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thoresby's work at the minster. 173
down, and its materials applied towards the completion
of the work.
Thoresby prosecuted this work with unusual diligence,
and contributed himself very largely to it, exerting
himself also to obtain substantial assistance from
others.
Professor Willis comes to the conclusion that
the presbytery, or easternmost part of the existing
choir, and the lady-chapel beyond, were finished and
roofed during the Archbishop's life, previously therefore
to 1373, and twelve years after the foundation
stone was laid. He translated the bodies of his
predecesssors into his new building, and prepared
his own tomb therein. The part of the building
between the presbytery and the great tower was
not commenced until after Thorcsby's death, and
was probably finished about 1400.