_Inscriptions in Churches_ (Vol. vii., p. 25.).--NORRIS DECK'S extract,
assigning these inscriptions to the reign of Edward VI., is valuable; but
he need not have dissented from your account of the colloquy between
Elizabeth and Dean Nowell, as you clearly hinted that "similar inscriptions
had been _previously_ adopted" (Vol. vi., p. 511.). The colloquy occurred
in the fourth year of Elizabeth's reign; but, from the following extract,
her Majesty's proclamation was observed in Ireland two years previously:
"In 1559, orders were sent to Thomas Lockwood, Dean of Christ Church,
Dublin, to remove out of this church all relics and images, and to
paint and whiten it anew; putting sentences of Scripture on the walls
instead of pictures, which orders were observed, and men set to work
accordingly on the 25th May of the same year, which was the second of
Queen Elizabeth's reign."--Lynch's _Life of St. Patrick_, p. 208.,
edit. 1828.