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Hidings since January, 1858, any one of whicli may be seen,
daily on payment of the customary fee of one shilling.
St. William's College is in College-street, close to the
east end of the Minster. It is a square block of buildings,
principally Jacobean in style, having a quadrangular courtyard,
the entrance to which is a gateway of late Perpendicular^
surmounted by a figure of Saint William, much defaced by
time. It was originally intended for the honour of Saint
William for the parsons and chantry priests of the Cathedral
to reside in, letters patent for that purpose having been
granted by Henry YI. and confirmed by Edward IV. In
one of the apartments the Eoyal Printing Press was set up
in 1642 by Charles I. during his residence in the city. The
college is now let off in tenements to poor people.
A few doors down the street, close to the archway,
on the same side, is the house and shop occupied by
George Hudson, the Eailway King, in the early part of
his career.
The Bedern, in Goodramgate, opposite the end of Collegestreet
(derived from hede to pray, now obsolete, and erne a
detached dwelling), was once the exclusive residence of the
Yicars Choral of the Cathedral. They were thirty-six in
number, and, besides their daily duty in the choir, had to
perform the ofiices for the dead, day and night. The College
of the Vicars Choral was founded by Archbishop Walter de
'Grey (1252). It was once the site of the palace of the Roman
Emperors ; but now nothing remains of its former grandeur,
the houses, which are in the most dilapidated condition, are
tenanted by the lowest class of the labouring population.
There is a Chapel of Ease belonging to the Minster, and
dedicated to the Holy Trinity, the Vii'gin Mary, and St.
Catherine ; it is a small stone building of debased GotKic
(1348). Although public worship has not been performed
here for many years, christening of children and churching of
women have been solemnized until very recently.
is very damp and rapidly falling to decay
The chapel