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126 TALLIS'S ILLUSTRATED LONDON
eral persons of rank to this place. The gate-house was
built by Archbishop Morton in. 1490, and the library was
begun by Archbishop Bancroft in the reign of James I.,
and carried on by Dr. Juxon, the prelate who attended
King Charles at the place of execution. Archbishops
Laud, Sheldon, Tenison, and other prelates, contributed
munificently towards the library; and Dr. Charles Man-
ners Sutton, the last prelate but one, at his own
expense, caused a catalogue of the valuable manuscripts
to be printed, and partially opened the archiepiscopal
library to the public. The long gallery was erected by
Cardinal Pole. It is 90 feet long by 16 broad, and its
walls are covered with portraits chiefly of primates. In
the great dining-room, which is about 38 by 19, there are
portraits of all the archbishops consecutively from Laud
to Cornwallis. The great hall, which was destroyed during
the civil wars, was rebuilt by Juxon at an outlay of
£10,500. It is 93 feet long by 38, with a Gothic roof
constructed of timber. The guard-chamber, 56 feet by
27|, which is supposed to have been built at the com-
mencement of the fifteenth century, is roofed like the
hall. The chapel, which was raised by Boniface, Arch-
bishop of Canterbury from 1244 to 1270, and in which,
ever since its foundation, all the primates have been con-
secrated, is 72 feet by 25, and in height 30 feet. A
handsome screen divides it into two compartments, an
inner and outer chapel. Archbishop Parker, who died in
1575, is buried under the communion table. Some mo-
dern additions in the Gothic style, called the New Build-
ings, were made to the palace a few years hack by Arch-
bishop Howley, after the designs of Mr. Edward Blore
the architect. The park and gardens attached to Lam-
beth Palace are laid out with great taste, and comprehend
eighteen acres, rather less than a fourth of which is
covered by the kitchen garden. Description can but im-
perfectly convey an imprcssal of this feudal-episcopal relic
of early ages; the artist, perhaps, may succeed in render-
ing the delineation more vivid, but to be properly appre-
eral persons of rank to this place. The gate-house was
built by Archbishop Morton in. 1490, and the library was
begun by Archbishop Bancroft in the reign of James I.,
and carried on by Dr. Juxon, the prelate who attended
King Charles at the place of execution. Archbishops
Laud, Sheldon, Tenison, and other prelates, contributed
munificently towards the library; and Dr. Charles Man-
ners Sutton, the last prelate but one, at his own
expense, caused a catalogue of the valuable manuscripts
to be printed, and partially opened the archiepiscopal
library to the public. The long gallery was erected by
Cardinal Pole. It is 90 feet long by 16 broad, and its
walls are covered with portraits chiefly of primates. In
the great dining-room, which is about 38 by 19, there are
portraits of all the archbishops consecutively from Laud
to Cornwallis. The great hall, which was destroyed during
the civil wars, was rebuilt by Juxon at an outlay of
£10,500. It is 93 feet long by 38, with a Gothic roof
constructed of timber. The guard-chamber, 56 feet by
27|, which is supposed to have been built at the com-
mencement of the fifteenth century, is roofed like the
hall. The chapel, which was raised by Boniface, Arch-
bishop of Canterbury from 1244 to 1270, and in which,
ever since its foundation, all the primates have been con-
secrated, is 72 feet by 25, and in height 30 feet. A
handsome screen divides it into two compartments, an
inner and outer chapel. Archbishop Parker, who died in
1575, is buried under the communion table. Some mo-
dern additions in the Gothic style, called the New Build-
ings, were made to the palace a few years hack by Arch-
bishop Howley, after the designs of Mr. Edward Blore
the architect. The park and gardens attached to Lam-
beth Palace are laid out with great taste, and comprehend
eighteen acres, rather less than a fourth of which is
covered by the kitchen garden. Description can but im-
perfectly convey an imprcssal of this feudal-episcopal relic
of early ages; the artist, perhaps, may succeed in render-
ing the delineation more vivid, but to be properly appre-