FULHAM PALACE 



1496, appointed him Bishop of Rochester ; from Rochester he 

 was translated to Chichester, and ultimately, in 1505, he became 

 Bishop of London. Fitzjames is credited with having done much 

 for the decoration of old St. Paul's, which seems to have been a 

 magnificent example of the combined Norman, Early English, and 

 Early Decorated styles. The spire that completed the church- 

 said to have been the highest in the world had been erected early 

 in the fourteenth century, therefore Fitzjames can have contri- 

 buted only to the internal adornment of the cathedral. Alas ! 

 nothing remains to us of old St. Paul's except the tradition of its 

 beauty ; but in the courtyard of Fulham Palace we have a very 

 interesting and picturesque example of the domestic architecture 

 of the age of Henry VII., and of the energy and taste of Fitzjames. 

 A sketch of the porch, with the clock, and beneath the latter the 

 arms of a later bishop, will be found in the illustrations. 



Cuthbert Tunsdall was consecrated Bishop of London in 1522, 

 but Henry VII. and Cardinal Wolsey had previously sent him on 

 sundry diplomatic missions to Brussels and Cologne. He was 

 present at the famous Diet of Worms in 1531, negotiated 

 with Charles V. after his victory against the French in 1525 

 at Pavia, and helped four years later to arrange the Peace of* 

 Cambray. 



At home his promotion was rapid. He appears to have retained 

 the favour of Henry VIII. through all that monarch's changes of 

 opinion and policy. He became successively Master of the Rolls, 

 Dean of Salisbury, Bishop of London, and Keeper of the Privy 

 Seal. On the fall of Wolsey, in 1530, he succeeded him in the See 

 of Durham, the bishops of which exercised almost regal power. 

 Tunsdall, though devotedly attached to the traditions of the 

 Church, and though he bought and burnt Tyndall's New Testa- 

 ment, betrayed no animus against the Reformers ; he even accepted 

 Henry as head of the Church. But on the accession of that King's 

 young son his troubles began. In those days persecution was not 

 confined to any one religious party ; each side in turn was equally 

 intolerant. Henry VIII. had his Catholic Martyrs, and under 

 Edward VI. many prelates who had conscientiously adhered to the 

 ancient faith, were persecuted. Among them was Tunsdall, who 

 was sent to the Tower for his steadfast attachment to Romanism. 

 He was released in 1553, when Queen Mary restored him to his 



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