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carved round the capital of the south Nortnan pier of the choir 

 arch, no doubt all of them likenesses of the celebrities of the period, 

 and amongst them Queen Philippa was plainly traceable with the 

 head of Edward III. fticing her on the north pier. On the south 

 side are the remains of three sedilia, richly carved with traces of 

 colour upon them, and the rose of the decorated period introduced 

 in a triangular pattern at the back. Next in order on the south 

 side is the Chantry— called Trinity Chapel from an early fifteenth 

 century representation of the Trinity painted on the interior of the 

 east wall— erected, by his wife, in memory of Edward Le Despenser, 

 who died A.D. 1401 j a kneeling figure turned towards the altar, 

 with hands uplifted in the attitude of prayer, beneath a canopy 

 surmounts the roof Passing through this chapel, Mr. Niblett 

 pointed out the various tombs of the Abbots, from that of " Alanus 

 Abbas," who died in 1202, to that of John Wakeman, the last of 

 the Abbots and first Bishop of Gloucester, 1541, and noticed in 

 passing the elegant cypher of Richard Cheltenham, who was Abbot 

 from 1481 to 1509, and the full length figure of a knight in armour 

 on the north side measuring 6ft. 9in. from head to feet, supposed 

 to be that of Lord Wenlock, killed at the battle of Tewkesbury. 

 The beautiful windows in the choir filled with painted glass of the 

 middle of the fom-teenth century were much admired. In two of 

 them are curious figures of knights in armour, representing the 

 Earls of Glocester, four on the north and fom- on the south side. 



The Rev. W. S. SjTnonds and Sir W. Guise, respectively Presidents 

 of the Malvern and Cotteswold Clubs, having now joined the 

 members, the site of the battle of Tewkesbmy was visited ; the 

 " bloody meadow," where the great slaughter of the Lancastrians 

 took place, and the position of the opposing armies of Queen 

 Margaret and King Edward having been pointed out, a halt was 

 called on the rising ground of Tewkesbury Park, where Mr. 

 Symonds read a concise and instructive paper on the position of 

 the various parties both before and after the battle, of which the 

 following is an abstract : — 



" With the site of the battle field in front and the fine outline of 

 the Cotteswolds forming the background, it was pleasant, he said, on 

 some well-known spot like the " Bloody Meadow," near which they 



