in, the rooms on the
ground-floor next the tower; he lies buried in the old churchyard of All
Saints', across the street.

Entering the gate the Hall and Kitchen face us, and preserve much of
their original appearance. But right and left the changes have been
great. The old Chapel was swept away in 1869--its foundations are marked
out by cement; at this time the Hall was lengthened, and a second oriel
window added. The range of buildings on the south was raised and faced
with stone about 1775, when the craze for Italianising buildings was
fashionable; it was then intended to treat the rest of the Court in like
manner, but fortunately the scheme was not carried out.

If we walk along the south side of the Court we may notice on the
underside of the lintel of G staircase the words, "Stag, Nov. 15, 1777."
It seems that on that date a stag, pursued by the hunt, took refuge in
the College, and on this staircase; the members of the College had just
finished dinner when the stag and his pursuers entered. On the next
staircase, F, there is a passage leading to the lane with the Kitchen
Offices, this passage is sometimes known as "The Staincoat"; the
passage leading from the Screens into the Kitchen is still sometimes
called "The Staincoat," or "The Stankard." These curious names really
mean the same thing. It appears that in times past a pole was kept,
probably for carrying casks of beer, but on which the undergraduates
seem also to have hoisted those of their number, or even servants, who
had offended against the rules and customs of the College; this pole was
called the Stang, and the place or passage in which it was kept the
Stangate Hole, with the above variations or corruptions.

Reserving the Chapel for the present we pass through the Screens, the
entrance to the Hall being on the right, to the Kitchen on the left. We
enter the Second Court. This beautiful and stately Court was built
between 1599 and 1600 (the date 1599 may be seen on the top of one of
the water-pipes on the north side), the cost being in great part
provided by Mary, Countess of Shrewsbury, a daughter of Sir William
Cavendish by the celebrated Bess of Hardwick, and wife of Gilbert,
seventh Earl of Shrewsbury. The original drawings for the Court, and the
contract for its construction, almost unique documents of their kind,
are preserved in the Library. The whole of the first floor on the north
side was at first used as a gallery for the Master's Lodge; i