Show rune blied 4 A ed in old cathedral famous Pr prelates claes that have been laid to rest wythia the walls of the famous structure of canterbury although since the reformation s says ays the london chronicle no protes tant archbishop of canterbury bury was mas burled in his metropolitan cathedral until leave was obtained for the inter ment of Arch bishin benson in 1895 the dust of many famous prelates lies within these ancient precincts cuth bert the eleventh archbishop Arch biship of can tenbury powerfully affected the tor for tunes of the cathedral by obtaining permission from pope gregory neaily twelve centuries ago that henceforth all the archbishops ArchbishOP 3 might be burled within the walls of their own cathe dral accordingly from cuthbert to cardinal pole in 1559 the early re mains of all the bishops lie there at rest including those of st odo bt st dunstan st alphege st anslem st thomas a bed beet et hubert walter stephen langton archbishops peck ham Win chelsey Brad wardine islip simon de sudbury courtenay arun del Chi chicheley cheley Da daschler Bau chier morton warham and other saints and states men famous in history for their high services to church and commonwealth the interior of canterbury cathe dral is so carefully preserved that it tt gives one the impression of extreme newness yet the ariole choir and east end of the cathedral as it now stands Is mainly the work of william of sens and william the englishman who flourished toward the end of the 1 twelfth century century but the cathedral and the many buildings in its cincis are a perfect museum of me dij architecture next to the 1 transitional style which Is represent ed in the choir comes the first point X ed or early english astle which came X about half a century later to this period belongs the far famed arch ai bishops chair usually called the f 1 chair of st augustine on which t the archbishop archbishops s are enthroned and which was naturally the object of j much interest at the funeral of recent J date it is elaborately car caned carved ved and la Is made of three pieces ot of marble from the style of its decoration i it Is believed to have been first placed f in the cathedral in 1220 at the superb ceremony of the translation of beck beek ets et s remains from the crypt to bla his priceless shrine |