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it is more probable, that part of the legacy in thewill of Henry VII . was devoted to that purpofe.It, however, appears, from Bloomfield’s Hiflory ofNorfolk , that a Bifhop of Norwich was an invo-luntary contributor to this noble purpofe; for it isthere faid—

“ That Robert Nix, Bifhop of Norwich, hav-“ ing incurred a praemunire for extending his jurif-“ diftion over the Mayor of Thetford, was fined“ for it; part of which fine was appropriated to“ the purchafe of the windows of painted glafs in“ King’s College Chapel .”

On the north and fonth fides of the Chapel , areeighteen finall vefiries, or chantries (nine on eachfidej, which appear to have been devoted to the ce-remony of faying mafs for the fouls of the deceafed;and any fuperior of the Society who was inclinedto have that fervice performed for his foul, endowedone of thefe veflries for the purpofe.

It appears, from the Founder’s will,-that altarswould have been ere£ted in ail the veflries, had notthe laws of the Reformation, which followed fometew years after the finifhing of the Chapel, abo-lifned aii fuperfiitious rites belonging to the ancientReligion.

The mod ancient of thefe little veflries, are thefitil and fecond from the eaft, on the north fide.1 he latter was the chantry of William Tcwae, whois buried in it, with a large grey mai bie h<_b overH his