ABSTRACT
The fall of the House of York before the rising star of Tudor hardly affected Canterbury Cathedral. The central tower of Canterbury Cathedral is one of the finest architectural achievements of the English Middle Ages. The letters from the prior of Canterbury Cathedral provide datable evidence suggesting that the final design of the tower was decided upon only about half-way through the last campaign. The first is a draft letter, without date or signature, to the archbishop requesting that he choose one of two designs provided for the pinnacles of the new tower that will be finished by the next summer. The subsidiary altars within the transept were also richly decorated; a picture of the Annunciation graced the south-east transept as well as the ‘godly tumbe’ of Archbishop Winchelsey. The various chapels contained relic beams that supported caskets and reliquaries with the remains of saints and archbishops.
