Bells Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Exeter

Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of?by Percy Addleshaw

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Title: Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Exeter A Description of Its Fabric and a Brief History of the Episcopal See
Author: Percy Addleshaw

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THE CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF EXETER
A Description of Its Fabric and a Brief History of the Episcopal See
by
PERCY ADDLESHAW, B.A. (Oxon.)
With XXXVII [Illustration] Illustrations

[Illustration: EXETER CATHEDRAL--FROM THE SOUTH-WEST. The Photochrom. Co. Ld. Photo.]

London G. Bell and Sons, Ltd. 1921 First Published, January 1898 Second Edition, Revised, 1899 Third Impression, 1907 Fourth Impression, 1912 New and Revised Edition, 1921.

AUTHOR'S PREFACE
Among various books consulted the author specially owes his acknowledgments to "The Fabric Rolls"; Leland's "Itinerary"; Holler's "History"; Izacke's "Antiquities of Exeter"; Britton's "History and Antiquities of Exeter"; "Transactions of Exeter Architectural Society"; Oliver's "Lives of the Bishops of Exeter"; Murray's "Handbook of Exeter"; Archdeacon Freeman's "Architectural History of Exeter Cathedral"; Professor Freeman's "Exeter" (Historic Towns Series); Prince's "Worthies of Devon"; Worth's "History of Devonshire"; Fuller's "Worthies of Devon"; Macaulay's "History of England"; and Green's "Short History of the English People." The author would also express his special thanks to the late Canon Hingeston-Randolph, the learned editor of the Episcopal Registers of the Diocese, for information which contributed largely to the improvement of the second edition of this book.

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In reissuing this handbook, which during the lapse of twenty-three years had become out of date in many ways, the editor has introduced considerable alterations in the arrangement of the matter, with a view to facilitating its use as a guide to the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
PAGE 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

ILLUSTRATIONS
PAGE Exeter Cathedral--from the South-west Frontispiece Arms of the Diocese Title View of the Cathedral from the South xii Interior--Chapter House 13 Exeter Cathedral, from an old print 21 The Cathedral--from the South-east 22 The Northern Tower 25 The West Front 26 Portals of the West Front 29 The Nave--from the South Transept 30 The Nave--looking West 33 Corbels and Bosses 34 The Minstrels' Gallery 35 Bays of Nave 37 The "Patteson" Pulpit 38 The Nave--looking East 41 The Transept--looking North 45 Interior in the last century 49 The Choir Screen 51 The Choir--looking West 53 The Choir before Restoration 54 The Choir--looking East 57 The Sedilia 58 Pulpit in the Choir 60 St. James' Chapel 61 St. George's Chapel 62 The Lady Chapel 64 Bishop Bronscombe's Monument 66 Screen of St. Gabriel's Chapel 68 Tomb of Bishop Stapledon 72 Monument of Bishop Marshall 73 The East Gate (pulled down