He was translated from Durham to Winchester in the year 1500, and his retirement to this see was devoted to acts of charity and munificence, although he did not now for the first time appear as a public benefactor. He had repaired the palace of Durham while bishop of that see, and displayed a considerable taste for architecture. The foundation of Corpus Christi College was preceded by the purchase of land in Oxford, which he completed in 1513, and by licence of Henry VIII., dated 26th of November, 1516, he obtained leave to found a college for divinity, philosophy, and arts; the statutes are dated 1527, the twenty-seventh year of his translation to Winchester. In the year 1522 he founded a free school at Taunton, and another at Grantham, and extended his beneficence to foundations within the diocese of Winchester. The triumphs of his munificence and taste are principally to be contemplated in his additions to this Cathedral; in these the most exquisite art was employed to execute the noble and elegant designs. The bishop was also unbounded in his charities to the poor; at the same time exercising hospitality and promoting the trade of the city by a large establishment which ke kept up at Wolvesey castle, his household consisting of two hundred and twenty servants. He died the 14th of September, 1528, and was buried in a chantry chapel, which he had built for that purpose.20 In this magnificent sepulchral chapel every effort of ingenuity and skilful workmanship have been exerted to their utmost, and it unquestionably affords one of the most extraordinary examples of design and sculpture in existence. Four equal divisions compose the architectural design of the front, the elegance of which corresponds with the ornaments that enrich it. These divisions are formed by octagonal turrets rising from the pavement, and exceeding the height of the surmounting parapet, where they are larger and more decorated. Between these turrets and rising from the ornamented course below the parapet are smaller finials, each supporting a pelican, in its piety an emblem of the Christian church, and a favourite device of Bishop Fox. The height of the chapel is divided into two stories; the lower of solid masonry, enriched by a series of canopied niches and paneled com

20 In the custody of the president of Corpus Christi College is preserved the very elegant crosier of the founder, of silver gilt and enamelled, nearly six feet in height, and a saltcellar also of silver gilt and enamelled; it bears the initials of Bishop Richard Fox and the pelican his badge, frequently repeated.