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Bell's Cathedrals

INDEX.

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Alban's, S., relics, 116, 118

Alcock, Bishop, 122; his chapel, 35, 90—pl., 94, 112

Allen, Bishop, 130; tomb, 90

Altar, often moved, 90

Andrewes, Bishop, 125

Apse, 19, 80

Arundel, Archbishop, 120

Barnet, Bishop, 26, 119; tomb, 95

Basevi, Mr., fatal accident, 64; brass 90

Belsham, Bishop, 117

Bishop, in abbot's stall, 29; his sword of state, 129

Bishopric constituted, 15, 110

Bourchier, Archbishop, 120-1

Brithnoth, Abbot, 12, 102

Brithnoth, Alderman, 93, 103

Browne, Bishop, 131

Buckeridge, Bishop, 126

Butts, Bishop, 128

Canute, King, 105

Catharine's, S., chapel, 21, 64-5—pl., 63

Cathedrals of old foundation, 113

Choir, 77—pl., 53, 55, 79, 98; aisles, 56—pl., 89, 122; screen, 76—pl., 76; compared with presbytery, 78

Cloister, 61

College of Secular Clergy, 12, 102

Compton, Bishop, 131

Cox, Bishop, 125

Cratendune, 8

Crauden, Prior, his chapel, 25, 131—pl., 131

Cromwell, Oliver, 29

Cross, S., church, 29, 49, 97

Dampier, Bishop, 128

De Burgh, Bishop, 116

De Fontibus, Bishop, 116

De L'Isle, Bishop, 25, 119

Dickson, Canon, 61

Dunstan, Archbishop, 11, 12

East End, 55

Edmund's, S., chapel, 75; representation of his martyrdom, 90

Edward, Confessor, educated at Ely, 105

Elsin, Abbot, 12, 13, 103

Ely Cathedral, built, 13; congregation ejected, 29; in seventeenth century, 30; in eighteenth century, 31—pl., 33

Ely, etymology, 4;

above sea level, 42; population, 42

Ely, Isle of, 3, 9, 11, 13

Ely monastery, founded, 8; destroyed by Danes, 10, 101; reconstituted, 102; monks and nuns, 99; surrendered, 29; mitred prior, 25

Ely Porta, 133—pl., 133

Ermenilda, S., Abbess, 15, 100

Etheldreda, S., foundress, 3-9; translation, 15; scenes from career on corbels, 6, 72; churches dedicated to her, 7; her shrine, 16, 20, 21, 89—pl., 20, 91; S. Audrey's laces, 73

Ethelwold, Bishop, 11, 12

Eustace, Bishop, 17, 18, 66, 114

Felix, S., attempted seizure of his remains, 102

Felton, Bishop, 4, 126

Fitz-Alan, Archbishop, 120

Fleetwood, Bishop, 127

Fordham, Bishop, 120

Front, west, 17, 43

Galilee, 17-19, 44, 46—pl., 18, 41, 45

Gardner, Mr. J. D., gave the reredos, 83

Godfrey, administrator, 13, 108

Gooch, Bishop, 128

Goodrich, Bishop, 29, 124; brass, 96—pl., 124

Goodwin, Dean, restoration in his time, 35

Gray, Bishop, 26, 121

Greene, Bishop, 90, 127

Guest-hall, 25

Gunning, Bishop, 32, 126; tomb, 95

Hereward, 16

Hervey, Bishop, 114

Heton, Bishop, 125; tomb, 95

Hotham, Bishop, 29, 99, 118; tomb, 89

Infirmary, 24, 131—pl., 132

Keene, Bishop, 93, 128

Keeton, Bishop, 118

Kilkenny, Bishop, 116; tomb, 83

Kirkby, Bishop, 117

Labyrinth, 63

Lady-chapel, 20, 24, 28, 52, 84—pl., 53, 85, 86; bosses in roof, 28

Laney, Bishop, 126

Langham, Cardinal Archbishop, 119

Lantern, 36, 73—pl., 57

Leofric, Leofsin, Leofwin, Abbots, 105

Le Strange, Mr., painted ceiling, 67

Longchamp, Bishop, 114

Louth, Bishop, 117; tomb, 95

Luxemburg, Cardinal Archbishop, 120; tomb, 93

Mary's, S., Church, 17, 93

Mawson, Bishop, 32, 128

Merivale, Dean, restoration in his time, 38; tablet, 96

Mill, Canon, tomb, 90

Monks' door, 60

Montacute, Bishop, 119

Monuments, 87

Moore, Bishop, 127; tomb, 95

Morgan, Bishop, 120

Morton, Cardinal Archbishop, 121

Nave, 15-17, 49, 66—pl., 2, 62, 65; aisles, 69—pl., 69, 70; ceiling, 67-69—pl., 67

Nigel, Bishop, 114

Northwold, Bishop, 15, 19, 21, 116; tomb, 90

Octagon, 22-4, 36, 50, 71—pl., 23; cost, 29

Orford, Bishop, 117

Organ, 38; gallery, 32

Ovin, 5, 71, 73

Parry, Mr. Gambier, painted ceiling, 67

Patrick, Bishop, 127

Peacock, Dean, restoration in his time, 29; octagon restored as memorial, 37

Pherd, Bishop, 116

Powcher, Prior, 25, 27

Presbytery, 26, 76—pl., 55, 77, 91; bosses in roof, 80

Prior's door, 60—pl., 59

Redman, Bishop, 123; tomb, 88

Refectory, 20

Reredos, 83—pl., 84

Richard, last Abbot, 14, 15, 110

Riddell, Bishop, 15, 114

Robert of York, 114

Rood-loft, 32

Sacrist's Office, 24

Scott, Sir G. G., 35, 37, 63

Selwyn, Canon, 96; tomb, 95

S. Sexburga, Abbess, 100

Sextry-barn, 34

Simeon, Abbot, 13, 14

Sparke, Bishop, 90, 129

Sparke, Canon E. B., 96

Spire on west tower, 19, 27, 32, 49

Stained glass, 96

Stalls, 32, 34, 83—pl., 81

Stanley, Bishop, 123

Stubbs, Dean, 21, 25, 52, 72, 73, 80

Tabula Eliensis, 108

Theodwin, Abbot, 13, 108

Thirlby, Bishop, 125

Thurstan, Abbot, 107

Tower, central, 21; west, 14, 43, 47, 63—pl., 40, 48

Transepts, 19, 75; north, 29, 51—pl., 74; south, 60—pl., 75; west, 35, 64; galleries, 76

Triforium, 26, 57, 58, 83—pl., 80

Turner, Bishop, 127

Turton, Bishop, 131

Tyndall, Dean, brass, 96

Walpole, Bishop, 117

Walsingham, Alan de, 20, 22, 24-5; elected bishop, 25, 119; stone over his grave, 25, 88

Werburga, S., Abbess, 16, 100

West, Bishop, 124; his chapel, 28, 93—pl., 95, 123

White, Bishop, 126

Wilfrid, Archbishop, 6, 9

Wisbech, John de, 20

Withburga's, S., body purloined, 102

Woodford, Bishop, 93, 131; tomb, 88, 96—pl., 129

Worcester, Earl of, tomb, 95

Wren, Bishop, 126

Wren, Sir C., 51

Wyatt's report, 32

Yorke, Bishop, 128

DIMENSIONS OF ELY CATHEDRAL.

Length(interior)517feet.

"of nave230"

Width ofnave78"

"octagon74"

Height of vault72"

"western tower215"

Area46,000 sq. feet.

GROUND PLAN OF ELY CATHEDRAL.
GROUND PLAN OF ELY CATHEDRAL.
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