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architectural antiquities.
traverse the gap backwards and forwards for some time."* The chasm extends
above a mile in length, gradually ascending from the base to the summit of the hill.
This manor belongs to the Marquis of Bath.
The Cross at Malmsbury, Wiltshire, is described in the following terms by
Leland, in his Itinerary. " There is a right fair and costely peace of worke in the
market-place, made al of stone, and curiusly voulted for poore market folkes to
stand dry when rayne cummeth. There be 8 great pillars, and 8 open arches : and
the work is 8 square. One great piller in the middle beareth up the voulte. The
men of the toune made this peace of work in hominum memoria." This is the
only account I can meet with relating to the present structure, and it furnishes
but little satisfactory information. By the shape of the arch, and character of the
sculpture, I should suppose that it was built some time towards the latter end of the
fifteenth century ; perhaps in the reign of Henry VII. The annexed print will
serve to explain its shape, pinnacles, flying buttresses, and richly ornamented central
turret. The latter is octangular, having a small niche in each side, and contains
eight sculptured figures in basso-relievo. One of these represents the crucifixion.
It must gratify the antiquary to know that this curious Cross has been lately re-
paired in a substantial and judicious style, at the joint expense of the Earl of Suffolk
and Lady Northwick.
In the back-ground of the annexed print are represented the upper part of the
Abbey Church, with an insulated steeple, which was formerly attached to St. Paul's
Church. In this the vicar of Malmsbury is generally inducted.—The gable roof,
with a cross, is part of the church, which is now filled with lumber.
The Cross at Chichester, Sussex, according to an inscription on it, was built
by Edward Story, who was advanced from the See of Carlisle to this by King
Edward the Fourth, in 1475.f It was repaired in the time of Charles the Second,
and again, at the expense of Charles, Duke of Richmond, Lenox, and Aubigny,J
* Maton's Observations on the Western Counties, 2 vols. 8vo. 1797- This work contains some interesting
descriptions of the natural history, scenery, antiquities, &c. of this, and several other places in the western part of
the island.
t Willis, and Mr. Hay, in his recent History of Chichester, affix this Bishop's installation in 147S.
X This nobleman was high-steward of the city, and the family has a handsome seat at Goodwood, about four
miles from Chichester. The above record implies that the Duke voluntarily advanced money for repairing the
cross; but this seems misapplied generosity, if the following account be correct. Mr. Hay, speaking of Bishop
architectural antiquities.
traverse the gap backwards and forwards for some time."* The chasm extends
above a mile in length, gradually ascending from the base to the summit of the hill.
This manor belongs to the Marquis of Bath.
The Cross at Malmsbury, Wiltshire, is described in the following terms by
Leland, in his Itinerary. " There is a right fair and costely peace of worke in the
market-place, made al of stone, and curiusly voulted for poore market folkes to
stand dry when rayne cummeth. There be 8 great pillars, and 8 open arches : and
the work is 8 square. One great piller in the middle beareth up the voulte. The
men of the toune made this peace of work in hominum memoria." This is the
only account I can meet with relating to the present structure, and it furnishes
but little satisfactory information. By the shape of the arch, and character of the
sculpture, I should suppose that it was built some time towards the latter end of the
fifteenth century ; perhaps in the reign of Henry VII. The annexed print will
serve to explain its shape, pinnacles, flying buttresses, and richly ornamented central
turret. The latter is octangular, having a small niche in each side, and contains
eight sculptured figures in basso-relievo. One of these represents the crucifixion.
It must gratify the antiquary to know that this curious Cross has been lately re-
paired in a substantial and judicious style, at the joint expense of the Earl of Suffolk
and Lady Northwick.
In the back-ground of the annexed print are represented the upper part of the
Abbey Church, with an insulated steeple, which was formerly attached to St. Paul's
Church. In this the vicar of Malmsbury is generally inducted.—The gable roof,
with a cross, is part of the church, which is now filled with lumber.
The Cross at Chichester, Sussex, according to an inscription on it, was built
by Edward Story, who was advanced from the See of Carlisle to this by King
Edward the Fourth, in 1475.f It was repaired in the time of Charles the Second,
and again, at the expense of Charles, Duke of Richmond, Lenox, and Aubigny,J
* Maton's Observations on the Western Counties, 2 vols. 8vo. 1797- This work contains some interesting
descriptions of the natural history, scenery, antiquities, &c. of this, and several other places in the western part of
the island.
t Willis, and Mr. Hay, in his recent History of Chichester, affix this Bishop's installation in 147S.
X This nobleman was high-steward of the city, and the family has a handsome seat at Goodwood, about four
miles from Chichester. The above record implies that the Duke voluntarily advanced money for repairing the
cross; but this seems misapplied generosity, if the following account be correct. Mr. Hay, speaking of Bishop