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have been begun before bis time ; but, at all events, it was tben 

 finisbed. The Cbapter-bouse ! alas ! I can scarcely say Cbapter- 

 bouse, for it is now only a miserable remnant of a building once 

 probably the finest Norman Cbapter-bouse in England. It was 

 barbarously destroyed at tbe end of tbe last century ; wby, I 

 cannot tell, except as it is stated, to make tbe room warm and 

 comfortable for tbe members of tbe Chapter. The Glalilee was 

 nearly destroyed at the same time. Fortunately there is a very 

 beautiful doorway still left in the Chapter-house, which may be 

 attributed to Galfrid Eufus, who also probably built the great 

 north and south doorways of the Nave. The sculpturing upon 

 these doorways, and that upon the figures which supported the 

 ribs at the east end of the Chapter-house, have apparently been 

 done by the same hand. The Episcopacy of William de St. 

 Barbara, so far as we know, was not marked by any important 

 work. We then come to a great builder, Hugh de Puset, or 

 Hugh Pudsey, as he is generally called, a nephew of king 

 Stephen, and a son of the Count of Bar. He was young when 

 he became Bishop, and during his long Episcopate, a number of 

 works were effected by him. He had two architects, Pichard 

 and William, " Ingeniatores " as they are called, and about one 

 of them, Mr Surtees, the historian, has made a curious mistake. 

 He took Ingeniator to mean Snarer or Poacher, and describes 

 Picardus Ingeniator as Dick the Snarer, instead of which he was 

 an important land owner in the county, holding a considerable 

 estate, the reward doubtless of bis skill as Pudsey' s great 

 builder. Bishop Pudsey, we are told, began to build a Lady 

 Chapel at the east end of the Cathedral. He caused marble 

 columns and bases to be prepared for it, which came from beyond 

 the sea. These still exist in the Galilee, and are made of Pur- 

 beck marble. The meaning of '' beyond the sea," no doubt, is 

 that they were brought by sea to Newcastle from Dorsetshire. 

 He commenced building, but as the work went on cracks began 

 to appear in the walls, and Pudsey thinking the work was dis- 

 tasteful to God and St. Cuthbert, left off building there, and 

 transferred the chapel to the west end, where it still remains, a 

 most beautiful specimen of twelfth century work, and shewing 

 how great was the taste and skill of Pudsey's architect. There 

 can be little doubt as to the cause of the shrinking. The 

 Cathedral at the west end is close to the rock : whilst at the other 



