holds a scroll over the head with inscriptions in very contracted
Latin. A few less fragmentary pieces may be found, _e.g._, in the
north window, Judas giving the traitor's kiss, in the north clearstory
the arms of Trenton and Stafford, mentioned and figured by Dugdale, in
the south, the figure of a man in a red gown kneeling with a scroll
inscribed "deo gracias" and over his head "groc(er) de
london"--doubtless a donor. Of modern glass there is a great amount
but little worth mentioning savs on account of the persons
commemorated. One window in the Lady Chapel is a memorial of the
Prince Consort and one in the Mercers' Chapel is of interest as a
deserved memorial to Thomas Sharp the Antiquary to whose labours all
later historians of the city are so deeply indebted. He died in 1841.

[Illustration: ALMS-BOX.]

The pulpit is of brass and wrought iron, the work of Frank Skidmore a
native of Coventry who made also the choir screen of Hereford
Cathedral and the metal work of the Albert Memorial at Kensington. It
was placed here in 1869. The bells, ten in number, now hang in the
octagon. They were cast in 1774 and weigh nearly seven tons. The first
peal was hung in 1429 and a clock existed in 1467. In 1496 an Order of
Leet ordained that "all manner of persons that will have the bells to
ring after the decease of any of their friends, shall pay for a peal
ringing with all the bells, 2_s_. and with four bells, 16_d_., and
three bells 4_d_."


The six bells were cast into eight in 1674 and the present tenth has
the same inscription as the heaviest of the old peal: