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ARCHITECTURAL ANTIQUITIES.
Weldon stone, according to a plan signed by the executors of Henry the Seventh,
and set up within three years, at 100/. for each severy or arch; 1200/.
For twenty-one fynials, to be built of Weldon stone, according to plans made for
the same, and according to one other fynial (or pinnacle) then set up, only some-
what larger; and to be set up and finished before the 25th of March next ensuing
after the date of the indenture, at 6/. 13s. Ad. each; the college allowing 4/. 5s.
farther for the iron ; 144/. 5s.
For one tower, to be built of Weldon stone, according to a plan made for the
same; and to be set up and finished before the 25th of March next ensuing after
the date of the Indenture : 100/.
For three towers, to be built of AVeldon stone, according to the plan of the
former; and to be set up and finished before the 24th of June next ensuing, after
the date of the indenture, at 100/. each; 300/.
For the stone roofs of two porches, to be built of Hampole stone at 25/. each ; 50/.
For the stone roofs of seven chapels in the body of the church, to be built of
Weldon stone, at 20/. each, 140/.
For the stone roofs of nine chapels behind the choir, to be built of Weldon stone,
of more coarse work, at 12/. each, 108/.
For the battlements of eighteen chapels and two porches, to be built of Weldon
stone, at hi. each, 100/.
All the roofs and battlements to be finished before the 24th of June next ensuing,
after the date of the Indenture, and according to plans signed by the executors of
Henry the Seventh.
The principal stone-work of the chapel being completed, the next object was to
glaze the windows. To have these executed with painted glass, in a style corres-
ponding to the other parts of the building, the provost, &c. agree with different
glaziers, by two Indentures, (vide Appendix) dated the last day of April, and the
third day of May, 1526, (18th Henry VIII.) to fit up "with good, clene, sure, and
perfyte glasse, and orient colours and imagery," &c. twenty-two of the upper
windows of this chapel; these were to be finished in a workmanlike and substantial
style, within five years; the glass to be provided at \6d. a foot, and the lead at
two-pence a foot. By whom, or at what period the other four upper windows, and
the lower tier, communicating light to the chantries, were glazed, does not appear;
nor have the names of the artist or artists who made the designs or " vidimusses"
been preserved; conjecture has attributed them to Giulio Romano, to Raphael,
ARCHITECTURAL ANTIQUITIES.
Weldon stone, according to a plan signed by the executors of Henry the Seventh,
and set up within three years, at 100/. for each severy or arch; 1200/.
For twenty-one fynials, to be built of Weldon stone, according to plans made for
the same, and according to one other fynial (or pinnacle) then set up, only some-
what larger; and to be set up and finished before the 25th of March next ensuing
after the date of the indenture, at 6/. 13s. Ad. each; the college allowing 4/. 5s.
farther for the iron ; 144/. 5s.
For one tower, to be built of Weldon stone, according to a plan made for the
same; and to be set up and finished before the 25th of March next ensuing after
the date of the Indenture : 100/.
For three towers, to be built of AVeldon stone, according to the plan of the
former; and to be set up and finished before the 24th of June next ensuing, after
the date of the indenture, at 100/. each; 300/.
For the stone roofs of two porches, to be built of Hampole stone at 25/. each ; 50/.
For the stone roofs of seven chapels in the body of the church, to be built of
Weldon stone, at 20/. each, 140/.
For the stone roofs of nine chapels behind the choir, to be built of Weldon stone,
of more coarse work, at 12/. each, 108/.
For the battlements of eighteen chapels and two porches, to be built of Weldon
stone, at hi. each, 100/.
All the roofs and battlements to be finished before the 24th of June next ensuing,
after the date of the Indenture, and according to plans signed by the executors of
Henry the Seventh.
The principal stone-work of the chapel being completed, the next object was to
glaze the windows. To have these executed with painted glass, in a style corres-
ponding to the other parts of the building, the provost, &c. agree with different
glaziers, by two Indentures, (vide Appendix) dated the last day of April, and the
third day of May, 1526, (18th Henry VIII.) to fit up "with good, clene, sure, and
perfyte glasse, and orient colours and imagery," &c. twenty-two of the upper
windows of this chapel; these were to be finished in a workmanlike and substantial
style, within five years; the glass to be provided at \6d. a foot, and the lead at
two-pence a foot. By whom, or at what period the other four upper windows, and
the lower tier, communicating light to the chantries, were glazed, does not appear;
nor have the names of the artist or artists who made the designs or " vidimusses"
been preserved; conjecture has attributed them to Giulio Romano, to Raphael,