Alden's Oxford guide : with an appendix entitled "Old Oxford", and a new map . Memorial, one of the earliest, and justlyconsidered one of the best works of its eminent designer, the lateSir G. G. Scott, The architect took for his general modelthe crosses erected by King Edward I. in memory of his QueenEleanor; and it may safely be said that not one of these surpassedthe Martyrs Memorial in beauty of design or symmetry of pro-portions. On the N. face of the base, the following inscriptiontells in brief the purpose of the structure:— To the Glory of God, and in grateful commemoration of His
Alden's Oxford guide : with an appendix entitled "Old Oxford", and a new map . Memorial, one of the earliest, and justlyconsidered one of the best works of its eminent designer, the lateSir G. G. Scott, The architect took for his general modelthe crosses erected by King Edward I. in memory of his QueenEleanor; and it may safely be said that not one of these surpassedthe Martyrs Memorial in beauty of design or symmetry of pro-portions. On the N. face of the base, the following inscriptiontells in brief the purpose of the structure:— To the Glory of God, and in grateful commemoration of His servants,Thomas Cranmer, Nicholas Ridley, Hugh Latimer. Prelates of the Church ofEngland, who, near this spot, yielded their bodies to be burned : bearing witnessto the sacred truths which they had affirmed and maintained against the errorsof the Church of Rome ; and rejoicing that to them it was given not only tobelieve in Christ, but also to suffer for His sake, This monument was erectedby public subscription in the year of our Lord God, mdcccxli. Martyrs Memorial, 89. THE MARTYRS MEMORIAL AND BALUOL OOLLEtfE. 90 Aldens Oxford Guide. The statues of the three martyrs (by H. Weekes) are strikingly characteristic. Cranmer, facing N., is represented holding his Bible of the greater volume, marked on its cover, May, 1541 : this being the first year of the circulation of the Bible by royal authority, for which the Archbishop had lonj; and earnestly pleaded. The attitude of Ridleys statue (E.) fitly represents the stedfast- ness with which he fought the good fight of faith, and witnessed a good confession. Facing W., his arms crossed meekly over his breast, Latimer appears stooping under the burden of fourscore years, the very image of submission to the will of God and holy resolution to do it. The first stone of the Memorial was laid by Dr. Plumptre, then Master ofUniversity College, on the 19th May, 1841, when the Tractarian or Anglo-Catholic movement was in its early vigour ;
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