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In a line with the above, under the second arch, is
an altar tomb with plain black marble slab to the memory
of Archbishop Mathew, 1628 (whose effigy lies just under
the great east window), celebrated in his day as a famous
preacher and wit; he was a favourite of both EHzabeth
and James I. : this is a modern erection, the original
having been destroyed in the last great fire.
Near the entrance to the crypt in this aisle is the altar
tomb of Archbishop Dolben (1686), who was a stauncK
royalist and standard bearer at the battle of Marston Moor ;
on it is a recumbent figure in full episcopal vestments.
The great window in the transept of this aisle is called
St. Cuthbert's, because of its having illustrations of the life
and miracles of that saint ; it contains 108 compartments, is
72 feet high by 16 feet 6 inches wide. It was presented by
the representatives of a bishop of Durham in 1437.
The last window on the south side is a most beautiful
specimen of colour work in glass. It represents the Annunciation
after Sebastian del Piombo, and was presented by the
Earl of Carlisle in 1804, who brought it from the church of
St. Nicholas in Rouen.
The Lady Chapel extends from the back of the altar
screen to the great east window. This chapel contains
the following monuments and tombs :
Against the wall, immediately under the great window, one
to Archbishop Sharp (1713) ;
it consists of an altar supported
by Corinthian columns, on which is a recumbent figure
of the Archbishop ; this prelate was remarkable for his strong
opposition to the Eomish predilections of James II.
The flat stone with floriated cross is to the memory of
Archbishop Sewal (1238).
The mutilated effigy on the ground is one of Archbishop
jVIathew, named previously.
The altar tomb under the north corner of the east
window is that of Cardinal Archbishop Rotherham (1500).
He was Lord Chancellor in Edward lY.'s reign; the monument
was restored in 1832 by Lincoln CoUege, Oxford, to
which he was a great benefactor.
Behind this tomb is a kneeling figure to the memory of
Frances Mathew, wife of the Archbishop of that name ; she
was the daughter of a bishop, married the son of an Arch-