city is the #Guildhall#, of which the portico makes so pleasing an
ornament to the High Street. The building is a picturesque medley,
"English windows and Italian pillars," and Professor Freeman wittily
suggests that it serves to remind us of the jumble of tongues
characterizing "much of the law business that has been done within it."
The present building was built in 1464, replacing one of earlier date.
There are many pictures of local interest in the hall, and also
portraits by Sir Peter Lely of Princess Henrietta, Anne, Duchess of
Orleans, and of General Monk. The Princess was born in Exeter, and the
portrait was presented to the city by Charles II after the Restoration.
General Monk belonged to a Devonshire family whose residence was near
Torrington. There seems to have been at one time a guild or
confraternity connected with the chapel of St. George, erected over the
hall about the last year of Richard III. In the accounts are found
entries such as this: "Principae and others for exequis and masses said
in the chapel of Guildhall for the repose of the souls for the brothers
and sisters of the fraternity of St. George."
When Richard III was nearing the end of his reign, the roof was
fortified by a gun placed in charge of John Croker and ten soldiers. It
is a strange coincidence that the chapel should have been built at this
time. Evidently the wise citizens were determined to protect their
interests both here and hereafter.
DIMENSIONS.
Internal length 383 ft.
Nave, length 140 ft.
" breadth (with aisles) 72 ft.
" height 66 ft.
Choir, length 123 ft.
Transept, length 140 ft.
Area 29,600 sq. ft.
INDEX
Ambulatory, 61.
Bell, great, 74.
Bishops, list of, 83-89.
Bishop's throne, 56.
Blackall, Offspring, Bishop, 18.
Brantyngham, Th., Bishop, 11.
Bronscombe, Walter, Bishop, 4;
his tomb, 66.
Bruere, Wm., Bishop, 4, 8.
Bytton, Thomas de, Bishop, 6, 78.
Carew monument, 70.
Chapels and Chantries:
St. Andrew's, 61.
St. Edmund's, 39.
St. Gabriel's, 69.
Holy Ghost, of the, 47.
St. James', 59.
St. John Baptist's, 44.
Lady, 65.
St. Mary Magdalen's, 69.
Oldham's, 63.
St. Paul's, 44.
St. Radegunde's, 36.
Speke's, 63.
Sylke's, 44.
Chapter House, 75.
Choir, 52-61.
Choir screen, 48.
Choir stalls, 55.
Clock, 44.
Cloister, 75.
Close, 78.
Corbels and Bosses, 32, 35.
Courtenay memorials, 40, 57.
Dimensions, 96.
Doddridge Tomb, 67.
Font, 39.
Gauden, John, Bishop, 16.
Grandisson, John, Bishop, 10;
his tomb, 38.
Guildhall, 95.
Hall, Joseph, Bishop, 16.
Lacy, Edmund, Bishop, 12.
Lady Chapel, 65.
Lamplugh, Thomas, Bishop, 17.
Lechlade, Walter de, Cantor, 6.
Leofric, 1st Bishop, 3.
Liber Exoniensis, 3.
Library, Cathedral, 78.
Marshall, Henry, Bishop, 4.
Minstrels' gallery, 36.
Misericords, 55.
Monuments, nave, 39-43;
transepts, 44, 47.
Nave, interior, 31-43.
Neville, George, Bishop, 14.
Oldham, Hugh, Bishop, 15, 63.
Organ, 52.
Palace, 79.
Porch, north, 24.
Pulpits, 39, 59.
Quivil, Peter, Bishop, 5;
his tomb, 69.
Radegunde, St., chapel of, 36.
Reredos, 56.
Richard III, at Exeter, 96.
Roof, 24; interior, 32.
Rougemont Castle, 91.
Sedilia, 56-59.
Simon de Apulia, Bishop, 4; his tomb, 67.
Stafford, Edmund, Bishop, his tomb, 66.
Stapledon, Walter de, Bishop, 7-10.
Sylke, his chantry, 44.
Tombs:
Bradbridge, 71.
Bronscombe, 66.
Stafford, 66.
Sir John and Lady Doddridge, 67.
Iscanus. 67.
Simon de Apulia, 67.
Quivil, 69.
Marshall, 71.
Simcox, 74.
Stapledon, 71.
Towers, 23.
Transept, North, 43; South, 44.
Triforium, 35.
Vault, 32.
Vesey, John, Bishop, 15.
Ward, Seth, Bishop, 17.
Warelwast, Bishop, 3.
West Front, 27-29.
William III, at Exeter, 17.
Window, East, 59.
Windows of nave, 39-43; tracery, 36.
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[Illustration: PLAN OF EXETER CATHEDRAL
From Britton's 'Antiquities of Exeter.'
#REFERENCES TO PLAN.#
A. B. West Doors.
C. The Nave.
D. D. Nave Aisles.
E. Chapel of St. Edmund.
F. North Porch
G. Transept North (St. Paul's Tower).
H. Chapel of St. John the Baptist.
I. Canon's Vestry.
J. The Choir.
K. K. Choir Aisles.
L. Syke's Chantry.
M. Chapel of St. James.
N. Chapel of St. George (Speke's Chantry).
O. Chapel of St. Saviour (Bishop Oldham's Chantry).
P. Lady Chapel.
Q. Chapel of St. Mary Magdalen.
R. Chapel of St. Gabriel.
T. Transept South (St. Peter's Tower).
U. Chapel of the Holy Ghost.
V. The Chapter House.
Y. St. Paul's Chapel (North Transept).
Z. St. Radegunde's Chapel.]
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