BY THE SAME AUTHOR
Wood Carvings in English Churches
I. MISERICORDS
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[1]Harry Sirr inArt Journal, 1883, 329.[2]Wickenden,Archæological Journal, 1881, pp. 43-61.[3]Canon Church inArchæologia, lv. 326.[4]Dictionnaire raisonné, viii. 464.[5]C. R. Peers inVictoria County History of Northants, ii. 445.[6]Illustrated in the writer'sScreens and Galleries, 2.[7]Faber'sPoems, pp. 227-229.[8]See the writer'sWestminster Abbey, 48.[9]For plans of St Gall, Kirkstall, Westminster, Canterbury, Exeter, York, see the writer'sGothic Architecture in England.[10]For an account of the working of the system of Secular Canons in the English cathedrals see Canon Church's paper inArchæologia, lv.; Professor Freeman'sCathedral Church of Wells; Mr A. F. Leach onBeverley Minsterin vols. 98 and 100 of the Surtees Society, and onSouthwell Minsterin the 1891 volume of the Camden Society; and Rev. J. T. Fowler, D.C.L., onRipon Minsterin vols. 64, 74, 78, 81 of the Surtees Society.[11]See Mr A. F. Leach'sMemorials of Beverley Minster, Surtees Society, vols. 98 and 108.[12]Views of galleried choirs may be seen in Britton'sCathedral Antiquities; Norwich, ii. 13, Oxford, ii. 10.[13]Illustrated in Maeterlinck,La genre satirique dans la sculpture flamande et wallonne, page 12.[14]See Viollet-le-Duc'sDictionnaire, viii. 464.[15]See C. R. B. King inIndextoSpring Gardens Sketch Book, ii. 46, and Plate XLVI.[16]Hope'sRochester Cathedral, pp. 110, 111.[17]It is illustrated in Professor Lethaby'sWestminster Abbey, p. 23, from Sandford'sCoronation of James II., and is reproduced above.[18]Illustrated inGothic Architecture in England, 481.[19]SeeJohn O'Gaunt's Sketch Book, vol. i.[20]Here, as always, one has to recognise the technical and artistic excellence of Mr Crossley's photography; he has even reproduced the cobwebs.[21]They are ascribed to the fourteenth century by Mr Octavius Morgan inMonuments of Abergavenny Church.[22]My attention was directed to these arms by Mr W. H. St John Hope.[23]Jones and Freeman'sSt David's, pp. 87 and 91.[24]Illustrated in Dart'sCanterbury Cathedral, 145 and 160.[25]E. Mansel Sympson'sLincoln, 277.[26]Illustrated in the writer'sGothic Architecture in England, p. 269.[27]A photograph of the north range of the Chester stalls forms the frontispiece of the writer'sMisericords.[28]Mr C. H. Purday.[29]Illustrated in Murray'sWelsh Cathedrals, page 267.[30]Illustrated in the writer'sFonts and Font Covers, 296.[31]Ecclesiastical Architecture of Scotland, ii. 105. Drawings by Mr J. B. Fulton appeared in theBuilder, 1st Oct. 1898 and 2nd Dec. 1893; and by Mr A. S. Robertson in theBuilders' Journal, 14th Jan. 1903.[32]Macgibbon and Ross.Castellated and Domestic Architecture of Scotland, v. 543; andBuilder, lxxv. 293, in which are measured drawings by Mr J. B. Fulton.[33]Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries, i. 112.[34]For information relating to the Windsor stalls I am indebted to Mr W. H. St John Hope: see his paper "On a remarkable series of Wooden Busts surmounting the stall-canopies in St George's chapel, Windsor," inArchæologia, liv. 115, and the building accounts to be published in his forthcoming work onWindsor Castle.[35]See the writer'sWestminster Abbey, 146.[36]Sacristy, i. 266.[37]The Hampton Court busts are by Giovanni de Majano, who in 1521 demanded payment for ten "medallions of terra cotta." They cost £2. 6s. 8d. each. R. Blomfield'sHistory of Renaissance Architecture in England, 3.[38]Illustrated in the writer'sWestminster Abbey, 197.[39]See also the illustration of the chair madec.1545 for Dorothy Mainwaring, page 123.[40]See Willis and Clark, i. 516-522.[41]Gotch'sEarly English Renaissance, 29, 254.[42]Annales Caermoclenses, by James Stockdale; Ulverston, 1872, p. 76.[43]Early Renaissance Architecture in England, 38.[44]Annals of St Paul's, 447.[45]Measured drawings of the stalls of St Paul's by Mr C. W. Baker appeared in theBuilding News, 1891, pages 108 and 358.[46]The Renaissance woodwork ousted from Worcester cathedral by Sir Gilbert Scott found a resting-place in the church of Sutton Coldfield (R. A. D.).[47]Willis'Canterbury Cathedral, 107.[48]These are illustrated inArchæologia Cantiana, vol. xiii.[49]York Fabric Rolls, 35, 248.[50]Canon Savage's pamphlet, 369.[51]Cutts'Parish Priests, 466.[52]Gasquet'sParish Life in Mediæval England, 96.[53]Gasquet,Parish Life in Mediæval England, 45.[54]It is of course possible that both Alan de Alnewyk and Robert Constable sat in the chancel in surplice either as a member of a gild or of the choir.[55]This, however, may have been for one of the choirmen or choristers.[56]Reproduced in Gasquet,ibid., 47, from Didron.[57]Wordsworth'sSalisbury Ceremonies and Processions, 20.[58]Inhibitions of Archbishop William of York in 1308 and 1312 in Rev. Dr Fowler'sMemorials of Ripon Minster, Surtees Society, vol. 78.[59]"South chancel" may mean "the chapel south of the chancel."[60]Admirably edited by Mr Littlehales for the Early English Text Society; vols. 20 and 24.[61]At Hambleton (98) the chancel was remodelled, and the simple desks with linen pattern may be of that date. But the seats behind were never more than rough movable benches.—G. H. P.[62]R. H. Murray onAncient Church Fittings, 12.[63]Mr T. Graham Jackson'sDalmatia: iii. 319, 427, 105: i. 272 and ii. 123.[64]Stewart inArchæological Journal, xxxii. 18.[65]Jones and Freeman'sSt David's, 90-93.[66]Padre Garrucci inProceedings of Society of Antiquaries, iv. 40, and illustrations inVetusta Monumenta, vol. vi. The perspective sketch is by Carlo Fontana and is in the Royal Library at Windsor; the measured drawing is by Signor S. A. Scardonelli, and was made in 1784.[67]Measured drawings of the Hereford chair by Mr W. H. Brierley appeared in theBritish Architect, xxiii. 114.[68]Described by Dr Cox inEnglish Church Furniture, p. 250.[69]Shaw'sAncient Furniture, 31.[70]Wiltshire Archæological Society's Magazine, vi. 147-149, quoted inEnglish Church Furniture, 253.[71]Archæologia Æliana, xvii. 47, andProceedings of the Society of Antiquaries, xvii. 238. There are four similar chairs at Kilpeck.[72]For descriptions and illustrations see Mr J. Hunter's "Edward the First's Spoliations in Scotland,A.D.1296" inArch. Journal, vol. xiii.; Mr W. Burges' paper in "Gleanings from Westminster Abbey," p. 121; and Mr Lethaby'sWestminster, pp. 18, 265, 297.[73]Henry Shaw'sAncient Furniture, Plate VI.[74]Illustrated in Hone'sYear Book, 143.[75]Rev. Arthur Helps fromCountry Life, 12th March 1910.[76]Communicated by Rev. R. M. Serjeantson
[1]Harry Sirr inArt Journal, 1883, 329.
[2]Wickenden,Archæological Journal, 1881, pp. 43-61.
[3]Canon Church inArchæologia, lv. 326.
[4]Dictionnaire raisonné, viii. 464.
[5]C. R. Peers inVictoria County History of Northants, ii. 445.
[6]Illustrated in the writer'sScreens and Galleries, 2.
[7]Faber'sPoems, pp. 227-229.
[8]See the writer'sWestminster Abbey, 48.
[9]For plans of St Gall, Kirkstall, Westminster, Canterbury, Exeter, York, see the writer'sGothic Architecture in England.
[10]For an account of the working of the system of Secular Canons in the English cathedrals see Canon Church's paper inArchæologia, lv.; Professor Freeman'sCathedral Church of Wells; Mr A. F. Leach onBeverley Minsterin vols. 98 and 100 of the Surtees Society, and onSouthwell Minsterin the 1891 volume of the Camden Society; and Rev. J. T. Fowler, D.C.L., onRipon Minsterin vols. 64, 74, 78, 81 of the Surtees Society.
[11]See Mr A. F. Leach'sMemorials of Beverley Minster, Surtees Society, vols. 98 and 108.
[12]Views of galleried choirs may be seen in Britton'sCathedral Antiquities; Norwich, ii. 13, Oxford, ii. 10.
[13]Illustrated in Maeterlinck,La genre satirique dans la sculpture flamande et wallonne, page 12.
[14]See Viollet-le-Duc'sDictionnaire, viii. 464.
[15]See C. R. B. King inIndextoSpring Gardens Sketch Book, ii. 46, and Plate XLVI.
[16]Hope'sRochester Cathedral, pp. 110, 111.
[17]It is illustrated in Professor Lethaby'sWestminster Abbey, p. 23, from Sandford'sCoronation of James II., and is reproduced above.
[18]Illustrated inGothic Architecture in England, 481.
[19]SeeJohn O'Gaunt's Sketch Book, vol. i.
[20]Here, as always, one has to recognise the technical and artistic excellence of Mr Crossley's photography; he has even reproduced the cobwebs.
[21]They are ascribed to the fourteenth century by Mr Octavius Morgan inMonuments of Abergavenny Church.
[22]My attention was directed to these arms by Mr W. H. St John Hope.
[23]Jones and Freeman'sSt David's, pp. 87 and 91.
[24]Illustrated in Dart'sCanterbury Cathedral, 145 and 160.
[25]E. Mansel Sympson'sLincoln, 277.
[26]Illustrated in the writer'sGothic Architecture in England, p. 269.
[27]A photograph of the north range of the Chester stalls forms the frontispiece of the writer'sMisericords.
[28]Mr C. H. Purday.
[29]Illustrated in Murray'sWelsh Cathedrals, page 267.
[30]Illustrated in the writer'sFonts and Font Covers, 296.
[31]Ecclesiastical Architecture of Scotland, ii. 105. Drawings by Mr J. B. Fulton appeared in theBuilder, 1st Oct. 1898 and 2nd Dec. 1893; and by Mr A. S. Robertson in theBuilders' Journal, 14th Jan. 1903.
[32]Macgibbon and Ross.Castellated and Domestic Architecture of Scotland, v. 543; andBuilder, lxxv. 293, in which are measured drawings by Mr J. B. Fulton.
[33]Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries, i. 112.
[34]For information relating to the Windsor stalls I am indebted to Mr W. H. St John Hope: see his paper "On a remarkable series of Wooden Busts surmounting the stall-canopies in St George's chapel, Windsor," inArchæologia, liv. 115, and the building accounts to be published in his forthcoming work onWindsor Castle.
[35]See the writer'sWestminster Abbey, 146.
[36]Sacristy, i. 266.
[37]The Hampton Court busts are by Giovanni de Majano, who in 1521 demanded payment for ten "medallions of terra cotta." They cost £2. 6s. 8d. each. R. Blomfield'sHistory of Renaissance Architecture in England, 3.
[38]Illustrated in the writer'sWestminster Abbey, 197.
[39]See also the illustration of the chair madec.1545 for Dorothy Mainwaring, page 123.
[40]See Willis and Clark, i. 516-522.
[41]Gotch'sEarly English Renaissance, 29, 254.
[42]Annales Caermoclenses, by James Stockdale; Ulverston, 1872, p. 76.
[43]Early Renaissance Architecture in England, 38.
[44]Annals of St Paul's, 447.
[45]Measured drawings of the stalls of St Paul's by Mr C. W. Baker appeared in theBuilding News, 1891, pages 108 and 358.
[46]The Renaissance woodwork ousted from Worcester cathedral by Sir Gilbert Scott found a resting-place in the church of Sutton Coldfield (R. A. D.).
[47]Willis'Canterbury Cathedral, 107.
[48]These are illustrated inArchæologia Cantiana, vol. xiii.
[49]York Fabric Rolls, 35, 248.
[50]Canon Savage's pamphlet, 369.
[51]Cutts'Parish Priests, 466.
[52]Gasquet'sParish Life in Mediæval England, 96.
[53]Gasquet,Parish Life in Mediæval England, 45.
[54]It is of course possible that both Alan de Alnewyk and Robert Constable sat in the chancel in surplice either as a member of a gild or of the choir.
[55]This, however, may have been for one of the choirmen or choristers.
[56]Reproduced in Gasquet,ibid., 47, from Didron.
[57]Wordsworth'sSalisbury Ceremonies and Processions, 20.
[58]Inhibitions of Archbishop William of York in 1308 and 1312 in Rev. Dr Fowler'sMemorials of Ripon Minster, Surtees Society, vol. 78.
[59]"South chancel" may mean "the chapel south of the chancel."
[60]Admirably edited by Mr Littlehales for the Early English Text Society; vols. 20 and 24.
[61]At Hambleton (98) the chancel was remodelled, and the simple desks with linen pattern may be of that date. But the seats behind were never more than rough movable benches.—G. H. P.
[62]R. H. Murray onAncient Church Fittings, 12.
[63]Mr T. Graham Jackson'sDalmatia: iii. 319, 427, 105: i. 272 and ii. 123.
[64]Stewart inArchæological Journal, xxxii. 18.
[65]Jones and Freeman'sSt David's, 90-93.
[66]Padre Garrucci inProceedings of Society of Antiquaries, iv. 40, and illustrations inVetusta Monumenta, vol. vi. The perspective sketch is by Carlo Fontana and is in the Royal Library at Windsor; the measured drawing is by Signor S. A. Scardonelli, and was made in 1784.
[67]Measured drawings of the Hereford chair by Mr W. H. Brierley appeared in theBritish Architect, xxiii. 114.
[68]Described by Dr Cox inEnglish Church Furniture, p. 250.
[69]Shaw'sAncient Furniture, 31.
[70]Wiltshire Archæological Society's Magazine, vi. 147-149, quoted inEnglish Church Furniture, 253.
[71]Archæologia Æliana, xvii. 47, andProceedings of the Society of Antiquaries, xvii. 238. There are four similar chairs at Kilpeck.
[72]For descriptions and illustrations see Mr J. Hunter's "Edward the First's Spoliations in Scotland,A.D.1296" inArch. Journal, vol. xiii.; Mr W. Burges' paper in "Gleanings from Westminster Abbey," p. 121; and Mr Lethaby'sWestminster, pp. 18, 265, 297.
[73]Henry Shaw'sAncient Furniture, Plate VI.
[74]Illustrated in Hone'sYear Book, 143.
[75]Rev. Arthur Helps fromCountry Life, 12th March 1910.
[76]Communicated by Rev. R. M. Serjeantson