n it was disinterred and removed to Westminster
Abbey, by order of her son, king James the 1st. Hanging near it is the
original letter of the king ordering the removal. See note on page 29.

At the end of this aisle are two handsome compartments; the left hand,
to the memory of _Joseph Stamford_, who died in 1683; and the right
hand, to _Thomas Whitwell_, who died at Wisbech in 1759.

Above that of _Joseph Stamford_, is a tablet to _Francis Lockier_, who
died 1740; and below, a small tablet to _John Speechley_, for 33 years
organist of the cathedral.

We now enter the building known by the name of

The New Building.

"The whole appearance of the interior of this beautiful building is
grand and imposing in the extreme; its roof, which is composed of the
elaborate fan vaulting, for which the Perpendicular style is so famous,
rises from slender shafts, and is ornamented with large and handsome
bosses, upon each of which is carved a shield, with armorial bearings.
In these respects, as well as in the general aspect of its details,
this building so nearly resembles the noble chapel of King's College,
Cambridge, as to warrant the supposition that they were both erected
from the designs of one architect. The New Building is lighted by
thirteen very fine windows, two of which are filled with modern painted
glass. The space below the windows is occupied by a rich cornice, an
elegant arcade, and a stone seat. Here is to be seen a monument, till
lately supposed to be that of abbot Hedda and his monks, whose massacre
by the Danes was spoken of in the first chapter of this work, which is
considered to be one of the oldest christian monuments now extant in
England." See note on page 4.

At the south end of this building, are the remains of a beautiful
marble monument, erected by Sir Humphrey Orme, the destruction of which
is recorded at page 34 of this work.

By the side of this monument are two tablets, one in memory of
_Archdeacon Davys_, his wife _Selina_, and their son _John William
Owen_; underneath which is a black tablet, surmounted by a shield,
bearing a coat of arms, with a mitre, in memory of _Francis Jeune,
D.C.L._, twenty-fifth bishop of Peterborough, who died in 1868.

On the south-east side of the altar, is a very stately and handsome
marble monument of the Corinthian order; on which is a portraiture of
the gentleman for whom it was erected, lying on his left side, and
leaning on a cushion, with his hand upon