Cathedrals, abbeys and churches of England and Wales, descriptive, historical, pictorial (1896)
Bonney, Thomas George, 1833-1923 · London : Cassell · leaf 155
)illars.* These are placed so as to bear theweight of those above ground. The recumbent figure of King John, in the choir, is said to be the oldestregal effigy in England. He closed his inglorious reign at Newark in 1216,and, by his express desire, he was interred here before the high altar, between … RUINS OF THE GUESTJiN HALL. the tombs of St. Oswald and St. AVulfstan, to be safe in their companionship.The tomb was moved eastwards with the high altar under Bishop Blois, and wasreplaced here in the reign of Henry VIII. The bishops are swinging censers.A wild beast at the kings feet gnaws the…
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