CHAPTER XV
Bishop Northwold. — Presbytery Dedicated. — Barons at Ely. — Fall of Tower, Alan of Walsingham, Octagon. — Queen Philippa. — Lady Chapel, John of Wisbech, Bishop Goodrich. — Bishop Alcock. — Bishop West. — Styles of Architecture. — Monastic Industries. — Mediæval Account Books. — Clothing and Food of Monks. — Benedictine Rule. — Dissolution of Abbey. — Bishop Thirlby. — Bishop Wren. — Bishop Gunning. — Bishop Turner [324]
CHAPTER XVI
Approach to Ely. — The Park. — Walpole Gate. — Crauden Chapel. — Western Tower, Galilee. — Nave. — Baptistery. — Roof. — Prior's Door. — Cloisters. — Owen's Cross. — Octagon. — Alan's Grave. — Transepts. — St. Edmund's Chapel. — Choir Stalls. — Presbytery. — Norman Piers. — Reredos. — Candlesticks [344]
CHAPTER XVII
Monuments. — West's Chapel. — Alcock's Chapel. — Northwold Cenotaph. — Bassevi. — Shrine of Etheldreda. — Lady Chapel. — View from Tower. — Triforium. — Exterior of Minster. — Palace, "Duties" of Goodrich. — St. Mary's. — St. Cross. — Cromwell's House. — Cromwell at Ely. — St. John's Farm. — Theological College. — Waterworks. — Basket-making [366]
CHAPTER XVIII
Boundary of Fens. — Roman Works, Car Dyke, Sea Wall, Causeway. — Archipelago. — Littleport, Agrarian Riots. — Denver Sluice. — Roslyn Pit. — Fenland Abbeys, Chatteris, Ramsey, Peterborough, Thorney, Crowland [386]
CHAPTER XIX
Draining of Fens — Monastic Works, Morton's Learn. — Diversion of Ouse. — Local Government, Jurats, Discontent. — Jacobean polemics. — First Drainage Company. — Rising of Fen-men. — Second Company, Huguenot Labourers. — Third Company, Earl of Bedford, Vermuyden. — Old River. — Cromwell. — Fourth Company, Prisoner Slaves, New River, Denver Sluice. — Later Developments [398]