’ BE LL S C ATH E D RA L S E R I E S : E D I TE D BY G L E E SO N W H I TE W F T A N D E D A RD . S R A N G E W I N C H E STE R THE CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF W N C H E S T E R A DESCRIPTION OF ITS FABRIC AND A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE EPISCOPAL S EE PH I I P W E R E A T L . S G N LL L L LLL LLL L LL LLL L L L L L LL L L LLLLL L L L LO N D O N G E O RG E BE L L SO N S 1898 CO . LI M I TE D H . R I V E R I E R E E D I N BU G H S D P S S , R G E N E R A L PR E FAC E T H 1 s series o f monographs has been planned to supply visitors to the great English Cathedrals with accurate and well illus trated — a T h e o f guide books at popular price . aim each writer has been t o produce a work compiled with sufficient knowledge and scholarship to be o f value to the student of Archaeology ln u se and H istory, and yet not too technical language for the of an ordinary Visitor o r tourist To specify all the authorities which have been made u se of in each case would be difficult and tedious in this place . But amongst the general sources o f information which have been almost invariably found useful are the great o f in county histories, the value which , especially questions o f r 2 genealogy and local reco ds , is generally recognised , ( ) the numerous papers by experts which appear from time to time in the Transactions o f the Antiquarian and Archaeolog ical Societies , (3) the important documents made accessible in the series issued by the Master o f the Rolls ; (4) the well- o f known works Britton and Willis on the English Cathedrals , and (5 ) the very excellent series of Handbooks to the Cathedrals originated by the late Mr John Murray ; to which the reader may in most cases be referred for fuller detail, o f s especially m reference to the histories the respective see . G LEESON WHITE , E . F . STRANGE, E di tor s o 1126 r i f S e es . PR E FAC E IT would be useless to attempt to record all the sources of information to which it has been necessary to have recourse in preparing this short account o f Winchester Cathedral and its history ; but I should like to acknowledge the main “ o f o f a portion the debt . The Proceedings the Arch eological ” o f in 1 8 o f I nstitute Great Britain 45 must, course, take ’ Willis s o the first place, for to paper every one must g who ’ “ ” wishes to know the cathedral well . Britton s Cathedrals, ’ “ ” ’ Willis s o f and d Browne Survey the Cathedrals, Woo ward s o f H is History Hampshire, with the more recent Diocesan “ of tory Winchester by Canon Benham , and the Winchester o f o f r Cathedral Records various dates, have been g eat 8 2 . u ilder 1 1 service An article in the B of October , 9 , and ' o ne o n Ar c/zztectu r e 1 8 6 St Cross in for November 9 , must l a so . I be mentioned Above all , am glad to be able to r o n o f o f e express my g atitude to e the editors this seri s, Mr Gleeson White, without whose assistance this account i would never have been commenced . The engrav ng of the ' iron grill - work is reproduced from Mr Starkie Gardiner s “ ” - V l f and o . I . o Iron work , , by permission the Science Art Department, South Kensington . PHILIP WALSINGHAM SERGEANT . CON T E N T S — s o f CHAPT E R I . Hi t ry o th e Ca th e dral P R —T h e a e a n n o CHA T E II . C th dr l Buildi g a d Cl se T h e Ext erio r T h e W es t Fro n t T h e No rth and S o uth S ides T h e Central To wer T h e Transe pts T h e Eas t E nd —Th e n CHAPT E R III . I terio r T h e Nave ’ T h e Minstre l s Gallery T h e Grill -wo rk T h e No rman Fo nt ’ Wyk eh am s Ch antry ’ E ding don s Chantry Th e Cho ir “ T h e To mb o f William R ufu s T h e R eredo s Th e Transepts N o rth Transe pt S o uth Transe pt T h e Libra ry T h e Fe reto ry T h e H o ly H o le ’ ’ G ardiner s and Fox s Chantries T h e o a es s . M rtu ry Ch t O T h e R etro cho ir and itS Ch antries T h e La h a e l dy C p . Th e Guardian Angels and Langto n Chapel s T h e Cry T h e S ta ine d Glass PT E R I V — s o of th e ee CHA . Hi t ry S PT R V -Th e is o s o f nc es e CHA E . B h p Wi h t r — C PT E R VL O e ns o ns connec e h th e athe a . 1 1 8 HA th r I tituti t d wit . C dr l LI S T O F I LLUS T R AT I ON S PAC E ’ T h a e a f o - e C th dr l r m th e N o rth Wes t Fr onti rpzece Th e Deane ry Old View o f th e No rth S ide o f th e Cathedral M o nument to Bisho p E th elmar T h e Cathe dra l fro m th e Deane ry G arde ns T h e W es t Fro nt — N o rth -Wes t Bay Ext erio r — Eas t E nd Exterio r Na e s o n S c een e fo e R es o a o n v , h wi g r b r t r ti Trans fo r matio n o f th e Nave T h e N a e o o n as v , l ki g E t Th e Na e o o n Wes v , l ki g t ’ n Th e Grill wo rk fro m S . S withu s S hrine T h e No rm an Fo nt ’ William o f Wyk e ham s Chantry Th e o o o n as Ch ir, l ki g E t T h e Cho ir S talls T h e jAltar and R eredo s T h e N o rth Transe pt View in No rth Trans e pt ’ Do o r to H e nry de Blo is Trea sury ’ Bis ho p Wilbe rfo rce s M o nume nt o A s e f o m anse S uth i l , r Tr pt ’ ac o f e reto r s o a d ne s han B k F y, with Bi h p G r i r C try ’ Bish o p Fo x s Chantry and De tails S o uth Ais le o f R e tro -c ho ir ’ Cardinal Beaufo rt s Chantry Th e Lady Chapel . De ta ils o f Lady Chape l ’ Bis h o p Langton 5 Chape l and De tails ’ Queen M ary s Chair M o rtua ry Ches t in Ch o ir Caw i ng o n Ch o ir S talls D e tails o f Fo nt Wi nc hes t e r Co ll ege : S ch o o l Winchest e r Co ll ege : Th e Out e r G ateway Winches te r Co llege : Chantry Cha pe l Winches te r Co llege : Insc ription and Th e Trus ty S en ant S t Cro ss fro m th e S o uth S t Cross fro m th e Quadrangle S t Cro ss : Eas t E nd fro m Nave Co u nty H all with R o und Table T h e City Cross To mbs tone in Churchya rd T h e West Gate . PLA N S o r m s CATH E DR AL AN D C ar e rs W I N C H E S T E R C A T H E D R A L C H A P T E R I HISTORY OF T H E CATHEDRAL “ K o u r UNLI E many of cathedral cities , Royal Winchester has a secular history of the greatest importance, which not only is almost inextricably interwoven with the ecclesiastical annals down to a comparatively recent date , but should at times T o occupy the foremost position in the records of the place .