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stage of the central tower, the later tipper stages, the transition, or late 

 Norman, arches of the nave ; the Early English Chancel ; the Decorated 

 extension of the nave; the Perpendicular clerestory and western tower. 

 Various objects of interest were commented on: The tomb of Ethelred. 

 elder brother of Alfred the Great, with its later brass, said to be the only 

 brass existing to a king ; that of the f Duke and Duchess of Beaufort, 

 (erected by their daughter Lady Margaret, mother of Henry VII) ; the Fitz 

 Pierre (?) monument; the tomb of Sir Edmund Uvedale, symbolical of 

 the resurrection; and the monument of } Anthony Ettrick, commonly 

 known as "the Man in the Wall." The clock in the baptistery is said to have 

 been constructed by Peter Lightfoot, a monk of Glastonbury, in 1325, 200 

 years before the days of Copernicus. It showsthephasss of the moon and its 

 revolution round the earth, and, in accordance with the Ptolemaic system, it 

 marks the revolution of the sun also. The houselling cloths have, presumably, 

 always been in use, although the benches on which they now lie are relics 

 of Puritan aggression, having been made in 1655, when the Independents 

 had obtained possession of the Minster, as seats upon which they sat 

 for their Communion. The lectern is dated 1623. The glass in the 

 east window is old Flemish, the subject ''The stem of Jesse." The crypt 

 (Early English and Decorated), partly taken up by the Bankes' vault, 

 accounts for the unusual elevation of the high altar. In the north transept 

 are remains of a fresco of the Crucifixion. The chained book in the 

 church || is Bishop Jewel's Apology; The length and position of the chain, 

 as well as its links should be compared with those of the ** chains, in the 

 Library, attached to the 200 volumes on the shelves. The Quarter Jack on 

 the north side of the west tower was placed there in 1613. The Minster 

 is the only church in the county, or in the diocese, with a peal of ten bells. 

 The three-faced sundial is unusual. 



Those present, at the vicar's suggestion, after his description 

 was finished, examined in detail, at their leisure, the various 

 points of interest. 



Deanscourt, on the site of the old Deanery, was to have been 

 visited; but, by the wish of Lady Hanham, the visit was 

 deferred until another occasion. 



* D.F.C. Proceedings, Vol. XL, p. 24. 

 | D.F.C. Proceedings, Vol. XXVIII, p. 219. 

 I D.F.C. Proceedings, Vol. XXXVII, p. 26. 

 Somerset & Dorset Notes & Queries, Vol. Ill, p. 249. 

 || D.F.C. Proceedings, Vol. XXXV, pp. 16, 25. 

 ** D.F.C. Proceedings, Vol. XXXV, p. 21, 



