344 The Burial Places of the Bishops of Salisbury. 



authorities to be on the north side of the high altar, the position^ 

 occupied by the tomb generally ascribed to Eichard Poore. Canon 

 Kich-Jones, when he gave this reason, forgot that the high altar 

 was formerly placed further west than it is now, in fact just 

 opposite to the tomb that I think is Bishop Bingham's. Elsewhere 

 Canon Eich-Jones particularly asserts his belief in this change of 

 position of the high altar. Bishop Bingham's obit was celebrated 

 on the 3rd of November. 



There seems to be no difference of opinion as to the position of 

 the tomb of William of York (1247 — 1256), or, as he is called in 

 the Obit Kalendar, William of Wilton. It is on the south side of 

 the presbytery opposite to that of Bishop Bingham. It was near 

 to the altar of St. John, that is, St. John the Evangelist, as the 

 altar of St. John the Baptist was elsewhere. The tomb is said to 

 have been gilded, but no trace of gold remains, and it may have 

 been only the iron grille-work which fills up the arch over the 

 tomb which was so adorned. This iron work is now painted 

 black, but under the black are traces of red. William of York's 

 obit was celebrated on the 31st of January. 



Bishop Giles be Bridport (1257 — 1262) was buried on the 

 north side of the Chapel of St. Mary Magdalene, which was in the 

 south-east transept of the Cathedral on the north side. His 

 monument is, perhaps, the most beautiful one in the Cathedral r 

 part of it is supposed to represent the west front of the Cathedral, 

 which was finished in his episcopate. There is a small shield on 

 the south side of the tomb, now blank, but formerly bearing the 

 bishop's arms, Azure a cross or between four bezants, although Bed- 

 ford, following Cassan, assigns him other arms. His obit was on. 

 the 13 th of December. 



Walter de la Wyle (1263 — 1271), founder of the Collegiate 

 Church of St. Edmund, was buried in the Chapel of St. Edmund 

 of Canterbury, which occupied the middle of the east side of the 

 north-west transept of the Cathedral. Bishop de la Wyle's monu- 

 ment was removed from its original position by Wyatt and placed 

 on the bench on the south side of the nave under the second arch 

 west of the tower. His obit was celebrated on the 4th of January^ 



