NOTE O. TRACES OF ARCHBISHOP ROTHERHAM IN YORK MINSTER The only existing associations with Archbishop Rotherham in the Minster at York, which I know, are the tomb (p. 152) and the curious wooden head in the vestry (Note P.). Torre, however, says, that a shield with Rotherham's Arms impaling those of the Archbishopric was in a window in the North transept. In 1489 also a license was given to him and Thomas Pereson sub-dean of York to found a chantry in honor of Christ, The Virgin, All Saints, and St. Frideswide at the west end of the tomb of St. William to pray for the good estate of the King (Henry VII.), the King's Consort Elizabeth, his first-born son, Arthur Prince of Wales and the King's mother, Margaret Countess of Richmond, Thomas Archbishop of York and Thomas Pereson, and for their sons after death, and for the sons of John late Duke of Somerset and Margaret his Wife with license to receive an annuity of 9 marcs from the priory of Newburg. (See "Materials for the History of the Reign of Henry VII.," Vol. 2, p. 405. Rolls series 60). The Chantry subsequently founded for him by Carnebull has been mentioned (p. 158). WOODEN HEAD OF AN EFFIGY, found in the Tomb of Archbishop Rotherham; preserved in the Vestry of York Minster. NOTE P. REPRESENTATIONS OF ARCHBISHOP ROTHERHAM. I use the word Representation in order to include in this Note the remarkable wooden head, now preserved in the Vestry of York Minster, which, if we may assume it to be the copy of Rotherham's features, is the most authentic of all the likenesses. Drake (Eboracum, P. 447) tells us that this head was found in the vault near Rotherham's bones in the year 1735. It seems certain that it was the head of one of those effigies which were borne in a funeral procession, and afterwards laid for some time on the tomb of the dead. When it was discovered there was a stick in the nape of the neck at the back. The skull is flattened behind, in order that it may rest level: it was plainly designed to be seen in a recumbent position. The stick may indicate that the body of the effigy clothed in robes was made of some perishable stuff. In the interesting account of the remarkable wax effigies at Westminster Abbey, ("Westminster Abbey Guide," p. 58), there is a quotation from Dart's “ History of the Abbey Church of Westminster," which says that the effigy of Henry V. was made of tanned leather. The heads of earlier effigies were made, as this one is, not of wax, but of wood (Ibid). impossible to assert positively that this head is that of Rotherham's effigy, which would remain for some time on his tomb. But it seems most probable that it is: and that when the body of the effigy became dilapidated, it was laid near his bones below. As heads of this character were intended to represent the dead, care was taken about the carving: and this head is obviously not a conventional one, but a distinctive likeness of the dead. The nose is mutilated: the ears were never carved, probably because the sides of the face were hidden by flowing locks. But the strong mouth, the long drawn face, large closed eyes, and capacious forehead are those of a determined big-brained man. (See Frontispiece.) It is The next representation of Rotherham is the Initial Letter of "The Statutes of The College of Jesus" (see p. 131). It is, however, not very characteristic. The mouth is smaller: the head a long one: the flowing locks under the mitre very full. The single cross in the left hand should be carefully noted for a reason that will appear directly. Over the chasuble is the pall. The most well-known portrait is the half-length picture at Lincoln College Oxford, which has been copied, I believe, at King's College and Pembroke Cambridge. It knows nothing of pall or chasuble. Rotherham is represented in a black cassock with frills at the wrist, a surplice with full sleeves, a crimson cope, and a hood of cloth of gold. On his head is a mitre rather steeper than the one in the Statutes. The hands are joined in prayer. The face is a long one, as is the case with the wooden head, the eyes large and brown, grey hair, grey beard cut short. The expression very sorrowful. The mouth and chin weaker than those of the wooden head. Near the figure stands a triple cross, with ornate finials. Tradition says that Bishop Sanderson gave this picture to the College. It is precisely similar in treatment to that of the companion-picture of the first Founder Fleming, In the upper left-hand corner is Rotherham's coat of arms-the three bucks trippant: and beneath this the inscription, "Thomas Rotherham, 2us Fundator obijt 1500." On a gilt board below is the inscription, "Thomas Rotherham, Bishop of Lincoln 1472-80. Second Founder 1475." No reference is made in either inscription to his Archbishopric. The dress and probably the features of this portrait cannot be considered as authoritative. The triple cross is a remarkable mistake. In the portrait at the beginning of "The Statutes of the College of Jesus," certainly authentic, the cross is single. There is, however, a picture representing Wolsey with a double cross. Becket is also so represented. But the triple cross is Papal. The portrait of Rotherham, painted in 1670 as one of a series of the Founders of Colleges, which was in the Bodleian (see p. 70), is now lost. There are several engravings extant. In a Series of Founders of Colleges is a mezzotint by Faber, of which a copy is given (p. 108), dedicated to Fitz-Herbert Adams, Rector of Lincoln College (1685-1719). It has beneath it an inscription : Tho de Rotherham alias Scot Lincoln: deinde Archiep: Ebor: totius Angliæ Sancto: Lincoln Fundator Secund: A.D. 1478. In the middle of the Inscription is a Shield with Rotherham's Arms-the three bucks trippant. Mr. Leach, the Assistant Curator of the Hope Gallery, has kindly informed me that Faber's plates passed subsequently through |