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P. 451. It was decided in 1879, at a meeting of Etonians held in London 9 December, to erect by subscription a stone screen under the arch which divides the chapel from the antechapel, as a memorial to the officers educated at Eton who had lost their lives in the South African and Afghan campaigns. The work, designed by the late George Edmund Street, architect, was inaugurated by H. R. H. the Prince of Wales, 5 June, 1882. The organ has since been set up upon it, and is now (April, 1886) nearly completed.

p. 471, l. 22. In a document dated 17 August, 1476, John Wolrych is mentioned as master-mason, and John Bell as warden of masons'. This furnishes an additional proof that work had been seriously resumed at this time.

p. 517, 1. 25. A stone roodloft was originally intended. The evidence of this may be best seen on the south side, where part of the wall has been left rough, and a few stones still project from the wall at right angles, manifestly the commencement of the structure which was subsequently abandoned.

p. 534, l. 4. The clock was given to the parish church of S. Giles, Cambridge. On the iron framework is the following inscription: "Gulielmus + Clement + Londini + fecit + 1671 +”; and on the brass dial: "Georg Waren Richard Rowley Church Wardens 1819."

P. 548, l. 11. January, 18282.

The old Provost's Lodge was pulled down in

p. 565, 1. 31. The design of the Hall is said to have been suggested by that of Crosby Hall, London".

1 Malden, Account of King's College Chapel etc. p. 20, note. The document in which Wolrych receives this style is said to be preserved in the archives of Caius College." The reference occurs in the portion of the work written by the Rev. E. Betham (p. 489, note). An ingenious essay on the changes in the archi tecture of the chapel, with special reference to Wolrych's possible share in designing them, is to be found in: An Essay on the History of English Church Architecture, by Geo. Gilb. Scott, 4to. London, 1881, pp. 180-186.

2 An advertisement in the Cambridge Chronicle for 21 December, and 28 December, 1827, announces that the materials will be sold 4 January, 1828.

3 The Cambridge Portfolio, p. 344, note.

p. 566. In 1884 a building was begun on the ground between the Hall and King's Lane, so arranged as to form the west side of a small court, of which the Scott Building forms the east side. It is in two floors, and contains five sets of chambers, with a large lecture-room on the first floor. It was ready for use in October, 1885. The architect was William Milner Fawcett, M.A., of Jesus College.

CAMBRIDGE: PRINTED BY C. J. CLAY, M. A. AND SON, AT THE UNIVERSITY PRESS.

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