24 The Twenty-third General Meeting. 
discussion. He then mentioned the tradition relating to it, that it was: 
the tomb of a chorister, who died during his elevation, but said he 
considered that that idea had been swept away. The company then 
inspected the monument of William Longspee, the first Earl of 
Salisbury (a natural son of King Henry II. by Fair Rosamond), 
which, the Archdeacon remarked, was an interesting monument of 
an interesting man. In answer to a question the Archdeacon said 
the monuments in the nave were moved there. There were some 
there originally, but most of them were brought there, which was a 
sad thing to do, as their whole history was obscured by their removal. 
The spot where the Hungerford Chapel originally stood was then 
pointed out, after which attention was called to the way in which 
the “legs” of the tower bulged out. Standing under the very 
centre of the spire, the Archdeacon said in 1737 it was thought that 
the spire was more out of its perpendicular than formerly, and a 
plumbing was taken. Some years since it was again taken by 
Mr. Fisher, when it was found that no further deviation had 
taken place. It now deflected 20 inches to the south-west. 
The Archdeacon then described the restoration now taking place in 
the choir, and called particular attention to the restored colouring of 
the roof, and to the medallions between the groinings, which are as 
near as possible restorations of the old paintings executed in the latter 
part of the thirteenth century. In the centre was represented our 
Blessel Lord “ in Majesty,” and on the west, leading up to him, were 
prophets, and Old Testament characters; while east of the central 
figure and towards where the altar would stand, were a number of 
figures partaking more of a secular character, and representing the 
months of theyear. There was February, for instance, represented by a 
person warming himself at a fire: August, by the cutting of corn, 
finishing up with December, represented by a man killing a pig for 
his Christmas dinner. He observed that some persons were of opinion 
that the high altar must originally have been under the representa- 
tion of the “ Majesty,” and not under the meaner subjects of the 
months. Sir Gilbert Scott was, however, of a different opinion, and 
in an elaborate report which he had issued on the subject, had stated 
the result of his investigations was that the high altar was always 
