Catherine Room Wall Paintings

During reconstruction work in 1965 on the College’s domestic buildings, the remains of a painted frieze appeared under the limewash on three walls of the fourteenth century first floor chamber at no. 2 The Cloisters. Preliminary cleaning revealed the figures of St John the Baptist, St Anthony and St Catherine.

Katherine of Aragon’s Book

Housed in the Chapter Library is a book once owned by Henry VIII’s first wife, Katherine of Aragon. Printed in Antwerp in 1529, the book is by Joannes Ludovicus Vives (1493-1540) and is titled De concordia et discordia in humano genere (On concord and discord in humankind).

No. 6 Canons' Cloister

The architectural history of the Lower Ward of Windsor Castle is one of construction and demolition. Since the later years of the reign of Henry II, when it was the location for a new royal palace, the site has evolved into what today stands as a unique collection of buildings.

The Stall Plates

Some 800 stall plates adorn the stalls of the Quire, with the earliest, that of Ralph, Lord Basset of Drayton dating from c.1390. Their original function was not to indicate the occupant of the stall (done by the helm and crest); instead the stall plate was to act as a memorial and would only be erected after death.