Misericord Stall in St. Gregory’s

Next was St. Lawrence, which existed in the fifteenth century but has been stripped and is empty inside. So on we went to St. Gregory’s in Pottergate (‘gate’ means ‘street’). St. Gregory’s was being used for several purposes but still inside was this misericord stall. Since certain very long prayers required standing with arms upraised, misericord stalls were invented to allow the old and infirm to lean on was actually the underside of the bench folded up.