. Cathedrals, abbeys and churches of England and Wales, descriptive, historical, pictorial . the Lady Chajoel is smallbut interesting; it is the solitaryexample of a crypt in an Englishcathedral built after Norman timesuntil we come to Truro Merewether, who preceded DeanDawes, is buried here. The arduouswork of rebuilding the piers of thecentral tower and other works wereaccomplished through his zeal. The south-east transept containsmemorials of several Bishoi^s ofHereford. The remains of BishopGilbert Ironside (1701), together with his black marble tombstone, were re-moved to t
. Cathedrals, abbeys and churches of England and Wales, descriptive, historical, pictorial . the Lady Chajoel is smallbut interesting; it is the solitaryexample of a crypt in an Englishcathedral built after Norman timesuntil we come to Truro Merewether, who preceded DeanDawes, is buried here. The arduouswork of rebuilding the piers of thecentral tower and other works wereaccomplished through his zeal. The south-east transept containsmemorials of several Bishoi^s ofHereford. The remains of BishopGilbert Ironside (1701), together with his black marble tombstone, were re-moved to this place in 1867, when the Church of St. Mary Somerset, London,was taken down. There are about forty bishops buried in this cathedral,a larger number, perhaps, than in any other church. Here also may beseen a curious effigy of St. John the Baptist, and a fine marble bust,the supposed work of Roubiliac. The fine canopied Perpendicular tomb ofBishop Mayo (1516), with effigy fully vested, is on the south side of thealtar. In the same place there is a fomteenth-century effigy of King Ethel-. THE TOWER AND POUCH. Hekeford.] the MAPPA MUNDL 105 bcrt, whoso murder near tliis city is depicited in the pavement in the centre ofthe choir. On the wall of the south aisle, accessible to the visitor at all times, is pre-served the celebrated Hereford Mappa Mundi (date ci)-ca 1282—LJOO). This isthe work of an ecclesiastic, who is supposed to be represented in the right-handcorner on horseback, attended by his page and greyhounds. He has commemo-rated himself under the name of Richard de Haldingham and LafPord inLincolnshire. His real name was Richard de la Battayle or de Bollo. He helda })rel)endal stall in Lincoln Cathedral, and was promoted to a stall in thiscathedral in 1305, afterwards becoming Archdeacon of Reading. During thetroublous times of Cromwell the map was laid beneath the floor of Bisho])Audleys Chapel, where it remained secreted for some time. In 1855 it wascleaned an
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