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to the canopy of the Shrine of that famous Bishop, for this 
canopy has been moved away from its original position, and 
placed with exquisitely bad taste which has come under the lash 
of Mr. Freeman’s criticism in its present place. The ancient 
fifteenth century ironwork still surrounds the canopy. Thence 
to the tomb of William de Marchia, Bishop from 1293 to 1302. 
The headless figure of the Angel at the West end under the 
canopy was pointed out as an almost inimitable piece of sculpture, 
the attitude and repose of the drapery being very life-like. Thence 
past the tomb of Bishop John Harewell, and on to the Lady 
Chapel with its clustered pillars and many-coloured glass of the 
fourteenth century: in one of the windows on the South side occur 
the words—‘ Ista capella constructa est’—and then unfortunately 
the name is obliterated. In the West compartment of one of the 
North windows are two shields—one ‘gules, ten bezants,’ the 
other and the lower one, ‘ Barry of six, with an obscure figure.’ 
Along the North aisle of the Choir, and into the Crypt or 
‘undercroft’ (which is on a level with the floor, and not below 
the church as generally), the Canon guided the Members. The 
stone lantern, the old oak door bound with richly-wrought iron- 
work, the plain and simple groining, were all pointed out, and 
then up the ingeniously-contrived staircase to the Chapter House, 
one of the best examples of the thirteenth century, octagonal in 
plan, with its clustered central pillar and elegant fan tracery. 
Here Mr. Irvine again described the constructive details and 
gave a short account of the various stages through which it had 
passed. The original Norman Chapter House he considered may 
have been situated on the South side of the Cathedral. The 
present one, said to be built in Bishop March’s time, though 
planned before 1286, had not then been begun, though the Crypt, 
or lowermost portion, and the staircase already existed. The geo- 
metrical tracery of the windows could not fail to attract attention, 
and even the ancient floor itself contained an interesting page of 
