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Galilee*, which was built by biihop Pudfey -, the Hone roof, whl
was done by biihop Farnham, in the time of Henry III. gjjjfl
Skirlaw, in the reign of Richard II. built the clpiiters ; prior FM
beautified it with feveral fine windows, and enriched both the ¡hurl
and convent with' variety of new works ; and prior Walworth f i n i f t i
whatfoever his pious predeceffor was prevented by death frofl
bringing to a conclufion +. I
The revenues of this houfe at the diflblution are eftimated by]
Dugdale, at 1366/. ior. ¡d. by Speed, at 1615/. 14^. iod. The vail
of the bifhoprick, at that time, 2821/. is. 5d. clear J. The reaJ
is referred to Willis’s Hiftory of Cathedrals, I. 222, for theeftablj
ment and its revenue after that period.
This magnificent pile is 411 feet long; the breadth near 80; did
crofs ifle, 170 ; over its centre rifes a lofty tower, reckoned 223 fee|
high, ornamented on the outfide with Gothic work : at the weiteiij
are two low towers, once topt with two fpires, covered with b
In the infide is preferved much of the clurrify yet venerable m a g nil
eence of the -early Norman ftyle. The pillars are vaft cylinder^
twenty-three feet in circumference;, fbme adorned with zig-zag flf-j
rows, others with lozenge-lhaped; with narrow ribs, or with fpirij
the arches round, carved with zig-zag; above are two rows of gjjl
leries, each with round arches or openings.
A. row of fmall pilaiters run round the fides of the church, witl
rounded arches, interfecting each other; The windows are obtufeljj
pointed.
Between two of tfie pillars are the mutilated'tombs and figuresjof
* f t * / » , 114. f Strvens, I. 152.. . J ;Vamtr, 10 1
Rm
Ralph and John Lord Nèvil. Excepting Richard de Bemardcaftre,
Lo in 1370» erefted a ihrine in honor of Bede, thefe feem to
lave been the only laity admitted into this holy ground in the
Earlier times.
Ralph died in the year 1347, and was the firft fecular that was
buried in this cathedral : his body was conveyed in a chariot drawn
byfeven horfes as far as the church-yard, then carried on the ihoul-
[ders of knights into thè middle of the church ; where the’ abbot of
[St. Mary’s at York, in abfence of the biihop, or illnefs of the prior,
performed the funeral office ; at which were offered eight horfes, four
for war, with four men armed, and four for peace ; and three cloths
of gold, interwoven with flowers. His fon John de Nevil redeemed
four of thè horfes, at the price of a hundred marks. But this
favor was not done gratis by the holy men of the place. Ralph
¡had prefented them with a veftment of red velvet, richly embroi-
[dered with gold, filk, great pearls and images of faints ; dedicated
to St. Cuthbert. His widow alfo fent to the facrift 120 pounds
of filyer, for the repairs of the cathedral ; and feveral rich veft-
iments for the performance of the facred offices *. This was the
:»obleman who was fo inftrumental in gaining the vidtory of Nevil-
mfs.
His fon John had alfo his merits with the pietifts of this church ;
for by the .magnificènt offerings he made at the funeral of his firft
|wife, and by fome elegant and expenfive work beneath the ihrine of
St •Cuthbert, in 1389, he obtained admiffion for his remains in a fpot
not remote from his father f . Both their monuments are greatly
* Dugdale's Baron. I . 2 9 ;.
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f Idem. 297.
mutilated ;