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of seventy years ago were seen in the choir, are a 

 sorrow to behold. 



A long line of tombs and effigies, from Bishops 

 down to a Good Samaritan in seventeenth-century 

 costume, carved grotesquely and all out of drawing, 

 on the pavement of the Lady Chapel, claim attention, 

 and easily first among them is the beautiful coloured 

 effigy of Bishop John de Sheppey, discovered, built 

 up in his recess, in 1825. The plain tomb of Gundulf 

 is shown, and the resting-place of Bishop Walter de 



A GOOD SAMARITAX. 



Merton, drowned while crossing the Medway in a 

 boat, 1277. The authorities of Merton College have 

 restored and beautified the tomb of their founder, 

 and it lies, painted and decorated, near the grave of 

 St. William. 



Saint William of Perth was for long the chief glory 

 and principal source of income to the Priory and 

 monks of Rochester. He was a wealthy Scottish 

 baker who, having amassed a fortune, probably both 

 by overcharging for his bread and in the giving of 

 shoit weight, determined to go on pilgrimage. He 

 must have been a superlative rogue and cheat, for 



