[7] Scott's Paper, read at Bissexcentenary Festival, 1873.
[8] From the additions to Rickman's "Attempt to Discriminate the Styles of Architecture in England," given in the 5th ed., 1848. The "happy effect" described is in the interior of the porch.
[9] Some money was raised towards the expense of this rebuilding by means of a brief. At Castor, co. Northants, 5s. 4½d. was sent "for Ely Cathedral"; this was in 1701. In the same year, at Bishop's Hatfield, co. Herts, £1 5s. 2½d. was raised upon the "Brief for Ely Cathedral." In the following year a brief was issued for a fire in the city of Ely, but it does not appear that this had anything to do with the cathedral.
[10] "Historical Memorials," p. 116.
[11] One shield has a saltire: Bishop Barnet used a saltire with a leopard's head in chief.
[12] Murray's "Eastern Cathedrals," p. 221.
[13] The cost of this pinnacle was defrayed by Mr. Beresford Hope. The corresponding pinnacle on the north is still wanting. It is, however, figured, by mistake, in the view of the east end in Murray's "Eastern Cathedrals."
[14] Professor Willis's observations upon this subject are given in Stewart's "Architectural History," pp. 76-81.
[15] Bishop Goodwin's "Ely Gossip," 1892, p. 48.