are in
the custody of the Bishop, and reduced reproductions of them are to be
found in the "Records of Gloucester Cathedral," 1897, in the article by
Mr Hope. Part of the buildings remain on the south side of Pitt Street,
and serve to screen the palace from the road.

The #Bishop's Palace# is a modern building, erected in 1857-1862 by
Christian on the site of the abbot's lodging.

The so-called #Grove#, laid out by a distinguished head-master of the
King's School, Maurice Wheeler, 1684-1712, on the north side of the
church, was used as a school playground till 1855, presumably to the
detriment of the windows in the Lady Chapel. It was in that year thrown
into the gardens surrounding the east end of the cathedral. These
gardens had been originally the monks' cemetery, and adjoining them had
been the lay-folks' cemetery, extending along the greater part of the
south side.

When all the accumulation of soil was removed, and the ground lowered,
the foundations of the old walls were discovered.

The #Cathedral#, or #King's School#, is of Henry VIII. foundation. For
many years it was held in the old monastic library. A drawing of it is
given in Bonnor's "Perspective Itinerary," 1796. The present buildings
date back to 1850.

[Illustration: SOUTH AISLE OF NAVE.
_Photochrom Co. Ltd., Photo._ ]

FOOTNOTES:

[1] See Hart, i. 44.

CHAPTER V

ABBOTS AND BISHOPS OF GLOUCESTER

Passing over the regimes of the Abbesses[1] and the secular canons, we
find that the first Abbot of the Benedictine rule at Gloucester was
#Edric# (1022-1028), who in his long rule maintained a very low standard
of discipline. His monks seem to have been as much addicted to "ill
lyvynge" as the secular canons. He was succeeded by #Wulstan#
(1058-1072), a monk of Worcester appointed by Bishop Aldred. In his time
Aldred rebuilt the monastery on new foundations. Wulstan died abroad on
a pilgrimage to the Holy Land in 1072.

#Serlo# (1072-1103), the next Abbot, had been the Conqueror's chaplain,
and was a man of great strength of character, and of quite a different
stamp. He was buried in the abbey church, which he had raised "from
meanness and insignificance to a glorious pitch."

#Peter#, who had been Prior, was Abbot from 1104-1113.

#William Godemon#, #Godeman#, or #Godemore#, was Abbot from 1113-1130,
when he retired.

#Walter de Lacy# was appointed by Godeman and was consecrated in 1131.
In his time, Robert, D