Chapter XVI: Old Coventry at the Present Day 317

_Index_ 346

ILLUSTRATIONS

_King Henry VI._ (_From a painting in the National Portrait Gallery; painter unknown_) _Photogravure Frontispiece_

HALF-TONE FACING PAGE _A Courtyard in Little Park Street_ 6

_Smithford Street_ 82

_Palace Yard_ 166

_Council Chamber, showing Panelling_ 174

_Bablake and S. John's Church_ 208

_New Street_ 224

_Butcher Row_ 228

_Mayoress' Parlour, showing State Chair_ 338

LINE PAGE _The Two Spires from top of Bishop Street_ 2

_8 Much Park Street_ 5

_Remains of Old Wall--back of Godiva Street_ 7

_Saint John the Baptist, Coventry_ 9

_Gosford Green_ 11

_24 Gosford Street_ 12

_130 Far Gosford Street_ 13

_Godiva Window_ 20

_Heraldic Tile found in Hales Street_ 21

_Peeping Tom_ 23

_Cathedral Ruins_ 24

_Carved Miserere Seat, S. Michael's Church_ 25

_Priory Row, Coventry_ 27

_Cheylesmore Manor House_ 39

_Gable of Cheylesmore Manor House_ 43

_34 Far Gosford Street_ 52

_Old Whitefriars' Monastery, now Coventry Union_ 54

_40 Far Gosford Street_ 58

_Courtyard, S. Mary's Hall, Coventry_ 78

_Minstrel Gallery, S. Mary's Hall_ 81

_The City Keys_ 85

_The City Mace--The Sword_ 86

_The Old State Chair_ 89

_High Street, Coventry_ 99

_View of Interior of Saint Michael's_ 117

_Gosford Street_ 123

_Smithford Street, Coventry_ 136

_Cook Street Gate_ 142

_Old House in Little Park Street_ 148

_Queen Mary's Chamber_ 164

_Swanswell Gate_ 167

_The Council Chamber, S. Mary's Hall_ 185

_Trinity Lane_ 213

_Arms of City of Coventry_ 214

_Old House beside S. Mary's Hall_ 235

_Whitefriars' Lane_ 239

_Oriel Window and Stocks, S. Mary's Hall_ 241

_Old Bablake School_ 260

_Ford's Hospital_ 261

_Holy Trinity Church_ 271

_Swillington's Tomb, S. Michael's Church_ 274

_Pulpit, Holy Trinity Church_ 277

_Old House in Cox Street_ 291

_36 Gosford Street_ 293

_91 Gosford Street_ 294

_Old House in Cox Street_ 295

_Entrance to Kitchen, S. Mary's Hall_ 331

_Archdeacon's Chapel, Holy Trinity Church_ 340

_The Staircase, Old Bablake School_ 344

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