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23 ARCHIEPISCOPAL PALACE, CROYDON, SURREY.
with this motto, JBomme Sialhum fut repnt, " Lord save the king!” A square
tester, or canopy, projects over the whole sculpture, which is very highly
wrought in bold relief. This piece of ornament is probably of the same date
as the hall itself, as may be inferred from the mouldings attached to the
lower part, which correspond exactly to those in the cornice surrounding the
hall. The arms have been attributed to King Henry VI., and are supposed
to have been put up by Archbishop John Stafford, who sat from 1443 to 1452.
The erection of tlie hall may be ascribed to this prelate with great probability,
as his arms are emblazoned upon some of the shields on the cornice, both
singly, impaled with those of the see of Canterbury, and also impaled with
those of the bishoprick of Bath and Wells, which he held before his promotion
to the primacy. On other shields are the arms of Humphrey, earl of StafFord,
created Duke of Buckingham in 1444; of Henry, his son and successor in
his titles; and of Richard Plantagenet, Duke of York, who fell in the battle
of Wakefield, A.D. 1460 ; to which have been added those of the Archbishops
Laud, Juxon, and Herring. These shields were probably new coloured at the
time the hall was repaired by the prelate last mentioned, when the louvre on
the roof, over the hearth in the middle of the hall, was destroyed, and other
alterations were made.
Plate II. — No. 1. shews a vertical section of one bay, or compartment,
taken in the centre of the roof.
No. 2. gives an exterior elevation of the same portion of the south side,
including the door opening towards the garden.
No. 3. A longitudinal section ofthe whole building is here given on a small
scale, shewing the interior elevation of the south side. The oriel, or bay-
window, which occupies the western compartment, has only a low arch, placed
beneath the cornice and upper windows, instead of being carried up to the
whole height of the wall, as was generally done.
No. 4. Parts of a window are here exhibited on an enlarged scale.
In the centre of the plate, above the exterior elevation, will be found a
section of the mouldings in one of the principal arches of the roof, taken at
their junction in the centre.
In concluding this description, it may be observed, that the hall of Croydon
Palace, though not an example of the first class, was a noble room, finished
in a neat and pleasing style of architecture; and the admirer of antiquity
will regret that its preservation was not secured by appropriation to some
with this motto, JBomme Sialhum fut repnt, " Lord save the king!” A square
tester, or canopy, projects over the whole sculpture, which is very highly
wrought in bold relief. This piece of ornament is probably of the same date
as the hall itself, as may be inferred from the mouldings attached to the
lower part, which correspond exactly to those in the cornice surrounding the
hall. The arms have been attributed to King Henry VI., and are supposed
to have been put up by Archbishop John Stafford, who sat from 1443 to 1452.
The erection of tlie hall may be ascribed to this prelate with great probability,
as his arms are emblazoned upon some of the shields on the cornice, both
singly, impaled with those of the see of Canterbury, and also impaled with
those of the bishoprick of Bath and Wells, which he held before his promotion
to the primacy. On other shields are the arms of Humphrey, earl of StafFord,
created Duke of Buckingham in 1444; of Henry, his son and successor in
his titles; and of Richard Plantagenet, Duke of York, who fell in the battle
of Wakefield, A.D. 1460 ; to which have been added those of the Archbishops
Laud, Juxon, and Herring. These shields were probably new coloured at the
time the hall was repaired by the prelate last mentioned, when the louvre on
the roof, over the hearth in the middle of the hall, was destroyed, and other
alterations were made.
Plate II. — No. 1. shews a vertical section of one bay, or compartment,
taken in the centre of the roof.
No. 2. gives an exterior elevation of the same portion of the south side,
including the door opening towards the garden.
No. 3. A longitudinal section ofthe whole building is here given on a small
scale, shewing the interior elevation of the south side. The oriel, or bay-
window, which occupies the western compartment, has only a low arch, placed
beneath the cornice and upper windows, instead of being carried up to the
whole height of the wall, as was generally done.
No. 4. Parts of a window are here exhibited on an enlarged scale.
In the centre of the plate, above the exterior elevation, will be found a
section of the mouldings in one of the principal arches of the roof, taken at
their junction in the centre.
In concluding this description, it may be observed, that the hall of Croydon
Palace, though not an example of the first class, was a noble room, finished
in a neat and pleasing style of architecture; and the admirer of antiquity
will regret that its preservation was not secured by appropriation to some