feet, are
especially noticeable. There are remains of colour over the whole
monument. In the hollow of the arch-moulding are sixteen boars with rue
leaves in their mouths, forming a "rebus" of the dean's name.

To the west of this monument is the effigy of a priest, supposed to be
Canon de la Barr, 1386.

*The Audley Chantry.*--In the central bay on the south side of the wall is
the Audley Chantry--a beautiful little chapel built by Bishop Edmund Audley
(1492-1502), with an upper chamber to which access is obtained by a
circular staircase at the south-west angle.

After Bishop Audley's translation to Salisbury in 1502 he erected a
similar chantry in that cathedral wherein he was buried, so that the
object of the Hereford Chantry as the place for his interment was of
course never fulfilled.

The following is an extract taken from the calendar of an ancient
missal:--"_Secundum usum Herefordensem_," which notes a number of
"_obiits_" or commemorations of benefactors, chiefly between the times of
Henry I. and Edward II. "_X. Kal. Obitus Domini Edmundi Audeley, quondam
Sarum Episcopi, qui dedit redditum XX. Solidorum distribuendorum Canonicis
et Clericis in anniversario suo presentibus, quique capellam novam juxta
Feretrum Sancti Thomae Confessoris e fundo construxit, et in eadem
Cantariam perpetuam amortizavit, etc. Constituit necnon Feretrum argenteum
in modum Ecclesiae fabricatum atque alia quam plurima huic Sacre Edi
contulit beneficia._"

The lower chamber is shut off from the Lady Chapel by a screen of painted
stone with open-work panelling in two stages. The chapel is a pentagon in
plan, and has two windows, while a third opens into the Lady Chapel
through the screen. The ceiling is vaulted, and bears evidences of having
in former times been elaborately painted.

There are five windows in the upper chamber, and the groined roof is
distinctly good. The boss in the centre represents the Virgin crowned in
glory. On other parts of the ceiling are the arms of Bishop Audley and
those of the Deanery as well as a shield bearing the letters R.I. The
upper part of the chantry, which is divided from the Lady Chapel by the
top of the screen which serves as a kind of rail, may have been used as an
oratory; but no remains of an altar have been found. On the door opening
on the staircase is some good iron-work, and Bishop Audley's initials may
be noticed on the lock.

Standing by the door of this chapel the visitor has a lo