A journal by one of the suite of T. Beckington ... during an embassy to negociate a marriage between Henry vi. and a daughter of the count of Armagnac, A.D. 1442, with notes and illustr. by N.H. Nicolas |
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Page lx - On the south side of the choir, contiguous to the steps leading to the altar, is the monumental chapel erected by Bishop Beckington, who died in 1465, and near which he lies buried. This is designed in the most florid style of decorated architecture ; and although partly of wood, excites great interest 11 " De Praesulibus,
Page 114 - ... a signe of the armes of Saint George, large, bothe before and behynde, upon parell that yf he be slayne or wounded to deth, he that hath so doon to hym shall not be putte to deth for defaulte of the cross that he lacketh. And that non enemy do bere the same token or crosse of Saint George, notwithstandyng if he be prisoner, upon payne of deth.
Page lx - The western side is entirely open with the exception of a compartment of rich screen work near the top; which, among other ornaments, exhibits two demi-angels displaying shields of the five wounds, and having large expanded wings, the feathers of which are so profusely spread as to fill the spandrills below the cornice.
Page lvi - Of the manner in which this exemplary bishop employed great part of his time, and the vast revenues of his see, he has left splendid evidence ; and so long as one stone of his Cathedral remains, so long must his memory, his taste, and his liberality, be held in veneration. It has been happily conjectured that he imbibed his love for, and perhaps skill in, architecture from his first patron, William of Wykehatn, bishop of Winchester, from whom Bishop Waynflete is known to have acquired his knowledge...
Page 98 - A SHIPMAN was ther, woned fer by West: For ought I wote, he was of Dertemouth. He rode upon a rouncie, as he couthe, All in a goune of falding to the knee. A dagger hanging by a las hadde hee About his nekke under his arm adoun.
Page liv - Journal in the following pages, which supplies us with many interesting particulars respecting his conduct in that affair, and throws some light upon his character. The result of that embassy having been already noticed, it will only be remarked that Beckington and his colleague, Sir Robert Roos, returned to England in February 1443.
Page lxiii - Wells," says Sir Harris Nicolas, in his life of this Bishop, " that the lover of the arts and the admirer of the zeal and disinterestedness of the prelates of the middle ages will be most impressed with respect for Bishop Beckington ; but whilst viewing the effects of his munificence will he be able to refrain from asking himself, why it is that the most opulent successors of those great men have so rarely imitated them ? Will his respect for the established order of things be sufficient to repress...
Page xxi - Viselli : 105 est modus in rebus, sunt certi denique fines, quos ultra citraque nequit consistere rectum.
Page 115 - ... had for theime our lettres of prive seel, any statut, charge, restraint, act or commaundement to yowe made in to the contrarie notwithstondyng.
Page lx - All the canopy, or roof, is underwrought with elaborate tracery, including pendants, quatrefoils, pannelled arches, &c. On the south side, is a small piscina ; and over the eastern end, is an enriched canopy. Small graduated buttresses, having rich pinnacles, sustain the sides of the chapel ; and the mouldings of the cornice are ornamented with rosettes and fructed vine leaves.