REPERTORIUM:

Footnotes[283]Cum mors venerit, in medio Tibure Sardinia est.[284]In the King's Forests they set the Figure of a broad Arrow upon Trees that are to be cut down.Hippoc. Epidem.[285]Belloniusde Avibus.[286]Monstra contingunt in Medicina Hippoc.[287]Strange and rare Escapes there happen sometimes in Physick.Angeli Victorii Consultationes.Matth. iv. 25.[288]Aristoteles nullum animal nisi æstu recedente expirare affirmat: observatum id multum in Gallico Oceano et duntaxat in Homine comertum, lib. 2. cap. 101.[289]Auris pars pendula Lobus dicitur, non omnibus ea pars est auribus; non enim iis qui noctu nati sunt, sed qui interdiu, maxima ex parte. Com. in Aristot. de Animal.lib. 1.[290]According to theEgyptianHieroglyphick.[291]TurkishHistory.[292]In the PoetDantehis Discription.[293]De Morbis Puerorum.[294]Morta, the Deity of Death or Fate.[295]When Men's Faces are drawn with Resemblance to some other Animals, theItalianscall it, to be drawn inCaricatura.[296]Ulmus de usu barbæ humanæ.[297]The Life of a Man is threescore and ten.[298]SeePicotus de Rheumatismo.[299]His upper and lower Jaw being solid, and without distinct Rows of Teeth.[300]Twice tell over his Teeth, never live to threescore Years.[301]Ἀσφαλέστατος καὶ ῥήιστος,securissima et facillima. Hippoc. Pro Febre quartana raro sonat campana.[302]SoA. F.[303]Cardanin hisEncomium Podagræreckoneth this among theDona Podagræ, that they are deliver’d thereby from the Phthysis and Stone in the Bladder.[304]Hippoc. de Insomniis.[305]Tabes maxime contingunt ab anno decimo octavo ad trigesimum quintum, Hippoc.[306]A sound Child cut out of the Body of the Mother.[307]Natos ad flumina primum deserimus sævoque gelu duramus et undis.[308]Julii Cæsaris Scaligeri, quod fuit.Joseph. Scaliger in vita patris.[309]Summum nec metuas diem nec optes.[310]Who upon some Accounts, and Tradition, is said to have lived 30 Years after he was raised by our Saviour.Baronius.[311]In the Speech ofVulteius in Lucan, animating his Souldiers in a great Struggle to kill one another.Decernite Lethum et metus omnis abest, cupias quodcunque necesse est.All Fear is over, do but resolve to die, and make your Desires meet Necessity.[312]Wisdom, cap. iv.[313]Through the Pacifick Sea, with a constant Gale from the East.[314]Who is said to have castrated himself.[315]Ira furor brevis est.[316]SeeArist. EthicksChapt. of Magnanimity.[317]Holy, Holy, Holy.[318]Even when the Days are shortest; alluding to the Tower ofOblivionmentioned byProcopius, which was the Name of a Tower of Imprisonment among thePersians: whosoever was put therein he was as it were buried alive, and it was Death for any but to name it.[319]Matthewxi.[320]Ovation, a petty and minor kind of Triumph.

Footnotes

[283]Cum mors venerit, in medio Tibure Sardinia est.

[284]In the King's Forests they set the Figure of a broad Arrow upon Trees that are to be cut down.Hippoc. Epidem.

[285]Belloniusde Avibus.

[286]Monstra contingunt in Medicina Hippoc.

[287]Strange and rare Escapes there happen sometimes in Physick.Angeli Victorii Consultationes.Matth. iv. 25.

[288]Aristoteles nullum animal nisi æstu recedente expirare affirmat: observatum id multum in Gallico Oceano et duntaxat in Homine comertum, lib. 2. cap. 101.

[289]Auris pars pendula Lobus dicitur, non omnibus ea pars est auribus; non enim iis qui noctu nati sunt, sed qui interdiu, maxima ex parte. Com. in Aristot. de Animal.lib. 1.

[290]According to theEgyptianHieroglyphick.

[291]TurkishHistory.

[292]In the PoetDantehis Discription.

[293]De Morbis Puerorum.

[294]Morta, the Deity of Death or Fate.

[295]When Men's Faces are drawn with Resemblance to some other Animals, theItalianscall it, to be drawn inCaricatura.

[296]Ulmus de usu barbæ humanæ.

[297]The Life of a Man is threescore and ten.

[298]SeePicotus de Rheumatismo.

[299]His upper and lower Jaw being solid, and without distinct Rows of Teeth.

[300]Twice tell over his Teeth, never live to threescore Years.

[301]Ἀσφαλέστατος καὶ ῥήιστος,securissima et facillima. Hippoc. Pro Febre quartana raro sonat campana.

[302]SoA. F.

[303]Cardanin hisEncomium Podagræreckoneth this among theDona Podagræ, that they are deliver’d thereby from the Phthysis and Stone in the Bladder.

[304]Hippoc. de Insomniis.

[305]Tabes maxime contingunt ab anno decimo octavo ad trigesimum quintum, Hippoc.

[306]A sound Child cut out of the Body of the Mother.

[307]Natos ad flumina primum deserimus sævoque gelu duramus et undis.

[308]Julii Cæsaris Scaligeri, quod fuit.Joseph. Scaliger in vita patris.

[309]Summum nec metuas diem nec optes.

[310]Who upon some Accounts, and Tradition, is said to have lived 30 Years after he was raised by our Saviour.Baronius.

[311]In the Speech ofVulteius in Lucan, animating his Souldiers in a great Struggle to kill one another.Decernite Lethum et metus omnis abest, cupias quodcunque necesse est.All Fear is over, do but resolve to die, and make your Desires meet Necessity.

[312]Wisdom, cap. iv.

[313]Through the Pacifick Sea, with a constant Gale from the East.

[314]Who is said to have castrated himself.

[315]Ira furor brevis est.

[316]SeeArist. EthicksChapt. of Magnanimity.

[317]Holy, Holy, Holy.

[318]Even when the Days are shortest; alluding to the Tower ofOblivionmentioned byProcopius, which was the Name of a Tower of Imprisonment among thePersians: whosoever was put therein he was as it were buried alive, and it was Death for any but to name it.

[319]Matthewxi.

[320]Ovation, a petty and minor kind of Triumph.

POSTHUMOUS WORKS

1712

Or, some Account of the Tombs and Monuments in the Cathedral Church of Norwich, in 1680.

In the Time of the late Civil Wars, there were about an hundred Brass Inscriptions stol'n and taken away from Grave-Stones, and Tombs, in the Cathedral Church ofNorwich; as I was inform’d byJohn Wright, one of the Clerks, above Eighty Years old, and Mr.John Sandlin, one of the Choir, who lived Eighty nine Years; and, as I remember, told me that he was a Chorister in the Reign of QueenElizabeth.

Hereby the distinct Places of the Burials of many noble and considerable Persons become unknown; and, lest they should be quite buried in Oblivion, I shall, of so many, set down only these following that are most noted to Passengers, with some that have been erected since those unhappy Times.

First, in the Body of the Church, between the Pillars of the South Isle, stands a Tomb, cover’d with a kind of Touch-stone; which is the Monument ofMiles Spencer, LL.D. and Chancellor ofNorwich, who lived unto Ninety Years. The Top Stone was entire, but now quite broken, split, and depress’d by Blows: There was more special Notice taken of thisStone, because Men used to try their Money upon it; and that the Chapter demanded certain Rents to be paid on it. He was Lord of the Mannor ofBowthorpandColney, which came unto theYaxley’sfrom him; also Owner ofChappel, in the Field.

The next Monument is that of BishopRichard Nicks,aliasNix, or the Blind Bishop, being quite dark many Years before he died. He sat in thisSeeThirty Six Years, in the Reigns of KingHenryVII.andHenryVIII.The Arches are beautified above and beside it, where are to be seen the Arms of theSeeofNorwich,impalinghis own,viz.aChevronbetween threeLeopardsHeads. The same Coat of Arms is on the Roof of theNorthandSouth Cross Isle; which Roofs he either rebuilt, or repair'd. The Tomb is low, and broad, and ’tis said there was an Altar at the bottom of the Eastern Pillar: The Iron-work, whereon the Bell hung, is yet visible on the Side of the Western Pillar.

Then the Tomb of BishopJohn Parkhurst, with a legible Inscription on the Pillar, set up by DeanGardiner, running thus.

Johannes Parkhurst,Theol. Professor, Guilfordiænatus,Oxoniæeducatus, temporibusMariæReginæ proNitida conscientia tuendaTigurinævixit exulVoluntarius: Postea presul factus, sanctissimeHanc rexit Ecclesiam per 16 an. Obiit secundo dieFebr. 1574.

Johannes Parkhurst,Theol. Professor, Guilfordiænatus,

Oxoniæeducatus, temporibusMariæReginæ pro

Nitida conscientia tuendaTigurinævixit exul

Voluntarius: Postea presul factus, sanctissime

Hanc rexit Ecclesiam per 16 an. Obiit secundo die

Febr. 1574.

A Person he was of great Esteem and Veneration in the Reign of QueenElizabeth. His Coat of Arms is on the Pillars, visible, at the going out of the Bishop's Hall.

Between the two uppermost Pillars, on the sameSide, stood a handsom Monument of BishopEdmund Scamler, thus.

Natus apudGressingham,in Com.Lanc. SS.Theol. Prof. apudCantabrigienses.Obiit Ætat.85.an.1594nonisMaii.

He was Houshold Chaplain to the Archbishop ofCanterbury, and died 1594. The Monument was above a yard and half high, with his Effigies in Alabaster, and all enclosed with a high Iron Grate. In the late Times the Grate was taken away, the Statue broken, and the Free-stone pulled down as far as the inward Brick-work; which being unsightly, was afterwards taken away, and the Space between the Pillars left void, as it now remaineth.

In the South-side of this Isle, according as the Inscription denoteth, was buriedGeorge Gardiner, sometime Dean.

Georgius Gardiner Barvicinatus, Cantabrigiæeducatus,Primo minor Canonicus, secundo Præbendarius, tertio Archidiaconus.Nordovici,et demum28 Nov.An.1573.factus est SacellanusDominæ Reginæ, et Decanus hujus Ecclesiæ, in quo loco per 16Annos rexit.

Georgius Gardiner Barvicinatus, Cantabrigiæeducatus,

Primo minor Canonicus, secundo Præbendarius, tertio Archidiaconus.

Nordovici,et demum28 Nov.An.1573.factus est Sacellanus

Dominæ Reginæ, et Decanus hujus Ecclesiæ, in quo loco per 16

Annos rexit.

Somewhat higher is a Monument for Dr.Edmund Porter, a learned Prebendary, sometime of this Church.

Between two Pillars of the North Isle in the Body of the Church, stands the Monument of SirJames Hobart, Attorney-General to KingHenryVII.andVIII.He builtLoddonChurch, St.Olave’sBridge, and made the Causeway adjoining upon the South-side. On the upper Part is the Atchievement of theHobarts, and below are their Arms; as also of theNantons,viz.(three Martlets) his second Lady being of that Family. It is a close Monument, made up of handsom Stone-work: And this Enclosure might have been employ’d as an Oratory. Some of the Family of theHobartshave been buried near this Monument; as Mr.James HobartofHolt. On the South-side, two young Sons, and a Daughter of DeanHerbert Astley, who marriedBarbara, Daughter ofJohn, only Son of SirJohn HobartofHales.

In the Middle Isle, under a very large Stone, almost over which a Branch for Lights hangeth, was buried SirFrancis Southwell, descended from those of great Name and Estate inNorfolk, who formerly possessedWoodrising.

Under a fair Stone, by BishopParkhurst’sTomb, was buried Dr.Masters, Chancellor.

Gul. Maister,LL. Doctor Curiæ Cons. EpatusNorwicen.Officialis principalis. Obiit 2 Feb. 1589.

At the upper End of the Middle Isle, under a large Stone, was buried BishopWalterdeHart,alias leHart, orLyghard. He was Bishop 26 Years, in the Times ofHenryVI.andEdwardIV.He built the Transverse Stone Partition, or Rood Loft, on which the great Crucifix was placed, beautified the Roof of the Body of the Church, and paved it. Towards the North-side of the Partition-Wall are his Arms theBulland towards the South-side,a Hart in Water, as aRebusof his Name,Walter Hart. Upon the Door, under the Rood Loft, was a Plate of Brass, containing these Verses.

Hic jacet absconsus sub marmore presul honestusAnno milleno C quater cum septuagenoAnnexis binis instabat ei prope finisSeptima cum decima lux Maij sit numerataIpsius est anima de corpore tunc separata.

Hic jacet absconsus sub marmore presul honestus

Anno milleno C quater cum septuageno

Annexis binis instabat ei prope finis

Septima cum decima lux Maij sit numerata

Ipsius est anima de corpore tunc separata.

Between this Partition and the Choir on the North-side, is the Monument of DameElizabeth Calthorpe, Wife of SirFrancis Calthorpe, and afterwards Wife ofJohn Colepepper, Esq.

In the same Partition, behind the Dean's Stall, was buriedJohn Crofts, lately Dean, Son of SirHenry CroftsofSuffolk, and Brother to the LordWilliam Crofts. He was sometime Fellow ofAll-SoulsCollege inOxford, and the first Dean after the Restauration of his Majesty KingCharlesII.whose Predecessor, Dr.John Hassal, who was Dean many Years, was not buried in this Church, but in that ofCreek. He was ofNewCollege inOxford, and Chaplain to the LadyElizabeth, Queen ofBohemia, who obtain’d this Deanry for him.

On the South-side of the Choir, between two Pillars, stands the Monument of BishopJames Goldwell, Dean of Salisbury, and Secretary to KingEdwardIV.who sat in thisSeeTwenty five Years. His Effigies is in Stone, with aLionat his Feet, which was his Arms, as appears on his Coat above the Tomb. On the Choir Side, his Arms are also to be seen in the sixth Escocheon, in the West-side over the Choir; as also in S.Andrew’sChurch, at the Deanry in a Window; atTrowes,Newton-Hall, and atCharta-magnainKent, the Place of his Nativity; where he also built, or repair’d the Chappel. He is said to have much repair’d the East End of this Church; did many good Works, lived in great Esteem, and diedAnn.1498 or 1499.

Next above BishopGoldwell, where the Iron Gratesyet stand, BishopJohn Wakeringis said to have been buried. He was Bishop in the Reign of KingHenryV.and was sent to the Council ofConstance: He is said also to have built the Cloister in the Bishop's Palace, which led into it from the Church Door, which was cover’d with a handsom Roof, before the late Civil War. Also reported to have built the Chapter-house, which being ruinous, is now demolish’d, and the decay’d Parts above and about it handsomly repair’d, or new built. The Arms of theSeeimpaling his own Coat, the ThreeFleur des Lys, are yet visible upon the Wall by the Door. He lived in great Reputation, and died 1426, and is said to have been buried before S.George’sAltar.

On the North-side of the Choir, between the two Arches, next to QueenElizabeth’sSeat, were buried SirThomas Erpingham, and his Wives the LadyJoan,etc.whose Pictures were in the Painted-Glass Windows, next unto this Place, with the Arms of theErpingham’s. The Insides of both the Pillars were painted in red Colours, with divers Figures and Inscriptions, from the top almost to the bottom, which are now washed out by the late whiting of the Pillars. He was a Knight of the Garter in the Time ofHen.IV.and some Part ofHen.V.and I find his Name in the List of the Lord Wardens of the Cinque-Ports. He is said to have built theBlack FriarsChurch, or Steeple, or both, now calledNew-Hall Steeple. His Arms are often on the Steeple, which are an Escocheon within anOrle of Martlets, and also upon the out-side of the Gate, next the School-House. There was a long Brass Inscription about the Tomb-stone, which was torn away in the late Times, and the Name ofErpinghamonly remaining.Johannes Dominusde Erpingham Miles, was buried in the Parish Church ofErpingham, as the Inscription still declareth.

In the North Isle, near to the Door, leading towardsJesus Chappel, was buried SirWilliam Denny, Recorder ofNorwich, and one of the Counsellors at Law to KingCharlesI.

InJesus Chappelstands a large Tomb (which is said to have been translated from our Ladies Chappel, when that grew ruinous, and was taken down) whereof the Brass Inscription about it is taken away; but old Mr.Spendlow, who was a Prebendary 50 Years, and Mr.Sandlin, used to say, that it was the Tombstone of theWindham’s; and in all Probability, might have belonged to SirThomas Windham, one of KingHenryVIII.'s Counsellors, of his Guard, and Vice-Admiral; for I find that there hath been such an Inscription upon the Tomb of aWindhamin this Church.

Orate proaiaThome Windham,militis, Elianore,et DomineElizabethe,uxorum ejus, etc. qui quidemThomasfuit unus consiliariorumRegisHenriciVIII.et unus militum pro corpore, ejusdem Domini, nec non Vice-Admirallus.

Orate proaiaThome Windham,militis, Elianore,et DomineElizabethe,uxorum ejus, etc. qui quidemThomasfuit unus consiliariorum

RegisHenriciVIII.et unus militum pro corpore, ejusdem Domini, nec non Vice-Admirallus.

And according to the Number of the Three Persons in the Inscription, there are Three Figures upon the Tomb.

On the North Wall ofJesus Chappelthere is a legible Brass Inscription in Latin Verses; and at the last LinePater Noster. This was the Monument ofRandulfus Pulvertoft custos caronelle. Above the Inscription was his Coat of Arms,viz. Six Earsof Wheat with a Border of Cinque-foils; but now washed out, since the Wall was whiten'd.

At the Entrance of St.Luke's Chappel, on the Left Hand, is an arched Monument, said to belong to one of the Family of theBosvile’sorBoswill, sometime Prior of the Convent. At the East End of the Monument are the Arms of the Church (the Cross) and on the West End another (three Bolt Arrows,) which is supposed to be his Paternal Coat. The same Coat is to be seen in the sixth Escocheon of the South-side, under the Belfry. Some Inscriptions upon this Monument were washed out when the Church was lately whiten'd; as among the rest,O morieris! O morieris! O morieris!Thethree Boltsare the known Arms of theBosomes, an ancient Family inNorfolk; but whether of theBosviles, or no, I am uncertain.

Next unto it is the Monument ofRichard Brome, Esq. whose Arms thereon areErmyns; and for the Crest,a Bunch or Branch of Broom with Golden Flowers. This might beRichard Brome, Esq. whose Daughter married the Heir of theYaxley's of Yaxley, in the Time ofHenryVII.And one of the same Name founded a Chappel in the Field inNorwich.

There are also in St.Luke's Chappel, amongst the Seats on the South-side, two substantial Marble and cross’d Tombs, very ancient, said to be two Priors of this Convent.

At the Entrance into the Cloister, by the upper Door on the Right Hand, next the Stairs, was a handsom Monument on the Wall, which was pulled down in the late Times, and a Void Place still remaineth. Upon this Stone were the Figures of two Persons in a praying Posture, on their Knees. I was told by Mr.Sandlin, that it was said to be the Monument forone of theBigots, who built or beautified that Arch by it, which leadeth into the Church.

In the Choir towards the high Altar, and below the Ascents, there is an old Tomb, which hath been generally said to have been the Monument of BishopWilliam Herbert, Founder of the Church, and commonly known by the Name of the Founder's Tomb. This was above an Ell high; but when the Pulpit, in the late Confusion, was placed at the Pillar, where BishopOverall’sMonument now is, and the Aldermen's Seats were at the East End, and the Mayor's Seat in the middle at the high Altar, the height of the Tomb being a Hindrance unto the People, it was taken down to such a Lowness as it now remains in. He was born atOxford, in good Favour with KingWilliam Rufus, and KingHenryI.removed the EpiscopalSeefromThetfordtoNorwich, built the Priory for 60 Monks, the Cathedral Church, the Bishop's Palace, the Church of S.Leonard, whose Ruins still remain upon the Brow ofMushold-Hill; the Church of S.NicolasatYarmouth, of S.MargaretatLynn, of S.MaryatElmham, and instituted theCluniackMonks atThetford.Malmsburysaith he was,Vir pecuniosus, which his great Works declare, and had always this good Saying of S.Hieromin his Mouth,Erravimus juvenes, emendemus senes.

Many Bishops of old might be buried about, or not far from the Founder, asWilliam Turbus, aNorman, the third Bishop ofNorwich, andJohnofOxfordthe fourth, accounted among the learned Men of his Time, who builtTrinityChurch inIpswich, and died in the Reign of KingJohn; and it is deliver’d, that these two Bishops were buried near to BishopHerbert, the Founder.

In the same Row, or not far off, was buried BishopHenryleSpencer, as lost Brass Inscriptions have declar'd. And Mr.Sandlintold me, that he had seen an Inscription on a Gravestone thereabouts, with the Name ofHenricus de, orle Spencer: He came young unto theSee, and sat longer in it than any before or after him: But his Time might have been shorter, if he had not escaped in the Fray atLennam, (a Town of which he was Lord) where forcing the Magistrate's Tipstaff to be carried before him, the People with Staves, Stones, and Arrows, wounded, and put his Servants to Flight. He was also wounded, and left alone, asJohn Foxhath set it down out of the Chronicle of S.Albans.

In the same Row, of late Times, was buried BishopRichard Montague, as the Inscription,Depositum Montacutii Episcopi, doth declare.

For his eminent Knowledge in theGreekLanguage, he was much countenanc’d by SirHenry Savile, Provost ofEatonCollege, and settled in a Fellowship thereof: Afterwards made Bishop ofChichester; thence translated untoNorwich, where he lived about three Years. He came untoNorwichwith the evil Effects of a quartan Ague, which he had about a Year before, and which accompany’d him to his Grave; yet he studied, and writ very much, had an excellent Library of Books, and Heaps of Papers, fairly written with his own Hand, concerning the Ecclesiastical History. His Books were sent toLondon; and, as it was said, his Papers againstBaronius, and others transmitted toRome; from whence they were never return'd.

On the other Side was buried BishopJohn Overall, Fellow ofTrinityCollege inCambridge, Master ofKatherineHall,RegiusProfessor, and Dean of St.Pauls; and had the Honour to be nominated one of the first Governours ofSuttonHospital, by the Founder himself, a Person highly reverenc’d and belov'd; who being buried without any Inscription, had a Monument lately erected for him by Dr.Cosin, Lord Bishop ofDurham, upon the next Pillar.

Under the large Sandy-colour’d Stone was buried BishopRichard Corbet, a Person of singular Wit, and an eloquent Preacher, who lived Bishop of thisSeebut three Years, being before Dean ofChristChurch, then Bishop ofOxford. The Inscription is as follows:

Richardus CorbetTheologiæ Doctor,Ecclesiæ Cathedralis Christi OxoniensisPrimum alumnus inde Decanus, exindeEpiscopus, illinc huc translatus, etHinc in cœlum, Jul. 28.Ann.1635.

Richardus CorbetTheologiæ Doctor,

Ecclesiæ Cathedralis Christi Oxoniensis

Primum alumnus inde Decanus, exinde

Episcopus, illinc huc translatus, et

Hinc in cœlum, Jul. 28.Ann.1635.

The Arms on it, are theSeeofNorwich, impaling,Or a Raven sab.Corbet.

Towards the upper End of the Choir, and on the South-side, under a fair large Stone, was interred SirWilliam Boleyn, orBullen, Great Grandfather to QueenElizabeth. The Inscription hath been long lost, which was this:

Hic jacet corpusWillelmi Boleyn,militis,Qui obiitxOctobris, Ann. Dom.MCCCCCV.

Hic jacet corpusWillelmi Boleyn,militis,

Qui obiitxOctobris, Ann. Dom.MCCCCCV.

And I find in a good Manuscript of the Ancient Gentry ofNorfolkandSuffolkthese Words.SirWilliam Boleyn,Heir unto SirTho. Boleyn,who marriedMargaret,Daughter and Heir ofTho. Butler,Earl ofOrmond,died in the Year1505,and was buried on the South-side of the Chancel of Christ Church inNorwich. And surely the Arms of few Families havebeen more often found in any Church, than those of theBoleyn’s, on the Walls, and in the Windows of the East Part of this Church. Many others of this noble Family were buried inBlecklingChurch.

Many other Bishops might be buried in this Church, as we find it so asserted by some Historical Accounts; but no History or Tradition remaining of the Place of their Interment, in vain we endeavour to design and point out the same.

As of BishopJohannesdeGray, who, as it is delivered, was interr'd in this Church, was a Favourite of KingJohn, and sent by him to the Pope: He was also Lord Deputy ofIreland, and a Person of great Reputation, and builtGaywood HallbyLynn.

As also of BishopRoger Skerewyng, in whose Time happened that bloody Contention between the Monks and Citizens, begun at a Fair kept before the Gate, when the Church was fir'd: To compose which KingHenryIII.came toNorwich, andWilliam de Brunham, Prior, was much to blame. SeeHolingshead, etc.

Or, of BishopWilliam Middleton, who succeeded him, and was buried in this Church; in whose Time the Church that was burnt whileSkerewyngsat was repair’d and consecrated, in the Presence of KingEdwardI.

Or, of BishopJohn Salmon, sometime Lord Chancellor ofEngland, who died 1325, and was here interr’d, his Works were noble. He built the great Hall in the Bishop's Palace; the Bishop's long Chappel on the East-side of the Palace, which was no ordinary Fabrick; and a strong handsom Chappel at the West End of the Church, and appointed four Priests for the daily Service therein: Unto which great Works hewas the better enabled, by obtaining a Grant of the first Fruits from PopeClement.

Or, of BishopThomas Percy, Brother to the Earl ofNorthumberland, in the reign ofRichardII.who gave unto a Chantry the Lands aboutCarlton,Kimberly, andWicklewood; in whose Time the Steeple and Belfry were blown down, and rebuilt by him, and a Contribution from the Clergy.

Or, of BishopAnthonydeBeck, a Person of an unquiet Spirit, very much hated, and poison’d by his Servants.

Or likewise, of BishopThomas Browne, who being Bishop ofRochester, was chosen Bishop ofNorwich, while he was at the Council ofBasil, in the reign of KingHenryVI.was a strenuous Assertor of the Rights of the Church against the Citizens.

Or, of BishopWilliam Rugge, in whose last Year happen’dKett’sRebellion, in the Reign ofEdwardVI.I find his Name,Guil. Norwicensis, among the Bishops, who subscribed unto a Declaration against the Pope's Supremacy, in the Time ofHenryVIII.

Or, of BishopJohn Hopton, who was Bishop in the Time of QueenMary, and died the same Year with her. He is often mentioned, together with his ChancellorDunning, byJohn Foxin his Martyrology.

Or lastly, of BishopWilliam Redman, ofTrinity CollegeinCambridge, who was Archdeacon ofCanterbury. His Arms are upon a Board on the North-side of the Choir, near to the Pulpit.

Of the four Bishops in QueenElizabeth’sReign,Parkhurst,Freake,ScamlerandRedman, SirJohn Harrington, in hisHistory of the Bishopsin her Time, writeth thus;For the four Bishops in the Queen’sDays, they liv’d as Bishops should do, and were not Warriours like BishopSpencer,their Predecessor.

Some Bishops were buried neither in the Body of the Church, nor in the Choir; but in our Ladies Chappel, at the East End of the Church, built by BishopWalterdeSuthfeild, (in the Reign ofHenryIII.) wherein he was buried, and Miracles said to be wrought at his Tomb, he being a Person of great Charity and Piety.

Wherein also was buried BishopSimondeWanton,velWalton, and BishopAlexander, who had been Prior of the Convent; and also, as some think, BishopRoger Skerewyng, and probably other Bishops, and Persons of Quality, whose Tombs and Monuments we now in vain enquire after in the Church.

This was a handsom Chappel; and there was a fair Entrance into it out of the Church, of a considerable Height also, as may be seen by the out-side, where it adjoined unto the Wall of the Church. But being ruinous, it was, as I have heard, demolished in the Time of DeanGardiner: But what became of the Tombs, Monuments, and Grave-stones, we have no Account: In this Chappel, the Bishop's Consistory, or Court, might be kept in old Time, for we find inFox's Martyrology, that divers Persons accused of Heresy were examined by the Bishop, or his Chancellor, in St.Mary’sChappel. This famous Bishop,Walter de Suthfeild, who built this Chappel, is also said to have built the Hospital not far off.

Again, divers Bishops sat in thisSee, who left not their Bones in this Church; for some died not here, but at distant Places; some were translated to other Bishopricks; and some, tho' they lived and died here, were not buried in this Church.

Some died at distant Places; as Bishop Richard Courtney, Chancellor ofOxford, and in great Favour with KingHenryV.by whom he was sent unto the King ofFrance, to challenge his Right unto that Crown; but he dying inFrance, his Body was brought intoEngland, and interr'd inWestminster-Abbeyamong the Kings.

BishopWilliam Bateman, LL.D. born inNorwich, who foundedTrinity-Hall, inCambridge, and persuadedGonvilto buildGonvil-College, died atAvignoninFrance, being sent by the King toRome, and was buried in that City.

BishopWilliam Ayermindied nearLondon.

BishopThomas Thirlby, Doctor of Law, died in ArchbishopMatthew Parker’sHouse, and was buried atLambeth, with this inscription:

[Hic jacetThomas Thirlby,olim Episcopus Eliensis,qui obiit 26 die Augusti, Anno Domini, 1570.]

BishopThomas Jann, who was Prior ofEly, died atFolkston-Abbey, nearDoverinKent.

Some were translated unto other Bishopricks; as BishopWilliam Raleghwas remov’d untoWinchester, by KingHenryIII.

BishopRalphdeWalpolewas translated toEly, in the time ofEdwardI.He is saidto have begun the building of the Cloister, which is esteemed the fairest inEngland.

BishopWilliam Alnwickbuilt the Church Gates at the West End of the Church, and the great Window, and was translated toLincoln, in the Reign ofHenryVI.

And of later time, BishopEdmund Freake, who succeeded BishopParkhurst, was removed untoWorcester, and there lieth entomb'd.

BishopSamuel Harsnet, Master ofPembroke-Hall, inCambridge, and Bishop ofChichester, was thence translated toYork.

BishopFrancis White, Almoner unto the King, formerly Bishop ofCarlisle, translated untoEly.

BishopMatthew Wren, Dean of the Chappel, translated also toEly, and was not buried here.

BishopJohn Jegon, who died 1617, was buried atAylesham, nearNorwich. He was Master ofBennet College, and Dean ofNorwich, whose Arms,Two Chevrons with an Eagle on a Canton, are yet to be seen on the West Side of the Bishop's Throne.

My honour’d Friend BishopJoseph Hall, Dean ofWorcester, and Bishop ofExon, translated toNorwich, was buried atHeigham, nearNorwich, where he hath a Monument. When the Revenues of the Church were alienated, he retired unto that Suburbian Parish, and there ended his Days, being above 80 Years of Age. A Person of singular Humility, Patience, and Piety; his own Works are the best Monument and Character of himself, which was also very lively drawn in his excellent Funeral Sermon, preach’d by my learned and faithful old Friend,John Whitefoot, Rector ofHeigham, a very deserving Clerk of the Convocation ofNorwich. His Arms in the Register Office ofNorwichare,Sable three Talbots Heads erased Argent.

My honour’d Friend also, BishopEdward Reynolds, was not buried in the Church but in the Bishop's Chappel; which was built by himself. He was born atSouthampton, brought up atMerton ColledgeinOxford, and the first Bishop ofNorwichafter the King's Restauration: A Person much of the Temper of his Predecessor, Dr.Joseph Hall, of singular Affability, Meekness and Humility; of great Learning;a frequent Preacher, and constant Resident: He sat in thisSeeabout 17 Years; and though buried in his private Chappel, yet his Funeral Sermon was preached in the Cathedral, by Mr.Benedict Rively, now Minister of S.Andrews: He was succeeded by Dr.Anthony Sparrow, our worthy and honoured Diocesan.

It is thought that some Bishops were buried in the old Bishops Chappel, said to be built by BishopJohn Salmon[demolish’d in the Time of the late War] for therein were many Gravestones, and some plain Monuments. This old Chappel was higher, broader, and much larger than the said new Chappel built by BishopReynolds; but being covered with Lead, the Lead was sold, and taken away in the late rebellious Times; and the Fabrick growing ruinous and useless, it was taken down, and some of the Stones partly made use of in the building of the new Chappel.

Now, whereas there have been so many noble and ancient Families in these Parts, yet we find not more of them to have been buried in this the Mother Church. It may be consider’d, that no small numbers of them were interred in the Churches and Chappels of the Monasteries and religious Houses of this City, especially in three thereof; theAustin-Fryars, theBlack-Fryars, theCarmelite,orWhite Fryars; for therein were buried many Persons of both Sexes, of great and good Families, whereof there are few or no Memorials in the Cathedral. And in the best preserved Registers of such Interments of old, from Monuments and Inscriptions, we find the Names of Men and Women of many ancient Families; as ofUfford,Hastings,Radcliffe,Morley,Windham,Geney,Clifton,Pigot,Hengrave,Garney,Howell,Ferris,Bacon,Boys,Wichingham,Soterley; ofFalstolph,Ingham,Felbrigge,Talbot,Harsick,Pagrave,Berney,Woodhowse,Howldich; ofArgenton,Somerton,Gros,Benhall,Banyard,Paston,Crunthorpe,Withe,Colet,Gerbrigge,Berry,Calthorpe,Everard,Hetherset,Wachesham: All Lords, Knights, and Esquires, with divers others. Beside the great and noble Families of theBigots,Mowbrays,Howards, were the most part interr’d atThetford, in the Religious Houses of which they were Founders, or Benefactors. TheMortimerswere buried atAttleburgh; theAubeneysatWindham, in the Priory or Abbey founded by them. AndCamdensays,That a great part of the Nobility and Gentry of those Parts were buried at PentneyAbbey: Many others were buried dispersedly in Churches, or Religious Houses, founded or endowed by themselves; and therefore it is the less to be wonder’d at, that so many great and considerable Persons of this Country were not interr’d in this Church.

There are Twenty-four Escocheons,viz.six on a Side on the inside of the Steeple over the Choir, with several Coats of Arms, most whereof are Memorials of Things, Persons, and Families, Well-wishers, Patrons, Benefactors, or such as were in special Veneration, Honour, and Respect, from the Church. As particularly the Arms ofEngland, ofEdwardthe Confessor; an Hieroglyphical Escocheon of the Trinity, unto which this Church was dedicated.Three Cups within a Wreath of Thorns, the Arms ofEly, the Arms of theSeeofCanterbury, quartered with the Coat of the famous and magnifiedJohn Morton, Archbishop ofCanterbury, who was Bishop ofElybefore; of BishopJames Goldwell, that honoured Bishop ofNorwich.The three Lions ofEngland, S.George’sCross, the Arms of the Church impaled with PriorBosvilesCoat, the Arms of the Church impaled with the private Coats of three Priors, the Arms of the City ofNorwich.

There are here likewise the Coats of some great and worthy Families; as ofVere,Stanley,De la Pole,Wingfield,Heyden,Townshend,Bedingfield,Bruce,Clere; which being little taken notice of, and Time being still like to obscure, and make them past Knowledge, I would not omit to have a Draught thereof set down, which I keep by me.

There are also many Coats of Arms on the Walls, and in the Windows of the East End of the Church; but none so often as those of theBoleyns,viz.in a FieldArg. a Chev. Gul. between three Bulls Heads couped sab. armed or; whereof some are quartered with the Arms of noble Families. As also about the Church, the Arms ofHastings,De la Pole,Heyden,Stapleton,Windham,Wichingham,Clifton,Heveningham,Bokenham,Inglos.

In the North Window ofJesusChappel are the Arms ofRadcliffandCecil; and in the East Window of the same Chappel the Coats ofBranch, and ofBeale.

There are several Escocheon Boards fastened to the upper Seats of the Choir: Upon the three lowest on the South-side are the Arms of BishopJegon, of thePastons, and of theHobarts; and in one above the Arms of theHowards. On the Board on the North-side are the Arms of BishopRedmayn; and of theHowards.

Upon the outside of the Gate, next to the School, are the Escocheons and Arms ofErpingham, being an Escocheon within anOrle of Martlets; impaled with the Coats ofCloptonandBavent, or such Families who married with theErpinghamswho built the Gates. The Word,Pœna, often upon the Gates, shews it to have been built upon Pennance.

At the West End of the Church are chiefly observable the Figure of KingWilliam Rufus, or KingHenryI.and a Bishop on his Knees receiving the Charter from him: Or else of KingHenryVI.in whose Reign this Gate and fair Window was built. Also the maimed Statues of Bishops, whose Copes are garnished and charged with a CrossMoline: And at their Feet, Escocheons, with the Arms of the Church; and also Escocheons with CrossesMolines. That these, or some of them, were the Statues of BishopWilliam Alnwyck, seems more than probable; for he built the three Gates, and the great Window at the West End of the Church; and where the Arms of theSeeare in a Roundele, are these Words,—Orate pro anima Domini Willelmi Alnwyk.—Also in another Escocheon, charged with CrossMolines, there is the same Motto round about it.

Upon the wooden Door on the outside, there are also theThree Miters, which are the Arms of theSeeupon one Leaf, and a CrossMolineon the other.

Upon the outside of the End of the North Cross Isle, there is a Statue of an old Person; which, being formerly covered and obscured by Plaister and Mortar over it, was discovered upon the late Reparation, or whitening of that End of the Isle. This may probably be the Statue of BishopRichard Nicks, or the blind Bishop; for he built the Isle, or that Part thereof; and also the Roof, where his Arms are to be seen,A Chevronbetweenthree Leopards Heads Gules.

The Roof of the Church is noble, and adorn’d with Figures. In the Roof of the Body of the Church there are no Coats of Arms, but Representations from Scripture Story, as the Story ofPharaoh; ofSampsontowards the East End. Figures of the last Supper,and of our Saviour on the Cross, towards the West End; besides others of Foliage, and the like ornamental Figures.

The North Wall of the Cloister was handsomly beautified, with the Arms of some of the Nobility in their proper Colours, with their Crests,Mantlings,Supporters, and the whole Atchivement quartered with the several Coats of their Matches, drawn very large from the upper Part of the Wall, and took up about half of the Wall. They are Eleven in Number; particularly these. 1. An empty Escocheon. 2. The Atchievement ofHoward, Duke ofNorfolk. 3. OfClinton. 4.Russel.5.Cheyney.6. The Queen's Atchievement. 7.Hastings.8.Dudley.9.Cecill.10.Carey.11.Hatton.

They were made soon after QueenElizabethcame toNorwich,Ann. 1578, where she remained a Week, and lodged at the Bishop's Palace in the Time of BishopFreake, attended by many of the Nobility; and particularly by those, whose Arms are here set down.

They made a very handsome Show, especially at that Time, when the Cloister Windows were painted unto the Cross-Bars. The Figures of those Coats, in their distinguishable and discernable Colours, are not beyond my Remembrance. But in the late Times, when the Lead was faulty, and the Stone-work decayed, the Rain falling upon the Wall, washed them away.

The Pavement also of the Cloister on the same Side was broken, and the Stones taken away, a Floor of Dust remaining: But that Side is now handsomly paved by the Beneficence of my worthy FriendWilliam Burleigh, Esq.

At the Stone Cistern in the Cloister, there yet perceivablea Lyon Rampant, Argent, in a field Sable, which Coat is now quartered in the Arms of theHowards.

In the Painted Glass in the Cloister, which hath been above the Cross-Bars, there are several Coats. And I find by an Account taken thereof, and set down in their proper Colours, that here were these following,viz.the Arms ofMorley,Shelton,Scales,Erpingham,Gournay,Mowbray,Savage, nowRivers, three Coats ofThorpe’s, and one ofa Lyon Rampant, Gules in a Field Or, not well known to what Family it belongeth.

Between the lately demolish’d Chapter-House and S.Luke’sChappel, there is an handsom Chappel, wherein the Consistory, or Bishop's Court is kept, with a noble Gilded Roof. This goeth under no Name, but may well be call’dBeauchampe’sChappel, or the Chappel of ourLadyandAll-Saints, as being built byWilliam Beauchampe, according to this Inscription.In honore Beate Marie Virginis, et omnium sanctorumWillelmus Beauchampecapellam hanc ordinavit, et ex propriis sumptibus construxit. This Inscription is in old Letters on the outside of the Wall, at the South-side of the Chappel, and almost obliterated; He was buried under an Arch in the Wall, which was richly gilded; and some part of the Gilding is yet to be perceived, tho' obscured and blinded by the Bench on the inside. I have heard there is a Vault below gilded like the Roof of the Chappel. The Founder of this Chappel,William Beauchampe, orde Bello Campo, might be one of theBeauchampe’s, who were Lords ofAbergevenny; forWilliamLordAbergevennyhad Lands and Mannors in this Country. And in the Register of Institutionsit is to be seen, thatWilliam Beauchampe, Lord ofAbergevennywas Lord Patron ofBerg cum Apton, five Miles distant fromNorwich, and presented Clerks to that Living, 1406, and afterward: So that, if he lived a few Years after, he might be buried in the latter End ofHenryIV.or in the Reign ofHenryV.or in the Beginning ofHenryVI.Where to findHeydon’sChappel is more obscure, if not altogether unknown; for such a Place there was, and known by the Name ofHeydon’sChappel, as I find in a Manuscript concerning some ancient Families ofNorfolk, in these Words,John Heydon of Baconsthorpe, Esq.; died in the Reign ofEdwardIV.Ann. 1479. He built a Chappel on the South side of the Cathedral Church ofNorwich,where he was buried. He was in great Favour with KingHenryVI.and took part with the House ofLancasteragainst that ofYork.

Hen. Heydon, Kt. his Heir, built the Church ofSalthouse, and made the Causey betweenThursfordandWalsinghamat his own Charge: He died in the Time ofHenryVII.and was buried inHeydon’sChappel, joining to the Cathedral aforesaid. The Arms of theHeydon’sare QuarterlyArgent, andGules a Cross engrailed counter-changed, make the third Escocheon in the North-Row over the Choir, and are in several Places in the Glass-Windows, especially on the South-side, and once in the Deanry.

There was a Chappel to the South-side of the Goal, or Prison, into which there is one Door out of the Entry of the Cloister; and there was another out of the Cloister itself, which is now made up of Brickwork: The Stone-work which remaineth on the inside is strong and handsom. This seems to have been a much frequented Chappel of the Priory by the wearingof the Steppings unto it, which are on the Cloister Side.

Many other Chappels there were within the Walls and Circuit of the Priory; as of S.Maryof theMarsh; of S.Ethelbert, and others. But a strong and handsom Fabrick of one is still remaining, which is the Chappel of St.Johnthe Evangelist, said to have been founded by BishopJohn Salmon, who diedAnn.1325, and four Priests were entertained for the daily Service therein: That which was properly the Chappel, is now the Free-School: The adjoining Buildings made up the Refectory, Chambers, and Offices of the Society.

Under the Chappel, there was a Charnell-House, which was a remarkable one in former Times, and the Name is still retained. In an old Manuscript of a Sacrist of the Church, communicated to me by my worthy Friend Mr.John Burton, the Learned, and very deserving Master of the Free-School, I find that the Priests had a Provisional Allowance from the Rectory ofWesthallinSuffolk. And of the Charnell-House it is delivered, that with the Leave of the Sacrist, the Bones of such as were buried inNorwichmight be brought into it.In carnario subtus dictam capellam sancti Johannis constituto, ossa humana in civitateNorwicihumata, de licentia sacristæ, qui dicti carnarii clavem et custodiam habebit specialem utusque ad resurrectionem generalem honeste conserventur a carnibus integre demulata reponi volumus et obsignari.Probably the Bones were piled in good Order, the Sculls, Arms, and Leg-Bones, in their distinct Rows and Courses, as in many Charnell-Houses. How these Bones were afterwards disposed of, we have no Account; or whether they had not the like Removal with those in the Charnell-House of S.Paulkept under a Chappel onthe North-side of S.Paul’sChurch-yard: For when the Chappel was demolish’d, the Bones which lay in the Vault, amounting to more than a Thousand Cart-Loads, were conveyed intoFinnesburyFields, and there laid in a moorish Place, with so much Soil to cover them, as raised the Ground for three Wind-mills to stand on, which have since been built there, according asJohn Stowhath delivered, in his Survey ofLondon.

There was formerly a fair and large, but plain Organ in the Church, and in the same Place with this at present. (It was agreed in a Chapter by the Dean and Prebends, that a new Organ be made, and Timber fitted to make a Loft for it,June 6. Ann. 1607. repaired 1626. and 10l.whichAbel Collsgave to the Church, was bestowed upon it.) That in the late tumultuous Time was pulled down, broken, sold, and made away. But since his Majesty's Restauration, another fair, well-tuned, plain Organ, was set up by DeanCroftsand the Chapter, and afterwards painted, and beautifully adorned, by the Care and Cost of my honoured Friend Dr.Herbert Astley, the present worthy Dean. There were also five or six Copes belonging to the Church; which, tho' they look’d somewhat old, were richly embroider'd. These were formerly carried into the Market-Place; some blowing the Organ-pipes before them, and were cast into a Fire provided for that purpose, with shouting and rejoicing: So that, at present, there is but one Cope belonging to the Church, which was presented thereunto byPhilip Harbord, Esq. the present High Sheriff ofNorfolk, my honoured Friend.

Before the late Times, the Combination Sermons were preached in the Summer Time at the Cross in the Green-Yard, where there was a good Accommodationfor the Auditors. The Mayor, Aldermen, with their Wives and Officers, had a well-contriv’d Place built against the Wall of the Bishop's Palace, cover’d with Lead; so that they were not offended by Rain. Upon the North-side of the Church, Places were built Gallery-wise, one above another; where the Dean, Prebends, and their Wives, Gentlemen, and the better Sort, very well heard the Sermon: The rest either stood, or sat in the Green, upon long Forms provided for them, paying a Penny, or Halfpenny apiece, as they did at S.Paul’sCross inLondon. The Bishop and Chancellor heard the Sermons at the Windows of the Bishop’s Palace: The Pulpit had a large Covering of Lead over it, and a Cross upon it; and there were eight or ten Stairs of Stone about it, upon which the Hospital-Boys and others stood. The Preacher had his Face to the South, and there was a painted Board, of a Foot and a half broad, and about a Yard and a half long, hanging over his Head before, upon which were painted the Arms of the Benefactors towards the Combination Sermon, which he particularly commemorated in his Prayer, and they were these; SirJohn Suckling, SirJohn Pettus,Edward Nuttel,Henry Fasset,John Myngay. But when the Church was sequester’d, and the Service put down, this Pulpit was taken down, and placed inNew-HallGreen, which had been the Artillery-Yard, and the Public Sermon was there preached. But the Heirs of the Benefactors denying to pay the wonted Beneficence for any Sermon out ofChrist-Church, (the Cathedral being now commonly so call'd) some other Ways were found to provide a Minister, at a yearly Sallary, to preach every Sunday, either in that Pulpit in the Summer, or elsewhere in the Winter.

I must not omit to say something of the Shaft, or Spire of this Church, commonly called the Pinacle, as being a handsom and well proportioned Fabrick, and one of the highest inEngland, higher than the noted Spires ofLitchfield,Chichester, orGrantham, but lower than that atSalisbury, [at a general Chapter,holdenJune 4. 1633, it wasagreed that the Steeple should be mended] for that Spire being raised upon a very high Tower, becomes higher from the Ground; but this Spire, considered by itself, seems, at least, to equal that. It is an Hundred and five Yards and two Foot from the Top of the Pinacle unto the Pavement of the Choir under it. The Spire is very strongly built, tho' the Inside be of Brick. The upper Aperture, or Window, is the highest Ascent inwardly; out of which, sometimes a long Streamer hath been hanged, upon the Guild, or Mayor's Day. But at His Majesty’s Restauration, when the Top was to be mended, and a new gilded Weather-Cock was to be placed upon it, there were Stayings made at the upper Window, and divers Persons went up to the Top of the Pinacle. They first went up into the Belfry, and then by eight Ladders, on the Inside of the Spire, till they came to the upper Hole, or Window; then went out unto the Outside, where a Staying was set, and so ascended up unto the Top-Stone, on which the Weather-Cock standeth.

The Cock is three quarters of a Yard high, and one Yard and two Inches long; as is also the Cross-Bar, and Top-Stone of the Spire, which is not flat, but consists of a half Globe, and Channel about it; and from thence are eight Leaves of Stone spreading outward, under which begin the eight Rows of Crockets, which go down the Spire at five Foot distance.

From the Top there is a Prospect all about theCountry.Mourshold-Hillseems low, and flat Ground. TheCastle-Hill, and high Buildings, do very much diminish. The River looks like a Ditch. The City, with the Streets, make a pleasant Show, like a Garden with several Walks in it.

Tho' this Church, for its Spire, may compare, in a manner, with any inEngland, yet in its Tombs and Monuments it is exceeded by many.

No Kings have honour’d the same with their Ashes, and but few with their Presence. And it is not without some Wonder, thatNorwichhaving been for a long Time so considerable a Place, so few Kings have visited it: Of which Number, among so many Monarchs since the Conquest, we find but Four,viz.KingHenryIII.EdwardI.QueenElizabeth, and our Gracious Sovereign now reigning; KingCharlesII. of which I had particular Reason to take Notice.[321]

The Castle was taken by the Forces of KingWilliamthe Conqueror; but we find not, that he was here. KingHenryVII.by the Way ofCambridge, made a Pilgrimage untoWalsingham; but Records tell us not, that he was atNorwich. KingJamesI.came sometimes toThetfordfor his Hunting Recreation, but never vouchsafed to advance twenty Miles farther.

Not long after the writing of these Papers, DeanHerbert Astleydied, a civil, generous, and public-minded Person, who had travell’d inFrance,Italy, andTurkey, and was interr’d near the Monument of SirJames Hobart: Unto whom succeeded my honoured Friend Dr.John Sharpe, a Prebend of this Church, and Rector of St.Giles’sin the Fields,London; a Person of singular Worth, and deserv’d Estimation, the Honourand Love of all Men; in the first Year of whose Deanery, 1681, the Prebends were these:

(But Dr.Burtondying in that Year, Mr.Richard Kiddersucceeded,) worthy Persons, learned Men, and very good Preachers.

I have by me the Picture of ChancellorSpencer, drawn when he was Ninety Years old, as the Inscription doth declare, which was sent unto me fromColney.

Tho' BishopNixsat long in theSeeofNorwich, yet is not there much deliver’d of him:Foxin hisMartyrologyhath said something of him in the Story ofThomas Bilney, who was burnt inLollard’sPit withoutBishopgate, in his Time.

BishopSpencerlived in the Reign ofRichard ii.andHenry iv.sat in theSeeofNorwich37 Years: Of a Soldier made a Bishop, and sometimes exercising the Life of a Soldier in his Episcopacy; for he led an Army intoFlanderson the Behalf of PopeUrbanVI.in Opposition toClementthe Anti-Pope; and also over-came the Rebellious Forces ofLitstertheDyer, inNorfolk, byNorth-Walsham, in the Reign of KingRichard ii.

Those that would know the Names of the Citizens who were chief Actors in the Tumult in BishopSkerewyng’sTime, may find 'em set down in the Bull of PopeGregoryXI.

Some Bishops, tho' they liv’d and died here, might not be buried in this Church, as some Bishops probably of old, more certainly of later Time.

Here concludes SirThomas Browne'sMS.

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