Proceeding by the left-hand or north aisle we see first, close to the north door, the chapel of the Baptist, which contains an unknown tomb and an ancient chest reputed to be over a thousand years old and to have been brought from Selsey.  Following come the Collins tomb and the Arundel chantry containing the altar-tomb of Richard Fitz-Alan and his countess.  At the end of this aisle is an unknown female effigy conjectured to be Maud of Arundel (1270).  Some good modern stained glass will have been noticed in the nave.  The pulpit, a memorial to Dean Hook, was designed by Sir Gilbert Scott.  The south aisle of the nave has the tomb of Bishop Arundel (1478), Bishop Durnford, and Agnes Cromwell and a brass to William Bradbridge three times mayor of Chichester (1592).

In a spirit of ruthless improvement the beautiful old stone screen between nave and choir was removed in 1859, and replaced by the present rood-screen in memory of Archdeacon Walker.  The finely carved throne and stalls in the choir are also modern but are in excellent taste and keeping with the solemn Norman stone which surrounds them.  The east window was placed in 1844, and it is no worse than other examples of this period.

The north transept was for many years used as the parish church of St. Peter.  Note the pictures by Bernhardi of the English Bishops; those after Elizabeth were destroyed when the tower fell.  On the west are the tombs of three bishops, Grove (1695), King (1669) and Carleton (1705).  King was the defender of Chichester during Waller’s attack and the latter described him as a “pragmatical malignant.”  The cathedral library is in this transept, entered from the north choir aisle.  It contains several treasures, notably the service book of Hermann, Archbishop of Cologne, once the property of Cranmer and bearing his autograph.  From this book the Reformer adapted many phrases for the Book of Common Prayer.  There are several interesting relics from the stone coffins discovered under the choir in 1829, including a papal absolution cross, an abraxas ring and a twelfth-century silver chalice and paten.  These are displayed in a case by the wall.  In the north choir aisle is a beautiful altar cloth in a glass case.  We now pass the fine canopied tomb of Bishop Moleynes (1449).  In the Early English chapel at the end, dedicated to St. Panthelon, is the modern tomb of Bishop Otter (1840).  Before entering this chapel note the stone built into the wall and known as “Maudes Heart.”  The screens separating the aisles from the presbytery are made of native Sussex iron.

We now return and cross to the south transept, on the north side of which is the tomb once supposed to be the shrine of St. Richard de la Wych, Bishop (1253) but now definitely accepted as that of Bishop Stratford (1362).  This tomb, with several others, was barbarously “restored” in the last century; near it may be seen the modern brass in memory of Dean Burgon (1888).  The pictures on the west