[7] Rev. Chancellor Raikes’ Introductory Lecture before the Chester ArchÆological Society.[8] This Earl was the first who assumed the present arms of Chester, three wheat-sheaves in a field azure.[14] Ormerod’s Cheshire, page 173.[40] The largest stone arch known, that which bears the nearest approach, is at Vieille Briode, which crosses the river Allien, in France, whose span is 183 feet, being 17 feet less than the Chester bridge. It was erected in 1454, by Grenier.[48] Hemingway’s ‘History of Chester.’[50] Hemingway’s ‘History of Chester.’[51] Rev. Chancellor Raikes.[75] Mr. W. Ayrton, on the Norman Remains of the Cathedral.