170 The Bishop’s Palace at Salisbury. 
rooms as at present.—(“ Architectural Antiquities of the City of 
Wells,” p. 7, Oxford and London, 1866). The architectural details 
were also probably very similar. 
The next question that suggests itself is this, did our old house 
contain a chapel, and, if so, when was it built and for what purpose 
was it used? As the Bishop’s manor houses contained chapels in 
which ordinations were frequently held, especially at Ramsbury and 
Sonning, it is likely that his principal house did so too. But it is 
curious that there is no mention of ordinations in this house in our 
registers till the time of Bishop Jewel (1559—71), who often held 
small ordinations “in Palatio Episcopali Sarum.” On one occasion 
he ordained six deacons and seven priests here (27th March, 1568), 
but usually his larger ordinations were in the Cathedral or at 
Westbury Church, “sub plano Sarum.” TI do not doubt that “in 
Palatio” means in the Palace Chapel, but it is remarkable that the 
first specific mention of it is in the register of his successor, Edmund 
Gheast, who once at least ordained “in Capella sive Oratorio infra 
palatium Episcopale Sarum ” (3rd Sept., 1588). We must therefore 
conclude that when Bishop Humphrey Henchman! “ restored and 
1“ Consecratio Sacelli (infra Palatiu Epi Saru) Per Humfredu Epu, 
Aug. 28, 1662. 
“In Dei Nomine Amen Cum Nos Humfredus permissione Divina Saris- 
buriensis Episcopus Cameram istam superiorem infra Palatium hoc nostrum 
Sarum cui immediate subjacet Refectorium nostrum in dicto Palatio situm 
divina beneficentia instaurari et perfici curaverimus eandemque sacris officiis 
deputare munusque consecrationis eidem impendere constituerimus ut sit Deo 
annuente futuris temporibus in perpetuum dicti Palatii Nostri sacrata Capella 
Eandemque igitur Capellam (continentem intra muros ejusdem in Longitudine 
ab Oriente in Occidentem quadraginta pedes et septem pollices aut circiter in 
latitudine vero ab aquilone in Austrum Octodecem pedes et novem pollices aut 
circiter) Sacra Mensa aliisque ad divinum cultum requisitis sufficienter et 
decenter instructam Authoritate nostra Ordinaria et Episcopali pro nobis et 
Successoribus nostris ab omni usu communi et profano seponimus et separamus 
et soli Divino Cultui ac Divinorum celebrationi addicimus dicamus dedicamus 
consecramus in perpetuum Atque insuper eadem authoritate nostra Ordinaria 
et Episcopali pro Nobis et Successoribus nostris licentiam pariter et facultatem 
in Domino concedimus Ad rem Divinam ibidem faciendam nempe ad preces 
publicas et Sacram Ecclesiae Liturgiam recitandam ad verbum Dei sincere 
proponendum et predicandum ad sacramenta administranda ceteraque quae- 
cunque peragenda quae in istiusmodi privatis Capellis licite fieri possunt et 
