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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