a slab, with the figure of a corpse below it
inside a grating.

[Illustration: Monument of William of Hatfield.]

#Monuments In The Choir.#--We find here many monuments, but few of
either beauty or interest. In the westernmost bay of the north aisle is
the tomb of William of Hatfield, second son of Edward III., who died at
the age of eight, in 1344. The effigy of the prince is fine, though much
damaged. Canon Raine has pointed out that the canopy is ornamented with
the Plantagenista. The head was formerly supported by two angels, which
have been destroyed (Britton). The feet rest against a lion. Drake
relates that the vergers in his time asserted that this was the son of
the Emperor Severus, buried at Acombe Hills, and carried thence to the
cathedral. The statue appears to have been removed from its proper
place, and neglected for a long time.

One bay east, and on the opposite side of the aisle, is the tomb of
Archbishop Savage, who died in 1507. This is one of the latest of the
Gothic works in the cathedral. It is a plain oblong, with four panels,
containing coats of arms on each of the larger sides. It is surmounted
by an effigy of the bishop, with mitre and crozier. Drake states that
above it was a wooden chantry, of which there are now no traces. The
name, _Thomas Dalby_, on the inscription on the tomb, is that of an
archdeacon of Richmond, who is said to have erected the monument.
Farther east, the outer wall of the aisle, as also of the southern
aisle, is almost covered with pompous and ugly monuments, few of them
remarkable either for their design or for the fame of the persons to
whom they were erected. The best, perhaps, is that to Lionel Ingram, who
died at the age of six. It is Jacobean in style, and has a pathetic
Latin inscription setting forth the unusual virtues of the child.

The tomb of Archbishop Sterne, at the east end of the aisle (1683), is
an example of almost everything that a monument should not be. West of
this is the tomb of the unfortunate Scrope, beheaded by Henry IV. It is
of little interest in itself, and was restored after the fire of 1829;
but in the Middle Ages thousands of pilgrims flocked to it, and it was
for a time more popular than the shrine of St. William himself. Henry
IV. forbade offerings to be made to it, and gave these orders to the
clerk of the cathedral.

"Y faces mettre sur la terre entre les pilers et par bonne espace de
hors beilles fuystes et grosses piers de bon