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nd over left foot. 126. Edmund Ironside.* Knight in surcoat over chain armour, hauberk but no helmet; right arm and left hand gone, but head turned to left and attitude is that of drawing or sheathing his sword. 127. Harold. Knight, hauberk and surcoat of mail, cylindrical helmet, shield on left side; delapidated. 128. _North Side of Tower. Buttress._ Edward the Confessor, in cap; sitting in attitude of judgment (Planche), left hand resting on right ankle, this leg being crossed over left knee. 129. Prince Richard.* Crowned figure of great beauty, bearded, head slightly bent to left with a melancholy expression; hands gone. 130. Robert Curthouse,* bearded, the right hand draws aside part of the surcoat, exposing right leg in curious hose; left leg covered by surcoat. 131. K. Rufus,* bearded, right hand holds cord of mantle, left holds border of mantle across his body. 132. Q. Matilda, flowing hair, holds mantle in left hand. 133. Emperor Henry, crowned, holds cord of mantle, with right hand fingering end of his girdle. 134. K. Stephen, right hand holds cord of mantle, left on girdle. 135. K. Henry II., end of cloak thrown over shoulder, holds the fold with both hands; in good preservation. 136. _Buttress._ K. William the Conqueror, sitting in menacing attitude, elbows projecting, and hands upon knees. 137. Prince Henry. A dignified figure; hands gone. 138. Prince Geoffrey. Beautiful figure, head gone, holds cord of mantle, loose sleeves, and good drapery. (Ferrey is wrong in calling this a female figure.) 139. Q. Maude the Good, flowing hair, left hand on girdle of supertunic, dress fastened at neck with "a beautiful jewel" (Ferrey). 140. Adelais. Graceful figure, with flowing hair. 141. _Buttress._ K. Henry I., sitting in defiant attitude, right arm akimbo, left knee raised, foot on pedestal. _Missing._ _Missing._ _Missing._ 142. K. John.* A beautiful figure. 143. Henry III., no crown, standing, but right knee raised to suit the weathering of aisle roof. FIFTH TIER.--144. _South Tower. Buttress on the south side._ Sitting Bp., supported by metal clamps. 145. Bp. J. de Villula; hands gone, much decayed, clamped. 146. Bp. Gisa; hands gone. 147. Bp. Duduc*; right hand gone, book in left. 148. _Buttress._ Bp. Lyfing; decayed. 149. Bp. Merewit; hands gone. 150. Bp. Brihtwine; hands gone. 151. Aethelwine. Fine figure with long wavy beard spreading at end,
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