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by Cassan, and quoted by Mr. Fitzherbert Macdonald, has naturally 

 been generally accepted as the true account. It does not much 

 matter whether the dilapidation was the work of Hayles, as the 

 bishop says, or of Van Ling, a Dutchman, as Dr. Pope says, for 

 both might have been concerned. But Pope's statement — " His 

 expenses in altering, repairing and re-building amounted to above 

 £2000, there being little or nothing done in order to it by his pre- 

 decessors, who had the cream of the Bishoprick " — gives a false 

 impression. It no doubt represents his recollections of the bishop's 

 grumbles before the suit was decided. But, as a matter of fact, of 

 the £1676 accounted for in the "Notitiae." £1375 was charged to 

 the preceeding bishops. It may be interesting to give the names 

 of the workmen employed on this building: — the carpenters were 

 John and Augustine Curtis; the masons, William Romsey and 

 Henry Lakes, and again Anthony Robertson and Roger Knight ; 

 the glaziers, Charles Horton and Henry Burges; the plombers, 

 John Smith and Charles Horton. The smiths are not mentioned. 

 Knight also appears as a heliar (or haulier). The architect who 

 estimated the whole cost, and who witnessed the signatures of the 

 different tradesmen, or as they are called persons of each profession, 

 was James Harris, who seems to have been employed by Bishop 

 Ward as early as December, 1668. Robert Matthew and Robert 

 Hole also witnessed the signatures, possibly as partners of Harris. 



I will conclude by referring to three scenes in the inner life of 

 the palace, the first from the history of Bishop Jewel, who was the 

 first bishop after the Reformation, and also the first who resided at 

 Salisbury for a considerable time. He had a great many new and 

 good traditions to introduce as well as old superstitions to eradicate. 

 Le Bas, in his "Life of Jewel/' thus describes one of the good 

 traditions introduced by Bishop Jewel : — 



" To friendless worth and scholarship (wrote the biographer) his hand and 

 heart were always open. He had generally domesticated with him some half- 

 dozen lads of humble parentage, whom at his own charge he trained up to 

 the pursuits of learning. And it was one of his favourite recreations to hear 

 them dispute, during his meal, and under his own directions, upon questions 

 arising out of their daily task. In addition to this he allowed a daily pension, 

 for their maintenance, to several youthful students at the university ; and 



