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evidently be shewen and declared. The walls of this pleasaunt Halle arehonged w‘ riche clothes of arras, ther werkys representing many noblebatalls and seages, as of Ilm (Jerusalem ), Troy, Albe, and many other;that this hole appartement was most glorias and joy full to consider andbeholde.”

“ On the left side of the curtilage, above w h otherlike gres is theChapell, well pavyed, glazid, and hangyd w h cloth of arras; the bodyand the quere w h cloth of golde; and the autors sett w h many relikks,jeuells, and full riche plate. In the right side of the Chappell is agoodly and a pvey closett for the kyng, richely hanged w h silke andtraverse carpet, and cusshons for his noble gee. The aultier is alsohangid and platid with rich reliks of gold and pcious stone. The rofe iscelyd, and whight lymed, and checkeryd w h tymbre losengewise, payntedw h color of asure; havyng betwene every chek a red rose of gold or aportculls. In the other sid of the chapped, other like closetts for thequeny’s gee, and the Pnces, my lady the kyng’s moder, w h other estatsand gentilwomen, &c.”

The hall of the manor-house was a large and lofty room, in the shapeof a parallelogram,* with an oriel at the upper end, on the raised pace ordais, and other windows high up in the side walls, which, with the oriel,were filled with painted glass. The lower or buttery end, where was alsothe entrance, had a passage formed by a screen, sometimes most elabo

* Halls are mentioned of anterior date, built with a middle and two side aisles, likechurches: the original hall at Westminster is said to have been of this form. These observa-tions of former writers, and men whose antiquarian researches entitle their opinions to respect,the author begs to say he notices incidentally, having no authority of his own to adduce. Thehall of the Savoy hospital was cruciform: its length each way was 226 feet, and its width30 feet.