▁m util ated , ▁is ▁a ▁valuable ▁example ▁of ▁media eval ▁vest ments . ▁ ▁On ▁the ▁wall ▁of ▁the ▁opposite ▁cho ir ▁a is le , ▁the ▁celebrated ▁Here ford ▁M appa ▁M und i , ▁d ating ▁from ▁the ▁later ▁years ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 3 th ▁century , ▁hung , ▁little ▁regarded , ▁for ▁many ▁years . ▁It ▁is ▁the ▁work ▁of ▁an ▁ecc les i astic ▁who ▁is ▁supposed ▁to ▁be ▁represented ▁in ▁the ▁right - hand ▁corner ▁on ▁horse back , ▁attended ▁by ▁his ▁page ▁and ▁grey h ounds . ▁He ▁has ▁comm emor ated ▁himself ▁under ▁the ▁name ▁of ▁Richard ▁de ▁H ald ingham ▁and ▁La ff ord ▁in ▁Lincoln shire , ▁but ▁his ▁real ▁name ▁was ▁Richard ▁de ▁la ▁Batt ay le ▁or ▁de ▁B ello . ▁He ▁held ▁a ▁pre b end al ▁st all ▁in ▁Lincoln ▁C athedral , ▁and ▁was ▁promoted ▁to ▁a ▁st all ▁in ▁Here ford ▁in ▁ 1 3 0 5 . ▁During ▁the ▁trouble d ▁times ▁of ▁C rom well ▁the ▁map ▁was ▁laid ▁beneath ▁the ▁floor ▁of ▁Edmund ▁Aud ley ' s ▁Ch antry , ▁beside ▁the ▁Lady ▁Chap el , ▁where ▁it ▁remained ▁secret ed ▁for ▁some ▁time . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 8 5 5 ▁it ▁was ▁clean ed ▁and ▁rep a ired ▁at ▁the ▁British ▁Museum . ▁It ▁is ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁most ▁remarkable ▁monuments ▁of ▁its ▁kind ▁in ▁existence , ▁being ▁the ▁largest ▁but ▁one ▁of ▁all ▁the ▁old ▁maps , ▁drawn ▁on ▁a