170 The Bishop 3 s Palace at Salisbury. 



rooms as at present. — ("Architectural Antiquities of the City of 

 Wells/-* p. 7, Oxford and London, 1866). The architectural details 

 were also, probably very similar. 



The next question that suggests itself is this, did our old house 

 contain a chapel, and, if so, when was it built and for what purpose 

 was it used ? As the Bishop's manor houses contained chapels in 

 which ordinations were frequently held, especially at Ramsbury and 

 Sonning, it is likely that his principal house did so too. But it is 

 curious that there is no mention of ordinations in this house in our 

 registers till the time of Bishop Jewel (1559 — 71), who often held 

 small ordinations u in Palatio Episcopali Sarum. - " On one occasion 

 he ordained six deacons and seven priests here (27th March, 1568), 

 but usually his larger ordinations were in the Cathedral or at 

 Westbury Church, "sub piano Sarum." I do not doubt that "in 

 Palatio" means in the Palace Chapel, but it is remarkable that the 

 first specific mention of it is in the register of his successor, Edmund 

 Gheast, who once at least ordained (c in Capella sive Oratorio infra 

 palatium Episcopate Sarum M (3rd Sept., 15S8) . We must therefore 

 conclude that when Bishop Humphrey Henchman 1 " restored and 



1 " Consecratio Sacelli (infra Palatiu I$pi SaruJ Per Humfredu Epu, 

 Aug. 28, 1662. 



"In Dei Nomine Amen Cum Nos Humfredus permissione Divina Saris- 

 buriensis Episcopus Cameram istam superiorem infra Palatium hoc nostrum 

 Sarum cui immediate subjacet Refectorium nostrum in dicto Palatio situm 

 divina beneficentia instaurari et perfici curaverimus eandemque sacris officiis 

 deputare munusque consecration is eidem impendere constituerimus ut sit Deo 

 annuente futuris temporibus in perpetuum dicti Palatii Nostri sacrata Capella 

 Eandemque igitur Capellam (continentem intra muros ejusdem in Longitudine 

 ab Oriente in Occidentem quadraginta pedes et septem pollices aut circiter in 

 latitudine vero ab aquilone in Austrum Octodecem pedes et novem pollices aut 

 circiter) Sacra Mensa aliisque ad divinum cultum requisitis sufficienter et 

 decenter instructam Authoritate nostra Ordinaria et Episcopali pro nobis et 

 Successoribus nostt'is ab omni usu communi et profano seponimus et separamus 

 et soli Divino Cultui ac Divinorum celebrationi addicimus dicamus dedicamus 

 consecramus in perpetuum Atque insuper eadem authoritate nostra Ordinaria 

 et Episcopali pro Nobis et Successoribus nostris licentiam pariter et facultatem 

 in Domino concedimus Ad rem Divinam ibidem faciendam nempe ad preces 

 publicas et Sacram Ecclesiae Liturgiam recitandam ad verbum Dei sincere 

 proponendum et predicandum ad sacramenta administranda coteiaquc quae- 

 cunque peragenda quae in istiusmodi privatis Capellis licite fieri possunt ot 



