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79. Moore impaling Pepper. No tinctures shewn. For John Moore and Thomazine his wife, as above, No. 28.

On a Mural Monument over the Door leading into the Choir.

80. Argent, on a pale gules a croslet fitchy or. For Warner Wright, M.D., forty-five years a physician in this city, who died 5 March 1845, in his seventieth year; and Harriet his widow, who was born 31 December 1788, and died 15 December 1870.

North Transept.

Carved on Bosses of the Roof.

81 to 85 inclusive. Five shields of the See, on three of which the mitres are marshalled "one and two," instead of "two and one."

86 to 95 inclusive. Ten shields of Nix; viz., Or, a chevron between three leopard's faces gules. Richard Nix, Bishop 1500-1535, built the roofs of the transepts.

In the Southernmost Window of the Eastern Clerestory. 96. Gules, on a chevron between three mullets or as many leopard's faces sable. For Robert Alderson, Recorder, who died in December 1833, aged eighty.8

Carved on the East Side of the Western Screen.

97. St. Catharine's Hall.

Carved on the West Side of the Eastern Screen.

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101. Hinds; viz., Gules, a chevron between three hinds trippant or.

Samuel Hinds, D.D., Dean of Carlisle 1848,

Bishop of Norwich 1849, resigned 1857, died 1872.

8 Father of the late Sir E. H. Alderson, Knt., one of the Barons of the Court of Exchequer.

Carved on a Bench-end.

102. The Deanery.

Mural Monuments.

103. Ermine, on a fesse three mullets. For John Press, Mayor in 1753, who died 29 October 1773, aged seventysix. Ermine, on a fesse gules three mullets or; Pressy.— Glover's Ordinary.

104. Three chevronels. For Thomas Ivory, who died 28 August 1779, aged seventy; and Hannah his wife, who died 18 June 1787, aged eighty. Or, three chevrons gules; Iverye.-Papworth.

105. Per bend argent and or, three dexter hands gules; impaling Argent, on a chevron azure three covered cups of the field. For William Adair, Esq., of Trowse Newton, Barrister at Law and Justice of the Peace, who died 13 March 1820, in his seventieth year. The inscription is in Latin. Argent, on a chevron sable three covered cups or ; Backwell of London.-Papworth.

On a Slab in the Floor.

106. In a lozenge, Press as before. For Catharine, daughter of Matthew and Catharine Press, who died 13 January 1777, aged sixty-three.

South Transept.

Carved on Bosses in the Roof.

107 to 117 inclusive. The See eleven times; the mitres in two instances being "one and two."

118 to 130 inclusive. Nix thirteen times.

Carved on the East Side of the Western Screen.

131. The arms of the Right Hon. and Rev. Henry, Lord Bayning, High Steward of the Cathedral, who died in 1866; viz., Quarterly; 1 and 4, Sable, three swords in pile points VOL. VIII.]

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downward argent, pommels and hilts or; Powlett. 2, Azure, a chevron ermine between three escallops argent; Townsend. 3, Quarterly gules and or, in the first quarter a mullet pierced argent; Vere. The whole ensigned with a baron's

coronet.

On a Mural Monument.

132. Gyronny of eight azure and or, on a chief of the first three annulets of the second. Crest: a garb or.9 For William Rolfe, solicitor, who died 13 April 1754, aged eighty-four. Inscription in Latin.

On a Slab in the Floor.

133. A chevron between three bugle horns. For Pexhall Forster, M.A., Precentor, who died 4 October 1719, in his twenty-sixth year. The inscription (for which see Blomefield, iv. 25) is now quite illegible, and the arms are nearly effaced.

Choir.

In the East Window of the Lantern.

134. The See.

Painted on the Ceiling of the Tower.

135 to 138 inclusive. The Deanery four times.

Carved on the Elbows and Misereres of the Choir Stalls.1
Decani side, beginning at the West.

139. A lion rampant crowned. Morley; Argent, a lion rampant sable, crowned or.

140. On a fesse three eagles displayed. Clere; Argent, on a fesse azure three eagles displayed or.

9 None of the arms given in the Ordinaries for Rolfe are at all like these, which resemble those of Bassingbourne, with the addition of a chief.

1 The names and tinctures are those given by Mr. Hart, Norfolk Archæology, ii. 245. See also Harrod's Castles and Convents of Norfolk, 331.

141. Ermine, on a chief three crosses pattée. Witchingham, see No. 8.

142. Hoo, (see No. 7) with a label of two points in chief; impaling Two lions passant. Le Strange; Gules, two lions passant argent.

143. A fesse between six croslets. St. Omer; see No. 7. 144. An inescutcheon within an orle of martlets. Erpingham; Vert, an inescutcheon within an orle of martlets argent.

145. A saltire engrailed. Tiptoft; Argent, a saltire engrailed gules.

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148. A cross engrailed ermine, in the first quarter a crescent. Berney; see No. 48.

149. A chevron between three fleurs-de-lis.

Gules, a chevron between three fleurs-de-lis or.

Haville;

150. A fesse between three leopard's faces. De la Pole; Azure, a fesse between three leopard's faces or.

Cantoris side, beginning at the West.

151. Quarterly, a cross engrailed, in the second and third quarters a bendlet sinister. Heydon; Quarterly argent and gules, a cross engrailed counterchanged.

152. Semée of estoiles, two lions passant.

153. Ermine, two chevronels. This coat, with the chevronels gules, is given by Papworth to Fermer, Norfolk, and Seymour, Suffolk.

154. Hoo; impaling Le Strange.

155. Heydon (the bendlet dexter); impaling Le Strange. 156. On a bend three pairs of wings conjoined. Wing

2 The fourth quarter of Hoo is shaped as if the coat were a separate one, instead of being impaled; but the coat of Le Strange is shaped like an ordinary impalement.

field; Argent, on a bend gules cotised sable three pairs of wings conjoined of the field.

157. Quarterly. Boville; Quarterly or and sable.

Carved on a Boss in the Canopy of the Dean's Stall.

158. The Deanery; impaling Pellew.

Painted on the Sword-irons in front of the Mayor's Seat.

159. The Royal arms; viz., England quartering Scotland and Ireland, with Hanover in a scutcheon surtout ensigned with a crown.

160. The arms of the City of Norwich; viz., Gules, a castle triple towered argent, in base a lion passant gardant

or.

Nave.

On the Choir Screen.4

161. The arms of Henry VI. (in whose reign the Screen was begun) ensigned with a crown and supported by antelopes. Motto: Domine salvum fac regem.5

162. The See; ensigned with a mitre.

163. The See; impaling Bathurst. See No. 38. 164. The Deanery; impaling Pellew.

165. St. Catharine's Hall.

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3 "Sir Thomas Wingfield married Margaret, daughter and heiress of Sir William Boville, before 38 Edward III."-Castles and Convents of Norfolk, p. 336.

4 The arms of Henry VI. are carved on the top of the Screen; those of the See are carved and painted in the centre compartment; the arms and rebus of Lyhart are carved and painted in the spandrils of the doorway. The other arms are painted on corbels, from which the groining of the upper part springs: date 1833.

5 Query, whether this should be regarded as an heraldic motto. Henry VI. seems to have used as his motto, Dieu et mon droit.

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