_Face_ 70

The Chapter House--Exterior, and Bosses 72

The Chapter House--Details of Sculpture 73

The Chapter House--Details of Sculpture 77

The Chapter House--Painted Decoration 79

Tomb of Sir John Montacute 79

The Cloisters 81

The Cloisters looking North 82

Rings found in the Lady Chapel 84

Hanging Parapet in the Close 86

Old Wall Painting, "Death and the Gallant" 88

Interior of the demolished Beauchamp Chapel 90

Fragments of old Stained Glass 92

Tomb of William Longespee, 1st Earl of Salisbury 94

Tomb of the Boy Bishop 98

Monument attributed to Bishop Poore 103

North Choir Aisle with Bingham Monument 104

Brass of Bishop Wyville 114

The High Street Gate, North and South Fronts _Face_ 116

The Church House 117

The Poultry Cross 118

Old Plan of Salisbury 119

Plan of the Cathedral 121

[Illustration: SALISBURY. THE WEST FRONT.
_From a Photograph by Carl Norman and Co._]

[Illustration: Salisbury Cathedral.][1]

HISTORY OF THE CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF S. MARY.

There is probably no cathedral church in Europe, certainly no other
English one, that has such a clear record of its history as Salisbury.
Whereas in almost every other instance we have only vague legendary
accounts of the original foundation of the building, in this case
there is a trustworthy chronicle of its first inception and each
successive stage of its progress extant.

Owing to reasons noted in another chapter, the former cathedral at Old
Sarum was condemned to be abandoned, and a new site chosen for its
successor; Bishop Richard Poore, through whose efforts the change of
locality was effected, is said to have hesitated long before he could
find one suitable. Wilton, then a place of some importance, attracted
him first. There is a more or less accurate MS. extant which professes
to give an account of his