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ARCHITECTURAL ANTIQUITIES.
of that monarch's decease. Several alterations and dilapidations have subse-
quently taken place : and hence, though the architecture apparently displays its
original forms, style, and dressings, yet much of it is modern. Great reparations
and restoration have been made during the reign of George the Third, who
evinced his good sense and good taste in particularly commanding the architect to
imitate, in all the new work, the ancient and proper models to be found in the
original parts of the building.*
Connected with the chapel are some buildings entitled to notice. At the east
end is an edifice, called " The Tomb-House ;" which was begun by King Henry
VII. and continued by Cardinal Wolsey. The latter intended to make it a
mausoleum for his own remains, and commenced a sumptuous monument in his
life time, which was never finished. After his disgrace and retirement to York, he
petitioned Cromwell for "his image and such part of the tomb as it shall please
the King that I shall have, to the intent, that now being at my church at York,
I may order and dispose the same for my burial."f Lord Bacon says, that this
monument was begun in 1524, by one Benedetto, a statuary of Florence, and
continued till 1529, and that the artist was paid 4250 ducats for the part then com-
pleted. This tomb was intended to surpass that of Henry the Seventh's. Antonio
Cavallery charged for gilding only half of it, £380. 13*. King Charles 1.
proposed, at one time, to finish this building, and appropriate it to a royal vault,
* For this fact, I am indebted to the present worthy Bishop of Salisbury, who was one of the Canons of
Windsor at the time these plans were effected. His Lordship also states that the King contributed, from his own
private purse, more than £15,000 towards defraying the expenses ; that the Knights of the Garter paid their quota ;
and that the Dean and Chapter advanced £5,000 more. The chapel was shut up, on this occasion, nearly three
years, and was re-opened October 17, 1790. The alterations and additions then made, under the direction of
Mr. Emlyn, were the following. A new Altar, which consists of a wooden screen, elaborately carved, and adorned
with the arms of Edward the Third, Edward the Black Prince, and all the first Knights of the Garter, arranged in
two circular compartments. The arms of his present Majesty, the Prince of Wales, and those Knights of the
Garter who contributed towards the expense of the great eastern window, were painted in glass by Eginton, of
Birmingham, and are placed in the north and south windows of the choir. In the centre is a very fine picture by
West, of the 'Last Supper.' A new Organ, built by Mr. Green, cost £1,000. It is enclosed in a case, which, in
its general design and detail, corresponds and harmonizes with the elaborate stalls of the choir. It is placed on a
grand screen, executed in Coade's artificial stone, from a design by Mr. Emlyn, (see Plate VI.) The stalls, par-
ticularly those for the monarch and the prince, were repaired, parts newly made, and other parts greatly
ornamented. They are adorned with a profusion of small ornaments, carved in oak, and varnished. The great
eastern window, and those at the east and west ends of the south aile, also that at the west end of the north aile,
have been filled with painted glass, executed by Jarvis and his pupil Forest, from designs by Mr. West. The
whole of the interior was newly paved, the roof and sides cleaned and repaired, and the different monuments,
paintings, gildings, &c. restored to their pristine characters.
t Fiddes's Life of Wolsey, p. 257-
ARCHITECTURAL ANTIQUITIES.
of that monarch's decease. Several alterations and dilapidations have subse-
quently taken place : and hence, though the architecture apparently displays its
original forms, style, and dressings, yet much of it is modern. Great reparations
and restoration have been made during the reign of George the Third, who
evinced his good sense and good taste in particularly commanding the architect to
imitate, in all the new work, the ancient and proper models to be found in the
original parts of the building.*
Connected with the chapel are some buildings entitled to notice. At the east
end is an edifice, called " The Tomb-House ;" which was begun by King Henry
VII. and continued by Cardinal Wolsey. The latter intended to make it a
mausoleum for his own remains, and commenced a sumptuous monument in his
life time, which was never finished. After his disgrace and retirement to York, he
petitioned Cromwell for "his image and such part of the tomb as it shall please
the King that I shall have, to the intent, that now being at my church at York,
I may order and dispose the same for my burial."f Lord Bacon says, that this
monument was begun in 1524, by one Benedetto, a statuary of Florence, and
continued till 1529, and that the artist was paid 4250 ducats for the part then com-
pleted. This tomb was intended to surpass that of Henry the Seventh's. Antonio
Cavallery charged for gilding only half of it, £380. 13*. King Charles 1.
proposed, at one time, to finish this building, and appropriate it to a royal vault,
* For this fact, I am indebted to the present worthy Bishop of Salisbury, who was one of the Canons of
Windsor at the time these plans were effected. His Lordship also states that the King contributed, from his own
private purse, more than £15,000 towards defraying the expenses ; that the Knights of the Garter paid their quota ;
and that the Dean and Chapter advanced £5,000 more. The chapel was shut up, on this occasion, nearly three
years, and was re-opened October 17, 1790. The alterations and additions then made, under the direction of
Mr. Emlyn, were the following. A new Altar, which consists of a wooden screen, elaborately carved, and adorned
with the arms of Edward the Third, Edward the Black Prince, and all the first Knights of the Garter, arranged in
two circular compartments. The arms of his present Majesty, the Prince of Wales, and those Knights of the
Garter who contributed towards the expense of the great eastern window, were painted in glass by Eginton, of
Birmingham, and are placed in the north and south windows of the choir. In the centre is a very fine picture by
West, of the 'Last Supper.' A new Organ, built by Mr. Green, cost £1,000. It is enclosed in a case, which, in
its general design and detail, corresponds and harmonizes with the elaborate stalls of the choir. It is placed on a
grand screen, executed in Coade's artificial stone, from a design by Mr. Emlyn, (see Plate VI.) The stalls, par-
ticularly those for the monarch and the prince, were repaired, parts newly made, and other parts greatly
ornamented. They are adorned with a profusion of small ornaments, carved in oak, and varnished. The great
eastern window, and those at the east and west ends of the south aile, also that at the west end of the north aile,
have been filled with painted glass, executed by Jarvis and his pupil Forest, from designs by Mr. West. The
whole of the interior was newly paved, the roof and sides cleaned and repaired, and the different monuments,
paintings, gildings, &c. restored to their pristine characters.
t Fiddes's Life of Wolsey, p. 257-