110 Notes on the Heraldry of Salisbury Cathedral. 



The third monument to which I have to refer is that of Bishop 

 Mitford in the first hay hetween the south choir aisle and the south- 

 west transept, where, in accordance with directions which the 

 hishop left in his will, his monument forms the north side of the 

 chapel of St. Margaret. Richard Mitford was translated from 

 Chichester to Sarum in 1396 (19 Ed. II.), and he died here in 

 1407 (8 Hen. IV.). His monument is canopied by a flattened 

 Perpendicular arch, under which, on a sadly defaced altar-tomb, 

 lies the figure of the bishop in full pontificals. In the east spandrel 

 on the north side of the arch are the arms of the see of Sarum — 

 Azure, the Blessed Virgin, standing, vested and crowned, holding on 

 her right arm the infant Saviour, and in her left hand a sceptre, all or. 

 In the west spandrel, on the same side, are the arms of Mitford — 

 Barry of 4 indented, or, azure, or, sable. On the south side of the 

 arch, in the west spandrel, are the arms of Henry IV., in whose 

 reign the bishop died — France Modem and England quarterly (the 

 change from France Ancient to France Modern had been made just 

 two years earlier) ; and in the east spandrel a shield charged with 

 Azure, a cross patonce between five martlets (with long beaks, but without 

 legs) or, the arms attributed to Edward the Confessor, and borne 

 by Richard II., who was reigning when, in 1390, Mitford was 

 consecrated Bishop of Chichester. The moulding of the arch is 

 decorated on both sides with a vigorously carved series of columbine 

 flowers (one of the badges of Henry IV.) alternating with birds 

 holding in their beaks scrolls inscribed with the motto " Honor Deo 

 et gloria." I take these birds, notwithstanding their long beaks 

 and legs, to be martlets, derived from the Confessor's shield ; so 

 that, if my supposition is correct, this decorated moulding is allusive 

 to the two kings in whose reign Mitford was bishop. 



The chantry of Bishop Edmund Audley, in the middle bay on 

 the north side of the presbytery, is the next monument to claim 

 our attention. This is a very elaborate edifice of Perpendicular 

 work, built by the bishop himself in 1520 in honour of the 

 Assumption of the Blessed Virgin, roofed with an elaborate and 

 splendid fan-vaulting, and enclosing in its south side an altar-tomb 

 in which he lies. This splendid monument is, for our present 



