“On the north side the chapel contains a full-length effigy of Bishop Goldsborough (who died in 1604) robed in his white rochet, black chimere, with lawn sleeves, scarf, ruff and skull-cap.
“The east window in this chapel is in memory of Lieut. Arthur John Lawford (1885), and is dedicated to St. Martin.
“The chapel above has a vaulted roof with bosses of foliage, and there are small portions of ancient glass.
“The Lady-chapel is one of the largest in the kingdom, and is said, at the time of the Dissolution, to have been one of the richest. A great part of it is said to have been gilded and gloriously ornamented. Traces of the colour can be seen in the mouldings of the panellings and in the carving upon the walls.”—(H. J. L. J. M.)
The Reredos still retains traces of its gorgeous colours. It is very richly ornamented.
The East Window, consisting of nine lights, dates from 1472-1479. The monuments are not especially remarkable. The tiles of the floor and the sedilia are notable.
On our right, as we leave the Lady Chapel, we come to Abbot Boteler’s Chapel (1437-1450). It contains a fine ancient reredos, interesting tiles and a curious wooden effigy of Robert, Duke of Normandy, son of William the Conqueror. Critics think it nearly contemporary with the Duke himself. The figure rests on a Fifteenth Century chest.
Next we come to St. Paul’s Chapel (north-west) entered by a doorway. The reredos here is very fine. It was repaired in 1870. St. Peter, St. Paul and St. Luke, by Redfern, ornament the niches.
An ancient stone reading-desk, from which pilgrims to the shrine of Edward II. were addressed, attracts our attention near the door leading into the North Transept. This is originally Norman, cased over with Perpendicular panelling, more developed, however, than that in the south transept. The work here was done in 1368-1373. Angular mouldings are used in the place of round mouldings and the mullions run right up to the roof, which is much richer than that in the south transept. The vaulting of the north transept somewhat resembles the fan-tracery of the cloisters. This transept is 8 feet lower than that on the south side and it is 2 feet shorter.
Beneath the north window is a greatly admired piece of Early English (1240), supposed to have been a Reliquary. The middle of the three divisions is a doorway. Beautifully carved foliage and Purbeck marble shafts are the chief ornamentation.