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placed there, as is the inscription which goes round the edge ; but 
I venture to hazard the conjecture that the inscription at the foot 
of the figure of the Bishop has been placed there, as a substitute 
for a previous inscription, which probably had a stronger sheet 
of brass than exists now, more like the rest of the brasses on this 
remarkable tomb. 
XV. INVESTIGATIONS STILL TO BE MaDe. 
The dedications of the side chapels in the transepts, except that 
of the Lady Chapel, have yet to be ascertained. This ought not 
to be difficult to any one who has ready access to the Augmenta- 
tion Offices’ documents in London, and the Chapter records at 
Lichfield. 
Of the two chapels in the south transept the one nearest the 
south was probably endowed, in part at least, by some of the 
Meverel family. Sir Thurston de Bower may have married into — 
this family. That the Stathams claimed some privilege of sepul- 
ture in that part of the church seems probable. The Lytton 
Chapel joins next. Its form can only be determined by the 
piscina and the flat stone containing the Lytton brass. Whether 
that stone occupies its original position I cannot say. The south 
aisle of the nave is two feet wider than the north aisle, and may 
possibly have contained smaller chantries surrounded by wooden 
parcloses, but this is mere conjecture. 
In the north transept, besides the Lady Chapel, another 
chantry may have existed. No piscina, however, can be traced 
attached to this part of the church, which seems to have had some 
connection with Wheston. 
What the exact form of the top of the chancel screen originally 
was, cannot, I fear, be ascertained. Care will be taken to preserve 
what remains, and to follow the marks on the responds in restor- 
ing the top. 
The old statutes of the Tideswell Guild or Guilds may perhaps 
at some time be found in London. 
