Xorden's  view  suggests  that  the  lead  tank  was  co\ered  in  by  stonework  on  the  outside,
that  the  pillars  were  also  of  stone,  and  the  lead  confined  to  the  ogee  roof  and  its
ornaments.  The  dragon  is  shown  gilt  and  standing  in  the  tank.  There  is  no  sign
of  the  other  roval  beasts  mentioned  in  the  accounts.
LEADED    DOMES.    LANTERN'S.    AND    WALLS.  145

It  was  on  9th  October  1555  that  the  pipe  conveying  the  water  from  Hlackmore  Park
wa.s  brought  into  the  Upper  Court,  and  "there  the  water  plenteously  did  rise  13  feet
high."     The  fountain  was  part  of  a  reservoir  scheme,  and  "  of  curious  workmanship."

By  collating  the  fragmentary  indications  in  the  building  accounts  with  Norden's
sketch,  it  would  appear  that  the  fountain  in  general  form  resembled  that  of  Trinity
College.  Canibricige,  which  was  built  only  forty-six  years  later,  but  its  detail  doubtless
retained  more  of  the  Gothic  spirit.  The  making  of  wood  patterns  for  the  plumbers
was  a  considerable  item.  The  carpenters  made  the  "  greate  mould  in  the  plomberv,"
also  "  cisterne  cases  and  other  necessaries  for  ye  fountaine.'  Carvers  wrought
"  scouchions  in  wainscott  to  make  patterns  for  the  moulds  of  the  scotcheons  and  badges
to  garnish   the  cisterne  and  topp  of  the  fontaine."

The  chief  decorations  of  this  fine  structure  were  the  si.\  "  beasts  royall,  viz.,  the
eagle,  the  lyon,  the  antilop,  the  greyhound,  the  gryffith  (varying  between  5  feet  and
6  feet  high),  and  the  dragon  with  his  base  (13  feet  4  inches  high)."  The  carvers  were
paid  6s.  8d.  a  foot  for  carving  them  ;  and  it  would  seem  that  another  item,  "  founders
casting  paternes  in  metall  to  garnish  the  cesterne  and  top  of  the  fountain,"  shows  the
ne.xt  step,   the  casting  of  the  beasts  in  lead.
