The cathedrals of Great Britain, their history and architecture (1902)
Ditchfield, P. H. (Peter Hampson), 1854-1930 · London : J. M. Dent & company; Philadelphia, J. B. Lippincott coy. · leaf 86
efaced and broken.A creature nicknamed Blue Dick was the wild leader of thissavage crew of spoliators, who left little but the bare walls and amass of broken fragments strewing the pavement. Since then numerous alterations and restorations have takenplace. At the Restoration of the monarchy Bishop… … Canterbury Cathedral 73 of Puritan fanaticism. Archbishop Tenison (1694-1716) removedthe old stalls and substituted pews. He covered Prior dEstriasscreen with wainscotting, and erected a fine throne with carving byGrinling Gibbons. Queen Mary also added to the beauty ot theCathedral by sundry…
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