in line for the throne was Henry VIII. Worcester Cathedral suffered badly from iconoclasm but was spared total destruction by Henry VIII during the English Reformation because of his brother's chantry in the cathedral. An epitaph in Latin to Henry Bright, headmaster of the King's School, Worcester, can be found near the north porch. Other notable burials include: Godfrey Giffard (c. 1235 – 1302), Chancellor of the Exchequer of England, Lord Chancellor of England, and Bishop of Worcester Maud (de Giffard) Devereux (on 3 September 1297), William Devereux’s widow, in a place near the burial site of her brother, Bishop Godfrey de Giffard Ivor Atkins (1869–1953), choirmaster and organist at Worcester Cathedral from 1897 to 1950 Stanley Baldwin (1867–1947), Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Alfred Barry (1826–1910), one time Bishop of Sydney and Primate of Australia Ernest Bird (1877–1945), scholar of King's School, Worcester Arthur W. Davies (1878–1966), one time Principal of St. John's College, Agra Richard Edes (d. 1604), a chaplain to Elizabeth I and James I John Gauden (1605–1662), Bishop of Worcester, possible author of the Eikon Basilike Philip Goodrich (1929–2001), Bishop of Worcester from 1982 to 1996 William Hamilton, 2nd Duke of Hamilton (1616–1651), Scottish Royalist commander Sir Thomas Lyttelton, 1st Baronet (1593–1650) William Henry Reed (1876–1942), violinist, friend and biographer of Edward Elgar Robin Woods (1914–1997), Dean of Windsor, Bishop of Worcester from 1971 to 1982 Francis Brett Young (1884–1954), Worcestershire author Library The Cathedral Library at Worcester, located since the 19th century in the loft above the South Nave, contains 289 medieval manuscripts, 55 incunabula, and 6600 post-medieval printed books. The library and archive of Worcester Cathedral also has a total of 19000 archived documents, along with a music collection containing works from famous composers such as Edward Elgar and Thomas Tomkins. Of particular note are the Worcester Antiphoner (the only book of its kind to survive the Reformation), the will of King John, and a 1225 copy of Magna Carta. The large scriptorium at Worcester produced many manuscripts and was a place of work for many famous scribes, such as the chronicler John of Worcester and the unnamed monk identified by his distinctive handwriting as The Tremulous Hand of Worcester. Misericords Thirty-nine of the misericords date from 1379 and include a complete set of the Labours of the Months. The subject matter includes biblical stories, mythology and folklore including N-07, The Clever Daughter,