Capitals from the South side of the West door 47

The new Chapter-Room and the ruins of the old 56

The ruins of the Cloisters, East range 57

A Doorway inserted in the old Roman Wall 59

The Prior's Gate and old Grammar School, 1825 60

Eastgate House, Rochester 62

Plan 64

The Nave--looking West 67

Decorated Capital, South Arcade of Nave 68

The Nave--looking East 69

One Bay of Norman work in the Nave (South Arcade) 70

The Nave, from the North Transept 71

The South Transept 73

The Tomb of Bishop Hamo de Hythe 82

The Choir Screen: Dean Scott Memorial 84

The Choir--looking East 85

A Corbel in the Choir (by the Bishop's Throne) 88

A Window of the Choir Clerestory 89

Tracery of a Window near the Chapter-House door 90

A Corbel in the Choir (middle of North Wall) 91

Bishop's Throne 92

The Wheel of Fortune, a fresco painting 93

The Tomb of Bishop John de Sheppey 101

The Tombs of Bishops G. de Glanvill and L. de St. Martin 104

Carved Coffin lid 105

The Chapter-House Doorway 109

The Tomb of Bishop John de Bradfield 112

The Crypt, looking towards the North-east 113

The Vane on the Guildhall 119

[Illustration: THE WEST DOORWAY
(FROM A DRAWING BY H. P. CLIFFORD). _See p. 47._]

ROCHESTER CATHEDRAL.

CHAPTER I.

HISTORY OF THE CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF CHRIST AND THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY.

Long, eventful, and very interesting is the history of the cathedral, or
rather of the successive cathedrals, of the ancient city of Rochester.
It is many centuries since, in 597, St. Augustine and his fellow
missionaries landed on the coast of Thanet, almost on the very spot
wher