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wmch oilermgs were made that greatly increased the revenue of the dean and cannons . The last piece of ornament deserving of mention was the tine dial belonging to the great clock , which , being visible to all who passed by , care was taken that it should appear with the utmost splendour ; and in particular an angel pointed to the hour . About the year 1109 , St . Paul ' s Cathedral was encompassed with a

wall , which extended from the north corner of Ave Mary lane , eastward along Paternoster-row , to the north end of the Old Change in Cheapside ; whence it ran southward to Carter-lane , and passing on the north side of it to Creed-lane , turned up lo Ludgate-street . To this wall there were six gates ; the principal was situated near the end of Creed-lane , in Ludgate-street ; the second was at St . Paul ' s-alley in Paternoster-row ; the

third at Cannon-alley ; the fourth , called the Little Gate , was situated at the entrance into Cheapside ; the fifth , called St . Austin ' s , led to Watlingstreet ; and the sixth fronted the south gate of the church , near Paul ' s Chain .

In the middle of the church-yard , within the north side of this enclosure , was situated a pulpit-cross , at which sermons were preached weekly ; and here was held the folk mote , or general convention of ihe citizens . Facing this cross , stood a chapel , called the charnel , in which the bones of the dead were decently piled up together . A thousand cart loads of them were removed to Finsbury-fields in the reign of Edward VI .,

and there laid in a moorish place , with so much earth to cover them as caused a considerable mound , on which was erected three windmills . At the north-west comer of the church-yard was a cemetery , denominated Pardon Church-haw ; where Gilbert Bcckefc erected a chapel in the reign of King Stephen . This chapel was rebuilt in the reign of Henry V ., by Thomas Moore , Dean of St . Paul ' s , who also encompassed it with a

cloister , on the walls of which was painted the dance of death . In this chapel , were several sepulchral monuments wliich , according to Stow , exceeded in curious workmanship those in the neighbouring Cathedral . Over the east side of this cloister was a handsome library , founded by

Walter Sheyrington , Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster . On ihe east side of the church-yard was a clochier , or bell tower , by St . Paul ' s school , wherein were four great bells , called Jesus-bells , from their belonging to Jesus Chapel , in St . Faith's Church . Such is a survey of the ancient and venerable structure of St . Paul ' s in its flourishing state and greatest magnificence , with its appendages . It

appears to have been very unfortunate in having its steeple set on fire by lightning , in 14 . 44 . This damage was not fully repaired till the year 1462 , when the spire was completed , and a beautiful vane of gilt copper in the form of an eagle was placed upon it . About a hundred years after , it suffered by a similar accident . This calamity was repaired to a certain extent by a general subscription of the clergy , nobility , and great officers

of the State , to which Queen Elizabeth herself gave a thousand marks in gold , and a wan-ant for a thousand loads of timber to be cut in any of her woods ; but , owing to a difference of opinion with regard to- the design of the spire , and the general structure being found to be more damaged