is entitled to, and receives, a horn of good beer
and a loaf or slice of bread. This demand is frequently made by persons
of a different quality from that intended by the founder, for the sake
of attesting the peculiarity of the custom. The quantity of bread given
to each person is about four ounces--of beer about three-fourths of a
pint."

We next proceed to describe the exterior of the venerable church: the
_interior_ will form the subject of a future article.

On entering the second court the first object that usually attracts
attention is _the Church of St. Cross_, which extends a considerable
distance into the court, and destroys its regularity on the east side.
The exterior of the church is not altogether imposing. "The windows,
with one exception, are seen to disadvantage from without, and the whole
building is enveloped in a shroud of yellow gravelly plaister, strangely
dissonant with ideas of Norman masonry."[9] The church is built in the
cathedral form, with a nave and transept, and a low and massive tower,
rising from the intersection: the whole length of the church is 150
feet; the length of the transept is 120 feet. The architecture of this
structure is singularly curious, and deserving the attention of the
antiquary, as it appears to throw a light on the progress, if not on the
origin, of the pointed or English style. Our Correspondent states the
whole to have been repaired about twenty-two years since, at a very
considerable expense.

[3] Milner's Winchester, vol. ii. p. 141.

[4] Life of Wykeham. By Allan Cunningham--in the _Family Library_.
The reference to the "_four_ masters" is evidently an error.

[5] Beauties of England and Wales, vol. vi. p. 108, Hants. Mr.
Cunningham states these additions to have been made by Wykeham.
We shall presently come to the details of Beaufort's additions
to the building.

[6] A zealous Correspondent, _P.Q._, whose contribution appears
in the next page, describes this gateway as resembling St. John's
Gate, Clerkenwell, which Mr. Malcom thinks "one of the most
perfect remains of monastic buildings in London." It consists of
one capacious arch, with an arched mullioned window in the centre
above it; and is flanked by two square towers. From this place
issued the early numbers of the _Gentleman's Magazine;_ and a
wood-cut of the building appears to this day on the