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Augustinian canon, with his head resting on a cushion and his feet 
on a barrel, Over this rises a canopy with richly groined vaulting, 
at the front of which is a traceried arch, and at each end a niche. 
At the back is a blank space which was once apparently filled with 
a panel of stone or marble about 24in. thick. The central part 
being raised suggests the probability that the subject of this panel 
was the crucifixion. At the front angles of the tomb are niches 
containing figures of SS. Peter and Paul, with their emblems, the 
keys and the sword (which, by the way, are the arms of the See of 
Winchester). The cornice is richly carved with the vine pattern ; 
in the centre above is an angel holding the supposed design or rebus, 
a branch or sprig growing out of a barrel or twm. On each side of 
this figure can be traced the section of a destroyed parapet, which 
was probably pierced or carved. The moulded mensa is enriched by 
carving—the subjects being the rebus referred to five times repeated, 
the monogram IB twice repeated, a lamb with the same sprig crossed 
above its head, and a Tudor rose. The front of the tomb below 
this is divided into four panels of cusped quatrefoils, in two of 
which the rebus runs, and in the other two the Tudor flower. Not- 
withstanding all this symbolism the name of the departed ecclesi- 
astic has never yet been satisfactorily identified, though many 
guesses have been made; he was doubtless a benefactor of the 
monastery. The original rich colouring of red, blue, black, and 
gold remains on the upper part of the monument, though a good 
deal of modern ruddle has been added. In re-laying the floor of 
the south transept a stone-built grave was discovered in front of this 
altar-tomb ; a piece of the original tile floor in situ under the lowest 
step of the staircase, and the marks on the wall indicated that the 
raised altar space against the east wall returned along over this 
grave. The grave was not disturbed, but there can be little doubt 
that it is that of the canon whom the monument commemo- 
rates. 
Under the second arch from the east of the south nave arcade 
(which, I may mention, is the exact position of Bishop Edington’s 
chantry in Winchester Cathedral) is another monument, perhaps a 
little later in date, and supposed to be that of Sir Ralph Cheney, 
