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architectural antiquities.
building, by stating that " the Chapter-House was undoubtedly built by them " (the
Augustine canons) " in the reign of Henry II. and has some of the richest decora-
tions of that manner immediately preceding the deviation into the first Gothick."*
The elder chapel of our Lady in Bristol Cathedral presents a similar style of archi-
tecture ; i. e. in its columns, arch-mouldings, capitals, &c. and Mr. Lysons assigns
that to the age of Henry III. f The accompanying Print displays the variation which
prevails in the columns and ornamental sculpture of two of the windows.
YORKSHIRE.
The elegant chapel, erected by Walter Skirlaw at the place of his nativity, in
Holderness, in the county of York, exists at this day, in nearly the same state as it
was left by the worthy Bishop, and may fairly claim to rank as one of the most per-
fect minor specimens of parochial architecture in the kingdom. From its remote
situation, it is but little known, nor is there much to be found recorded relating
to it, except the bare fact of its erection, which, although the precise date is not
mentioned, appears to have been after Skirlaw was advanced to the see of Durham,
(A. D. 1388), and probably not before 1400.
The village of North Skirlaw, or Skirlaugh,J is about nine miles north-east from
Kingston-upon-Hull, in the parish of Swine, where was a priory§ for Cistercian
* "Observations on English Architecture," p. 113.
f " Gloucestershire Antiquities," PI. xcix.
| A chapel appears to have been built at South Skirlaw long before our prelate's time, as in the year 1337 a
controversy between the inhabitants of these hamlets and the convent of Swine, respecting a chantry in the said
chapel, was referred to William de Melton, Archbishop of York, who decided that the inhabitants should find a
priest, who should be presented by the convent, and have the cure of souls, the nuns paying yearly 1Z. 10s. Ad.
towards the said chantry ; and that " the inhabitants should repair and rebuild the said chapel, &c." Hence it
seems that the chapel was in a ruinous state, which might be an additional inducement to the Bishop (probably a
boy on the spot at the time of the dispute) to erect a new building in the neighbouring hamlet.-—Vide Burton's
Monast. Ebor. p. 253.
§ Of this there are no remains ; but in the church, which belonged to it, are several monumental effigies, in a
high state of preservation, with inscriptions; probably belonging to the D'Arcy family.
architectural antiquities.
building, by stating that " the Chapter-House was undoubtedly built by them " (the
Augustine canons) " in the reign of Henry II. and has some of the richest decora-
tions of that manner immediately preceding the deviation into the first Gothick."*
The elder chapel of our Lady in Bristol Cathedral presents a similar style of archi-
tecture ; i. e. in its columns, arch-mouldings, capitals, &c. and Mr. Lysons assigns
that to the age of Henry III. f The accompanying Print displays the variation which
prevails in the columns and ornamental sculpture of two of the windows.
YORKSHIRE.
The elegant chapel, erected by Walter Skirlaw at the place of his nativity, in
Holderness, in the county of York, exists at this day, in nearly the same state as it
was left by the worthy Bishop, and may fairly claim to rank as one of the most per-
fect minor specimens of parochial architecture in the kingdom. From its remote
situation, it is but little known, nor is there much to be found recorded relating
to it, except the bare fact of its erection, which, although the precise date is not
mentioned, appears to have been after Skirlaw was advanced to the see of Durham,
(A. D. 1388), and probably not before 1400.
The village of North Skirlaw, or Skirlaugh,J is about nine miles north-east from
Kingston-upon-Hull, in the parish of Swine, where was a priory§ for Cistercian
* "Observations on English Architecture," p. 113.
f " Gloucestershire Antiquities," PI. xcix.
| A chapel appears to have been built at South Skirlaw long before our prelate's time, as in the year 1337 a
controversy between the inhabitants of these hamlets and the convent of Swine, respecting a chantry in the said
chapel, was referred to William de Melton, Archbishop of York, who decided that the inhabitants should find a
priest, who should be presented by the convent, and have the cure of souls, the nuns paying yearly 1Z. 10s. Ad.
towards the said chantry ; and that " the inhabitants should repair and rebuild the said chapel, &c." Hence it
seems that the chapel was in a ruinous state, which might be an additional inducement to the Bishop (probably a
boy on the spot at the time of the dispute) to erect a new building in the neighbouring hamlet.-—Vide Burton's
Monast. Ebor. p. 253.
§ Of this there are no remains ; but in the church, which belonged to it, are several monumental effigies, in a
high state of preservation, with inscriptions; probably belonging to the D'Arcy family.