis, K. C. B. who 
 died from the effects of a wound, June 20,1815. 
 It represents the colonel falling from a horse, 
 but supported by an angel, or victory, with a 
 laurel wreath to crown the warrior. It was 
 erected by the officers, non-commissioned 
 officers, and privates of the Royal Welsh 
 Fusilleers. 
 
 8. An altar tomb in a recess to Bishop 
 Freahe, with inscriptions in Greek, Latin, and 
 English. 
 
 9. A mural slab to the memory of Sir Tho¬ 
 
 mas Lyttleton, of Franckley, county of Worces¬ 
 ter, lent, and bart. who died 1653, aged 57. 
 
 10. An altar tomb, to Thomas Littleton, who 
 was a judge of the Court of Common Pleas, 
 and died Aug. 23, 1481. 
 
 11. A large altar tomb, sustaining stone effi¬ 
 gies, representing Robert Wilde, Esq. and his 
 Lady, date 1608 
 
 12 and 13. Altar tombs, much defaced, with¬ 
 out shields or inscriptions to mark the ages 
 when, or persons for whom they were erected. 
 
 GREAT SOUTH TRANSEPT. 
 
 14. In a niche beneath an arch is a statue of 
 a monk, or priest, as vested for the altar, which 
 Green appropriates to Friar Baskerville, but 
 Chambers thinks it represents “ William Bark- 
 dale, or Barkesdale, M. A. who was installed 
 in the third stall, May 29, 1604.” 
 
 15. Mural monument of marble, designed by 
 R. Adam, the architect, and executed by Nol- 
 lekeus, to Bishop Johnson, in 1774. The bust 
 is very fine, as were most of those executed 
 by that sculptor. A good engraving of this 
 monument is given in Green’s History. 
 
 16. A small tablet to Dean Onslow. 
 
 17. A large mural monument for Bishop 
 Maddox. 
 
 LESSER SOUTH TRANSEPT, COMMONLY 
 CALLED THE DEAN’S CHAPEL. 
 
 18. An altar tomb of Purbeck marble, the 
 brasses and shields of which are gone, but it 
 has an inscription round the edge, commemo¬ 
 rative of Sir Griffith Ryce and his Lady. 
 
 19. An altar tomb, sustaining the effigy of a 
 cross-legged knight in chain armour, surcoat, 
 &c. with a painted shield, and a long sword, 
 commemorating Sir William or Sir Robert 
 Harcourt. See Plate xvi. tig. 4. 
 
 20. Another altar tomb, with the effigy of a 
 female, supposed to be Lady Harcourt. See 
 Plate xvi. fig. 2. 
 
 21 and 22. Altar tombs to Dean Wilson 
 and Dean Willis. 
 
 23 and 24. Beneath the Chantry Chapel of 
 Prince Arthur, and protected by a stone screen, 
 are two altar tombs referred to by IN os. 23 and 
 24. The first sustains an effigy in pontiticali- 
 bus, with a richly sculptured canopy at his head, 
 and said to represent Bishop Giffard; whilst 
 the second has a female effigy, usually ascribed 
 to a Countess of Surrey. This is a curious and 
 interesting specimen of old monumental sculp¬ 
 ture, both in the panelling of the side, and in the 
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MONUMENTS. 
 
 3 
 
 Wild, “which are flowing, and well designed, 
 retain faint traces of having been decorated 
 with small shields of arms,” which Abingdon 
 inferred to belong to a Verdon, who by mar¬ 
 riage became Countess of Surrey. Watson, in 
 his “ History of the Earls of Warren and Sur¬ 
 rey,” says, there never was a Verdon married 
 into the Surrey family, and that this monument 
 belongs to the wife of John Warren, a natural 
 son of William, the seventh Earl of Warren 
 and Surrey. Wild suggests that the effigy 
 more likely represents a sister of Bishop Gif- 
 fard, who was buried in the Cathedral in 1297, 
 about four years before the Bishop's death, who 
 erected the monument before his own decease. 
 
 LADY CHAPEL. 
 
 25. A large altar sarcophagus, supporting 
 an effigy, and surmounted by a canopy, to the 
 memory of Dean Eedes. 
 
 2(1. A mural monument to Bishop Stillinq- 
 
 fl eet - 
 
 27. A stone on the floor, containing the half 
 of an effigy representing a prelate, and said to 
 be a memorial of St. Oswald. 
 
 28. Covers the grave of King John, —see 
 Green’s History, vol. i. p. G8. 
 
 29. A figure of a Bishop in low relief, which, 
 according to Green, represents either St. Wni¬ 
 si an, or Bishop William de Blois. See Green’s 
 History, vol. i. p. 147, and Plate xvi. fig. 8. 
 
 30. A mural monument, with a sort of sarco¬ 
 phagus, to commemorate Bishop Hurd. 
 
 31. A tablet to the memory of Anne, wife of 
 Izaak Walton, who died, 7 April, 1602, aged 
 52. 
 
 32. An architectural monument to the me¬ 
 mory of Bishop Thornborovgh, erected by him 
 fourteen years before his death. It has a statue 
 of the prelate and several inscriptions. 
 
 33. A very interesting old coffin-shaped mo¬ 
 nument, sustaining the effigy of a female in 
 loose flowing drapery, with a coronet on the 
 head, and a glove on the left hand, which holds 
 the other glove. According to the marriage 
 ritual, this “ signifies a maiden designed for the 
 marriage state. On her chin she has a wim- 
 plet, or muffler, worn only by persons of the 
 greatest quality.” Chambers, p. 145. See 
 Plate xvi. fig. 5. This monument was 
 removed from the Charnel-House-Cbapel in 
 1636. 
 
 34. An effigy of a knight, cross-legged, in 
 chain armour, with surcoat, and a long shield 
 and a sword. Green ascribes this to Sir John 
 Beauchamp, from some [tainted arms formerly 
 
 in a wdndow behind the monument. See Plate 
 xvi. fig. 1. This was removed from the north 
 aile of the choir, where a skeleton was found in 
 1752, and also the date of 1292. 
 
 35. in a niche at the back of the altar screen 
 is an effigy of a Bishop, with a pastoral staff in 
 the left hand, a lion at his feet, and angels hold¬ 
 ing the pillow which supports the mitred head. 
 Mr. W ild (p. 29) ascribes this effigy to Philip 
 Ballard de Hawford, which is described by 
 Abingdon as having been in “ the south cross 
 isles,” before the altar screen was built in 1812. 
 See list of Deans. 
 
 36. Against the north screen of the altar is 
 an old monument, with an effigy of a Bishop; 
 two lions at his feet, under a pointed arch, with 
 a series of small shields and bulbs, or roses, in 
 the hollow mouldings. Green thinks that this is 
 intended for Bishop Walter de Cantalupc, and 
 says, that the tomb has not been noticed by 
 either Abingdon or Willis. The effigy is badly 
 executed, and is much injured. 
 
 37. Another effigy of a Bishop, on a sarco¬ 
 phagus tomb, under an arch, according to Green, 
 commemorates Bishop John de Constantiis ; at 
 his head are figures of two angels, and at his 
 feet a lion. Thomas thinks this is the tomb 
 of Saint Oswald. Green remarks on the two 
 tombs, 36 and 37, that such as are placed under 
 arches, in walls, “ are of the most ancient 
 date,” and that those here referred to, are “ un¬ 
 questionably the oldest in the Cathedral.”— 
 History, vol. i. p. 130. Wild (p. 23) says that 
 this tomb is “ evidently” not that of Constan¬ 
 tiis, as neither the statue nor the arch corres¬ 
 ponds with the style of the twelfth century : 
 he thinks that it belongs to Bishop Carpenter. 
 
 LESSER NORTH TRANSEPT, CALLED THE 
 BISHOP’S CHAPEL. 
 
 38. On an altar tomb of marble is a beauti¬ 
 ful statue of a female, with the head elevated, 
 arms reclined, and the expression that of resig¬ 
 nation ; it is commemorative of Charlotte Eliza¬ 
 beth, wife of the Rev. William Digby, who 
 died Sept. 3, 1820. This exquisite specimen of 
 modern sculpture, applied to monumental por¬ 
 traiture, is from the chisel of Chantrey, and 
 whilst it is highly creditable to the artist it is 
 also an honour to our own times. Compared 
 with some other works in the present Church, it 
 is a diamond compared to a common pebble 
 —beauty contrasted with deformity. W hilst 
 most of our former sculptors loaded and flit¬ 
 tered their monumental compositions with alle¬ 
 gory, emblems, and many other extraneous and 
 
4 
 
 WORCESTER CATHEDRAL. 
 
 unintelligible objects, Chantrey has judiciously 
 and tastefully adhered to simple nature—to a 
 single, or to few figures, and made these both 
 human and English. In viewing the work now 
 referred to, the eye and mind rest on one object, 
 and in that object become delighted and inter¬ 
 ested, whereas on examining such monuments 
 as those of Roubiliac and Bacon, in this Cathe¬ 
 dral, the spectator is bewildered—the ignorant 
 may wonder, but the enlightened will lament 
 the misapplication of time and money bestowed 
 on such works. It is most admirably engraved 
 in a truly splendid and interesting work, enti¬ 
 tled, “ Illustrations of Modern Sculpture ,” in 
 which is given the inscription, with a poetical 
 epitaph, also a comment on the artist and his 
 work, and some apposite lines, by T. K. Her- 
 vey. From these, the follow ing may be extracted 
 with advantage to the artist and the poet: 
 
 “ Within that temple (the Church )—where the air 
 
 Seems laden with the breath of prayer. 
 
 The sculptured lady lies ; 
 
 Amid the shadows of a tomb, 
 
 With looks that seem to pierce its gloom, 
 
 And link it to the skies.” 
 
 39. A large tasteless monument to Bishop 
 Parry, exhibits a striking contrast to the pre¬ 
 ceding, and also serves to mark the bad taste of 
 the age when it was executed. 
 
 CHOIR. 
 
 40. A marble slab, with a basso-relievo por¬ 
 trait, with a book in the right hand, and the left 
 placed against the breast; belongs to Bishop 
 Gauden. —See History, &c. of Exeter Cathe¬ 
 dral; also the Index to this volume, under 
 Gauden. 
 
 41. An effigy of a female, kneeling under an 
 
 ornamented arch, preserves the memory of Abi¬ 
 gail, the wife of Godfrey Goldisburgh, Bishop of 
 Gloucester; she died in 1613. 
 
 42. Near the preceding is a singular speci¬ 
 men of monumental design and sculpture to the 
 memory of Bishop Bullingharn, the bust and feet 
 of whose effigy are shewn in holes in the wall. 
 Before that part of the figure which seems 
 within the wall, is a tablet, “ with an inscrip¬ 
 tion, over which, to render it uniformly absurd, 
 on a shield, the arms of the Bishop are placed 
 on the dexter side, impaling those of the See, 
 contrary to all armorial etiquette.”— Green. 
 
 GREAT NORTH TRANSEPT. 
 
 43. Against the east wall is a marble slab 
 to commemorate Dean Hooh, brother of the 
 popular and witty Theodore Hook. See subse¬ 
 quent page, list of Deans. 
 
 44. A large ostentatious mass of marble, 
 designed and executed by Roubiliac, to the 
 memory of Bishop Hough. An engraving of 
 it is published in Green’s History, and another 
 by Neagle, in “ The Life of Hough.” 
 
 45. Against the north wall of the transept is 
 a slab to the memory of the llev. Saint An¬ 
 drew Saint John, D. D. Dean of Worcester. 
 
 46. On the western wall is a monument to 
 Sir Thomas Street, Knt., executed by W ilton. 
 Sir Thomas was a judge, and the sculptor has 
 emblematized his profession by a boy with a 
 cap of liberty, and a book inscribed “ Articula 
 Magnce Chartce libertatim." 
 
 Choir. 
 
 47. King Johns Tomb will be found noticed 
 in another part of this volume, as will also— 
 
 48. 'Hie Chantry Chapel, and tomb of Prince 
 Arthur. 
 
5 
 
 A CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF THE 
 
 33tsfj0|)5 of Worcester, 
 
 WITH THE CONTEMPORARY KINGS OF ENGLAND. 
 
 BISHOPS. 
 
 Dates of Consecration, See. 
 
 Died or Translated. 
 
 Buried at 
 
 Kings. 
 
 Tatfrith. 
 
 Elected 
 
 .680 
 
 Died before 
 
 Con. . .. 
 
 
 Mercian Dynasty 
 
 Bosel. 
 
 Con. . 
 
 .680 
 
 Abdicated.. 
 
 .... 691 
 
 
 Ethelred. 
 
 Otfor. 
 
 Con. . 
 
 .691 
 
 Died. 
 
 .... 692 
 
 
 
 Egvvine 1 . 
 
 Con. . 
 
 
 { Resigned 
 l Died Jan. 
 
 .. 710 ) 
 
 3, 717 J 
 
 Eversham 
 
 
 Wilfrid. 
 
 Con. . 
 
 .710 
 
 Died. 
 
 .... 743 
 
 
 Coenred. 
 
 Milred 1 . 
 
 Con. . 
 
 .743 
 
 Died. 
 
 . . . . 775 
 
 
 Coelred. 
 
 Weremund. 
 
 Con. . 
 
 .776 
 
 Died. 
 
 .... 778 
 
 
 Ethelbald. 
 
 Tilher . 
 
 Con. . 
 
 .779 
 
 Died. 
 
 . ... 781 
 
 
 Offa. 
 
 Eathored.. 
 
 Con. . 
 
 .782 
 
 Died. 
 
 . . . . 798 
 
 
 Egferth. 
 
 Denebert. 
 
 Con. . 
 
 
 Died. 
 
 . . . . 822 
 
 
 Cenulf. 
 
 Eadbert. 
 
 Con. . 
 
 
 Died. 
 
 .. . . 848 
 
 
 
 Alhune. 
 
 Con. . 
 
 .848 
 
 Died. 
 
 
 
 
 Werefrid. 
 
 Con. . 
 
 . June 7, 872 
 
 Died. 
 
 .. . . 915 
 
 
 
 Ethelun. 
 
 
 <»1 A 
 
 Died. 
 
 . . .. 922 
 
 
 
 Wilfrith, or Wilferth .... 
 
 . 922 
 
 Died. 
 
 . . . . 929 
 
 
 
 Kinewold. 
 
 _._ 030 
 
 Died. 
 
 . .. . 957 
 
 
 
 St. Dunstan 3 . 
 
 Con.. . 
 
 
 London .... 
 
 .... 958 
 
 Canterbury .... 
 
 Edgar. 
 
 St. Oswald . 
 
 Con... 
 
 
 f York .... 
 i D. Feb.27 
 
 .. 972 l 
 
 992-3 ) 
 
 Worcester. 
 
 S Edward the 
 ( Martyr. 
 
 Adulf, or Aldulph . 
 
 Con. . . 
 
 .993 
 
 $ York .... 
 
 ..993 ) 
 
 Worcester. 
 
 Ethelred. 
 
 
 
 
 t Uied May 6,1002 S 
 
 
 Wulstan . 
 
 Con. . 
 
 . 1003 
 
 S York .... 1003 { 
 l D. May 28,1023 S 
 
 Ely . 
 
 Edmund. 
 
 Leoffius. 
 
 Con. . 
 
 . 1023 
 
 Died. .Sept. 
 
 14,1033 
 
 Worcester. 
 
 Canute. 
 
 Brightegus. 
 
 Con. . 
 
 . 1033 
 
 Died . . Jan. 
 
 10.1038 
 
 
 
 Livingus. 
 
 Con. . 
 
 . 1038 
 
 Died March 23, 1046 
 
 Tavistock . 
 
 Harold. 
 
 Aldred 4 . 
 
 Con. . 
 
 . 1046 
 
 { York ... 
 
 1060 ) 
 
 York. 
 
 4 Edward the 
 ) Confessor. 
 
 
 
 
 ) D. Sept. 3 
 
 , 1069 S 
 
 
 Wulstan II. 
 
 Con. . 
 
 Sept. 8. 1062 
 
 Died .. Jan. 19. 1095 
 
 Worcester. 
 
 $ William 1. 
 i William II. 
 
 Sampson. 
 
 
 June 15,1097 
 
 Died .. May 3, 1112 
 Died .. Oct.'20, 1123 
 
 Worcester. 
 
 Henry I. 
 
 Henry I. 
 
 Theulph . 
 
 Con. .. 
 
 June 27, 1115 
 
 W orcester. 
 
 Simon. 
 
 Con... 
 
 May 23, 1125 
 
 D. March 20 
 
 1149-50 
 
 
 Henry I. 
 
 1 Le Neve and Godwin both say Jan. 30, 716—but Green has Dec. 30, 717. 
 
 2 Godwin, “ Cat. of Bishops ,” on the authority of Malmesbury “ De Regibus f says that Deubertus was Bishop of Worcester in 766. 
 
 3 See Britton’s History of Canterbury Cathedral, p. 77. 
 
 4 See Britton’s History of York Cathedral, p. 67 ; Gloucester, p. GS. Willis (Hist, of Cathedrals) thinks he was buried at Gloucester. 
 
6 
 
 WORCESTER CATHEDRAL. 
 
 BISHOPS. 
 
 Dates of Consecration, &c. 
 
 John de Pagham. 
 
 Con.. 
 
 . March 4, 1151 
 
 Alured, or Alfred 5 . 
 
 Con.. 
 
 .April 13, 1158 
 
 Roger . 
 
 Con. 
 
 .Aug. 26, 1163 
 
 Baldwin . 
 
 Con. 
 
 .Aug. 10, 1180 
 
 William de Norhale. 
 
 Con.. 
 
 .Sept. 21, 1186 
 
 Robert Fitzralph. 
 
 Con. 
 
 . May 5, 1191 
 
 Henry de Soilii .. 
 
 Con. 
 
 .Dec. 12, 1193 
 
 J ohn de Constantiis. 
 
 Con. 
 
 . Oct. 20, 1196 
 
 Mauger. 
 
 (Con. at Rome, ) 
 
 
 
 June 4, 1200 ( 
 
 Walter Grey 6 . 
 
 
 Oct. 5 1214 
 
 Silvester de Evesham .... 
 
 Con.. 
 
 
 William de Blois. 
 
 
 Oct 7. 1 9.1 8 
 
 Walter de Cantilupe 7 .. . 
 
 Enthro. Dec. 7, 1236 
 
 Nicholas de Ely 8 . 
 
 Con. 
 
 .May 23, 1266 
 
 Godfrey Gifford . 
 
 Con.. 
 
 . Dec. 25, 1268 
 
 John de Sancto Germano 
 
 Elected April 8, 1302 
 
 William de Gainsborough 
 
 Con. 
 
 . . Oct. 22, 1302 
 
 Peter de Savoy 9 . 
 
 
 
 Walter Reynolds 10 . 
 
 Con. 
 
 . Oct. 12, 1308 
 
 Walter de Maidston. 
 
 Con. 
 
 .Oct. 1313 
 
 Thomas Cobham, D. D. .. 
 
 Con. 
 
 . .21 May, 1317 
 
 Wolstan de Braunsford was 
 elected by the Monks, but 
 the Pope appointed 
 
 
 Adam de Orlton 11 . 
 
 
 .Nov. 1327 
 
 Simon Montacute 12 . 
 
 Con. 
 
 . ..May 8, 1334 
 
 Thomas Plemenhale. 
 
 Con. 
 
 
 Wulstan de Brandsford 
 
 Con. 
 
 March 28, 1338 
 
 John de Evesham, elected 
 in Aug. 1349, but set 
 aside by the Pope. 
 
 
 
 John Tboresby 13 . 
 
 Con. 
 
 . . Sept. 4, 1349 
 
 Reginald Brian . 
 
 
 
 Died or Translated. 
 
 Buried at 
 
 Died 
 
 1158 
 
 Died .. Aug. 9,1179 
 ( Canterbury 1184 \ 
 i Died.1190 S 
 
 Died .. May 3, 1190 
 
 Died. .June 10, 1193 
 Died .. Oct. 24, 1195 
 Died..Sept. 24, 1198 
 
 Died .. July 1, 1212 
 
 ( York.1215 ) 
 
 l D. May 1, 1255 ) 
 Died ..July 16, 1218 
 Died.. Aug. 17,1236 
 Died. .Feb. 5, 1265-6 
 
 ( Winchester 1269 } 
 t D. Feb. 12, 1280 $ 
 
 Died .. Jan. 26, 1301 
 
 Resigned. 
 
 Died .. Oct. 15, 1307 
 
 r Canterbury, Sept. ^ 
 24,1313 > 
 CD. Nov. 18,1327 S 
 Died March 28, 1317 
 Died. .Aug. 27, 1327 
 
 r Winchester, Dec. 
 
 1, 1333 [ 
 C D. July 18, 1345 3 
 
 S Ely ..'_ 1336 } 
 
 l D. June 20,1344 $ 
 Died . .Dec. 21, 1338 
 Died .. Aug. 6, 1349 
 
 $ York. .Oct. 1352 \ 
 l D. Nov. 6, 1373 ) 
 
 ( Ely.1361 ) 
 
 ( D. Dec. 10,1361 5 
 
 Rome 
 
 Tours, France .. 
 Aeon in Palestine 
 
 Worcester. 
 Ponthieu . 
 
 York. 
 
 Worcester..., 
 W orcester 
 W orcester 
 i Body at W; 
 s verley, heart; 
 (Winchester. 
 
 Worcester... 
 
 Beauvais 
 
 Canterbury .... 
 
 On the Continent 
 Worcester.... 
 
 Winchester 
 
 Ely. 
 
 Worcester.. 
 Worcester.. 
 
 York . 
 
 Worcester.. 
 
 Kings. 
 
 ( Stephen. 
 
 I Henry IE 
 Henry II. 
 Henry II. 
 
 Henry II. 
 
 ( Henry II. 
 
 ( Richard I. 
 Richard I. 
 Richard I. 
 Richard I. 
 
 John. 
 
 John. 
 
 Henry III. 
 Henry III. 
 Henry III. 
 
 Henry III. 
 
 ( Henry III. 
 I Edward I. 
 Edward I. 
 Edward I. 
 
 Edward II. 
 
 Edward II. 
 Edward II. 
 
 Edward III. 
 
 Edward III. 
 
 Edward III. 
 Edward III. 
 
 Edward III. 
 Edward III. 
 
 5 Time of death uncertain. Green (History) says he died at Rome. 
 
 c See Britton’s Histoiy of York Cathedral, p. 59, and Plate XVII. for a view of his monument. 
 
 7 See Britton’s History of Hereford Cathedral. s See Britton’s History of Winchester Cathedral. 
 
 9 According to Le Neve “ was nominated by the Pope, but set aside by the King,” which is remarked as “ the first instance of the kind’ 
 he ever met with—the reverse having been often the case. 
 
 10 See Britton’s History of Canterbury Cathedral. 11 See Britton’s Hist, of Winchester Cathedral, and Milner’s Hist, of Winchester 
 
 12 See Bentham’s History of Ely, p, 158, edition by Stephenson. 13 See Britton’s History of York Cathedral, p. 69. 
 
CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF BISHOPS 
 
 7 
 
 BISHOPS. 
 
 John Barnett 14 
 
 William Wittlesey 15 
 
 William Lynn 
 
 Dec. 7, 1373, but set 
 aside, and 
 
 John Wicliffe “ attempted 
 to succeed, but missed 
 his aim.” 16 
 
 Henry Wakefield. 
 
 Tideman de Winchcomb. 
 
 Richard Clifford. 
 
 Thomas Peverell, D.D. 17 
 
 Philip Morgan, LL. D. .. 
 
 Thomas Polton, LL.D. 18 
 
 Thomas Bourchier 19 .... 
 
 John Carpenter, D.D. 
 
 John Alcock 20 . 
 
 Robert Morton, LL.D. 
 John Gigles, LL.D. .. 
 
 Sylvester Gigles. 
 
 Julius de Medicis 21 . . , 
 Jerome de Ghinucis . . 
 
 Hugh Latimer, D.D. 
 
 John Bell, LL.D. 
 
 Nicholas Heath, D.D. 
 
 John Hooper 22 . 
 Nicholas Heath 23 
 
 Dates of Consecration, &c. 
 
 Jan. 10, 1362 
 
 Con. .. March, 1364 
 Con. . .May 31, 1369 
 
 Con. . . Oct. 28, 1375 
 Con.. .Aug. 21, 1395 
 
 Con.Oct. 9, 1401 
 
 Con. . .Nov. 20, 1407 
 
 Con.Dec. 3, 1419 
 
 .Feb. 28, 1425 
 
 f Elected May 15,^ 
 3 1434 [ 
 
 (. Con. April, 1435 ' 
 
 Con. March 22, 1444 
 .Sept. 20, 1476 
 
 .Oct. 16, 1486 
 
 .Dec. 5, 1497 
 
 Installed Ap. 16, 1499 
 
 .Inly 31, 1521 
 
 Installed Mar. 1522-3 
 
 Con.Sept. 1535 
 
 Con.. .Aug. 11, 1539 
 
 Enth.. .Feb. 20, 1544 
 
 Enth.. June 18, 1552 
 Restored . June, 1553 
 
 Died or Translated. 
 
 f Bath and Wells, n 
 ) Nov. 24, 1363 ( 
 I Ely,Dec.15,1366 ( 
 CD." June 7, 1373 * 
 C Canterbury, Oct. 
 
 ' 11, 1368 > 
 
 C D. June 6, 1374 } 
 Died . .Nov. 18, 1373 
 
 D. March 11 , 1394-5 
 
 Died . .June 13, 1401 
 
 S London . . 1407 \ 
 l D. Aug. 20, L 21 $ 
 
 Died. .March 1,1417 
 
 Ely . . Feb. 27, 1425 
 
 Died. .Aug. 23, 1433 
 r Ely,Sept.l8.1443-\ 
 ' Canterbury, Jan. f 
 ) 23, 1455 
 
 CD. Mar. 29,1486 
 
 Died 
 
 1476 
 
 s Ely .. Oct. 1486 } 
 t Died Oct. 1, 1500 i 
 
 Died.... April,1497 
 Died. .Aug. 25, 1498 
 
 Died. .April 16, 1521 
 
 Resigned Oct. 6, 1522 
 Deprived .... 1534-5 
 C Resigned July 1, ^ 
 ] 1539 [ 
 
 C Burnt Oct. 6,1 555 ./ 
 r Resigned Nov. 17, j 
 1543 * 
 
 ( D. Aug. 11,1556 ) 
 
 $ Dep.Oct.10,1551 £ 
 
 ( Rest. June 1553 S 
 (Dep.Mar. 20,1553^ 
 /Burnt Feb. 9, 1554 ( 
 York .. Feb. 19, 1555 
 
 Buried at 
 
 Ely 
 
 Canterbury , 
 Worcester.. 
 
 Worcester. 
 
 Worcester. 
 
 St. Paul’s . 
 
 Oxford . 
 
 (Charter House,) 
 / London.... ( 
 Basil .. 
 
 Canterbury. 
 
 (Westbury, Co.'/ 
 I Gloucester. j 
 
 £'y. 
 
 St. Paul’s, Loud. 
 Rome. 
 
 Rome. 
 
 Oxford. 
 
 (Clerkenwell, ^ 
 / London....^ 
 
 Gloucester. 
 Cobham... 
 
 Kings. 
 
 Edward III. 
 
 Edward III. 
 Edward III. 
 
 t Edward III. 
 / Richard II. 
 
 S Richard II. 
 i Henry IV. 
 
 Henry IV. 
 
 $ Henry IV. 
 
 ( Henry V. 
 
 $ Henry V. 
 
 / Henry VI. 
 Henry VI. 
 
 Flenry VI. 
 
 { Henry VI. 
 
 / Edward IV. 
 t Edward IV. 
 < Edward V. 
 v. Richard III. 
 Henry VII. 
 Henry VII. 
 i Henry VII. 
 t Henry VIII. 
 Henry VIII. 
 Henry VIII. 
 
 Henry VIII. 
 
 Henry VIII. 
 
 ( Henry VIII. 
 / Edward VI. 
 t Edward VI. 
 
 / Mary. 
 
 Mary. 
 
 14 See Britton’s History of Wells Cathedral, p. 39, and Bentham’s History of Ely Cathedral, vol. i. p. 163. 
 
 15 See Dart’s History of Canterbury. 16 Willis’s Cathedrals, vol. i. p. 642. 
 
 17 Godsvin says he was buried in Worcester Cathedral. 18 Lc Neve says he was buried in Rome. 
 
 19 See Britton’s History of Canterbury Cathedral, p. 84. 20 See Bentham’s History of Ely Cathedral, p. 181. 
 
 21 Elected Pope of Rome, and died in 1534. 22 See Britton’s History of Gloucester Cathedral, p. 33. 
 
 23 See Britton’s History of York Cathedral, p. 70. 
 
8 
 
 WORCESTER CATHEDRAL 
 
 BISHOPS. 
 
 Dates of Consecration, &c. 
 
 Died or Translated. 
 
 Buried at 
 
 Kings. 
 
 Richard Pates. 
 
 Edwin Sandys, D.D. 
 
 James Calfhill, D.D. 
 
 Nicholas Bullingham, D.D 
 
 John Whitgift, D.D. 
 
 Edmund Freake, D.D. 
 
 Richard Fletcher 24 . 
 
 Thomas Bilson, D.D. 25 
 
 Gervase Babbington, ) 
 
 S.T.P . 26 . S 
 
 Henry Parry, D.D. 27 .... 
 
 JohnThornborough,D.D. ,s 
 
 John Prideaux, D.D. 
 
 George Morley, D.D.‘ 9 .. 
 John Gauden, D.D . 30 .. 
 
 John Earle, D.D . 31 .... 
 
 Robert Skinnner, D.D . 32 
 Walter Blanford, D.D . 33 . 
 James Fleetwood, D.D... 
 
 William Thomas, D.D. 
 Edward Stillingfleet, D.D. 
 William Lloyd, D.D. 34 .. 
 
 John Hough, D.D. 3S .... 
 
 Isaac Maddox, D.D. 
 
 James Johnson, D.D. 36 .. 
 
 The Hon. Brownlow ) 
 
 North, L.L.D. S 
 
 Richard Hurd, D.D. 
 
 Folliott Walker Cornwall . 
 Robert James Carr, D.D. 
 
 .March 5, 1555 
 
 Con... Dec. 21, 1559 
 
 Died before Consecra. 
 .Jan. 26, 1570 
 
 Con.. .April 21, 1577 
 .Oct. 26, 1584 
 
 Enth...Feb. 10, 1592 
 
 Con. . .June 13, 1596 
 
 Enth. .. Oct. 4, 1597 
 
 Con.Oct. 4, 1610 
 
 Con.Feb. 7, 1616 
 
 Con... Dec. 19, 1641 
 Con. . . Oct. 28, 1660 
 Con...June 10, 1662 
 
 Con. . .Nov. 30, 1662 
 
 Con. .. Nov. 4, 1663 
 Con...June 13, 1671 
 Con. . .Aug. 29, 1675 
 
 Con. ..Aug. 27, 1683 
 Con. .. Oct. 13, 1689 
 Con...June 22, 1699 
 
 Con.. .Sept. 29, 1717 
 
 Con.Nov. 1743 
 
 Con. .. Nov. 9, 1759 
 
 Con.. .Dec. 30, 1774 
 
 Con. . .June 30, 1781 
 Con. . . July 21, 1808 
 Con.Aug. 1831 
 
 $ Deprived.. 1558 ) 
 ( D. Nov. 22,1565 $ 
 London, June 2, 
 
 ■> 1570 
 
 CYork.1575 
 
 7 
 
 $ 
 
 Died. .April 18, 1576 
 ( Canterbury,Sept. > 
 
 ) 23, 1583 5 
 
 Died March 21, 1590 
 r'London, Dec. 30") 
 1594 [ 
 
 C Died .... 1596 j 
 C Winchester, May 
 13, 1597 V 
 ( Died .... 1616 j 
 
 Died . 
 
 .May 17, 
 
 1610 
 
 Died . 
 
 .Dec. 12, 
 
 1616 
 
 Died . 
 
 . . July 9, 
 
 1641 
 
 Died . 
 
 .July 29, 
 
 1650 
 
 S Winchester, May ) 
 
 l 
 
 14,1662 S 
 
 Died. 
 
 .Sept. 10, 
 
 1662 
 
 Salisbury, June6,") 
 1663 V 
 
 l D. Nov. 17, 1665 j 
 
 Died. 
 
 .June 14, 
 
 1670 
 
 Died . 
 
 . July 9, 
 
 1675 
 
 Died . 
 
 .July 17, 
 
 1683 
 
 Died. 
 
 .June 25, 
 
 1689 
 
 Died March 27, 
 
 1699 
 
 Died. 
 
 .Aug. 30, 
 
 1717 
 
 Died , 
 
 .. May 8, 
 
 1743 
 
 Died. 
 
 .Sept. 27, 
 
 1759 
 
 Killed 
 
 
 1774 
 
 Winchester .... 
 
 1781 
 
 Died . 
 
 .May 28, 
 
 1808 
 
 Died . 
 
 . Sept. 5, 
 
 1831 
 
 Louvaine. 
 
 Southwell. 
 
 Booking, Essex. 
 Worcester. 
 
 Croydon ....... 
 
 Worcester. 
 
 St. Paul’s, Lond. 
 
 Westminster.... 
 
 Worcester. 
 
 Worcester. 
 
 Worcester. 
 
 Bredon,CoAVor. 
 Winchester .... 
 Worcester. 
 
 ^Merton Coll. ^ 
 I Oxford . .3 
 
 Worcester. 
 
 Worcester. 
 
 Worcester. 
 
 Worcester. 
 
 Worcester. 
 
 y II ad bury, near) 
 l Evesham .. j 
 
 Worcester. 
 
 Worcester. 
 
 Lacock, Wiltsh. . 
 
 Ilartlebury .... 
 Delbury. 
 
 Mary. 
 
 Elizabeth. 
 
 Elizabeth. 
 
 Elizabeth. 
 
 Elizabeth. 
 
 Elizabeth. 
 
 Elizabeth. 
 
 Elizabeth. 
 
 $ Elizabeth. 
 
 I James I. 
 James I. 
 
 $ James I. 
 i Charles I. 
 Charles II. 
 
 Charles II. 
 Charles II. 
 
 Charles II. 
 
 Charles II. 
 Charles II. 
 Charles II. 
 
 <, Charles II. 
 
 ( James II. 
 f James II. 
 
 I W. and Mary. 
 { W. and Mary. 
 I Anne. 
 
 S George I. 
 
 ( George 11. 
 George II. 
 
 $ George II. 
 i George III. 
 
 George III. 
 
 George III. 
 George III. 
 George IV 7 . 
 
 21 See Britton’s History of Bristol Cathedral, p. 26. 
 
 26 See Britton’s History of Exeter Cathedral, p. 59. 
 
 28 See Britton’s History of Bristol Cathedral, p. 28. 
 
 30 See Britton’s History of Exeter Cathedral, p. 67. 
 
 32 See Britton’s Oxford, p. 26 ; also, Bristol, p. 33. 
 
 34 See Britton’s History of Lichfield Cathedral. 
 
 36 Green’s Worcester. See Britton’s Gloucester Cathedral, p. 42. 
 
 25 See Britton’s History of Winchester Cathedral, p. 126. 
 27 See Britton’s History of Gloucester Cathedral, p. 36. 
 
 29 See Britton’s History of Winchester Cathedral, p. 127. 
 31 See Britton’s History of Salisbury Cathedral, p. 52. 
 
 33 See Britton’s History of Oxford Cathedral, p. 76. 
 
 35 See Britton’s History of Lichfield Cathedral, p. 61. 
 
9 
 
 A CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF THF, 
 
 of WLovtz$tzt* 
 
 WITH BIOGRAPHICAL MEMORANDA. 
 
 M o. 
 
 2 
 
 3 
 
 4 
 6 
 6 
 
 7 
 
 8 
 9 
 
 10 
 
 11 
 
 DEANS. 
 
 13 
 
 Henry Holbeech, D. D. 1 .... 
 
 John Barlow, A.M. 
 
 P liilip Ballard, alias Hawford 2 
 
 Seth Holland, A.M. 3 . 
 
 John Pedder, S.T.P. 
 
 Thomas Wilson, D. D. 
 
 Francis Willis, S.T.P. 
 
 Richard Eedes, S.T.P. 4 .... 
 James Montague, S.T.P. s .. 
 
 Arthur Lake, S.T.P. 6 . 
 
 Joseph Hall, D.D. 7 . 
 
 12 William Juxon, LL.D. 8 .... Inst. Jan. 7, 1627-8 
 
 Elected, &tc. 
 
 Inst. Jan. 24, 1541-2 
 
 Inst. 
 
 Inst. 
 
 Inst. 
 
 Inst. 
 
 Inst. 
 
 Inst. 
 
 Inst. 
 
 Inst. 
 
 Inst. 
 
 Inst. 
 
 June 20, 1544 
 March 1 , 1553 
 Aug. 22, 1557 
 Dec. 27, 1559 
 .. May 4, 1751 
 June 11, 1587 
 June 19,1597 
 Dec. 20, 1604 
 
 April 23, 1608 
 . .Dec. 9, 1616 
 
 Died or Removed. 
 
 Roger Manwaring, S.T.P. 
 
 Inst. Oct. 22, 1633 
 
 ( Bp. of Rochester, 1544 v 
 Bishop of Lincoln, 1547 
 
 (.Died.1551 ) 
 
 Dep. by Q. Mary, Feb. 1553 
 
 Died...1557 
 
 Deprived.Oct. 1559 
 
 Died . April 5, 1571 
 
 Died .July 20, 1586 
 
 Died .Oct. 29, 1596 
 
 Died.Nov. 29, 1604 
 
 Bji. of Bath and Wells, 1608 
 S Bp. of Bath and Wells, ) 
 
 ( Oct. 17, 1616 1 
 
 Bishop of Exeter .... 1627 
 
 } Bp. of Hereford, 1633 1 
 Bp.of Lon.Oct.23,1633 ( 
 Archbp. ofCanterbury, t 
 Sept. 20, 1660 ' 
 Bishop of St. David’s, 1635 
 
 Buried at 
 
 Worcester. 
 
 London. 
 
 W orcester. 
 Worcester. 
 Worcester. 
 Worcester. 
 
 Bath Abbey Ch. 
 
 Wells Cathedral. 
 Heigham Ch. N orf. 
 
 Oxford. 
 
 Brecknock 
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL MEMORANDA OF THE DEANS. 
 
 1 The last Prior of Worcester. Consecrated Suffragan to the See of Worcester, March, 1538, by the title of Bishop 
 of Bristol. 
 
 2 Made Abbot of Evesham, purposely to surrender the Abbey to the King; which was effected, November, 1539. For 
 this service he had a pension of 240/. per annum, and the rectory of Elmeley Lovet. Queen Mary gave him the Deanery 
 of Worcester in lieu of his pension. 
 
 3 Chaplain to Cardinal Pole, and Warden of All Souls College, Oxford. Queen Elizabeth deprived him of the 
 Deanery. After some sad reverses of fortune and sufferings, he died in the Marshalsea prison. 
 
 4 Canon of Christ Church, Oxford, also Chaplain to Queen Elizabeth and to King James. 
 
 5 and 6 See Britton’s History of Wells Cathedral, p. 69; and History of Bath Abbey Church. 
 
 7 For an account of this prelate and his writings, see Britton’s History of Exeter Cathedral, p. 61. 
 
 8 See Britton’s Histories of Canterbury and of Hereford Cathedrals. 
 
 9 He was educated at the College School of Worcester, and became “ one of the most abject tools of power,” by 
 preaching before a lawless court that “ the king is not bound to observe the laws of the realm.” He was arrested and 
 taken before the House of Lords, and sentenced to pay a fine of 1000/., suspended from preaching for three years, 
 and prohibited from holding any preferment. The King remitted the fine, granted him a full pardon, placed him in a 
 rich benefice, and advanced him first to the Deanery of Worcester, and in 1635 to the See of St. David’s. See 
 Green’s History of Worcester, vol. i. p. 224. 
 
 b 
 
10 
 
 WORCESTER CATHEDRAL. 
 
 No. 
 
 DEANS. 
 
 Elected, &c. 
 
 Died 
 
 )r Removed. 
 
 Buried at. 
 
 14 
 
 Christopher Potter, D.D. 10 . 
 
 .Feb. 28, 1635 
 
 Dean of Durham .... 1645 
 
 Oxford. 
 
 15 
 
 Richard Holdsworth, D.D. 11 
 
 Nominated.. .. 1645 
 
 Died .... 
 
 . Aug. 22, 1649 
 
 $ St. Peter Le 
 l Poor, Loiul. 
 
 
 [Vacant eleven years.] 
 
 
 
 
 16 
 
 17 
 
 John Oliver, D.D. 
 
 Inst. Sept. 12, 1660 
 Inst. Nov. 27, 1661 
 
 I lied .... 
 
 . Oct. 27, 1661 
 
 Magd. Coll. Oxf. 
 
 Thomas Warmstrey, D. D.. . 
 
 Died .... 
 
 .. Oct. 30, 1665 
 
 W orcester. 
 
 18 
 
 William Thomas, D.D. 
 
 Inst. Nov. 25, 1665 
 
 Bishop of Worcester, 1683 
 
 Worcester. 
 
 19 
 
 George Hickes, D.D. 12, .... 
 
 Inst... Oct. 13, 1683 
 
 Deprived . 
 
 . .. Feb. 1, 1691 
 
 
 20 
 
 William Talbot, S.T.P. 13 . . 
 
 Nom. April 23, 1691 
 
 Died. 
 
 . 1730 
 
 
 21 
 
 Francis Hare, D. D. 1+ . 
 
 Inst. April 27, 1715 
 
 S Dean of St. Paul’s, Bp. 
 
 ^ of Chichester. 
 
 
 22 
 
 James Stillingfleet, D. D. 
 
 Inst. Dec. 16, 1726 
 
 Died . . . . 
 
 .... Sept. 1746 
 
 
 23 
 
 24 
 
 Edmund Martin, D. D. 
 
 Inst. April 24, 1747 
 Inst. Nov. 14, 1751 
 
 Died .... 
 
 . 1751 
 
 
 John Waugh, LL. D. IS . 
 
 Died. 
 
 .1765 
 
 Worcester. 
 
 25 
 
 Sir Rd. Wrottesley, Bt. LL.D. 
 
 1 nst... May 30, 1765 
 
 Died. 
 
 .1769 
 
 
 26 
 
 William Digby, LL. D. 
 
 Inst.. .Sept. 8, 1769 
 
 Dean of D 
 
 urham .... 1778 
 
 
 27 
 
 Robert Foley, D.D. 
 
 Inst.. .Jan. 31, 1778 
 Inst. March 29, 1783 
 
 Died. 
 
 
 Worcester. 
 
 Worcester. 
 
 28 
 
 Hon. St. Andrew St.John, D.D. 
 
 Died. 
 
 .March 23, 1795 
 
 29 
 
 Arthur Onslow, D. D. 16 .... 
 
 Inst.. .May 16, 1795 
 
 Died. 
 
 .. Oct. 15, 1817 
 
 Worcester. 
 
 30 
 
 John Banks Jenkinson, D.D. 
 
 Inst. Nov. 29, 1817 
 
 Bishop of St. David’s, 1815 
 
 
 31 
 
 James Hook, LL.D.' 7 . 
 
 Inst. Aug. 12, 1825 
 
 Died .... 
 
 
 Worcester. 
 
 32 
 
 George Murray, D.D. 18 .... 
 
 Inst. .. March, 1828 
 
 
 
 
 10 Was Vice Chancellor of the University of Oxford. At the breaking out of the Rebellion he sent all the plate of 
 the College to the King, declaring that, like Diogenes, he would drink from the hollow of his hand rather than his 
 Majesty should want. See Green’s “ Worcester,” vol. i. p. 225. 
 
 11 Though he continued four years in possession of the Deanery, he never received any emolument from it, nor was 
 he ever installed. Green’s “ Worcester,” vol. i. p. 225. 
 
 12 A man of acknowledged learning, who lived in tumultuous times ; but fortunately secured the friendship and 
 patronage of Lord Somers. He was author of the celebrated work of “ Thesaurus.” 
 
 13 Talbot was successively promoted to the Sees of Oxford, Salisbury, and Durham. His son was the celebrated 
 Chancellor Talbot. See Britton’s “ History of Salisbury Cathedral,” p. 58. 
 
 14 Chaplain-general to the army in Flanders, under the Duke of Marlborough; and after being promoted to the 
 Deanery of St. Paul's, was made Bishop of St. Asaph, and afterwards of Chichester. He published an edition of the 
 Hebrew Psalms, with notes. Green’s “ Worcester,” vol. i. p. 227. 
 
 15 Son of the Bishop of Carlisle. He was promoted to this Deanery for services rendered to the King’s forces during 
 the siege of Carlisle, in 1745. 
 
 16 Son of General Onslow. He was the author of three Visitation Sermons, and died at Lindridge, of which he 
 was Vicar, in his seventy-second year. 
 
 17 Dr. Hook presided only three years, and died at the age of fifty-five. He was son of the celebrated musical 
 composer, James Hook, and both at school and college manifested precocious wit and talent. As a youth, he wrote two 
 dramatic pieces; and in more advanced life was author of several political and other pamphlets, criticisms in the Quar¬ 
 terly Review, and essays in the newspapers. As an amateur artist and musician, he manifested more than common 
 capacities; and in either profession would probably have attained eminence. Placed, however, in the Church, he was 
 progressively and rapidly advanced to different appointments, and at last to the Deanery of Worcester. Not only in 
 person, but in sentiments, opinions, and varied talents, he greatly resembled the intellectual author of “ Sayings and 
 Doings,” who may be regarded as a “ wit, if not first, in the very first line.” For a biographical memoir of Dr. Hook, 
 see “ The Annual Obituary ” for 1829. 
 
 18 Dr. Murray is Bishop of Rochester. 
 
11 
 
 A 
 
 Hist of ISooRs, ant) ^rtnts, 
 
 WHICH HAVE BEEN PUBLISHED RELATING TO THE 
 
 CATHEDRAL OF WORCESTER. 
 
 WITH A LIST OF 
 
 ENGRAVED PORTRAITS OF ITS BISHOPS. 
 
 THIS LIST IS SUBJOINED TO GRATIFY THE BIBLIOGRAPHER, THE CRITICAL ANTIQUARY, AND THE ILLUSTRATOR; AS 
 WELL AS TO SHEW, AT ONE VIEW, THE SOURCES WHENCE THE CONTENTS OF THE PRECEDING PAGES HAVE BEEN 
 DERIVED, AND THE FULL TITLES OF THE WORKS REFERRED TO IN THE NOTES. 
 
 MANUSCRIPTS, BOOKS, AND ESSAYS. 
 
 Bishop Nicolson’s “ Historical Library ,” furnishes the following information relating 
 to the early annals of this Cathedral, which Gough, in “ British Topography vol. ii. has 
 extracted without acknowledgement. “ As this Church was one of the most flourishing in the 
 whole island under the government of our Saxon kings: so it had the fortune to preserve its 
 Charters and other instruments (relating to those times) much better than its neighbours. In the 
 year 1013, Sir William Duydale drew a Catalogue of no less than ninety-two such original 
 donations, none whereof fell iower than the reign of Henry the First. To these have been added 
 fifteen more (now in the archives of that Church, and not mentioned in the Monasticon) added by 
 Dr. Hickes; who also believes that among Mr. Lambard’s MSS. (now in the archives at Can¬ 
 terbury) there are several Saxon grants belonging to the Church at Worcester. After these we 
 are to have recourse to the anonymous compilers of the annals of this Cathedral, and the conti¬ 
 nuation of them by our learned publisher; who (by the way) tells us that Hemming's Book has 
 much more in it, than either he or Sir W. Dugdale have given themselves the trouble of tran¬ 
 scribing. John Rosse (the renowned Hermit of Guy’s Cliff) is said to have written a treatise de 
 Episcopis Wigornice, which I should not much have believed, had I not seen the book itself 
 cpioted by (our late industrious naturalist) Dr. Plott. Some part of Mr. Abingdon s Collection 
 of the Antiquities of Worcestershire (mentioned in the former part of this Historical Library) is 
 also reported to bear the title of “ A History of the Bishops of Worcester which I cannot but 
 once more heartily wish had been committed to the care and inspection ot the late learned 
 Dr. Hopkins, Prebendary of that Church; who (we know) was thoroughly versed in the antiqui¬ 
 ties of his own Cathedral, as well as in those of the English Church in general. I am well 
 assured there are some failures in it which he was abundantly able to correct. “ Twould do a 
 deal of right to the worthy Author’s memory, to have the style (which in most Antiquaries is 
 usually a little too austere) new polished; and to have some defects supplied out ot such libraries 
 and ancient monuments as did not fall in his way.’” 
 
 In Bishop Bryen’s Register, Episcopal Registrar’s Office, is a list of the names ot prisoners 
 taken by Edward, the Black Prince, at the battle of Poictiers, and the names ot the French 
 noblemen slain; also three letters from Pope Innocent to the Black Prince, with the Prince’s 
 answers. 
 
 In the “ Harleian MSS.," in the British Museum, No. 2205, are some collections ot the 
 Arms, Monuments, and Inscriptions in the Cathedral, and Symond’s Church Notes from the 
 Caihedral, No. 0(J5. 
 
12 
 
 WORCESTER CATHEDRAL. 
 
 A Copy of the “ Statutes of Worcester Cathedral,'’ made in 1554, is in Benet College Library, 
 Cambridge. 
 
 In the “ Reports on the Public Records of the Kingdom,” folio, 1800, published by authority 
 of Parliament, the Deputy Registrar of Worcester Cathedral states, “ There are in my custody 
 Manuscript Books, beginning in the year 1268, and continued to the present time, containing entries 
 of institutions, Endowments, and other proceedings, merely ecclesiastical, being registers of the 
 several and successive Bishops of Worcester, respecting their ordinary Ecclesiastical Transactions, 
 in their respective times.” 
 
 “ The above mentioned Manuscript Register Books, or Records, of the See of Worcester, are 
 lodged in a room, called the Registrar’s Office, within the precincts of the Cathedral Church of 
 W orcester.” 
 
 In tl le “ Archccologia,” are the following:—An Account of King John’s Gateway, vol. i. 
 p. 141. Number of Knights Fees contained in the Bishoprick, vol. ii. p. 335. An Inquiry into 
 the nature and cause of King John’s Death, vol. iv. p. 29. Account of an ancient MS. 
 Register of the Priory, vol. viii. p. 440. 
 
 Wharton’s “Anglia Sacra,” London, 1691, folio, part i. p. 467 — 550, contains “Monaclii 
 Wigorniensis Annalcs dc Rebus Ecclesice a prima ejus fundatione ad annum mcccviii.” “ Conti- 
 nuatio Historic dc Episcopis Wigorniensibus, ah anno mcccii. ad annum mdxl.” “ Vita brevis 
 <S. Wlstani EpiscopiWigorn. authore Hemrningo Monacho Wigorniensi ccevo.” “ Acta Synodi a pud 
 Wigorniam a S. Wlstano habitce, anno mxcii.” “ Compositio into Episcopum Alonachos Wigor- 
 nienses facto anno mccxxiv. de Electione prioris.” “ Successio Priorum Wigorniensis Ecclesice,” 
 and part ii. p. 239—270, has “ Willelmi Monachi If Bihliothecarii Malmsburiensis Libri III. de 
 Vita S. Wulstani Episcopi Wigorniensis.” 
 
 Sandford’s “ Genealogical History of the Kings and Queens of England,” folio, 1717, contains 
 an account of King John, and a plate of his monument; also, an account of Prince Arthur, and 
 a view of his monument. 
 
 In the new edition of the “ 3/onasticon Anglicanum,” by Dugdale, is a short account of the 
 Cathedral, abridged from Green’s History, with copies of seventy charters, extracts from registers, 
 cartularies, Ac. extending through fifty-four folio pages; also, three prints, drawn and etched 
 by J. Coney, but not very accurate or careful—viz. 1. Ground Plan—2. View of the Exterior 
 —and 3. A View of the Interior. 
 
 “ The Antiquities of the Cathedral Church of Worcester, by that learned antiquary, Thomas 
 Abingdon, Esq ; to which are added, the Antiquities of the Cathedral Churches of Chicester anil 
 Lichfield.” London ; printed for J. Curll, 1717, 8vo. This title page, as well as many of those of 
 Curll’s publications, was afterwards cancelled, for one bearing the following imprint: “ London ; 
 printed for W. Mears, at the Lamb, without Temple Bar; and J. Ilooke, at the Floiver-de-Luce, 
 against St. Dunstan's Church, in Fleet Street, mdccxxiu.”—A trifling, puerile volume. 
 
 Browne Willis’s “ History of the Mitred Parliamentary Abbeys,” 2 vols. 8vo. 1718-9, con¬ 
 tains an account of the Cathedral, Ac. vol. i. p. 302—312; also, vol. ii. p. 262—265. 
 
 The same author’s “ Survey of the Cathedrals,” in 3 vols. 4to. 1742, contains accounts of the 
 Cathedral, builders of the Church, endowment of the Bishoprick, sale of lands, endowment of the 
 Dean anil Chapter; accounts of the Bishops, Deans, Archdeacons, Prebendaries, names of 
 Churches and Chapels within the Diocess, Ac. vol. i. p. 623—690. Plates, “ The Ichnogra- 
 phy,” drawn by W. Merricke, engraved by J. Flarris ; “ North Prospect,” Jos. Dougharty, del. 
 —J. Harris, sc. 
 
 “ Heminghi Chartnlarium Ecclesice Wigorniensis. E Codice MS. penes Richardum Graves 
 de Mickleton in agro Gloucestriensi, Armigerum. Descripsit editique Tho. Hearmus, qui et earn 
 Partem Libri de Domesday, que ad Ecclesiam pertinet Wigorniensem, aliaque ail Operis 
 (Duobus Volumimbus Cornprehensi) Niiorem faeientia subnexuit Oxonii, FI Theatre Sheido- 
 niano, 1723.” 2 vols. 8vo. 
 
 Leland's “ Itinerary,” 8vo. 1745, contains—vol. iv. p. 108, of the Cathedral; vol. viii. p. 102, 
 Successionem Episcoporum; p. 105, Places belonging to the Bishop; Places belonging to the 
 Prior; p. 106, Inscriptiones sepulchrales in Eccl. Wigorn. 
 
 Leland in his “ Antiquarii Collectanea,” 8vo. 1774, vol. i. p. 26, 34, 51, 119, de institutione 
 sedis episcopalis et constructione ecclesiae ; p. 122, 128, de primis tundatoribus ; p. 345, nomina 
 quorundam episcoporum; vol. ii. p. 261, de quibusdam episcopis; vol. lii. p. 160, codices MSS. 
 
LIST OF BOOKS, ESSAYS, AND PRINTS. 
 
 13 
 
 olim in bibliotheca; Append, i. 299, literas episcopi Wigorn. denuntiantis sententiam excommu- 
 nicationis in eos qui parcum de Hallow fregerunt; vol. v. p. 373, 381, an account of “The 
 Death and Interryement of Prince Arthure.” 
 
 Tanner’s “ Notitia Monastica ,” folio, 1787, ed. contains a short notice of the Benedictine 
 Cathedral, with a list of MSS. and published Works relating to the See, the Church, Ac. 
 
 “ A Survey of the Cathedra I Church of Worcester , with an Account of the Bishops thereof, 
 from the Foundation of the See to the year I860 1 2 ; also, an Appendix of many original Papers 
 and Records, never before printed.” By William Thomas, D. D. Rector of St. Nicholas, Wor¬ 
 cester, 4to. 1738. It contains a Ground Plan, a N. W. View (the same Plate as in Willis’s Cathe¬ 
 drals), and thirty-three plates of Monuments. Gough ( Brit. Topog.) says, “ With miserable 
 views of tiie monuments. Abingdon’s account of the painted windows is inserted at large; also 
 his Survey of the Monuments, with additions, and Heming’s Chartularv digested in the order of 
 time. Mr. Thomas was grandson of the Bishop of that name, who died 1688, before he had 
 determined to take the oaths to King William. He republished Dugdale’s \\ arwickshire, and 
 intended a History of this County. He died 1738. His epitaph in Worcester cloisters, styles 
 him Antiquarius celeberrimus. Tanner calls him Vir in antiquitatibus Wigorniensibus versutis- 
 simus. But this his last work does him least credit.” 
 
 Gough further remarks, “ A more correct as well as more judicious and entertaining account 
 has lately been given to the public in “ A Survey of the City of Worcester, containing the 
 Ecclesiastical and Civil Government thereof, as originally founded,’’ Ac. Embellished with 
 sixteen copper-plates of perspective Views of the Public Buildings, Ac. engraved from original 
 Drawings, taken on purpose for this work. By Valentine Green, Worcester, 1764, 8vo. 
 
 “ The History and Antiquities of the City and Suburbs of Worcester .” By Valentine Green, 
 F'.S. A. 2 vols. 4to. 1796, contains an account of the Cathedral—accounts of the Monuments, 
 Bishops, Deans, Prebendaries, Archdeacons, Ac. vol. i. p. 32—237—and the following Plates : 
 I. North-east View—2. Interior View of the Nave—3. Interior View of the Chapter House— 
 4. South Front of Prince Arthur’s Chapel—3. Internal View of Ditto, as it appeared November, 
 1788—6. Internal View of Ditto in its present state—7- Ground Plan of the Cathedral, with 
 references—8. Monument of Mrs. Rae—9. Bishop Hough’s Monument—10. Monument of 
 Bishop Maddox—11. Monument of Bishop Johnson. The Appendix to the second volume 
 contains much information relating to the Cathedral, its officers, Ac. The first and second sections 
 of this work were written by the Rev. Samuel Garbett, who Gough calls “ a great historian, 
 chronologist, and linguist, and a person of no less modesty than learning.” (Brit. Topog.) 
 
 “ A n Account of the Discovery of the Body of King John, in the Cathedral Church of Wor¬ 
 cester, July 17tli, 1797.” By Valentine Green, F'.S. A. 4to. 1797, pp. 8. It contains a plate of 
 the Body as discovered; “ J. Ross, del. et aquatint.” Mr. Green was a resident at Worcester, 
 when he published the first edition of his Work, and removed thence to London, where he became 
 an eminent mezzotinto engraver, and was for some years keeper of “ the National Gallery,” in 
 Pall Mall ’. I knew, and esteemed, the worthy keeper and topographer. Fie was a man of 
 mild and gentle manners, kind in disposition, and had acquired considerable knowledge of Art 
 and Artists. 
 
 “ An Illustration of the Architecture and Sculpture of the Cathedral Church of Worcester.” 
 By Charles Wild, royal 4to. 1823, contains an account of the Cathedral and the following 
 Plates:—1. Ground Plan—2. Longitudinal Section—3. Elevation of Compartments of Choir, 
 Nave, and Presbytery—4. North-east View—5. Nave, Interior View—6. Choir and Presby¬ 
 tery, Interior—7. Details from the Choir—8. East Transept, interior—9. N. End of E. Transept, 
 Elevation, Interior and Exterior—10. Prince Arthur’s Chapel, Plan and Elevation—11. Speci¬ 
 mens of Sculpture—12. Interior of the Choir. 
 
 “ A Concise History and Description of the City and Cathedral of Worcester,” Ac. ; “ to which 
 is added, an Appendix, containing a List of all Official Persons, Civil and Ecclesiastical, 
 
 1 This is an error of the press; the notices of Bishops extend to the year 1010. Some copies of the present work 
 have reprinted title-pages, in red and black ink. with the date corrected: “ London ; Printed for the Author, and to be 
 had of him at his house in Worcester; and of John Clarke, Bookseller, at the Golden Ball, in Duck Lane, uear Little 
 Britain. MDCCXXXVii.” Upcott s Topography, p. 1342. 
 
 2 See Gough’s “ British Topography,’’ vol. ii. p. 388.—Dr. Nash’s “Worcestershire,” vol. ii. p. 25.—Also Green’s 
 “ History,” &c. vol. ii. p. 104. 
 
WORCESTER CATHEDRAL. 
 
 connected with the City, the Cathedral,” &c. Worcester. Printed by and forT. Eaton, 12mo. 18*29. 
 It contains a Ground Plan of the Cathedral, with an account of some of its Monuments, <Sc. 
 
 “ The Worcestershire Miscellany ,” edited by Edwin Lees, l*2nio. 1831, contains an account 
 of the opening of the Charnel House—Memoirs of Bishop Hough—Bishop Lloyd—Miserrimus 
 — Dr. Nash. 
 
 “ The Analyst; a monthly Journal of Science, Literature, and the Fine Arts.” This is a 
 monthly periodical, now’ publishing at Worcester, and among many well written essays, it con¬ 
 tains a judicious paper “ On the Age and Architecture of Worcester Cathedral,” March, 1835. 
 
 “ A General History of Worcester,” embellished with Plates, by John Chambers, Esq. 
 l‘2mo. 1819, contains an account of the Cathedral, Bishop’s Palace, &c. p. 75—*2*28. 
 
 “ Collections for the History of Worcestershire.” By the Rev. Tredw'ay Nash, D. D. tw'o 
 volumes, folio, 1781; in which is a short account of the Cathedral, its Bishops, &c. 
 
 In Carter’s “ Antient Sculpture and Painting,” folio, 1795, p. 53, is a Plate, with an account 
 ol Basso-relievos under the seats of the Choir. 
 
 In Gough’s “ Sepulchral Monuments ,” vol. i. is an account of a body found in the Cathedral, 
 p. Lix. ; Grave-stones used for Pavement, cxxn. ; Monuments in, 191. 
 
 “ The History and Antiquities of the Cathedral Church and See of Worcester.” By 
 J. & H. Storer, contains a short account of the Cathedral, taken almost verbatim from Green’s 
 History, but making some strange mistakes in description. It has eleven Prints: Ground Plan— 
 North View—South-w'est View—North-east View—View from the Palace Garden — Part of 
 the Nave—Exterior of the Cloisters—View from the Deanery—Interior of the Choir—Interior of 
 Chapter House—View of the Crypt. 
 
 Buckler’s “ Vieivs of Cathedral Churches,” 4to. 1822, contains a North-east View of the Cathe¬ 
 dral, with a short description. 
 
 ACCOUNTS OF BISHOPS. 
 
 Godwin in his “ Catalogue of Bishops,” 4to. 1615, gives short Accounts of the Bishops to 
 1610; these have been continued to the year 1717, by Richardson, in “ De Prcesulihus," folio, 
 1743. 
 
 Le Neve’s “ Fasti Ecclesia Anglicance,” folio, 1716, contains, from p. 294 to 304, a list of 
 the Bishops, Deans, and Archdeacons, to the year 1716. 
 
 “ The Life of the Rev. John Hough, I). D., successively Bishop of Oxford, Lichfield and 
 Coventry, and Worcester; formerly President of St. Mary Magdalen College, Oxford, in the 
 reign of King James 11., containing many of his Letters, and Biographical Notices of several 
 Persons with whom he was connected.” By John Wilrnot, Esq. F. R. S. and S. A. 4to. 
 pp. 387. London, 1812. This work contains the substance of a scarce tract, called, “ Some 
 Account” of his Life; two Portraits of the Bishop, and Facsimiles of his writing. 
 
 “ Memoirs of Bishop Hurd” with a Portrait, are prefixed to an edition of his Works, in 
 8 vols. 8vo. 1811. 
 
 “ The Lives and Characters, Deaths, Burials, and Epitaphs, Works of Piety, Charity, and 
 other munificent Benefactions of all the Protestant Bishops of the Church of England, since the 
 Reformation,” &c. By John Le Neve, Gent. vol. i. part i. 8vo. pp. 288. London, 1720. This 
 volume (the only one published) contains the Life of John Whitgift. 
 
 PORTRAITS OF BISHOPS. 
 
 958 St. Dunstan: —On his episcopal throne, holding a crosier in one hand, and a pair of 
 tongs in the other. In llickes’s “ Theasaurius,” is a “ Picture of Jesus Christ,” with 
 St. Dunstan before it, in a devout posture, drawn by himself (all fancy subjects). Granger. 
 
 1476 John Alcock: —“ Founder of Jesus Coll. Cambridge,”—mez. J. Faber, sc. Bromley. 
 
 1535 Hugh Latimer: —A praying figure with a scroll, 1535. Preaching, frontispiece to the 
 4to. edition of his “ Sermons.” G. Gijfard, sc. Mez. Houston, fee. in Holt’s “ Lives,” 
 large 4to. in the “ Heroologia,” 8vo. R. II lute, sc. in the print ot the live Bishops. 
 
15 
 
 LIST OF BOOKS, ESSAYS, AND PRINTS. 
 
 Vertue, sc., h. sh. in the continuation of “ Burnett’s Reformation.” ./. Savage, sc., a 
 staff in his right hand, a pair of spectacles at his breast, and a Bible at his girdle ; h. sh. 
 in “ Strype’s Memorials of Cranmer.” Granger and Bromley. 
 
 1552 John Hooper:— mez. ./. Faber, sc. mez. Houston, sc. In Bolt’s “ Lives.” In the 
 print of the Five Bishops. Granger and Bromley. 
 
 1559 Edwin Sandys:—I n the “ Heroologia,” 8vo. In the “ Continuation of Boissard,” 4to. 
 Small 4to. in Clarke’s “ Lives.” in “ Freherus.” With Cicely Wilford, his second 
 wife, an etching. Granger and Bromley. 
 
 1577 John Whitgift:—A wood cut, prefixed to his “Life,” by Sir George Paul, 1612, 
 4to. R. White, sc. front, to his “ Life,” by Sir G. Paul, 1699, 8vo. In the “ Heroo¬ 
 logia,” 8vo. Vertue, sc. 1717, ha. sh. prefixed to his “ Life,” by Strype, 1718. 
 Granger and Bromley. 
 
 1597 Gervase Babington :— Ren. Elstracke, sc. fol. 1615, frontispiece to his “ Works.” In 
 “ Boissard,” copied from Elstracke. In the “ Heroologia,” 8vo. In “ Freherus.” 
 Granger aud Bromley. 
 
 1641 John Prideaux:— Front, to his “ Doctrine of Practical Praying,” 12mo. 1655. When 
 
 Rector of Exeter Coll. Oxon. 4to.-1650 In Nash’s Worcestershire, T. Sanders, sc. 
 
 Granger and Bromley. 
 
 1660 George Morley : — P. Lely, p. R. Thomson, exc. la. h. sh. mez. Lely, p. Vertue, sc. 
 1740, in Birch’s “ Lives.” In the collection of Gen. Dormer, at Rowsham, Illust. 
 Head. Mez. h. sh. sitting in a chair. A portrait of him at Christ Church, Oxford. 
 Granger and Bromley. 
 
 1662 John Gauden :—1. Whole Ien. before his “ Hieraspistes,” 1653, 4to.—2. Small, whole 
 len. intended for him, before his “ Tears, Sighs, &c. of the Church of England,” 1659, 
 folio.—3. A scarce and curious portrait, prefixed to a libel of Milton’s, upon the “ Encw 
 Bao/Aucr/,’’ entitled “Eikuv AAt/dirt/,” 1649, 4to. It is in the engraved frontispiece to 
 this pamphlet, which represents a curtain drawn up by the hand, and discovers Gauden 
 peeping out. T. Saunders, sc. oval, in Nash’s “ Worcestershire.” Granger and 
 Bromley. 
 
 1683 William Thomas:— T. Saunders, sc. in Nash’s “ Worcestershire.” Noble and Bromley. 
 
 1689 Edward Stillingfleet :-— P. Lely, p. A. Blooteling, sc. This plate has been altered 
 twice ; in one the painter and engraver’s names are erased; the other change is, having 
 the address of “ Bissham Dickenson, in the Strand.” M. Beale, p. R. White, sc. 
 R. White, sc. prefixed to his “ Sermons,” 1696, 8vo. When “ Dean of St. Paul’s,” 
 la. fo.—This plate, too, has been altered, having the name of his Bishoprick substituted 
 for his previous one of Dean. Noble and Bromley. 
 
 1699 William Lloyd:— I). Loggan, sc. folio. ./. Sturt, sc. folio. T. Forster, p. Vertue, sc. 
 aetat. 86, la. fo. iEtat. 87, T. Wiedman, pinx. Vertue, sc. Mez. “ Bishop of St. Asaph,” 
 oval. In the print of the Seven Bishops, per. vi. In the Oxford Almanack for 1741. 
 Noble and Bromley. 
 
 1717 John Hough: — 1. Mez. Dyer, pinx. J. Faber, sc. setat. 91, folio.—2. Engraved by 
 James Heath, from the same picture.—3. Sir Godfrey Kneller, pinx. Caroline Watson, sc. 
 The two last are prefixed to Wilmot’s “ Life of Hough,” 4to. 1812.—4. On the right 
 hand group of the Oxford Almanack for 1730.—5. Riley, pinx. Williams, sc.—6. Rich¬ 
 ardson, del. T. Holloway, sc. 1798, in Seward’s “ Biographiana.” 
 
 1781 Richard Hurd: — 1. Gainsboro, del. Hall, sc. 1775. Bromley .— 2. Small oval, Rid¬ 
 ley, sc. in the European Magazine for March, 1800.—3. Engraved by ./. Neagle, from 
 the wax model, executed by Isaac Gosset, 1778; prefixed to the “ Letters of Warburton 
 to Hurd,” 8vo. 1809. 
 
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 TO THE HISTORY OF WORCESTER CATHEDRAL. 
 
 [In the Prospectus addressed to the Inhabitants of Worcester and its Vicinity , I promised to put on record the names of persons 
 connected with the city and county who patronized this Work, and now redeem that pledge by marking them with an asterisk 
 in the following List. The other names are among the regular Subscribers to the Cathedral Antiquities.] 
 
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 of Worcester, &c. 
 
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 Worcester. 
 
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 Worcester. 
 
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 Malvern. 
 
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 dine, near Hereford. 
 
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 London. 
 
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INDEX. 
 
 The sheets of the Preface, &c. are referred to by Roman figures, i. ii. iii. &c. The historical and descrip¬ 
 tive accounts of the Cathedral by the regular paging; and to the Appendix sheets, a or b, 1,2, 3, &c. 
 
 Ailes: of Nave described, 22, 23 ; represented, 
 Plate iii.; of choir described, 30; represented, 
 Plate xi. 
 
 Arched passages, 23, 26. 
 
 Architecture, Christian, the author’s essays on, xxiii. 
 
 - of the interior of Worcester Cathedral, 
 
 27; Plates iii. iv. v. vii. ix. xr. xm. xv. 
 
 Archway in vestry, 15; Wood Cut in title page. 
 
 Arthur, Prince, anecdotes of, 19 note; chantry cha¬ 
 pel of, described, 19, 30; representation of, Plates 
 
 viii. x. xiv. 
 
 Author’s, the, appeal to the dignitaries of the church, 
 and its effect, xvii. 
 
 Authors, state of, xxxi. 
 
 -inadequately remunerated in this country, 
 
 xxix.; different in France, where honours and 
 titles are conferred on them, xxx. 
 
 Bath Abbey Church, improvement of, xx. 
 
 Bishops of Worcester, notices of, 31, b. 14; Oswald, 
 5, 7, 8, 9, 10; Wulstan, 5, 10, 12, 14; Elfric, 12, 
 13; Adulph, 13; Giffard, 16; Blois, Wakefield, 
 Cantilupe, de Ely, 18; list of, a. 5; list of por¬ 
 traits of, b. 14; printed accounts of Bishops Hough 
 and Hurd, b. 14. 
 
 -heedless of cathedral antiquities, &c. xxi. 
 
 -the author’s appeal to, xvii. 
 
 Books and essays, list of, b. 11 . 
 
 Book-sales, and depreciation of literary property, au¬ 
 thor’s address respecting, xxxi. 
 
 Bristol Cathedral, History of, by the author, xi. 
 
 Canterbury Cathedral, account of, by Somner 
 and Battely, viii. 
 
 -history, &c. of, xi. 
 
 Carlisle Cathedral, books relating to, xiv. 
 
 Castle of Worcester, importance of, destroyed, 4. 
 
 Cathedral Antiquities, notice and expenses of, 
 the origin, progress, the author’s treatment by eccle¬ 
 siastical dignitaries, v. xvii.; rivalry at Salisbury, 
 
 ix. xi. 
 
 ---Exeter and Hereford, losses 
 
 on, xii. 
 
 -purchasers and patrons of, 
 
 xviii. 
 
 Cathedral churches, interesting character of, survey of, 
 by B. Willis, vii. 
 
 Cathedral of Worcester, See placed there, 5 ; new 
 Cathedral built by Oswald, 5, 10 ; charters granted 
 in the eighth and ninth centuries, some spurious, 
 7; St. Mary’s Church merged into Cathedral, 7 ; 
 Oswald’s possession of the Sees of Worcester and 
 York, 9; list of grants from 962 to 992, 9 note; ex¬ 
 pulsion of seculars by force, 7, 9; new Church by 
 Wulstan, 5, 10, 13; Eingard’s account of the An¬ 
 glo-Saxon church, 10; diocesses divided, 11; lay 
 patronage and tithes, origin of, 11 ; “ Church Song,” 
 in all churches, 11 ; William of Malmesbury de¬ 
 tected of falsehoods, 13 ; sees of York and Worcester 
 combined, 14 ; see at the time of Norman invasion, 
 15 ; annals of Church, under Wulstan, fabulous, 15 ; 
 Green’s theory about the Church, 15, 16; his con¬ 
 
 fusion, 17 ; transept, 15, 16; choir and nave, errors 
 respecting, 16; crypt, position of, 16; style of 
 small transept and east end, 16 ; between 1113 and 
 1202 several parts of the present church built, 16 ; 
 west end by Wakefield, tower, small transept, its 
 columns, rings, &c. 17 ; “ Analyst” referred to, 16 
 note; King John, account of his death, character, 
 monument, &c. 17 ; tower, vaultings, cloister, 17, 
 19; “ Miserrimus,” an inscription in cloister, ro¬ 
 mance of,23 note ; chapter-house, Storer’s error about, 
 20 ; chantry chapel of Prince Arthur, account of the 
 prince, 19 note; cathedral church described, 20; 
 its exterior, 21 ; injudicious repairs of pinnacles, 21; 
 view from north-east, 20; south side, 22 ; ground 
 plan referred to, 22; north porch, ailes, nave, 22 ; 
 south aile, transept, passages, refectory, music meet¬ 
 ings, 24 note; cloister, 23, 24; lavatory, transept, 
 24; Lady Chapel, 25, 30; chapter-house, 25; 
 arched passage, Guestern Hall, crypt, confused ac¬ 
 count of the latter, 26; interior architecture, 27.; 
 principal transept, 28 ; choir described, 28 ; small 
 transept, 30 ; north aile of choir, sacrists-balcony, 
 30 ; Prince Arthur’s chantry-chapel, 30 ; monumen¬ 
 tal effigies, 31 ; biography of Bishops, 31 ; ground 
 plan of the Church, Plate i.; described and re¬ 
 ferred to, a. 1 ; monuments and parts of, described, 
 
 a. 1,2, 3, 4. 
 
 Cathedrals not illustrated in this series, xiii.; refer¬ 
 ences to authorities, xiv. 
 
 - of Great Britain, neglect of, xix. xx.; re¬ 
 pairs of several specified, xx. 
 
 -, plans of, require to be large, xiv. 
 
 Celibacy of monks, remarks on, 8. 
 
 Chapter-house, Storer’s error about, 19; described, 
 25; interior view, Plate xv. 
 
 - Charters, seventy granted to Worcester, some spuri¬ 
 ous, 7. 
 
 Chester, Cester, prefix and postfix to names of towns, 3. 
 
 Chester Cathedral, books relating to, xiv. 
 
 Chichester Cathedral, books relating to, xv. 
 
 Choir, description of, with references to Plates, 28 ; 
 represented in Plates vi. vii. viii. ; north aile of, 
 30, Plate xt. 
 
 Church reform likely to encourage literary works, xvi. 
 
 Cloister built about 1380, 18 ; King John’s donation 
 to, 19; described, 23, 24; view of, Plate xii. 
 
 Coleman, his life of Wulstan, 13 note. 
 
 Cornwall, account of, by the author, xxiii. 
 
 Critics, remarks on, xxxii. 
 
 Critiques on the author’s works, xxvii. 
 
 Crypt, original situation of, 16; oldest part of church, 
 16 ; erroneous account of, 27 ; ground plan, Plate 
 i. referred to, a. 1 ; view of, Plate xiii. 
 
 Dates, table of, 32. 
 
 Deans of Worcester, chronological list of, with notices, 
 
 b. 9. 
 
 -, the author’s appeal to, and result, xvii. 
 
 Dictionary of Architecture, &c. xxiv. 
 
 Digby, Char. Eliz. monument to, a. 3. 
 
 Diocess and parish, formerly synonymous, 6. 
 
 Durham Cathedral, accounts of, xv. 
 
 c 
 
INDEX. 
 
 Elfric, Bp. omitted in list of bishops by William of 
 Malmesbury, 12; notice of, by Drake, 13. 
 
 Ely Cathedral, accounts of, xv.; Bentham’s history of, 
 viii. 
 
 Exeter Cathedral, history of, xi. 
 
 Fisher, Bp. of Salisbury, the author’s early patron and 
 friend, x. 
 
 Geographical Society, its origin, xxvi. 
 
 Giffard, Bp. his works, tomb, 16, 17. 
 
 Gloucester Cathedral, history of, by the author, xi. 
 
 Gothic Architecture, specimens of, by Pugin and the 
 author, xxiv. 
 
 Grose, Capt. a descendant of, now living in Worces¬ 
 ter, 3 note. 
 
 Guestern Hall, 26. 
 
 Hereford Cathedral, history of, xi. 
 
 Institutions, literary and scientific, notice of, xxii. 
 
 King John, account of his death and burial, 18; tomb 
 represented in Plate vi. ; gift of one hundred 
 marks towards the cloister by, 19. 
 
 Lady Chapel, 25, 29 ; architecture of, Plate vii. 
 
 Lavatory, 24. 
 
 Lectures on Architecture, by the author, xxiii. 
 
 Lichfield Cathedral, history of, xi.; improved, xx. 
 
 Lincoln Cathedral, Willson’s plan and collections for 
 its history, xiii.; accounts of, xvi. 
 
 Literary persons not duly honoured or rewarded, 
 xxix. 
 
 Literature, pleasures of, xxv.; rights of, written by the 
 author of this volume against the unjust claims of 
 eleven libraries, vi. note ; effect of the system and 
 proposed remedy, xix. 
 
 London, Public Buildings of, illustrated, 2 vols. xxiv. 
 
 Malmesbury, William of, detected of falsehoods, 13. 
 
 Mercia, extent of the kingdom of, 6. 
 
 Milner, the Rev. Dr., notice of his writings, ix. 
 
 “ Miserrimus,” an inscription in cloister, romance of, 
 23 note. 
 
 Monumental effigies, a. 2, 3, 4 ; represented in Plate 
 xvi. 
 
 Monuments described, Sir John Beauchamp and 
 Lady; the Moore family; R.Solly; SirH. W. El¬ 
 lis; Bishop Freake; SirThomas Lyttleton; Judge 
 Littleton; R. Wild and Lady; Friar Baskerville; 
 Bishop Johnson ; Dean Onslow ; Bishop Maddox ; 
 Sir Griffith Ryce and Lady ; Sir W. Harcourt and 
 Lady Ilarcourt; Deans Wilson and Willis; Bishop 
 Giffard ; Countess of Surrey, a. 2 ;—Dean Edes ; 
 Bishop Stillingfleet; St. Wulstan, or De Blois; 
 Bishop Hurd; Anne Walton; Bishop Thornbo- 
 rough; Sir John Beauchamp; De Hawford ; Bishop 
 Cantilupe; Constantius; Carpenter; C. Eliz. 
 Digby, a. 3;—Bishop Parry ; Gauden ; Abigail 
 Goldisburgh; Bishop Bullingham; Dean Hook; 
 Bishop Hough ; Rev. S. A. Saint John ; Sir Tho¬ 
 mas Street; King John; Prince Arthur, a. 4. 
 
 Music meetings, Lysons’ account of, 23 note. 
 
 Nave and ailes, described, 22, 23; represented, Plates 
 
 hi. IV. 
 
 New Bath Guide, notice of, xxiii. 
 
 Normandy, architectural antiquities of, xxiv. 
 
 Norwich Cathedral, history of, by the author, x.; 
 improved, xx. 
 
 Oswald, Bp. 5; new cathedral built by, 5, 10; de¬ 
 stroyed, 15 ; seculars expelled by, 7, 8; land granted 
 by, on feudal tenure, 9 ; See of York possessed by, 
 9; monument of, a. 3. 
 
 Oxford Cathedral, history of, xi. 
 
 Parliament, Houses of, their history, &c. xxv. 
 
 Peterborough Cathedral, history of, xi.; improve¬ 
 ments, xx. 
 
 Picturesque Antiquities, notice of, xxii. 
 
 Porch, north, 23. Plate ii. 
 
 Prints, list of, 32. 
 
 Rochester Cathedral, Cottingham’s restorations of, 
 xx.; accounts of, xvi. 
 
 Sale of several of the author’s works, address written 
 on the occasion, xxxi. 
 
 Salisbury Cathedral, Price’s account of, &c. viii.; 
 history of, by the author, ix. 
 
 Saxon Chronicle, dissection of, quoted, 13 note. 
 
 Secular clergy expelled Worcester Cathedral, 7. 
 
 Sees of York and Worcester united, 13. 
 
 Soane, Sir John, Memoir of, xxiii. 
 
 Southey, Dr. extract from, and opinion of, xxv. 
 
 Transept, small, built, 16; described, 25, 29; re¬ 
 presented in Plate ix.; principal transept, 24; re¬ 
 presented in Plate v. 
 
 Tower, built, 16, 18, 21 ; Plates ii. v. 
 
 Tower of London, memoirs of, xxiii. 
 
 Wakefield, Bp. 17. 
 
 Walpole, Horace, influence of his writings; notice of 
 his Strawberry Hill, viii. 
 
 Wells Cathedral, history of, xi. 
 
 Willis, Browne, his Survey of Cathedrals, vii. 
 
 Willson, E. J. his proposed history of Lincoln Cathe¬ 
 dral, xiii. xvi. 
 
 Wiltshire, Beauties of, xxii. 
 
 Winchester Cathedral, history of, by Milner, ix.; 
 by the author, x. 
 
 Worcester, city of, its peculiarities described, 1, 2; 
 modern name of, Roman settlement, 3 ; Roman an¬ 
 tiquities lately discovered at, 4 ; remains of the 
 castle at, 4 note; possessed by the Saxons, 4 ; wall 
 and fortifications, 4, 5, 11; history of, by Green, 7, 
 
 13, 17; fortified by Werefrid, 11 ; Edgar’s gate¬ 
 house at, 11. 
 
 Wulstan, Bp. new monastery built by, 5, 10 ; his mi¬ 
 racles, life of, by William of Malmesbury, 12, 13, 
 
 14, 15. 
 
 Wyatville, Sir Jeffry, memoir of, xxiii. 
 
 York Cathedral, history of, by the author, xi.; im¬ 
 proved, xx. 
 
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