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over the stone bridge, built by the then Lord Berkeley in 1587, 
to replace the wooden drawbridge. On the lawn is a large bell 
which formerly hung in a Buddhist Temple near Ningpo, presented 
to the late Lord Fitzhardinge by Captain Dew, C.B., of H.MLS. 
£ncounter, From the lawn the breach made by order of 
Cromwell is plainly visible. Entering the castle, the party 
were conducted to the Great Hall, “one of the finest baronial 
halls in England. The roof is believed to be the original one of 
the time of Edward III.” The stained glass windows contain 
the armorial bearings of the House of Berkeley and its alliances 
from 1115 to 1785. The Berkeley Arms are :—Gules, a chevron 
between ten crosses pattées argent. The Berkeleys, of 
Wymondham, it may be noted, a branch of this family, bear 
ten cinquefoils, instead of crosses. Near the fireplace are the 
fragments of two banners, carried at Flodden and Culloden by 
the regiment of the fourth Earl of Berkeley. The maces of the 
_ abolished Corporations of Berkeley and Wootton-under-Edge. 
In the hall and in the great drawing-room are numerous family 
portraits. The Drake relics, which used to stand on the landing, 
have been removed to the private rooms of the Castle, a chair 
only remaining, of Spanish oak, presented to Queen Elizabeth by 
- Sir Francis Drake. 
The Chapel retains its original roof, but the traces of the old 
inscriptions by John Trevisa, vicar from 1350-1412, are few and 
not easy to decipher. There are some curious old painted glass 
windows, on one of which is a sun dial with a bee in the centre. 
Having inspected the kitchens, small but lofty, the keep was 
visited. Over the stairs is a small room, said to have been that 
_ in which King Edward II. was murdered. The bed, a very small 
one, and the walls are furnished with ancient tapestry of crimson 
embroidered cloth, On the left is the dungeon room, a totally 
dark room, in which there is little doubt that the murder of the 
King took place. Under the floor is the dungeon, 28 feet in 
_ depth, which the guide shows by letting down a lantern. 
