ne hautesse et lacune iffint
gils i soyent continuellement pour faire estoppoil a les faux foles que
y beignont par couleur de devotion." The offerings were not, however,
thus checked. Close by was the Chapel of St. Stephen, in which was the
chantry of the _Scropes_, and so many offerings in memory of the
archbishop were deposited there that it increased in riches up to the
Reformation.

Farther west, between the aisle and the retro-choir, is the cenotaph of
Archbishop Markham (died 1807), who was buried in Westminster Abbey.

To the north of the eastern altar is the tomb of Archbishop Rotherham,
died 1500. It is a plain monument, Perpendicular in style. The top is a
later addition; the whole was restored after the fire of 1829. The tomb
was opened when a new pavement was laid in 1736, and a vault was
discovered to run under it, in which were bones and a wooden head--"a
piece of extraordinary sculpture for that age"--with a stick thrust into
the neck to carry it on.

Under the east window are the tombs of Archbishops Frewen (died 1664),
and Sharpe (1714), the latter being, perhaps, the ugliest and most
absurd in the minster.

In a line with the monument to Rotherham is the effigy of Archbishop
Matthew (died 1628). His tomb is on the south side of the retro-choir,
and an unknown monument, with bases of pillars which once, no doubt,
supported a canopy. This has been attributed to Sewall de Bovil, who,
however, is buried in the south transept. Between the retro-choir and
the south aisle is the beautiful tomb of Archbishop Bowet (died 1423).
This is one of the finest Perpendicular monuments in the country, and
far the finest in the minster. The stone which covered the grave was
removed from it and used for the pavement in 1736, and the remains were
laid bare, showing the archbishop's episcopal ring.

The canopy consists of an arch of a curious elliptical shape, over which
are three clusters of tabernacle work, with pinnacles between them. The
curious manner in which these clusters are joined to the arch beneath
them, with fan tracery projecting outside the arch, should be noticed.
The whole has been much destroyed.

At the east end of the south aisle of the choir stood the altar of All
Saints, founded by Bowet.

A bay west of this is the tomb of Archbishop Matthew (died 1628), and
north of it is that of Archbishop Musgrave (died 1860).

In the south aisle are the tombs of William Wentworth son of the great
Earl of