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The original Norman transepts seem to have been of the same length on either side. Bembre, who died in 1361, is supposed to have been buried here.
It is noteworthy that they all held some other preferment during the time that they held the office of dean. #Thomas de Bembre#, 1350-1361, founded a chantry and an altar in the north part of the north transept, which was added at this time. #Reginald Pole#, so well known in the history of the reigns of Henry VIII. and Queen Mary, was Dean of Wimborne from 1517 till 1537.
But the description given by Hutchins of the arms on the shields which were sculptured on it does not agree with the Bembre arms, so that it could hardly have been the tombstone of this Dean who founded the chantry. The window at the end of the north transept is modern restoration work.
The portion of this transept to the north of the turret was added about the middle of the fourteenth century to form the chantry founded by Bembre, who was dean from 1350-1361. This part contains, besides the large window, two smaller two-light windows, which look out respectively to the east and west. The tracery in these is almost entirely modern.
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