Parish priests and their people in the middle ages in England . pace for a priestto minister and an acolyte to serve, while those attend-ing the service stood or knelt outside, and could seeor hear through the open-work of the screen. With-out going further than Winchester Cathedral, we shallfind illustrations of varieties of plan and elevationof these chantry chapels. Those of Wykeham and Edyngdon on the southside of the nave have the space between two pillarsscreened off with elaborate tabernacle work of stone,and are groined above. Those of Fox and Gardinerare on the south and north sides o
Parish priests and their people in the middle ages in England . pace for a priestto minister and an acolyte to serve, while those attend-ing the service stood or knelt outside, and could seeor hear through the open-work of the screen. With-out going further than Winchester Cathedral, we shallfind illustrations of varieties of plan and elevationof these chantry chapels. Those of Wykeham and Edyngdon on the southside of the nave have the space between two pillarsscreened off with elaborate tabernacle work of stone,and are groined above. Those of Fox and Gardinerare on the south and north sides of the choir;each has a small chamber adjoining the of Cardinal Beaufort and Waynflete are onthe south and north sides of the retro-choir. On eachside of the Lady Chapel is a space enclosed for a? Early Lincoln Wills, p. 158. 454 PARISH PRIESTS AND THEIR PEOPLE. chantry chapel by wooden screens; that on the south (to Bishop Langton) has benches round the three sides, panelled at the back and canopied bya tester, for people attending the Tewkesbury A1)bey. The Warwick Cliantry Chapel. In a parish church, the place provided for amemorial service was sometimes a chapel added tothe choir of the church and opening into it, but THE CHANTRY. 455 partitioned by stone, or, more frequently, woodenscreens ; these chapels were sometimes architec-turally beautiful, and added to the spaciousness anddignity of the church. But often, instead of being anaddition to the spaciousness of the church, they werea practical infringement upon its space; for the
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