PREFACE TO THE THIRD EDITION

In reissuing this handbook, which during the lapse of twenty-three years had become out of date in many ways, the editor has introduced considerable alterations in the arrangement of the matter, with a view to facilitating its use as a guide to the various parts of the Cathedral. For suggestions as to this, and for numerous improvements and corrections in detail he is particularly indebted to Miss Beatrix F. Cresswell, whose published works "Exeter Churches," "Notes on the Churches of the Deanery of Ken," and "Edwardian Inventories for the City and County of Exeter" have made her an authority on the ecclesiology of the Diocese.

E.B.

June, 1921.


CONTENTS

[HISTORY OF THE CHURCH OF ST. MARY AND ST. PETER IN EXETER]1
[THE FABRIC OF THE CATHEDRAL. EXTERIOR]19
[The Towers]23
[The Roof]24
[The North Porch]24
[The West Front]27
[THE FABRIC OF THE CATHEDRAL. INTERIOR ]31
[The Nave]31
[The Minstrels' Gallery]36
[St. Radegunde's Chapel]36
[St. Edmund's Chapel]39
[Monuments in the Nave]39
[The North Transept]43
[Sylke Chantry]44
[St. Paul's Chapel]44
[The South Transept]44
[Monuments in the South Transept]47
[The Choir Screen]48
[The Organ]52
[The Choir]52
[The Choir Stalls]55
[The Reredos]56
[The Bishop's Throne]56
[The Sedilia]56
[St. James' Chapel]59
[St. Andrew's Chapel]61
[The Ambulatory]61
[Speke's Chantry]63
[Bishop Oldham's Chantry]63
[The Lady Chapel]65
[Bronscombe's Tomb]66
[Stafford's Tomb]66
[Tomb of Sir John and Lady Doddridge]67
[St. Gabriel's Chapel]69
[Quivil's Tomb]69
[St. Mary Magdalen Chapel]69
[TOMBS IN THE CHOIR AND CHOIR AISLES]71
[THE CHAPTER HOUSE AND CLOISTER]73
[THE CLOSE AND CATHEDRAL LIBRARY]78
[THE BISHOP'S PALACE]79
[THE DIOCESE OF EXETER]83
[ROUGEMONT CASTLE AND THE GUILDHALL]91
[DIMENSIONS]96
[INDEX]97