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Beverley, in the east riding of Yorkshire, was originally called Deirwalde, or the forest of Deiri, from the woods with which it was covered. Its name was changed by the Saxons to Beverlega, or Beverlac, from the number of beavers found in the river. It underwent various changes. It was formerly the head of a peculiar and exempt jurisdiction, under the præpositus or provost of the college church. This, however, ceased at the dissolution of the monasteries.

The minster, formerly the church of the monastery of St. John, is now the parochial church of the united parishes of St. Martin and St. John. It was nearly rebuilt about 1060, by Kensius, archbishop of York: he added a tower, and improved its internal decorations. The exact date of the erection of the present church is unknown, though it is usually referred to the reign of Henry III.

King Athelstan, having made a vow at the altar of St. John, before he proceeded against the Scots, on his return, A.D. 930, instituted a new college of secular canons, and granted to the town many immunities, particularly exemption from all manner of tolls. There were formerly four churches, but now only two-the Minster and St. Mary's

The minster is cruciform, in the early decorated and later styles of English architecture, with two lofty towers at the west end; and is not behind some of the finest of our cathedrals in architectural magnificence and beauty. The west front is a fine specimen of the later style of English architecture, and the nave and transepts of the earlier.

In 1664, some workmen, whilst opening a grave in the chancel, discovered a vault of square free-stone, fifteen feet long and two broad, and a sheet of lead, covering some reliques, with a Latin inscription to the following effect:-"In the year of our Lord's incarnation 1188, in September, the night after the festival of St. Matthew the apostle, this church was consumed by fire; and in the year 1197, on the 10th of March, search was made for the reliques of St. John in this place; and these bones were found in the eastern part of the sepulchre, and here again deposited a mixture of dust and mortar was also found in the same place, and again deposited." Over this lay a box of lead, about seven inches long, six broad, and five deep; wherein were several pieces of bones, mixed with a little dust, and yielding a sweet smell. All these things were carefully re-interred in the middle aisle of the body of the minster.

The building being in a very ruinous condition, Mr. Moyver, member of parliament for the town in 1708, was instrumental in obtaining funds for the repair, which was effected in 1720. Of these repairs, perhaps the most extraordinary was the

restoring to the perpendicular the end of the northern transept, which hung over four feet; and which was screwed up straight by the contrivance of a joiner-Mr. Thornton of York.

The monuments are, on the whole, little deserving of attention. There are four exceptions, however, to this remark. There is a tomb in the south aisle of the nave well worthy of notice, and which is said to be to the memory of two maiden sisters, who left some public pastures to the freemen of Beverley. It is an altar tomb, under a groined canopy, adorned with pinnacles, and surmounted with finials. It is of the early decorated character, and is possibly nearly of the same age as that part of the church in which it is placed. There are three tombs belonging to the Percy family: one in the choir, to the north of the altar; another in the east aisle of the north transept; and the third in a chapel built by the same noble family, to the north of the lady chapel. Of these the first-mentioned is the most remarkable as a work of art. It consists of a groined canopy, forming a pediment, which terminates in a rich bouquet; within which is a rich arch, terminating likewise in a bouquet. A vast number of figures in basso-relievo are introduced in the spandrils of the pediment and the arch. The workmanship is of the decorated style, and may be referred to the time of Edward III. The other two Percy tombs are well deserving of notice: the one is in the decorated, the other in the perpendicular style. The former must be considered as belonging to some period not long before or after the reign of Edward III. It is an altar-tomb, with a recumbent figure, distinguished as a priest by the tonsure and the clerical dress. The sides are ornamented in a singular way, with representations of ramified windows. The date of the latter is 1489, the fifth year of Henry VII. It likewise is an altar-tomb, but without any figure upon it. Its sides are divided into compartments, containing niches, in which once have been figures with canopies, and separated by buttresses.

The principal dimensions of the minster are as follow:

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