A remarkable discovery was made in early December 2000 during excavations on the site of Coventry's medieval cathedral priory in the centre of the city. These had been going on since March 1999, under the auspices of the City of Coventry's Phoenix Initiative project, involving parts of the nave, crossing and transept of the medieval church, and considerable areas of the cloister and its Benedictine monastic buildings (Fig. 1). The church and its complex of buildings, comparable in size to those which may still be seen at Gloucester and Worcester Cathedrals today, were demolished piecemeal in the years following the dissolution of the priory in 1539.' The cathedral church of St Mary, about 130 m. in length, was the only English cathedral to be destroyed at the Reformation.

Edward Woodroofe was a surveyor and draughtsman. From 1668 to his death in 1675 he was closely associated with Sir Christopher Wren, whom he assisted in connexion with St Paul's Cathedral, the City churches and elsewhere. Woodroofe was also a notable figure in his own right. From 1662 he was Surveyor to the Dean and Chapter of Westminster, and in the mid-1660s he was associated with the speculative development of Hatton Garden, Holborn. But it is as Wren's draughtsman that he is best remembered. This article sets out the few known facts of his career, describes his drafting style, and considers his place in the history of English architectural draughtsmanship.'

Unpublished letters and papers in the Whistler Collection of the University of Glasgow make it possible to document Whistler's involvement with the group of Belgian artists, critics and writers who formed La Societe des Vingt, and reveal how this connexion fostered the growth of his reputation in continental Europe.'