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PRINTED    FOR   THE    VERGERS  IN   THE   ABBEY, 

BY   JAS.  TRUSCOTT    AND   SON,  SUFFOLK   LANE,    CANNON    STREET,   CITI. 


OF  ADMISSION. 

The  North  and  West  doors  are  open  to  Visitors.  Guides  are 
in  attendance,  from  nine  until  six  evert/  day,  except  Sunday, 
Christmas  Day,  and  Good  Friday.  The  Abbey  is  not  open 
to  Visitors  after  the  Afternoon  Service  during  the  Winter 
Months. 


THE    SERTICES. 


On  Sunday  the  entrance  to  the  Abbey  is  by  the  North  and 
South  Transepts.  Divine  Service  at  8  a.m.,  at  10  a.m.,  and 
at  3  p.m.  ;  and  from  Easter  to  the  end  of  July,  at  7  p.m. 
At  the  usual  Sunday  Services,  and  on  Saint  and  Holy  Days, 
at  10  a.m.,  there  is  a  Sermon.  The  Holy  Communion  is 
celebrated  on  the  first  Sunday  in  the  month,  at  the  10  a.m. 
Service,  and  on  other  Sundays  (except  when  otherwise  ordered) 
at  8    a.m. 

The  names  of  the  several  Chapels,  beginning  from  the  south 
cross,  and  so  passing  round  to  the  north  cross,  are  in  order  as 
follows : — 1 .  St.  Benedict ;  2.  St.  Edmund  ;  3.  St.  Nicholas  ; 
4.  Henry  VII.;  5.  St.  Paul;  6.  St.  Edward  the  Confessor; 
7.  St.  John ;  8.  Islip's  Chapel,  dedicated  to  St.  John  the 
Baptist ;  9.  St.  John,  St.  Michael,  and  St.  Andrew.  The 
three  last  are  now  laid  together.  The  Chapel  of  Edward  the 
Confessor  stands,  as  it  were,  in  the  centre,  and  is  enclosed  in  the 
body  of  the  Church .  Keep  on  your  right,  and  the  Chapel  of  St. 
Benedict  is  adjoining  the  Tombs-gate,  in  which  Chapel  several 
Deans  were  buried.  Dean  Ireland  was  buried  in  front  of 
Camden's  monument,  in  the  same  grave  with  Mr.  Gifford,  his 
associate  through  life. 

***  Several  men  intercept  all  persons  as  they  approach  the  Abbey,  to  show 
them  the  Courts  of  Law,  Westminster  Hall,  &c,  which  are  open  all  day ; 
persons  attending  to  them  are  oft-times  prevented  from  seeing  the  Church 
for  that  day,  as  the  hours  of  service  intervene. 


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WESTMINSTER  ABBEY, 

<M  tjji  jtoithttoit  nf  tlri  j&lilinj. 

$&&&%&j&#£PF  the  Founding  of  an  Abbey  on  Thorncy 
c¥mmmmm&^  Island,  where  that  of  Westminster  now  stands, 
i  if  foS^^  If  S  there  are  so  many  miraculous  stories  related 
by  monkish  writers,  that  the  recital  of  them 
now  would  hardly  be  endured.  Even  the  rela- 
tions of  ancient  historians  have  been  questioned* 
by  Sir  Christopher  Wren,  who  was  employed 
to  survey  the  present  edifice,  and  who,  upon 
the  nicest  examination,  found  nothing  to  countenance  the  gene- 
ral belief,  "that  it  was  erected  on  the  ruins  of  a  Pagan 
"  Temple."  No  fragments  of  Roman  workmanship  were  dis- 
covered in  any  part  of  the  building,  many  of  which  must  un- 
doubtedly have  been  intermixed  among  the  materials,  if  a  Roman 
temple  had  existed  before  on  the  same  spot. 

Nor  is  the  dedication  of  the  first  Abbey  less  involved  in  mystery 
than  the  founding  of  it.  The  legend  says  that  Sebert,  King  of 
the  East  Saxons,  who  died  in  616,  ordered  Melitus,  then  Bishop 
of  London,  to  perform  the  ceremony;  but  that  St.  Peter  himself.  ,  /*C 
was  beforehand  with  him,  and  consecrated  it  in  the  night  pre- 
ceding the  day  appointed  by  his  Majesty  for  that  purpose,  accom- 
panied by  angels,  and  surrounded  by  a  glorious  appearance  of 
burning  lights.  \. 

That  this  legend  continued  to  be  believed  after  the  building 
itself  was  destroyed,  will  appear  by  a  charter  which  we  shall 
have  occasion  to  mention  hereafter  ;  and  though  nothing  can 
with  certainty  be  concluded  from  these  fictions,  yet  it  may  be 
presumed,  that  both  the  ancient  church  dedicated  to  St.  Paul, 
in  London,  and  this  dedicated  to  St.  Peter,  in  Westminster,  were, 
among  the  earliest  works  of  the  first  converts  to  Christianity  in 
Britain.  With  their  new  religion,  they  introduced  a  new  manner 
of  building ;  and  their  great  aim  seems  to  have  been,  by  affecting  s^ 
loftiness  and  ornament,  to  bring  the  plain  simplicity  of  the  Pagan 
architects  into  contempt. 

Historians,  agreeable  to  the  legend,  have  fixed  the  era  of  the 
first  Abbey  in  the  sixth  century,  and    ascribed   to  Sebert   the*^ 
honour  of  conducting  the  work,  and  completing  that  part  of  it, 
at  least,  which  now  forms  the  east  angle,  which  probably  was  alW*^_ 
that  was  included  in  the  original  plan. 

After  the  death  of  that  pious  Prince,  his  sons,  relapsing  into         > 
Paganism,  totally  deserted  the  church  which  their  father  had  been 
so  zealous  to  erect  and  endow  ;  nor  was  it  long  before  the  Danes 
destroyed  what  the  Saxons  had  thus  contemptuously  neglected. 

From  this  period  to  the  reign  of  Edward  the  Confessor,  the 
first  Abbey  remained  a  monument  of  the  sacrilegious  fury  of  the 
times ;  but,  by  the  prevailing  influence  of  Christianity  in  that 
reign,  the  ruins  of  the  ancient  building  were  cleared  away,  and 


4  OF  THE  FOUNDATION. 

a  most  magnificent  structure,  for  that  age,  erected  in  their  place. 
In  its  form  it  hore  the  figure  of  a  cross,  which  afterwards  became 
a  pattern  for  cathedral-building  throughout  the  kingdom.  That 
politic  Prince,  to  ingratiate  himself  with  his  clergy,  not  only 
confirmed  all  former  endowments,  but  granted  a  new  charter,  in 
which  he  recited  the  account  of  St.  Peter's  consecration,  the 
ravages  of  the  Danes,  and  the  motives  which  prompted  him  to 
restore  the  sacred  edifice  to  its  former  splendour,  and  endow  it 
with  more  ample  powers  and  privileges.  This  charter  concluded 
with  solemn  imprecations  against  all  who  should  in  time  to 
come,  dare  to  deface  or  to  demolish  any  part  of  the  building,  or  to 
infringe  the  rights  of  its  priesthood. 

Henry  II L  not  only  pulled  down  and  enlarged  the  plan  of  this 
ancient  Abbey,  but  added  a  Chapel,  which  he  dedicated  to  the 
Blessed  Virgin  ;  but  it  was  not  till  the  reign  of  Henry  VII.  that 
the  stately  and  magnificent  Chapel  now  known  by  his  name  was 
planned  and  executed.  Of  this  Chapel,  the  first  stone  was  laid 
on  the  24th  January,  1502,  and  when  completed  was  dedicated, 
like  the  former  Chapel,  to  the  Blessed  Virgin.  Henry,  designing 
this  as  a  burying-place  for  himself  and  his  successors,  expressly 
enjoined  by  his  will,  that  none  but  those  of  the  blood-royal  should 
be  inhumed  therein. 

From  the  death  of  Henry  VII.  till  the  reign  of  William  and 
Mary,  no  care  was  taken  to  repair  or  preserve  the  ancient  church. 
By  the  robberies  made  upon  it  by  Henry  VIII.,  and  the  ravages 
it  sustained  during  the  unhappy  civil  commotions,  its  ancient 
beauty  was  in  a  great  measure  destroyed  ;  nor  did  their  Majesties 
go  about  to  restore  it,  till  it  became  an  object  of  parliamentary 
attention,  and  till  a  considerable  sum  was  voted  for  that  purpose 
only.  This  vote  being  passed,  Sir  Christopher  Wren  was  em- 
ployed to  decorate  it  and  give  it  a  thorough  repair,  which  that 
able  architect  so  skilfully  and  faithfully  executed,  that  the 
building  is  thought  at  this  day  to  want  none  of  its  original 
strength,  and  to  have  even  acquired  additional  majesty  by  two 
new  towers. 

In  1803  the  lantern  of  the  Abbey  was  destroyed  by  fire,  owing 
to  the  negligence  of  the  plumbers,  who  were  employed  in  repair- 
ing the  lead  flat.  This  part  being  the  junction  of  four  long 
timber  roofs,  it  was  a  merciful  providence  the  whole  of  this  much- 
esteemed,  august,  and  venerable  pile,  had  not  been  utterly  con- 
sumed. The  young  gentlemen  of  Westminster  School  highly 
distinguished  themselves  by  their  exertions  for  the  preservation 
of  the  church.  The  room  is  handsomely  finished,  and  more  suit- 
able with  the  rest  of  the  building  than  the  old  one. 

General  Admeasurements  of  the  Interior  of  the  Abbey, 

Ft.  In. 

Length  from  East  to  West 375  0 

Breadth  from  North  to  South 200  0 

Do.      of  Nave  and  Aisles    75  0 

Height  from  Pavement  to  Inner  Hoof 101  0 

Do.  do.       to  the  Koof  of  the  Lantern  ...  140  0 


OF  THE  FOUNDATION.  5 

The  new  Choir,  designed  by  Mr.  Blore  Aroints  t^  *i^  a  ui. 

Edward  the  Third ,  and  executed  by  Mr.  Ruddle,  of#eterb"rTgh, 

The  Dean  and  Sab-dean's  stalls  are  on  either  side  of  the  arch 
and  are  alike  in  general  design,  but  that  of  the  Dean  bei™  S 
elaborate  in  ornamental  detail.    They  are  octLnnaf  i3, mo*? 

ground  of  this  is  carved,  and  the  hollows  of  the  pediment  and  Wfc 
mouldmgs  are  filled  with  four-leaved  flower  pecutr To  the  SS 
The  Canon's  stalls  have  groined  canopies  with  ped  ments and 
the  space  between  the  pediment  and  canon vfilWiwf^' 

acc^ssorroafnthPe0sP^,'heatS  °f  ,**  desk  ends' and  the  ornamental 

ssx&ss?  5?iS5rar^rsito  ?rr  -the 

The  Organ,  which  formerly  stood  in  the  cent™   l^T7 
quently  obstructed  the  view  from   wZ  t«   »!  ♦    '     "d  C0"Se' 

MTWwfcn*   *  ^owever'  been  successfully  accomplished  bT 


6  OF  THE  FOUNDATION. 

six  inches  ;  altar,  fourteen  feet  six  inches;  full  length,  from  iron- 
gate  to  altar  screen,  one  hundred  and  fifty -five  feet  six  inches; 
breadth,  thirty -five  feet  six  inches. 

The  Reredos,  which  is  recently  put  up,  is  chiefly  of  white  and 
coloured   alabaster    from   Staffordshire,    but   combined   with   a 
reddish  spar  from  Cornwall  :  the  latter  material  being  adopted 
from  its  hardness  to  give  greater  strength  to  the  more  prominent 
parts,  and  from  its  deeper  tone  to  give  a  variety  of  colour  to 
some  of  the  features  of  the  work,  which,  if  it  had  been  made 
wholly  of  one  material,  would  have  appeared  monotonous.     It 
consists  of  a  facade  occupying   the   whole   space  between  two 
main  pillars,  having  two  doors,  one  on  each  side  of  the  altar, 
giving  access  to  the  shrine  behind.     The  doorways  are  arched 
and  richly  moulded,  and  the  hollows  are  filled  with  bold  carving 
deeply  undercut.     On  either  side  of  each  door  is  a  large  canopied 
niche  with  pedestal,  and  on  the  inner  side  of  each  large  niche  are 
two  smaller  ones  placed  vertically.     These  niches  are  all  most 
elaborately  wrought   with  tabernacle  work,  richly  groined  and 
surrounded  with  pierced  tracery,  carved  bratishing,  and  com- 
plexly terminated  with  pinnacles,  flying  buttresses,  and  spires,  all 
profusely  crock eted  and  finialed.     The  whole  is  surmounted  with 
a   carved    and   sculptured   cornice   of  bold  proportions.      The 
sculpture,   which   lies  in   a   large   and  deep   hollow  moulding, 
contains,  like  the  side  towards  the  shrine,  fourteen  subjects,  but 
they   are   all  scriptural.     They   are  as   follow  : — 1.    The   An- 
nunciation  ;  2.  The  Birth  ;  3.  The  Adoration  ;  4.  The  Baptism  ; 
5.   The    First    Miracle  ;    6.   Preaching  to  the   Multitude ;    7. 
Gathering  the  Fragments;  8.  Raising  of  Lazarus  ;  9.  Triumphal 
Entry;  10.  Agony  in   the   Garden;  11.  The   Crucifixion;  12. 
The    Resurrection ;    13.    The    Ascension;     14.   The    Gift    of 
Tongues.     Among  these  are  interspersed  on  shields  in   trefoils 
the  following  monograms  and  emblems  : — Alpha  and  Omega, 
Agnus  Dei,  The  Chalice,  I.H.C.,  Instruments  of  the  Passion,  A 
Glorified  Cross,  The  Descending  Dove.     Above  the  sculpture  is  a 
hollow  moulding  filled  with  richly  carved  foliage  deeply  undercut, 
and  above  all  is  a  rich  course  of  carved  strawberry-leaf  bratishing. 
In  the  space  between  the  inner  niches  and  above  the  table  is  a 
recess  wherein  is  placed  an  elaborate  and  minutely  finished  picture 
of  the  Last  Supper,  in  Venetian  glass  mosaic.     It  is  of  large  size, 
and   is   admirably   designed    and    executed.     (The  picture   at 
present  occupies  only  a  part  of  the  space,  which  will  ultimately 
be  filled  with  corresponding  ornamentation.) 

The  table,  which  is  composed  of  black  and  green  marble,  stands 
on  an  elaborately  wrought  frame  of  cedar  wood.  Besides  five 
sculptured  panels,  and  figures  of  the  Evangelists  between  pillars, 
it  is  otherwise  richly  carved  and  studded  with  inlays.  The  subjects 
are  : — 1.  Adam  and  Eve  in  Paradise  ;  2.  Their  Expulsion  ; 
3.  The  Crucifixion  ;  4.  The  Resurrection  ;  5.  The  Ascension. 
The  floor  in  front  of  the  reredos  is  wholly  new.     That  of  the 


OF  THE  FOUNDATION.  7 

upper  dais  is  composed  of  pleasing  patterns  of  inlaid  marble 
work  combined  with  gold  glass.  That  of  tbe  lower  dais,  and 
of  the  dais  of  the  sedilia,  is  composed  of  rich  and  varied  patterns 
of  red,  green,  grey,  and  buff  patterns,  in  every  tone  of  those 
colours  ;  the  three  large  circular  discs  are  of  purple  porphyry, 
rosso  antico,  similar  to  the  slabs  which  decorate  the  shrine  and 
the  tomb  of  Henry  the  Third.  The  steps  and  bands  which  sur- 
round the  patterns  are  all  of  Purbeck  marble. 

The  stone  seat  on  the  south  side,  which  was  lately  hidden, 
has  now  been  restored  to  its  original  state  and  use,  and 
the  old  wood  canopies,  all  forming  the  sedilia,  have  been 
lowered  on  to  the  seat  of  stone  and  made  complete.  Viewed  as 
a  whole,  the  rich  colours  of  the  alabaster  and  spar,  with  its 
delicate  and  intricate  tabernacle  work,  the  interesting  sculpture, 
the  glorious  mosaic  picture,  the  richly  wrought  table  below,  and 
the  elaborate  inlaid  marble  floor  in  front,  all  combine  to  give  an 
impression  of  the  greatest  grandeur,  the  utmost  durability,  and 
the  highest  art.  The  whole  was  executed  under  the  direction  and 
superintendence  of  G.  G.  Scott,  Esq.,  R.A.  The  mosaic  picture 
was  designed  by  Mr.  Clayton,  and  executed  at  Venice  by  Dr. 
Salviati.  The  table  was  executed  by  Messr.  Farmer  and  Brinley, 
the  sculpture  of  the  cornice  by  Mr.  Armstead,  and  the 
alabaster  and  marble  work  by  the  Abbey  masons,  Henry 
Poole  and  Sons. 

It  may  not  be  uninteresting  here  to  add  that,  in  the  exploration 
to  which  this  work  gave  opportunity,  there  were  discovered 
on  the  north  side  of  the  sacrarem  and  lower  dais,  about  three 
feet  below  the  pavement,  the  bases  of  three  piers  which  were  left 
here  of  the  old  Abbey  of  the  Confessor.  They  are  of  early 
Norman  character,  and,  from  their  position,  shew  that  that  early 
structure  was  nearly  equal  in  size  to  the  present  structure  of 
Henry  the  Third.  They  possess  such  great  interest  that  means 
have  been  adopted  so  to  cover  them  with  the  pavement  that  they 
can  be  uncovered  and  exposed  to  view. 

On  the  sides  of  the  altar  are  the  curious  and  ancient  monuments 
of  King  Sebert ;  Ann  of  Cleves,  Henry  the  Eighth's  wife ; 
Aveling,  Countess  of  Lancaster ;  Aymer  de  Valence ;  and  Edmund 
Crouchback.  The  mosaic  pavement  was  done  by  Richard 
de  Ware,  Abbot  of  Westminster,  in  the  year  1260,  who  brought 
from  Rome  the  stones,  and  workmen  to  set  them;  it  is  much  ad- 
mired; and  there  were  letters  round  it  in  brass,  which  composed 
Latin  words.  The  design  of  the  figures  that  were  in  it  was  to 
represent  the  time  the  world  was  to  last,  or  the  primum  mobile, 
according  to  the  Ptolemaic  system  then  in  vogue,  and  was  given 
in  some  verses,  formerly  to  be  read  on  the  pavement,  relating 
to  those  figures.     The  following  explanation  is  given  of  them  : — 

If  the  reader  will  probably  revolve  all  these  things  in  his 
mind,  he  will  find  them  plainly  refer  to  the  end  of  the  world. 

The  threefold  hedge  is  put  for  three  years,  the  time  a  dry  hedge 
usually  stood ;  a  dog,  for  three  times  that  space,  or  nine  years,  it 
being  taken  for  the  time  that  creature  usually  lives  ;  a  horse,  in 
like  manner,  for  twenty-seven  ;  a  man,  eighty-one  ;  a  hart,  two 

B2 


8  PAINTED   GLASS. 

hundred  and  forty-three ;  a  raven,  seven  hundred  and  twenty- 
nine  ;  an  eagle,  two  thousand  one  hundred  and  eighty-seven  ;  a 
great  whale,  six  thousand  five  hundred  and  sixty-one ;  the  world, 
nineteen  thousand  six  hundred  and  eighty-three;  each  succeeding 
figure  giving  a  term  of  years  imagined  to  be  the  time  of  their 
continuance,  three  times  as  much  as  that  before  it. 

In  the  last  four  verses,  the  time  when  the  work  was  performed, 
and  the  parties  concerned  in  it,  are  expressed ;  that  Henry  III. 
was  at  the  charge;  that  the  stones  were  purchased  at  Rome;  that 
one  Oderick  was  the  master  workman ;  and  that  the  Abbot  ot 
Westminster,  who  procured  the  materials,  had  the  care  of  the  work. 

The  solemn  offices  of  crowning  and  enthroning  the  sovereigns 
of  England  takes  place  in  the  centre  of  the  sacrarium,  and  be- 
neath the  lantern  is  erected  the  throne  at  which  the  peers  do 
homage.  When  the  crowns  are  put  on,  the  peers  and  peeresses 
put  on  their  coronets,  and  a  signal  is  given  from  the  top  of  the 
Abbey  for  the  Tower  guns  to  fire  at  the  same  instant. 

To  take  an  advantageous  view  of  the  inside,  you  must  go  to  the 
west  door,  between  the  towers ;  and  the  whole  body  of  the  church 
opens  itself  at  once  to  your  eye,  which  cannot  but  fill  the  mind 
of  every  beholder  with  the  awful  solemnity  of  the  place,  caused 
by  the  loftiness  of  the  roof,  and  the  happy  disposition  of  the  lights 
and  of  that  noble  range  of  pillars,  by  which  the  whole  building 
is  supported.  The  pillars  terminate  towards  the  east  by  a  sweep, 
thereby  enclosing  the  Chapel  of  Edward  the  Confessor  in  a  kind 
of  semicircle,  and  excluding  all  the  rest.  On  the  arches  of  the 
pillars  are  galleries  of  double  columns,  fifteen  feet  wide,  covering 
the  side  aisles,  and  lighted  by  a  middle  range  of  windows,  over 
which  there  is  an  upper  range  of  larger  windows  :  by  these  and 
the  under  range,  with  the  four  capital  windows,  the  whole  fabric 
is  so  admirably  lighted,  that  the  spectator  is  never  incommoded 
by  darkness,  nor  dazzled  with  glare. 


f  aiittei  §lm. 

JTHIN  the  last  five  years  twenty-two  windows  have 
I  £|3  been  enriched  with  stained  glass  :  eight  in  the  Lantern 
or  Central  Tower ;  six  in  the  South  Clerestory  of  the 
Nave ;  one  in  the  Apse ;  seven  in  the  North  Transept. 
The  object  has  been  to  lay  the  foundation  of  a  general  design 
illustrative  of  a  portion  of  the  "  Te  Deum." 

The  eight  windows  in  the  Lantern  or  Central  Tower  represent 
angels,  and  round  the  sustaining  arches  is  inscribed, — "  To  Thee 
"  all  angels  cry  aloud,  the  heavens  and  all  the  powers  therein ; 
"  To  Thee  cherubin  and  seraphin  continually  do  cry :  Holy, 
"  holy,  holy,  Lord  God  of  Sabaoth,  heaven  and  earth  are  full  of 
"  the  majesty  of  Thy  glory." 

The  six  windows  in  the  South  Clerestory,  west  of  the  Tran- 
septs, represent  Prophets,  in  illustration  of  that  verse  in  the  "  Te 
Deum:"— -"The  goodly  fellowship  of  the  prophets  praise  Thee." 
It  is  hoped  that  this  commencement  may  lead  not  only  to  the 
completion  of  what  has  been  begun,  but  also  to  the  enrichment 


CHAPEL  OF  ST.  BENEDICT.  9 

of  the  corresponding  windows  on  the  north  side  of  the  Nave,  in 
illustration  of  the  "  Noble  Army  of  Martyrs." 

The  Clerestory  windows  eastward  of  the  Transepts  offer  the 
means  of  representing  the  "  Glorious  Company  of  the  Apostles." 

In  the  east  window  in  the  Apse,  below  the  Clerestory,  are  the 
figures  of  St.  Peter  and  St.  Paul. 

This  window  was  enriched  to  the  "  Glory  of  God's  House,"  and 
as  a  token  of  respect  and  affection  for  the  Venerable  William 
H.  E.  Bentinck,  M.A.,  Archdeacon  of  Westminster,  who,  in 
1859,  completed  his  fiftieth  year  as  a  dignitary  of  this  Collegiate 
Church. 

The  next  thing  observable  is  the  stained  glass  in  the  three 
windows  at  the  east  end,  containing  each  two  figures.  In  the 
left  window,  the  first  figure  represents  our  Saviour  ;  the  second, 
the  Virgin  Mary  ;  the  third,  Edward  the  Confessor ;  the  fourth, 
Henry  III. ;  the  fifth,  St.  Augustine ;  the  sixth,  Melitus,  the 
Bishop  of  London,  in  the  right  hand  window. 

The  window  of  stained  glass  in  Henry  V.'s  Chantry,  was  at 
Dean  Ireland's  expense,  by  Willemont ;  the  arms  are  those  of 
Edward  the  Confessor,  Henry  III.,  Henry  V.,  Dean  Ireland's, 
and  the  Abbacy  of  Westminster. 


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1 

5 

6 

i 

t.  Archbishop  Langham,  1376.  4.  Son  of  Dr.  Sprat. 

2,  Countess  of  Hertford.  5.  Cranfield,   Earl  and  Countess  of  Mid- 

3.  Dr.  Goodman,  Dean  of  Westminster,  dlesex,  1645. 

died  1601.  6.  Dr.  Bill,  first  Dean  under  Q.  Elizabeth. 

Under  the  Monuments  of  Deans  Goodman  and  Sprat,  was  interred  (Dean  Vincent),  the 

late  Dean. 

N  the  Chapel  of  St.  Benedict  is  an  ancient  tomb  of 

stone,  having  formerly  a  canopy  of  wood,  on   which 

lies  the  effigy  of  Archbishop  Langham,  who,  as   the 

Latin  epitaph  round  his  tomb  sets  forth,  "  was  Monk, 

Prior,  and  Abbot  of  this  Abbey ;   afterwards  elected  Bishop 

of  London ;  but  Ely  being  then  also  vacant,  he  made  choice 

of  that  see  ;  that  he  was  Primate  and  Chancellor  of  England  ; 

Priest-Cardinal,  afterwards  Bishop-Cardinal,  of  Preneste,  and 

Nuncio  from  the  Pope ;  and  that  he  died  on  the  Eeast  of  St. 

Mary  Magdalen,  in  the  year  1376,  on  whose  soul  God  have 

mercy,  and  grant  him  the  joys  of  heaven  for  the  merits  of 

Christ." 

On  the  east,  where  stood  the  altar  of  St.  Benedict,  is  a  fine 


10  CHAPEL  OF  ST.  BENEDICT. 

monument  to  the  memory  of  Lady  Frances,  Countess  of  Hert- 
ford. The  Latin  inscription  sets  forth,  "that  she  was  wife  to 
"  the  noble  Earl  of  Hertford,  son  to  the  renowned  Prince 
"  Edward,  Duke  of  Somerset,  Earl  of  Hertford,  Viscount  Beau- 
"  champ,  and  Baron  Seymour ;  that  she  was  daughter  to  the 
"  noble  Lord  William,  Baron  Howard  of  Effingham,  Knight  of 
"  the  Garter,  High  Admiral  to  Queen  Mary,  and  Lord  Chamber- 
"  lain  and  Privy  Seal  to  Queen  Elizabeth,  &c. ;  that,  for  her 
"  many  graces,  both  of  mind  and  body,  she  was  highly  favoured 
'*  by  her  gracious  Sovereign,  and  dearly  loved  by  her  noble  Lord, 
"  who,  in  testimony  of  his  inviolate  affection,  consecrated  to  her 
"  memory  this  monument.  She  died  in  the  forty-fourth  year  of 
"  her  age,  May  14,  1598." 

On  the  south  side  is  a  monument  to  the  memory  of  Dr.  Gabriel 
Goodman.  The  Latin  inscription  intimates,  t(  that  he  was  the 
"  fifth  Dean  of  this  Church,  over  which  he  presided  for  forty  years 
"  with  much  applause ;  that  he  founded  an  hospital,  and  insti- 
"  tuted  a  school  at  Ruthin,  in  Denbighshire,  where  he  was  born  ; 
"  that  he  was  a  man  of  regular  and  devout  life,  and  that  he  died 
"in  1601,  aged  seventy-three." 

On  the  same  side  is  a  monument  to  the  memory  of  George 
Sprat,  second  son  of  Dr.  Thomas  Sprat,  Bishop  of  Rochester, 
and  Dean  of  Westminster,  by  his  wife  Helena,  descended  from  the 
ancient  and  honourable  family  of  the  Wolseleys,  in  Staffordshire, 
who  lies  interred  in  the  Chapel  of  St.  Nicholas.  He  died  an  infant 
of  a  year  old,  in  1 683. 

In  the  centre  is  a  monument  erected  in  memory  of  Lionel 
Cranfield,  Earl  of  Middlesex,  by  his  relict,  Lady  Ann.  The 
Latin  inscription  on  this  monument  is  to  this  effect; — "  Sacred  to 
"  the  memory  of  Lionel  Lord  Cranfield,  Earl  of  Middlesex,  who 
"  by  that  discerning  prince,  King  James  L,  being  called  to  court, 
"  was  for  his  excellent  parts  bountifully  rewarded,  both  with 
"  honours  and  fortune  ;  being  made  Master  of  the  Requests,  and 
"  of  the  Wardrobe,  President  of  the  Court  of  Wards,  and  Privy 
"  Councillor.  The  new  and  illustrious,  as  well  as  difficult  pro- 
"  vince  of  Lord  Treasurer  of  England,  he  filled,  which  services 
"  how  indefatigably  he  underwent,  his  title  of  Knight,  Baron 
"  Cranfield,  and,  lastly,  Earl  of  Middlesex,  with  various  other 
"  honours,  abundantly  testify.  He  died  the  6th  of  August,  1645, 
"  aged  about  seventy.  He  was  twice  married.  By  his  first  wife 
"he  had  three  daughters;  Elizabeth,  Countess  of  Mulgrave ; 
"  Martha,  Countess  of  Monmouth ;  and  Mary,  who  died  unmar- 
"  ried.  By  the  second,  who  survived  him,  he  had  three  sons,  and 
"  two  daughters  ;  James,  heir  to  the  honours  of  Earl  of  Middlesex, 
"  Lyonel,  and  Edward ;  Frances,  Lady  Buckhurst ;  and  Susannah , 
"  who  died  an  infant." 

Near  Bishop  Langham's  tomb,  is  a  table  monument,  inlaid 
with  a  brass  plate,  designed  for  Dr.  William  Bill,  Dean  of 
Westminster,  Master  of  Eton  College,  Head  of  Trinity  in  Cam- 
bridge, and  Chief  Almoner  to  Queen  Elizabeth,  as  appears  by  his 
inscription.  He  died  July  5,  1561.  On  a  brass  plate  are  some 
Latin  verses,  setting  forth  "  that  he  was  a  good  and  learned  man, 


CHAPEL  OF  ST.  BENEDICT.  11 

u  and  a  friend  to  those  that  were  so ;  that  he  was  just  and  cha- 
"  ritable ;  and  that  the  poor,  as  well  as  the  three  Colleges  over 
"  which  he  presided,  sustained  an  irreparable  loss  by  his  death.' 

Besides  those  above  recited,  there  lie  interred  in  this  Chapel, 
Catherine,  daughter  of  Dr.  Dolben,  Bishop  of  Rochester,  Dean 
of  Westminster,  and  afterwards  Archbishop  of  York  ;  a  Countess 
of  Kildare,  in  Ireland ;  and  Dr.  John  Spotswood,  Lord  Arch- 
bishop of  St.  Andrew's,  Primate  and  Lord  Chancellor  of  Scotland, 
who  died  in  1640. 

On  the  left  of  the  gate  of  entrance  to  the  Chapels,  is  the  ancient 
monument  to  Sebert,  King  of  the  East  Saxons,  who  first  built 
a  church  nearly  on  this  site,  and  died  July,  616;  also  of  Athel- 
goda,  his  Queen,  who  died  September  13,  615. 

It  may  here  be  observed,  and  to  some  will  no  doubt  be  inte- 
resting, that  as  the  date  of  King  Sebert  is  the  earliest  known 
respecting  the  Abbey,  George  II.  was  also  the  last  King  buried 
in  Westminster,  including  in  all  thirteen  English  Sovereigns 
whose  remains  repose  within  these  venerable  walls  (and  fourteen 
Queens,  that  is,  once  reigning  sovereigns,  or  the  consorts  of 
kings)  embracing  a  period  of  more  than  twelve  hundred  years. 
The  Kings  buried  in  the  Abbey — Sebert,  Edward  the  Confessor, 
Henry  III.,  Edward  I.,  Edward  III.,  Eichard  II.,  Henry  V., 
Edward  V.,  Henry  VII.,  Edward  VI.,  James  I.,  Charles  II., 
William  III.,  George  II.,  all  of  which  can  of  course  be  ascertained 
by  a  careful  perusal  of  this  guide  book. 

Over  the  tomb  of  Sebert,  enclosed  under  glass,  is  an  elaborate 
work  (measuring  about  eleven  feet  in  length,  and  three  feet  in 
height),  which  appears  to  have  originally  formed  part  of  an  altar 
decoration  of  the  fourteenth  century;  the  ground -work  is  oak ; 
over  the  joinings,  and  on  the  surface  of  some  mouldings,  strips  of 
parchment  were  glued.  On  this  framework,  covered  with  a  gesso 
ground,  various  ornamental  compartments  and  architectural 
enrichments  are  completed  in  relief.  The  work  is  divided  into 
two  similar  portions  ;  in  the  centre  is  a  figure  which  appears  to  be 
intended  for  Christ,  holding  the  globe,  and  in  the  act  of  blessing ; 
an  angel  with  a  palm  branch  is  on  each  side.  The  single  figure 
on  the  left  is  St.  Peter ;  the  figure  that  should  correspond  on  the 
right,  and  all  the  scripture  subjects  on  that  side,  are  gone.  In  the 
compartments  to  the  left,  portions  of  three  subjects  remain  ;  one 
represents  the  Adoration  of  the  Kings  ;  another,  apparently  the 
Raising  of  Lazarus  ;  the  subject  of  the  third  is  doubtful,  though 
some  figures  remain  ;  the  fourth  is  destroyed.  The  small  com-' 
partments  in  the  architectural  enrichments  are  filled  with  va- 
riously-coloured pieces  of  glass  inlaid  on  tinfoil,  and  have  still  a 
brilliant  effect.  The  compartments  not  occupied  by  figures  were 
adorned  with  a  deep  blue  glass  resembling  lapis  lazuli,  with  gold 
lines  of  foliage  executed  on  it.  The  smaller  spaces  and  mould- 
ings were  enriched  with  cameos  and  gems ;  some  of  which  still 
remain.  This  interesting  work  of  art  lay  neglected  in  a  Chapel 
near  the  North  Transept,  till  Mr.  Blore,  with  the  permission  of 
the  Dean  and  Chapter,  had  it  placed  for  security  an  the  case  in 
which  it  is  now  seen.    It  is  supposed  to  have  originally  formed 


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CHAPEL  OF  ST.  EDMUND. 


part  of  the  decoration  of  the  high  altar.  Its  date  may  he  fixed  at 
the  close  of  the  thirteenth  or  beginning  of  the  fourteenth  century. 

Between  this  Chapel  and  the  next,  is  a  monument  of  Mosaic 
work,  erected  for  the  children  of  Henry  III.  and  Edward  I.  This 
certainly  was  once  a  rich  and  costly  monument ;  for  in  the  re- 
cords of  the  Tower,  there  is  the  King's  order  for  erecting  such 
a  one  in  this  place,  and  for  allowing  Master  Simon  de  Wells  five 
marks  and  a  half  to  defray  his  expenses  in  bringing  from  the 
city  a  certain  brass  image  to  set  upon  the  tomb  of  his  daughter 
Catherine,  and  for  paying  to  Simon  de  Gloucester,  the  King's 
goldsmith,  seventy  marks,  for  a  silver  image  for  the  like  purpose. 

On  the  left,  before  you  enter  the  Chapel  of  St.  Edmund,  is  a 
large  stone,  once  plated  with  brass,  under  which  was  interred 
Sir  John  Galofre  ;  he  was  famous  in  the  reign  of  Richard  II., 
for  his  wisdom  and  valour,  and  was  prosecuted  by  the  discon- 
tented Lords.     He  died  at  Wallingford,  in  Berkshire,  in  1396. 

The  tombstone,  with  inscription  on  a  brass  plate  of  Dr.  Bill- 
son,  is  seen  on  the  floor,  next  that  of  Sir  John  Galofre. 


n— Cjupl  nf  $£  ftotrnifc. 


Lnft  Hand. 

1.  John  of  Eltham,  Son  of  Edward  1 

2.  Earl  of  Stafford,  1762. 

3.  Monck,  Bishop  of  Hereford,  1661, 

4.  Children  of  Edward  III. 

5.  Duchess  of  Suffolk,  1563. 

6.  Holies,  Son  of  Earl  Cl*re,  1662. 

7.  Lady  Jane  Seymour,  1560. 

8.  Lady  Katharine  KnoUys, 

9.  Ladv  Elizabeth  Russel. 

10.  Lord  John  Russel. 

11.  Sir  Bernard  Brocas, 1339. 


12.  Sir  Humphrey  Bourgchier. 

13.  Sir  Richard  Pecksall. 

14.  Talbot,  Earl  of  Shrewsbury,  1617. 

15.  Earl  of  Pembroke. 

16.  Robert  de  Waldeby,  1397. 

17.  Duchess  of  Gloucester. 

18.  Countess  of  Stafford,  1693. 

19.  Dr   Feme,  Bishop  of  Chester. 

20.  Above  the  Duchess  of  Suffolk's  Mo- 
nument is  one  to  Mary  Countess  of 
Stafford  and  her  Son,  1719. 


|N  the  left  as  you  enter  is  a  monument  sacred  to  the 
'  memory  of  John  of  Eltham,  second  son  of  Edward  II., 
and  so  called  from  Eltham,  in  Kent,  the  place  of  his 
nativity,  where  our  English  Kings  had  once  a  palace. 
His  statue  is  of  alabaster,  the  head  encircled  in  a  coronet  of  large 


CHAPEL  OF  ST.  EDMUND.  13 

and  small  leaves,  remarkable  for  its  being  the  first  of  the  kind. 
His  habit  is  that  of  an  armed  Knight.  He  died  in  Scotland,  in 
1334,  at  the  age  of  nineteen,  unmarried,  though  three  different 
matches  had  been  proposed  to  him  ;  the  last  of  which,  to  Mary, 
daughter  of  Ferdinand,  King  of  Spain,  he  accepted,  but  lived  not 
to  consummate  it. 

At  the  foot  of  this  is  a  monument  with  the  following  inscrip- 
tion : — "In  this  Chapel  lies  interred  all  that  was  mortal  of  the 
"  most  illustrious  and  most  benevolent  John  Paul  Howard, 
"  Earl  of  Stafford,  who  in  1738  married  Elizabeth,  daughter  of 
"  A.  Ewens,  of  the  county  of  Somerset,  Esq.  His  heart  was  as 
"  truly  great  and  noble  as  his  high  descent.  Faithful  to  his  God. 
"  A  lover  of  his  country.  A  relation  to  relations.  A  detester  of 
"  detraction.  A  friend  to  mankind.  Naturally  generous  and 
"  compassionate,  his  liberality  and  his  charity  to  the  poor  were 
"without  bounds.  Being  snatched  away  suddenly  by  death, 
"  which  he  had  long  meditated  and  expected  with  constancy,  he 
"  went  to  a  better  life  the  1st  of  April,  1762,  having  lived  sixty- 
"  one  years  nine  months  and  six  days."  The  figures  round  the 
inscription  are  the  ancient  badges  of  honour  belonging  to  the 
Stafford  family,  who  descended  by  ten  different  marriages  from 
he  royal  blood  of  England  and  France. — Invented  and  stained 
by  Chambers. 

Next  to  this  is  a  small  table  monument,  on  which  lie  the 
figures  of  William  of  Windsor,  sixth  son  of  Edward  III.,  who 
died  in  his  infancy  ;  and  of  Blanch  of  the  Tower,  sister  to 
William,  who  likewise  died  young,  having  obtained  their  sur- 
names from  the  places  of  their  nativity. 

Against  the  wall  is  a  monument  of  Nicholas  Monck,  Provost 
of  Eton,  Bishop  of  Hereford,  and  brother  of  George  Monck, 
Duke  of  Albemarle,  &c.  He  died  December  11, 1661,  aged  fifty. 
—  Woodman,  sculptor. 

On  an  altar  tomb  lies  the  effigy  of  Lady  Frances,  Duchess  of 
Suffolk.  She  was  the  daughter  of  the  famous  Charles  Brandon, 
by  Mary,  the  French  Queen,  daughter  to  Henry  VII.,  and  became 
herself  Duchess  of  Suffolk,  by  marrying  Henry  Grey,  then  Mar- 
quis of  Dorset,  but  upon  her  father's  decease  created  Duke  of 
Suffolk,  and  afterwards  beheaded  for  being  concerned  in  de- 
throning Queen  Mary.     She  died  in  1558-9. 

Against  the  wall  above  is  a  monument  to  the  memory  of  Mary, 
Countess  of  Stafford,  and  of  Henry,  Earl  of  Stafford,  her  son, 
who  died  abroad  in  1719,  and  was  buried  in  this  Chapel. 

The  next,  representing  a  youth  in  Grecian  armour  sitting  on  a 
Greek  altar,  to  the  memory  of  Francis  Holles,  by  John,  Earl 
of  Clare  his  afflicted  father.  This  brave  youth,  after  returning 
home  from  a  campaign  in  Flanders,  died  August  12,  1622,  aged 
eighteen.    His  epitaph  is  thus  written : — 

"  What  so  thou  hast  of  nature  or  of  arts, 
Youth,  beauty,  strength,  or  what  excelling  parts 
Of  mind  and  body,  letters,  arms,  and  worth, 
His  eighteen  years  beyond  his  years  brought  forth ; 
Then  stand  and  read  thyself  within  this  glass, 


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How  soon  these  perish,  and  thyself  may  pass : 
Man's  life  is  measured  by  the  work,  not  days  ; 
Not  aged  sloth,  but  active  youth,  hath  praise." 
— iV.  Stone,  sculptor. 

Next  are  two  tablets,  one  to  the  memory  of  the  Right  Honour- 
able the  Lady  Katherine  Knollts,  chief  Lady  of  the  Bedcham- 
ber to  Queen  Elizabeth,  and  wife  to  Sir  Francis  Knollys,  Knt., 
Treasurer  of  her  Highness's  household.  She  died  January  the 
15th,  1568.  This  Lady  Knollys  and  Lord  Hunsdon,  her  brother, 
were  the  only  children  of  William  Carey,  Esq.,  by  Lady  Mary, 
his  wife,  one  of  the  daughters  and  heirs  of  Thomas  Bulleyne,  Earl 
of  Wiltshire  and  Ormond,  and  sister  to  Anne  Bulleyne,  Queen  of 
England,  wife  to  Henry  VIII.,  father  and  mother  to  Queen  Eliza~ 
beth.  What  is  farther  remarkable,  Lady  Knollys'  only  daughter 
was  mother  of  the  favourite  Earl  of  Essex. 

The  other  to  Lady  Jane  Seymour,  daughter  of  Edward,  Duke 
of  Somerset,  who  died  March  19,  1560,  aged  nineteen. 

On  an  altar  sits,  in  a  sleeping  posture,  the  figure  of  Lady 
Elizabeth  Russel,  daughter  of  Lord  John  Russel,  in  alabaster. 
She  pricked  her  finger  with  a  needle,  which  is  supposed  to  have 
caused  a  lock-jaw,  and  occasioned  her  death.  On  the  plinth  of 
the  pedestal  is—  "  Dormit,  non  mortua  est" — (She  is  not  dead,  but 
sleepeth). 

Lord  John  Russel,  second  son  of  Francis,  second  Earl  of 
Bedford,  and  his  son  Francis,  by  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Sir 
Anthony  Cook,  Knt.,  and  widow  of  Sir  Thomas  Hoby,  Knt.  He 
died  in  1584.  He  is  represented  in  a  cumbent  posture,  habited 
in  his  coronation  robes,  with  his  infant  son  at  his  feet.  His  lady 
was  esteemed  the  Sappho  of  her  age,  being  well  versed  in  the 
learned  languages,  and  an  excellent  poet ;  five  of  the  epitaphs  on 
this  tomb  are  of  her  composition,  of  which  three  are  in  Latin, 
one  in  Greek,  and  the  other  in  English,  which  is  here  transcribed 
as  a  specimen,  the  rest  being  to  the  same  purport : — 

"  Right  noble  twice,  by  virtue  and  by  birth, 
Of  heaven  lov'd,  and  honour'd  on  the  earth. 
His  country's  hope,  his  kindred's  chief  delight, 
My  husband  dear,  more  than  this  world's  light, 
Death  hath  me  reft.     But  I  from  death  will  take 
His  memory,  to  whom  this  tomb  I  make. 
John  was  his  name  (ah,  was  !  wretch,  must  I  say  ?) 
Lord  Russel  once,  now  my  tear-thirsty  clay." 

Next  is  a  very  ancient  monument,  representing  a  Gothic 
chapel,  and  in  it  the  figure  of  a  Knight  in  armour,  in  a  cumbent 
posture,  with  his  feet  resting  on  a  lion's  back.  This  was  erected 
for  Sir  Bernard  Brocas,  of  Baurepaire,  in  the  county  of 
Hants,  Chamberlain  to  Ann,  Queen  of  Richard  II.  But  this 
Princess  dying,  and  Richard  falling  under  the  displeasure  of 
his  people,  who  deposed  him,  Sir  Bernard  still  adhered  to  his 
Royal  master  in  his  misfortunes,  which  cost  him  his  life.  He 
was  publicly  beheaded  on  Tower  Hill,  January,  1399,  and  here 
buried. 

In  front  of  this  ie  a  low  altar  tomb,  on  which  has  been,  in 


CHAPEL  OF  ST.  EDMUND. 


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plated  brass,  the  figure  of  a  Knight  in  armour,  his  head  reclining 
upon  his  helmet,  and  one  of  his  feet  placed  upon  a  leopard,  the 
other  on  an  eagle.  By  the  Latin  inscription  this  Knight  was 
Humphrey  Bourgchier,  son  and  heir  to  John  Bourgchier, 
Lord  Berners,  who  espousing  the  cause  of  Edward  IV.  against 
the  Earl  of  Warwick,  was  slain  in  the  battle  of  Barnet  Field,  on 
Easter-day,  1471. 

Next  is  the  monument  of  Sir  Kichard  Pecksall,  Knt., 
Master  of  the  Buckhounds  to  Queen  Elizabeth  ;  first  married  to 
Alianer,  the  daughter  of  William  Paulett,  Marquis  of  Winchester, 
by  whom  he  had  four  daughters ;  and  afterwards  to  Al  ianer, 
daughter  of  John  Cotgrave.  On  the  bases  of  the  pillars  are 
Latin  verses  thus  translated  : — 


"  Death  can't  disjoin  whom  Christ  hath  joined  in  love  ; 
Life  leads  to  death,  and  death  to  life  above. 
In  heaven's  a  happier  place ;  frail  things  despise  : 
Live  well  to  gain  in  future  life  a  prize." 

The  next  is  a  most  magnificent  monument  to  the  memory  of 
Edward  Talbot,  eighth  Earl  of  Shrewsbury,  and  his  lady, 
Jane,  eldest  daughter  and  co-heiress  of  Cuthbert,  Baron  Ogle, 
whose  effigies  in  their  robes  lie  on  a  black  marble  table,  sup- 
ported by  a  pedestal  of  alabaster.  He  died  February  8,  1617,  in 
the  fifty-seventh  year  of  his  age. 

In  front  of  this  is  the  gravestone  to  the  memory  of  Edward, 
Lord  Herbert,  Baron  of  Cherbury,  in  England,  and  of  Castle- 
Ireland,  in  Ireland,  who  died  December  9,  1678,  aged  forty-six. 

On  the  right  is  the  aneient  monument  of  William  de  Va- 
lence, Earl  of  Pembroke,  lying  in  a  cumbent  posture  on  a 
chest  of  wainscot,  placed  upon  a  tomb  of  freestone ;  the  figure 
is  wood,  covered  originally  with  copper  gilt,  as  was  the  chest 
on  which  it  lies.  In  the  year  1296,  he  was  slain  at  Bayonne 
treacherously.  His  body  was  afterwards  brought  to  England, 
and  honourably  buried  in  this  Chapel,  and  an  indulgence  of  one 
hundred  days  granted  to  all  devout  people  who  should  offer  up 
prayers  for  his  soul. 

On  the  floor  is  a  tomb  to  Mary,  Countess  of  Stafford,  wife 
to  the  unfortunate  Viscount  Stafford,  beheaded  in  the  reign  of 
Charles  II.,  on  Tower  Hill,  Dec.  29,  1680.  She  was  lineally  de- 
scended from  the  Barons  and  Earls  of  Stafford,  and  was  daughter 
and  heiress  to  the  noble  house  of  Buckingham.  She  died  Jan.  1 693. 

The  next  is  a  tomb  on  which  is  a  lady  in  a  widow's  dress,  with 
a  barb  and  veil,  cut  in  brass,  round  which  is  an  inscription  in  old 
French,  importing  that  Alianer  de  Bohun,  daughter  and 
heiress  of  Sir  Humphrey  de  Bohun,  Earl  of  Hertford,  Essex,  and 
Northampton,  and  wife  to  the  mighty  and  noble  Prince  of  Wood- 
stock, Duke  of  Gloucester,  Earl  of  Essex  and  Buckingham,  son 
of  Edward  III.,  lies  interred  here.  This  lady,  who  was  the 
greatest  heiress  in  England,  was  deprived  of  her  husband  by  the 
cruelty  of  his  nephew,  Richard  II.,  who,  jealous  of  his  popularity, 
most  treacherously  betrayed  him  by  a  show  of  friendship;  for 
coming  to  visit  him  at  Plashy,  a  pleasant  seat  of  his  in  Essex 


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16  CHAPEL  OF  ST.  EDMUND. 

and  staying  supper,  in  duty  he  thought  to  attend  his  Majesty  to 
town ;  but  at  Stratford  was  suddenly  surrounded  by  an  ambush 
of  armed  men,  who  privately  hurried  him  on  board  a  ship,  and 
carried  him  to  Calais,  where,  by  the  King's  order,  he  was  stifled 
between  feather  beds  in  1397.  After  this  melancholy  circum- 
stance, his  lady  spent  the  rest  of  her  days  in  the  nunnery  at 
Barking,  and  died  October  3,  1399  ;  from  whence  her  remains 
were  brought  and  here  interred. 

There  is  also  an  Archbishop  buried  here,  as  appears  by  a  very 
antique  figure  in  a  mass  habit,  engraven  on  a  brass  plate,  and 
placed  on  a  flat  stone  in  the  pavement,  over  the  remains  of 
Robert  de  Waldeby,  who,  as  appears  by  the  inscription,  was 
first  an  Augustine  monk,  and  attended  Edward  the  Black  Prince 
into  France,  where,  being  young,  he  prosecuted  his  studies,  and 
made  a  surprising  progress  in  natural  and  moral  philosophy, 
physic,  the  languages,  and  in  the  canon  law ;  and,  being  like- 
wise an  elegant  preacher  and  sound  divine,  was  made  Divinity 
Professor  in  the  University  of  Toulouse,  where  he  continued  till 
called  by  Richard  II.  to  the  Bishopric  of  Man  ;  from  whence  he 
was  removed  to  the  Archbishopric  of  Dublin ;  but  not  liking 
that  country,  upon  the  first  vacancy  he  was  recalled,  and  ad- 
vanced to  the  see  of  Chichester,  and  afterwards  to  the  Arch- 
bishopric of  York.  Such  is  the  history  of  this  great  man,  who 
died  May  29,  1397,  as  gathered  from  an  inscription  formerly 
very  legible,  but  now  almost  obliterated. 

At  the  foot  of  Waldeby  is  a  blue  marble  slab,  which  covers  the 
remains  of  Dr.  Henry  Ferne,  inlaid  with  five  shields  in  brass, 
surrounded  with  an  inscription.  He  was  Chaplain  Extraordinary 
to  Charles  I. ;  by  Charles  II.  made  Bishop  of  Chester,  which  he 
lived  to  enjoy  about  five  weeks,  dying  March  16,  1661. 

In  this  Chapel  lies  interred  Abbot  Crokesley,  who  died  July 
18,  1258. 

On  the  right,  on  leaving  this  Chapel,  is  a  fine  bust  of  Richard 
Tupton,  third  son  of  Sir  John  Tufton,  Bart.,  and  brother  of 
Nicholas  E.  Thanet.    He  died  October  4,  1631. 


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in.— CljapBl  af  $t  iitlmlas. 


Begin  on  your  Left. 

1.  Lady  Cecil,  1591. 

2.  Lady  Clifford,  1679. 

3.  Countess  of  Beverley,  1812. 

4.  Duchess  of  Somerset,  1587. 

5.  Westmoreland  Family. 

6.  Baron  Carew,  1470. 

7.  Nicholas  Bagenall,  1688. 

8.  Lady  Burleigh,  and  the  Countess  of 

Oxford. 

9.  Dudley,  Bishop  of   Durham,     and 

Lady  St,  John, 


10.  Daughter  of  Christopher  Harley, 
Ambassador  of  France  ;  her  heart 
in  the  Urn. 

11.  Lady  Ross. 

12.  Marchioness  of  Winchester. 

13.  Duchess  of   Northumberland,  1776, 

14.  Philippa,  Duchess  of  York,  1433. 

15.  Sir  George  Villiers.  and  his  lady, 

Countess  of  Buckingham. 

16.  Sir  Humphrey  Stanley,  1505. 


JN  the  left,  as  you  enter  this  Chapel,  is  a  monument 
erected  for  Lady  Cecil,  a  Lady  of  the  Bedchamber  to 
Queen  Elizabeth,  and  daughter  of  Lord  Cobham,  who 
having  married  Sir  Robert  Cecil,  son  of  William  Lord 
Burleigh,  Treasurer  of  England,  died  in  childbed  two  years  after, 
viz.  in  1591. 

Next  is  a  monument  on  which  a  long  inscription  in  English  is 
fairly  written,  setting  forth  the  descent  and  marriage  of  Lady 
Jane  Clifford,  youngest  daughter  of  the  Duke  of  Somerset, 
and  wife  of  Charles,  Lord  Clifford  and  Dungarvon,  who  died 
Nov.  23,  1679,  aged  forty- two. 

On  a  small  tablet  is  this  inscription,  with  the  motto — "  Espe- 
"  ranee  de  Dieu.  Isabella  Susannah,  wife  of  Algernon  Percy, 
"  Earl  of  Beverley,  died  Jan.  24,  1812,  aged  sixty-one." 

On  a  gravestone  in  front  of  this  monument,  engraved  on  brass, 
is  the  figure  of  Sir  Humphrey  Stanley,  knighted  by  Henry 
VH.,  for  his  gallant  behaviour  under  his  cousin,  Lord  Stanley,  at 
the  battle  of  Bosworth  Field.     He  died  March  22,  1505. 

Near  this  is  the  monument  of  Ann,  Duchess  of  Somerset,  wife 
of  Edward,  Duke  of  Somerset,  brother  of  Henry  VIII. 's  third 
wife,  Queen  Jane  Seymour,  and  uncle  to  Edward  VI.,  and  some- 
time Regent  during  his  minority,  but  afterwards  disgraced  ;  ac- 
cused of  treasonable  and  felonious  practices  against  the  King 
and  Council,  tried  by  his  Peers,  acquitted  of  treason,  but  con- 
demned of  felony  in  levying  armed  men  contrary  to  law,  for 
which  crime  he  was  sentenced  to  be  hanged ;  but,  in  respect  to 


18  CHAPEL  OF  ST.  NICHOLAS. 

his  quality,  was  beheaded  on  Tower  Hill,  Jan.  22,  1551.     She 
died  April  16,  1587,  at  Hanworth,  aged  ninety. 

On  the  right,  Sir  George  and  Lady  Elizabeth  Fane,  who 
are  represented  kneeling  on  each  side  a  desk.  She  was  the 
daughter  of  Kohert,  Baron  Spencer,  of  Wormleighton,  and  wife 
of  Sir  George  Eane,  of  Buston,  in  Kent,  remarkable,  says  her 
inscription,  lor  her  ancient  descent,  but  more  for  her  own  virtues. 
She  died  in  1618,  aged  twenty-eight. 

Beneath  this  is  an  ancient  monument  placed  over  Nicholas, 
Baron  Carew,  and  the  Lady  Margaret,  his  wife,  daughter  of 
Lord  John  Dinham,  and,  it  is  thought,  mother  of  Sir  Nicholas 
Carew,  beheaded  in  Henry  VIII.'s  time,  for  holding  a  corre- 
spondence with  Cardinal  de  la  Pole.  He  died  December  6,  1470, 
she  December  13,  the  same  year. 

In  the  front  of  this  is  a  pyramid  erected  to  the  memory  of 
Nicholas  Bagenall,  a  child  of  two  months  old,  overlaid  by 
his  nurse,  the  7th  of  March,  1688. 

Next  to  this  is  one  of  the  most  magnificent  monuments  in  the 
Abbey,  erected  by  the  great  Lord  Burleigh  to  the  memory  of 
Mildred,  his  wife,  and  their  daughter  Lady  Ann,  Countess  of 
Oxford.  On  this  tomb  is  a  Latin  inscription,  explaining  the 
figures,  and  setting  forth  their  respective  virtues  and  accomplish- 
ments, particularly  those  of  Lady  Burleigh,  who,  says  the  in- 
scription, "was  well  versed  in  the  sacred  writers,  and  those 
"  chiefly  of  the  Greeks,  as  Basil  the  Great,  Chrysostom,  Gregory, 
"  Nazianzen,  &c."  She  gave  a  scholarship  to  St.  John's  College, 
in  Oxford,  legacies  to  the  poor  of  Romford,  where  she  was  born, 
and  to  those  of  Cheshunt,  where  she  lived,  and  left  money  at  both 
places  to  be  distributed  every  year  to  poor  tradesmen.  She  died, 
after  being  forty  years  married,  April  4,  1589,  aged  sixty-three. 
Her  daughter  Ann  married,  at  fifteen,  Edward  Vere,  Earl  of 
Oxford,  and  died  June  5,  1588,  seventeen  years  after,  leaving 
three  daughters. 

Next  to  this  is  a  monument  to  the  memory  of  William  de 
Dudley,  alias  Sutton,  son  of  John,  Lord  Dudley  ;  he  was  Arch- 
deacon of  Middlesex,  Dean  of  Windsor,  and,  in  1476,  Lord 
Bishop  of  Durham.  On  the  tomb  was  inlaid  a  brass  figure,  in 
episcopal  vestments.     He  died  in  1483. 

The  effigy  of  Lady  St.  John  lies  in  this  recess.  She  was 
daughter  of  Sir  William  Dormer,  and  widow  of  John,  Lord  St. 
John,  of  Bletsoe.     She  died  on  the  23rd  of  March,  1614. 

Near  this  is  a  pyramid  to  the  memory  of  Anna  Sophia 
Harley,  a  child  of  a  year  old,  daughter  of  the  Hon.  Christopher 
Harley,  Ambassador  from  the  French  King,  whose  heart,  as  ap- 
pears by  the  inscription,  he  caused  to  be  enclosed  in  a  cup,  and 
placed  upon  the  top  of  the  pyramid.     She  died  in  1601. 

The  next  is  a  monument  to  the  memory  of  Lady  Winifred, 
married  first  to  Sir  Richard  Sackville,  Knt.,  and  afterwards  to 
John  Paulet,  Marquis  of  Winchester.  The  Latin  epitaph  im- 
ports, that  she  was  descended  of  illustrious  parents,  and  married 
first  a  gentleman  of  an  ancient  house,  whose  ancestors  were  re- 
nowned before  the  Conqueror's  time  ;  that  her  second  husband 


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was  of  noble  blood  ;  and  that  being  severed  from  both  by  death, 
her  soul  will  rejoice  in  Christ  for  ever.     She  died  in  1586. 

Above  is  an  ancient  monument  to  the  memory  of  Lady  Ross, 
daughter  of  Edward,  Earl  of  Rutland.  She  died  April  11,  1591. 
Next  to  this  is  a  monument  to  the  memory  of  the  late  Duchess 
of  Northumberland.  The  figures  on  each  side  are  Faith  and 
Hope ;  and  those  above  are  two  weeping  Genii  over  her  urn, 
mourning  for  her  loss.  The  inscription,  after  reciting  her  Grace's 
illustrious  descent  and  titles,  concludes  with  her  character,  who, 
"  having  lived  long  an  ornament  of  courts,  an  honour  to  her 
"  country,  a  pattern  to  the  great,  a  protectress  to  the  poor,  ever 
•  distinguished  for  the  most  tender  affection  for  her  family  and 
"  friends,  she  died  December  5,  1776,  aged  sixty,  universally  be- 
"  loved,  revered,  and  lamented.  The  Duke  of  Northumberland, 
"  inconsolable  for  the  loss  of  the  best  of  wives,  hath  erected  this 
"  monument  to  her  beloved  memory." — Read,  sculptor. 

Against  the  screen  is  a  Gothic  monument  with  the  effigy  of  a 
lady  in  robes,  very  antique.  The  lady,  by  the  inscription,  ap- 
pears to  be  Philippa,  second  daughter  and  co-heiress  of  John, 
Lord  Mohun,  of  Dunstar ;  married  first  to  Sir  Walter  Fitzwalter, 
Knt.,  secondly  to  Sir  John  Galofre,  Knt.,  and  lastly  to  Edward 
Plantagenet,  Duke  of  York,  who  was  slain  in  the  battle  of  Agin- 
court,  25th  of  October,  1415.     She  died  in*1431,  without  issue. 

In  the  middle  of  the  Chapel  is  a  fine  monument  to  the  memory 
of  Sir  George  Villiers,  who  died  Jan.  4,  1605,  and  his  lady, 
Mary  Beaumont,  created  Countess  of  Buckingham  in  1618. 
She  died  on  April  19,  1632,  aged  sixty-two,  whose  son,  by  the 
favour  of  James  I.,  was  advanced  to  the  dignity  of  the  Duke  of 
Buckingham. — Stone,  sculptor. 

Katharine  Valois,  Queen  of  Henry  V.,  who  died  at  Ber- 
mondsey  Abbey,  Southwark,  in  January,  1437,  was  buried  in 
the  Chapel  of  our  Lady  at  the  east  end  of  the  Abbey,  where  she 
remained  till  her  grandson,  Henry  VII.,  built  his  chapel,  when 
her  remains  were  placed  near  to  her  husband  in  a  chest,  and 
finally  deposited  under  Sir  George  Villiers'  tomb  in  1776. 

In  this  Chapel  lies  interred,  Thomas  Sprat,  Bishop  of 
Rochester,  and  Dean  of  Westminster,  who  died  May  20,  1713. 
Also  his  son,  Thomas  Sprat,  Archdeacon  of  Rochester,  who 
died  May  10,  1720,  aged  forty-one.  Also  many  other  persons  of 
distinction,  of  the  Percy,  Seymour,  and  Burleigh  families,  which 
we  have  not  space  to  insert. 

At  the  door  of  this  Chapel  was  buried  that  great  and  learned 
antiquary,  Sir  Henry  Spelman,  who  died  in  1641. 

On  leaving  this  Chapel,  opposite  to  you,  there  is  affixed  to  the 
corner  of  Henry  V.'s  Chantry,  a  bust  with  Latin  inscription,  to 
the  memory  of  Sir  Robert  Aiton,  Knt.,  who,  in  the  reign  of 
James  I.,  was  in  great  reputation  for  his  writings,  especially  in 
poetry.     He  died  in  1638. 

On  the  right,  against  the  screen  of  the  Chapel  of  St.  Nicholas, 
is  a  monument  erected  to  the  memory  of  Sir  Thomas  Ingram, 
Knt.,  Chancellor  of  the  Duchy  of  Lancaster,  and  Privy  Coun- 
cillor to  Charles  II.     He  died  February  13,  1671. 


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1.  Villiers,    Duke    of    Buck- 

ingham. 

2.  Sheffield,    Duke  of  Buck- 

ingham, 

3.  The  Duke  de  Montpensier. 
i.   An     Urn    containing    the 

heart  of  Esme  Stuart, 
Son  of  the  Duke  of 
Richmond. 

5.  Lodowick  Stuart. 
Duke  of  Richmond,  1623. 

6.  Henry  VII.  and  Queen, 

7.  The      Royal       Vault       of 

George  II. 
The  Banners  of  the  Knights 
of    the     Order    of   the 
Bath    are      over     their 
Seats, 


The  Gates  are  Brass. 

jHE  ascent  to  this  Chapel  is  from  the  east  end  of  the 
Abbey,  by  steps  of  grey  marble,  under  a  stately  portico, 
which  leads  to  the  gates  opening  to  the  body,  or  nave 
of  the  Chapel.     Before  you  enter  you  may  observe  a 
door  on  each  hand,  opening  into  the  side  aisles,  for  it  is  composed 
of  a  nave  and  side  aisles,  every  way  answering  to  the  plan  of  a 
cathedral.     The  gates  by  which  you  enter  the  nave  are  all  well 
worth  your   observation  ;    they  are  of   brass,  most  curiously 
wrought,  in  the  manner  of  frame  work,  and  the  panels  being 
filled  with  the  portcullis  and  crown ;   three  fleur-de-lis ;  falcon 
and  fetterlock ;  the  union  of  the  roses  of  York  and  Lancaster 
entwined  in  a  crown ;  the  thistle  and  crown ;  the  initial  R.  H. 
and  a  crown,  and  the  three  lions  of  England.    Being  entered, 
your  eye  will  naturally  be  directed  to  the  lofty  ceiling,  which  is  in 
stone,  wrought  with  such  astonishing  variety  of  figures,  as  no 
description  can  reach.     The  stalls  are  of  brown  wainscot,  with 
Gothic  canopies,  most  beautifully  carved,  as  are  the  seats,  with 
strange  devices,  which  nothing  on  wood  is  now  equal  to.     The 
pavement  is  of  black  and  white  marble,  done  at  the  charge  of 
Dr.  Killigrew,  once  Prebendary  of  this  Abbey,  as  appears  by  two 
inscriptions,  one  on  a  plate  of  brass,  infixed  in  the  rise  towards 
the  founder's  tomb,  the  other  cut  in  the  pavement.   The  east  view 
from  the  entrance  presents  you  with  the  brass  chapel  and  tomb  of 
the  founder ;  and  round  it,  where  the  east  end  forms  a  semicircle, 
are  the  Chapels  of  the  Dukes  of  Buckingham  and  Richmond. 


CENTRE,  HENRY  VIl's  CHAPEL. 


CHAPEL  OF  HENRY  VII. 


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The  walls  of  the  nave  and  aisles  are  wrought  in  the  most  curious 
figures  imaginable,  and  contain  one  hundred  and  twenty  large 
statues  of  Patriarchs,  Saints,  Martyrs,  and  Confessors,  placed  in 
niches,  under  which  are  angels,  supporting  imperial  crowns,  all  of 
them  esteemed  so  curious,  that  the  best  masters  have  travelled 
from  abroad  to  copy  them.  The  windows,  which  are  fourteen  in 
the  upper,  and  nineteen  in  the  lower  range,  including  the  side 
aisles  and  portico,  were  formerly  of  painted  or  diapered  glass, 
having  in  every  pane  a  white  rose,  the  badge  of  Lancaster,  or  an 
p§,  the  initial  letter  of  the  founder's  name,  and  portcullises,  the 
badge  of  the  Beauforts  crowned,  of  which  a  few  only  are  now 
remaining.  In  the  upper  window,  east  end,  Henry  VII.  is  repre- 
sented in  stained  glass.  The  ceiling  is  of  stone,  and  persons  can 
walk  between  the  roof  and  ceiling,  where  there  is  a  spacious 
room,  lighted  by  Gothic  openings  through  the  wall. 

General  Admeasurement  of  the  Interior.  -pt     t 

Length  of  the  Nave    103  9 

Breadth  of  ditto 35  9 

Height  of  the  Nave  to  vortex  of  the  Vaulting .  60  7 

Length  of  the  Aisles 62  5 

Breadth  of  ditto 17  2 

Entire  Breadth  of  the  Chapel     70  1 

Height  of  West  Window  45  0 

Breadth  of  ditto 31  0 


Entrance  Porch  or  Vestibule, 

Extent  from  North  to  South 28     4 

Breadth    24     9 

SOUTH  AISLE. 


I.  Lady  Margaret  Douglas,  1577. 

2.  Mary,  Queen  of  Scots, 

3.  Margaret,    Countess  of     Rich- 

mond. 

4.  Lady  Walpole,  1737. 

5.  General  Monck,  Duke  of  Albe- 

marle. 
In  front  of  this  Monument,  is  the 
Old  Royal  Vault,  containing 
Charles  II.,  King  Wil- 
liam III.,  Prince  George  of 
Denmark,  and  Queen  Anne. 


5 

3 

4 

2 

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Here  is  a  handsome  monument,  on  which  lies  a  lady  finely 
robed,,  o  Lady  Margaret  Douglas,  daughter  of  Margaret, 
Queen  of  Scots,  by  the  Earl  of  Angus.  This  lady,  as  the  English 
inscription  says,  had  to  her  great-grandfather,  Edward  IV. ;  to 
her  grandfather,  Henry  VII. ;  to  her  uncle,  Henry  VIII. ;  to  her 


22  CHAPEL  OF  HENRY  VII. 

cousin-german,  Edward  VI. ;  to  her  brother,  James  V.  of  Scot- 
land ;  to  her  son,  Henry  I.  of  Scotland ;  to  her  grandson,  James 
VI.  ;  having  to  her  great-grandmother  and  grandmother,  two 
Queens,  both  named  Elizabeth ;  to  her  mother,  Margaret,  Queen 
of  Scots  ;  to  her  aunt,  Mary,  the  French  Queen  ;  to  her  cousins- 
german,  Mary  and  Elizabeth,  Queens  of  England ;  to  her  niece 
and  daughter-in-law,  Mary,  Queen  of  Scots.  This  lady,  who  was 
very  beautiful,  was  privately  married  in  1537,  to  Thomas  Howard, 
son  of  the  Duke  of  Norfolk,  upon  which  account  both  of  them 
were  committed  to  the  Tower  by  Hemy  VIII.,  her  uncle,  for 
affiancing  without  his  consent,  and  he  died  in  prison  ;  but  this 
Margaret  being  released,  was  soon  after  married  to  Matthew, 
Earl  of  Lennox,  by  whom  she  had  the  handsome  Lord  Darnley, 
father  of  James  I.,  whose  effigy  is  foremost  on  the  tomb,  in  a 
kneeling  posture.  There  are  seven  children  besides  round  the 
tomb  of  Margaret,  of  whom  only  three  are  mentioned  in  history, 
the  rest  dying  young.     This  great  lady  died  March  10,  1577. 

Next  is  the  magnificent  monument  to  Mary  Stuart,  Queen 
of  Scots,  erected  by  her  son,  James  I.,  soon  after  his  accession  to 
the  English  throne.  This  princess  was  born  Dec.  7,  1542.  She 
was  daughter  and  heiress4  of  James  V.  of  Scotland,  who,  dying 
when  she  was  only  a  week  old,  succeeded  to  the  crown.  Married 
first,  April  28,  1558,  at  fifteen  years  of  age,  Francis,  Dauphin  of 
France;  secondly,  Henry,  Lord  Darnley,  July  29,  1565;  and 
thirdly,  Bothwell.  Her  subjects  becoming  offended,  she  was 
compelled  to  resign  her  crown  to  her  infant  son,  James,  by  Lord 
Darnley ;  she  eventually  sought  refuge  in  England,  but  Queen 
Elizabeth  committed  her  as  prisoner  to  the  Earl  of  Shrewsbury 
at  his  houses  of  Hardwicke  and  Chatsworth,  in  Derbyshire,  where 
she  remained  seventeen  years  a  captive.  She  was  thence  transferred 
to  the  custody  of  Sir  Amias  Paulet,  and  shortly  afterwards  tried 
and  condemned  for  engaging  in  a  treasonable  correspondence 
with  the  Queen's  enemies.  She  was  beheaded  in  the  hall  of  Fo- 
theringay  Castle,  in  Northamptonshire,  February  8,  1587.  Her 
remains  were  first  buried  in  Peterborough  Cathedral ;  but  James 
had  her  body  privately  removed  to  this  Church,  in  Oct.,  1612, 
under  the  superintendence  of  Neile,  then  Dean  of  Westminster, 
and  buried  in  a  vault  beneath  this  monument. — Stone,  sculptor. 

Henry,  Prince  of  Wales,  eldest  son  of  James  I.,  born  Feb.  19, 
1593,  and  after  giving  great  promise  of  a  blessing  to  his  country, 
died  of  a  fever  at  St.  James's  palace,  Nov.  6,  1612,  in  the  19th 
year  of  his  age,  and  was  buried  by  the  side  of  his  grandmother. 

In  the  same  tomb  are  the  remains  of  Arabella  Stewart, 
four  children  of  Charles  I.:  Elizabeth  of  Bohemia,  daughter  of 
James  I.;  Prince  Rupert  her  son;  Ann  Hyde,  first  wife  of 
James  II. ,  and  ten  of  his  infant  children ;  William,  Duke  of 
Gloucester,  son  of  Ann,  and  seventeen  of  her  infant  children. 

The  next  is  the  monument  of  Margaret,  Countess  of  Rich- 
mond, mother  of  Henry  VII.,  by  Edmund  Tudor,  son  of  Owen 
ap  Tudor,  who  married  the  widow  of  Henry  V.  of  England,  and 
daughter  of  Charles  VI.  of  France.  This  lady  was  afterwards 
married  to  Humphrey  Stafford,  a  younger  son  of  Humphrey, 


CHAPEL  OF  HENRY  VII.  23 

Duke  of  Buckingham,  and  lastly,  to  Thomas  Lord  Stanley,  Earl 
of  Derby ;  but  by  the  two  last  had  no  children.  The  inscription 
mentions  the  charities  of  this  excellent  Princess  ;  such  as  giving 
a  salary  to  two  monks  of  Westminster ;  founding  a  grammar- 
school  at  Wimbourne,  and  two  colleges,  one  to  Christ,  the  other 
to  St.  John  his  disciple,  at  Cambridge.  Of  this  lady's  bounty, 
forty  poor  women  partake  every  Saturday  afternoon,  in  the 
College  Hall ;  each  of  them  has  twopence,  one  pound  and  a  half 
of  beef,  and  a  fourpenny  loaf  of  bread.  She  died  in  July,  1509, 
in  the  reign  of  her  grandson,  Henry  VIII. — Torrigiano,  sculptor. 

Opposite  is  a  figure  to  the  memory  of  Lady  Walpole,  with  the 
following  inscription  : — "  To  the  memory  of  Catherine,  Lady 
"  Walpole,  eldest  daughter  of  John  Shorter,  Esq.,  of  By  brook,  in 
"  Kent,  and  first  wife  of  Sir  Robert  Walpole,  afterwards  Earl  of 
"  Orford,  Horace,  her  youngest  son,  consecrated  this  monument. 
"  She  had  beauty  and  wit,  without  vice  or  vanity,  and  cultivated 
"  the  arts  without  affectation :  she  was  devout,  though  without 
"  bigotry  to  any  sect ;  and  was  without  prejudice  to  any  party, 
"  though  the  wife  of  a  minister,  whose  power  she  esteemed  but 
"  when  she  could  employ  it  to  benefit  the  miserable,  or  to  reward 
"  the  meritorious  ;  she  loved  a  private  life,  though  born  to  shine 
"  in  public  :  and  was  an  ornament  to  Courts,  untainted  by  them. 
"  She  died  August  the  20th,  1737." — Valory,  sculptor. 

At  the  end,  a  monument  to  the  memories  of  George  Monck, 
and  Christopher,  his  son,  both  Dukes  of  Albemarle ;  also, 
Elizabeth,  Duchess  Dowager  of  Albemarle  and  Montague, 
relict  of  Christopher.  George  Monck,  Duke  of  Albemarle,  was 
younger  son  of  Sir  Thomas  Monck,  born  at  Potheridge,  Devon, 
December  6,  1608.  He  entered  the  army  as  a  volunteer  in  1625, 
under  Sir  Richard  Grenville.  At  the  death  of  Cromwell  he  took 
an  active  part  in  the  restoration  of  Charles  II. ,  for  which  he  was 
loaded  with  honours,  and  died  in  the  esteem  of  his  sovereign,  in 
1670,  in  the  sixfy-3econd  year  of  his  age. — Scheemakers ,  sculptor. 

At  this  end  is  the  Royal  Vault,  as  it  is  called,  in  which  are 
deposited  the  remains  of  Charles  II.,  who  died  February  2, 
1685;  William  III.,  who  died  March  8,  1702,  and  Queen 
Mary,  his  consort,  who  died  December  28,  1694;  Queen  Anne, 
died  August  1, 1714  ;  and  Prince  George,  who  died  Oct.  28, 1708. 

THE  NAVE. 
From  this  aisle  you  enter  the  nave  of  the  Chapel,  the  stone 
ceiling  of  which  is  curious,  and  the  gates  are  brass.  Here  were 
installed,  with  great  ceremony,  the  Knights  of  the  most  Honour- 
able Order  of  the  Bath,  which  order  was  revived  in  the  reign  of 
George  I.,  in  1725.  In  their  stalls  are  placed  brass  plates  of 
their  arms,  &c,  and  over  them  hang  their  banners,  swords,  and 
helmets.  Under  the  stalls  are  seats  for  the  esquires  ;  each  Knight 
has  three,  whose  arms  are  engraven  on  brass  plates.  The  small 
shelving  stool  which  the  seats  of  the  stalls  form  when  turned  up 
is  called  a  miserere.  On  these  the  monks  and  canons  of  ancient 
times,  with  th?  assistance  of  their  elbows  on  the  upper  part  of  the 
stalls,  half  supported  themselves  during  certain  parts  of  their 

C  2 


24  CHAPEL  OF  HENRY  VU. 

long  offices,  not  to  be  obliged  always  to  stand  or  kneel.  It  is  so 
contrived,  that  if  the  body  became  supine  by  sleep,  it  naturally 
fell  down,  and  the  person  who  rested  upon  it  was  thrown  forward 
on  the  middle  of  the  choir. 

In  the  centre,  between  the  Knights'  stalls,  is  the  Royal  Vault, 
where  their  Majesties  George  II.  and  Queen  Caroline  are 
buried  ;  the  Prince  and  Princess  of  Wales,  two  Dukes  of  Cum- 
berland, the  Duke  ot  York,  Prince  Frederick  William,  the 
Princesses  Amelia,  Caroline,  Elizabeth,  Louisa,  Anne  ;  and 
the  two  infant  Princes,  Alfred  and  Octavius,  children  of 
George  III.,  were  removed  in  January,  1820,  to  the  new  royal 
vault  at  Windsor. 

What  is  chiefly  to  be  admired  here,  as  well  for  antiquity  as  fine 
workmanship,  is  the  magnificent  tomb  of  Henry  VII.  and 
Elizabeth  his  Queen,  the  last  of  the  house  of  York  who  wore 
the  English  crown.  This  tomb  stands  in  the  body  of  the  Chapel, 
enclosed  in  a  curious  chantry  of  cast  brass,  most  admirably  de- 
signed and  executed,  and  ornamented  with  statues,  of  which 
those  only  of  St.  George,  St.  James,  St.  Bartholomew,  and  St. 
Edward,  are  now  remaining.  Within  it  are  the  effigies  of  the 
Royal  pair,  in  their  robes  of  state,  lying  close  to  each  other,  on  a 
tomb  of  black  marble,  the  head  whereof  is  supported  by  a  red 
dragon,  the  ensign  of  Cadwallader,  the  last  King  of  the  Britons, 
from  whom  Henry  VII.  was  fond  of  tracing  his  descent,  and  the 
foot  by  an  angel.  There  are  likewise  other  devices  alluding  to 
his  family  and  alliances ;  such  as  portcullises,  signifying  his 
relation  to  the  Beauforts  by  his  mother's  side ;  roses  twisted  and 
crowned,  in  memory  of  the  union  of  the  two  Royal  Houses  of 
York  and  Lancaster.  There  are  six  compartments,  three  on  the 
north,  and  as  many  on  the  south  side  of  its  base.  The  first  com- 
partment on  the  south  side  contains  the  figures  of  the  Virgin 
Mary  with  our  Lord  in  her  arms,  and  that  of  the  Archangel  St. 
Michael.  The  figures  in  the  scales,  though  now  mutilated,  were 
meant  for  personal  representations  of  moral  good  and  evil ;  the 
Saint  is  weighing  them  in  his  balance  ;  the  good  preponderates  ; 
but  the  Devil,  who  is  represented  by  the  figure  under  his  feet,  is 
reaching  with  one  of  his  clawed  feet  at  the  scale  which  contains 
the  figure  of  Evil,  in  order,  by  the  addition  of  his  own  force,  to 
render  that  the  heaviest.  The  first  figure  in  the  second  compart- 
ment is  doubtless  intended  for  St.  John  the  Baptist,  he  having  a 
book  in  his  left  hand,  with  an  Agnus  Dei  impressed  upon  it. 
The  other  is  a  figure  of  St.  John  the  Evangelist,  and  the  figure  of 
the  eagle.  The  first  figure  of  the  third  compartment  is  intended 
for  St.  George  ;  the  other  figure,  from  the  pig's  head  visible  near 
him,  the  frequent  symbol  by  which  he  is  denoted,  is  intended  for 
St.  Anthony  of  Vienna.  The  first  figure  in  the  fourth  compart- 
ment, north  side,  is  meant  for  Mary  Magdalen,  supposing  her 
to  hold  the  box  of  ointment.  The  other  figure  represents  St. 
Barbara,  who  was  the  daughter  of  a  Fagan,  and  dwelt  with  her 
father  in  a  certain  tower.  To  this  tower  adjoined  a  garden,  in 
which  the  father  determined  to  build  a  bath,  with  the  necessary 
accommodation  of  rooms,  and  therein  to  make  windows  to  the 


CHAPEL  OF  HENRY  VII.  25 

number  of  two  only.  Being  about  to  undertake  a  journey,  he  left 
his  instructions  with  the  artificers,  which  his  daughter  presumed 
to  vary,  by  directing  them  instead  of  two  to  make  three.  Upon 
her  father's  return,  he  inquired  into  the  reason  of  this  deviation 
from  his  orders  ;  and  being  told  that  in  allusion  to  three  persons 
of  the  Holy  Trinity  his  daughter  had  directed  it,  he  found  that 
she  was  become  a  convert  to  Christianity  ;  and  being  exasperated 
thereat,  stimulated  the  Emperor  to  a  persecution  of  the  Chris- 
tians, in  which  she  became  a  martyr  to  the  faith.  The  first 
figure  in  the  fifth  compartment  is  intended  for  St.  Christopher, 
bearing  our  Saviour  upon  his  shoulder.  The  other  figure  is 
thought  to  be  St.  Anne.  In  the  sixth  and  last  compartment,  the 
first  figure  is  intended  for  King  Edward  the  Confessor;  the 
other  figure  is  a  Benedictine  Monk.  Henry  VII.  died  April 
21st,  1509,  and  his  Queen,  February  11th,  1502. —  The  work 
of  Torrigiano. 

Edward  VI.,  grandson  of  Henry  VII.,  who  died  July  6th, 
1553,  in  the  sixteenth  year  of  his  age,  and  seventh  of  his 
reign.  On  the  holy  table  is  the  following  inscription  in  Latin: — 
u  In  place  of  the  ancient  altar,  destroyed  in  the  civil  wars,  to 
"  the  honour  of  God  and  in  pious  memory  of  Edward  VI., 
"  who  is  buried  beneath,  this  holy  table,  in  a  gentler  age,  was 
"  placed  by  Arthur  Penrhyn  Stanley,  D.D.,  Dean  of  West- 
"  minster.     1870." 

On  the  south  side  of  the  tomb  of  Henry  VII.,  in  a  small  chapel, 
is  a  monument  to  Lewis  Stuart,  Duke  of  Richmond,  and 
Frances,  his  wife.  The  brass  effigies  are  represented  as  lying 
on  a  marble  table,  under  a  canopy  of  brass,  curiously  wrought, 
and  supported  by  the  figures  of  Faith,  Hope,  Charity,  and 
Prudence.  On  the  top  is  a  fine  figure  of  Fame,  taking  her  flight, 
and  resting  only  on  her  toe.  This  illustrious  nobleman  was  son 
to  Esme  Stuart,  Duke  of  Lennox,  and  grandson  of  James,  nephew 
of  James  I.,  to  whom  he  was  First  Gentleman  of  the  Bed- 
chamber and  Privy  Councillor  a  Knight  of  the  Garter,  and 
Ambassador  to  France  on  behalf  of  Scotland.  He  died  Feb.  16, 
1623.  His  lady  was  daughter  of  Thomas,  Lord  Howard  of 
Bindon,  son  of  the  Duke  of  Norfolk,  by  Elizabeth,  daughter  of 
the  Duke  of  Buckingham.  She  died  Oct.  8,  1639. — You  will 
likewise  see  here  a  pyramid,  supporting  a  small  urn,  in  which 
is  contained  the  heart  of  Esme  Stuart,  son  of  the  Duke  of 
Richmond  and  Lennox,  by  Lady  Mary,  daughter  of  the  Duke  of 
Buckingham.  He  died  in  France,  August  15, 1661,  aged  eleven 
years,  and  was  succeeded  in  all  his  titles  by  Charles,  Earl  of 
Lichfield,  his  cousin -german,  who  died  December  12,  1672,  and 
is  here  interred. 

A  monument  to  the  Duke  de  Montpensier,  who  is  repre- 
sented with  ducal  coronet  and  robes,  and  his  remains  are  beneath. 
On  the  front  of  this  tomb  is  the  following  inscription : — "  The 
"  most  illustrious  and  Serene  Prince,  Anthony  Philip,  Duke  of 
"  Montpensier,  descended  from  the  Kings  of  France,  second  son 
*'  of  the  Duke  of  Orleans,  from  his  earliest  youth  bred  to  arms, 
"  and  even  in  chains  unsubdued ;  of  an  erect  mind  in  adversity, 


26  CHAPEL  OF  HENRY  VII. 

"  and  in  prosperity  not  elated  ;  a  constant  patron  of  the  liberal 
"  arts,  polite,  pleasant,  and  courteous  to  all,  nor  ever  wanting  in  the 
"  duties  of  brother,  neighbour,  friend,  or  in  the  love  of  his  country. 
44  After  experiencing  the  vicissitudes  of  fortune,  he  was  received 
"  with  great  hospitality  by  the  English  nation,  and  at  length  rests 
"  in  this  asylum  for  kings.  Born  July  3,  1775.  Died  May  IS, 
"  1807,  aged  thirty-one.  Louis  Philip,  Duke  of  Orleans,  erects 
"  this  monument  in  memory  of  the  best  of  brothers." — Sir  Richard 
Westmacott,  sculptor. 

The  next  is  an  excellent  monument  to  the  memory  of  John 
Sheffield,  Duke  of  Buckingham,  where,  on  an  altar,  lies  his 
Grace's  effigy,  in  a  Roman  habit,  with  his  Duchess,  Catherine, 
natural  daughter  of  the  Duke  of  York,  afterwards  James  II., 
sitting  at  his  feet  weeping.  In  the  reign  of  Charles  II.,  as  the 
inscription  sets  forth,  he  was  General  of  the  Dutch  troop  of 
horse,  Governor  of  Kingston  Castle  upon  Hull,  and  First  Gentle- 
man of  the  Bedchamber;  in  that  of  James  II.,  Lord  Chamber- 
lain ;  and  in  that  of  Queen  Anne,  Lord  Privy  Seal,  and  President 
of  the  Council.  He  was  in  his  youth  an  excellent  poet,  and,  in 
his  more  advanced  years,  a  fine  writer.  His  love  of  poetry  is 
conspicuous,  by  the  esteem  and  regard  he  had  for  the  two  great 
masters  of  it,  who  flourished  in  his  own  time,  Dry  den  and  Pope, 
to  the  first  of  whom  he  extended  his  friendship,  even  after  death, 
by  erecting  a  monument  to  his  memory.  To  the  latter  he  did 
honour,  by  writing  a  poem  in  his  praise.  Over  his  Grace's  effigy 
are  inscribed  in  Latin,  sentences  to  the  following  import:— "I 
"  lived  doubtful,  not  dissolute — I  die  unresolved,  not  unresigned. 
"  Ignorance  and  error  are  incident  to  human  nature.  I  trust  in 
"  an  almighty  and  all  good  God.  0 !  thou  Being  of  Beings, 
"  have  compassion  on  me  ;"  and  underneath  it, — "  for  my  King 
"  often,  for  my  Country  ever."  His  Grace  died  in  the  seventy- 
fourth  year  of  his  age,  Feb.  24,  1720,  leaving  the  publication  of 
his  works  to  the  care  of  Mr.  Pope. — Scheemakers,  sculptor. 

The  remains  of  James  I.  are  in  the  tomb  of  Henry  VII. 
This  Prince  reigned  over  Scotland  59  years,  and  over  England 
22  years.  He  was  son  to  Lord  Darnley,  by  Mary  Queen  of  Scots. 
He  died  March  16,  1625,  aged  61,  after  a  long  and  peaceable 
reign.  The  remains  of  his  Queen,  Ann  of  Denmark,  are  in  the 
tomb  in  front  of  the  monument  of  Sheffield,  Duke  of  Bucking- 
ham.    She  died  March  2,  1619. 

On  the  north  side  of  Henry  the  Seventh's  Chantry,  in  a  chapel, 
is  a  very  antique  monument,  decorated  with  several  emblematical 
figures  in  brass,  gilt,  the  principal  of  which  is  Neptune,  in  a 
pensive  posture,  with  his  trident  reversed,  and  Mars  with  his 
head  crouched.  These  support  the  tomb  on  which  lie  the  effigies 
of  George  Villiers,  Duke  of  Buckingham,  and  his  Duchess, 
the  great  favourite  of  James  I.  and  Charles  L,  who  fell  a  sacrifice 
to  national  resentment,  and  perished  by  the  hands  of  Felton, 
August  23,  1628,  who  had  no  other  motive  of  action  but  the 
clamours  of  the  people.  Catherine,  his  Duchess,  was  interred 
in  the  same  vault,  April  8,  1643. 

Cromwell,  four  of  his  family,  and  six  officers  were  buried  in 


CHAPEL  OF  HENRY  VII.  27 

the  vault  at  the  end  of  this  chapel.    Their  remains  were  removed 
at  the  Restoration. 

The  following  are  also  interred  in  this  portion  of  the  Chapel : — 
John  Campbell,  Duke  of  Argyle  and  Greenwich,  1743. 
Edward  VI.,  Elizabeth  Claypole,  second  daughter  of  Oliver 
Cromwell,  1658. 

NORTH  AISLE. 


1.  Monument     to    Queen    Eliza- 

beth, and  her   Sister   Queen 
Mary. 

2.  Mary,    Daughter  of  James  the 

First. 

3.  Edward  the  Fifth  and   Duke  of 

York. 

4.  Sophia,  Daughter  of  James  the 

First. 

5.  Marquis  of  Halifax,  1695. 

6.  Earl  of  Halifax,  1715. 


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From  hence  you  pass  to  the  North  Aisle,  by  a  door  on  the 
right  hand,  where  is  a  monument  to  the  memory  of  Charles 
Mountague,  the  first  of  this  family  that  bore  the  title  of  Lord 
Halifax,  son  of  George  Mountague,  of  Horton.  In  the  reigns  of 
William  III.  and  George  I.  he  was  placed  at  the  head  of  the 
Treasury,  where,  undertaking  the  reformation  of  the  coin,  which 
in  those  days  was  most  infamously  clipped,  to  the  great  loss  of 
the  public,  he  restored  it  to  its  proper  value.  For  these  and  other 
public  services,  he  was  first  created  Baron,  and  then  Earl  of 
Halifax,  and  died  May  19,  1715. 

In  front  of  this  monument  was  buried  Joseph  Addison  ;  to 
mark  the  spot  a  slab  of  white  marble,  inlaid  with  solid  brass 
letters  and  devices,  has  recently  been  placed  by  the  Earl  of  Elles- 
mere.  The  very  appropriate  epitaph  was  the  effusion  of  Addison's 
friend  and  contemporary,  Thomas  Tickle  : — 

ADDISON. 

"  Ne'er  to  these  chambers,  where  the  mighty  rest, 
Since  their  foundation,  came  a  nobler  guest ; 
Nor  e'er  was  to  the  bowers  of  bliss  conveyed 
A  fairer  spirit,  or  more  welcome  shade. 
Oh,  gone  for  ever !  take  this  long  adieu, 
And  sleep  in  peace,  next  thy  lov'd  Mountague." 
Egerton,  Earl  of  Ellesmere,  Born  1672,  Died  1719. 

P.C.  1849.  Poole,  mason. 

Also  one  to  the  memory  of  Sir  George  Saville,  created  by 
Charles  I.  Baron  of  Eland,  and  Viscount  Halifax,  afterwards 
Earl,  and  lastly  Marquis  of  Halifax.  He  was  Lord  Keeper  of 
the  Privy  Seal  for  some  time  in  the  reigns  of  Charles  II.,  James  II., 
and  William  III. ;  and,  at  the  beginning  of  the  reign  of  James  II., 


28  CHAPEL  OF  HENRY  VII. 

he  was,  for  a  few  months,  Lord  President  of  the  Council.     He 
died  April  5,  1695. 

Here  is  the  lofty  and  magnificent  monument  of  Queen  Eliza- 
beth, erected  to  her  memory  by  James  L,  her  successor.  The 
inscription  speaks  her  character,  high  descent,  and  the  memorable 
acts  of  her  glorious  reign  : — "  That  she  was  the  mother  of  her 
"  country,  and  the  patroness  of  religion  and  learning ;  that  she 
u  was  herself  skilled  in  many  languages ;  adorned  with  every 
44  excellence  of  mind  and  person,  and  endowed  with  princely 
44  virtues  beyond  her  sex ;  that  in  her  reign,  religion  was  restored 
44  to  its  primitive  purity  ;  peace  was  established  ;  money  restored 
44  to  its  just  value ;  domestic  insurrections  quelled ;  France  de- 
44  livered  from  intestine  troubles ;  the  Netherlands  supported ; 
"  the  Spanish  Armada  defeated ;  Ireland,  almost  lost  by  the 
44  secret  contrivances  of  Spain,  recovered ;  the  revenues  of  both 
44  Universities  improved,  by  a  law  of  provisions,  and,  in  short,  all 
44  England  enriched ;  that  she  was  a  most  prudent  Governess, 
44  forty-five  years  a  virtuous  and  triumphant  Queen,  truly  religious, 
44  and  blessed  in  all  her  great  affairs  ;  and  that  after  a  calm  and 
44  resigned  death,  in  the  seventieth  year  of  her  age,  she  left  the 
44  mortal  part  to  be  deposited  in  this  Church,  which  she  established 
44  upon  a  new  footing.  She  died  March  24,  1602,  aged  seventy." 
Queen  Mary,  whose  reign  preceded  that  of  Queen  Elizabeth,  was 
interred  here  likewise.     She  died  Nov.  17, 1558. — Stone,  sculptor. 

At  the  end  of  this  Aisle  is  a  small  tomb  over  which  is  a  figure 
of  a  child,  erected  to  the  memory  of  Mary,  third  daughter  of 
James  I.,  born  at  Greenwich  in  1605  ;  and  soon  afterwards  com- 
mitted to  the  care  of  Lady  Knevet,  in  whose  house  at  Stainwell 
she  died,  December  19,  1607,  at  two  years  old. 

And  a  child  in  a  cradle,  erected  to  the  memory  of  Sophia, 
fourth  daughter  of  the  same  King,  born  at  Greenwich  in  1606, 
and  died  in  three  days. 

Against  the  end  wall  is  an  altar,  raised  by  Charles  II.  to  the 
memory  of  Edward  V.  and  his  brother,  who,  by  their  trea- 
cherous uncle,  Richard  III.,  were  murdered  in  the  Tower.  The 
inscription,  which  is  in  Latin,  gives  a  particular  account  of  their 
sad  catastrophe,  and  is  in  English  thus  : — 44  Here  lie  the  relics  of 
44  Edward  V.,  King  of  England,  and  Richard,  Duke  of  York, 
44  who,  being  confined  in  the  Tower,  and  there  stifled  with  pillows, 
44  were  privately  and  meanly  buried,  by  order  of  their  perfidious 
44  uncle,  Richard,  the  usurper.  Their  bones,  long  inquired  after 
44  and  wished  for,  after  laying  191  years  in  the  rubbish  of  the 
44  stairs  (i.e.,  those  lately  leading  to  the  Chapel  of  the  White 
44  Tower),  were,  on  the  17th  of  July,  1674,  by  undoubted  proofs, 
44  discovered,  being  buried  deep  in  that  place.  Charles  II., 
44  pitying  their  unhappy  fate,  ordered  these  unfortunate  Princes 
44  to  be  laid  among  the  relics  of  their  predecessors,  in  the  year 
44 1678,  and  the  thirtieth  of  his  reign."  It  is  remarkable,  that 
Edward  was  born  November  4,  1471,  in  the  sanctuary  belonging 
to  this  Church,  whither  his  mother  took  refuge  during  the  contest 
between  the  houses  of  York  and  Lancaster ;  at  eleven  years  of 
age,  upon  the  death  of  his  father,  1483,  he  was  proclaimed 


CHAPEL  OF  ST.  PAUL.  29 

King  ;  and  on  the  23rd  of  June,  in  the  same  year,  was  murdered 
in  the  manner  already  related.  Kichard,  his  brother,  was  born 
May  28,  1474,  and  married,  while  a  child,  to  Ann  Mowbray, 
heiress  of  Norfolk. 

In  front  of  Queen  Elizabeth's  tomb  are  the  bodies  of  George 
Monck,  Duke  of  Abermale,  1670.  Edward,  Earl  of  Sandwich, 
1672. 


v.— Ctjapl  nf  §i  f  ml 


Begin  on  your  left. 

1.  Sir  Henry  Belasyse,  1717. 

2.  Colonel  Macleod, 

3.  Sir  John  Puckering,  1596. 

4.  Sir  James  Fullerton. 

5.  Lord  Chancellor   Kromley,  1587. 

6.  Sir  Dudley    Carleton, 


7.  Countess  of  Sussex,  1589. 

8.  Lord  and  Lady  Cottington, 

9.  James  Watt. 

10.  Sir   Giles   Daubeny,   1507- 

11,  Lewis     Robsart,     Standard 

Bearer  to  Henrv  V. 


Lord  Delaval  and  Lord  Tyrconnel's  Banners  hang  over  the  place  of  their  interment. 

JN  your  left  hand  is  a  monument  to  the  memory  of  Sir 
.mj\  Henry  Belasyse,  Knt.,  Lieutenant- General,  some 
vm  time  Governor  of  Galway  in  Ireland,  and  afterwards  of 
*^*^  Berwick~on-Tweed,  in  the  reign  of  William  III.  He 
died  December  16,  1717,  aged  sixty-nine.  Bridget,  wife  of  his 
only  son,  W.  Belasyse,  Esq.,  died  July  28,  1735,  aged  twenty. — 
ScheemakerSy  sculptor.  ♦ 

Next  this,  one — "To  the  memory  of  Lieutenant-Colonel 
"  Charles  Macleod,  who  fell  at  the  siege  of  Badajos,  aged 
"  twenty-six  years.  This  monument  is  erected  by  his  brother 
*'  officers.  In  Lieutenant-Colonel  Macleod,  of  the  forty-third 
"  Regiment,  who  was  killed  in  the  breach,  his  Majesty  has  sus- 
"  tained  the  loss  of  an  officer  who  was  an  ornament  to  his  pro- 
"  fession,  and  was  capable  of  rendering  the  most  important 
"  services  to  his  country."  Vide  Marquis  Wellington's  Dispatch, 
8th  April,  1812. — Nollekens,  sculptor. 

Sir  John  Puckering,  Knt.,  and  his  Lady,  remarkable,  as 
his  inscription  sets  forth,  for  his  knowledge  in  the  laws,  as  well  as 
piety,  wisdom,  and  many  other  virtues.  He  was  Lord  Keeper  of 
the  Great  Seal  of  England  four  years,  in  the  reign  of  Queen 
Elizabeth,  in  which  office  he  died,  April  30,  1596.  His  epitaph, 
in  Latin,  over  his  e^gj}  is  thus  translated : — 


30  CHAPEL  OF  ST.  PAUL. 

"  The  public  cares  and  laws  engaged  ray  breast ; 
To  live  was  toilsome,  but  to  die  is  rest. 
Wealth,  maces,  guards,  crowns,  titles,  things  that  fade, 
The  prey  of  time  and  sable  death  are  made. 

VIRTUE   INSPIRES   MEN. 
His  wife  this  statue  rears  to  her  loved  spouse, 
The  test  of  constancy  and  marriage  vows." 
"  I  trust  I  shall  see  the  Lord  in  the  land  of  the  living." 

Sir  James  Fullerton  and  his  Lady,  with  an  epitaph  : — "  Here 
"  lie  the  remains  of  Sir  James  Fullerton,  Knight,  First  Gentle- 
"  man  of  the  Bedchamber  to  Charles  the  First  (Prince  and 
"  King),  a  generous  rewarder  of  all  virtue,  a  severe  reprover  of  all 
"  vice,  a  professed  renouncer  of  all  vanity.  He  was  a  firm  pillar 
"  to  the  Commonwealth,  a  faithful  patron  to  the  Catholic  Church, 
"  a  fair  pattern  to  the  British  Court.  He  lived  to  the  welfare  of 
"  his  country,  to  the  honour  of  his  Prince,  to  the  glory  of  his 
"  God.  He  died  fuller  of  faith  than  of  fear,  fuller  of  consolation 
"  than  of  pains,  fuller  of  honour  than  of  days." 

In  the  middle  of  this  Chapel  is  a  table  monument,  on  which 
lie  the  effigies  of  Sir  Giles  Daubeny,  created  Lord  Daubeny 
in  the  first  year  of  the  reign  of  Henry  VII.,  and  Dame  Eliza- 
beth, his  wife.  He  seems  to  have  been  a  man  of  great  authority 
in  the  reign  of  Henry  VII.,  as  he  was  Lord  Lieutenant  of  Calais, 
in  France,  Lord  Chamberlain  to  his  Majesty,  Knight  of  the  Most 
noble  Order  of  the  Garter,  and  father  of  Henry  Lord  Daubeny, 
the  first  and  last  Earl  of  Bridgewater  of  that  surname,  by  Eliza- 
beth, of  the  ancient  family  of  the  Arundels,  in  Cornwall.  He 
died  May  22,  1507,  and  his  lady  in  1500. 

James  Watt  :  he  is  represented  with  compasses  forming  designs, 
seated  on  an  oblong  pedestal.  The  inscription  as  follows: — "Not 
"  to  perpetuate  a  name,  which  must  endure  while  the  peaceful  arts 
44  flourish,  but  to  show  that  mankind  have  learned  to  honour  those 
*4  who  best  deserve  their  gratitude,  the  king,  his  ministers,  and 
"  many  of  the  nobles  and  commoners  of  the  realm,  raised  this 
"  monument  to  James  Watt,  who,  directing  the  force  of  an 
"  original  genius,  early  exercised  in  philosophical  research,  to  the 
44  improvement  of  the  steam-engine,  enlarged  the  resources  of  his 
"  country,  increased  the  power  of  man,  and  rose  to  an  eminent 
"  place  among  the  most  illustrious  followers  of  science,  and  the 
"  real  benefactors  of  the  world.  Born  at  Greenock,  1736,  died  at 
"  Heathfield,  in  Staffordshire,  1819." — Chantrey,  sculptor. 

Sir  Thomas  Bromley,  Knight,  Privy  Councillor  to  Queen 
Elizabeth,  and  eight  years  Chancellor,  in  which  office  he  died, 
April  12, 1587,  to  the  grief  of  all  good  men.  The  eight  children 
depicted  on  this  tomb,  were  all  by  his  Lady,  Elizabeth,  of  the 
family  of  Fortescue. 

Sir  Dudley  Carleton,  afterwards  made  Viscount  Dor- 
chester, for  his  eminent  services  to  Charles  I.  and  his  father, 
both  abroad  and  at  home.  He  was  a  person  versed  in  the  lan- 
guages, customs,  and  laws  of  most  of  the  European  nations,  and 
was  entrusted  both  by  James  I.  and  his  successors,  with  the  most 
important  foreign  negotiations.  After  the  death  of  James  I.,  he 
was  sent  to  Holland,  and  was  the  last  deputy  who  voted  in  the 


CHAPEL  OF  ST.  PAUL.  31 

Assembly  of  the  States,  which  great  privilege  the  crown  of  Eng- 
land possessed  from  the  beginning  of  Queen  Elizabeth's  reign  to 
this  period.     He  died  Feb.  15,  1631,  aged  fifty-seven. 

Frances,  Countess  of  Essex.     This  great  lady  was  the  wife 
of  Thomas  Ratcliffe,  Earl  of  Sussex,  Lord  Deputy  of  Ireland, 
and  Knight  of  the  Garter,  &c.,  and  daughter  of  Sir  William 
Sidney,  of  Pensehurst,  Knight.     By  her  last  will,  having  outlived 
her  husband,  she  instituted  a  divinity  lecture  to  be  read  in  this 
Collegiate  Church,  gave  5,000/.  towards  the  building  of  a  new 
College  in  Cambridge,  now  called  Sidney  Sussex  College ;  and 
left  a  sufficient  yearly  revenue  for  the  maintenance  of  one  master 
ten  fellows,  and  twenty  scholars,  either  in  the  said  new  college, 
or  else  in  Clare  Hall.     She  died  April  15,  1589,  aged  fifty-eight. 
Next  to  this  is  a  monument  of  black  marble,  very  remarkably 
different  from  every  other  in  the  Abbey.     On  the  top  of  it  is  a 
circular  frame  of  gilt  brass,  enclosing  the  bust  of  Ann,  Lady 
Cottington,  wife  of  Francis,  Lord  Cottington,  Baron  of  Han- 
worth,  so  created  by  Charles  I.     She  was  daughter  of  Sir  Wil- 
liam Meredith,  of  Denbighshire,  by  Jane,  his  wife,  of  the  family 
of  the  Palmers,  in  Kent,  and  died  February  22,  1633,  in  the 
thirty-third  year  of  her  age,  having  had  four  daughters  and  a 
son,  all  of  whom  died  before  their  father,  who,  on  a  table  monu- 
ment beneath,  lies  in  effigy,  resting  on  his  left  arm ;  and  over  a 
satyr's  head  is  this  inscription  in  English  :  "  Here  lies  Francis, 
"  Lord  Cottington,  of  Hanworth,  who,  in  the  reign  of  Charles  I., 
"  was  Chancellor  of  his  Majesty's  Exchequer,  Master  of  the  Court 
"  of  Wards,  Constable  of  the  Tower,  Lord  High  Treasurer  of 
"  England,  and  one  of  the  Privy  Council.     He  was  twice  Ambas- 
"  sador  in  Spain,  once  for  the  said  King,  and  a  second  time  for 
"  Charles  II.,  now  reigning,  to  both  of  whom  he  most  signally 
"  showed  his  allegiance  and  fidelity,  during  the  unhappy  civil 
"  broils  of  those  times  ;  and  for  his  faithful  adherence  to  the 
"  Crown  (the  Usurper  prevailing)  was  forced  to  fly  his  country  ; 
"  and,  during  his  exile,  died  at  Valladolid,  in  Spain,  June  19, 
"  1652,  in  the  seventy-fourth  year  of  his  age,  whence  his  body 
"  was  brought,  and  here  interred,  by  Charles  Cottington,  Esq., 
"  his  nephew  and  heir,  in  1679." 

The  next  is  a  very  old  Gothic  monument,  erected  to  the 
memory  of  Lewis  Robert,  or  Robsart,  a  foreigner,  but  standard 
bearer  to  Henry  V.,  a  Knight  of  the  Bath,  and  afterwards  of  the 
Garter,  and  at  length  created  Lord  Bourchier.  His  wife  was 
Elizabeth,  daughter  of  St.  Bartholomew  Bourchier,  and  probably 
a  relation  to  Geoffrey  Chaucer,  the  old  English  poet. 

On  leaving  this  Chapel,  on  your  right  is  a  monument  to  the 
memory  of  William  Pulteney,  Earl  of  Bath,  with  a  medallion 
and  urn,  supported  by  Wisdom  and  Poetry.  The  inscription  is 
as  follows  : — "  Erected  to  the  memory  of  William  Pulteney,  Earl 
"  of  Bath,  by  his  brother,  the  Hon.  Harry  Pulteney,  General  of 
"  his  Majesty's  Forces,  1764,  Ob.  July  7,  1767,  Mt  eighty-one." 
—  Wilton,  sculptor. 

Charles  Holmes,  Esq.,  Rear- Admiral  of  the  White  ;  who  is 
represented  in  a  Roman  habit,  leaning  against  a  cannon  mounted 


32 


CHAPEL   OF   ST.  EDWARD. 


on  a  sea  carriage;  an  anchor,  cable,  and  flag  in  the  back  ground. — 
"  He  died  the  2 1st  of  Nov.,  1761,  Commander-in-Chief  of  his  Majes- 
"  ty's  fleet  stationed  at  Jamaica,  aged  fifty.  Erected  by  his  grateful 
"  nieces,  Mary  Stanwix  and  Lucretia  Stowe." — Wilton,  sculptor. 

In  front  of  the  monument  to  Admiral  Holmes,  is  an  old  grave- 
stone, plated  with  brass,  with  Latin  inscription,  to  John  of 
Windsor,  nephew  of  Sir  William  of  Windsor,  Lord  Lieutenant 
of  Ireland  in  the  reign  of  Edward  III.     He  died  April  4,  1414. 

Near  this  spot  was  buried  John  Pym,  the  celebrated  Parlia- 
mentary orator,  who  died  December  13,  1643;  and  also  Jambs 
Usher,  Archbishop  of  Armagh,  1656. 


vr-fettl  nf  $t  Gtorarlt. 


Henry  the  Third,  1272. 

Queen  Eleanor,  1290. 

Henry  the  Fifth,  1422, 

Queen  Phillippa.  i3B9. 

Edward  the  Third,  l'?77, 

Margaret  Woodville,  Daughter 
of  Edward  the  Fourth,  on 
which  is  placed  a  Sword  and 
Shielu  of  State,  carried  be- 
fore Edward  the  Third,  1346. 

Richard  the  Second  and 
Queen,  1399,  1394. 

Coronation  Chair  of  Edward 
the  First,   1297. 

Coronation  Chair  made  for 
Marv,  Wife  of  William  the 
Third. 


Tomb    of 
1307. 


Edward  the    First, 
the   Con- 


Shrine  of    Edward 
fessor,  10ti5, 

Thomas  of   Woodstock,   Duke 
of  Gloucester,  1397, 

John  of   Waltham,    Bishop  of 
Salisbury,  1388. 

Pavement  laid  down  in  1250. 


10 


13 


u        LsJ   LD 

jHE  first  curiosity  that  commands  your  reverence  is  the 
ancient  venerable  shrine  of  St.  Edward,  once  the  glory 
of  England,  but  now  defaced  and  robbed  of  its  beauty, 
by  the  devotees  of  this  extreme  pious  man,  all  of  whom 
were  proud  to  possess  some  stone  or  dust  from  his  tomb.  This 
shrine  was  erected  by  Henry  III.  in  1269,  to  receive  the  remains  of 
St.  Edward,  upon  his  translation  from  the  shrine  built  by  Henry  II., 
upon  the  canonization  of  Edward,  King  of  England  (third  of  that 
name,  and  the  last  of  the  Saxon  race),  by  Pope  Alexander  III., 
in  1163,  who  caused  his  name  to  be  placed  in  the  catalogue  of 
saints,  and  issued  his  bull  to  the  Abbot  Laurentius,  and  the  Con- 
vent of  Westminster,  enjoining,  "  That  his  body  be  honoured 


CHAPEL  OF  EDWARD  THE  CONFESSOR,   LOOKING  WEST. 


CHAPEL  OF  ST.  EDWARD.  33 

"  here  on  earth,  as  his  soul  is  glorified  in  heaven."  He  died  in 
1065.  How  costly  the  shrine,  &c.,  was,  appears  by  a  record  in 
the  Tower.— Pari  Boll  5\st  of  Henry  III.  "  Henry  III.,  with 
"  consent  of  the  Abbot  and  Convent  of  Westminster,  ple&ged  the 
"  jewels  belonging  to  the  body  and  shrine  of  Edward  the  Con- 
"  fessor  to  foreigners,  being  necessitated  on  account  of  heavy 
"  emergencies ;  the  value  of  the  said  jewels  amounted  to 
"  £2,557.  45.  $d." 

On  the  south  side  of  the  shrine,  Editha,  daughter  of  Good- 
wyn,  Earl  of  Kent,  and  Queen  of  St.  Edward,  lies  interred.  The 
writers  of  those  times  commended  her  for  beauty,  learning,  pru- 
dent economy,  gentle  manners,  and  inimitable  skill  in  needle- 
work, having  wrought  with  her  own  hands  the  curious"  and 
magnificent  robes  the  King  used  to  wear  on  his  collar  days.  She 
died  at  Winchester,  Jan.  1 5, 1073.  Part  of  a  Latin  epitaph  on  this 
excellent  Princess  has  been  handed  down,  and  is  to  this  effect : — 

"  Success  ne'er  sat  exulting  in  her  eye, 
Nor  disappointment  heaved  the  troubled  sigh  ; 
Prosperity  ne'er  sadden'd  o'er  her  brow, 
While  glad  in  trouble  she  enjoyed  her  woe  : 
Beauty  ne'er  made  her  vain,  nor  sceptres  proud, 
Nor  titles  taught  to  scorn  the  meaner  crowd. 
Supreme  humility  was  awful  grace, 
And  her  chief  charm  a  bashfulness  of  face." 

Near  this  was  buried  Matilda,  Queen  of  England,  daughter 
of  Malcolm,  King  of  Scots,  and  wife  to  Henry  I.  She  died  May  1, 
1118.  This  Queen  would,  every  day  in  Lent,  walk  from  her 
palace  to  this  church  barefoot,  and  wearing  a  garment  of  hair. 
No  verse  or  stone  to  mark  the  place  of  interment  are  to  be  found. 

On  the  north  side  of  this  Chapel  is  an  ancient  tomb  of  admirable 
workmanship  and  materials,  the  panels  being  of  polished  por- 
phyry, and  the  Mosaic  work  round  them  of  gold  and  scarlet ;  at 
the  corners  of  the  table  are  twisted  pillars,  gilt  and  enamelled, 
and  the  effigy  of  Henry  III.  upon  it  is  of  gilt  brass,  finely 
executed.  He  died  in  1 272,  after  a  troublesome  reign  of  fifty-six 
years,  aged  sixty-five,  and  was  buried  by  the  Knights  Templars, 
of  whose  order  his  father  was  the  founder,  with  such  splendour, 
that  Wykes,  the  Monk,  says,  he  made  a  more  magnificent  figure 
when  dead,  than  he  had  done  while  living. — Cavalini. 

Near  that  of  Henry  III.  is  a  small  monument  in  memory  of 
Elizabeth  Tudor,  second  daughter  of  Henry  VII.,  who  died 
at  Eltham,  in  Kent,  Sept.  14th,  1495,  aged  three  years,  from 
whence  she  was  removed  in  great  funeral  pomp,  and  here  buried, 

At  the  feet  of  Henry  III.  is  an  ancient  monument  of  Eleanor. 
Queen  of  Edward  I.  On  the  sides  of  this  monument  are  engraven 
the  arms  of  Castile  and  Leon,  quarterly,  and  those  of  Fontheiu, 
hanging  on  vines  and  oak  leaves  ;  and  round  the  copper  verge  is 
embossed  this  inscription,  in  Saxon  characters  :  Icy  gist  Alianor, 
jadis  lieyne  d'Angleterre,  femme  a  Rex  Edward  Fiz.  That  is, 
Here  lies  Eleanor,  formerly   Queen  of  England,  wife  of  King 

Edward  Son the  rest  is  concealed  by  Henry  V.'s  monument. 

It  is  remarkable,  the  body  only  of  this  Queen  lies  here  interred, 


34  CHAPEL  OF  ST.  EDWARD. 

and  her  heart  in  the  choir  of  the  Friars  Predicants  in  London. 
She  died  Dec.  27,  1290.— Cavalini. 

The  chantry  of  Henry  V.  is  next,  on  each  side  of  which  are 
images  as  large  as  life,  guarding,  as  it  were,  the  staircases 
ascending  to  it.  Beneath  is  the  tomb  of  that  glorious  and  war- 
like Prince,  Henry  of  Monmouth  (so  called  from  the  place  of 
his  nativity).  On  the  upper  slab  lies  a  headless  and  other- 
wise mutilated  figure  of  the  King,  carved  in  oak,  which  was  ori- 
ginally covered  with  silver ;  the  head  appears  to  have  been  cast 
in  silver ;  but  this,  Camden  says,  "  was  gone  when  he  wrote  his 
"  Britannica,  in  the  reign  of  Elizabeth."  This  Prince  was  guilty 
of  great  extravagances  in  his  youth,  and  is  said,  with  Sir  John 
Falstaff,  to  have  belonged  to  a  gang  of  sharpers ;  yet,  upon  his 
advancement  to  the  crown  made  a  most  excellent  King,  and,  by 
the  memorable  battle  of  Agincourt,  acquired  to  himself  and  the 
English  nation  immortal  glory.  He  died  in  France,  Aug.  31, 
1422,  in  the1  thirty-fourth  year  of  his  age,  and  the  tenth  of  his 
reign.  In  the  chantry  above,  is  the  saddle,  helmet,  and  shield, 
supposed  to  have  been  used  at  Agincourt,  brought  here  at  his 
interment. — John  Anderne,  sculptor. 

The  next  is  an  ancient  tomb  to  the  memory  of  Phillippa, 
third  daughter  of  William,  Earl  of  Hainault,  and  Queen  of  Ed- 
ward HI.,  with  whom  she  lived  forty-two  years,  and  bore  him 
fourteen  children.  Harding  tells  us,  that  when  an  embassy  was 
sent  to  choose  one  of  the  Earl's  daughters,  a  certain  English 
Bishop  advised  to  choose  the  lady  with  the  largest  hips,  as  pro- 
mising a  numerous  progeny.  She  died  August  15,  1369  ;  and 
the  King,  her  husband,  bestowed  a  profusion  of  expense  in  per- 
forming her  exequies  and  erecting  her  tomb,  round  which  were 
placed  as  ornaments  the  brazen  statues  of  no  less  than  thirty 
kings,  princes,  and  noble  personages,  her  relations. 

Adjoining  to  this  is  the  tomb  of  Edward  III.,  which  is  likewise 
covered  with  a  Gothic  canopy.  On  a  table  of  grey  marble  lies  the 
GfQ.gj  of  this  Prince,  though  his  corpse  was  deposited  in  the  same 
grave  with  the  Queen's,  according  to  her  request  on  her  death-bed. 
This  tomb  was  surrounded,  like  the  former,  with  statues,  par- 
ticularly those  of  his  children,  six  of  which  remain  on  the  south 
side  of  the  tomb;  viz.,  Edward,  Joan-de-la-Tour,  Lionel,  Edmund, 
Mary,  and  William.     He  died  June  21,  1377,  aged  sixty-four. 

Here  is  likewise  a  monument  in  memory  of  Margaret, 
daughter  of  Edward  IV.,  by  Elizabeth  Woodville,  his  Queen, 
which  had  once  an  inscription  upon  it,  showing  her  name,  quality, 
and  age,  being  only  nine  months.     She  died  April  19,  1472. 

Between  the  Chairs  are  placed  the  shield  and  sword  carried 
before  Edward  III.,  in  France.  The  sword  is  seven  feet  long,  and 
weighs  eighteen  pounds. 

Under  a  large  stone,  once  finely  plated  with  brass,  lies  the 
great  Thomas  of  Woodstock,  Duke  of  Gloucester  ;  he  was 
brother  to  the  Black  Prince,  and  sixth  and  youngest  son  of  Ed- 
ward III.     He  was  murdered  at  Calais,  Sept.  8,  1397. 

Next  adjoining  to  this  is  a  tomb,  erected  to  the  memory  of 
Richard  II.  and  his  Queen ;  over  which  is  a  canopy  of  wood, 


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remarkable  for  a  curious  painting  of  the  Virgin  Mary  and  our 
Saviour  still  visible  upon  it.  This  Richard  was  son  of  Edward 
the  Black  Prince,  and  grandson  of  Edward  III.,  whom  he  suc- 
ceeded at  eleven  years  of  age.  He  was  murdered  on  St.  Valen- 
tine's day,  1399.  In  the  same  tomb  lies  his  Queen,  Anne, 
daughter  of  Charles  IV.,  and  sister  of  Wenceslaus,  Emperor  and 
King  of  Bohemia,  who  brought  him  neither  dowry  nor  issue.  She 
died  at  Shene,  June  7,  1394,  after  being  married  twelve  years. 

The  Coronation  Chairs. — The  most  ancient  of  them  was 
made  to  enclose  the  stone  (which  is  reported  to  be  Jacob's 
Pillar),  brought  with  regalia  from  Scotland,  by  Edward  I.,  and 
offered  to  St.  Edward's  shrine,  in  the  year  1297  (after  he  had 
overcome  John  Baliol,  King  of  Scots,  in  several  battles).  In  this 
chair  all  the  reigning  Sovereigns  have  been  crowned  since  Ed- 
ward I.  The  other  chair  was  made  for  Queen  Mary  II.  At  the 
coronation,  one  or  both  of  them  are  covered  with  gold  tissue,  and 
placed  before  the  altar,  behind  which  they  now  stand,  surrounded 
by  several  monarchs,  who  seem  to  guard  them  even  in  death. 

Above  those  chairs,  along  the  frieze  of  the  screen  of  this  Chapel, 
are  fourteen  legendary  sculptures,  respecting  the  Confessor.  The 
first  is  the  trial  of  Queen  Emma ;  the  next  the  birth  of  Edward  ; 
another  is  his  coronation ;  the  fourth  tells  us  how  our  saint  was 
frightened  into  the  abolition  of  the  Dean-gelt,  by  his  seeing  the 
devil  dance  upon  the  money  casks ;  the  fifth  is  the  story  of  his 
winking  at  the  thief,  who  was  robbing  his  treasure ;  the  sixth  is 
meant  to  relate  the  appearance  of  our  Saviour  to  him ;  the 
seventh  shows  how  the  invasion  of  England  was  frustrated  by 
the  drowning  of  the  Danish  King ;  in  the  eighth  is  seen  the 
quarrel  between  the  boys  Totsi  and  Harold,  predicting  their 
respective  fates;  in  the  ninth  sculpture  is  the  Confessor's  vision  of 
the  seven  sleepers  ;  the  tenth,  how  he  met  St.  John  the  Evan- 
gelist in  the  guise  of  a  pilgrim  ;  the  eleventh,  how  the  blind  were 
cured  by  their  eyes  being  washed  in  his  dirty  water ;  the  twelfth, 
how  St.  John  delivers  to  the  pilgrims  a  ring;  in  the  thirteenth 
they  deliver  the  ring  to  the  King,  which  he  had  unknowingly 
given  to  St.  John  as  an  alms,  when  he  met  him  in  the  form  of  a 
pilgrim  ;  this  was  attended  with  a  message  from  the  saint,  fore- 
telling the  death  of  the  King ;  and  the  fourteenth  shows  the 
consequential  haste  made  by  him  to  complete  his  pious  foundation. 

Before  leaving  this  Chapel  you  will  observe  a  large  plain  tomb, 
composed  of  five  slabs  of  grey  marble ;  two  make  the  sides,  two 
the  ends,  and  one  the  cover.  This  rough  unpolished  tomb 
enclosed  the  body  of  the  glorious  King  Edward  I.,  of  whom  we 
have  just  been  speaking.  He  was  son  of  Henry  III.,  and  born  at 
Westminster,  June  17, 1239,  named  Edward,  in  honour  of  St.  Ed- 
ward, his  father's  patron  and  predecessor,  and  afterwards  Long- 
shanks,  from  his  tall  and  slender  body.  He  is  called  Edward  I., 
because  he  was  the  first  of  that  name  after  the  Conquest.  He 
died  July  7,  1307,  after  a  reign  of  thirty-four  years,  and  a  life  of 
sixty-eight.  This  tomb  was  opened  in  1774,  by  permission  of 
Dr.  Thomas,  then  Dean  of  Westminster,  granted  to  the  Society  of 
Antiquaries,  a  deputation  of  whom,  with  the  Dean  attended  the 


36  CHAPEL  OF  ST.  EDWARD. 

process.  The  body  was  perfect,  having  on  two  robes,  one  of  gold 
and  silver  tissue,  and  the  other  of  crimson  velvet ;  a  sceptre  in 
each  hand,  measuring  near  five  feet ;  a  crown  on  his  head,  and 
many  jewels  ;  he  measured  six  feet  two  inches. 

Near  this  tomb  is  a  large  stone,  plated  with  brass,  to  the 
memory  of  John  of  Waltham,  the  twenty-sixth  Bishop  of  Salis- 
bury, anno  1388.  He  was  master  of  the  Rolls  in  1382,  then 
Keeper  of  the  Privy  Seal,  in  the  year  1391,  and  died  Lord  High 
Treasurer  of  England  to  Richard  II.,  in  1395. 

In  this  Chapel  was  interred  the  heart  of  Henry  d'Almade, 
son  of  Richard,  King  of  the  Romans,  brother  of  Henry  III.  He 
was  sacrilegiously  assassinated  in  the  Church  of  St.  Silvester,  at 
Viterbo,  as  he  was  performing  his  devotions  before  the  high  altar. 
Simon  and  Guido  Montford,  sons  of  Simon  de  Montford,  Earl  of 
Leicester,  were  the  assassins,  in  revenge  for  their  father's  death, 
who,  with  their  brother  Henry,  was  slain  in  the  battle  of  Evesham, 
in  fighting  against  their  lawful  sovereign.  The  picture  of  this 
murder  the  inhabitants  had  painted,  and  hung  up  in  the  church, 
where  we  are  told  it  still  remains.  This  murder  happened  in 
1270,  and  in  the  year  after  the  body  of  Henry  was  brought  to 
England,  and  buried  in  the  monastery  of  St.  Helen's ;  but  his 
heart  was  put  in  a  cup,  and  placed  near  St.  Edward's  shrine,  of 
the  removal  of  which  we  have  no  account. 

Upon  a  careful  perusal  of  the  guide-book  to  this  portion  of  the 
Abbey,  it  will  not  be  uninteresting  to  observe  that  the  bodies  of 
six  kings,  five  queens,  two  princesses,  a  duke,  and  a  bishop  are 
deposited  in  this  remarkable  receptacle  of  the  dead. 

Before  entering  the  Chapel  of  St.  John,  on  the  right  or  east 
side  of  the  door,  is  a  monument  erected  to  the  memory  of 
Jane,  daughter  and  co-heiress  of  Sir  John  Pulteney,  and  wife  of 
Sir  Clippesby  Crewe,  Knt.  She  died  Dec.  2, 1 639,  aged  twenty-nine. 

On  the  left,  or  west  side  of  the  door,  is  a  monument  to  the 
memory  of  Juliana,  only  daughter  of  Sir  Randolph  Crewe,  Knt. , 
Lord  Chief  Justice  of  England.  She  died  unmarried  April  22,1621. 

Over  the  door  is  the  monument  of  the  Right  Rev.  Dr.  Bar- 
nard, Lord  Bishop  of  Londonderry,  who  died  in  London, 
January  10,  1768,  aged  seventy-two,  and  was  here  buried. 


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8.  O.  Huthall,  Kishopof  Durham,  1524, 

9.  Thomas  Vlillyng,  Bishop  of  Hereford, 

10.  Abbot  Fascet.  ("1 192, 

11.  Mrs.  Mary  Kendall, 

12.  Cecil,  Earl  of  Exeter,  and  Lady. 


Begin  on  your  Left, 

1.  Sir  Thomas  Vaughan. 

2.  Colonel  Popham, 

3.  Carev,  Son  of  the  Earl  of  Monmouth. 
<.   Hugh  de  Bohun,  and  Mary  his  Sister, 

grandchildren  of  Edward  the  First. 

5,  Carey,  Baron  of  Hunsdon. 

6.  Countess  of  Mexborough, 

JN  the  left,  in  this  Chapel,  is  an  ancient  monument  to 
the  memory  of  Sir  Thomas  Vaughan,  Knight,  Cham- 
berlain to  Edward,  Prince  of  Wales,  and  Treasurer  of 
Edward  IV.     On  the  top  are  the  mutilated  remains  of 
a  brass  plate  of  the  Knight. 

Next  to  this,  proceeding  on  your  left  hand,  is  a  monument  to 
the  memory  of  Colonel  Edward  Popham.  an  officer  in  Oliver 
Cromwell's  army,  and  his  Lady.  The  inscription  on  this  monu- 
ment was  erased  at  the  Restoration,  otherwise  it  would  have  been 
removed.     He  died  at  Dover,  August  19,  1651. 

A  tablet  to  the  memory  of  Thomas  Carey,  second  son  of  the 
Earl  of  Monmouth.  He  was  gentleman  of  the  Bedchamber  to 
Charles  I. ;  and  is  said  to  have  died  of  grief,  in  1648,  at  the  age 
of  thirty-three,  for  the  unhappy  fate  of  his  Royal  Master. 

Under  this  is  a  tombstone  of  grey  marble,  to  the  memory  of 
Hugh  de  Bohun,  and  Mary,  his  sister,  grandchildren  to  Ed- 
ward I. 

The  next  monument  is  to  the  memory  of  Henry  Carey,  first 
cousin  to  Queen  Elizabeth,  created  Baron  of  Hunsdon,  in  Hert- 
fordshire, in  1558;  was  some  time  Governor  of  Berwick,  Lord 
Chamberlain  to  Queen  Elizabeth,  Privy  Councillor  and  Knight 
of  the  Garter;  but  not  being  preferred  as  he  expected,  he  laid 
the  disappointment  so  much  to  heart,  that  he  languished  for  a 
long  time  on  a  sick  bed,  at  which  the  Queen  being  moved  too 
late,  created  him  an  Earl,  and  ordered  the  patent  and  robes  to  be 
laid  before  him,  but  without  effect.  He  died  July  23, 1596,  aged 
seventy-two. 

In  the  middle  of  the  Chapel  is  the  tomb  of  Thomas  Cecil, 
Earl  of  Exeter,  Baron  Burleigh,  Knight  of  the  Garter,  and  Privy 


38  CHAPEL  OF   ST.  JOHN. 

Councillor  to  James  I. ;  whereon  is  his  effigy,  with  a  lady  on  his 
right  side,  and  a  vacant  space  on  his  left  for  another.  He  died 
February  7,  1622.  The  lady  on  his  right  side  is  Dorothy  Nevil, 
his  first  wife,  daughter  and  co-heiress  of  the  Noble  Lord  Latimer, 
who  died  May  22,  1608 ;  and  the  vacant  space  was  left  for  his 
second  wife,  Frances  Bridget,  of  the  noble  family  of  Chandos ; 
but  as  the  right  side  Was  taken  up,  she  gave  express  orders,  by 
her  will,  not  to  place  her  effigy  on  his  left;  notwithstanding  which, 
they  are  all  buried  together  in  one  vault,  as  the  inscription  ex- 
presses.    She  died  in  1 663. 

In  the  corner  to  the  left  is  a  tablet : — "  Sacred  to  the  memory 
"  of  the  Right  Hon.  Elizabeth,  Countess  of  Mexborough,  who 
"  departed  this  life  June  7,  in  the  year  of  our  Lord  1821,  aged 
"  fifty-nine.  Her  afflicted  husband,  John,  Earl  of  Mexborough, 
"hath  erected  this  monument  to  her  memory,  in  token  of  his 
"  deep  sorrow  for  her  loss,  and  of  his  sincere  love  and  affection." 

William  of  Colchester,  Abbot  of  Westminster,  who  died  in 
the  year  1420,  has  also  an  ancient  stone  monument  in  this  chapel, 
whereon  lies  his  effigy,  properly  habited,  the  head  supported  by 
an  angel,  the  feet  by  a  lamb. 

Thomas  Ruthall,  made  Bishop  of  Durham  by  Henry  VIII. 
He  had  been  a  Secretary  of  State  to  Henry  VII.,  and  was  by 
Henry  VIII.  made  a  Privy  Councillor,  and  sent  on  several  em- 
bassies abroad.    He  died,  immensely  rich,  in  1524. 

A  third  is  that  of  George  Fascet,  Abbot  of  Westminster, 
in  the  time  of  Henry  VII.,  of  whom  we  can  find  nothing  ma- 
terial.    He  died  in  the  year  1500. 

On  this  monument  stands  the  stone  coffin  of  Thomas  Milltng, 
Bishop  of  Hereford,  some  time  Abbot  of  Westminster,  and  Privy 
Councillor  to  Edward  I V.,  who  died  in  1492. 

Facing  you  is  a  monument  to  the  memory  of  Mrs.  Mart  Ken- 
dall, daughter  of  Thomas  Kendall,  Esq.,  and  of  Mrs.  Mary 
Hallett,  his  wife,  of  Killigarth,  in  Cornwall,  who  died  in  her 
thirty-third  year.  Her  many  virtues,  as  her  epitaph  sets  forth, 
"  rendered  her  every  way  worthy  of  that  close  union  and  friend- 
"  ship  in  which  she  lived  with  Lady  Catherine  Jones ;  and  in 
"  testimony  of  which,  she  desired  that  even  their  ashes,  after  death, 
"  might  not  be  divided,  and  therefore  ordered  herself  here  to  be 
"  interred,  where  she  knew  that  excellent  lady  designed  one  day 
**  to  rest  near  the  grave  of  her  beloved  and  religious  mother, 
"  Elizabeth,  Countess  of  Ranelagh.  She  was  born  at  Westminster, 
"  November  8,  1677,  and  died  at  Epsom,  March  4,  1710." 

Above  is  a  monument  to  Esther  de  la  Tour  de  Gouvernet, 
the  Lord  Eland's  lady.  The  inscription  is  in  Latin  and  English, 
and  contains  an  encomium  on  her  many  excellent  virtues.  She 
died  in  1694,  aged  twenty-eight. — Nadaud,  sculptor. 


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SBsptxst* 

JN  the  middle  of  this  Chapel  formerly  stood  the  monu- 
ment of  Abbot  Islip  ;  it  consisted  of  a  ground  plinth, 
or  basement,  on  which  was  an  alabaster  statue  of  the 
Abbot,  who  was  represented  as  a  skeleton  in  a  shroud 
or  winding  sheet.  Over  this  was  a  canopy,  on  which  was  an- 
ciently a  fine  painting  of  our  Saviour  on  the  Cross,  destroyed 
by  the  Puritans  in  Cromwell's  time,  who  were  enemies  to  every- 
thing that  favoured  Popish  idolatry,  though  ever  so  masterly. 
Islip  was  a  great  favourite  with  Henry  VII. ,  and  was  employed 
by  him  in  decorating  his  new  chapel,  and  in  repairing  and 
beautifying  the  whole  Abbey.  He  dedicated  his  own  chapel  to 
St.  John  the  Baptist,  and  died  May  12,  1532,  and  was  buried  in 
his  own  chapel. 

.On  the  right  is  the  tomb  of  Sir  Christopher  Hatton,  and 
his  Lady,  in  reclining  attitudes  on  cushions.  Sir  Christopher  died 
September  10, 1619  ;  and  his  widow  erected  this  memorial  of  his 
virtues  and  of  their  own  affectionate  union. 

On  the  left,  opposite  the  Chapel  of  Islip,  are  two  very  ancient 
monuments  of  Knights  Templars.  The  first,  that  of  Edmund 
Crouchback,  son  of  Henry  III.,  so  called,  as  some  affirm,  from 
the  deformity  of  his  person  ;  but  according  to  others  from  his 
attending  his  brother  in  the  holy  wars,  where  they  wore  a  crouch 
or  cross  on  their  shoulders  as  a  badge  of  Christianity.  From  this 
Prince  the  House  of  Lancaster  claimed  their  right  to  the  crown. 
On  the  base,  towards  the  area,  are  the  remains  of  ten  knights, 
armed,  with  banners,  surcoats  of  armour  and  cross-belted,  repre- 
senting, undoubtedly,  his  expedition  to  the  Holy  Land,  the  number 
exactly  corresponding  with  what  Matthew  Paris  reports,  namely, 
Edward  and  his  brother,  four  Earls,  and  four  Knights,  of  whom 
some  are  still  discoverable,  particularly  the  Lord  Roger  Clifford, 
as  were  formerly,  in  Waverley's  time,  William  de  Valence,  and 
Thomas  de  Clare. 

The  next  ancient  monument  is  to  the  memory  of  Aymer  de 
Valence,  second  and  last  Earl  of  Pembroke  of  this  family  ;  he 
was  third  son  of  William  de  Valence,  Earl  of  Pembroke,  "whom 
"  he  succeeded  in  his  estates  and  honours.  He  was  employed  in 
"  the  Scottish  wars  in  the  reigns  of  Edward  I.  and  II.  Edward  II., 
"  in  1314,  appointed  him  general  of  all  his  forces  from  the  Trent 
"  to  Roxborough.  He  was  appointed  to  attend  Isabel,  the  Queen 
u  Mother,  to  France,  and  there  murdered,  on  June  23rd,  1323." 
The  Countess  of  Lancaster's  tomb  is  seen  from  the  choir,  but 
from  this  part  is  hid  by  the  monument  of  Lord  Ligonier;  it  is 
canopied  with  an  ancient  Gothic  arch,  the  sides  of  which  were 
decorated  with  vine  branches  in  relief,  the  roof  within  springing 
into  many  angles,  under  which  lay  the  image  of  a  lady,  in  an 
antique  dress,  her  feet  resting  upon  lions,  and  her  head  on  pillars, 
supported  by  angels  on  each  side.  This  monument  covered^the 
remains  of  Aveline,  Countess  of  Lancaster,  daughter  of  William 
de  Fortibus,  Earl  of  Albemarle  and  Holdernesse,  by  Isabella 

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40  CHAPEL  OF  ISLIP. 

daughter  and  heiress  of  Baldwin,  Earl  of  Devon.  This  lady 
married  Edmund,  Earl  of  Lancaster,  son  of  Henry  III.,  but  died 
the  very  year  of  her  marriage,  Nov.  4,  1293. 

On  the  right  is  a  monument  to  the  memory  of  General  Wolfe, 
who  was  killed  at  the  siege  of  Quebec,  1759.  He  is  represented 
falling  into  the  arms  of  a  grenadier,  with  his  right  hand  over  the 
mortal  wound  :  the  grenadier  is  pointing  to  Glory  in  the  form  of 
an  angel  in  the  clouds,  holding  forth  a  wreath  ready  to  crown 
him,  whilst  a  Highland  sergeant  looks  sorrowfully  on  :  two  lions 
watch  at  his  feet.  The  inscription  as  follows  : — 4'  To  the  memory 
"  of  James  Wolfe,  Major  General  and  Commander-in-Chief  of 
"  the  British  Land  Forces  on  an  expedition  against  Quebec,  who, 
"  after  surmounting,  by  ability  and  valour,  all  obstacles  of  art 
"  and  nature,  was  slain  in  the  moment  of  victory,  on  the  13th  of 
"  September.  1759,  the  King  and  the  Parliament  of  Great  Britain 
u  dedicate  this  monument." — Wilton,  sculptor. 

On  the  right  hand  wall,  side  of  Wolfe,  is  a  monument  to  the 
memory  of  Bishop  Duppa,  tutor  to  Charles  II.,  a  man  of  such 
exemplary  piety,  lively  conversation,  and  excess  of  good  nature, 
that  when  Charles  I.  was  a  prisoner  in  Carisbrooke  Castle,  he 
thought  himself  happy  in  the  company  of  so  good  a  man.  He 
was  born  at  Greenwich,  and  educated  first  at  Westminster  School, 
and  then  at  Christ  Church  College,  Oxford,  of  which  he  was 
afterwards  Dean  ;  and  being  selected  for  the  Preceptor  to  the 
then  Prince  of  Wales,  was  first  made  Bishop  of  Chichester,  from 
thence  translated  to  Salisbury,  nnd  after  the  Restoration  to  the 
See  of  Winchester.  He  died  March  26, 1 622,  in  the  seventy-fourth 
year  of  his  age. — Burman,  sculptor. 

Beneath  is  a  tablet,  "  Sacred  to  the  memory  of  John  Theo- 
"  philus  Berfsford,  eldest  son  of  Marcus  Beresford,  and  the 
"  Lady  Frances,  his  wife,  Lieutenant  in  the  eighty-eighth  regi- 
"  ment  of  foot,  who  died  in  the  twenty-first  year  of  his  age,  at 
"  Villa  Formosa,  in  Spain,  of  wounds  received  from  the  exploding 
"  of  a  powder  magazine,  at  Ciudad  Rodrigo,  after  he  had  passed 
"  unhurt  through  eight  days  of  voluntary  service,  of  the  greatest 
"  danger  during  the  siege,  for  which  he  received  the  thanks  of 
"  the  Commander-in-Chief.  Brave  and  zealous  in  his  military 
"  duties,  animated  by  a  strong  feeling  of  piety  to  God,  and  dis- 
"  tinguished  by  his  ardent  filial  affection  and  duty  towards  a 
"  widowed  mother,  he  has  left  to  her  the  recollection  of  his 
"  rising  virtues  as  her  only  consolation  under  the  irreparable 
"  loss  she  has  sustained  by  his  death.  Born,  Jan.  16,  1792,  and 
"  died  Jan.  29,  1812  ;  interred  with  military  honours,  in  the  fort 
"  of  Almeida. — '  Yea,  speedily  was  he  taken  away,  lest  that  wicked- 
"  ness  should  alter  his  understanding,  or  deceit  beguile  his  soul* — 
"  Wisdom  of  Solomon,  chap,  iv.,  verse  1 1." —  Westmacott,  sculptor. 

Next  to  this  is  a  tablet  to  the  memory  of  Sir  James  Adol- 
phus  Oughton,  Commander-in-Chief  of  his  Majesty's  forces  in 
North  Britain.  The  inscription  is  a  recital  of  his  military  em- 
ployments, and  a  record  of  his  death,  which  took  place  April  14, 
1780,  in  the  sixty-first  year  of  his  age. — Hayward,  sculptor. 

On  the  floor  is  the  image  of  an  Abbot  in  his  mass  habit, 


CHAPEL  OF  ST.  JOHN,  ETC.  4i 

curiously  engraved  on  brass,  representing  John  be  Eastney, 
who  died  March  4,  1498.  By  the  records  of  the  Church  he 
appears  to  have  been  a  great  benefactor  to  it ;  he  ornamented  the 
grand  west  window  with  some  noble  paintings  on  glass  of  which 
some  little  still  remains.  He  gave  the  screen  to  the  Chapel,  and 
presented  two  images  gilt  for  the  altar  of  St.  Peter  and  St.  Paul, 
and  one  for  the  chapter  house.  He  paid  the  King  1,000/.  on 
account  of  the  merchants,  and  3,700/.  to  the  Court  of  Rome,  du« 
for  the  confirmation  of  abbots. 

A  little  to  the  left,  on  another  gravestone,  plated  with  brass,  is 
the  figure  of  an  armed  Knight,  resting  his  feet  on  a  lion,  and  his 
head  on  a  greyhound,  which,  as  the  register  informs  us,  represents 
Sir  John  Harpedon,  Knight,  who  died  in  1457. 

Adjoining  this  is  a  gravestone,  on  which  have  been  the  figures, 
in  brass,  of  Thomas  Browne  and  Humphrey  Roberts,  two 
monks  of  this  Church,  who  died  in  1508. 

On  the  right  as  you  enter  the  Chapel  is  another  gravestone,  on 
which  has  been  the  effigy  of  Sir  Thomas  Parry,  Knight,  Trea- 
surer of  the  Household,  Master  of  the  Court  of  Wards  and  Liveries 
to  Queen  Elizabeth.     He  died  December  15,  1560. 


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CHAPELS    OF 

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ST.  ANDREW, 

ST.    MICHAEL, 

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1.  General  Villettes. 

2.  General  Sir  Charles  Stuart. 

3.  Two  Sons  of  General  Forbes. 

4.  Admiral  Kempenfelt. 

5.  Earl  and  Countess  of  Mountrath. 

6.  Admiral  Totty. 

7.  Earl  and  Countess  of  Kerry. 

8.  Mr.  Telford. 

9.  Dr.  Baillie. 

10.  Miss  Davidson. 

11.  Dr.  Young. 

12.  Lord  and   Lady   Norris  and 

Family. 

13.  Mrs  Ann  Kirton. 

14.  Sarah,  Duchess  of  Somerset. 

15.  Nightingale  Family. 

16.  Admiral  Sir  George  Pocock. 

17.  Sir  George  Holies,  son  of  Sir 

Francis  Vere. 

18.  Captain  Edward  Cook. 

19.  Sir  Humphry  Davy. 

20.  Sir  Francis  Vere. 


CHAPELS  OF  ST.  JOHN, 

g<UKNING  round  on  your  right  is  an  unique  monument 


to  the  memory  of  Sir  Francis  Vere,  a  gentleman  of 
the  first  reputation,  both  for  learning  and  arms,  "one 
r/usi  u  Qf  tjle  most  accomplished  soldiers  of  Queen  Elizabeth's 
"  reign,  having  the  command  of  the  auxiliary  troops  in  the 
"  Dutch  service,  nearly  twenty  years.,,  He  died  August  28, 
1608,  in  the  fifty-fourth  year  of  his  age.  Loose  armour  is  repre- 
sented being  supported  by  four  armed  knights. 

On  the  back  of  General  Wolfe's  monument  is  a  tablet  to  the 
memory  of  Sir  Humphrey  Davy,  Bart.,  distinguished  throughout 
the  world  "  by  his  discoveries  in  chemical  science  ;  President  of 
"  the  Royal  Society;  Member  of  the  National  Institute  of  France. 
"  Born  17th  December,  1778,  at  Penzance.  Died  29th  May,  1829, 
"  at  Geneva,  where  his  remains  are  interred." 

A  monument  is  here  erected,  by  the  East  India  Company,  as  a 
grateful  testimony  to  the  value  and  eminent  services  of  Captain 
Edward  Cooke,  Commander  of  his  Majesty's  ship  Sybille,  who 
on  the  1st  of  March,  1799,  after  a  long  and  well-contested  en- 
gagement, captured  La  Forte,  a  French  frigate  of  very  superior 
force,  in  the  Bay  of  Bengal ;  an  event  not  more  splendid  in  its 
achievement,  than  important  in  its  result  to  the  British  trade  in 
India.  He  died  in  consequence  of  the  severe  wounds  he  received 
in  this  memorable  action,  on  the  23rd  of  May,  1799,  aged  twenty- 
seven. — Bacon,  sculptor. 

The  next  is  a  monument  to  the  memory  of  Sir  George  Holles, 
nephew  of  Sir  Francis  Vere,  and  a  Major-General  under  him. 
He  died  May,  1626,  aged  fifty.  This  monument  was  erected  by 
John,  Earl  of  Clare. — Nicholas  Stone,  sculptor. 

Adjoining  is  a  monument  to  the  memory  of  Sir  George  Po- 
cock,  K.B.,  Admiral  of  the  Blue,  who  distinguished  himself  at 
the  taking  of  Geriah,  and  in  leading  the  attack  at  the  reduction 
of  Chandernagore  ;  afterwards,  with  an  inferior  force,  he  defeated 
the  French  Fleet  under  M.  D'Ache  in  three  several  engagements; 
returning  from  his  successful  career  in  the  East,  he  was  appointed 
to  command  the  fleet  upon  the  expedition  against  the  Havannah, 
by  his  united  efforts  in  the  conquest  of  which,  he  added  fresh 
laurels  to  his  own  brow,  and  a  valuable  possession  to  this  king- 
dom. A  life  so  honourable  to  himself,  and  so  endeared  to  his 
friends  and  his  family,  was  happily  extended  to  the  age  of  eighty- 
six,  and  resigned,  in  the  year  1793,  with  the  same  tranquil  and 
serene  mind  which  peculiarly  marked  and  adorned  the  whole 
course  of  it. — Bacon,  sculptor. 

A  monument  to  the  memory  of  Joseph  Gascoigne  Nightin- 
gale, and  his  Lady.  The  lady  is  represented  expiring  in  the 
arms  of  her  husband ;  beneath,  slyly  creeping  from  a  tomb,  the 
King  of  Terrors  presents  his  grim  visage,  pointing  his  unerring 
dart  to  the  dying  figure,  at  which  sight  the  husband,  suddenly 
struck  with  astonishment,  horror,  and  despair,  seems  to  clasp  her 
to  his  bosom  to  defend  her  from  the  fatal  stroke.  Inscription  : — 
"  Here  rest  the  ashes  of  Joseph  Gascoigne  Nightingale,  of  Mam- 
"  head,  in  the  county  of  Devon,  Esq.,  who  died  July  20,  1752, 
u  aged  fifty-six ;  and  of  Lady  Elizabeth,  his  wife,  daughter  and 


ST.  ANDREW,  AND  ST.  MICHAEL.  43 

"  co-heiress  of  Washington,  Earl  of  Ferrars,  who  died  August  17, 
"  1734,  aged  twenty-seven.  Their  only  son,  Washington  Gas- 
"  coigne  Nightingale,  Esq.,  in  memory  of  their  virtues,  did  by  his 
"  last  will,  order  this  monument  to  be  erected." — Roubiliac. 

Next  to  this  is  a  monument  of  note,  sacred  to  the  memory  of 
Sarah,  Duchess  of  Somerset,  relict  of  John  Seymour,  Duke  of 
Somerset,  daughter  of  Sir  Edward  Alston,  Knt.  On  the  base 
of  this  monument  are  two  charity  boys,  one  on  each  side,  bewail- 
ing the  death  of  their  benefactress,  who  is  represented  in  a  modern 
dress,  resting  upon  her  arm,  under  a  canopy  of  state,  and  looking 
earnestly  up  at  a  group  of  cherubims  issuing  from  the  clouds 
above  her.  Underneath  is  a  Latin  inscription  to  this  effect : — 
41  Here  lies  the  late  illustrious  Duchess  of  Somerset,  celebrated 
"  for  charity  and  benevolence,  who  erected  a  grammar  school  for 
"  boys  at  Tottenham,  in  Middlesex,  enlarged  the  income  of  the 
"  Green-coat  Hospital  at  Westminster,  largely  endowed  Brazenose 
"  College,  in  Oxford,  and  St.  Joints,  in  Cambridge,  for  the 
"  education  and  instruction  of  youth  in  good  piety  and  literature. 
"  She  was  likewise  an  eucourager  of  trade  and  handicrafts,  and 
44  had  a  tender  regard  to  old  age,  by  erecting  an  almshouse  at 
44  Froxfield,  in  Wiltshire,  for  thirty  widows.  She  was  very 
44  charitable  to  the  poor  of  St.  Margaret's,  Westminster,  where  she 
"  instituted  a  lecture,  and  gave  many  stately  ornaments  to  the 
"  Church."     She  died  October  25,  1692. 

Against  the  east  wall  is  a  tablet  erected  to  the  memory  of  Ann, 
wife  of  James  Kirton,  of  Castle  Carey,  Somersetshire,  Gent.  She 
died  September  7,  1603. 

Sir  Henry  Norris,  his  Lady,  and  six  sons.  He  was  ancestor 
of  the  present  Earl  of  Abingdon,  and  for  his  valour  in  the  Low 
Countries,  in  the  reign  of  Queen  Elizabeth,  was  created  Lord 
Norris  of  Ricot.  He  died  in  1601.  His  six  sons  are  represented 
kneeling  round  the  tomb  ;  viz.,  William,  John,  and  Thomas,  on 
the  south  side  ;  Henry,  Edward,  and  Maximilian,  on  the  north 
side.  On  the  south  side  of  the  canopy  in  alto-relievo  is  repre- 
sented the  march  of  an  army  of  horse,  with  an  encampment  in 
the  back  ground,  together  with  the  standard  of  the  Belgic  States, 
and  a  soldier  bearing  a  shield,  with  the  Norris's  arms.  On  the 
summit  is  a  small  statue  of  Fame. 

Up  against  the  wall  is  a  tablet  to  the  learned  Dr.  Young,  M.D. 
The  inscription  sets  forth  that  he  was  eminent  in  every  depart- 
ment of  human  learning ;  and  that,  by  abstruse  investigation  of 
letters  and  science,  he  at  length  unveiled  the  obscurity  which 
had  rested  upon  the  hieroglyphics  of  Egypt.  Died  May  10, 
1829,  in  the  fifty-sixth  year  of  his  age. — Chantrey,  sculptor. 

Next  is  a  full  length  statue  of  Mrs.  Siddons,  a  celebrated 
actress,  as  Lady  Macbeth,  in  the  Night  Scene.  Erected  by  sub- 
scription.—  Thomas  Campbell,  sculptor.  Contiguous  is  the  statue 
of  her  brother  John  Kemble,  in  the  character  of  Cato,  by 
Flaxman.  Born  at  Prescott,  Feb.  1,  1757  ;  died  at  Lausanne, 
Feb.  26,  1823. 

Here  is  also  a  very  neat  monument  to  the  memory  of  Susanna 
Jane  Davidson,  only  daughter  of  William  Davidson,  of  Rotter- 


44  CHAPELS  OF  ST.  JOHN, 

dam,  merchant,  whom  it  pleased  the  Almighty  to  visit  in  the 
bloom  of  life  with  a  lingering  disease,  of  which  she  died  at  Paris, 
January  1,  1767,  aged  twenty. —  Hayward,  sculptor. 

"  Matthew  Baillie,  Fellow  of  the  Royal  College  of  London 
"  and  Edinburgh  (born  at  Lanark,  in  Scotland),  of  the  Literary 
"  Institutions  of  Oxford  and  Glasgow,  Professor  of  Anatomy;  of 
"  great  medical  skill,  of  strict  integrity,  of  sincere  mind,  and 
"  liberal  simplicity.  This  bust  was  put  up  by  his  medical  asso- 
"  ciates.     Died  9th  of  Oct.,  1823,  aged  62."—Chantrey,  sculptor. 

A  colossal  figure  of  "Thomas  Telford,  President  of  the 
"  Institution  of  Civil  Engineers,  born  at  Glendinning,  in  Eskdale, 
"Dumfriesshire,  in  1757;  died  in  London,  1834.  The  orphan 
"  son  of  a  shepherd,  self  educated,  he  raised  himself  by  his  extra- 
"  ordinary  talents,  and  integrity,  from  the  humble  condition  of  an 
"  operative  mason,  and  became  one  of  the  most  eminent  Civil 
'*  Engineers  of  the  age.  This  marble  has  been  erected  near  the 
"  spot  where  his  remains  are  deposited,  by  the  friends  who  revered 
"  his  virtues;  but  his  noblest  monuments  are  to  be  found  amongst 
"  the  great  public  works  of  this  country.'' — Baily,  sculptor 

Near  this  is  a  marble  tomb,  which  encloses  the  body,  and  has 
a  tablet  over  it  decorated  with  a  coronet,  and  curtains  festooned, 
on  which  is  the  following  inscription : — "  To  the  affectionately- 
"  beloved  and  honoured  memory  of  Anastatia,  Countess  of 
"  Kerry,  daughter  of  the  late  Peter  Daly,  Esq.,  of  Quansbery,  in 
"  the  county  of  Galway,  in  Ireland,  who  departed  this  life  on  the 
"  9th,  and  was  deposited  here  on  the  18th  day  of  April,  1799. 
"Francis  Thomas,  Earl  of  Kerry,  died  July  4,  1818,  aged 
"  seventy-eight.  His  remains,  according  to  his  wish,  are  here 
"  deposited  in  the  same  tomb  with  his  affectionately-beloved 
"  Anastatia,  whose  loss  he  long  and  deservedly  deplored." — 
Buckham,  sculptor. 

The  next  is  a  neat  monument,  representing  a  ship  at  sea,  firing 
minute  guns  at  the  death  of  Thomas  Totty,  of  Cornist,  in  the 
county  of  Flint,  Esq.,  Rear-Admiral  in  his  Majesty's  Navy,  who 
having,  on  the  17th  November,  1801,  been  appointed  Commander- 
in-Chief  on  the  Leeward  Island  station,  was,  soon  after  his  ar- 
rival at  Martinique,  severely  attacked  by  the  malignant  fever 
peculiar  to  that  climate,  and  expired  at  sea,  on  the  2nd  of  June, 
1802,  in  the  fifty-seventh  year  of  his  age. — Bacon,  jun.,  sculptor. 

On  the  floor  is  the  stone  of  Abbot  Kirton,  which  had  several 
labels  in  black  letter  all  round  the  portrait,  which  stood  upon 
eagles  crowned,  alluding,  perhaps,  to  his  high  descent  from  the 
ancient  and  illustrious  family  of  Codilbic.  He  appears  to  have 
been  a  person  of  great  eminence.     He  died  October  3,  1466. 

The  next  monument  is  to  the  Earl  and  Countess  of  Moun- 
trath.  The  figures  represent  an  angel  lifting  the  lady  up  to  a 
vacant  seat  by  the  side  of  her  husband,  surrounded  with  cherubs, 
&c.  The  inscription  is  in  Latin,  thus  translated  : — "  Sacred  to  the 
u  memory  of  Algernon,  Earl  of  Mountrath,and  Diana,  his  Countess, 
"  who,  surviving  him,  caused  this  monument  to  be  erected  in  1771 . 
"  Thus  while  on  earth,  who  ioy  in  mutual  love, 
Beyond  the  grave  shall  find  their  joys  improve.'* 
—  Wilton,  sculptor. 


ST.  ANDREW,  AND  ST.  MICHAEL.  45 

The  next  is  to  the  memory  of  Richard  Kempenfelt,  Esq., 
Rear-Admiral  of  the  Blue,  who  was  lost  in  his  Majesty's  ship 
Royal  George,  which  overset  and  sunk  at  Spithead,  on  the  29th 
August,  1782,  by  which  fatal  event  about  nine  hundred  persons 
were  launched  into  eternity,  and  his  king  and  country  deprived 
of  the  services  of  a  great  and  meritorious  officer,  in  the  sixty -fourth 
year  of  his  age.  This  monument  was  erected  pursuant  to  the 
will  of  his  brother,  Gustavus  Adolphus  Kempenfelt,  Esq.,  who 
died  at  his  seat,  Lady-place,  Hurley,  Berkshire,  on  the  14th  of 
March,  1808,  aged  eighty-seven,  of  whose  philanthropy  and 
humanity,  his  liberal  subscriptions  and  bequests  to  most  of  the 
charitable  institutions  in  this  country,  will  be  lasting  records. — 
Bacon,  j an.,  sculptor. 

The  next  consists  of  a  delicate  female  figure,  mourning  over 
two  urns,  holding  a  scroll,  on  which  is  expressed — "  I  shall  go 
44  to  them,  but  they  shall  not  return  to  me. — 2  Sam.  xii.  23. " 
Benjamin  John  Forbes,  late  Lieutenant  in  his  Majesty's  seventy- 
fourth  regiment  of  foot ;  and  Richard  Gordon  Forbes,  late 
Lieutenant  in  the  first  regiment  of  Foot  Guards,  the  eldest  sons  of 
Lieutenant- General  Gordon  Forbes,  Colonel  of  the  twenty-ninth 
regiment  of  foot,  and  Margaret,  his  wife,  eldest  daughter  of  the 
late  Benjamin  Sullivan,  Esq.,  of  Dromenagh,  in  the  county  of 
Cork  ;  both  of  whom  fell  in  the  service  of  their  king  and  country, 
deeply  regretted  by  their  regiments  and  the  detachments  of  the 
army  in  which  they  served.  The  former  at  the  assault  of  Kist- 
nagherry,  in  the  East  Indies,  12th  November,  1791,  aged  nineteen 
years ;  the  latter  near  Alkmaar,  in  North  Holland,  the  19th  of 
September,  1 799,  aged  twenty  years.  This  monument,  no  less  a  tri- 
bute of  justice  to  exemplary  merit,  than  a  record  of  the  tenderest 
parental  sense  of  filial  piety,  is  erected  and  dedicated  a.d.  1803. 
— Bacon,  jun.,  sculptor, 

A  third,  to  the  memory  of  General  Stuart,  having  a  fine 
medallion  of  him ;  the  Latin  inscription  is  to  the  following  pur- 
port : — "In  memory  of  a  man  truly  noble,  the  Honourable  Sir 
44  Charles  Stuart,  Knight  of  the  Bath,  fourth  son  of  John,  Earl 
4*  of  Bute,  who  began  his  military  career  in  America ;  and  was 
44  afterwards  sent,  during  the  raging  of  the  war  with  France, 
44  Commander-in-Chief  against  Corsica  and  Minorca,  both  which 
"  he  happily  subdued.  He  was  again  called  forth,  agreeably  to 
u  the  wishes  of  all  good  men,  and  already  destined,  by  the  favour 
"  of  his  Sovereign,  to  greater  appointments,  but  died  at  Richmond, 
4'  in  the  year  of  our  Lord  1801,  aged  forty-seven,  leaving  the 
44  public,  as  well  as  his  friends,  to  deplore,  and  that  deeply,  the  loss 
4 '  of  so  great  a  man,  on  whose  extraordinary  talents,  military  con- 
11  duct,  and  approved  valour,  whether  dangers  were  to  be  averted, 
11  or  her  wrongs  avenged,  his  country  could  at  all  times  rely  with 
4<  the  greatest  security  and  confidence.,, — Nollekens,  sculptor. 

The  last  in  this  Chapel  is  one  to  the  memory  of  Lieutenant- 
General  William  Anne  Villettes,  second  son  of  Arthur 
Villettes,  Esq.,  his  late  Majesty's  Minister  Plenipotentiary  at  the 
Court  of  Turin,  and  Helvetic  Cantons,  who  died  near  Port  An- 
tonio, on  the  13th  July,  1808,  aged  fifty-four  years. 


46  NORTH  TRANSEPT, 

"  The  sculptur'd  marble  shall  dissolve  in  dust, 
And  fame,  and  wealth,  and  honour  pass  away  ; 
Not  such  the  triumphs  of  the  good  and  just, 
Not  such  the  glories  of  eternal  day." 

W.  Cartwright,  T.  Bowdler,  J.  Cazenove,  have  erected  this  tablet 
as  a  tribute  of  friendship. — Sir  Richard  Westmacott,  sculptor. 

At  the  north  end  of  this  Chapel  is  an  elegant  painted  window, 
representing  St.  Cecilia  playing  upon  an  organ,  accompanied  by 
three  angels,  in  memory  of  Mr.  Vincent  Novello,  by  Lavers 
and  Barraud.     Born  1781  ;  died  1861. 

Opposite  to  you,  on  leaving  this  Chapel,  is  the  monument  to 
the  memory  of  Field-Marshal  Lord  Ligonier,  which  has  a 
striking  likeness  of  his  Lordship,  in  profile,  and  the  medallions  of 
Queen  Anne,  George  L,  II.,  and  III.,  under  whom  his  Lordship 
served.  The  inscription  is  only  a  recital  of  his  titles  and  places, 
his  age  ninety-two,  and  his  death  the  28th  of  April,  1770.  On  the 
scroll  held  by  History,  is  the  following  list  of  battles : — Schel- 
lenberg,  Blenheim,  Ramilies,  Oudinarde,  Taniere,  Malplaquet, 
Dettingen,  Fountenoy,  Rocoux,  and  Laffeldt. — Moore,  sculptor. 


3Bnrt{r  foirapt 

|  ASSING  through  the  gate,  immediately  on  your  right  is 
p  a  pedestal  of  rich  grey  marble,  on  which  is  placed  a 
1  statue  of  the  late  Right  Honourable  Sir  Robert  Peel, 
Bart.,  represented  in  the  costume  of  a  Roman  Orator,  in 
the  act  of  addressing  the  Commons  House  of  Parliament, 
where  he  had  so  greatly  distinguished  himself  for  a  period  of 
more  than  thirty  years  ;  and  although  past  the  middle  age  of  life, 
the  death  of  this  great  statesman  may  be  considered  as  premature, 
he  having  been  thrown  from  his  horse  while  riding  up  Constitu- 
tion-hill, which  caused  his  death  in  a  few  days  afterwards,  viz., 
on  the  2nd  day  of  July,  1850. — Sculptured  by  Gibson,  at  Rome. 

Sir  Gilbert  Lort. — This  monument  is  chiefly  ornamented 
with  cherubs  and  family  arms,  and  is  inscribed  to  the  memory  of 
Sir  Gilbert  Lort,  of  Stockpole,  in  Pembrokeshire,  Bart.,  by  his 
sister,  Dame  Elizabeth  Campbell,  relict  of  Sir  Alexander  Camp- 
bell, of  Calder,  in  Scotland,  Bart.  Sir  Gilbert  died  Sept.  19,  1698, 
in  his  twenty-eighth  year.  She  died  Sept.  28,  1714,  in  her  forty- 
ninth  year. 

Above  is  a  small  monument,  consisting  of  a  bust  and  naval 
ornaments,  to  the  memory  of  John  Storr,  Esq.,  of  Hilston,  in 
the  count  of  York,  Rear- Admiral  of  the  Red  Squadron  of  his 
Majesty's  Fleet.  He  was  born  Aug.  18,  1709  ;  died  Jan.  10, 
1783,  and  interred  near  this  place. — Tyler,  sculptor. 

A  small  tablet,  up  high,  with  an  inscription  in  Latin  to  the 
following  effect: — "William  Vincent,  D.D.,  Dean  of  this  Col- 
"  legiate  Church,  caused  this  tablet  to  be  erected  a  perpetual 
*  monument  of  his  affection.  Sacred  to  the  memory  of  Hannah, 
"  his  most  beloved  wife  ;  the  fondest  and  most  prudent  mother, 
"  handsome  without  pride,  pleasant  without  levity,  a  good  Chris- 
"  tian  without  superstition  ;  descended  from  a  respectable  family 


NORTH  TRANSEPT.  47 

"  of  the  Wyatts,  of  Whichwood,  in  Oxfordshire,  daughter  of 
"  George  Wyatt  and  Hannah  Wood.  Born  August  3,  1735  ; 
"married  August  15,  1771;  died  Feb.  17,  1 807. "—  Gayfere, 
sculptor. 

Admiral  Sir  Peter  Warren.— The  back  ground  is  a  large 
flag  spreading  in  natural  folds  behind  the  whole  monument; 
before  it  is  a  fine  figure  of  Hercules,  placing  Sir  Peter's  bust  on  its 
pedestal ;  and  on  the  other  side  is  the  figure  of  Navigation,  with 
a  laurel  wreath  in  her  hand,  gazing  on  the  bust  with  a  look  of 
melancholy,  mixed  with  admiration.  Behind  her  a  cornucopia 
pours  out  fruit,  corn,  &c,  and  by  it  a  cannon,  an  anchor,  and 
other  decorations.  The  inscription  is  as  follows  : — "  Sacred  to  the 
"  memory  of  Sir  Peter  Warren,  Knight  of  the  Bath,  Vice- Admiral 
"  of  the  Red  Squadron  of  the  British  Fleet,  and  Member  of  Par- 
"  liament  for  the  city  and  liberty  of  Westminster.  He  derived  his 
"  descent  from  an  ancient  family  in  Ireland  ;  his  fame  and  honours 
"  from  his  virtues  and  abilities.  How  eminently  these  were  dis- 
"  played,  with  what  vigilance  and  spirit  they  were  executed,  in  the 
"  various  services  wherein  he  had  the  honour  to  command,  and 
"  the  happiness  to  conquer,  will  be  more  properly  recorded  in  the 
"  annals  of  Great  Britain.  On  this  tablet,  Affection  with  truth 
"  must  say,  that,  deservedly  esteemed  in  private  life,  and  uni. 
"  versally  renowned  for  his  public  conduct,  the  judicious  and 
"  gallant  officer  possessed  all  the  amiable  qualities  of  the  friend, 
u  the  gentleman,  and  Christian ;  but  the  Almighty,  whom  alone 
"  he  feared,  and  whose  gracious  protection  he  had  often  expe- 
"  rienced,  was  pleased  to  remove  him  from  a  life  of  honour  to  an 
"  eternity  of  happiness,  on  the  29th  of  July,  1752,  in  the  forty- 
"  ninth  year  of  his  age." — Roubiliac,  sculptor. 

Grace  Scott. — Affixed  to  the  adjoining  pillar  is  a  neat  tablet, 
on  which  is  this  inscription : — "  Grace,  eldest  daughter  of  Sir 
"  Thomas  Mauleverer,  of  Alterton  Mauleverer,  in  Yorkshire,  Bart., 
"  born  1622,  married  to  Colonel  Scott,  a  member  of  the  Honour- 
"  able  House  of  Commons,  1644,  and  died  February  24,  1645  : 

•'He  that  will  give  my  Grace  but  what  is  hers, 
Must  say  her  death  has  not 
Made  only  her  dear  Scott, 
But  Virtue,  Worth,  and  Sweetness,  widowers." 

Above,  is  a  little  tablet  to  the  memory  of  Clement  Saun- 
ders, Esq.,  Carver  in  ordinary  to  Charles  II.,  James  II.,  and 
William  III,  son  of  Sir  W.  Saunders,  Knight,  of  the  county  of 
Northampton.    Died  August  10,  1695,  aged  eighty-four. 

Sir  John  Malcolm. — His  figure  is  in  full  uniform,  on  a 
pedestal. — "In  memory  of  Major-General  Sir  John  Malcolm, 
"  G.C.B.,  &c,  born  at  Burnfoot  of  Eske,  Dumfriesshire,  1769,  died 
"  in  London,  1833,  employed  confidentially  in  those  important 
"  wars  and  negociations  which  established  British  supremacy  in 
"  India,  By  the  indefatigable  and  well  directed  exertions  of  those 
"  extraordinary  mental  and  physical  powers  with  which  Provi- 
"  dence  had  endowed  him,  he  became  alike  distinguished  as  a 
"  statesman,  a  warrior,  and  a  man  of  letters;  disinterested,  liberal, 
"  and  hospitable  ;  warm  in  his  affections,  and  frank  in  his  man- 


48  NORTH  TRANSEPT. 

"  ners ;  the  admirer  and  patron  of  merit.  No  less  zealous  during 
"  the  whole  of  his  arduous  and  eventful  career,  for  the  welfare  of 
"  the  natives  of  the  East,  than  for  the  services  of  his  own  country, 
"  his  memory  is  cherished  by  grateful  millions ;  his  fame  lives  in 
44  the  history  of  nations.  This  statue  has  been  erected  by  the 
"  friends  whom  he  had  acquired  by  his  splendid  talents,  eminent 
"  public  services,  and  private  virtues." — Chantrey,  sculptor, 

William  Cavendish,  Duke  of  Newcastle. — This  monument 
is  a  stately  piece  of  architecture.  Under  a  rich  canopy  of  state,  lie 
in  a  cumbent  posture,  on  a  double  mat,  "the  loyal  Duke  of  New- 
"  castle  (as  the  inscription  beneath  sets  forth),  and  his  Duchess, 
"  his  second  wife,  by  whom  he  had  no  issue  ;  her  name  was  Mar- 
44  garet  Lucas,  youngest  sister  of  Lord  Lucas,  of  Colchester,  a 
44  noble  family  ;  for  all  the  brothers  were  valiant,  and  all  the  sisters 
44  virtuous.  This  Duchess  was  a  wise,  witty,  and  learned  lady, 
44  which  her  many  books  do  well  testify ;  she  was  a  most  virtuous, 
44  loving,  and  careful  wife,  and  was  with  her  Lord  all  the  time  of 
"  his  banishment  and  miseries ;  and  when  he  came  home,  never 
44  parted  from  him  in  his  solitary  retirements." — So  far  the  English 
inscription.  The  Latin  shows  farther,  4'that  he  was  Knight  of 
44  the  Bath  and  Baron  Ogle  in  right  of  his  mother  ;  Viscount 
"  Mansfield,  and  Baron  Cavendish  of  Bolsover,  Earl  of  Ogle,  Earl, 
44  Marquis,  and  Duke  of  Newcastle-upon-Tyne,  Lord  Lieutenant 
"  of  the  counties  of  Nottingham  and  Northumberland,  First  Lord 
i(  of  the  Bedchamber  to  King  James  L,  Guardian  to  Prince 
44  Charles,  Privy  Councillor,  and  Knight  of  the  most  Noble  Order 
44  of  the  Garter ;  that  for  his  fidelity  to  the  King,  he  was  made 
"  Captain-General  of  the  forces  raised  for  his  service  in  the  North, 
"  fought  many  battles,  and  generally  came  off  victorious ;  that 
44  when  the  rebels  prevailed  (being  one  of  the  first  designed  a 
44  sacrifice)  he  left  his  estate,  and  endured  a  long  exile.  By  his 
"  first  wife,  Elizabeth,  daughter  and  heiress  to  W.  Basset,  of  Staf- 
"  fordshire,  Esq.,  he  had  two  sons  and  three  daughters ;  Charles, 
44  who  died  without  issue,  and  Henry,  heir  to  his  honours  ;  Jane, 
"  married  to  C.  Cheyne,  of  Chesham,  Bucks  ;  Elizabeth,  to  John, 
44  Earl  of  Bridgewater ;  and  Frances,  to  Oliver,  Earl  of  Boling- 
44  broke.     He  died  December  25,  1676,  aged  eighty-four." 

On  the  left  is  one  to  the  memory  of  George  Canning,  born 
April  11,  1770;  died  August  8,  1827  :•—"  Endowed  with  a  rare 
44  combination  of  talents,  an  eminent  statesman,  an  accomplished 
44  scholar,  an  orator,  surpassed  by  none,  he  united  the  most  bril- 
"  liant  and  lofty  qualities  of  the  mind,  with  the  warmest  affections 
"  of  the  heart ;  raised  by  his  own  merit,  he  successfully  filled 
44  important  offices  in  the  state,  and  finally  became  first  minister 
44  of  the  Crown.  In  the  full  enjoyment  of  his  sovereign's  favour, 
44  and  of  the  confidence  of  the  people,  he  was  prematurely  cut  off, 
44  when  pursuing  a  wise  and  large  course  of  policy,  which  had  for 
44  its  object  the  prosperity  and  greatness  of  his  own  country,  while 
44  it  comprehended  the  welfare  and  commanded  the  admiration  of 
"  foreign  nations."  This  monument  was  erected  by  his  friends 
and  countrymen.  The  figure  is  on  a  pedestal,  and  represents 
him  speaking  in  the  House  of  Parliament. — Chantrey,  sculptor. 


NORTH  TRANSEPT.  49 

The  next  is  a  magnificent  monument  to  John  Holt.es,  Duke 
of  Newcastle,  whose  effigy  rests  upon  a  sarcophagus  of  darkish- 
coloured  marble,  having  in  his  right  hand  a  general's  staff,  and 
in  his  left  a  ducal  coronet.  On  one  side  of  the  base  stands  the 
statue  of  Wisdom  ;  on  the  other  of  Sincerity.  On  the  angles  of 
the  upper  compartment  sit  angels  in  no  very  meaning  attitude  ; 
and  on  the  ascending  sides  of  the  pediment  sit  cherubs,  one  with 
an  hour  glass,  alluding  to  the  admeasurement  of  man's  life  by 
grains  of  sand  ;  the  other  pointing  upwards,  where  his  life  shall 
be  no  longer  measured  by  duration.  On  the  base  of  this  monu- 
ment is  this  inscription  : — "  John  Holies,  Duke  of  Newcastle, 
44  Marquis  and  Earl  of  Clare,  Baron  Haughton,  of  Haughton,  and 
"  Knight  Companion  of  the  Most  Noble  Order  of  the  Garter, 
"  whose  body  is  here  deposited  under  the  same  roof  with  many  of 
"  his  noble  ancestors  and  relations  of  the  families  of  Vere,  Caven- 
"  dish,  and  Holies,  whose  eminent  virtues  he  inherited,  and  was 
"  particularly  distinguished  for  his  courage,  love  to  his  country, 
44  and  constancy  in  friendship,  which  qualities  he  exerted  with 
"  great  zeal  and  readiness,  whenever  the  cause  of  religion,  his 
"  country,  or  friends,  required.  In  the  reign  of  Queen  Anne  he 
"  filled  with  great  capacity  and  honour,  the  several  employments 
"  of  Lord  Keeper  of  the  Privy  Seal  and  Privy  Councillor ;  Lord 
"  Lieutenant  and  Custos  Rotulorum  of  Middlesex  and  Notting- 
44  ham,  and  of  the  county  of  the  town  of  Nottingham,  and  of  the 
"  East  and  North  Ridings  of  the  county  of  York ;  Lord  Chief 
"  Justice  in  Eyre,  north  of  Trent,  and  Governor  of  the  town  and 
44  fort  of  Kingston-upon-Hull ;  to  all  which  titles  and  honours  his 
"  personal  merit  gave  a  lustre,  that  needed  not  the  addition  of 
44  the  great  wealth  which  he  possessed.  He  was  born  January  9, 
"  1661-2,  and  died,  July  15,  1711.  He  married  the  Lady  Mar- 
44  garet,  third  daughter  and  heiress  of  Henry  Cavendish,  Duke  of 
44  Newcastle,  by  whom  he  left  issue  only  one  child,  the  Lady 
"  Henrietta  Cavendish  Holies  Harley,  who  caused  this  memorial 
44  of  him  to  be  here  erected  in  1723." — Bird,  sculptor. 

Admiral  Vernon. — On  a  pedestal  is  a  bust  of  that  gallant 
Admiral,  with  a  fine  figure  of  Fame  crowning  him  with  laurels. 
This  monument  is  elegantly  ornamented  with  naval  trophies. 
Beneath  is  the  following  inscription  : — "  Sacred  to  the  memory  of 
'*  Edward  Vernon,  Admiral  of  the  White  Squadron  of  the  British 
"  Fleet.  He  was  the  second  son  of  James  Vernon,  who  was 
"  Secretary  of  State  to  King  William  III.,  and  whose  abilities  and 
"  integrity  were  equally  conspicuous.  In  his  youth,  he  served 
44  under  the  Admirals  Shovell  and  Rook.  By  their  example  he 
44  learned  to  conquer;  by  his  own  merit  he  rose  to  command.  In 
u  the  war  with  Spain  of  1739,  he  took  the  fort  of  Porto  Bello  with 
"  six  ships — a  force  which  was  thought  unequal  to  the  attempt. 
44  For  this  he  received  the  thanks  of  both  houses  of  Parliament. 
44  He  subdued  Chagre,  and  at  Carthagena  conquered  as  far  as 
44  naval  force  could  carry  victory.  After  these  services  he  retired, 
44  without  place  or  title,  from  the  exercise  of  public,  to  the  enjoy- 
44  ment  of  private  virtue.  The  testimony  of  a  good  conscience 
44  was  his  reward — the  love  and  esteem  of  all  good  men  his  glory. 


50  NORTH  TRANSEPT. 

"  In  battle,  though  calm,  he  was  active,  and  though  intrepid, 
"  prudent ;  successful,  yet  not  ostentatious,  ascribing  the  glory  to 
"  God  ;  in  the  senate,  he  was  disinterested,  vigilant,  and  steady. 
"  On  the  30th  day  of  October,  1757,  he  died  as  he  had  lived,  the 
"  friend  of  man,  the  lover  of  his  country,  and  the  father  of  the  poor, 
"  aged  seventy-three.  As  a  memorial  of  his  own  gratitude,  and 
"  the  virtues  of  his  benefactor,  this  monument  was  erected  by  his 
"  nephew,  Francis,  Lord  Orwell,  in  1763." — Rysbrack,  sculptor. 

Sir  Charles  Wager. — On  this  elegant  monument,  the  prin- 
cipal figure  is  that  of  Fame,  holding  a  portrait  of  the  deceased  in 
relief,  which  is  supported  by  an  infant  Hercules.  The  enrichments 
are  naval  trophies,  instruments  of  war,  navigation,  &c,  and  on  the 
base,  in  relief,  is  the  representation  of  the  destroying  and  taking 
the  Spanish  galleons  in  1708  : — "  To  the  memory  of  Sir  Charles 
•'  Wager,  Knight,  Admiral  of  the  White,  First  Commissioner  of 
"  the  Admiralty,  and  Privy  Councillor:  a  man  of  great  natural 
"  talents,  who  bore  the  highest  commands,  and  passed  through 
"  the  greatest  employments,  with  credit  to  himself,  and  honour  to 
"  his  country.  He  was  in  his  private  life  humane,  temperate, 
"  just,  and  bountiful :  in  public  station,  valiant,  prudent,  wise, 
"  and  honest  ?  easy  of  access  to  all ;  plain  and  unaffected  in  his 
"  manner,  steady  and  resolute  in  his  conduct ;  so  remarkably 
"  happy  in  his  presence  of  mind,  that  no  danger  ever  discomposed 
11  him.  Esteemed  and  favoured  by  his  King,  beloved  and 
"  honoured  by  his  country,  he  died  May  24,  1743,  aged  seventy- 
i{  seven." — Scheemakers,  sculptor. 

Lord  Palme rston.  —  A  magnificent  statue,  representing  the 
distinguished  statesman  in  the  robes  of  a  knight  of  the  garter. — 
R.  Jackson. 

The  Right  Hon.  William  Pitt,  First  Earl  of  Chatham.  He  is 
represented  as  speaking  in  the  Houses  of  Parliament.  At  his  feet 
are  figures  of  Prudence  and  Fortitude  ;  below  is  a  figure  of  Britan- 
nia, with  the  trident  supported  by  Earth  and  Ocean.  On  the  base 
is  the  following  inscription  : — "  Erected  by  the  King  and  Parlia- 
ment as  a  testimony  to  the  virtues  and  ability  of  William  Pitt,  Earl 
"  of  Chatham,  during  whose  administration,  in  the  reigns  of  Geo. 
"  II.  and  III.,  Divine  Providence  exalted  Great  Britain  to  a  height 
"  of  prosperity  and  glory  unknown  to  any  former  age.  Born 
"  November  15,  1708.     Died  May  11,  1778." — Bacon,  sculptor. 

Lord  Robert  Manners,  aged  24 ;  Captain  William  Bayne, 
aged  50:  Captain  William  Blair,  aged  41.  Upon  a  rostral 
column  decorated  with  the  hulks  of  three  seventy-four  gun  ships, 
Genius  has  hung  three  medallions,  containing  the  portraits  of  the 
Captains.  Neptune  is  sitting  upon  a  sea-horse,  pointing  them  out 
as  examples  for  posterity  to  emulate,  and  worthy  of  being  recorded 
in  the  annals  of  their  country,  to  Britannia,  whose  majestic  figure, 
accompanied  with  a  resemblance  of  a  lion,  supporting  a  shield 
of  the  arms  of  Great  Britain,  is  standing  on  the  opposite  side  be- 
holding them  with  a  fixed  countenance,  expressive  of  sorrow; 
while  Fame  is  standing  upon  the  top  of  the  column,  with  a  wreath 
of  laurel  to  crown  Lord  Robert  Manners,  Captains  Bayne  and 
Blair,  who  were  mortally  wounded  in  the  course  of  the  naval  en- 


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gagements  under  the  command  of  Admiral  Sir  George  Brydges 
Rodney,  on  the  9th  and  12th  of  April,  1782.  In  memory  of  their 
services,  the  King  and  Parliament  of  Great  Britain  caused  this 
monument  to  be  erected.  The  basement  is  adorned  with  different 
naval  implements,  the  whole  highly  executed  by  Mr.  Nollekens. 

In  front  of  this  monument  is  a  highly  polished  slab  under  which 
lie  the  remains  of  Lord  Palmerston.  Died  Oct.  18,  1865,  aged 
81.     And  Lady  Palmerston.     Died  Sept.  11,  1869. 

Near  this  spot  lie  the  remains  of  the  Marquis  of  Londonderry, 
Pitt,  Wilberforce,  Canning,  Fox,  and  Grattan. 

The  next  monument  consists  of  a  fine  statue,  full  life  size  :  in 
one  hand  is  placed  a  scroll,  on  which  is  inscribed,  "  Peace  of 
"  Paris,  1814 ;"  the  other  supporting  the  Robes  of  the  Garter. 
The  pedestal  bears  the  following  inscription  : — "  This  statue  is 
"  erected  to  the  memory  of  Robert,  second  Marquis  of  London- 
"  deny  and  Viscount  Castlereagh,  K.G.  Born  a.d.  1769  ;  died 
"  Aug.  12th,  1822.  History  will  record  the  success  and  splen- 
44  dour  of  his  public  career  during  a  period  of  unexampled  diffi- 
"  culty  in  the  annals  of  Europe,  in  which  he  successively  filled 
"  the  highest  offices  under  the  Crown  ;  and  Ireland  will  never 
"  forget  the  statesman  of  the  Legislative  Union.  This  tribute  to 
"  the  best  of  brothers  and  friends  is  placed  in  Westminster  Abbey 
"  by  Charles  William  Vane,  third  Marquis  of  Londonderry." — 
J,  Evan  Thomas,  sculptor. 

Lord  Mansfield's  monument : — 

"  Here  Murray,  long  enough  his  country's  pride, 
Is  now  no  more  than  Tully  or  than  Hyde." 

Foretold  by  Pope,  and  fulfilled  in  the  year  1793,  when  William, 
Earl  of  Mansfield,  died  full  of  years  and  of  honours  :  of  honours 
he  declined  many  ;  those  which  he  accepted  were  the  following  : — 
He  was  appointed  Solicitor-General,  1742  ;  Attorney-General, 
1754;  Lord  Chief  Justice  and  Baron  Mansfield,  1756;  Earl  of 
Mansfield,  1776.  From  the  love  which  he  bore  to  the  place  of 
his  early  education,  he  desired  to  be  buried  in  this  Cathedral 
(privately),  and  would  have  forbidden  that  instance  of  human 
vanity,  the  erecting  a  monument  to  his  memory;  but  a  sum,  which, 
with  the  interest,  has  amounted  to  £2,500,  was  left  for  that  purpose 
by  A.Bailey,  Esq.,  of  Lyon's  Inn,  which,  at  least  well-meant, mark 
of  esteem  he  had  no  previous  knowledge  or  suspicion  of,  and  had 
no  power  to  prevent  being  executed.  He  was  the  fourth  son  of 
David,  fifth  Viscount  Stormont,  and  married  the  Lady  Elizabeth 
Finch,  daughter  to  Daniel,  Earl  of  Nottingham,  by  whom  he  had 
no  issue ;  born  at  Scone,  2nd  March,  1704  ;  died  at  Kenwood, 20th 
March,  1793.  The  Earl  is  represented  sitting  on  a  seat  of  judg- 
ment ;  on  his  right  hand  Justice  holds  the  statera,  or  balance, 
equally  poised  ;  on  his  left  hand  Wisdom  opens  the  book  of  Law. 
Between  the  statues  of  Wisdom  and  Justice,  is  a  trophy  composed 
of  the  Earl's  family  arms,  surmounted  by  the  coronet,  the  mantle 
of  honour,  the  fasces,  or  rods  of  justice,  and  curtana,  or  sword  of 
mercy.  On  the  back  of  the  chair  is  the  Earl's  motto — Uni  Mquus 
Virtuti — "  Equal  to  Virtue  only,"  enclosed  in  a  crown  of  laurel : 
under  it  is  a  figure  of  Death,  as  represented  by  the  ancients — a 


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beautiful  youth  leaning  on  an  extinguished  torch:  on  each  side 
of  the  figure  of  Death  is  a  funeral  altar,  finished  by  a  fir  apple. 
This  monument  is  the  first  that  was  placed  between  pillars,  so  as 
to  walk  round  it. — Flaxman,  sculptor. 

The  beautiful  north  window  was  put  up  in  the  year  1722,  and 
represents  our  Saviour,  the  twelve  Apostles,  and  four  Evangelists  ; 
the  latter  with  their  emblems,  lie  down,  two  on  each  side. 

It  is  much  to  be  desired  that  they  who  wish  to  record  in  West- 
minster Abbey  their  estimation  of  the  character  or  public  services 
of  their  relatives  or  friends,  would  adopt  this  manner  of  per- 
petuating their  memory,  as  combining  with  their  special  object 
the  further  enrichment  of  the  noblest  Cathedral  or  Collegiate 
Church  in  England,  and  so  contributing  to  the  completion  of  the 
general  design,  by  representing  that  "the  Holy  Church  throughout 
"  all  the  world  doth  acknowledge  God."  A  commencement  in 
this  direction  has  been  made  in  the  seven  memorial  windows  in 
the  North  Transept,  of  which  a  special  description  is  subjoined. 

The  object  of  the  painted  glass  in  the  seven  Lancet  Windows  in 
the  North  Transept  and  West  Aisle  of  the  same  is  briefly  stated 
in  the  inscriptions  on  the  floor  immediately  beneath  the  windows. 

"  To  the  glory  of  God,  and  in  memory  of  Major-General  Sir 
"  Henry  W.  Barnard,  K.C.B. ;  Lieutenant-Colonel  Charles 
"  John  Woodford,  Rifle  Brigade ;  Captain  William  Frede- 
"  rick  Tiiynne,  Rifle  Brigade;  Captain  William  Robert 
"  Moorsom,  thirteenth  Light  Infantry,  D.A.Q.M.  General; 
'*  Lovick  Emilius  Cooper,  Ensign,  Rifle  Brigade ;  William 
"  George  Hawtrey  Bankes,  Cornet,  seventh  Hussars ;  who 
"  died  in  the  service  of  the  Queen  and  their  country  in  India,  in 
"  1857  and  1858,  the  six  lancet  windows  of  this  Transept  were 
"  enriched  with  stained  glass  by  their  relatives  or  comrades  of 
"  Sir  James  Outram's  division,  1860." 

And  in  the  West  Aisle  of  the  North  Transept,  a  similar  inscrip- 
tion states  the  window  to  be  enriched  in  memory  of  Brigadier  the 
Hon.  Adrian  Hope,  C.B.,  by  his  relatives. 

The  general  design  throughout  the  windows  is.  by  the  repre- 
sentation of  certain  chosen  men  by  whom  Almighty  God  is  re- 
corded in  the  Holy  Scriptures  to  have  effected  the  deliverance  of 
the  Israelites  out  of  the  hands  of  their  enemies,  to  illustrate  the 
power  of  God,  and  attribute  to  His  mercy  the  wonderful  success 
of  the  British  forces  in  the  suppression  of  the  Indian  rebellion,  in 
which  service  the  officers  above  named,  with  many  others,  fell. 

The  first  figure  on  the  right  hand  is  designed  to  represent 
Moses  as  the  leader  and  commander  of  the  army  of  the  Israelites. 
In  the  medallion  beneath,  he  is  shown  with  his  hands  stayed  up 
by  Aaron  and  Hur,  as  described  in  Ex.  xvii.  12.  This  window  is 
erected  by  Lady  Barnard,  widow  of  Sir  Hy.  Wm.  Barnard,  K.C.B. 

The  second  figure  is  that  of  Joshua,  and  the  medallion  is 
intended  to  describe  the  appearance  of  the  "  Captain  of  the 
"  Lord's  Host"  to  him. — Joshua  v.  13,  14.  This  window  is 
erected  by  General  Sir  Alexander  Woodford,  G.C.B ,  father  of 
Lieutenant -Colonel  C.  J.  Woodford,  Rifle  Brigade. 

The  third  figure  is  Caleb,  and  the  medallion  represents  his 


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victory  over  the  sons  of  Anak. — Joshua  xv.  14.  This  window 
is  erected  by  the  Reverend  Lord  John  Thynne,  Canon  of  West- 
minster, father  of  Captain  William  F.  Thynne,  Rifle  Brigade. 

The  fourth  figure  is  Gideon,  and  in  the  medallion  he  is 
occupied  in  threshing  the  corn,  as  when  he  received  his  call  and 
commission  to  deliver  Israel  from  the  Midianites. — Judges  vi.  11. 
This  window  is  erected  by  the  comrades  of  Captain  William 
Robert  Moorsom,  forming  the  first  division  of  the  army  in  Oude, 
under  the  Command  of  Sir  James  Outram,  of  which  he  was 
Deputy- Assistant  Quartermaster- General. 

The  fifth  figure  is  David,  and  the  medallion  exhibits  his 
triumph  over  Goliath. — 1  Sam.  xvii.  15.  This  window  is  erected 
by  the  Rev.  T.  Lovick  Cooper,  Vicar  of  Empingham,  Rutland- 
shire, father  of  Lovick  Emilius  Cooper,  Rifle  Brigade. 

The  sixth  window  is  Jonathan,  and  the  medallion  refers  to  the 
account  of  his  surprising  and  discomfiting  the  garrison  of  the 
Philistines,  with  no  other  assistance  than  of  his  armour-bearer. — 
1  Sam.  xiv.  4 — 6.  This  window  is  erected  by  Mrs.  Bankes,  mother 
of  William  George  Hawtrey  Bankes,  Cornet,  seventh  Hussars. 

The  seventh  window  in  the  West  Aisle  of  the  North  Transept 
is  erected  in  memory  of  Brigadier  the  Honourable  Adrian  Hope, 
by  his  relations,  and  is  illustrative  of  those  passages  in  the  career 
of  Asa,  as  recorded  in  2  Chronicles  xiv.  5.  11,  12.  His  destruc- 
tion of  idols  in  the  city  of  Judah,  verse  5 ;  his  prayer,  verse  1 1 ; 
his  victory  over  the  Ethiopians,  verse  12. 

Major- General  Sir  Henry  William  Barnard,  K.C.B.,  only 
son  of  the  Rev.  William  Barnard,  was  born  4th  October,  1799. 
He  was  educated  at  Westminster  School,  and  in  the  1 5th  year 
of  his  age  received  his  commission  in  the  Grenadier  Guards. 
He  joined  the  army  of  occupation  in  France  in  1815,  where  he 
served  as  aid-de-camp  to  his  uncle  Brigadier  Barnard,  afterwards 
General  Sir  Andrew  Barnard,  G.C.B.  On  his  return  to  England 
he  accompanied  his  uncle  in  the  same  capacity  on  his  appoint- 
ment to  a  special  command  at  Newcastle-upon-Tyne.  In  1824 
he  was  appointed  aid-de-camp  to  Sir  John  Keane,  at  Jamaica, 
and  in  1838  he  proceeded  with  his  regiment  to  Canada.  In  1847 
he  received  the  appointment  of  Assistant  Adjutant- General  at 
Manchester.  In  1852  he  was  promoted  as  Major-General  to  the 
command  of  the  South  Wales  district.  In  1854  he  received  orders 
to  join  the  army  in  the  Crimea,  and  take  the  command  of  the  First 
Brigade  of  the  Third  Division.  He  was  engaged  in  the  attack 
on  Sebastopol  on  the  18th  of  June,  1855.  On  the  death  of  Lord 
Raglan  he  succeeded  Lieutenant- General  Simpson  as  Chief  of  the 
Staff;  and  on  the  appointment  of  Sir  William  Codrington  to  the 
command  of  the  British  army  in  the  Crimea,  the  command  of  the 
Second  Division  was  confided  to  him. 

On  the  restoration  of  peace,  he  was  selected  for  the  command 
of  the  camp  at  Shorncliffe,  which  he  held  until  he  received  orders 
to  proceed  to  India,  and  take  the  command  of  a  division  of  the 
army  in  Bengal.  Arriving  at  a  critical  moment,  on  the  death  of 
Lieutenant-General  the  Hon.  George  Anson,  he  assumed  the 
command-in-chief  of  the  field  force  ;  and  pressing  on  towards 

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Delhi  in  pursuit  of  the  rebels,  he  succeeded,  by  a  succession  of 
well  arranged  and  brilliant  actions,  in  placing  his  small  army  in 
such  a  position  as  to  keep  a  continual  check  upon  the  rebels,  and 
to  enable  it,  subsequently,  under  the  command  of  Major-General 
Wilson,  to  carry  the  assault  of  the  city  of  Delhi. 

The  constant  exposure  to  intense  heat,  and  great  anxiety  of 
mind,  together  with  unceasing  bodily  exertion,  wrought  upon  his 
strength  so  heavily  that,  when  attacked  by  cholera,  he  rapidly 
sunk  under  that  fatal  disease,  and  on  5th  July,  1857,  the  Queen's 
service  was  deprived  of  as  brave  a  soldier  and  as  excellent  an 
officer  as  ever  held  commission  in  the  British  army,  and  a  man 
who  in  all  the  relations  of  life  was  endeared  to  all  about  him. 

His  Decorations  were — Knight  Commander  of  the  most  Honour « 
able  Order  of  the  Bath ;  Commander  of  the  Legion  of  Honour  in 
France;  Commander  of  the  Military  Order  of  Savoy,  1st  Class; 
Turkish  Order  of  Medjidie ;  Medal  and  Clasp  and  Turkish 
Medal  for  the  Eastern  Campaign,  and  Medal  and  Clasp  for  the 
Indian  Campaign. 

Commissions — Ensign  and  Lieutenant,  Grenadier  Guards,  June 
9,  1814;  Lieutenant  and  Captain,  August  29,  1822;  Captain  and 
Lieutenant- Colonel,  May,  17,  1831;  Colonel,  November  9,  1846; 
Major-General,  June  20,  1854. 

Lieutenant-Colonel  Charles  John  Woodford,  Rifle  Brigade, 
second  son  of  General  Sir  Alexander  Woodford,  G.C.B.,  &c,  was 
born  10th  November,  1823.  He  entered  the  army  in  1840,  and 
served  with  the  First  Battalion  of  the  Rifle  Brigade  at  Malta  and 
Corfu;  was  aid-de-camp  to  his  father  at  Gibraltar;  was  with  his 
regiment  in  Africa,  in  the  Kaffir  wars  of  1846  and  1847,  ami 
again  in  1852  and  1853.  He  was  appointed  Deputy- Assistant 
Quarter -Master- General  on  the  staff  of  the  army  in  Turkey  and 
the  Crimea,  and  served  throughout  the  Eastern  campaigns  of  185 1 
and  1855;  was  honourably  mentioned  by  Lord  Raglan  for  his 
conduct  at  the  battle  of  the  Alma,  and  promoted  to  a  brevet 
majority;  he  was  also  engaged  at  Inkerman  and  Balaclava. 

On  obtaining  his  majority  he  re-joined  his  regiment,  and  com- 
manded the  covering  party  in  the  attack  on  the  Redan,  on  the 
8th  of  September,  1855,  when  he  was  wounded.  He  was  pro- 
moted to  the  brevet  rank  of  Lieutenant-Colonel,  and  at  the  con- 
clusion of  the  war  returned  home  with  the  Second  Battalion  Rifle 
Brigade,  never  having  been  absent  from  his  duties  from  the  land- 
ing of  the  army  in  Turkey  to  the  re-embarkation  for  England. 

After  a  short  stay  at  home,  he  embarked  again  on  the  9th  of 
August,  1857,  in  command  of  a  wing  of  the  Secord  Battalion  of 
the  Rifle  Brigade,  and  landed  at  Calcutta  on  2nd  November, 
1857,  and  proceeded  immediately  to  the  seat  of  war.  By  an 
extraordinary  forced  march  of  forty-eight  hours,  without  a  halt 
from  Futteypore,  he  arrived  at  a  critical  juncture  in  time  to  afford 
welcome  aid  to  the  British  forces  at  Cawnpore,  under  command 
of  Major-General  Windham,  late  on  the  evenirg  of  the  25th 
of  November.  He  commanded  the  advance  of  the  Rifles  on  the 
26th  at  the  Pandoo  Nuddee.  On  the  27th  he  was  actively 
engaged   the  whole   day;   and  on  the  28th,  after  a  successful 


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attack  on  the  enemy's  guns,  in  which  two  were  taken,  he  was 
struck  by  a  bullet  in  the  forehead,  and  fell  covered  with  honour, 
when  leading  his  men,  with  that  gallantry  for  which  he  was  ever 
conspicuous,  against  a  formidable  body  of  the  Gwalior  Contingent, 
strongly  posted.  In  him  this  renowned  corps  lost  one  of  its 
bravest  and  most  beloved  officers,  and  his  family  a  most  devoted 
and  affectionate  son  and  brother.  He  was  buried  in  the  battery 
at  Cawnpore,  near  the  gallant  Brigadier  Wilson,  and  the  attach- 
ment of  his  brother  officers  is  recorded  in  the  inscription  on  his 
tomb  erected  at  their  expense. 

His  Decorations  were — Medal  for  the  Kaffir  wars;  Medal  and 
four  Clasps  for  the  Eastern  Campaigns ;  Cross  of  the  Legion  of 
Honour  in  France ;  Sardinian  Medal ;  the  Turkish  Order  of 
the  Medjidie ;  the  Turkish  Medal ;  Medal  for  the  Indian 
Campaign. 

Commissions — Second  Lieutenant,  Rifle  Brigade,  Feb.  28, 1840; 
Lieutenant,  June  3rd,  1842  ;  Captain,  April  14,  1847  ;  Brevet 
Major,  Dec.  12,  1854  ;  Major,  Feb.  9,  1855 ;  Brevet  Lieutenant- 
Colonel,  Nov.  2nd,  1855. 

Captain  William  Frederick  Thynne,  Second  Battalion 
Rifle  Brigade,  third  surviving  son  of  the  Rev.  Lord  John  Thynne, 
Canon  of  Westminster;  was  born  August  8,  1834,  and  educated 
at  St.  Peter's  College,  Radley.  He  embarked  with  his  regiment 
for  Turkey  in  February,  1854,  and  never  left  the  seat  of  war  till 
the  return  of  the  British  army  in  1856.  He  was  engaged  in  the 
battle  of  the  Alma,  and  constantly  in  the  trenches  before  Sebas- 
topol,  until  the  fall  of  that  city. 

In  August,  1857,  he  accompanied  the  head-quarters  of  his 
regiment  to  India,  which,  on  its  arrival  at  Calcutta,  immediately 
proceeded  to  the  scene  of  action.  He  was  actively  engaged  in  the 
suppression  of  the  Indian  mutiny,  under  the  command  of  Brigadier 
Walpole,  and  fell  mortally  wounded  at  the  capture  of  Lucknow, 
on  the  11th  of  March,  1858.  He  was  mercifully  granted  three 
hours  to  testify  his  faith  in  Christ,  and  transmit  to  his  parents  the 
comforting  assurance  that  he  "  died  in  the  fear  of  God."  And 
so  fell  a  gallant  soldier,  a  good  officer,  a  deservedly  popular  com- 
rade, and  a  most  affectionate  and  dutiful  son. 

His  Decorations  were — Medal  and  two  Clasps  for  the  Crimea  ; 
Turkish  Order  of  the  Medjidie;  Turkish  Medal ;  Medal  and  Clasp 
for  Indian  Campaign. 

Commissions — Second  Lieutenant,  Rifle  Brigade,  Nov.  23, 1852; 
Lieutenant,  Sept.  26,  1854;  Captain,  June  1,  1855. 

Captain  William  Robert  Moorsom,  eldest  son  of  Captain 
Moorsom,  C.E.,  late  of  the  52nd  Light  Infantry,  was  born  at  Cos- 
grove  Priory,  the  residence  of  his  grandfather,  Admiral  Sir  Robert 
Moorsom,  June  24th,  1834.  He  was  educated  classically  at 
Harrow  School,  and  received  his  military  education  from  his 
father,  and  in  1852  obtained  his  commission  in  his  father's  late 
regiment  (52nd  Light  Infantry).  In  1854  he  served  as  Acting- 
Adjutant  of  the  regiment.  In  1855  he  was  selected,  from  among 
several  officers  recommended  for  the  purpose,  to  make  the  military 
survey  of  the  city  of  Lucknow,  containing  about  300,000  inhabit- 

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ants.  The  extraordinary  assiduity  and  care  with  which  this 
survey  was  executed  had  a  material  bearing  on  the  reliefs  of 
Lucknow  garrison  in  1857,  and  on  the  capture  of  that  city  in 
1858.  Upon  the  outbreak  of  the  Indian  mutiny  in  May,  1857, 
being  absent  at  Ceylon  on  leave,  Lieut  Moorsom  at  once  threw 
up  his  leave,  and  hastened  to  join  his  regiment  in  the  Punjaub. 
He  was  placed  in  charge  of  the  repair  of  the  telegraph  in  rear  of 
General  Havelock's  column,  marching  from  Allahabad,  but  gave 
up  that  duty  to  join  his  force  on  the  first  approach  of  the  enemy, 
and  was  immediately  appointed  aid- de-camp  to  the  General. 

As  soon  as  the  column  had  fought  its  way  to  Cawnpore,  the 
duty  of  Deputy- Assistant  Quarter-Master- General  was  confided 
to  him,  and  in  that  capacity  he  served  with  General  Havelock's 
division  until,  on  the  25th  of  September,  he  was  placed  as  guide 
to  the  leading  brigade  of  the  relieving  force  for  the  attack  of 
Lucknow.  After  discharging  which  duty,  he  returned  and  led  the 
rear  of  the  force,  with  its  artillery,  safely  into  the  Residency. 
During  the  subsequent  siege  the  local  and  engineering  knowledge 
of  Lieutenant  Moorsom,  and  his  extraordinary  gallantly  in  leading 
assaults  and  rescuing  the  wounded,  were  repeatedly  and  honourably 
quoted  in  despatches.  The  retreat  in  detail  from  the  Residency 
and  posts  adjoining,  which  was  quoted  by  the  Commander-in- 
Chief  as  a  "  model  of  discipline  and  exactness,"  was  planned  by 
the  hand  of  Lieutenant  Moorsom,  under  the  direction  of  his 
Genera],  Sir  James  Outram.  On  the  death  of  the  noble  Have- 
lock,  Lieutenant  Moorsom  remained  as  the  sole  Quarter-Master- 
General  to  the  division  of  Sir  James  Outram,  and  in  that  capacity 
he  laid  out  the  entrenched  camp  of  the  Alumbagh,  which  was 
successfully  held  by  the  division  of  4,000  men  for  three  months 
against  the  enemy,  varying  from  50,000  to  80,000  strong,  with 
more  than  100  guns. 

On  the  arrangements  for  the  capture  of  Lucknow,  Sir  James 
Outram  being  placed  in  command  of  the  corps  ordered  to  assail 
the  north  side  of  the  fortified  city,  took  Captain  Moorsom  from 
the  Alumbagh  camp  to  act  as  his  Quarter-Master-General,  the 
execution  of  which  duty  proved  fatal  to  this  distinguished  officer. 
A  writer  from  the  scene  of  action  on  the  11th  of  March,  1858, 
thus  speaks  of  that  event :  "  Our  loss  was  not  great  as  regards 
*'  numbers,  but  we  sustained  an  irreparable  loss  in  Captain 
"  Moorsom,  of  Her  Majesty's  52nd  regiment,  Assistant  Quarter- 
"  Master-General,  one  of  the  very  ablest  men  in  the  service,  as 
"  brave  as  he  was  able,  as  cool  as  he  was  brave,  honoured  and 
"beloved  by  all.  Captain  Moorsom  was  buried  this  morning, 
"  by  the  Rev.  G.  Cowie.  Sir  James  Outram,  whose  anguish  at 
"  the  loss  of  his  beloved  staff-officer  was  visibly  depicted  on  his 
*'  countenance,  acted  as  chief  mourner.  All  his  staff  were  present, 
"  for  Captain  Moorsom  was  known  to  all,  and  beloved  by  all, 
"  and  his  minute  knowledge  of  all  the  localities  about  Lucknow, 
"  which  he  surveyed  on  the  annexation,  renders  his  loss  quite 
"  irreparable.  But  our  loss  is  his  gain ;  he  lived  the  life  of 
44  the  righteous,  and  has  now  entered  into  the  mansions  of  the 
«  blessed." 


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The  52nd  regiment  felt  that  the  career  of  this  young  officer 
was  an  honour  to  themselves,  and  they  have  thus  recorded  his 
services  on  a  monumental  tablet  in  the  cathedral  of  Rochester : — 
"  To  the  memory  of  William  Robert  Moorsom,  eldest  son 
"  of  Captain  Moorsom,  C.E.,  late  of  the  52nd  Light  Infantry, 
"  who,  while  a  Lieutenant  in  the  52nd  Light  Infantry,  acting 
"  first  as  Aid-de-Camp,  afterwards  as  Assistant  Quarter- Master- 
"  General  to  Sir  Henry  Havelock,  and  subsequently  as  Quarter- 
"  Master- General  to  the  division  of  Sir  James  Outram,  was 
"  engaged  in  nine  pitched  battles,  and  numerous  skirmishes  ; 
"  wounded  twice  ;  honourably  mentioned  thirteen  times  in  public 
"  despatches,  including  the  thanks  of  the  Government  of  India, 
"and  promoted  to  a  company  in  the  13th  Light  Infantry  for 
"distinguished  services.  He  was  killed  11th  March,  1858,  in 
"the  twenty-fourth  year  of  his  age,  at  the  head  of  a  column  of 
"  attack  on  the  rebel  posts  of  the  city  of  Lucknow.  As  a  tribute 
"  of  their  affection  and  regard,  the  officers  of  the  52nd  Light 
"  Infantry  devote  this  tablet." 

Ensign  Lovick  Emilius  Cooper,  Second  Battalion  Rifle 
Brigade,  eldest  son  of  the  Rev.  T.  Lovick  Cooper,  vicar  of 
Empingham,  Rutlandshire,  born  November  29,  1837,  was  edu- 
cated at  Westminster  School,  and,  on  October  21,  1855,  was 
presented  with  his  commission  in  the  Rifle  Brigade  by  His  Royal 
Highness  the  Prince  Consort.  He  embarked  for  India  August  9, 
1857,  under  command  of  Lieutenant-Colonel  Charles  J.  Wood- 
ford, R.B.,  which  wing  of  the  Second  Battalion  Rifle  Brigade,  by 
extraordinary  exertion,  reached  Cawnpore  in  time  to  take  part 
in  the  severe  engagements  of  the  26th,  27th,  28th,  and  29th, 
of  November,  1857,  under  the  command  of  Major-General  Wind- 
ham. After  constant  and  active  service  against  the  rebels,  this 
promising  young  officer  received  a  mortal  wound  at  the  siege  of 
Lucknow,  on  the  11th  of  March,  1858,  of  which,  after  seven 
days'  endurance  of  suffering  with  that  patient  resignation  which 
Christian  faith  can  only  impart,  he  expired,  deeply  lamented  by 
all  who  knew  him.  *- 

Decoration — Medal  and  Clasp  for  Indian  Campaign. 
Commission — Ensign,  October  21,  1855. 

William  George  Hawtrey  Bankes,  Cornet,  7th  Hussars, 
fifth  son  of  the  Right  Honourable  George  Bankes,  of  Kingston 
Lacy  and  Corfe  Castle,  M.P.  for  the  county  of  Dorset,  was  born 
September  11,  1836,  and  educated  at  Westminster  School.  He 
joined  the  army  in  April,  1857,  and  embarked  with  his  regiment 
(the  7th  Hussars)  for  India  in  September  of  the  same  year, 
which,  on  landing  at  Calcutta,  lost  no  time  in  joining  the  army, 
under  the  command  of  General  Sir  Colin  Campbell,  K.C.B. 
He  served  in  the  field  in  Oude  from  February  4th  to  April  6th, 
1858,  including  the  repulse  of  the  enemy's  attack  on  the  Alum- 
bagh,  on  the  25th  of  February,  the  siege  of  Lucknow,  from  the 
2nd  to  the  16th  of  March,  advance  on  the  Moosabagh,  and 
skirmish  on  the  19th  of  March,  when  he  fell,  mortally  wounded, 
leading  a  charge  against  the  rebels. 

His  undaunted  bravery  on  this  occasion  excited  general  ad- 


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miration,  whilst  the  Christian  fortitude  and  cheerful  spirit  with 
which  he  bore  the  exquisite  suffering  consequent  upon  the 
mutilation  of  both  arms  and  both  legs,  besides  other  wounds, 
elicited  universal  sympathy.  On  the  6th  of  April,  after  eighteen 
days'  suspense,  he  expired,  leaving  to  his  family  the  lasting  con- 
solation that  "  his  end  was  peace."  Besides  the  medal  and  clasp, 
to  which  his  short  but  distinguished  service  entitled  him,  the 
Victoria  Cross  was  awarded,  as  stated  in  the  "  General  Order'* 
of  Gen.  Lord  Clyde,  Commander-in-Chief  of  Her  Majesty's  Forces 
in  India,  and  graciously  confirmed  by  the  Queen  :  "  For  conspi- 
"  cuous  gallantry  in  thrice  charging  a  body  of  infuriated  fanatics 
"  who  had  rushed  on  the  guns  employed  in  shelling  a  mud  fort 
"  in  the  vicinity  of  Moosabagh,  Lucknow,  on  the  19th  March, 
"  1858." 

Brigadier  the  Honourable  Adrian  Hope,  C.B.,  Colonel  in  the 
army,  and  Lieutenant -Colonel  93rd  Highlanders,  youngest  son 
of  General  John,  fourth  Earl  of  Hopetown,  known  in  the  Penin- 
sular war  as  Sir  John  Hope,  who  was  created  Lord  Niddry  in 
1814,  and  succeeded  to  the  Earldom  in  1816.  He  was  born 
March  3,  1821. 

He  obtained  his  first  commission  as  Second  Lieutenant  in  the 
60th  Rifles,  on  the  23rd  of  November,  1838,  served  with  that 
regiment  as  Lieutenant,  and  as  Captain,  at  home,  in  the  Mediter- 
ranean, also  in  the  West  Indies,  between  1838  and  1851.  In 
July,  1851,  he  accompanied  his  battalion  of  the  regiment  to  the 
Cape  of  Good  Hope,  and  during  the  years  1851,  1852,  and  1853, 
was  actively  engaged  in  the  Kaffir  war,  and  distinguished  himself 
in  the  engagement  of  the  Watercloof,  where  he  led  on  the  attack 
and  gained  the  day.  For  this  service  he  was  specially  named  in 
the  Gazette,  and  received  a  brevet  majority.  Having  returned 
to  England,  after  the  conclusion  of  the  Kaffir  war,  in  February, 
1854,  he  was  appointed  by  Sir  William  Eyre,  Brigade-Major  of 
the  brigade  about  to  proceed  to  Turkey  under  his  command.  He 
served  in  this  capacity  during  the  early  part  of  the  Crimean  war, 
including  the  battles  of  the  Alma  and  Inkerman,  and  was  ga- 
zetted brevet  Lieutenant-Colonel  in  December,  1854. 

In  consequence  of  his  promotion  to  the  regimental  rank  of 
Major,  in  the  60th  Rifles,  in  March,  1855,  he  ceased  to  be  eligible 
for  the  position  of  Brigade-Major,  and  returned  to  England  to 
join  the  battalion  of  his  regiment  to  which  he  was  posted,  and  it 
was  mainly  by  his  exertions  that  the  third  battalion  of  the  60th 
Rifles  was  raised  and  disciplined. 

In  January,  1856,  he  was  appointed  Second  Lieutenant- 
Colonel  of  the  93rd  Highlanders,  and  returned  to  the  Crimea, 
where  he  remained  until  the  conclusion  of  the  war  On  the 
regiment  returning  home,  being  Second  Lieutenant-Colonel, 
he  was  placed  on  half-pay,  but  on  the  93rd  being  ordered  to 
China,  the  regiment  was  placed  on  the  Indian  Establishment, 
and  he  was  re-appointed  to  it. 

The  93rd  being  among  the  first  regiments  which  arrived 
in  India  after  the  breaking  out  of  the  mutiny  in  1857,  was  im- 
mediately ordered   up   the  country.     Between  Cawnpore  and 


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Lucknow  the  army  assembled,  previous  to  the  attack  on  Luck- 
now,  in  November,  1857.  Here  he  was  selected  to  command  the 
Fourth  Infantry  Brigade,  consisting  of  the  93rd,  53rd,  and  4th 
Punjaub  Infantry,  to  which  the  42nd  were  added.  In  this 
capacity,  besides  taking  part  in  the  general  operations  of  the 
campaign,  he  was  prominently  engaged  in  the  relief  of  Lucknow, 
in  November,  1857.  In  the  battle  of  Cawnpore  in  December, 
1857,  and  in  the  capture  of  Lucknow,  in  March,  1858,  he  com- 
manded the  infantry  of  the  force,  sent  under  Sir  J.  Hope  Grant, 
in  pursuit  of  the  rebels  to  Serai  Ghaut,  after  the  battle  of  Cawn- 
pore, and  he  was  left  in  command  at  Bithoor  all  December. 

In  January,  1858,  he  was  sent  on  in  advance  to  repair  a 
bridge,  and  had  just  accomplished  it  when  the  rebels  attacked 
his  force,  and,  head  quarters  coming  up  at  the  time,  it  resulted  in 
the  affair  of  Kallee  Nuddea.  He  was  sent,  in  January,  from 
Futteygurh,  in  command  of  two  different  columns,  to  pacify  the 
country — the  first  to  Mhow,  the  latter  to  Shumshabad,  when  the 
enemy  stood  and  were  completely  defeated. 

For  these  services  he  was  repeatedly  thanked  in  despatches  by 
Sir  Colin  Campbell,  as  also  by  Generals  Grant  and  Lugard  ; 
was  promoted  to  the  rank  of  fall  Colonel,  and  received  the  cross 
of  Companion  of  the  Bath.  Having  subsequently  been  attached 
to  the  column  sent  into  Rohilcund,  under  General  Walpole,  he 
was  placed  in  command  of  the  infantry  belonging  to  it,  and  while 
on  that  expedition  he  was  killed  before  the  fort  of  Rohya,  in 
Oude,  on  the  15th  of  April,  1858. 

The  loss  of  this  gallant  and  experienced  officer  was  deeply 
felt  by  the  troops  under  his  command,  and  equally  lamented  by 
his  countrymen,  his  family,  and  his  friends  at  home. 

Decorations — Companion  of  the  most  Honourable  Order  of  the 
Bath ;  Medal  for  the  Kaffir  war  ;  Medal  and  Three  Clasps  for 
the  Eastern  Campaign ;  Turkish  Medal ;  Medal  and  Clasp  for  the 
Indian  Campaign. 

Commissions — Second  Lieutenant,  60th  Rifles,  23rd  November, 
1838  ;  First  Lieutenant,  60th  Rifles,  23rd  July,  1841  ;  Captain, 
60th  Rifles,  20th  December,  1844;  Brevet-Major,  28th  May, 
1853;  Brevet  Lieutenant-Colonel,  12th  December,  1854  ;  Major, 
60th  Rifles,  23rd  March,  1855  ;  Lieutenant-Colonel,  93rd  High- 
landers, 25th  January,  1856  ;  Brevet-Colonel,  24th  March,  1858. 

Sir  William  Webb  Follett,  Knt.,  who  was  at  the  time  of  his 
decease  representative  in  Parliament  for  the  City  of  Exeter,  and 
Attorney-General  to  Queen  Victoria.  Of  unblemished  conduct  in 
every  relation  of  life,  of  manners  gentle  and  prepossessing,  combin- 
ing with  great  legal  knowledge  extraordinary  powers  of  persuasive 
eloquence,  he  attained,  with  the  esteem,  admiration,  and  good-will 
of  all  who  witnessed  his  brilliant  career,  the  highest  eminence  as  an 
advocate  and  a  Parliamentary  speaker.  The  general  hope  and  ex  • 
pectation  that  he  was  destined  for  the  highest  honours  of  the  law 
were  blighted  by  his  untimely  death.  Died  June  28,  1845,  aged 
forty-eight. 

Next  to  this  on  your  left  is  a  monument  sacred  to  the  memory 
of  Elizabeth  Waruen,  daughter  of  Henry  Southwell,  Esq.,  of 


60  NORTH  TRANSEPT. 

Wisbeach,  in  the  county  of  Cambridge,  and  widow  of  the  Right 
Rev.  John  Warren,  D.D.,  late  Lord  Bishop  of  Bangor : — "  She 
'••  was  distinguished  for  the  purity  of  her  taste,  and  the  soundness 
"  of  her  judgment ;  her  prudence  and  discrimination  were  in  no 
"  instances  more  conspicuous,  than  in  selecting  the  objects  of  her 
"  extensive  charity.  The  widow  and  the  fatherless  were  protected 
"  and  relieved,  and.  the  virtuous  who  had  fallen  from  prosperity, 
"  had  peculiar  claims  to  her  benevolence.  Though  mild  and 
"  gentle  in  her  manners,  yet  she  was  remarkable  for  the  firmness 
u  and  vigour  of  her  mind.  Stedfast  in  the  faith  of  Christ,  she 
"  lived  to  illustrate  his  precepts,  and  died  reposing  on  his  merits 
"  and  intercession.  She  departed  this  life,  March  29,  1816,  aged 
"  eighty-three.  Her  surviving  sister,  Mary,  widow  of  the  Right 
"  Honourable  Sir  James  Eyre,  Knt.,  Lord  Chief  Justice  of  the 
"  Court  of  Common  Pleas,  in  testimony  of  her  sincere  affection, 
"  has  erected  this  monument  to  her  memory." — It  represents  a 
houseless  wanderer  with  an  infant  in  her  arms,  on  a  square 
pedestal ;  the  figure  with  its  draperies  is  very  generally  admired. 
— Sir  Richard  Westmacott,  sculptor. 

Sir  Henry  Blackwood,  with  this  inscription : — "Sacred  to  the 
"  memory  of  Vice- Admiral  the  Honourable  Sir  Henry  Blackwood, 
"  Bart.,  K.C.B.,  G.C.H.,  who  died  December,  13,  1832,  aged  63 
"  years,  51  of  which  he  had  spent  in  the  active  service  of  his  pro- 
"  fession,  distinguished  by  his  energy,  promptitude,  and  bravery, 
"  qualities  which  derived  additional  lustre  from  the  virtues  which 
"  adorned  his  personal  character ;  with  valour  combining  a  strong 
*'  sense  of  religion,  and  the  elevation  of  an  upright  noble  mind, 
"  with  all  the  endearing  feelings  of  a  manly,  generous,  and  benevo- 
"  lent  heart.  This  tribute  of  sorrow  and  affection  to  the  memory 
"  of  one  so  justly  honoured  and  beloved,  is  offered  by  his  deeply 
"  afflicted  widow  and  his  surviving  children." — Behnes,  sculptor. 
In  memory  of  the  Right  Honourable  Sir  George  Cornewall 
Lewis,  Baronet,  of  Harpton  Court,  in  the  County  of  Radnor  ; 
successively  Chancellor  of  the  Exchequer  and  Secretary  of  State 
for  the  Home  and  War  Departments.  The  bust  is  erected  by 
many  friends,  to  mark  their  affectionate  esteem  and  admiration, 
and  to  record  his  honoured  name  among  the  illustrious  dead 
who  lie  buried  within  these  walls.  Born  April  21,  1806;  died 
April  13,  1863. —  Weekes,  B.A.,  sculptor. 

A  monument  erected  by  the  East  India  Company,  as  a  me- 
morial of  the  military  talents  of  Lieutenant- General  Sir  Lyre 
Coote,  K.B.,  Commander-in-chief  of  the  British  forces  in 
India,  who,  by  the  success  of  his  arms,  in  the  year  1760  and  1761, 
expelled  the  French  from  the  coast  of  Coromandel.  In  1781  and 
1782  he  again  took  the  field  in  the  Carnatic,  in  opposition  to  the 
united  strength  of  the  French  and  Hyder  Ally,  and  in  several 
engagements  defeated  the  numerous  forces  of  the  latter;  but  death 
interrupted  his  career  of  glory,  on  the  27th  April,  1783,  in  the 
fifty-eighth  year  of  his  age.  It  consists  of  two  figures  as  large 
as  life ;  one  a  Mahratta  captive,  weeping  beside  a  trophy  of 
Persian  armour,  represents  a  province  subdued;  he  is  holding  a 
cornucopia  inverted,  the  contents  of  which  are  falling  into  a  Bri- 


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tannia's  shield.  The  other,  a  Victory,  having  erected  a  trophy, 
is  decorating  it  with  the  portrait  of  Sir  Eyre  Coote,  by  hanging  it 
on  a  palm-tree,  which  rises  from  behind  the  armour.  The  elephant 
on  the  sarcophagus  marks  the  scene  of  action.  The  Mahratta 
figure  is  particularly  admired. — Banks,  sculptor. 

A  bust  with  the  following  inscription : — u  Amidst  the  me- 
"  morials  of  maturer  greatness,  this  tribute  of  private  affection 
"  and  public  honour  records  the  talents,  virtues,  and  early  death 
"  of  the  Right  Honourable  Charles  Buller,  who,  as  an  inde- 
"  pendent  Member  of  Parliament,  and  in  the  discharge  of  import- 
"  ant  offices  of  state,united  the  deepest  human  sympathies  with  wide 
"  and  philosophic  views  of  government  and  mankind;  and  pursued 
"  the  noblest  political  and  social  objects,  above  party  spirit,  and 
"  without  an  enemy.  His  character  was  distinguished  by  sincerity 
"  and  resolution,  his  mind  by  vivacity  and  clearness  of  compre- 
"  hension ;  while  the  vigour  of  expression  and  singular  wit  that 
"  made  him  eminent  in  debate,  and  delightful  in  society,  were 
"  tempered  by  a  most  gentle  and  generous  disposition ;  earnest  in 
"  friendship  and  benevolent  to  all.  The  British  Colonies  will 
"  not  forget  the  statesman  who  so  well  appreciated  their  desires 
"  and  their  destinies ;  and  his  country,  recalling  what  he  was, 
"  deplores  the  vanished  hope  of  all  he  might  have  become.  He 
"  was  born  August,  1806  ;  he  died  Nov.  29,  1848." 

A  bust  sacred  to  the  memory  of  the  Right  Honourable 
Warren  Hastings,  Governor-General  of  Bengal;  Member 
of  his  Majesty's  most  Honourable  Privy  Council,  LL.D.,  F.R.S., 
descended  from  the  elder  branch  of  the  ancient  and  noble 
family  of  Huntingdon.  Selected  for  his  eminent  talents  and 
integrity,  he  was  appointed  by  Parliament,  in  1773,  the  first 
Governor- General  of  India,  to  which  high  office  he  was  thrice 
re-appointed  by  the  same  authority.  Presiding  over  the  India 
Governments  during  thirteen  years  of  a  most  eventful  period,  he 
restored  the  affairs  of  the  East  India  Company  from  the  deepest 
distress  to  the  highest  prosperity,  and  rescued  their  possessions 
from  a  combination  of  the  most  powerful  enemies  ever  leagued 
against  them.  In  the  wisdom  of  his  counsels,  and  the  energy  of 
his  measures,  he  found  unexhausted  resources,  and  successfully 
sustained  a  long,  varied,  and  multiplied  war  with  France,  Mysore, 
and  the  Mahratta  states,  whose  power  he  humbled,  and  concluded 
an  honourable  peace,  for  which,  and  for  his  distinguished  services, 
he  received  the  thanks  of  the  East  India  Company,  sanctioned  by 
the  Board  of  Control.  The  kingdom  of  Bengal,  the  seat  of  his 
Government,  he  ruled  with  a  mild  and  equitable  sway,  preserved 
it  from  invasion,  and,  while  he  secured  to  its  inhabitants  the  en- 
joyment of  their  customs,  laws,  and  religion,  and  the  blessings  of 
peace,  was  rewarded  by  their  affection  and  gratitude ;  nor  was 
he  more  distinguished  by  the  highest  qualities  of  a  statesman  and 
a  patriot,  than  by  the  exercise  of  every  Christian  virtue.  He 
lived  for  many  years  in  dignified  retirement,  beloved  and  revered 
by  all  who  knew  him,  at  his  seat  of  Daylesford,  in  the  county  of 
Worcester,  where  he  died  in  peace,  in  the  eighty-sixth  year  of  his 
age,  August  22, 1818.     This  memorial  was  erected  by  his  beloved 


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wife  and  disconsolate  widow,  M.  A.  Hastings.     Over  the  inscrip- 
tion is  a  bust,  greatly  like  him,  executed  by  Mr.  Bacon. 

A  statue  to  the  msmory  of  Francis  Horner,  who,  by  the 
union  of  great  and  various  acquirements,  with  inflexible  integrity, 
and  unwearied  devotion  to  the  interests  of  the  country,  raised 
himself  to  an  eminent  station  in  society,  and  was  justly  considered 
to  be  one  of  the  most  distinguished  members  of  the  House  of 
Commons.  He  was  born  at  Edinburgh  in  1778,  was  called  to 
the  bar  both  of  England  and  Scotland ;  and  closed  his  short  but 
useful  life  at  Pisa,  in  1817.  His  death  was  deeply  felt,  and 
publicly  deplored  in  Parliament.  His  affectionate  friends  and 
sincere  admirers,  anxious  that  some  memorial  should  exist  of 
merit  universally  acknowledged,  of  expectations  which  a  prema- 
ture death  could  alone  have  frustrated,  erected  this  monument, 
a.d.  1823. — Chantrey,  sculptor. 

Brigadier- General  Hope,  Lieutenant-Governor  of  the  province 
of  Quebec,  where  he  died  in  1789,  aged  forty -three  years.  The 
design  of  it  is  simply  an  Indian,  whose  affection  has  drawn  her  to 
the  monument ;  she  kneels  on  the  pedestal,  and  bending  over 
the  sarcophagus,  expresses  that  sorrow  which  the  loss  of  such  a 
benefactor  has  occasioned.  A  rudder  is  introduced ,  emblematical 
of  his  situation  as  Governor :  the  serpent  and  mirror,  engraved 
thereon,  point  out  the  prudence  of  his  administration  ;  and  a 
cornucopia  conveys  the  idea  of  the  felicity  of  it. — Bacon,  sculptor. 

To  the  memory  of  Jonas  Hanway,  Esq.,  celebrated  for  his 
universal  feeling  for  the  distressed,  having  been  an  active  friend 
to  the  following  charities,  viz., — the  Foundling,  Magdalen,  and 
Marine  Society.  The  expense  was  defrayed  by  voluntary  sub- 
scriptions. On  a  sarcophagus,  the  Society  is  here  represented  in 
bas-relief;  viz., — Britannia,  with  her  emblems  of  Government, 
Peace,  War,  Trade,  and  Navigation,  who,  with  benign  counte- 
nance, distributes  clothes  to  poor  boys  to  be  trained  to  sea  ;  over 
this  a  medallion  of  the  deceased  is  fixed  on  a  pyramid,  upon  the 
top  of  which  is  a  lamp,  emblematic  of  perpetual  light, — "  Sacred 
"  to  the  memory  of  Jonas  Hanway,  who  departed  this  life  Sep- 
tember 5,  1786,  aged  seventy-four;  but  whose  name  liveth, 
"  and  will  ever  live,  whilst  active  piety  shall  distinguish  the 
"  Christian,  integrity  and  truth  shall  recommend  the  British 
"  merchant,  and  universal  kindness  shall  characterize  the  citizen 
"  of  the  world.  The  helpless  Infant,  nurtured  through  his  care  ; 
"  the  friendless  Prostitute  sheltered  and  reformed ;  the  hopeless 
"  Youth  rescued  from  misery  and  ruin,  and  trained  to  serve  and 
"  to  defend  his  country,  uniting  in  one  common  strain  of  grati- 
"  tude,  bear  testimony  to  their  benefactor's  virtues  :  this  was  the 
"friend  and  father  of  the  poor." — F.  Moore,  sculptor. 

Sir  Clifton  Wintringham,  Bart.,  is  represented  visiting  a 
sick  and  distressed  family;  underneath  is  the  figure  of  his  lady, 
kneeling  and  bewailing  her  loss. — "  Sacred  to  the  memory  of  Sir 
"  Clifton  Wintringham,  Bart.,  M.D.,  who,  no  less  eminent  as  a 
"phvsician,  both  at  home  and  in  the  army,  than  beloved  on  ac- 
"  count  of  his  virtuous  life  and  engaging  manners,  died  lamented 
"  by  all,  January  10,  1794,  aged  eighty-three.     His  widow,  Ann 


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44  Wintringham,  caused  this  monument  to  be  erected,  as  a  last 
"  testimony  of  her  love  for  him  when  living,  and  of  the  sincere 
"  regret  she  feels  for  her  loss." — Banks,  sculptor. 

A  truly  admirable  bust  of  the  late  Richard  Cobden.  Born 
June  3,  1804;  died  April  2,  1865,  and  was  buried  at  West 
Lavington,  in  Sussex. —  Thos.  Woolner,  sculptor. 

To  the  memory  of  Major- General  Coote  Manningham. — 
"  Sacred  to  the  memory  of  Major-General  Coote  Manningham, 
44  Colonel  of  the  ninety-fifth,  or  Rifle  Regiment  of  Infantry,  and 
"  Equerry  to  the  King ;  in  testimony  of  a  friendship  which  com- 
"  menced  in  early  youth,  was  matured  and  confirmed  by  time, 
"  remains  unchilled  by  death,  and  humbly  looks  for  a  reunion 
44  in  eternity.  The  distinguished  soldier  to  whom  friendship 
a  erects  this  inadequate  memorial,  began  his  career  of  military 
44  action  at  the  siege  of  Gibraltar,  and  concluded  it  at  the 
44  victory  of  Corunna,  to  which  his  skill  and  gallantry  conspi- 
"  cuously  contributed.  He  fell  an  early  victim  to  the  vicissitudes 
44  of  climate,  and  the  severities  of  war,  and  died  26th  Aug.,  1809, 
44  aged  forty-four.  Yet,  reader,  regard  not  his  fate  as  premature, 
"  since  his  cup  of  glory  was  full,  and  he  was  not  summoned  till 
44  his  virtue  and  patriotism  had  achieved  even  here  a  brilliant 
44  recompense :  for  his  name  is  engraved  on  the  annals  of  his 
"  country.  In  him  the  man  and  the  Christian  tempered  the 
44  warrior,  and  England  might  proudly  present  him  to  the  world 
44  as  the  model  of  a  British  soldier."  Erected  by  Lieutenant- 
General  Thomas  Hislop,  Commander-in-Chief,  &c,  at  Bombay, 
in  the  East  Indies,  anno  1813. — Bacon,  jun.,  sculptor. 

George  Montague  Dunk,  Earl  of  Halifax. — His  Lordship's 
bust  conveys  a  very  striking  likeness  of  the  original.  It  is  sup- 
ported by  two  emblematical  figures,  one  holding  a  mirror,  sup- 
posed to  be  Truth,  with  his  foot  on  a  mask,  trampling  on  False- 
hood ;  the  other,  Honour,  presenting  the  ensigns  of  the  Garter. 
It  is  also  decorated  with  various  other  emblems,  alluding  to  the 
different  public  posts  of  honour  which  his  Lordship  held  at  different 
times.  The  inscription  is  as  follows  :— 44  Sacred  be  the  monument 
"  which  is  here  raised  by  gratitude  and  respect,  to  perpetuate  the 
"  memory  of  George  Montague  Dunk,  Earl  of  Halifax,  Knight  of 
"  the  most  noble  Order  of  the  Garter,  whose  allegiance,  integrity, 
"  and  abilities,  alike  distinguished  and  exalted  him  in  the  reigns 
"of  George  II.  and  George  III.  In  the  year  1745  (an  early 
"  period  of  his  life),  he  raised  and  commanded  a  regiment,  to  de- 
"  fend  his  King  and  country  against  the  alarming  insurrection  in 
"  Scotland.  He  was  soon  after  appointed  first  Lord  of  Trade  and 
44  Plantations  in  which  department  he  contributed  so  largely  to 
44  the  commerce  and  splendour  of  America,  as  to  be  styled, 
44  4  Father  of  the  Colonies.'  At  one  and  the  same  time  he  filled 
44  the  united  great  offices  of  the  First  Lord  of  the  Admiralty, 
44  Principal  Secretary  of  State,  and  Lord  Lieutenant  of  Ireland. 
44  He  was  afterwards  appointed  Lord  Privy  Seal ;  on  the  resigna- 
44  tion  thereof  he  was  recalled  to  the  important  duties  of  Prin- 
44  cipal  Secretary  of  State,  and  died  (in  possession  of  the  Seals) 
"  June  8,  1771.    His  worth  in  private  life  was  eminent  and  ex- 


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"  tensive,  and  was  best  testified  in  the  honour  and  esteem  which 
"  were  borne  him  living,  and  the  lamentations  bestowed  upon  his 
"  ashes.  Among  many  instances  of  his  liberal  spirit,  one  deserves 
"  to  be  distinctly  recorded  :  during  his  residence  in  Ireland,  he 
"  obtained  the  grant  of  an  additional  4000/.  per  annum  for  all 
"  subsequent  Viceroys,  at  the  same  time  nobly  declining  that 
"  emolument  himself." — Bacon,  sculptor. 

Over  the  north  door  is  a  magnificent  monument  to  the  memory 
of  Admiral  Watson,  where  you  see,  in  the  centre  of  a  range  of 
palm-trees,  an  elegant  figure  of  the  Admiral  in  a  Roman  toga, 
with  a  branch  of  palm  in  his  right  hand,  receiving  the  address  of 
a  prostrate  figure,  representing  the  genius  of  Calcutta,  a  place  in 
the  East  Indies  memorable  for  the  imprisonment  of  the  English 
garrison  in  a  black  hole,  where  most  of  them  perished,  and  where 
those  that  survived  were  released  by  the  Admiral,  and  the  town 
retaken  from  the  Nabob,  in  January,  1757.  On  the  other  side 
is  the  figure,  in  chains,  of  a  native  of  Chandernagore,  another 
place  taken  by  the  Admiral  the  March  following.  On  the  front 
is  this  inscription  : — "To  the  memory  of  Charles  Watson,  Vice 
"Admiral  of  the  White,  Commander-in-Chief  of  his  Majesty's 
"  navy  forces  in  the  East  Indies,  who  died  at  Calcutta,  August 
"16,  1757,  aged  forty-four.  The  East  India  Company,  as  a 
"  grateful  testimony  of  the  signal  advantages  which  they  obtained 
"  by  his  valour  and  prudent  conduct,  caused  this  monument  to 
"  be  erected." — Scheemakers,  sculptor. 

Against  the  wall,  on  a  small  tablet,  is  the  bust  of  Sir  William 
Sanderson,  Knt.,  with  an  inscription  in  Latin,  showing  that  he 
was  Gentleman  of  the  Bedchamber  to  Charles  I. ;  and  wrote  the 
lives  of  Mary  Queen  of  Scots,  James,  and  Charles  I. :  that  he 
sustained  great  hardships  from  the  tyranny  of  the  rebels ;  but 
that,  having  bravely  surmounted  all  difficulties,  he  lived  to  the 
age  of  ninety,  and  died  July  15,  1676. 

General  Guest. — On  a  base  and  pyramid  of  most  beautiful 
marble,  are  the  first  enrichments  and  busts  that  are  to  be  seen  in 
the  whole  church.  The  inscription  is  short,  but  manly — "  Sacred 
"  to  those  virtues  that  adorn  a  Christian  and  a  soldier,  this  marble 
"  perpetuates  the  memory  of  Lieutenant-General  Joshua  Guest, 
"  who  closed  a  service  of  sixty  years,  by  faithfully  defending 
"Edinburgh  Castle  against  the  rebels  in  1745." 

Admiral  Sir  John  Balchen,  Knt. — On  this  fine  monument,  in 
relief,  is  the  representation  of  a  ship  perishing  in  a  storm.  The 
inscription,  which  is  historical,  is  here  inserted : — "  To  the  memory 
"  of  Sir  John  Balchen,  Knt.,  Admiral  of  the  White  Squadron  of 
"  his  Majesty's  fleet  in  1744.  Being  sent  out  Commander-in-Chief 
"  of  the  combined  fleets  of  England  and  Holland,  to  cruise  on  the 
"  enemy,  was,  on  his  return  home  in  his  Majesty's  ship  the  Victory, 
"  lost  in  the  Channel  by  a  violent  storm  ;  from  which  sad  circum- 
"  stance  of  his  death  we  may  learn  that  neither  the  greatest  skill, 
"judgment,  or  experience,  joined  to  the  most  firm,  unshaken 
"  resolution,  can  resist  the  fury  of  the  winds  and  waves  ;  and  we 
"  are  taught  by  the  passages  of  his  life,  which  were  filled  with 
"  great  and  gallant  actions,  but  ever  accompanied  with  adverse 


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"  gales  of  fortune,  that  the  brave,  the  worthy,  and  the  good  man, 
"  meets  not  always  his  reward  in  this  world.  Fifty-eight  years 
"  of  faithful  and  painful  services  he  had  passed,  when,  being  just 
"  retired  to  the  government  of  Greenwich  Hospital  to  wear  out 
"  the  remainder  of  his  days,  he  was  once  more,  and  for  the  last 
"  time,  called  out  by  his  King  and  country,  whose  interest  he  ever 
"preferred  to  his  own,  and  his  unwearied  zeal  for  their  service 
"  ending  only  in  his  death  ;  which  weighty  misfortune  to  his 
"  afflicted  family  became  heightened  by  many  aggravating  circum- 
"  stances  attending  it;  yet  amidst  their  grief,  had  they  the  mourn- 
"  ful  consolation  to  find  his  gracious  and  Royal  Master  mixing 
"  his  concern  with  the  general  lamentations  of  the  public,  for  the 
u  calamitous  fate  of  so  zealous,  so  valiant,  and  so  able  a  com- 
"  mander ;  and,  as  a  lasting  memorial  of  the  sincere  love  and 
"  esteem  borne  by  his  widow  to  a  most  affectionate  and  worthy 
"  husband,  this  honorary  monument  was  erected  by  her.  He  was 
"  born  Feb.  2, 1669,  married  Susanna,  daughter  of  Colonel  Aprice, 
"  of  Washingly,  in  the  county  of  Huntingdon.  Died  Oct.  7, 1744, 
"  leaving  one  son  and  one  daughter,  the  former  of  whom,  George 
"  Balchen,  survived  him  but  a  short  time ;  for  being  sent  to  the  West 
"  Indies  in  1745,  Commander  of  his  Majesty's  ship  the  Pembroke, 
"  he  died  at  Barbadoes,  in  December  the  same  year,  aged  twenty- 
M  eight,  having  walked  in  the  steps,  and  imitated  the  virtues  and 
"  bravery  of  his  good  but  unfortunate  father."  When  the  Victory 
was  lost  she  had  on  board  near  one  thousand  souls,  one  hundred 
of  whom  were  gentlemen  volunteers. — Scheemakers,  sculptor. 

Bishop  of  Bangor. — The  figure  of  Religion  is  represented  in 
a  mournful  attitude,  leaning  on  a  rock,  whereon  is  writ  the  inscrip- 
tion, holding  in  her  hand  a  cross ;  on  the  other  side  is  represented 
an  angel  pointing  to  the  cross,  as  a  source  of  consolation  whereby 
we  are  saved — why  weep  ?  the  rock  implies  firmness  of  faith.  A 
mitre,  crozier,  &c,  are  at  the  bottom. — "  Near  this  place  are 
"  interred  the  remains  of  the  Right  Rev.  John  Warren,  D.D., 
"Bishop  of  St.  David's  in  1779,  and  translated  to  the  see  of 
"Bangor  in  1783.  These  episcopal  stations  he  filled  for  more 
"  than  twenty  years,  with  great  ability  and  virtue.  His  charity, 
"  liberality,  candour,  and  benevolence,  will  long  be  remembered ; 
"  his  eminent  learning  and  unwearied  application  rendered  him 
"  highly  serviceable  to  the  laws,  as  well  as  the  religion  of  his 
"  country,  towards  which  he  was  most  sincerely  attached.  He  was 
"  son  of  Richard  Warren,  D.D.,  Rector  of  Cavendish,  and  Arch- 
"  deacon  of  Suffolk,  and  brother  of  Richard  Warren,  M.D., 
"  celebrated  for  his  knowledge  and  successful  practice,  and  many 
"years  Physician  in  Ordinary  to  his  Majesty.  He  married 
"  Elizabeth  Southwell,  daughter  of  Henry  Southwell,  Esq.,  of 
"Wisbeach,  Cambridgeshire,  who,  fully  sensible  of  his  many 
"  distinguished  virtues,  has  offered  this  grateful  tribute  to  his 
"  memory,  with  the  most  unfeigned  sincerity  and  respect.  He 
"died  Jan.  27,  1800,  in  the  seventy-second  year  of  his  age." — 
Westmacott,  jun.,  sculptor. 

Lord  Aubrey  Beauclerk. — This  monument  is  ornamented 
with  arms,  trophies,  and  naval  ensigns  ;  and  in  an  oval  niche,  on 


66  NORTH  TRANSEPT. 

ji  pyramid  of  dove- coloured  marble,  is  a  beautiful  bust  of  this 
young  nobleman.  On  the  pedestal  is  this  historical  inscription  : — 
44  The  Lord  Aubrey  Beauclerk  was  the  youngest  son  of  Charles, 
44  Duke  of  St.  Albans,  by  Diana,  daughter  of  Aubrey  de  Vere, 
44  Earl  of  Oxford.  He  went  early  to  sea,  and  was  made  a  com- 
"mander  in  1731.  In  1740  he  was  sent  upon  that  memorable 
44  expedition  to  Carthagena,  under  the  command  of  Admiral 
11  Vernon,  in  his  Majesty's  ship  the  Prince  Frederick,  which,  with 
44  three  others,  was  ordered  to  cannonade  the  Castle  Bocachica. 
44  One  of  these  being  obliged  to  quit  her  station,  the  Prince 
44  Frederick  was  exposed  not  only  to  the  fire  from  the  Castle,  but 
•'  to  that  of  Fort  St.  Joseph,  and  to  two  ships  that  guarded  the 
"  mouth  of  the  harbour,  which  he  sustained  for  many  hours  that 
44  day,  and  part  of  the  next,  with  uncommon  intrepidity.  As  he 
44  was  giving  his  command  upon  deck  both  his  legs  were  shot  off; 
"  but  such  was  his  magnanimity,  that  he  would  not  suffer  his 
44  wounds  to  be  dressed  till  he  had  communicated  his  orders  to 
44  his  First  Lieutenant,  which  were — To  fight  his  ship  to  the  last. 
"  extremity.  Soon  after  this  he  gave  some  directions  about  his 
44  private  affairs,  and  then  resigned  his  soul,  with  the  dignity  of  a 
"  hero  and  a  Christian.  Thus  was  he  taken  off  in  the  thirty-first 
44  year  of  his  age  ;  an  illustrious  commander  of  superior  fortitude 
44  and  clemency,  amiable  in  his  person,  steady  in  his  affection,  and 
44  equalled  by  few  in  the  social  and  domestic  virtues  of  politeness, 
44  modesty,  candour,  and  benevolence.  He  married  the  widow  of 
44  Colonel  F.  Alexander,  a  daughter  of  Sir  H.  Newton,  Knt., 
44  Envoy-Extraordinary  to  the  Court  of  Florence  and  the  Republic 
•*  of  Genoa,  and  Judge  to  the  High  Court  of  Admiralty."  His 
epitaph  over  the  inscription  : — 

"  While  Britain  boasts  her  empire  o'er  the  deep, 
This  marble  shall  compel  the  brave  to  weep  : 
As  men,  as  Britons,  and  as  soldiers  mourn — 
'Tis  dauntless,  loyal,  virtuous  Beauclerk's  urn. 
Sweet  were  his  manners  as  his  soul  was  great, 
And  ripe  his  worth,  though  immature  his  fate ; 
Each  tender  grace  that  joy  and  love  inspire, 
Living,  he  mingled  with  his  martial  fire ; 
Dying,  he  bid  Britannia's  thunder  roar, 
And  Spain  still  felt  him  when  he  breathed  no  more." 

— Scheemakers.  sculptor. 

Percy  Kirk,  Esq. — On  each  side  of  a  fine  bust  of  this  gentle- 
man is  a  winged  seraph  ;  one  having  a  dagger  in  his  right  hand 
inverted,  and  in  his  left  a  helmet ;  the  other  resting  on  a  ball,  and 
holding  in  his  left  hand  a  torch  reversed.  The  inscription  says, 
he  was  Lieutenant- General  of  his  Majesty's  armies  ;  that  he  died 
January  1,  1741,  aged  fifty-seven ;  and  that  he  was  son  of  Percy 
Kirk,  Esq.,  a  Lieutenant- General  in  the  reign  of  James  II.,  by 
the  Lady  Mary,  daughter  of  George  Howard,  Earl  of  Suffolk. 
Diana  Dormer,  his  niece  and  sole  heiress,  died  February  22,  1743, 
aged  thirty-two. — Scheemakers,  sculptor. 

Richard  Kane. — On  this  tomb  is  a  curious  bust  of  this  gentle- 
man, of  white  marble,  upon  a  handsome  pedestal,  whereon  are 
inscribed  the  most  striking  passages  of  his  life.  He  was  born  at 
Down,  in  Ireland,  Dec.  20,  1666.     In  1689,  he  first  appeared  in 


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a  military  capacity  at  the  memorable  siege  of  Derry  ;  and  after 
the  reduction  of  Ireland  followed  William  III.  into  Flanders, 
where  he  distinguished  himself,  particularly  by  his  intrepid  beha- 
viour at  the  siege  of  Namurre,  where  he  was  severely  wounded. 
In  1702,  he  bore  a  commission  in  the  service  of  Queen  Anne,  and 
assisted  in  the  expedition  to  Canada ;  from  whence  he  again 
returned  to  Flanders,  and  fought  under  the  Duke  of  Argyle,  and 
afterwards  under  Lord  Carpenter.  In  1712  he  was  made  Sub- 
Governor  of  Minorca,  through  which  island  he  caused  a  road  to 
be  made,  before  thought  impracticable.  In  1720  he  was  ordered  by 
George  I.  to  the  defence  of  Gibraltar,  where  he  sustained  an  eight 
months'  siege  against  the  Spaniards,  when  all  hope  of  relief  was 
extinguished;  for  which  gallant  service  he  was,  by  George  II.  re- 
warded with  the  government  of  Minorca,  where  he  died,  Dec.  19, 
1736,  and  was  buried  in  the  Castle  of  St.  Philip. — Rysbrack,  sculp. 

Bishop  Bradford. — The  inscription  is  in  Latin,  surrounded 
with  the  arms  and  proper  ensigns  of  his  several  dignities.  He  was 
some  time  Rector  of  St.  Mary-le-Bow,  from  thence  advanced  to 
the  See  of  Carlisle  and  afterwards  translated  to  that  of  Rochester, 
with  the  Deanery  of  this  Church,  and  that  of  the  Hon.  Order  of 
the  Bath  annexed.  He  died  May  17,  1731,  in  the  seventy-ninth 
year  of  his  age. — Cheer e,  sculptor. 

Dr.  Boulter,  Archbishop  of  Armagh.— The  bust  of  the  Arch- 
bishop is  very  natural ;  his  long  flowing  hair  and  solemn  grace- 
fulness excite  a  kind  of  reverential  respect  in  an  attentive  beholder. 
The  ensigns  of  his  dignity,  with  which  his  monument  is  orna- 
mented, are  most  exquisitely  finished.  The  inscription  is  en- 
closed in  a  beautiful  border,  and  is  as  follows ; — "  Dr.  Hugh 
"  Boulter,  late  Archbishop  of  Armagh.  Primate  of  all  Ireland,  a 
"Prelate  so  eminent  for  the  accomplishment  of  his  mind,  the 
"  purity  of  his  heart,  and  the  excellency  of  his  life,  that  it  may  be 
"  thought  superfluous  to  specify  his  titles,  recount  his  virtues,  or 
u  even  to  erect  a  monument  to  his  fame.  His  titles  he  not  only 
44  deserved,  but  adorned ;  his  virtues  are  manifest  in  his  good 
4i  works,  which  had  never  dazzled  the  public  eye,  if  they  had  not 
44  been  too  bright  to  be  concealed  ;  and  as  to  his  fame,  whosoever 
44  has  any  sense  of  merit,  any  reverence  for  piety,  and  passion  for 
"  his  country,  or  any  charity  for  mankind,  will  assist  in  preserving 
44  it  fair  and  spotless,  and  when  brass  and  marble  shall  mix  with 
"  the  dust  they  cover,  every  succeeding  age  may  have  the  benefit 
44  of  his  illustrious  example.  He  was  born  January  4,  1671  ;  was 
44  consecrated  Bishop  of  Bristol,  1718;  translated  to  the  Arch- 
44  bishopric  of  Armagh,  1723;  and  from  thence  to  heaven,  Sept. 
44  27,  1742."—  S.  H.  Cheere,  sculptor. 


3tatit  laU. 

;OOKING  back  on  your  left  is  a  new  monument  to  the 
memory  of  Sir  Thomas  Fowell  Buxton,  Bart.,  born 
April  1,  1786;  died  Feb.  19,  1845.     Endowed  with  a 
vigorous  mind,  of  dauntless  courage  and  untiring  energy, 
he  was  early  led  by  the  love  of  God  to  devote  his  powers  to  the 


68  NORTH  AISLE, 

crood  of  man.  In  Parliament  he  laboured  for  the  improvement ;  of 
Sn  daphne;  for  the  amendment  of  the  criminal  code  for  the 
rnmes^onPof  Suttees  in  India,  for  the  liberation  of  the  Hotten- 
tnffin  Southern  Africa:  and,  above  all,  for  the  emancipation  of 
Sht  Lndred  thousand'slaves  in  the  British  dominions.  In  this 
?Ift  rkTteous  enterprise,  after  ten  years  of  arduous  conflict,  a 
final  victory  « ,  Sven  to  him  and  his  coadjutors  "by  the  grace 
"of  our  Goo!"  on  the  memorable  1st  of  August,  1834.  The 
energies  of  his  mind  were  afterwards  concentrated  on  a  great  at- 
temnt  to  extinguish  the  slave  trade  in  Africa,  by  the  substitution 
of  agriculture  Band  commerce,  and  by  the  civihzmg  bMt* 
the  Gospel  Exhausted  in  mind  and  body,  <  he  fell  asleep  re- 
using in  faith  on  his  Redeemer,  in  the  fifty-ninth  year  ofhw  age 

toJSd  jSw  hi,  wife,  who  »•«.««  lh»  »on«»»t  to  bo 
"T"-    31  ot  Ja°„CS -iVrfn5;..  monumont,  being  on  on., 

nf?h ton  are  weeping  cherubs,  and  on  the  pedestal  a  long  in- 

October  22,  1802,  aged  sixty-two  years.     This  monument  was 
erected  by  his  afflicted  widow  :— 

«  Oh,  let  thy  still-loved  Son  inscribe  thy  stone, 
And  with  a  Mother's  sorrows  mix  his  own. 

A  sickle  cutting  the  lyre  is  represented  below.    Turning  round 
^CBSftlS  n*  SA.8M.KBZ,  Esq.-The  inscription  on  this 


NORTH  AISLE.  69 

monument  is  a  recital  of  the  deceased's  naval  exploits,  one  of 
those  few  whose  lives  ought  rather  to  be  measured  by  their  actions 
than  their  days.  From  sixteen  to  thirty-seven  years  of  age  he 
served  in  the  navy,  and  was  often  surrounded  with  dangers  and 
difficulties  unparalleled,  always  proving  himself  an  able,  active, 
and  gallant  officer.  He  went  out  a  lieutenant  on  board  his 
Majesty's  ship  the  Centurion,  under  the  auspicious  conduct  of 
Commodore  Anson,  in  his  expedition  to  the  South  Seas.  He  was 
commanding  officer  of  the  same  ship  when  she  was  driven  from 
her  moorings  at  the  Isle  of  Titian.  In  the  year  1746,  being 
Captain  of  the  Nottingham,  a  sixty  gun  ship,  he  (then  alone) 
attacked  and  took  the  Mars,  a  French  ship  of  sixty-four  guns. 
In  the  first  engagement  of  the  following  year,  when  Admiral 
Anson  defeated  and  took  a  squadron  of  French  men-of-war  and 
Indiamen,  he  had  an  honourable  share ;  and  in  the  second,  under 
Admiral  Hawke,  when  the  enemy,  after  a  long  and  obstinate 
resistance,  was  again  routed,  in  pursuing  two  ships  that  were 
making  their  escape,  he  gloriously,  but  unfortunately  fell.  He 
was  the  son  of  Matthew  de  Sausmarez,  of  the  Island  of  Guernsey, 
Esq.,  by  Ann  Durell,  of  the  Island  of  Jersey,  his  wife.  He  was 
born  November  17,  1710,  killed  October  14,  1747,  and  buried  in 
the  Old  Church  at  Plymouth,  with  all  the  honours  due  to  his 
distinguished  merits.  This  monument  was  erected  by  his  brothers 
and  sisters. — S,  H.  Cheere,  sculptor. 

Doctor  Charles  Burney. — A  tablet  with  the  following  in- 
scription, written  by  his  daughter  : — "  Sacred  to  the  memory  of 
"  Charles  Burney,  Mus.  D.,  F.R.S.,  who,  full  of  years  and  full  of 
"  virtues,  the  pride  of  his  family,  the  delight  of  society,  the  un- 
"  rivalled  chief  and  scientific  historian  of  his  tuneful  art — 
"  beloved,  revered,  regretted,  breathed  in  Chelsea  College  his 
"  last  sigh  ;  leaving  to  posterity  a  fame  unblemished,  raised  on  a 
"  noble  basis  of  intellectual  attainments.  High  principles  and 
"  pure  benevolence,  goodness  with  gaiety,  talents  with  taste,  were 
"  of  his  gifted  mind  the  blended  attributes ;  while  the  genial 
"  hilarity  of  his  airy  spirits  animated  or  softened  his  every  earthly 
"  toil :  and  a  conscience  without  reproach,  prepared  in  the  whole 
44  tenor  of  his  mortal  life,  through  the  mediation  of  our  Lord 
"  Jesus  Christ,  his  soul  for  heaven.  Amen.  Born  April  7,  O.S., 
44  1726  ;  died  April  12,  1814." 

John  Blow,  Doctor  in  Music. — Under  the  tablet  is  a  canon 
in  four  parts,  set  to  music,  with  enrichments,  cherubs,  and  flowers. 
In  the  centre  is  an  English  inscription,  by  which  it  appears  he 
was  Organist,  Composer,  and  Master  of  the  Children  of  the 
Chapel  Royal  thirty-five  years,  and  Organist  to  this  Abbey, 
fifteen  years ;  that  he  was  scholar  to  Dr.  Christopher  Gibbons, 
and  Master  to  the  famous  Mr.  Purcell,  and  to  most  of  the  eminent 
masters  of  his  time.     He  died  Oct.  1,  1708,  in  his  sixtieth  year. 

William  Croft. — On  the  pedestal  of  this  monument,  in  bas- 
relief,  is  an  organ,  and  on  the  top  a  bust  of  the  deceased,  who 
was  Doctor  in  Music,  Master  of  the  Children,  Organist  and  Com- 
poser of  the  Chapel  Royal,  and  Organist  of  Westminster  Abbev. 
He  died  August  14,  1727,  aged  fifty. 

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70  NORTH  AISLE. 

Dr.  Monk,  Bishop  of  Gloucester  and  Bristol. — This  ecclesiastic 
is  represented  in  a  fine  brass  in  the  centre  of  the  aisle,  holding  a 
crosier  surmounted  with  the  paschal  lamb,  the  four  corners  repre- 
senting the  evangelical  emblems,  while  the  inscription  informs  us 
that  he  was  Bishop  of  Gloucester  and  Bristol,  Canon  of  Westmin- 
ster, Dean  of  Peterborough,  and  Regius  Professor  at  Cambridge, 
and  died  June  6,  1859,  aged  seventy-four. — Hardiman. 

On  your  left,  on  the  choir  side,  against  the  column,  is  a  small 
tablet  to  the  memory  of  Henry  Purcell,  Esq.,  with  the  fol- 
lowing inscription  : — "  Here  lies  Henry  Purcell,  who  left  this  life, 
"  and  is  gone  to  that  blessed  place,  where  only  his  harmony  can  be 
"  exceeded."  A  short,  but  comprehensive  epitaph,  expressive  of 
his  great  merit.   He  died  Nov.  21,  1695,  in  his  thirty* seventh  year. 

Sacred  to  the  memory  of  Captain  George  Bryan,  late  of  His 
Majesty's  Coldstream  Regiment  of  Foot  Guards,  son  of  the  Rev. 
John  Bryan  and  Eliza  Louisa,  his  wife,  of  Hertford,  in  the  island 
of  Jamaica.  He  fell  in  the  month  of  July,  1809,  in  the  twenty- 
seventh  year  of  his  age,  at  the  battle  of  Talavera,  in  Spain,  so 
glorious  in  the  annals  of  British  valour,  but  so  deeply  afflicting 
to  a  widowed  mother.  His  remains  were  interred,  with  every 
military  honour,  in  the  garden  of  the  convent  of  St.  Jeronimo, 
when  even  the  officers  of  the  enemy  joined  in  evincing  respect  to 
his  memory  and  sympathy  for  his  untimely  fate.  The  monument 
represents  a  mourner  reclining  on  the  basement  of  a  column  that 
holds  an  urn,  over  which  is  the  name  of  Talavera.  Military  trophies 
and  implements  of  war  are  introduced. — Bacon,  jun.,  sculptor. 

Sir  Thomas  Stamford  Raffles  :  his  figure  is  seated  on  a 
handsome  moulded  pedestal  in  serious  contemplation ;  the  fol- 
lowing inscription  underneath : — "  To  the  memory  of  Sir  Thomas 
"  Stamford  Raffles,  LL.D.,  F.R.S.,  Lieutenant-Governor  of  Java, 
"  and  first  President  of  the  Zoological  Society  of  London  ;  born 
"  in  1781,  died  in  1826.  Selected  at  an  early  age  to  conduct  the 
"  Government  of  the  British  conquests  in  the  Indian  Ocean,  by 
"  wisdom,  vigour,  and  philanthropy,  he  raised  Java  to  happiness 
"  and  prosperity  unknown  under  former  rulers.  After  the  sur- 
"  render  of  that  Island  to  the  Dutch,  and  during  his  government 
"  in  Sumatra,  he  founded  an  emporium  at  Singapore,  where  he 
"  established  freedom  of  person  as  the  right  of  the  soil,  and  free- 
"  dom  of  trade  as  the  right  of  the  port,  he  secured  to  the  British 
"  flag  the  maritime  superiority  of  the  Indian  Seas.  Ardently 
"  attached  to  science,  he  laboured  successfully  to  add  to  the 
"  knowledge  and  enrich  the  museums  of  his  native  land :  in 
"  promoting  the  welfare  of  the  people  committed  to  his  charge, 
"  he  sought  the  good  of  his  country  and  the  glory  of  God." — 
Chantrey,  sculptor. 

Almericus  de  Courcy,  Baron  of  Kinsale. — His  Lordship  is 
here  represented  in  full  proportion,  reposing  himself,  after  the 
fatigues  of  an  active  life,  under  a  rich  canopy,  finely  ornamented 
and  gilt.  He  was  descended,  as  his  inscription  shows,  from  the 
famous  John  de  Courcy,  Earl  of  Ulster,  who,  in  the  reign  of  John, 
in  consideration  of  his  great  valour,  obtained  that  extraordinary 
privilege  to  him  and  his  heirs,  of  standing  covered  before  the 


NORTH  AISLE.  71 

King.  This  nobleman  was  greatly  in  favour  with  Charles  II. 
and  James  II.,  and  commanded  a  troop  of  horse  under  the  latter, 
He  died  Feb.  9,  1719,  aged  fifty-seven. 

"To  the  memory  of  William  Wilberforce,  born  in  Hull, 
"  August  24,  1759,  died  in  London,  July  29,  1833.  For  nearly 
"  half  a  century  a  member  of  the  House  of  Commons,  and  for  six 
"  parliaments  during  that  period  one  of  the  two  representatives 
"  for  Yorkshire.  In  an  age  and  country  fertile  in  great  and 
"  good  men,  he  was  among  the  foremost  of  those  who  fixed  the 
"  character  of  their  time  ;  because  to  high  and  various  talents,  to 
"  warm  benevolence,  and  to  universal  candour,  he  added  the 
"  abiding  eloquence  of  a  Christian  life.  Eminent  as  he  was  in 
"  every  department  of  public  labour,  and  a  leader  in  every  work 
"  of  charity,  whether  to  relieve  the  temporal  or  the  spiritual  wants 
"  of  his  fellow  men,  his  name  will  ever  be  specially  identified  with 
"  those  exertions  which,  by  the  blessing  of  God,  removed  from 
"  England  the  guilt  of  the  African  Slave  Trade,  and  prepared  the 
"  way  for  the  abolition  of  slavery  in  every  colony  in  the  empire. 
11  In  the  prosecution  of  these  objects,  he  relied  not  in  vain  on 
"  God  :  but  in  the  progress,  he  was  called  to  endure  great  obloquy 
"  and  great  opposition.  He  outlived,  however,  all  enmity, 
"  and  in  the  evening  of  his  days  withdrew  from  public  life  and 
u  public  observation  to  the  bosom  of  his  family.  Yet  he  died  not 
"  unnoticed  or  forgotten  by  his  country  :  the  Peers  and  Commons 
"  of  England,  with  the  Lord  Chancellor  and  the  Speaker  at  their 
u  head,  in  solemn  procession  from  their  respective  nouses,  carried 
"  him  to  his  fitting  place  among  the  mighty  dead  around,  here  to 
"  repose,  till,  through  the  merits  of  Jesus  Christ  his  only  Re- 
"  deemer  and  Saviour,  whom  in  his  life  and  in  his  writings  he 
u  had  desired  to  glorify,  he  shall  rise  in  the  resurrection  of  the 
"  just."  His  figure  is  seated  on  a  pedestal,  very  ingeniously  done, 
and  truly  expressive  of  his  age,  and  of  the  pleasure  he  seemed 
to  derive  from  his  own  thoughts. — Joseph,  sculptor. 

Above  is  Dr.  Plenderleath. — A  medallion  of  the  deceased 
is  fixed  up  with  ribbon,  under  which  is  Hygeia,  the  cup  of  health, 
a  serpent  twining  round,  and  a  bough  of  cypress  lying  on  it. 
Below  is  written  in  a  book — "  He  healed — 'many  that  were  sick 
"  '  of  divers  diseases.'"  (St.  Mark,  i.  34.)  Under  the  book  is  an 
JEsculapius  as  an  emblem  of  physic.  "  In  memory  of  Dr.  John 
"  Plenderleath,  third  son  of  John  Plenderleath,  Esq.,  of  Glen,  in 
"  Tweedale,  Scotland,  Physician  to  the  forces  serving  under  the 
"  Marquis  of  Wellington  in  Portugal,  who  died  at  Coimbra,  of  a 
tl  typhus  fever,  on  the  18th  of  June,  1811,  aged  twenty-eight  years. 
"  He  was  eminently  distinguished  by  the  strength  of  his  mental 
"faculties,  his  great  classical  and  professional  knowledge  ;  and 
"  no  less  by  the  humanity  of  his  heart,  which  manifested  itself 
"  on  all  occasions,  and  especially  towards  the  numerous  sick  and 
"  wounded,  both  of  his  countrymen  and  of  the  enemy,  which 
"  were  committed  to  his  care.  In  commemoration  of  his  public 
"  virtues,  and  of  his  many  amiable  qualities  in  private  life,  this 
"  monument  is  erected  as  a  small  tribute  of  parental  affection.' ' 
— Bacon,  jun.,  sculptor. 

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72  NORTH  AISLE. 

A  monument  to  Sir  Thomas  Ddppa,  prettily  ornamented  with 
flowers  and  foliage,  and  on  the  top  with  an  urn  wreathed.  The  in- 
scription shows  that  Sir  Thomas  in  his  youth  waited  on  Charles  II. 
when  he  was  Prince  of  Wales.  He  was  afterwards  made  Gentle- 
man Usher  and  Daily  Waiter,  and  then  Gentleman  Usher  of  the 
Black  Rod,  in  which  office  he  died,  April  25,  1694,  aged  75. 

Behind  you,  looking  upwards,  in  the  window  is  a  monument 
to  the  Rev.  Evelyn  Levett  Sutton,  M.A.,  Prebendary  of 
Westminster,  Rector  of  High  Holden,  in  the  Isle  of  Thanet. 
Born  1777.  On  Sunday,  25th  January,  1834,  when  reading  the 
Ninth  Commandment,  suddenly  fell  down,  was  removed  from  the 
choir  to  his  house,  where  he  died  the  same  evening.  The  inscrip- 
tion is  as  follows: — "  The  learning  of  the  scholar,  the  benevolence 
"  of  the  Christian,  obtained  the  esteem  of  the  wise  and  the  good, 
"  while  his  graceful  wit,  classic  elegance  of  mind,  and  gentle  and 
44  generous  heart,  made  him  the  delight  of  all  that  knew  him ; 
44  his  widow,  now  happiest  when  recalling  her  husband's  worth 
"  and  love,  seeks,  on  this  monument,  to  record  her  loss  and  her 
"  affection."  A  female  is  represented  in  front  of  the  pedestal, 
resting  her  head  on  books  of  divinity. — Chantrsy,  sculptor. 

"  To  the  memory  of  Sir  George  Leonard  Staunton,  Bart., 
"  of  Cargin,  county  of  Galway,  Ireland.  His  life  was  devoted  to 
44  his  country's  service,  in  various  parts  of  the  globe  ;  his  conduct 
"  on  all  occasions  was  distinguished  by  firmness,  prudence,  and 
"  integrity,  and  in  a  peculiar  manner  displayed  in  the  treaty  of 
"peace  concluded  with  Tippoo  Sultan,  in  1784,  by  which  the 
"  British  interests  in  India  were  promoted  and  secured.  Born 
"  19th  April,  1 737 ;  died  14th  January,  1801."  Sir  George  seems 
expounding  the  law  to  a  native.  A  tiger  is  represented  at  the 
east  end  of  the  monument. — Chantrey,  sculptor. 

Beneath  is  a  fine  bust  of  Admiral  West. — The  inscription  is 
remarkable  for  historical  relation,  viz.: — "  Sacred  to  the  me- 
"  mory  of  Temple  West,  Esq.,  who,  dedicating  himself  from  his 
44  earliest  youth  to  the  naval  service  of  his  country,  rose  with 
44  merit  and  reputation  to  the  rank  of  Vice- Admiral  of  the  White. 
"  Sagacious,  active,  industrious,  a  skilful  seaman,  cool,  intrepid, 
il  and  resolute,  he  proved  himself  a  gallant  officer.  In  the  signal 
44  victory  obtained  over  the  French,  May  3, 1747,  he  was  Captain 
"  of  the  ship  which  carried  Sir  Peter  Warren,  and  acquired 
"  peculiar  honour,  even  on  that  day  of  general  glory.  In  the  less 
4 '  successful  engagement  near  Minorca,  May  20,  1756,  wherein, 
4<  as  Rear- Admiral,  he  commanded  the  second  division,  his  dis- 
44  tmguished  courage  and  animated  example  were  admired  by 
44  the  whole  British  squadron  ;  confessed  by  that  of  France  ;  and, 
"  amidst  the  national  discontent  which  followed,  rewarded,  as 
"  they  deserved,  by  the  warmest  applauses  of  his  country,  and 
"  the  just  approbation  of  his  Sovereign.  On  the  17th  November 
"  following,  he  was  appointed  one  of  the  Lords  Commissioners 
"  of  the  Admiralty.  He  adorned  his  station  by  a  modesty  which 
"  concealed  from  him  his  own  merit,  and  a  candour  which  dis- 
"  posed  him  to  reward  that  of  others.  With  these  talents  he 
44  possessed  the  milder  graces  of  domestic  life  :  to  the  frank  and 


NORTH  AISLE.  73 

"  generous  spirit  of  an  officer,  he  added  the  ease  and  politeness 
"  of  a  gentleman  ;  and  with  the  moral  and  social  virtues  of  a  good 
"  man,  he  exercised  the  duties  of  a  Christian.  A  life  so  honour- 
"  able  to  himself,  so  dear  to  his  friends,  so  useful  to  his  country, 
"  was  ended  at  the  age  of  forty-three,  a.d.  1757.  To  preserve  to 
"  posterity  his  fame,  and  his  example,  this  monument  was  erected 
"  by  the  daughter  of  the  brave  unfortunate  Balchen,  the  wife  of 
"  Temple  West,  a.d.  1761." 

On  the  next  monument  are  placed  the  arms  of  Richard  le 
Neve,  Esq.,  with  the  instruments  of  war.  The  English  inscrip- 
tion informs  us,  that  being  made  commander  of  his  Majesty's 
ship  the  Edgar,  he  was  unfortunately  killed  in  the  twenty- seventh 
year  of  his  age,  in  that  sharp  engagement  with  the  Hollanders, 
on  the  11th  August,  1673. 

Sir  Edmund  Prideatjx,  Bart. — Near  this  monument,  in  one 
grave,  in  the  middle  aisle,  are  deposited  the  remains  of  Sir  Ed- 
mund Prideaux,  of  Netherton,  in  Devonshire,  Bart.,  and  Dame 
Ann,  his  second  wife.  He  departed  this  life,  February  26,  1728, 
in  his  fifty-fifth  year;  and  she  the  10th  May,  1741,  aged  fifty- 
live  years.  Their  daughter  Ann  erected  this  monument  to  their 
memories. — Cheere,  sculptor. 

Dame  Elizabeth  Carteret.— She  was  daughter  of  Sir 
Edward  Carteret,  Knight,  Gentleman  Usher  to  Charles  I.,  and 
second  wife  and  relict  of  Sir  Philip  de  Carteret,  and  by  him 
mother  of  Sir  Charles  Carteret,  her  only  son,  by  whose  death  was 
extinguished  the  eldest  branch  of  the  ancient  family  of  the  Car- 
terets,  Signeurs  of  St.  Owen,  in  the  Isle  of  Jersey.  She  died 
March  26,  1717,  aged  fifty-two. 

Opposite  is  the  tablet  of  Dr.  Peter  Heylin,  on  the  top  of 
which  are  the  arms  of  Heylin.  On  the  face  of  the  tablet  is  a  long 
Latin  inscription  greatly  to  his  praise.   Died  May  8, 1662,  aged  63. 

A  tablet  to  Charles  Williams,  Esq. — The  scrollwork  and 
scalloping  are  somewhat  remarkable.  The  inscription  tells  us 
that  the  deceased  was  of  Caerleon,  in  Monmouthshire,  a  strenu- 
ous defender  of  the  Church  and  public  liberty,  and  a  good  and 
generous  man.     He  died  August  29,  1720,  aged  eighty-seven. 

Charles  Agar,  D.D. — This  monument  consists  of  a  fine 
representation  of  the  Archbishop  relieving  the  poor,  who  are  also 
finely  executed,  and  the  clergy  of  the  diocese  on  the  right  hand, 
with  the  following  inscription : — "  Sacred  to  the  memory  of 
"  Charles  Agar,  D.D.,  Earl  of  Normanton,  and  Archbishop  of 
"  Dublin.  He  was  educated  at  Westminster  School,  and  was  a 
"  student  of  Christ  Church,  Oxford  ;  in  1768,  he  was  consecrated 
"  Bishop  of  Cloyne,  in  Ireland,  and  translated  from  thence  to 
11  the  Archbishoprick  of  Cashel,  in  1779  ;  in  1795,  he  was  created 
"  Baron  Somerton,  of  Somerton,  in  the  county  of  Kilkenny,  and 
11  Viscouht  Somerton,  in  1800  ;  in  the  following  year  he  became 
"  Archbishop  of  Dublin,  and  in  the  year  1806,  was  created  Earl 
"  of  Normanton.  He  departed  this  life,  July  14,  1809,  aged 
"  seventy -two  years,  and  rests  near  this  spot,  in  the  same  grave 
"  with  his  uncle,  the  Right  Hon.  Wellbore  Ellis,  Baron  Mendip. 
"  In  the  course  of  his  episcopal  labours,  not  less  than  seventeen 


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"  churches,  and  twenty -two  glebe-houses,  for  the  residence  of  his 
"  clergy,  were  built  under  his  direction  and  assistance  ;  and  he 
vi  erected,  principally  at  his  own  expense,  the  Cathedral  Church 
"  of  Cashel.  As  a  statesman  and  a  prelate,  he  was  an  able  and 
"  zealous  supporter  of  the  religion  which  he  professed  and  taught, 
"  and  of  the  country  at  whose  councils  he  assisted.  His  care  for 
"  the  welfare  of  the  Church,  is  testified  by  the  numerous  acts  of 
"  Parliament  he  framed  for  its  permanent  regulation  and  sup- 
"  port.  The  perfect  state  in  which  his  dioceses  were  left,  and  the 
"  veneration  impressed  by  his  talents  and  virtues  on  the  hearts  of 
"  those  over  whom  he  presided,  are  far  nobler  monuments  than 
M  any  which  can  be  erected  to  his  memory." — Bacon,  jun.,  sculptor. 

In  the  window  is  the  following  inscription  : — "  To  the  memory 
"  of  the  most  affectionate  of  brothers,  George  Lindsay  John- 
"  stone,  Esq.,  this  monument  is  erected  by  his  afflicted  sister." 
His  remains  are  interred  in  the  South  Cloister.  Grief  is  repre 
sented  in  a  mournful  posture  over  a  coffin,  on  the  side  of  which 
is  a  medallion  of  the  deceased. — Flaxman,  sculptor. 

Robert,  Lcrd  Constable. — On  the  face  of  the  monument  is 
this  inscription  : — "  Near  this  lies  the  Right  Hon.  Robert,  Lord 
"  Constable,  Viscount  Dunbar,  who  departed  this  life  November 
"  23,  1714,  in  his  sixty-fourth  year.  Also  his  second  wife,  the 
"  Right  Hon,  Dorothy  Brudenell,  Countess  of  Westmoreland, 
"  who  departed  this  life  January  26,  1739,  aged  ninety-one." 

Here  you  pass  through  the  gate. 

Thomas  Livingstone,  Viscount  Teviot.— The  top  of  this 
monument  is  decorated  with  the  arms,  supporters,  and  crest  of 
this  nobleman,  and  with  military  trophies,  alluding  to  his  profes- 
sion of  a  soldier.  On  the  face  of  the  monument  is  a  long  Latin 
inscription,  showing  that  he  was  born  in  Holland,  but  descended 
from  the  Livingstones  in  Scotland  ;  that  ffom  his  childhood  he 
was  trained  to  arms  ;  that  he  attended  the  Prince  of  Orange  into 
Britain  as  a  Colonel  of  Foot ;  that  he  rose  to  the  rank  of  Lieu- 
tenant-General,  and  General  of  the  Scotch  forces ;  was  made 
Master  of  the  Ordnance,  and  a  Privy  Councillor;  that  he  secured 
Scotland  to  the  King,  by  one  decisive  action  on  the  Spey,  for 
which  he  was  advanced  to  the  dignity  of  Viscount.  He  died 
January  14,  1710,  aged  sixty. 

Edward  de  Carteret. — This  neat  monument  is  ornamented 
with  cherubs,  and  with  festoons  of  leaves  and  fruit,  finely  em- 
bossed, and  was  erected  to  the  child  whose  name  is  inscribed  upon 
it,  who  died  in  the  eighth  year  of  his  age,  Oct.  30,  1677.  He  was 
son  of  Sir  Edward  de  Carteret,  Gentleman  Usher  to  Charles  II. 

Philip  Carteret. — Figure  of  Time,  standing  on  an  altar, 
and  holding  a  scroll  in  his  hand,  whereon  are  written,  in  sapphic 
verse,  lines  to  the  following  import,  which  he  is  supposed  to  be 
repeating : — 


4  Why  flow  the  mournful  Muse's  tear. 
For  thee,  cut  down  in  life's  full 
prime? 

Why  sighs  for  thee  the  parent  dear, 
Cropt  by  the  scythe  of  hoary  time? 

Lo!  this,  my  boy's,  the  common  lot; 
To  me  thy  memory  entrust ; 


When  all  that's  dear  shall  be  forgot, 
I'll  guard  thy  venerable  dust. 

From  age  to  age,  as  I  proclaim 
Thy  learning,  piety,  and  truth, 

Thy  great  examples  shall  enflame, 
And  emulation  raise  in  youth.'* 


NORTH  AISLE.  75 

Over  all  is  the  bust  of  the  noble  youth  here  alluded  to,  who  was 
son  of  Lord  George  Carteret,  and  died  a  King's  scholar,  at  West- 
minster, ripe  for  the  University,  March  19,  1710,  aged  nineteen. 
— David,  sculptor. 

Above  is  a  memorial  window  put  up  by  friends  of  the  great 
engineer,  Robert  Stephenson — George  Stephenson,  Telford, 
Smeaton,  Robert  Stephenson,  Watt,  Rennie : — Bonha  Bridge, 
over  the  Nile;  William  of  Wykeham  ;  Britannia  Bridge  (tubular), 
over  the  Menai  Straits  ;  Hiram  ;  Building  of  the  Second  Temple  ; 
Bezaleel;  Building  of  the  Temple  by  Solomon;  Noah;  The 
Erection  of  the  Tabernacle  ;  Tubal  Cain ;  Building  of  the  Ark 
by  Noah  ;  Victoria  Bridge,  over  the  St.  Lawrence  ;  Sir  C.  Wren  ; 
High  Level  Bridge  at  Newcastle-upon-Tyne ;  Mch.  Angelo ; 
The  Colosseum  at  Rome ;  Archimedes ;  Building  of  a  Roman 
Aqueduct;  Euclid;  Treasure  Cities  of  Egypt;  Cheops;  Building 
of  Nineveh. 

The  next  is  to  the  memory  of  Joseph  Locke,  R.A.,  and  Presi- 
dent of  the  Society  of  Engineers  : — Our  Lord  in  Majesty  ;  The 
Lord  healing  the  impotent  at  Bethesda  ;  Our  Lord  healing  the 
withered  hand  ;  Resurrection  of  Our  Lord ;  Our  Lord  and  dis- 
ciples walking  in  the  corn-field. 

Above  is  a  little  monument,  consisting  of  an  urn  over  a  tablet 
that  has  a  Latin  inscription,  reciting  the  high  character  of  Sir 
James  Stewart  Denham,  Bart.,  who  died  Nov.  26,  1780,  aged 
sixty-seven. 

Suspended  by  a  knot  of  ribbons,  fastened  to  a  pyramid  of 
various-coloured  marble,  is  a  fine  medallion,  with  the  words — 
"  Henry  Priestman,  Esq."  round  the  head.  Underneath  are 
naval  trophies  and  sea  instruments,  most  admirably  sculptured, 
and  upon  the  base  an  inscription,  showing  that  the  person  to 
whose  memory  the  monument  is  erected,  was  Commander-in- 
Chief  of  a  squadron  of  ships  of  war  in  the  reign  of  Charles  II. ,  a 
Commissioner  of  the  Navy,  and  one  of  the  Commissioners  for 
executing  the  office  of  Lord  High  Admiral  of  England,  in  the 
reign  of  William  III.  He  died  August  20, 1712,  aged  sixty-five. 
— Bird,  sculptor, 

A  rostral  column  of  curiously- veined  marble,  on  which  are 
depicted  the  prows  of  galleys,  a  Medusa's  head,  naval  and 
military  trophies,  &c,  with  this  short  inscription : — •'  To  the 
u  memory  of  John  Baker,  Esq.,  Vice- Admiral  of  the  White 
"  Squadron  of  the  British  Fleet,  who,  when  he  commanded  in  the 
"  Mediterranean,  died  at  Port-Mahon,  November  20,  1716,  aged 
"  fifty-six.  He  was  a  brave,  judicious,  and  experienced  officer, 
"  a  sincere  friend,  and  a  true  lover  of  his  country.  Manet  post 
"  funera  virtus!19 — Bird,  sculptor, 

A  monument  to  the  memory  of  Richard  Mead,  M.D.,  on 
which  are  his  bust  and  various  emblematical  devices,  expressive 
of  his  great  learning  and  physical  knowledge,  for  which  he  was 
eminent.  He  was  of  an  ancient  family  in  Buckinghamshire,  was 
Physician  in  Ordinary  to  his  Majesty,  Fellow  of  the  College  of 
Physicians,  and  of  the  Royal  Society ;  a  great  promoter  of  the 
Foundling  Hospital,  and  well  known  to  the  world  by  his  writings. 


76  NORTH  AISLE. 

He  died  the  14th  of  March,  1754,  aged  eighty-one. — Scheemakers, 
sculptor. 

On  the  column,  on  your  right  hand,  is  a  small  tablet  erected 
to  the  memory  of  Gilbert  Thornburgh,  Esq.,  an  honest 
courtier,  faithful  to  his  God,  his  Prince,  and  his  friends,  who 
died  October  6,  1677,  aged  fifty-six. 

In  the  window  is  a  monument — "To  the  memory  of  the  Right 
"  Honourable  Spencer  Perceval,  Chancellor  of  the  Exchequer, 
11  and  First  Lord  of  the  Treasury.  This  monument  was  erected 
"  by  the  Prince  Regent  and  the  Parliament,  to  record  their  deep 
"  sense  of  his  public  and  private  virtues,  and  to  mark  the  nation's 
"  abhorrence  of  the  act  by  which  he  fell.  Born  1st  November, 
"  1762  ;  assassinated  within  the  walls  of  the  House  of  Commons, 
"  11th  May,  1812."  In  bas-relief  he  is  represented  falling  into 
the  arms  of  the  officers  of  the  House  of  Commons  in  the  lobby 
of  the  House,  where  the  members  are  seen  rushing  forward  to 
witness  the  sad  catastrophe  :  the  second  figure  to  the  left  represents 
the  assassin  (Bellingham).  A  figure  of  Mr.  Perceval  is  lying 
on  a  mattress,  under  which  is  a  sarcophagus,  the  figure  of 
power  (with  the  fasces)  weeping  over  him.  At  his  feet  are  two 
figures,  Truth  (with  the  mirror),  Temperance  (the  bridle). — 
Westmacott,  sculptor. 

Robert  and  Richard  Cholmondeley. — The  Latin  inscrip- 
tion iuforms  us  that  the  second  and  fourth  sons  of  Robert 
Viscount  Cholmondeley,  lie  here  interred.  Robert,  a  King's 
scholar,  died  at  fourteen,  February  4, 1678  ;  Richard  died  June  9, 
1680.     Both  youths  of  promising  genius. 

Edward  Mansell,  eldest  sou  of  Sir  Edward  Mansell,  of  Mar- 
gam,  in  Glamorganshire,  Bart.,  who  died  June  20,  1681,  aged  15. 

Against  a  pillar,  on  a  tablet  of  white  marble,  is  a  long  inscrip- 
tion in  English,  setting  forth  the  descent  of  Edward  Herbert, 
Esq.  He  was  lineally  descended  from  Sir  George  Herbert,  of 
Swansea,  in  Glamorganshire,  first  sheriff*  of  that  county  after  the 
union  of  the  principality  of  Wales  in  1542.  He  died  Sept.  18, 1715, 
aged  twenty -three,  leaving  one  son,  Thomas,  then  two  years  old. 

A  double  monument,  being  two  oval  tables  between  three 
wreathed  pillars,  neatly  ornamented  and  inscribed ;  the  first  to 
the  memory  of  William  Morgan,  second  son  of  William 
Morgan,  of  Tredegar,  in  Monmouthshire,  who  died  February  1, 
1683^  in  the  nineteenth  year  of  his  age  ;  the  other,  Thomas  Man- 
sel,  eldest  son  of  Busy  Mansel,  of  Britain's  Ferry,  Glamorgan- 
shire, who  died  December  13,  1684,  aged  thirty-eight. 

Mrs.  Jane  Hill. — This  lady,  who  is  here  represented  on  a 
pedestal,  in  the  ancient  dress  of  her  time,  appears  by  the  inscrip- 
tion to  have  been  the  daughter  of  Thomas  Stoteville,  of  Brinkley, 
in  Cambridgeshire,  and  wife,  first  to  Edward  Ellis,  of  Chesterton, 
and  then  to  Othowell  Hill,  LL.D.,  and  Chancellor  of  the  diocese 
of  Lincoln.     She  died  April  27,  1631,  aged  seventy-eight. 

In  the  window  above,  is  a  monument  to  the  memory  of  Miss 
Ann  Whytell,  who  died  17th  August,  1788.  Upon  an  urn  are 
leaning  two  figures  of  Innocence  and  Peace,  having  the  emblems 
in  their  hands,  the  dove  and  olive-branch. — Bacon,  sculptor. 


NORTH  AISLE.  77 

Above  is  a  monument  erected — "  To  the  memory  of  John 
<4  Stewart,  Esq.,  Captain  in  the  Royal  Navy ;  son  of  William 

*  Stewart,  Esq.,  of  Castle  Stewart,  in  Wigtownshire,  and  Eu- 
'*  phemia,  daughter  of  Lord  Fortros.  He  entered  the  Navy  at  an 
"  early  age,  and  distinguished  himself  in  every  rank  and  branch 
"  of  the  service,  particularly  when  in  command  of  the  Seahorse, 
'•  of  thirty-eight  guns,  with  which  single  ship  he  totally  defeated 
"  a  Turkish  squadron,  and  captured  the  Bedere  Zaffer,  carrying 
"  fifty-one  guns.  He  died  in  London,  on  the  25th  October,  1811, 
"  aged  thirty-six  years.  The  knowledge,  decision,  and  coolness 
u  which  he  displayed  as  an  officer,  won  him  the  confidence  of  all 
"  who  served  with  him ;  the  gaiety  and  cheerfulness  of  his  temper, 

*  the  frankness  of  his  disposition,  and  the  warmth  and  goodness 
"  of  his  heart,  rendered  him  the  delight  of  all  who  approached 
"  him,  and  made  his  death  an  equal  loss  to  private  society  and 
u  to  his  country." 

On  the  left  is  a  handsome  monument  of  Governor  Loten, 
consisting  of  a  single  figure,  representing  Generosity,  attended 
by  a  lion,  who  is  sustaining  a  medallion,  with  his  portrait  upon 
a  pedestal,  on  which  is  inscribed,  in  Latin,  his  great  character, 
and  the  high  offices  he  exercised  over  the  Dutch  settlements  in 
India,  where  he  arrived  in  the  year  1732  ;  married  Henrietta 
Beaumont,  August  24,  1733,  who  died  August  10,  1755.  He 
returned  to  Europe  in  1758,  married  in  England  July  4,  1765, 
to  Laetitia  Cotes,  of  Cotes,  in  Staffordshire,  and  died  at  Utrecht, 
May  25, 1 789,  setatis  eighty.  The  lower  inscription  is  the  fifteenth 
Psalm,  except  the  last  verse,  and  concludes — "  Such  was  John 
"  Gideon  Loten." — Banks,  sculptor, 

Mrs.  Mary  Beaufoy. — The  principal  figure  is  represented 
in  a  devout  posture,  with  cherubs  crowning  her ;  on  each  side 
are  Cupids  lamenting  the  early  decay  of  virgin  beauty  ;  and 
underneath,  the  arms  of  her  family,  quarterly,  upheld  by  cherubs. 
The  inscription  on  the  base: — "Reader!  whoe'er  thou  art,  let 
"  the  sight  of  this  tomb  imprint  on  thy  mind,  that  young  and 
"  old  (without  distinction)  leave  this  world  ;  and  therefore  fail  not 
"  to  secure  the  next."  This  lady  was  only  daughter  and  heiress 
of  Sir  Henry  Beaufoy,  of  Guy's  Cliff,  near  Warwick,  by  the  Hon. 
Charlotte  Lane,  eldest  daughter  of  George,  Lord  Viscount  Lans- 
borough.     She  died  July  12,  1705. — Grinling  Gibbons,  sculptor. 

"  Robert  Killigrew,  of  Arwenack,  in  Cornwall,  Esq. ;  son 
"  of  Thomas  and  Charlotte ;  Page  of  Honour  to  Charles  II. ; 
"  Brigadier-General  of  Her  Majesty's  Forces ;  killed  in  Spain,  in 
"the  battle  of  Almanza,  April  14,  1707,  cetatis  suce  forty-seven. 
"  Militavit  annis  twenty-four."  A  fine  piece  of  sculpture,  cut 
out  of  one  stone.  The  embellishments  are  distinct  and  very  pic- 
turesque, and  the  inscription  modest  and  soldierlike. — Bird, 
sculptor.    In  front  of  this  monument  Ben  Jonson  was  buried. 

On  a  small  tablet  is  the  following  inscription  : — i(  In  memory 
"  of  Thomas  Banks,  Esq.,  B.A.,  Sculptor,  whose  superior  abili- 
"  ties  in  his  profession  added  a  lustre  to  the  arts  of  his  country, 
u  and  whose  character  as  a  man  reflected  honour  on  human 
*'  nature.  His  earthly  remains  were  deposited  by  his  desire  on  the 


78  NORTH  AISLE. 

"  north  side  of  the  churchyard  at  Paddington.     His  spirit  is  with 
"  God.     He  died  Feb.  2,  1805,  aged  seventy  years." 

John  Hunter. — The  remains  of  this  celebrated  anatomist 
were  removed  from  the  Church  of  St.  Martin -in-the-Fields  to  the 
Abbey  in  1859.  "  The  Royal  College  of  Surgeons  of  England 
"  have  placed  this  Tablet  over  the  grave  of  Hunter,  to  record 
"  their  admiration  of  his  genius  as  a  gifted  interpreter  of  the 
"  Divine  power  and  wisdom  at  work  in  the  laws  of  organic  life, 
"  and  their  grateful  veneration  for  his  services  to  mankind  as  the 
"  founder  of  scientific  surgery."     Born,  1728  ;  died,  1793. 

Sir  Robert  Wilson  and  Lady. — A  very  fine  brass  beside  that 
of  Hunter.     He  was  born  in  1777,  died  1849. 

Colonel  James  Bringfield. — This  monument  is  ornamented 
with  military  trophies,  cherubs,  &c,  and  surrounded  by  a  mant- 
ling, enclosing  a  table  on  which  are  written  the  deceased's 
military  preferments,  the  manner  of  his  death  and  burial,  and 
the  praises  of  his  piety  and  virtue.  He  was  born  at  Abingdon, 
Equerry  to  Prince  George  of  Denmark,  and  Aid-de-Camp  to  the 
great  Duke  of  Marlborough  ;  was  killed  by  a  cannon  ball,  as  he 
was  remounting  his  General  on  a  fresh  horse,  at  the  battle  of 
Ramilies,  on  Whitsunday,  May  12,  1706,  and  was  interred  at 
Barechem,  in  the  province  of  Brabant,  aged  fifty. 

One  of  t'ie  windows  in  the  north  aisle  of  the  nave  of  West- 
minster A!) bey  has  recently  been  filled  with  stained  glass  in 
memory  of  the  late  Mr.  Brunel.  Along  the  bottom  of  the  win- 
dow (which  consists  of  two  lights,  each  23  feet  6  inches  high,  and 
4  feet  wide,  surmounted  by  a  quatrefoil  opening,  6  feet  6  inches 
across)  is  the  inscription,  "  In  memory  of  Isambard  Kingdom 
"Brunei,  Civil  Engineer.  Born  April  9,  1806.  Died  September 
"  15,  1859."  Over  this  are  four  allegorical  figures  (two  in  each 
light):  Fortitude,  Justice,  Faith,  and  Charity.  The  upper  part 
of  the  window  consists  of  six  panels,  divided  by  a  pattern-work 
of  lilies  and  pomegranates.  The  panels  contain  subjects  from  the 
history  of  the  Temple.  The  three  subjects  in  the  western  light 
represent  scenes  from  the  Old  Testament :  viz.,  the  Dedication  of 
the  Temple  by  Solomon,  the  Finding  of  the  Book  of  the  Law  by 
Hilkiah,  and  the  Laying  the  Foundations  of  the  Second  Temple. 
The  subjects  in  the  eastern  light  are  from  the  New  Testament : 
viz.,  Simeon  Blessing  the  Infant  Saviour,  Christ  Disputing  with 
the  Doctors,  and  the  Disciples  pointing  out  to  Christ  the  Build- 
ings of  the  Temple.  In  the  heads  of  the  lights  are  angels  kneel- 
ing, and  in  the  quatrefoil  is  a  representation  of  Our  Lord  in  Glory, 
surrounded  by  angels.  The  work  was  placed  in  the  hands  of 
Mr.  R.  Norman  Shaw,  of  the  firm  of  Nesfield  &  Shaw,  Architects, 
who  prepared  the  general  design,  arranged  the  scale  of  the  various 
figures,  and  designed  the  ornamental  pattern  work.  The  figure 
subjects  were  drawn  by  Mr.  Henry  Holyday,  and  the  whole 
design  was  executed  in  glass  by  Messrs.  Heaton,  Butler,  & 
Bayne,  of  Garrick  Street,  Co  vent  Garden. 

i(  To  the  memory  of  William  Levinz,  Esq.,  grandson  of  Sir 
"  Cresswell  Levinz,  Knt.,  who  was  Attorney-General  in  the  reign 
"  of  Charles  II,  and  afterwards  one  of  the  Justices  of  Common 


NORTH  AISLE.  79 

"  Pleas,  from  which  station  he  was  displaced  in  the  reign  of  James 
"  II.  for  opposing  the  dispensing  power,  and  was  one  of  the  counsel 
"  for  the  seven  Bishops.  William  Levinz,  the  son  of  Sir  Cresswell, 
"  represented  the  county  of  Nottingham  in  Parliament,  as  did  his 
"  son,  William  Levinz,  till  the  year  1747,  when  he  was  appointed 
"  a  Commissioner  of  his  Majesty's  Customs,  and  in  1763,  Re- 
"  ceiver- General  of  the  said  revenue,  in  which  office  he  died, 
"  the  17th  of  August,  1765,  aged  ft fty- two  y ears. " — R.Hayward, 
sculptor. 

Heneage  Twysden. — This  monument  is  to  the  memory  of 
a  young  hero  slain  in  the  battle  of  Blarignies,  in  Hainault,  while 
Aid-de-Camp  to  John,  Duke  of  Argyle,  who  commanded  the 
right  wing  of  the  confederate  army.  He  was  the  seventh  son  of 
Sir  William  Twysden,  Bart.,  a  youth  of  the  greatest  expectations, 
had  not  the  fortune  of  war  put  an  early  stop  to  his  rising  merit, 
in  the  twenty-ninth  year  of  his  age,  1709.  Above  this  are  two 
small  monuments  to  the  memory  of  two  of  his  brothers,  Josiah 
and  John.  Josiah  was  a  Captain  at  the  siege  of  Agremont,  in 
Planders,  and  slain  by  a  cannon  shot,  in  1708,  aged  twenty-three. 
John  was  a  Lieutenant  in  the  Admiral's  ship  under  Sir  Cloudesly 
Shovel,  and  perished  with  him  in  1707,  aged  twenty-four. 

John  Woodward,  M.D. — This  is  an  elegant  monument,  and 
the  figures  most  admirably  finished.  The  head  of  the  deceased 
(who  was  Professor  of  Physic  in  Gresham  College)  in  profile,  is 
very  masterly,  and  the  lady  that  holds  it  inimitable.  The  inscrip- 
tion is  a  kind  of  panegyric  upon  the  great  parts  and  learning  of 
the  deceased,  which  entitled  him  to  the  distinction  he  received. 
He  died  in  May,  1728,  aged  sixty-three. — Scheemakers,  sculptor. 

Martha  Price. — This  monument  is  ornamented  with  festoons 
of  fruit,  flowers,  and  foliage,  and  the  inscription  shows  that  she 
was  the  wife  of  Gervase  Price,  Esq.,  who  served  Charles  II.  in  the 
double  capacity  of  Sergeant-Trumpeter  and  Gentleman  of  the 
Bows.     She  died  April  7,  1678. 

Above  is  a  monument  to  the  memories  of  Captains  Hervev  and 
Hutt,  who  were  engaged  in  the  naval  action  under  Lord  Howe. 
It  is  principally  composed  of  two  colossal  figures,  Britannia  and 
Fame,  placed  one  on  each  side  a  large  vase,  on  which  are  por- 
traits of  the  deceased  Captains.  Britannia  is  decorating  the  vase 
with  laurel,  while  Fame  is  pointing  to  the  names  of  the  heroes 
engraven  on  the  base  which  supports  the  vase. — Bacon,  jun., 
sculptor. 

Beneath  is  the  effigy  of  Anne,  Countess  Dowager  of  Clan- 
rickard,  resting  upon  a  tomb,  and  under  it  is  the  following 
inscription: — "Here  lies  the  Right  Honourable  Anne,  Countess- 
"  Dowager  of  Clanrickard,  eldest  daughter  of  John  Smith,  Esq., 
"  who  is  interred  near  this  place.  She  married  first,  Hugh  Parker, 
"  Esq.,  eldest  son  of  Sir  Henry  Parker,  of  Honington,  in  the  county 
"  of  Warwick,  Bart.,  by  whom  she  had  the  present  Sir  Henry  John 
"  Parker,  Bart.,  three  other  sons,  and  three  daughters.  By  her 
"  second  husband,  Michael,  Earl  of  Clanrickard,  of  the  kingdom 
"  of  Ireland,  the  head  of  the  ancient  and  noble  family  of  the 
"  Burkes,  she  had  Smith,  now  Earl  of  Clanrickard,  and  two 


80  NORTH-WEST  TOWER. 

"  daughters,  Lady  Anne  and  Lady  Mary.  She  died  January  1, 
"  1732,  in  her  forty-ninth  year." 

General  Lawrence. — This  monument  was  erected  at  the  ex- 
pense of  the  East  India  Company,  in  memory  of  the  man  who,  by 
the  conquest  of  Pondicherry,  and  the  defence  of  Tritchinopoly, 
reduced  the  power  of  the  French  in  the  East,  and  paved  the  way 
for  one  of  the  richest  empires  that  ever  a  trading  people  aspired 
to  command,  which,  however,  was  in  the  year  1783,  in  so  lament- 
able a  situation,  wasted  by  war,  and  oppressed  by  European  plun- 
derers, that,  from  being  one  of  the  richest  countries  in  the  world,  it 
became  the  most  deplorable.  On  the  top  is  an  admirable  bust  of 
the  General,  to  which  the  genius  of  the  Company  is  pointing, 
while  Fame  is  declaring  his  noble  exploits,  at  the  same  time  hold- 
ing in  her  hand  a  shield,  on  which  is  written : — "  For  discipline 
"  established,  fortresses  protected,  settlements  extended,  French 
"  and  Indian  armies  defeated,  and  peace  concluded  in  the  Car- 
"  natic."  Close  under  the  bust  is  written :  "  Born  March  6, 
"  1697;  died  January  10,  1775."  On  a  table  of  beautiful  marble 
in  relief,  is  represented  the  siege  of  a  great  city,  and  under  it  is 
the  word  Tritchinopoly. — Tayler.  sculptor. 

Up  high  is  a  tablet  to  Colonel  John  Davis,  President  of  the 
Council  of  the  Island  of  St.  Christopher,  who  died  December  13, 
1725,  aged  sixty- three. 

Penelope  Egerton. — The  lady  for  whom  this  monument  was 
erected,  was  daughter  of  Robert,  Lord  Nedham,  Viscount  Kil- 
murray,  and  wife  of  Randolph  Egerton,  of  Bentley,  in  Cheshire, 
an  eminent  Loyalist,  Major-General  of  Horse  to  Charles  L,  and 
Lieutenant- Colonel  to  Charles  II. 's  own  troop  of  Guards.  She 
died  in  child-bed,  April  13,  1670. 

A  tablet  placed  high  above  to  the  memory  of  James  Egerton, 
son  of  Major-General  Egerton,  who  died  April  13,  1687,  aged 
nine  years. 

The  west  window  is  filled  with  painted  glass  :  the  figures  of 
Abraham,  Isaac,  and  Jacob,  Moses  and  Aaron,  and  the  twelve 
Patriarchs ;  the  arms  of  Sebert,  Edward  the  Confessor,  Queen 
Elizabeth,  George  II.,  and  Dean  Wilcocks,  Bishop  of  Rochester  : 
date  1735. 

In  the  window  at  the  end  of  the  North  Aisle,  is  a  figure  in 
stained  glass  (supposed  to  be  Edward  the  Confessor),  but  the 
colours  being  of  water  blue,  no  particular  face  can  be  distin- 
guished. 

In  the  window  of  the  South  Aisle,  the  figure  is  supposed  to  be 
that  of  Edward  the  Black  Prince. 


Unrtji-BMt  ifamir. 

JHE  Right  Honourable  Charles  James  Fox  is  repre- 
sented on  a  mattress,  falling  into  the  arms  of  Liberty. 
Peace  (with  the  olive  branch  and  dove)  is  reclining  on 
his  knee.  An  African  thanking  him  for  the  part  he  took 
in  the  cause  of  Freedom.  Born  Jan.  24,  1749  ;  died  Sept.  13, 
1806,  aged  fifty-seven. — Sir  Richard  Westmacott,  sculptor. 


NORTH-WEST  TOWER.  81 

In  the  North-west  Tower  is  a  monument  to  Captain  Montague. 
He  fell  with  Captains  Hervey  and  Hutt  in  Earl  Howe's  engage- 
ment, on  the  1st  of  June,  1794,  when  a  signal  and  important 
victory  was  obtained  over  the  French  fleet.  The  King  and  Par- 
liament, in  consequence,  directed  this  monument  to  be  erected. 
The  Captain  is  represented  with  his  hand  resting  on  his  sword  ; 
Victory,  alighting,  is  waving  the  laurel  crown  over  his  head ;  a 
trophy  of  naval  flags  hangs  over  a  basso-relievo  of  prisoners 
behind;  on  the  front  of  this  pedestal  is  the  engagement;  on  the 
right  side  is  Neptune's  trident,  and  a  crown  of  oak ;  on  the  left, 
a  wreath  of  laurel  containing  the  word  "Constitution;"  the  base 
is  guarded  by  two  lions. — Flaxman,  sculptor. 

In  front  of  Montague's  monument  is  a  stone  coffin  which  was 
found  on  the  removal  of  the  accumulated  earth  and  rubbish  which 
for  many  years  had  hidden  the  lower  parts  of  the  buttresses  of 
the  north  side  of  the  building;  some  ancient  walls  of  considerable 
extent  were  discovered,  and  about  five  or  six  feet  below  the  sur- 
face an  ancient  stone  coffin  was  brought  to  light.  It  possesses 
great  interest  from  its  being  the  only  Roman  remains  yet  disco- 
vered. One  side  of  it  is  beautifully  wrought,  with  a  sunk  panel, 
having  at  each  end  the  conventional  Roman  ornament  called  the 
Amazon  shield,  while  the  panel  itself  is  occupied  with  the  fol- 
lowing inscription,  in  the  best  style  of  the  old  Roman  lettering — 


memoriae-  valer.aman 

dinlvalerI-svperven 
tor'et.marcellvs-patrl-fe@r. 


from  which  it  appears  to  show  that  it  is  in  memory  of  one  Valerius 
Amandinus,  and  that  his  two  sons  made  it  to  his  honour.  The 
lid  is  wrought  with  a  slight  cope,  having  a  Maltese  cross,  termi- 
nating at  the  foot  with  a  trefoil.  There  can  be  no  doubt  that  the 
coffin  once  contained  the  body  of  this  Valerius,  which  was  after- 
wards displaced  for  the  reception  of  an  ecclesiastic,  when  the  old 
lid  was  made  in  its  present  shape.  The  date  of  the  first  interment 
may  be  ascribed  to  the  3rd  century,  while  the  latter  may  belong 
to  the  12th  century.  The  skeleton  within  the  coffin  is  in  good 
preservation,  considering  the  great  lapse  of  time.  There  was 
nothing  to  indicate  the  rank  of  the  ecclesiastic,  for  such  he  pro- 
bably was ;  but  he  must  have  been  a  tall  man,  of  great  vigour, 
and  barely  of  middle  age. 

On  the  right,  upon  a  pedestal  with  appropriate  emblems,  is  an 
exceedingly  animated  and  life-like  bust  of  the  Right  Hon.  Sir 
James  Macintosh,  M.P.,  one  of  the  most  distinguished  men  of 
his  time,  and  who  attained  to  great  eminence  in  literature,  philo- 
sophy, history,  and  politics.  He  was  born  at  Aldonric,  on  the 
banks  of  Lochness,  Scotland,  on  the  24th  October,  1765;  was 
knighted  in  1804;  in  1830  he  was  appointed  to  a  seat  at  the 
Board  of  Control,  and  died  30th  May,  1832,  regretted  (it  is  said) 
with  more  sincerity,  and  admired  with  less  envy  than  any  man 
of  his  age. — Theed,  sculptor. 


82  NORTH-WEST  TOWER. 

At  the  back  is  a  monument  sacred  to  the  memory  of  the 
Honourable  George  Augustus  Frederick  Lake,  late  Lieute- 
nant-Colonel in  his  Majesty's  twenty-ninth  Regiment  of  Foot, 
who  fell  at  the  head  of  his  Grenadiers,  in  driving  the  enemy  from 
the  heights  of  Roliea,  in  Portugal,  on  the  17th  of  August,  1808. 
This  stone  is  erected  to  his  memory  by  the  officers,  non-commis- 
sioned officers,  drummers,  and  privates  of  the  corps,  as  a  testi- 
mony of  their  high  regard  and  esteem. — Smith,  sculptor. 

Beneath  is  a  monument  to  the  Right  Hon.  George  Tierney, 
whose  bust  is  placed  on  a  pedestal,  with  the  following  inscrip- 
tion:— "To  the  memory  of  the  Right  Honourable  George  Tierney, 
"  born  in  1762  ;  died  in  1830.  A  man  equally  distinguished  for 
"  the  disinterested  integrity  of  his  public  conduct,  and  the  un- 
"  pretended  virtues  of  his  private  life.  In  Parliament  he  was 
"  long  conspicuous  for  a  style  of  oratory  peculiarly  his  own ; 
"  plain,  familiar,  forcible,  and  persuasive,  abounding  in  proofs 
"  of  natural  shrewdness,  and  strokes  of  original  learning,  and 
"  sustained  throughout  by  an  accurate  knowledge  of  details,  and 
"  an  unostentatious^command  of  clear  language.  Without  having 
"  obtained  the  rewards  of  wealth  or  station,  he  secured  the  respect 
"  and  esteem  of  his  contemporaries,  by  the  consistency  of  his 
"  political  principles,  and  his  unwearied  activity  in  supporting 
"  them ;  by  the  simplicity  of  his  manners,  and  the  benevolence  of 
"  his  character ;  and  by  an  unaffected  reverence  for  religion. 
"  His  surviving  friends  have  raised  this  monument,  to  be  a  testi- 
"  mony  of  their  affection,  and  a  reward  of  his  talents  and  virtues." 
—  Westmacott,  jun.,  sculptor. 

Next  is  a  new  monument  to  the  memory  of  Henry  Richard 
Vassal  Fox,  Baron  Holland,  born  November  23,  1773,  and  died 
October  22, 1840,  aged  sixty-seven.  On  the  steps  that  lead  up  to 
the  door  of  a  vault  are  three  figures ;  on  the  left  hand  of  the 
spectator  is  Genius,  with  his  old  funeral  emblem,  the  reversed 
torch ;  climbing  the  steps  to  the  right  are,  in  rich  combination, 
Literature  and  Science.  A  scroll  is  in  the  hands  of  Literature, 
and  that  of  Science  rests  upon  her  wheel.  Over  the  doorway  of 
the  tomb,  the  key-stone,  enriched  by  a  coiling  serpent  (the  old 
emblem  of  eternity),  assists  to  support  the  cornice,  from  which 
rise  a  rusticated  pediment  and  pedestal ;  on  the  latter  is  placed  a 
colossal  bust  of  the  deceased  Lord,  and  on  either  side  of  the  tomb 
are  bassi-relievi,  representing  severally  Charity  and  Justice.  The 
monument  is  twenty  feet  high,  eleven  feet  six  inches  wide,  and 
has  six  feet  of  projection  from  the  wall.  The  architectural  portions 
are  of  Sicilian  marble.     Without  inscription. — Baily,  sculptor. 

On  the  left  is  a  monument  erected  by  the  corps  of  Royal 
Engineers,  to  the  memory  of  Lieutenant- Colonel  Sir  Richard 
Fletcher,  Knight  and  Baronet,  who,  after  highly-distinguished 
services,  as  Commanding  Royal  Engineer,  with  the  army  under 
the  Duke  of  Wellington,  in  the  Peninsular  War,  was  killed  at  the 
storming  of  St.  Sebastian,  1812,  in  the  forty -fifth  year  of  his  age. 
— Baily,  sculptor. 

Above  is  a  tablet  with  naval  trophies,  sacred  to  the  memory  of 
Rear-Admiral  Sir  George  Hope,  K.C.B.,  erected   by  several 


THE  NAVE.  83 

Captains  in  the  Royal  Navy,  who  served  under  him  as  Midship- 
men.—  1  urnerelli,  sculptor. 

A  small  tablet  to  the  memory  of  the  Hon.  Charles  Banks 
^TTiTw?  of  Charles,  Earl  of  Stanhope,  and  nephew  of 
the  Eight  Hon  William  Pitt,  Major  of  the  fiftieth  Regiment  of 
Hoot,  who  in  the  act  of  gallantly  encouraging  his  men,  fell  bv  a 
musket-shot  in  the  battle  of  Corurma.  This*  tablet  is  affection? 
ately  inscribed  by  his  afflicted  sister,  who  can  neither  do  justice 
o  his  virtues  nor  sufficiently  deplore  his  loss.  Born  3rd  June, 
1785;  died  16th  January,  1809. 

-s^Mf  Hoeneck  Esq.-This  monument  is  embellished 
with  books,  plans  and  instruments  of  fortification,  alluding  to 
the  employment  of  the  deceased  as  Chief  Engineer  to  the  Royal 
fn-  ,u  lnscriPtl0n  informs  us  that  he  learned  the  art  of  war 
under  the  great  Duke  of  Marlborough.  He  died  May  9  7^6 
aged  sixty-two.  *    '  ' 

T?™a!h'  1°  *rV^htVis  a  bust  erected  t0  MaJ<>r  James 
Rennell  who  died  March  29,  1830,  in  his  eighty-eighth  year. 
Hs  useful  life,  firm  character,  and  high  talents,  a/e  amply  exhi- 
bited in  his  works,  and  need  no  other  monument.    This  tablet, 

Sff;ax«;w. ""  °"°hm" m™  ™  b"Ud 

who,  during  a  protracted  life,  with  an  intense  but  quiet  per^ 

«SrC^^1Ch-n°.-SUCCeSS   C0UM  relax-  no  r<™   could 
subdue  no  toil  privations  or  reproach  could  daunt,  devoted  his 

« S  tfT:  ° -tunei  ^d  a"  th.e  enersies  of  his  mi«<i  »d 

body  to  the  service  of  the  most  injured  and  helpless  of  man- 

"ana  i^t  nt0°k  f°[-Tre  ^an  i0n?  years  ™  the  counsels 
and  in  the  labours  which,  guided  and  blessed  by  God,  first 

andCUfilllhe  Brrh,TPirf  fr°m  the  Suilt  0f  the  «-"  Trade 
«  ™d  l7^  errud  ?eed0ln  on  800>000  slaves5  this  tablet  is 
«  Cil°Se  Yh°,dT  ™lom.from  his  mind,  and  a  lesson 
«  flT    uV   oh°,  humbl>'  re  oice  in  the  assurance  that, 

through  the  Divine  Redeemer,  the  foundation  of  all  his  hopes 

THE  NAVE. 

,3e,°'ganJ^Cre,e?wna?  erected  bythe  Dean  and  Chapter  in 
1831  designed  by  Mr.  Blare,  Architect  to  the  Abbey,  and  exe- 
cuted with  great  precision.  Four  pilasters  with  decorated  finials 
divide  the  Screen  into  three  compartments,  the  centre  for  the  gate 
of  entrance  to  the  choir  from  the  west,  the  other  two  contain  the 
monuments  of  Sir  Isaac  Newton  and  Earl  Stanhope;  on  each  of 
the  pilasters  are  projecting  pedestals,  on  which  are  the  figures  of 
3?h  frd  h,s  Qneen,  Edward  the  Confessor,  and  his  Queen, 
and  Edward  I.  and  his  Queen.  r^' 

Sir  Isaac  Newton.— This  is  a  grand  and  expressive  monu- 


8  4  THE  NAVE. 

ment,  every  way  worthy  of  the  great  man  to  whose  memory  it 
was  erected,  who  is  sculptured  recumbent,  leaning  his  right  arm 
on  four  folios,  thus  titled — Divinity,  Chronology,  Optics,  and 
Phil:  Print  Math:  and  pointing  to  a  scroll  supported  by 
winged  cherubs.  Over  him  is  a  large  globe,  projecting  from  a 
pyramid  behind,  whereon  is  delineated  the  course  of  the  comet  in 
1680,  with  the  signs,  constellations,  and  planets.  On  the  globe 
sits  the  figure  of  Astronomy  with  her  book  closed.  Underneath 
the  principal  figure  is  a  most  curious  bas-relief,  representing  the 
various  labours  in  which  Sir  Isaac  chiefly  employed  his  time: 
such  as  discovering  the  causes  of  gravitation,  settling  the  prin- 
ciples of  light  and  colours,  and  reducing  the  coinage  to  a  deter- 
mined standard.  The  device  of  weighing  the  sun  by  the  steel- 
yard has  been  thought  at  once  bold  and  striking ;  and,  indeed, 
the  whole  monument  does  honour  to  the  sculptor.  The  inscription 
on  the  pedestal  is  in  Latin,  short,  but  full  of  meaning;  intimating 
that,  by  a  spirit  nearly  divine,  he  solved,  on  principles  of  his  own, 
the  motions  and  figures  of  the  planets,  the  paths  of  the  comets, 
and  the  ebbing  and  flowing  of  the  sea ;  that  he  discovered  the 
dissimilarity  of  the  rays  of  light  and  the  properties  of  colours 
from  thence  arising,  which  none  but  himself  had  ever  thought  of ; 
that  he  was  a  diligent,  wise,  and  faithful  interpreter  of  nature, 
antiquity,  and  the  Holy  Scriptures ;  that  by  his  philosophy  he 
maintained  the  dignity  of  the  Supreme  Being ;  and  by  the  purity 
of  his  life,  the  simplicity  of  the  Gospel.  The  inscription  concludes 
with  a  beautiful  exclamation — "How  much  reason  mortals  have 
"  to  pride  themselves  in  the  existence  of  such  and  so  great  an 
"  ornament  to  the  human  race  ! "  He  was  born  December  25, 
1642,  and  died  March  20,  1726. — Rysbrack,  sculptor. 

James,  Earl  Stanhope. — This  monument,  in  which,  like- 
wise, the  principal  figure  leans  upon  his  arm  in  a  cumbent  pos- 
ture, holding  in  his  right  hand  a  general's  staff,  and  in  his  left 
a  parchment  scroll.  A  Cupid  stands  before  him,  resting  himself 
upon  a  shield.  Over  a  martial  tent  sits  a  beautiful  Pallas,  holding 
in  her  right  hand  a  javelin,  and  in  the  other  a  scroll.  Behind  is 
a  slender  pyramid.  On  the  middle  of  the  pedestals  are  two  medals, 
and  on  each  side  of  the  pilasters  one.  Under  the  principal  figure 
is  a  Latin  inscription,  setting  forth  the  merits  of  this  great  man, 
as  a  soldier,  a  statesman,  and  a  senator.  In  1707,  he  concluded 
an  advantageous  treaty  with  Spain,  and  in  the  same  year  was 
sent  Ambassador  to  Charles  III.  In  1708,  he  took  Port-Mahon. 
In  1710,  he  forced  his  way  to  the  gates  of  Madrid,  and  took 
possession  of  that  capital.  In  1714,  he  impeached  the  Duke  of 
Ormond.  In  September,  1715,  he  was  made  Secretary  at  War. 
In  December,  1716,  he  was  made  Secretary  of  State.  In  1717, 
he  was  made  First  Commissioner  of  the  Treasury,  and  Chancel- 
lor of  the  Exchequer ;  and  in  July  following  created  a  Peer.  In 
March,  1 718,  he  was  a  second  time  made  Secretary  of  State.  In 
1720,  he  died,  in  his  forty-seventh  year. — Rysbrack,  sculptor. 

"  To  the  memory  of  Philip  (second)  Earl  Stanhope,  con- 
"  spicuous  for  universal  benevolence,  unshaken  public  integrity, 
"  and  private  worth.     Deep  were  his  researches  in  philosophy, 


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"  and  extensive  his  ideas  for  his  country's  good.  He  was  ever  a 
"  determined  supporter  of  the  Trial  by  Jury,  of  the  freedom  of 
"  Elections,  of  a  numerous  and  well-regulated  Militia,  and  of  the 
"  liberty  of  the  Press.  On  the  7th  day  of  March,  1786  (and  in 
"  the  seventy-second  year  of  his  age),  he  terminated  an  honour- 
"  able  life,  spent  in  the  exercise  of  virtue,  in  the  improvement  of 
"  science,  and  in  the  pursuit  of  truth.  In  respectful  remembrance 
"  of  him,  the  above  lines  are  inscribed  by  his  affectionate  son, 
"  Charles,  Earl  Stanhope." 

The  Pulpit,  in  the  Nave,  is  used  only  for  the  special  evening 
services,  and  is  composed  of  variegated  marbles  interspersed  with 
rich  foliage  and  some  very  tasteful  mosaics,  and  around  it  are  six 
excellent  figures  of  St.  Paul,  St.  Peter,  and  the  four  Evangelists, 
and  in  a  medallion  in  front,  a  head  of  the  Saviour  surrounded  with 
thorns,  and  pointing  upwards  with  his  right  hand  from  his  left 
shoulder.  The  following  is  painted  on  one  side: — "This  Pulpit 
"  is  presented  to  the  Dean  and  Chapter  of  Westminster  by  a  few 
"friends,  in  grateful  commemoration  of  the  Opening  of  the  Nave 
"  for  public  worship  and  preaching,  in  January,  1858.  *  As  ye  go, 
" *  preach,  saying  the  kingdom  of  Heaven  is  at  hand.'"  (St.  Matt., 
chap.  10,  v.  7.) — Field,  sculptor, 

Robert  Stephenson. — Nearly  in  front  of  the  new  pulpit, 
upon  the  floor,  is  a  brass  figure  of  life-size  upon  a  rich  foliage 
diaper  over  the  remains  of  this  eminent  engineer,  in  addition  to 
which  has  just  been  erected  a  superb  painted  window  illustrative 
of  his  fertile  genius.  He  died  12th  October,  1859,  aged  fifty-six. 
At  the  foot  of  Ii.  Stephenson's  grave  is  a  slab  of  black  Irish 
marble  inlaid  with  brass,  sacred  to  the  memory  of  Sir  Charles- 
Barry,  Knt.,  K.A.  and  F.S.A.,  and  Architect  of  the  New  Palace 
of  Westminster  and  other  buildings,  who  died  a.d.  1860,  aged  64 
years,  and  lies  buried  beneath  this  brass,  which  represents  the  Vic- 
toria Tower  and  the  Ground  Plan  of  the  Houses  of  Parliament. 

Nearly  opposite  this  slab  is  a  granite  tombstone,  upon  which  is 
the  following  inscription  : — "  Beneath  this  stone  rest  the  remains 
"of  Colin  Campbell,  Lord  Clyde,  who  by  his  own  deserts, 
"  through  fifty  years  of  arduous  service,  from  the  earliest  battles 
"  in  the  Peninsular  War  to  the  Pacification  of  India,  in  18 58,  rose  to 
"  the  rank  of  Field-Marshal  and  the  Peerage.  He  died  lamented 
"  by  the  Queen,  the  army,  and  the  people,  August  the  14th,  1863, 
"in  the  seventy-first  year  of  his  age." — Gaffin,  fecit. 

A  little  to  the  west  of  the  latter  is  the  tombstone  of  Tompion  and 
Graham,  the  celebrated  chronometer  inventors.  Tompion  died 
1713,  aged  seventy-five.  Graham  died  1751,  aged  seventy-eight. 
On  the  light  of  the  West  door,  in  the  middle  of  a  pyramid,  is  a 
large  medallion  of  brass,  resting  on  a  cherub  below,  and  sus- 
pended by  another  at  the  top.  Pound  the  medal  is  a -Latin  inscrip- 
tion, thus  translated  : — "  John  Conduit,  Master  of  the  Mint." 
This  gentleman  succeeded  his  relation,  the  great  Sir  Isaac  Newton, 
in  that  office,  and  desired  to  be  buried  near  him,  as  appears  by  a 
long  Latin  inscription  on  the  base.  Died  May  23,  1737,  aged 
forty-nine.  Catherine,  his  wife,  died  Jan.  20,  1739,  agedfiity- 
nine,  and  lies  interred  in  the  same  tomb. —  Cheere,  sculptor. 

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86  THE  NAVE. 

A  stone  arch  has  been  turned  over  the  west  door,  on  which  is 
erected  a  monument,  voted  by  Parliament  to  the  memory  of  the 
Right  Hon.  William  Pitt.  This  illustrious  statesman  is  repre- 
sented habited  in  the  robes  of  Chancellor  of  the  Exchequer.  To 
the  right  of  the  base  of  the  statue,  is  History  recording  his 
speeches,  whilst  Anarchy,  on  the  left,  lies  subdued,  and  writhing 
in  chains  at  his  feet.  The  Statues  composing  this  group  are  nine 
feet  in  height.  Inscription  : — "  This  monument  is  erected  by 
"  Parliament  to  William  Pitt,  son  of  William  Earl  of  Chatham, 
"  in  testimony  of  gratitude  for  the  eminent  public  services,  and  of 
"  regret  for  the  irreparable  loss  of  that  great  and  disinterested 
"  Minister.  He  died  Jan.  23,  1806,  in  the  forty-seventh  year  of 
"  his  a^e." — Sir  Richard  Westmacott,  R.A.,  sculptor. 

On  the  left  is  a  lofty  pyramid  of  a  bluish  coloured  marble. 
to  the  memory  of  Sir  Thomas  Hardy,  Knt,  whose  effigy  is  re- 
clining upon  a  tomb  of  elegant  workmanship,  with  a  naked  boy 
on  his  left  side  weeping  over  an  urn.  The  inscription,  a  little 
history  of  the  deceased's  life,  is  here  copied  : — "  Sir  Thomas 
"  Hardy,  to  whose  memory  this  monument  was  erected,  was  bred 
*'  in  the  Royal  Navy  from  his  youth,  and  was  made  a  Captain  in 
"  1693.  In  the  expedition  to  Cadiz,  under  Sir  George  Rook,  he 
"  commanded  the  Pembroke  ;  and  when  the  fleet  left  the  coast  of 
"  Spain  to  return  to  England,  he  was  ordered  to  Lagos  Bay, 
"  where  he  got  intelligence  of  the  Spanish  galleons  being  arrived 
"  in  the  harbour  of  Vigo,  under  convoy  of  seventeen  French  men- 
"  of -war.  By  his  great  diligence  and  judgment  he  joined  the 
"  English  fleet,  and  gave  the  Admiral  that  intelligence  which 
"  engaged  him  to  make  the  best  of  his  way  to  Vigo,  where  all  the 
"  aforementioned  galleons  and  men-of-war  were  either  taken  or 
"  destroyed.  After  the  success  of  that  action,  the  Admiral  sent 
a  him  with  an  account  of  it  to  the  Queen,  who  ordered  him  a 
"  considerable  present,  and  knighted  him.  Some  years  after- 
'*  wards  he  was  made  a  Rear- Admiral,  and  received  several  other 
u  marks  of  favour  and  esteem  from  her  Majesty,  and  from  her 
"  Royal  Consort,  Prince  George  of  Denmark,  Lord  High  Admiral 
"  of  England.  He  died  August  16,  1732,  aged  sixty-seven." — 
Cheere,  sculptor. 

Captain  James  Cornewall. — This  noble  monument,  which 
is  thirty-six  feet  high,  has  a  large  base  and  pyramid  of  rich  Sici- 
lian marble.  Against  the  pyramid  is  a  rock  (embellished  with 
naval  trophies,  sea  weeds,  &c.)  in  which  are  two  cavities  ;  in  the 
one  is  a  Latin  epitaph  ;  in  the  other,  a  view  of  the  sea-fight  before 
Toulon,  in  bas-relief,  on  the  foreground  whereof  the  Marlborough, 
of  ninety  guns,  is  seen  fiercely  engaged  with  Admiral  Navarre's 
ship,  the  Real,  of  one  hundred  and  fourteen  guns,  and  her  two 
seconds,  all  raking  the  Marlborough  fore  and  aft.  On  the  rock 
stand  two  figures  ;  the  one  represents  Britannia,  under  the  cha- 
racter of  Minerva,  accompanied  with  a  lion  :  the  other  figure 
is  expressive  of  Fame,  who,  having  presented  to  Minerva  a  me- 
dallion of  the  hero,  supports  it  whilst  exhibited  to  public  view. 
The  medallion  is  accompanied  with  a  globe  and  various  honorary 
crowns  as  due  to  valour.    Behind  the  figure  is  a  lofty  spreading 


SOUTH  AISLE.  87 

palm-tree  (whereon  is  fixed  the  hero's  shield  or  coat  of  arms), 
together  with  a  laurel -tree,  both  which  issue  from  the  naturally 
barren  rock,  as  alluding  to  some  heroic  and  uncommon  event. 
The  inscription  i — "  Amongst  the  monuments  of  ancient  merit  in 
"  this  sacred  Cathedral,  let  the  name  of  James  Come  wall  be 
**  preserved,  the  third  son  of  Henry  Cornewall,  of  Bradwarden 
"  Castle,  in  the  County  of  Hereford,  Esq.,  who,  from  the  very  old 
"and  illustrious  stock  of  the  Plantagenets,  deriving  a  truly 
"  ancient  spirit,  became  a  naval  commander  of  the  first  eminence  ; 
u  equally  and  deservedly  honoured  by  the  tears  and  applause  of 
"  Britons,  as  a  man  who  bravely  defended  the  cause  of  his 
"  country  in  that  sea-fight  off  Toulon,  and  being  by  a  chain-shot 
"  deprived  of  both  his  legs  at  a  blow,  fell  unconquered,  on  the 
"3rd  of  February,  1743,  in  the  forty-fifth  year  of  his  age, 
11  bequeathing  his  animated  example  to  his  fellow  sailors  as  a 
"  legacy  of  a  dying  Englishman,  whose  extraordinary  valour 
"  could  not  be  recommended  to  the  emulation  of  posterity  in  a 
"  more  ample  eulogy,  than  by  so  singular  an  instance  of  honour  ; 
44  since  the  Parliament  of  Great  Britain,  by  an  unanimous  suf- 
44  frage,  resolved  that  a  monument,  at  the  public  expense,  should 
44  be  consecrated  to  the  memory  of  this  most  heroical  person." — 
Tayler,  sculptor. 


m\ 


gimtlj  lis!*. 

the  back  of  Cornewall's,  is  the  monument  to  the  Right 
Honourable  James  Craggs,  who  was  made  Secretari- 
at War  in  April,  1717,  and  one  of  his  Majesty's  Privy 
^  Council  and  Secretary  of  State,  in  March,  1718.  The 
statue  of  this  gentleman,  large  as  the  life,  is  finely  represented  ac 
leaning  on  an  urn,  which  has  upon  it  in  golden  characters,  an 
inscription,  showing  that  he  was  principal  Secretary  of  State,  and 
a  man  universally  beloved,  which  is  there  particularly  marked,  be- 
cause, as  he  was  of  low  extraction,  being  only  a  shoemaker's  son, 
it  is  the  more  admirable,  that  in  the  high  station  to  which  his  merit 
had  raised  him,  he  should  escape  envy,  and  acquire  the  general 
esteem.  He  died  February  16,  1720,  aged  thirty-five.  Upon  the 
base  of  the  monument  is  this  epitaph,  written  by  Mr.  Pope  : — 

44  Statesman,  yet  friend  to  truth,  of  soul  sincere, 
In  action  faithful,  and  in  honour  clear  ! 
Who  broke  no  promise,  serv'd  no  private  end, 
Who  gained  no  title,  and  who  lost  no  friend. 
Ennobled  by  himself,  by  all  approv'd, 
Prais'd,  wept,  and  honour'd,  by  the  muse  he  lov'd." 

— Sign  or  Guelphi,  sculptor. 

A  statue  of  William  Wordsworth,  placed  here  by  the  friends 
and  admirers  of  the  late  Poet.  Mr.  Wordsworth  was  born  at 
Cockermouth,  in  Cumberland,  on  April  7,  1770,  and  died  at 
llydal  Mount,  Ambleside,  Westmoreland,  on  April  23,  1850. 
The  statue  is  much  admired  ;  and  the  meditative  attitude  in 
which  the  Poet  is  represented,  and  the  quiet  and  sacred  spot  in 
which  it  is  placed,  apart  from  the  crowd,  and  in  a  peaceful  retire- 
ment of  its  own,  harmonize  with  and   are  expressive  of,  the 

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88  SOUTH  AISLE. 

tranquil  tenour  of  his  life,  and  the  thoughtful,  sublime,  and  phi- 
losophie  character  of  his  works.  The  place  which  has  been  thus 
happily  selected  for  the  statue  is  the  Baptistry  of  the  Minster, 
and  in  the  centre  of  it  is  the  Font.  And  in  allusion  to  this  cir- 
cumstance, the  following  Sonnet,  from  Mr.  Wordsworth's  Poems, 
has  been  inscribed  near  the  statue. —  Thrupp,  sculptor. 

HOLY  BAPTISM. 

(Ecclesiastical  Sonnets,  vol.  iv.  p.  289.) 

"  Blest  be  the  Church,  that  watching  o'er  the  needs 
Of  Infancy,  provides  a  timely  shower 
Whose  virtue  changes  to  a  Christian  Flower, 
A  growth  from  sinful  Nature's  bed  of  weeds.! 
Fitliest  beneath  the  sacred  roof  proceeds 
The  ministration  ;  while  parental  Love 
Looks  on,  and  Grace  descendeth  from  above, 
As  the  hieh  service  pledges  now,  now  pleads. 
There,— should  vain  thoughts  outspread  their  wings  and  fly 
To  meet  the  coming  hours  of  festal  mirth. 
The  tombs— which  hear  and  answer  that  brief  cry, 
The  Infant's  notice  of  his  srcond  hirth  - 
Recall  the  wandering  soul  to  sympathy, 
With  what  Man  hopes  from  Heaven,  yet  fears  from  Earth." 

A  small  tablet  to  Henry  Wharton,  remarkable  only  by  the 
great  name  inscribed  upon  it,  who  was  Rector  of  Chart  ham,  in 
Kent;  Vicar  of  the  Church  of  Minster,  in  the  Isle  of  Thanet; 
Librarian  to  Archbishop  Bancroft,  and  one  of  the  most  volu- 
minous writers  of  his  years,  perhaps,  in  the  world.  He  died 
March  3,  1694,  aged  only  thirty- one,  and  was  so  universally 
respected  by  the  Bishops  and  clergy,  that  Archbishop  Tillotson, 
and  several  other  Prelates,  with  a  vast  body  of  clergy,  the  choir 
and  King's  scholars,  all  in  solemn  procession,  attended  his 
funeral,  and  joined  in  the  anthems  composed  on  this  occasion  by 
the  great  Purcell. 

Above  this  tablet  of  Wharton  is  a  gallery,  used  by  the  Royal 
Family  to  see  the  procession  of  the  Knights  of  the  Bath  :  they 
enter  at  Poets'  Corner  door,  and  proceed  round  the  West  end, 
and  up  the  North  Aisle,  into  Henry  YII.'s  Chapel,  where  the 
installation  takes  place. 

In  an  oval  frame  is  a  half-length  marble  portrait  of  William 
Congreve,  Esq,,  placed  on  a  pedestal  of  the  finest  Egyptian 
marble,  and  enriched  with  emblematical  figures  alluding  to  the 
drama.  Underneath  is  this  inscription  in  English  : — "  Mr.  Wil- 
"liam  Congreve.  died  January  19,  1728,  aged  fifty-six,  and  was 
"  buried  near  this  place,  to  whose  most  valuable  memory  this 
"  monument  is  set  up  by  Henrietta,  Duchess  of  Marlborough,  as 
"  a  mark  how  dearly  she  remembers  the  happiness  she  enjoyed  in 
"  the  sincere  friendship  of  so  worthy  and  honest  a  man,  whose 
"  virtue,  candour,  and  wit,  gained  him  the  love  and  esteem  of  the 
"  present  age,  and  whose  writings  will  be  the  admiration  of  the 
*A  future." — Bird,  sculptor. 

A  bust  of  John  Friend,  M.D.,  on  a  pedestal  of  fine  white 
veined  marble  ;  and  beneath  is  a  long  Latin  inscription,  set- 
ting forth  his  great  and  distinguished  acquirements.  He  was 
a  physician  of  the  first  rank  for  knowledge  and  experience  ;  was 


SOUTH  AISLE.  89 

no  less  successful  in  his  practice  than  ingenious  in  his  writings. 
He  was  first  educated  at  Westminster  School,  and  afterwards  at 
Christ  Church  College,  Oxford,  where  his  learning  soon  made  him 
conspicuous.  On  his  leaving  the  University,  and  adopting  the 
profession  of  physic,  he  was  chosen  a  member  of  the  College  of 
Physicians  in  London,  and  soon  after  a  Fellow  of  the  Royal 
Society.  His  writings  are  lasting  monuments  of  his  extensive 
genius.     He  died  July  26,  1728. — Bysbrack,  sculptor. 

Sir  Lumley  Robinson,  Baronet. — This  monument  is  neatly 
designed  and  ornamented  ;  the  columns  are  supported  by  Death's 
heads,  and  the  arms  upon  the  base  by  a  cherub.  On  the  top  was 
a  vase,  and,  rising  to  the  pediments,  enrichments  of  laurel 
branches,  &c.  The  inscription  has  nothing  remarkable.  He  was 
of  Kentwall  Hall,  in  Suffolk,  and  died  August  6,  1684,  aged 
thirty-six. — Settie,  sculptor. 

Thomas  Sprat,  D.I). — This  monument  seems  to  have  been 
designed  principally  for  the  sake  of  the  inscriptions,  which  are  in 
Latin.     Underneath  are  the  arms  of  the  deceased,  and  on  the  top 
his  arms,  with  those  of  the  see  of  Rochester,  quarterly,  between 
enrichments  of  books,  &c.     The  first  inscription  informs  you, — 
"  That  Dr.  Sprat  was  the  son  of  a  clergyman  in  Dorsetshire  ;  and 
"  that  he  was   educated  at  Wad  ham  College,  Oxford ;  that  he 
"  first  applied  himself  to  poetry,  but  quitted  that  study  to  pursue 
"  the  beauties  of  prose,  and  polish  the  English  language  ;  that  he 
"was  early  made  known  to  George,  Duke  of  Buckingham,  and 
"  by  him  recommended  to  Charles  I.,  who  made  him  a  Preben- 
"  dary  of  Westminster,  and  of  Windsor  ;  from  which  preferments 
"  he  soon  rose  to  be  Dean  of  Westminster,  and  Bishop  of  Roches- 
ter; but  at  length,  from  his  firm  integrity  to  the  Church  and 
"  Monarchy,  was  brought  in  danger  of  his  life.    He  died  in  1713, 
"  aged  seventy-seven."     The  second  inscription  shows — "  That 
"the  remains  of  Thomas  Sprat,  A.M.  (son   of  the   Bishop), 
"  Archdeacon  of  Rochester,  and  Prebendary  of  the  Churches  of 
"  Rochester,  Winchester,  and  Westminster,  lie  near  those  of  his 
"father.     He  died  May  10,  1720,  aged  forty-one."     The  third 
inscription  imports—"  That  John  Friend,  M.D.,  to  show  his  re- 
"  spect  for  those  two  worthy  personages,  had  caused  this  monu- 
"  ment  to  be  erected  jointly  to  their  memories. " — Bird,  sculptor. 
Dr.  Joseph  Willcocks. — Two  angels  holding  a  scroll,  mitre, 
collegiate  cap,  &c,  bas-relief,  exterior  view  of  Westminster  Abbey. 
On  each  side  are  two  beautiful  figures  of  Faith  and  Hope.     This 
Rev.  Prelate  was  Chaplain  to  the  British  Factory   at  Lisbon,  after- 
wards Preceptor  to  the  Princess,  and  Prebendary  of  this  Church  ; 
in  1721,  consecrated  Lord  Bishop  of  Gloucester;  in  1721,  trans- 
lated to  Rochester,  also  made  Dean  of  this  Church,  and  of  the 
most  Honourable  Order  of  the  Bath.     He  died  March  9,  1756, 
aged  eighty-three,  and  is  buried  in  a  vault  in  the  Ecclesiastical 
Court,  with  his  wife  Jane,  daughter  of  John  Milner,Esq.,  Consul 
at  Lisbon.     She  died  March  27,  1725,  aged  twenty-eight;  with 
Ann,  their  daughter,  who  died  in  her  infancy. —  Cheere,  sculptor. 
Above   is  a   curious   monument,   sacred   to  the   memory  of 
Richard  Tyrrell,  Esq.,  who  was  descended  from  an  ancient 


90  SOUTH  AISLE. 

family  of  Ireland,  and  died  Rear-Admiral  of  the  White,  26th 
June,  1766.  Devoted  from  his  youth  to  the  naval  service  of  his 
country,  and  being  formed  under  the  discipline,  and  animated 
by  the  example  of  his  renowned  uncle,  Sir  Peter  Warren,  he  dis- 
tinguished himself  as  an  able  and  experienced  officer  in  many 
gallant  actions,  particularly  on  the  20th  of  November,  1758,  when 
commanding  the  Buckingham,  of  sixty-six  guns,  and  one  hundred 
and  seventy-five  men,  he  attacked  and  defeated  three  French 
ships  of  war  ;  one  of  them  was  the  Florin,  of  seventy -four  guns, 
and  seven  hundred  men ;  but  the  Buckingham  being  too  much 
disabled  to  take  possession  of  her,  after  she  had  struck,  the  enemy, 
under  cover  of  the  night,  escaped ;  during  the  action  he  received 
several  wounds,  and  lost  three  fingers  of  his  right  hand.  Dying 
on  his  return  to  England  from  the  Leeward  Islands,  where  he 
had  for  three  years  commanded  a  squadron  of  his  Majesty's  ships, 
his  body  was,  by  his  own  desire,  committed  to  the  sea,  with  the 
proper  honours  and  ceremonies.  On  a  piece  of  rock — "  The  sea 
"  shall  give  up  her  dead,  and  every  one  shall  be  rewarded,  according 
44  to  his  works."  The  figures  History,  Navigation,  and  Hibernia, 
are  well  cut ;  they  are  represented  among  the  rocks,  with  the  sea 
above  their  heads,  the  Admiral  himself  ascending  amidst  heavy 
clouds. — Nathaniel  Read,  sculptor. 

On  a  pedestal  stands  the  bust  of  Dr.  Zacfiary  Pearce.  The 
features  bear  a  striking  resemblance  to  those  of  the  original. 
On  each  side  are  the  ensigns  of  his  prelatical  dignities  :  and  un- 
derneath is  a  Latin  inscription,  of  which  the  following  is  a  trans- 
lation : — "  Sacred  to  the  memory  of  the  most  Reverend  Zachary 
44  Pearce,  S.T.P.,  Bishop  of  Rochester,  Dean  of  this  Church,  and 
44  of  the  most  Honourable  Order  of  the  Bath.  The  seeds  of 
44  learning,  which  were  early  sown  at  Westminster  School,  he 
44  cultivated  to  maturity  at  Cambridge :  how  rich  the  produce, 
44  both  as  a  critic  and  divine,  his  works,  already  printed  and 
44  published,  will  abundantly  show.  At  length,  growing  fond  of 
44  retirement,  and  earnestly  desirous  of  leisure  for  elucidating 
44  the  Scriptures,  he  resigned  the  Deanery  of  Westminster,  as  he 
44  wished  to  have  done  that  of  his  Bishoprick,  could  it  have  been 
44  permitted.  Having  lived  to  finish  what  was  the  wish  of  his 
44  heart, — his  Commentary  on  the  Holy  Evangelists  and  the  Acts 
44  of  the  Apostles, — he  rested  from  his  labours,  June  29,  1774, 
44  aged  eighty-four." — Tyler,  sculptor. 

44  In  memory  of  the  Very  Rev.  William  Buckland,  D.D., 
44  F.R.S.,  Dean  of  Westminster,  and  of  the  Most  Honourable 
44  Order  of  the  Bath,  formerly  Canon  of  Christ  Church,  Oxford, 
44  Trustee  of  the  British  Museum,  First  Professor  of  Geology  and 
44  Mineralogy  in  the  University  of  Oxford  ;  founder  of  the  Museum 
44  of  Geology,  which  he  bequeathed  to  that  University.  Endued 
44  with  superior  intellect,  he  applied  the  powers  of  his  mind  to  the 
44  honour  and  glory  of  God,  the  advancement  of  science,  and  the 
44  welfare  of  mankind.  Born  March  12,  1784  ;  died  August  14, 
44  1856,  aged  seventy-two.  '  For  the  Lord  giveth  wisdom,  out  of 
44 '  his  mouth  cometh  knowledge  and  understanding.' — Prov.  xi. 
44  ver.  6.    Erected  bv  his  children."— i7.  Weehes,  A.R.A.,  sc,  1859. 


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The  next  is  a  bust,  highly  finished,  and  emblems  of  sacred 
offices.  The  Latin  inscription  is  to  the  following  purport : — 
"  Sacred  to  the  memory  of  the  Reverend  John  Thomas,  LL.D., 
"  Bishop  of  Rochester,  Dean  of  this  Collegiate  Church,  and  of 
"  the  most  Honourable  Order  of  the  Bath.  Having  passed 
"  through  the  school  at  Carlisle  with  reputation,  he  proceeded  to 
"  Oxford,  to  gather  a  more  abundant  harvest  of  knowledge, 
"  where  he  became  both  the  ornament  and  patron  of  genius, 
"  good  morals,  and  of  polite,  as  well  as  of  profound  learning. 
"  With  increasing  fame  everywhere  spreading  itself,  he  did 
"  honour  to  dignities  by  his  merit,  improved  riches  by  bestowing 
"  them,  presided  over  the  Church  with  wisdom,  defended  it  by 
"  his  authority,  regulated  it  by  his  example;  ever  active  in  duties, 
"  and  unwearied  in  attentions,  added  to  the  strictest  economy  ; 
*'  till,  after  a  well-spent  life,  himself  exhausted,  but  not  his 
"  patience,  by  a  long  and  painful  illness,  he  resigned  his  soul  to 
"  God,  August  20,  1793,  aged  eighty-one  years.  His  nephew, 
"  G.A.T.,  A.M.,  to  whose  lot  it  fell  to  perform  it,  offers  this 
"  unavailing  tribute,  as  a  testimony,  though  small,  of  Duty  and 
"  Affection." — Bust  by  Noltekens. 

Katharine  Bovey. — The  principal  figures  here  are  Faith, 
with  her  book  closed,  and  Wisdom,  lamenting  the  death  of  her 
patroness ;  between  which  is  a  lady's  head  in  an  amulet  of  black 
marble,  curiously  veined.  Over  it  is  an  English  inscription, 
giving  a  character  of  the  deceased,  who  died  January  21,  1727, 
in  the  fifty-seventh  year  of  her  age.  Mrs.  Mary  Pope,  who  lived 
with  her  near  forty  years  in  perfect  friendship,  erected  this  monu- 
ment to  her  memory. — Gibbs,  sculptor. 

Lord  Viscount  Howe. — The  emblematic  representation  on  this 
monument  is  a  figure  of  the  Genius  of  the  Province  of  Massa- 
chuset's  Bay,  in  a  mournful  posture,  lamenting  the  fall  of  this 
hero,  and  the  family  arms,  ornamented  with  military  trophies. 
Beneath  is  the  following  inscription,  in  large  characters  : — "  The 
**  Province  of  Massachuset's  Bay,  in  New  England,  by  an  order 
"  of  the  Great  and  General  Court,  bearing  elate  February  1,  1759, 
"  caused  this  monument  to  be  erected  to  the  memory  of  George, 
"Lord  Viscount  Plowe,  Brigadier-General  of  his  Majesty's 
"  Forces  in  North  America,  who  was  slain,  July  6,  1758,  on  the 
"  march  of  Ticonderoga,  in  the  thirty-fourth  year  of  his  age  ;  in 
"  testimony  of  the  sense  they  had  of  his  services  and  military 
"  virtues,  and  of  the  affection  their  officers  and  soldiers  bore  to 
"  his  command."  He  lived  respected  and  beloved :  the  public 
regretted  his  loss  :  to  his  family  it  is  irreparable. 

Beneath  is  a  bust  to  the  memory  of  John  Ireland,  D.D. — The 
Latin  inscription  sets  forth,  that  he  was  a  native  of  Ashburton, 
Devon.  Having  pursued  his  studies  at  Oriel  College,  in  the 
University  of  Oxford,  he  was,  in  1802,  enrolled  amongst  the 
Prebendaries  of  this  Church  ;  and  afterwards,  in  1816,  raised  to 
the  Deanery  of  the  same.  Deeply  sensible  of  the  benefits  that 
were  divinely  showered  upon  him  in  early  life,  he  sought  in  after 
years  to  prove  that  he  was  not  unmindful  of  them.  Whilst  still 
among  the  living,  he  annually  gave  liberal  prizes  for  the  en- 


92  SOUTH  AISLE. 

couragement  of  youthful  studies,  both  at  Oxford  and  in  the  Royal 
School  at  Westminster.  He  also,  by  his  last  will,  bequeathed  a 
munificent  pecuniary  legacy,  partly  to  endow  a  Professorship  of 
Theology  at  Oxford,  partly  towards  the  support  of  needy  students 
of  Oriel  College,  and  partly  that  some  assistance  might  be  fur- 
nished for  rightly  educating  his  townsmen  of  Ash  burton.  He  died 
September  2,  1842,  aged  eighty. —  Turnouth,  sculptor. 

A  neat  tablet  erected  to  the  memory  of  Dr.  Robert  Cannon, 
Dean  of  Lincoln,  and  Prebendary  of  this  Church,  who  died  March 
28,  1722,  aged  fifty-nine. 

Over  the  Wei  Cloisters  door  is  a  most  stately  monument  to 
the  memory  of  General  George  Wade.  In  the  centre  is  a 
beautiful  marble  pillar,  enriched  with  military  trophies  highly 
finished.  The  principal  figures  represent  Fame  preventing 
Time  from  defacing  his  military  honours.  The  whole  is 
finely  executed,  and  cannot  be  too  much  admired.  The  General's 
head  is  in  a  medallion ;  and  the  inscription  runs  thus : — "  To 
•"  the  memory  of  George  Wade,  Field  Marshal  of  his  Majesty's 
44  Forces,  Lieutenant- General, of  the  Ordnance,  Colonel  of  his 
"  Majesty's  Third  Regiment  of  Dragoon  Guards,  Governor  of 
"  Fort  William,  Fort  Augustus,  and  Fort  George,  and  one  of  his 
"  Majesty's  most  Honourable  Privy  Council.  He  died  March  14, 
"  1748,  aged  seventy-five." — jRoubiliac,  sculptor. 

A  monument  of  General  Sir  James  Out  ram,  with  the  following 
inscription  : — "  To  tli*}  memory  of  Lieutenant-General  Sir  James 
4i  Outram,  G.C.B.,  K.S.I ,  &c,  a  soldier  of  the  East  India  Com- 
4,1  pany,  who,  during  a  service  of  40  years  in  war  and  in  council,  by 
**  deeds  of  bravery  and  devotion,  by  an  unselfish  life,  by  benevo- 
"  lence,  never  weary  of  well-doing,  sustained  the  honour  of  the 
"  British  nation,  won  the  love  of  his  comrades,  and  promoted  the 
4i  happiness  of  the  people  of  India.  This  monument  is  erected  by 
*'  the  Secretary  of  State  for  India  in  Council.  Born  January  29, 
"  1803  ;  died  March  11, 1863.  Interred  in  this  Abbey  at  the  public 
**  cost, March  25, 1863."  Under  the  bust  is  represented  in  high  relief 
an  exquisite  sculpture  of  Lord  Clyde  and  Outram  shaking  hands, 
with  General  Havelock  between  them  and  other  figures  in  the 
background  ;  and  on  each  side  two  figures  of  the  Scinde  and  Bihil 
tribes,  lamenting  the  death  of  their  "  great  friend." — Noble,  sculp. 

Charles  Herries,  Esq.,  Colonel  of  the  Light  Horse  Volunteers 
•of  London  and  Westminster,  died  April  3,  1819,  in  the  seventy- 
fourth  year  of  his  age.  So  much  was  he  respected,  that  the 
regiment  followed  him  to  the  grave  with  filial  reverence  ;  and  as 
a  lasting  tribute  of  honour  to  his  memory,  raised  this  record 
of  his  virtues  and  their  affection.  The  monument  consists  of 
-a  bust,  a  strong  resemblance  ;  on  the  base  is  represented  a  female, 
seated  on  bales,  as  the  city  of  London,  over  whom  a  warrior  is 
holding  a  shield  ;  by  him  stands  his  horse,  which  he  seems  ready 
to  mount  for  defence. —  Chantrey,  sculptor. 

Carola  Harsnet. — This  tomb  has  two  learned  inscriptions 
upon  it,  one  in  Hebrew,  the  other  in  Greek  ;  and  was  erected  to 
the  memory  of  the  wife  of  Sir  Samuel  Morland,  Baronet,  who 
died  in  child-bed  of  her  second  son,  Oct.  10,  1674,  in  the  twenty- 


SOUTH  AISLE.  93 

third  year  of  her  age.  The  inscriptions  are  thus  translated  : — 
"  Blessed  be  the  Lord,  my  wife  was  precious !  Blessed  be  thy 
"  remembrance,  oh,  virtuous  woman  ! "  Thus  far  the  Hebrew. 
The  Greek  thus  : — "  When  I  think  on  thy  mildness,  patience, 
"  charity,  modesty,  and  piety,  I  lament  thee,  oh,  most  excellent 
"  creature  !  and  I  grieve  exceedingly  ;  but  not  like  such  as  have 
"  no  faith,  for  I  believe  and  expect  the  resurrection  of  those  who 
"  sleep  in  Christ." — Stanton,  sculptor. 

A  beautiful  monument  to  John  Smith,  Esq.  The  design  is  a 
pyramid  and  altar,  on  which  sits  a  lady  veiled,  mournful,  and  dis- 
consolate, resting  her  right  arm  on  a  line  bust  in  relief.  On  the 
base  is  a  Latin  inscription,  setting  forth  his  descent  from  the 
Smith's  in  Lincolnshire  :  and  issue,  viz.,  two  daughters,  Ann,  the 
eldest,  first  married  to  Henry  Parker,  Esq.,  son  of  Sir  Harry 
Parker,  of  Warwickshire,  and  afterwards  to  Michael,  Lord  Dun- 
kellin,  eldest  son  of  the  Earl  of  Clanrickard  ;  and  Mary,  the 
youngest,  married  to  Edward  Desboverie,  of  Langford,  in  Wilts, 
Bart.     John  Smith  died  July  6,  1718. —  Gibbs,  sculptor. 

Above  is  a  monument  erected  to  the  memory  of  James 
Fleming,  Major- General  of  his  Majesty's  Forces,  and  Colonel  of 
a  Begiment  of  Foot,  who,  having  served  forty-four  years  a  com- 
missioned officer,  died  March  17,  1750,  aged  sixty-eight.  At  the 
top  of  a  beautiful  pyramid  of  marble,  is  a  medallion  of  this 
General,  at  the  base  of  which  are  the  figures  of  Minerva  and 
Hercules,  employed  in  binding  the  emblems  of  Wisdom,  Pru- 
dence, and  Valour  together,  as  characteristics  of  the  hero.  The 
decorations  are  military  trophies. — Roubiliac,  sculptor. 

Ann  Filding. — This  tomb,  on  which  are  two  very  learned 
inscriptions,  one  in  Hebrew,  the  other  in  Ethiopic,  is  erected  to 
the  memory  of  the  second  wife  of  Sir  Samuel  Morland,  Baronet. 
The  Hebrew  inscription  is  to  this  effect : — "  Oh,  thou  fairest 
"  among  women !  oh !  virtuous  woman !  the  hand  of  the  Lord 
"  hath  done  this !  the  Lord  gave,  and  the  Lord  hath  taken  away, 
"  and  blessed  be  the  name  of  the  Lord."  The  Ethiopic  inscrip- 
tion is  thus  translated : — "  Come,  lament  o'er  this  monument 
"  with  a  beloved  husband,  for  thee;  but  in  certain  hope  that  thou 
"  art  united  with  Christ.  This  lady  was  truly  religious,  virtuous, 
"faithful,  mild  as  a  dove,  and  chaste;  while  she  continued  in 
"  life,  she  was  honoured,  and  is  happy,  through  mercy,  in 
"  death."  This  is  one  of  Mr.  Addison's  modest  inscriptions,  that 
has  not,  perhaps,  been  three  times  read  in  more  than  threescore 
years.  Under  the  Ethiopic  is  this  inscription: — "Ann,  daughter 
"  of  George  Filding,  Esq.,  and  Mary,  his  wife,  the  truly  loving  (and 
"  as  truly  beloved)  wife  of  Samuel  Morland,  Knight  and  Baronet, 
"  died  February  20,  167g90,  setatis  nineteen." — Stanton,  sculptor. 

Diana  Temple. — This  old-fashioned  monument  seems  to  have 
been  designed  not  for  one  person,  but  for  all  Sir  William  Temple's 
family,  as  appears  by  the  inscription,  written  by  Sir  William  him- 
self, in  which  is  mentioned  Diana  Temple,  who  died  at  fourteen  ; 
Dorothy  Osborn,  probably  Sir  William's  lady,  aged  sixty- six ; 
William  Temple,  aged  seventy;  and  Martha  Giffard,  called  Lady 
Giffard,  Sir  William's  sister,  aged  eighty-four. 


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Sir  Charles  Harbord,  Knight,  and  Clement  Cottrell, 
Esq. — On  the  base  of  this  double  monument  is  represented  in 
relief,  a  dreadful  sea-fight ;  and  on  the  top,  in  a  wreath  of  laurel, 
this  inscription : — "  To  preserve  and  unite  the  harmony  of  two 
"  faithful  friends  who  lost  their  lives  at  sea  together,  May  28, 
"  1672."  These  two  young  gentlemen,  of  the  most  promising 
expectations,  both  perished  in  the  Royal  James,  with  the  Earl  of 
Sandwich,  who  commanded  in  her  as  Vice- Admiral  against  the 
Dutch,  in  that  memorable  fight  off  the  coast  of  Sussex,  in  Charles 
the  Second's  time.  The  Royal  James  being  set  on  fire,  Sir  Charles 
Harbord,  First  Lieutenant,  though  he  might  have  saved  himself 
by  swimming,  yet  out  of  pure  affection  to  his  worthy  Commander, 
chose  to  die  with  him.  Young  Cottrell  was  a  volunteer;  and 
having  returned  to  his  ship  unwounded,  from  being  the  first  man 
that  had  boarded  a  Dutchman  of  seventy  guns,  and  pulled  down 
the  ensigns  of  her  with  his  own  hands,  perished  also  with  his 
friends.  This  gentleman  understood  seven  languages,  though 
but  twenty-two  years  of  age.  This  moving  story  is  recited  at 
large  on  the  monument,  but  too  long  to  copy. 

Above  is  the  monument  of  William  Hargrave,  Esq., 
Lieutenant- General  of  his  Majesty's  forces,  Colonel  of  the  Royal 
English  Fusileers,  and  Governor  of  Gibraltar,  who  having  been 
fifty-seven  years  a  commissioned  officer,  died  2 1st  January,  1750, 
aged  seventy •  nine.  The  figure  of  Time  is  represented  to  have 
overcome  Death ;  he  is  breaking  the  dart  of  Death  across  his 
knee;  the  pyramid  is  destroyed  at  the  sound  of  the  trumpet,  the 
dead  rising,  and  the  crown  of  Death  is  fallen  to  the  ground. — 
Designed  and  executed  by  Roubiliac. 

A  fine  bust  to  Sidney,  Earl  Godolphin,  with  a  rich  cravat. 
In  1661,  he  was  Groom  of  the  Bedchamber  to  Charles  II.;  1679, 
Commissioner  of  the  Treasury  ;  in  1684,  Secretary  of  State,  and 
the  same  year  created  Baron  of  Rialton,  in  Cornwall,  by  James  II. 
After  the  Revolution  he  was  made  First  Commissioner  of  the 
Treasury,  and  soon  after  Lord  High  Treasurer,  which  office,  as 
his  inscription  shows,  together  with  that  of  Chief  Minister,  he 
held  during  the  first  nine  glorious  years  of  Queen  Anne's  reign. 
He  died  Sept.  15,  1712,  aged  sixty-seven. — Bird,  sculptor. 

Colonel  Roger  Townshend. — Here  is  a  sarcophagus,  sup- 
ported by  two  Indians,  on  the  front  of  which  is  represented 
in  bas-relief,  the  fall  of  this  great  commander,  with  his  officers 
attending  him  in  his  dying  moments.  This  monument  is  deco- 
rated with  military  trophies,  and  beneath  is  the  following  inscrip- 
tion : — "  This  monument  was  erected  by  a  disconsolate  parent, 
"  the  Lady  Vicountess  Townshend,  to  the  memory  of  her  fifth 
"  son,  the  Honourable  Lieutenant-Colonel  Roger  Townshend,  who 
"  was  killed  by  a  cannon-ball,  July  25,  1759,  in  the  twenty- 
"  eighth  year  of  his  age,  as  he  was  reconnoitring  the  French  lines 
"  at  Ticonderagoe,  in  North  America.  From  the  parent,  the 
"  brother,  and  the  friend,  his  social  and  amiable  manners,  his 
"  enterprising  bravery,  and  the  integrity  of  his  heart,  may  claim 
"  the  tribute  of  affection.  Yet,  stranger,  weep  not !  for  though 
"  premature  his  death,  his  life  was  glorious,  enrolling  him  with 


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"  the  names  of  those  immortal  Statesmen  and  Commanders, 
"  whose  wisdom  and  intrepidity,  in  the  course  of  this  compre- 
"  hensive  and  successful  war,  have  extended  the  commerce,  en- 
"  larged  the  dominion,  and  upheld  the  majesty  of  these  kingdoms, 
"  beyond  the  idea  of  any  former  age." — Carter,  sculptor. 

Above  is  a  tablet  to  Mrs.  Bridget  Radlet,  wile  of  Charles 
Radley,  Esq.,  Gentleman  Usher  and  Daily  Waiter  of  James  II., 
who  erected  this  monument  to  her  memory.  She  died  Novem- 
ber 20,  1769. 

A  monument  to  Sir  John  Chardin,  Bart.,  and  is  very 
emblematical,  alluding  to  the  travels  of  this  gentleman,  by 
which,  as  his  motto  expresses,  "  he  acquired  his  fame."  The 
globe,  round  which  a  number  of  geographical  instruments  are 
represented,  exhibits  a  view  of  the  different  countries  through 
which  he  travelled  ;  and  the  motto  beneath  refers  to  the  dangers 
he  providentially  escaped,  for  which  he  ascribes  to  God  the  glory. 
A  journal  of  his  travels  into  the  Eastern  countries  he  has  pub- 
lished—a  book  in  high  esteem. — Henry  Cheere,  sculptor. 

Beneath  is  a  monument  with  this  inscription  : — "  Sacred  to 
"  the  immortal  memory  of  Sir  Palmes  Fairborne,  Knight, 
"  Governor  of  Tangier,  in  the  execution  of  which  command  he 
"  was  mortally  wounded  by  a  shot  from  the  Moors  then  besieging 
"  the  town,  in  the  forty-sixth  year  of  his  age,  October  24,  1680." 
The  following  is  the  epitaph,  written  by  Mr.  Dryden  : — 

"  Ye  sacred  reliques  which  our  marble  keep 
Here,  undisturb'd  by  wars,  in  quiet  sleep, 
Discharge  the  trust  which  (when  it  was  below) 
Fairborne's  undaunted  soul  did  undergo, 
And  be  the  town's  Palladium  from  the  foe  ! 
Alive  and  dead,  these  walls  he  did  defend : 
Great  actions  great  examples  must  attend. 
The  Candian  siege  his  early  value  knew, 
Where  Turkish  blood  did  his  young  hands  imbrue  ; 
From  thence  returning,  with  deserv'd  applause, 
Against  the  Moors  his  well-flesh'd  sword  he  draws, 
The  same  the  courage,  and  the  same  the  cause. 
His  youth  and  asge,  his  life  and  death  combine, 
As  in  some  great  and  regular  design, 
All  of  a  piece  throughout,  and  all  divine. 
Still  nearer  heaven,  his  virtues  shone  more  bright: 
Like  rising  flames  expanding  in  their  height. 
The  martyr's  glory  crowns  the  soldier's  flight. 
More  bravely  British  Gen'ral  never  fell, 
>>or  Gen'ral's  death  was  e'er  reveng'd  so  well, 
Which  his  pleas'd  eyes  beheld  before  their  close, 
Follow'd  by  thousand  victims  of  his  foes. 
To  his  lamented  lo.-s,  for  times  to  come, 
His  pious  widow  consecrates  this  tomb." 

On  a  lofty  dome  is  the  deceased's  arms,  with  this  motto,  "  Tutis 
"  si  For  Us."  Over  it  a  Turk's  head  on  a  dagger,  by  way  of  crest, 
which  he  won  by  his  valour  in  fighting  against  that  people  in  the 
German  war. — Bushnall,  sculptor. 

Major  Andre. — On  a  moulded  panelled  base  and  plinth  stands 
a  sarcophagus,  on  the  panel  of  which  is  inscribed: — "  Sacred  to 
"  the  memory  of  Major  John  Andre,  who,  raised  by  his  merit,  at 
"  an  early  period  of  life,  to  the  rank  of  Adjutant-General  of  the 
"  British  Forces  in  America,  and  employed  in  an  important,  but 


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"  hazardous  enterprise,  fell  a  sacrifice  to  his  zeal  for  his  King  and 
M  country,  on  the  2nd  October,  1780,  aged  twenty-nine,  univer- 
"  sally  beloved  and  esteemed  by  the  army  in  which  he  served, 
"  and  lamented  even  by  his  foes.  His  gracious  Sovereign,  King 
"  George  III.,  has  caused  this  monument  to  be  erected  ;"  and  on 
the  plinth — "  The  remains  of  the  said  Major  Andre  were  depo- 
"  sited  on  the  28th  November,  1821,  in  a  grave  near  this  monu- 
"  ment."  This  is  the  third  head  now  placed  on  General  Washing- 
ton's figure  ;  several  others  are  new,  the  originals,  being  so  well 
executed,  were  too  great  a  temptation  for  the  curious  pilferer  to 
withstand.  The  projecting  figures  :  one  of  them  (with  a  flag  of 
truce)  is  presenting  to  General  Washington  a  letter,  which  Andre 
had  addressed  to  his  Excellency  the  night  previous  to  his  execu- 
tion, worded  thus  : — "  Sir,  buoyed  above  the  terror  of  death,  by 
"  the  consciousness  of  a  life  devoted  to  honourable  purposes,  and 
"  stained  with  no  action  which  can  give  me  remorse,  I  trust  that 
"  the  request  which  I  make  to  your  Excellency  at  this  serious 
"  period,  and  which  is  to  soften  my  last  moments,  will  not  be 
"  rejected  ;  sympathy  towards  a  soldier  will  surely  induce  your 
"  Excellency,  and  a  military  tribunal,  to  adapt  the  mode  of  my 
"  death  to  the  feelings  of  a  man  of  honour  ;  let  me  hope,  Sir, 
"  that  if  aught  in  my  character  impresses  you  with  esteem  to- 
"  wards  me, — if  aught  in  my  misfortunes  mark  me  as  the  victim 
"  of  policy  and  not  of  resentment,— I  shall  experience  the  opera- 
"  tions  of  those  feelings  in  your  breast,  by  being  informed  I  am 
"  not  to  die  on  a  gibbet.  I  have  the  honour  to  be,  your  Ex- 
"  cellency,  John  Andre,  Adjutant  of  the  British  Forces  in 
"  America." — Van  Gelder,  sculptor. 

Against  the  organ  gallery  is  the  monument  to  Thomas 
Thynne,  Esq. — The  principal  figure  is  represented  in  a  dying 
posture,  and  at  his  feet  a  cherub  weeping.  It  has  this  inscrip- 
tion : — "  Thomas  Thynne,  of  Longleate,  in  Co.  Wilts,  Esq.,  who 
"  was  barbarously  murdered  on  Sunday,  the  12th  February,  1 682 ;" 
which  murder  was  conspired  by  Count  Koningsmarck,  and  exe- 
cuted by  three  assassins,  hired  for  that  purpose,  who  shot  him  in 
Pall-Mall,  in  his  own  coach.  The  motive  was  to  obtain  the  rich 
heiress  of  Northumberland  in  marriage,  who,  in  her  infancy,  had 
been  betrothed  to  the  Earl  of  Ogle,  but  left  a  widow,  and  after- 
wards married  to  Mr.  Thynne. —  Quettin,  sculptor. 

Opposite,  is  a  tablet  of  fine  marble  to  General  Strode,  deco- 
rated with  military  trophies,  and  bearing  this  inscription : — "  Near 
'*  this  place  lie  the  remains  of  William  Strode,  Esq.,  Lieutenant  - 
"  General  of  his  Majesty's  Forces,  and  Colonel  of  the  sixty-second 
"  Regiment  of  Foot.  He  departed  this  life,  January  14,  1776,  in 
"  the  seventy-eighth  year  of  his  age,  who  constantly  attended  his 
"  duty  both  at  home  and  abroad,  during  a  course  of  sixty  years' 
"  service.  He  was  a  strenuous  asserter  of  both  civil  and  religious 
"  liberty,  as  established  at  the  glorious  Revolution  of  William  III. 
"  Military  reader!  go  thou  and  do  likewise." — Hayivard,  sculptor. 

Above  is  a  tablet  to  Captain  William  Julius,  who  commanded 
the  Colchester  man-of-war,  and  died  Oct.  3, 1 698,  aged  thirty-three. 

George  Churchill,  second  son  of  Sir  Winston  Churchill,  of 


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Dorsetshire,  Knight,  and  brother  of  John,  Duke  of  Marlborough. 
He  was  early  trained  to  military  affairs,  and  served  with  great 
honour  by  sea  and  land  under  Charles  II.,  James  II.,  William 
and  Anne.  He  was  Captain  in  the  English  fleet,  at  burning 
the  French  at  La  Hogue  in  William  the  Third's  reign  ;  and 
for  his  bravery  there  made  one  of  the  Lords  Commissioners  of 
the  Admiralty.  In  the  succeeding  reign  he  was  made  Admiral- 
in-Chief.     He  died  May  8,  1710,  aged  fifty-eight. 

An  oval  tablet  to  the  memory  of  Major  Richard  Creed, 
enriched  with  military  trophies;  and  on  it  there  is  this  inscrip- 
tion : — "  To  the  memory  of  the  honoured  Major  Richard  Creed, 
"  who  attended  William  III.  in  all  his  wars,  everywhere  signal- 
"  izing  himself,  and  never  more  himself  than  when  he  looked  an 
"  enemy  in  the  face.  At  the  glorious  battle  of  Blenheim,  1704, 
"  he  commanded  one  of  those  squadrons  that  began  the  attack  ; 
"  in  two  several  charges  he  remained  unhurt,  but  in  the  third, 
"  after  many  wounds  received,  still  valiantly  fighting,  he  was 
"  shot  through  the  head.  His  dead  body  was  brought  off  by  his 
"  brother  at  the  hazard  of  his  own  life,  and  buried  there.  To  his 
"  memory,  his  sorrowful  mother  erects  this  monument,  placing  it 
"  near  another,  which  her  son,  when  living,  used  to  look  upon 
11  with  pleasure,  for  the  worthy  mention  it  makes  of  that  great 
"  man,  Edward,  Earl  of  Sandwich,  to  whom  he  had  the  honour 
"  to  be  related,  and  whose  heroic  virtue  he  was  ambitious  to 
"  imitate.  He  was  the  eldest  son  of  John  Creed,  of  Oundell, 
"  Esq.,  and  Elizabeth,  his  wife,  only  daughter  of  Sir  Gilbert 
"  Pickering,  Bart.,  of  Titmarsh,  in  Northamptonshire." 

Also  a  tablet  in  memory  of  Lieutenant  Richard  Creed,  of 
the  Bombay  Artillery,  who  was  killed  in  Upper  Scinde,  on  the 
20th  of  February,  1841,  whilst  £ghting  at  the  head  of  a  party  ot 
volunteers  from  his  troop,  whom  he  had  gallantly  led  to  the  as- 
sault of  the  fort  Hujjack  ;  thus  prematurely  closing,  in  the  twelfth 
year  of  his  services  in  India,  and  the  twenty- eighth  of  his  age,  a 
career  of  high  credit  and  brightest  promise,  throughout  which, 
his  ability,  prudence,  and  devotion  to  duty,  secured  not  less  the 
esteern  of  his  superiors,  than  his  uniform  kindness  and  concilia- 
tory demeanour  won  the  confidence  and  marked  attachment  o 
his  humbler  companions  in  arms.  This  tablet  was  erected  by 
the  officers  of  his  regiment,  to  whom  his  generous  nature,  amiable 
deportment,  and  Christian  virtues  have,  in  no  common  degree, 
endeared  his  memory. —  Thomas,  sculptor. 

Above,  on  a  plain  marble  stone,  is  an  English  inscription,  re- 
citing the  military  glories  of  Sir  Richard  Bingham,  who  was 
of  the  ancient  family  of  the  Binghams,  of  Bingham  Melcomb,  in 
Dorsetshire ;  and  served  in  the  reign  of  Queen  Mary,  at  St. 
Quintin's  ;  in  the  reign  of  Queen  Elizabeth,  at  Leith,  in  Scotland  ; 
in  the  Isle  of  Candy,  under  the  Venetians  ;  at  Cabo  Chrio,  and  in 
the  famous  battle  of  Lepanto,  against  the  Turks  ;  in  the  civil  wars 
of  France  in  the  Netherlands,  at  Smerwick.  After  this  he  was 
made  Governor  of  Connaught,  in  Ireland,  where  he  overthrew 
the  Irish  Scots,  expelled  the  traitor  O'Rourke,  suppressed  the 
rebellion,  and  was  finally  made  Marshal  of  Ireland,  and  Governor 


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of  Leinster.  He  died  at  Dublin,  January  19,  1598,  aged  seventy  ; 
from  whence  he  was  brought,  and  here  interred,  by  John  Bingley, 
some  time  his  servant. 

Above  is  a  monument  erected  to  the  memory  of  Martin  Folkes, 
of  Hillington,  in  the  county  of  Norfolk,  Esq.,  who,  under  the 
auspices  of  Newton,  happily  employed  his  talents,  industry,  and 
time,  in  the  study  of  sublime  philosophy.  He  was  chosen  Presi- 
dent of  the  Royal  Society  in  1741,  and  calmly  submitted  to  the 
common  lot  of  man  on  the  28th  June,  1754,  at  the  age  of  sixty- 
three.  He  is  represented  sitting,  with  his  hands  resting  on  a 
book,  shut,  as  if  contemplating  ;  above  is  an  urn,  covered  with 
drapery,  that  a  boy  holds  up  ;  there  are  two  more  boys,  one  of 
whom  seems  much  surprised,  from  looking  through  a  microscope, 
while  the  other,  with  a  pair  of  compasses,  is  measuring  the  globe. 
— Ashton,  sculptor. 

Opposite,  on  your  left,  is  a  monument — "  Sacred  to  the 
"  memory  of  General  Sir  Thomas  Trigge,  Knight  of  the  most 
"  Honourable  Order  of  the  Bath,  Lieutenant- General  of  the 
"  Ordnance,  and  Colonel  of  the  forty-fourth  Regiment  of  Foot ; 
"  who  spent  a  long  life  in  active  service,  and  enjoyed  the  uniform 
"  approbation  of  his  sovereign  and  of  his  country  to  his  latest 
"  hour.  He  begun  his  career  as  Ensign  in  the  twelfth  Regiment ; 
"  served  during  the  seven  years'  war  in  Germany  ;  was  present 
"  at  the  battles  of  Minden,  Fellinghausen,  Williamsdahl,  and 
"  others  :  he  commanded  the  same  regiment  during  the  whole  of 
"  the  memorable  defence  of  Gibraltar,  and  was  afterwards  many 
"  years  Lieutenant-Governor  of  that  fortress.  While  Com* 
"  mander-in-chief  in  the  West  Indies,  he  captured  Surinam,  and 
"  various  islands  ;  and  for  his  services  was  made  K.B.  He  lived 
"  respected  and  beloved,  and  departed  this  life  in  his  seventy- 
"  second  year,  on  the  11th  January,  1814." — Bacon,  sculptor. 

Thomas  Owen,  Esq.— On  this  monument  is  a  fine  figure  of  a 
Judge  in  his  robes,  leaning  on  his  right  arm,  and  over  him  an 
inscription,  showing  that  he  was  the  son  of  Richard  Owen,  by 
Mary,  daughter  and  heiress  of  Thomas  Otley,  of  Shropshire,  Esq.; 
that  from  his  youth  he  had  applied  himself  to  the  study  of  the 
laws,  and  was  first  made  Serjeant  temp,  to  Queen  Elizabeth,  and 
afterwards  a  Justice  of  the  Common  Pleas.    He  died  Dec.  2 1 ,  1598. 

Pasquale  de  Paoli. — A  bust  strongly  resembling  the 
deceased,  with  the  following  inscription  under  it  :  — "  To 
the  memory  of  Pasquale  de  Paoli,  one  of  the  most  eminent 
"  and  most  illustrious  characters  of  the  age  in  which  he  lived. 
"  He  was  born  at  Rostino,  in  Corsica,  April  5,  1725  ;  was  unani- 
"  mously  chosen,  at  the  age  of  thirty,  Supreme  Head  of  that 
"  island,  and  died  in  this  metropolis,  February  5,  1807,  aged 
"  eighty-two  years.  The  early  and  better  part  of  his  life  he 
"  devoted  to  the  cause  of  liberty,  nobly  maintaining  it  against 
"  the  usurpation  of  Genoese  and  French  tyranny.  By  his  many 
"  splendid  achievements,  his  useful  and  benevolent  institutions, 
"  his  patriotic  and  public  zeal,  manifested  upon  every  occasion, 
"  he  amongst  the  few  who  have  merited  so  glorious  a  title,  most 
"  justly  deserves  to  be  hailed  the  father  of  his  country.     Being 


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*'  obliged  by  the  superior  force  of  his  enemies,  to  retire  from 
"  Corsica,  he  sought  refuge  in  this  land  of  liberty,  and  was  here 
"  most  graciously  received,  amidst  the  general  applause  of  a 
"  magnanimous  nation,  into  the  protection  of  his  Majesty,  King 
"  George  III.,  by  whose  fostering  hand  and  munificence  he  not 
"  only  obtained  a  safe  and  honourable  asylum,  but  was  enabled, 
"  during  the  remainder  of  his  days  to  enjoy  the  society  of  his 
"  friends  and  faithful  followers  in  affluent  and  dignified  retire- 
"  ment.  He  expressed  to  the  last  moment  of  his  life  the  most 
"  grateful  sense  of  his  Majesty's  paternal  goodness  towards  him, 
"  praying  for  the  preservation  of  his  sacred  person,  and  the 
"  prosperity  of  his  dominions." — Flaxman,  sculptor. 

Against  the  pillar  is  an  oval  tablet  to  James  Kendall,  Esq., 
supported  by  a  Death's  head.  He  was  chosen  a  member  of  the 
last  Parliament  of  James  II.,  and  served  in  several  Parliaments 
afterwards  in  the  reign  of  William  III.,  by  whom  he  was  made 
Governor  of  Barbadoes,  and  one  of  the  Commissioners  of  the 
Admiralty.  He  died  July  10,  1708,  aged  sixty.  Then  turning 
yourself,  you  see  opposite — 

A  little  monument  of  white  marble,  erected  to  the  memory  of 
Dr.  Isaac  Watts.  It  is  divided  by  a  fascia,  over  which  a  bust 
of  that  eminent  divine  is  exhibited,  supported  by  Genii,  who  seem 
pleased  with  the  office  to  which  they  are  allotted.  Underneath, 
in  a  circle,  is  a  fine  figure  of  the  Doctor  sitting  on  a  stool,  in  the 
attitude  of  deep  contemplation,  which  is  finely  expressed  by  an 
Angel  opening  to  him  the  wonders  of  creation,  while  in  one  hand 
he  holds  a  pen,  and  with  the  other  points  to  a  celestial  globe. 
His  name,  the  dates  of  his  birth  and  death,  are  inscribed  on  the 
plinth:—4'  Isaac  Watts,  D.D.,  born  July  17,  1674.  Died  No- 
"  vember  25,  1748." — Banks,  sculptor. 

George  Stepney,  Esq.,  descended  from  the  Stepneys  of  Pen- 
dergraft,  in  Pembrokeshire,  but  born  at  Westminster,  1 6*63,  elected 
into  the  College  of  St.  Peter's,  at  Westminster,  1676,  and  entered 
of  Trinity  College,  Cambridge,  1682.  In  1692  he  was  sent  Envoy 
to  the  Elector  of  Brandenburgh  ;  in  1696  and  1697,  to  the 
Electors  of  Mentz,  Triers,  Cologne,  Palatine,  Landgrave  of  Hesse, 
and  to  the  Congress  of  Frankfort,  on  his  return  from  which  he 
was  made  Commissioner  of  Trade;  in  1698,  was  sent  a  second 
time  Envoy  to  the  Elector  of  Brandenburgh  ;  in  1699,  in  the  same 
quality  to  Poland  ;  in  1701,  a  second  time  to  the  Emperor;  and 
lastly,  in  1706,  to  the  States  General.  All  these  several  embassies 
he  conducted  with  such  integrity,  application,  and  ease,  that  he 
generally  exceeded  the  expectations  of  his  sovereigns,  William 
and  Anne,  by  whom  he  was  employed.  He  died  at  Chelsea,  1707. 

Above  is  a  monument  erected  to  the  memory  of  John  Me- 
thuen,  Esq.,  who  died  in  the  service  of  his  country,  in  Portugal, 
July  13,  1706,  and  was  here  interred,  September  17,  1708.-— 
Rysbrack,  sculptor. 

Also  to  that  of  his  son,  the  Right  Hon.  Sir  Paul  Methuen, 
of  Bishop's  Canning,  Wilts,  one  of  his  Majesty's  most  Honourable 
Privy  Council,  and  Knight  of  the  most  Honourable  Order  of  the 
Bath,  who  died  April  11,  1757,  aged  eighty-five. 


100  SOUTH  AISLE. 

Beneath  is  a  bust — f1  To  the  memory  of  Charles  Burnet, 
"  LL.D.,  L.D.,  F.S.A.,  et  U.S.,  in  the  Royal  Academy,  London, 
"  Professor  of  Greek  and  Latin,  Chaplain  in  Ordinary  to  his 
"  Majesty  George  III.,  Prebendary  of  the  Church  of  Lincoln, 
"  Rector  of  Cliff,  and  of  St.  Paul,  Deptford,  in  the  county  of  Kent, 
u  eighteen  years  master  of  Greenwich  School.  He  died  on  the 
"  28th  Jan.  1818,  in  his  sixty-first  year,  and  was  buried  at  Dcpt- 
"  ford."  The  Latin  inscription  sets  forth,  that  "  he  was  a  man  of 
"  various  and  deep  learning,  of  a  judgment  of  critical  nicety  and 
"  elegance  of  style,  polished  by  unremitting  exercise,  and  in  solving 
"  difficulties  in  metrical  composition,  of  exquisite  skill.  His 
"  pupils,  from  a  collection  raised  amongst  themselves,  caused  this 
"  monument  to  be  erected." — Gahagan,  sculptor. 

Thomas  Knipe,  S.T.P.  —  This  monument  was  erected  by 
Alice,  second  wife  of  this  learned  man,  who,  for  fifty  years, 
was  employed  in  Westminster  School,  sixteen  whereof  as  Head 
Master.  He  was  also  a  Prebendary  of  this  Cathedral.  The  long 
Latin  inscription  contains  nothing  more  than  a  laboured  recital 
of  a  good  man's  virtues,  and  that  he  died  August  8,  1711,  aged 
seventy-three.  At  his  feet  is  the  grave  of  his  affectionate  scholar, 
William  King,  LL.D.,  without  any  inscription.  Here  hath 
been  lately  added  an  inscription  in  memory  of  two  brothers,  who 
both  died  in  the  service  of  their  country  :  Captain  John  Knipe, 
90th  regiment,  at  Gibraltar,  October  25,  1798,  in  the  twenty- 
second  year  of  his  age ;  Captain  Robert  Knipe,  14th  Light 
Dragoons,  at  Villa  Formosa,  May  17,  1811,  aged  thirty -two. 

Opposite,  on  your  left,  is  the  monument  to  Dame  Grace 
Gethin. — This  lady,  married  to  Sir  Richard  Gethin  Grot,  in 
Ireland,  was  famed  for  exemplary  piety,  and  wrote  a  book  of 
devotion,  which  Mr.  Congreve  complimented  with  a  poem.  She 
died  October  11,  1697,  aged  twenty-one. 

Elizabeth  and  Judith  Freke. — A  long  inscription,  setting 
forth  the  descent  and  marriage  of  these  two  ladies,  whose  busts 
in  relief  ornament  the  sides.  They  were,  as  the  inscription  says, 
the  daughters  of  Ralph  Freke,  of  Hannington,  in  Wilts,  Esq. 
Elizabeth  was  married  to  Percy  Freke,  of  West  Belney,  in  Norfolk, 
and  died  April  7, 1714,  aged  sixty-nine.  Judith  married  Robert 
Austin,  of  Tenterden,  in  Kent,  and  died  May  19,  1716,  aged 
sixty-four.  They  were  both  great  examples  to  their  sex ;  the 
best  of  daughters,  the  best  of  wives,  and  the  best  of  mothers. 

Opposite  is  a  monument  to  Willi  am  Wragg,  Esq. :  in  the  centre 
of  which  is  represented  the  fatal  accident  that  happened  to  the  ship 
in  which  he  was  embarked,  when  he,  with  many  more,  was 
drowned,  September  3,  1777.  His  son,  who  accompanied  him, 
was  miraculously  saved  on  a  package,  supported  by  a  black 
slave,  till  he  was  cast  on  shore,  on  the  coast  of  Holland. 

"  Sir  Cloudesly  Shovell,  Knight,  Rear-Admiral  of  Great 
"  Britain,  and  Admiral  and  Commander-in-Chief  of  the  Fleet, 
"  the  just  rewards  of  his  long  and  faithful  services.  He  was  de- 
"  servedly  beloved  of  his  country,  and  esteemed,  though  dreaded, 
"  by  the  enemy,  who  had  often  experienced  his  conduct  and  cou- 
"  rage.     Being  shipwrecked  on  the  rocks  of  Scilly,  in  his  voyage 


SOUTH  AISLE.  101 

"  from  Toulon,  October  22,  1707,  at  night,  in  the  fifty-seventh 
"  year  of  his  age,  his  fate  was  lamented  by  all,  but  especially 
44  by  the  seafaring  part  of  the  nation,  to  whom  he  was  a  generous 
44  patron,  and  a  worthy  example.  His  body  was  flung  on  the 
44  shore,  and  buried  with  others,  on  the  sand ;  but  being  soon 
44  after  taken  up,  was  placed  under  this  monument,  which  his 
44  Royal  Mistress  had  caused  to  be  erected,  to  commemorate 
44  his  steady  loyalty  and  extraordinary  virtues."  A  recumbent 
figure  of  the  Admiral  lies  under  a  tent ;  beneath,  in  bas-relief, 
is  the  wreck  of  the  Association. — Bird,  sculptor. 

Above  is  a  monument  to  Sir  Godfrey  KnelLer,  Bart.,  under 
a  canopy  of  state,  the  curtains  whereof  are  finely  gilt,  and  tiedup 
with  gold  strings ;  and  on  each  side  of  the  bust  is  a  weeping 
cherub,  one  resting  on  a  medallion  of  his  lady,  the  other  pointing 
to  Sir  Godfrey.  On  the  pedestal  is  a  Latin  inscription,  sig- 
nifying that  Sir  Godfrey  Kneller,  Knt.,  who  lies  interred  here, 
was  painter  to  Charles  II.,  James  II.,  William  III.,  Anne,  and 
George  II.  Born  in  1646,  died  in  1723,  aged  seventy-seven. 
He  was  knighted  March  3,  1691,  and  created  a  baronet  May  24, 
1715.  Among  his  most  excellent  works  are  the  44  Beauties  of 
44  the  Court  of  Charles  I."  This  monument  was  designed  by  Sir 
Godfrey  himself.  Bust  by  Rysbrack.  Underneath  is  his  epitaph, 
written  by  Mr.  Pope  :  — 

14  Kneller,  by  Heaven,  and  not  a  master,  taught, 
Whose  art  was  nature,  and  whose  pictures  thought — 
When  now  two  ages  he  had  snatched  from  fate 
Whate'er  was  beauteous,  or  whate'er  was  great — 
Rests,  crowned  with  princes'  honours,  poets'  lays, 
Due  to  his  merit  and  brave  thirst  of  praise : 
Living,  great  Nature  fear'd  he  might  outvie 
Her  works ;  and  dying,  fears  herself  may  die." 

Sir  John  Burland,  Knt.,  LL.D.— One  of  the  Barons  of  his 
Majesty's  Court  of  Exchequer ;  as  a  man,  valued  and  beloved ; 
as  a  judge,  honoured  and  revered.  He  died  suddenly,  on  the 
29th  of  February,  1776,  aged  fifty-one  years.  On  a  pyramid  of 
black  marble  is  represented  his  profile  in  a  medallion  of  statuary 
marble,  decorated  with  emblems  alluding  to  the  qualities  for 
which  he  was  eminent,  particularly  the  caduceus,  denoting  his 
eloquence,  and  the  scales,  expressive  of  justice. 

On  the  left  is  a  neat  tablet,  which  contains  the  following  in- 
scription : — "  To  the  memory  of  William  Dalrymple,  Midship- 
"  man,  eldest  son  of  Sir  John  Dalrymple,  Bart.,  one  of  the  Barons 
"  of  Exchequer  in  Scotland,  and  of  Elizabeth  Hamilton  Macgill, 
"  representatives  of  the  Viscounts  of  Oxford  ;  who,  though  heir  of 
"  ample  estates,  preferred  to  a  life  of  indolence  and  pleasure  the 
"  toilsome  and  perilous  profession  of  a  seaman  when  his  country 
"  was  in  danger.  At  the  age  of  eighteen,  he  was  killed,  off  the 
"  coast  of  Virginia,  in  a  desperate  engagement,  in  which  Captain 
"  Salter,  in  the  Santa  Margaretta,  took  the  Amazone,  a  French 
44  ship  of  superior  force,  almost  in  sight  of  the  enemy's  fleet ; 
44  receiving  in  the  public  despatches  of  his  skilful  and  generous 
44  Commander,  the  honourable  testimony  that  he  was  a  worthy 
44  and  deserving  youth,  who,  had  he  lived,  would  have  been  an 

H 


102  SOUTH  AISLE. 

"  ornament  to  his  profession ;  and  leaving  to  his  once  happy 
"  parents,  in  whose  fond  eyes  he  appeared  to  promise  whatever 
"  could  be  expected  from  genius,  spirit,  and  the  best  gift  of  God, 
"  a  kind  and  melting  heart,  the  endearing  remembrance  of  his 
"  virtues.  Father  of  all !  grant  to  the  prayers  of  a  father  and 
"  mother,  that  their  surviving  children  may  inherit  the  qualities 
"  of  such  a  brother,  and  that  there  may  never  be  wanting  to  the 
"  British  youth,  the  spirit  to  pursue  that  line  of  public  honour 
"  which  he  marked  out  for  himself  and  for  them.  Obit  29th 
"  July,  1782." 

An  oval  tablet,  thus  inscribed  : — "  Near  these  steps  lies  the  body 
"  of  Mrs.  Ann  Wemtss,  daughter  of  Dr.  Lodowick  Wemyss,  some 
"  time  Prebendary  of  this  Cathedral,  and  of  Mrs.  Jane  Bargrave, 
"  his  wife,  who  departed  this  life,  December  19,  1698,  in  her 
"  sixty-seventh  year." 

Sophia  Fairholm. — This  lady,  her  monumental  inscription 
informs  us,  was  born  in  Scotland,  and  was  mother  to  the  Marquis 
of  Annandale,  who,  as  a  mark  of  his  duty  and  gratitude,  caused 
this  monument  to  be  erected  to  her  memory.  It  is  the  repre- 
sentation of  an  ancient  sepulchre,  over  which  a  stately  edifice 
is  raised,  ornamented  at  top  with  the  family  arms.  She  died 
December  13,  1716,  aged  forty-nine. 

Above  are  inscriptions  to  the  memory  of  Bear-Admiral  John 
Harrison,  who  was  Captain  of  the  Namur,  under  Sir  George 
Pocock,  in  several  successful  engagements  with  the  French  Fleet, 
commanded  by  Monsieur  D' Ache,  in  one  of  which  he  was  wounded. 
He  conducted,  under  the  same  British  Admiral,  the  armament 
against  the  Havannah,  and  brought  the  fleet  and  treasure  safe  to 
England.  In  consequence  of  excessive  fatigue,  soon  after  his 
return,  he  lost  the  use  of  one  side  by  a  paralytic  stroke,  and 
remained  helpless  twenty-eight  years.  He  was  firm  in  action, 
prudent  in  conduct,  polished  in  society,  generous  and  humane 
in  a  profession,  and  upon  an  element,  where  human  virtue  is  of 
the  most  rigid  kind,  and  human  nature  is  most  severely  tried  ; 
his  modesty  was  equal  to  his  virtues.  He  died  October  15, 1791, 
aged  sixty-nine  years.  Above  and  below  are  expressed,  in  Latin, 
the  following  words  : — "  God  is  my  port  and  refuge :  God  hath 
"  shown  His  wonders  in  the  deep." 

Opposite,  on  your  left,  is  the  monument  to  Sir  Thomas 
Richardson. — There  is  an  effigy,  in  brass,  of  a  Judge  in  his 
robes,  with  a  collar  of  SS.,  representing  Sir  Thomas  Bichardson, 
Knight,  "  Speaker  of  the  House  of  Commons  in  the  twenty- 
"  first  and  twenty-second  year  of  James  I.,  Chief  Justice  of  the 
"  Common  Pleas  ;  and,  lastly,  by  Charles  L,  made  L.C.J,  of 
"  England.  He  died  in  1634,  in  his  sixty-sixth  year."  So  far 
the  inscription.  This  is  that  Judge  Bichardson  who  first  issued 
out  an  order  against  the  ancient  custom  of  wakes,  and  caused 
every  minister  to  read  it  in  his  church,  which  the  Bishop  of  Bath 
and  Wells  opposing,  complaint  was  made  against  the  order  in 
the  Council-chamber,  where  Bichardson  was  so  severely  repri- 
manded, that  he  came  out  in  a  rage,  saying— he  had  been  almost 
choked  with  a  pair  of  lawn  sleeves. — Huber  le  Seur,  sculptor. 


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SOUTH  TRANSEPT,  ETC.  103 

An  ancient  monument  of  marble  and  alabaster,  gilt,  on  which 
lies  a  warrior  at  full  length,  representing  William  Thynne,  of 
Botterville,  Esq.,  a  polite  gentleman,  a  great  traveller,  and  a  brave 
soldier.  In  1 546  he  was,  by  Henry  VIII.,  made  receiver  of  the 
marches,  and  fought  against  the  Scots  at  Musselburgh.  But  his 
latter  days  were  spent  in  retirement  and  devotion  in  this  Church, 
to  which  he  constantly  repaired,  morning  and  evening.  His 
brother  was  Sir  John  Thynne,  Secretary  to  the  Duke  of  Somerset, 
from  whom  descended  that  unhappy  gentleman  whose  story  we 
have  already  related.     He  died  March  14,  1584. 

Rev.  Dr.  Andrew  Bell,  LL.D.,  Prebendary  of  this  Church, 
the  eminent  founder  of  the  Madras,  now  the  National  System  of 
Education,  throughout  the  British  dominions.  He  is  represented 
examining  the  boys  under  his  system.  Died  27th  January,  1832. 
— Behnes,  sculptor. 

Here  you  pass  through  the  gate ;  the  monument  of  Garrick 
is  on  your  right 

Imttlj  fonsBpt;  nr,  forts'  Cbtol 

O  the  memory  of  David  Garrick,  who  died  in  the 
"  year  1779,  at  the  age  of  sixty-three. 

"  To  paint  fair  Nature,  by  Divine  command — 
Her  magic  pencil  in  his  glowing  hand — 
A  Shakspeare  rose  ;  then,  to  expand  his  fame, 
Wide  o'er  this  '  breathing  world,'  a  Garrick  came. 
Though  sunk  in  death  the  forms  the  Poet  drew, 
The  Actor's  genius  bade  them  breathe  anew : 
Though,  like  the  bard  himself,  in  night  they  lay, 
Tmmortal  Garrick  call'd  them  back  to  day ; 
And  till  eternity,  with  power  sublime, 
Shall  mark  the  mortal  hour  of  hoary  Time, 
Shakspeare  and  Garrick  like  twin  stars  shall  shine, 
And  earth  irradiate  with  a  beam  divine.'  — Pratt. 

44  This  monument,  the  tribute  of  a  friend,  was  erected  in  1797." 
—  Webber,  fecit.  Garrick's  throwing  aside  the  curtain,  which 
discovers  the  medallion,  is  meant  to  represent  his  superior  power 
to  unveil  the  beauties  of  Shakspeare.  Tragedy  and  Comedy  are 
assembled  with  their  respective  attributes,  to  witness  and  approve 
the  scene. 

John  Ernest  Grabe  :  a  curious  figure,  large  as  life,  represent- 
ing him  sitting  upon  a  marble  tomb,  contemplating  the  sorrows 
of  death,  and  the  sorrows  of  the  grave.  He  was  a  man  deeply 
skilled  in  Oriental  learning.  He  died  Nov.  3,  1711,  aged  forty- 
six,  and  was  buried  at  Pancras,  near  London. — Bird,  sculptor. 

Sir  Robert  Taylor,  Knight,  who  was  a  famous  architect. 
He  died  on  the  26th  of  September,  1788,  aged  seventy  years. 

William  Camden,  the  great  recorder  of  our  antiquities,  who 
is  represented  in  a  half  length,  in  the  dress  of  his  time,  with  his 
left  hand  holding  a  book,  and  in  his  right  his  gloves,  resting  on 
an  altar,  on  the  body  of  which  is  a  Latin  inscription,  setting 
forth  his  "indefatigable  industry  in  illustrating  the  British 
"  Antiquities,  and  his  candour,  sincerity,  and  pleasant  good- 
"  humour  in  private  life.,,     He  was  son  to  Samson  Camden, 

H2 


104  SOUTH  TRANSEPT; 

citizen  of  London,  and  paper-stainer;  was  born  in  the  Old  Bailey, 
May  2,  1551,  and  received  the  first  rudiments  of  his  education  at 
Christ  Church  Hospital.  In  1566,  he  entered  himself  of  Magdalen 
College,  Oxford,  but  afterwards  removed  to  Pembroke,  where  he 
became  acquainted  with  Dr.  Goodman,  Dean  of  Westminster,  by 
whose  recommendation,  in  1575,  he  was  made  second  master  of 
Westminster  School,  and  began  the  glorious  work  of  his  Anti- 
quities, encouraged  thereto  and  assisted  by  his  patron,  Dr.  Good- 
man. In  August,  1622,  he  fell  from  his  chair,  at  his  house,  in 
Chiselhurst,  in  Kent,  and  never  recovered,  but  lingered  till  Nov. 
9,  1623,  and  then  died,  aged  seventy-four.  This  monument  was 
repaired  and  beautified  at  the  charge  and  expense  of  the  University 
of  Oxford, 

In  front  of  Camden's  monument  lie  the  remains  of  John 
Ireland,  Dean  of  Westminster,  and  in  the  same  grave  those  of 
his  friend,  William  Gifford,  a  distinguished  critic,  satirist,  and 
dramatic  annotator.  In  private  life  Mr.  Gifford  was  modest  and 
unassuming,  and  amongst  the  numerous  parties,  poetical,  political, 
or  religious,  none  of  them  ever  ventured  to  recriminate  by  attack- 
ing the  moral  character  of  the  Editor  of  the  Quarterly  Review. 
He  was  born  at  Ashburton,  in  1757,  and  died  1826. 

Isaac  Casaubon. — This  monument  was  erected  by  the  learned 
Dr.  Moreton,  Bishop  of  Durham,  to  the  memory  of  that  profound 
scholar  and  critic,  whose  name  is  inscribed  upon  it,  and  who, 
though  a  native  of  France,  and  in  his  younger  years  Royal 
Library  Keeper  of  Paris,  yet  was  so  dissatisfied  with  the  cere- 
monial part  of  the  Romish  worship,  that  upon  the  murder  of  his 
great  patron,  Henry  IV.,  he  willingly  quitted  his  native  country, 
and  at  the  earnest  entreaty  of  James  I.,  settled  in  England,  where, 
for  uncommon  knowledge,  he  became  the  admiration  of  all  men 
of  learning.     He  died,  1614,  in  the  fifty-sixth  year  of  his  age. 

The  monument  to  Casaubon  is  not  without  interest  to  the 
mind  of  the  curious,  as  upon  close  inspection  may  be  seen  the 
initials  and  date  of  "good  old  Izaak  Walton"  (I.  W.,  1658), 
Author  of  "  The  Complete  Angler."  This  renowed  piscator  has 
somewhere  said  that  he  went  into  Westminster  Abbey  to  visit  the 
tomb  of  his  departed  friend,  Casaubon,  and  while  there,  in  con- 
templation before  his  monument,  he  ventured  to  scratch  his  own 
initials  and  date  upon  it. 

Sir  Richard  Coxe,  who  was  taster  to  Queen  Elizabeth  and 
James  I.,  and  to  the  latter,  Steward  of  the  Household  ;  a  man 
commended  in  his  epitaph  for  his  religion,  humanity,  chastity, 
temperance,  friendship,  beneficence,  charity,  vigilance,  and  self- 
denial.  He  was  third  son  of  Thomas  Coxe,  of  Beymonds,  in  Hert- 
fordshire, and  died  a  bachelor,  in  the  sixty-ninth  year  of  his  age, 
December  13,  1623. 

A  small  tablet  to  the  memory  of  James  Wyat,  Esq.,  who  was 
architect  of  this  church,  and  Surveyor-General  of  His  Majesty's 
Board  of  Works.    Departed  this  life  on  the  4th  day  of  Sept.,  1813. 

Above  is  a  monument  to  Sir  John  Pringle,  Bart.  The  in- 
scription sets  forth  that  he  was  Physician  to  the  Army,  the  Prin- 
cess of  Wales,  and  their  Majesties ;  President  of  the  Royal 


OR,  POETS'  CORNER.  105 

Society.  He  was  born  in  Scotland,  in  April,  1707  ;  and  died  in 
London,  in  January,  1782. 

Edward  Wetenhall,  M.D.,  an  eminent  Physician,  who  died 
August  29,  1733.  His  father  was  Dr.  Edward  Wetenhall,  who 
was  first  advanced  to  the  See  of  Cork,  in  Ireland,  but  was  after- 
wards translated  from  thence  to  Kilmore  and  Ross.  He  died 
November  12,  1713,  aged  seventy-eight. 

Dr.  Stephen  Hales. — Here  are  two  beautiful  figures  in  relief, 
Religion  and  Botany  ;  the  latter  holds  a  medallion  of  this  great 
explorer  of  nature  to  public  view;  Religion  is  deploring  the  loss 
of  the  divine ;  and  at  the  feet  of  Botany,  the  winds  are  displayed 
on  a  globe,  which  allude  to  his  invention  of  the  ventilator.  The 
Latin  inscription  is  to  the  following  effect : — "  To  the  memory  of 
"  Stephen  Hales,  Doctor  of  Divinity,  Augusta,  the  mother  of  that 
"  best  of  Kings,  George  the  Third,  has  placed  this  monument, 
"  who  chose  him,  when  living,  to  officiate  as  her  chaplain;  and 
"  after  he  died,  which  was  on  the  4th  of  January,  1761,  in  the 
H  eighty-fourth  year  of  his  age,  honoured  him  with  this  marble. 

"  About  the  tomb  of  Hales,  whose  fair  design 
And  polish  great  Augusta  caus'd  to  shine, 
Keligion,  hoary  Faith,  and  Virtue  wait, 
And  shed  perpetual  tears  in  mournful  state. 
But  of  the  preacher,  render'd  to  his  clay, 
The  voice  of  Wisdom  still  hath  this  to  say — 
He  was  a  man  to  hear  affliction's  cry, 
And  trace  his  Maker's  works  with  curious  eye. 
O  Hales !  thy  praises  not  the  latest  age 
Shall  e'er  diminish,  or  shall  blot  thy  page ; 
England,  so  proud  of  Newton,  shall  agree 
She  had  a  son  of  equal  rank  in  thee."—  Wilton,  sculptor, 

Thomas  Triplett,  D.D.,  who  was  born  near  Oxford,  and  edu- 
cated at  Christ  Church,  where  he  was  esteemed  a  wit,  a  good 
Grecian,  and  a  poet.  In  1 645,  he  was  made  Prebendary  of  Preston, 
in  the  Church  of  Sarum,  and  had  also  a  living,  which  being  seques- 
tered in  the  Rebellion,  he  fled  to  Ireland,  and  taught  school  in 
Dublin,  where  he  was  when  Charles  I.  was  beheaded.  Not  liking 
Ireland,  he  returned  to  England,  and  taught  school  at  Hayes,  in 
Middlesex,  till  the  Restoration,  when  he  was  made  Prebendary 
of  Westminster,  and  of  Fenton  in  the  Church  of  York.  He  died 
at  a  good  old  age,  July  18, 1670,  much  beloved  and  lamented. 

A  bust  of  Dr.  Isaac  Barrow,  representing  this  truly  great  man, 
who,  as  the  inscription  shows,  was  Chaplain  to  Charles  II.,  Head  of 
Trinity  College,  Cambridge  ;  Geometrical  Professor  of  Gresham 
College,  in  London,  and  of  Greek  and  Mathematics  at  Cambridge. 
His  works  have  been  said  to  be  the  foundation  of  all  the  divinity  that 
has  been  written  since  his  time.    He  died  May  4,  1677,  aged  47. 

Above  this  monument  the  arch  is  plastered  and  painted  with 
the  figure  of  a  stag,  which  was  done  by  order  of  Richard  II.;  the* 
following  motto  was  on  the  collar  : — 

"  When  Julius  Caesar  first  came  in, 
About  my  neck  he  put  this  ring ; 
Whosoever  doth  me  take, 
Use  me  well  for  Caesar's  sake." 

It  is  said  he  lived  three  or  four  hundred  years. 


106  SOUTH  TRANSEPT; 

William  Out  ram,  D.D. — The  Latin  inscription  sets  forth  that 
he  was  born  in  Derbyshire,  fellow  of  Trinity  and  Christ  Church 
Colleges  in  Cambridge,  Canon  of  this  Abbey,  and  Archdeacon  of 
Leicester ;  an  accomplished  divine,  a  nervous  and  accurate  writer, 
an  excellent  and  diligent  preacher,  first  in  Lincolnshire,  afterwards 
in  London,  and  lastly  at  St.  Margaret's,  Westminster,  where  he 
finished  his  life  with  great  applause,  August  23,  1679,  aged  fifty- 
four.  The  inscription  on  the  pedestal  shows  farther,  that  after  a 
long  and  religious  life,  and  forty-two  years  of  widowhood,  Jane, 
his  wife,  died  Oct.  4,  1721. 

A  fine  figure  of  Joseph  Addison,  Esq.,  on  a  circular 
basement,  about  which  are  small  figures  of  the  nine  muses. 
The  Latin  inscription  is  to  the  following  purport : — "  Whoever 
"  thou  art,  venerate  the  memory  of  Joseph  Addison,  in  whom 
"  Christian  faith,  virtue,  and  good  morals,  found  a  continual 
"  patron ;  whose  genius  was  shown  in  verse,  and  every  exquisite 
"  kind  of  writing ;  who  gave  to  posterity  the  best  examples  of 
"  pure  language,  and  the  best  rules  for  living  well,  which  remain, 
"  and  ever  will  remain  sacred ;  whose  weight  of  argument  was 
"  tempered  with  wit,  and  accurate  judgment  with  politeness,  so 
"  that  he  encouraged  the  good,  and  reformed  the  improvident, 
"  tamed  the  wicked,  and  in  some  degree  made  them  in  love  with 
"  virtue.  He  was  bom  in  the  year  1672,  and  his  fortune  being 
"  increased  gradually,  arrived  at  length  to  public  honours.  Died 
"  in  the  forty-eighth  year  of  his  age,  the  honour  and  delight  of 
"  the  British  nation." — He  was  buried  in  front  of  Lord  Halifax's 
monument,  north  aisle  of  Henry  the  Seventh's  Chapel. — Sir 
Richard  Westmacott,  sculptor. 

Lord  Mac  a  ul  ay.— The  body  of  this  eminent  historian  is  de- 
posited close  to  the  statue  of  Addison.  Born  October  25th, 
1800  ;  died  December  28th,  1859. 

Near  the  statute  of  Addison  are  two  fine  busts,  one  on  each 
side,  of  Lord  Macaulay,  by  Burnard  ;  and  Thackeray,  by 
Marrochetti. 

George  Frederick  Handel. — This  is  the  last  monument 
which  that  eminent  statuary,  Roubiliac,  lived  to  finish.  It  is 
affirmed  that  he  first  became  conspicious,  and  afterwards  finished 
the  exercise  of  his  art,  with  a  figure  of  this  extraordinary  man. 
The  first  was  erected  in  the  gardens  at  Vauxhall,  therefore  well 
known  to  the  public.  The  last  figure  is  very  elegant,  and  the 
face  is  a  strong  likeness  of  its  original.  The  left  arm  is  resting 
on  a  group  of  musical  instruments,  and  the  attitude  is  very  ex- 
pressive of  great  attention  to  the  harmony  of  an  angel  playing 
on  a  harp  in  the  clouds,  over  his  head.  Before  it  lies  the  cele- 
brated Messiah,  with  that  part  open,  where  is  the  much-admired 
air, — "  /  know  that  my  Redeemer  liveth."  Beneath,  only  this  in- 
scription : — "George  Frederick  Handel,  Esq.,  born  Feb.  23,  1684. 
"Died  April  14,  1759." 

Sacred  to  the  memory  of  Major-General  Sir  Archibald 
Campbell,  Knight  of  the  Bath,  M.P.,  Colonel  of  the  seventy- 
fourth  Regiment  of  Foot,  Hereditary  Usher  of  the  White  Rod 
for  Scotland,  late  Governor  of  Jamaica,  Governor  of  Fort  St. 


OR,  POETS'  CORNER.  107 

George,  and  Commander-in-Chief  of  the  Forces  on  the  coast  of 
Coromandel,  in  the  East  Indies.  He  died  equally  regretted  and 
admired  for  his  eminent  civil  and  military  services  to  his  country; 
possessed  of  distinguished  endowments  of  mind,  dignified  man- 
ners, inflexible  integrity,  unfeigned  benevolence,  with  every  social 
and  amiable  virtue.  He  departed  this  life  March  31,  a.d.  1791, 
aged  fifty-two.  "  Alas,  piety!  alas,  fidelity!  like  that  of  old,  and 
"warlike  courage!  when  shall  you  have  his  equal?" — Wilton, 
sculptor. 

Here  also  lies  the  body  of  his  nephew,  Lieutenant-General  Sir 
James  Campbell,  Bart.,  G.C.H.,  and  CSS.,  F.M.,  who  served 
during  the  whole  of  the  last  war  in  many  distinguished  situations  ; 
was  Commander  of  the  Forces  in  the  Ionian  Islands  at  the  general 
peace  of  1814,  and  died  at  London  upon  the  6th  of  June,  1819, 
aged  fifty-four. 

On  a  tablet  is  the  following  inscription  :— -u  To  the  memory  of 
"  Mary  Hope,  who  died  at  Brockhall,  in  the  county  of  North- 
ampton, on  the  25th  of  June,  1767,  aged  twenty-five,  and 
"  whose  remains  lie  in  the  neighbouring  church  at  Norton,  this 
"  stone,  an  unavailing  tribute  of  affliction,  is  by  her  husband 
"  erected  and  inscribed.  She  was  the  only  daughter  of  Eliab 
"  Breton,  of  Forty  Hill,  Middlesex,  Esq.,  and  was  married  to 
".  John  Hope,  of  London,  Merchant,  to  whom  she  left  three 
"  infant  sons,  Charles,  John,  and  William. 

"  Tho'  low  in  earth,  her  beauteous  form  decay'd, 
My  faithful  wife,  my  lov'd  Maria's  laid. 
In  sad  remembrance,  the  afflicted  raise 
No  pompous  tomb  inscrib'd  with  venal  praise. 
To  statesmen,  warriors,  and  to  kings,  belong 
The  trophied  sculpture,  and  the  poet's  song ; 
And  these  the  proud  expiring  often  claim, 
Their  wealth  bequeathing  to  record  their  name. 
But  humble  virtue,  stealing  to  the  dust, 
Heeds  not  our  lays,  or  monumental  bust. 
To  name  her  virtues  ill  befits  my  grief — 
What  was  my  bliss  can  now  give  no  relief; 
A  husband  mourns — the  rest  let  friendship  tell : 
Fame,  spread  her  worth !  a  husband  knew  it  well ! " 

Sir  Thomas  and  Lady  Robinson. — This  monument  to  the 
memory  of  the  Dowager  Baroness  Lechmere,  eldest  daughter  of 
Charles  Howard,  third  Earl  of  Carlisle,  and  widow  of  Nicholas 
Lord  Lechmere,  afterwards  married  Sir  Thomas  Robinson,  of 
Rookby  Park,  in  the  county  of  York,  Baronet,  on  October  28, 
1728,  and  died  April  10,  1739,  aged  forty-four.  Sir  Thomas, 
after  enjoying  many  honourable  and  lucrative  employments  in 
the  State,  spent  the  latter  part  of  his  life  in  retirement,  dying 
March  3,  1777,  aged  seventy-six. —  Walsh,  sculptor. 

Edward  Atkyns  and  his  ancestors.  The  first  was  Sir  Edward 
Atkyns,  one  of  the  Barons  of  the  Exchequer  in  the  reigns  of  Charles 
Land  II.,  and  of  such  loyalty  as  to  resist  the  most  splendid  offers  of 
the  Oliverian  party.  He  died  in  1 669,  aged  eighty-two.  The  second, 
Sir  Robert  Atkyns,  was  created  Knight  of  the  Bath  at  the  coro- 
nation of  Charles  II.  j  was  afterwards  L.C.B.  of  the  Exchequer 
under  William  III.,  and  Speaker  of  the  House  of  Lords  in  several 


108  SOUTH  TRANSEPT; 

Parliaments ;  a  person  of  eminent  learning,  as  his  writings  abun- 
dantly prove.  He  died  in  1709,  aged  eighty-eight. — The  third, 
Sir  Edward  Atkyns,  was  L.C.B.  of  the  Exchequer  at  the  time  of 
the  Revolution  ;  but  not  approving  that  measure,  he  retired  from 
public  business  to  his  seat  in  Norfolk,  where  his  chief  employment 
was  healing  breaches  among  his  neighbours,  which  he  decided 
with  such  exemplary  justice,  that  none  refused  his  reference,  nor 
did  the  most  litigious  men  appeal  from  his  award.  He  died  in 
1698,  aged  sixty-eight. — The  fourth,  Sir  Robert  Atkyns,  was 
versed  in  the  Antiquities  of  his  country,  of  which  his  History  of 
Gloucester  was  a  proof.  He  died  in  1711,  aged  sixty-five  years. 
— The  inscription  sets  forth,  that  in  memory  of  his  ancestors, 
who  have  so  honourably  presided  in  Westminster  Hall,  Edward 
Atkyns,  Esq.,  late  of  Kettringham,  in  Norfolk,  second  son  of  the 
last-named  Sir  Edward,  caused  this  monument  to  be  erected. 
He  died  Jan.  20, 1750,  aged  seventy-nine  years. —  Cheer e,  sculptor 
A  medallion  and  inscription — "  To  the  memory  of  the  Right 
"  Honourable  James  Stuart  Mackenzie,  Lord  Privy  Seal 
"  of  Scotland,  a  man  whose  virtues  did  honour  to  humanity* 
"  He  cultivated  and  encouraged  science ;  and  during  a  long 
"life,  was  generous  without  ostentation,  secretly  charitable, 
"  friendly,  hospitable,  and  ever  ready  to  oblige.  He  was  beloved 
"  and  revered  by  all :  he  had  many  friends,  and  not  one  enemy, 
"  He  died  the  6th  of  April,  1800,  in  the  eighty- second  year  of  his 
"  age.  He  was  married  to  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  John,  Duke  of 
"  Argyle  and  Greenwich,  his  uncle." — Nollekens,  sculptor. 

John,  Duke  of  Argyle  and  Greenwich. — On  one  side  of  the 
base  is  the  figure  of  Minerva,  and  on  the  other  of  Eloquence ;. 
done  by  Roubiliac,  particularly  expressive.  Above  is  the  figure 
of  History,  with  one  hand  holding  a  book,  with  the  other  writing 
on  a  pyramid  the  titles  of  the  hero,  whose  actions  are  supposed  to- 
be  contained  in  the  book,  on  the  cover  of  which,  in  letters  of  gold, 
are  inscribed  the  date  of  his  Grace's  birth,  Oct.  10,  1680,  and 
time  of  his  death,  Oct.  4,  1743.  The  principal  figure  is  spirited, 
even  to  the  verge  of  life.  On  the  pyramid  is  this  epitaph,  said  to- 
be  written  by  Paul  Whitehead,  Esq. : — 

**  Briton !  behold,  if  patriot  worth  be  dear, 

A  shrine  that  claims  a  tributary  tear ; 

Silent  that  tongue  admiring  senates  heard, 

Nerveless  that  arm  opposing  legions  fear'd. 

Nor  less,  O  Campbell !  thine  the  power  to  please, 

And  give  to  grandeur  all  the  grace  of  ease. 

Long  from  thy  life  let  kindred  heroes  trace 

Arts  which  ennoble  still  the  noblest  race ; 

Others  may  owe  their  future  fame  to  me, 

I  borrow  immortality  from  thee." 

Underneath  this,  in  great  letters,  is  written — "  John,  duke  of 
"  argyle  and  gr — "  at  which  point  the  pen  of  History  rests. 
On  the  base  of  the  monument  is  this  inscription  : — "  In  memory 
"  of  an  honest  man,  a  constant  friend,  John,  the  great  Duke  of 
"  Argyle  and  Greenwich,  a  General  and  Orator,  exceeded  by 
"  none  in  the  age  he  lived,  Sir  Henry  Fermer,  Bart.,  by  his  last 
"  will,  left  the  sum  of  500/.  towards  erecting  this  monument,  and 
"  recommended  the  above  inscription." 


OE,  POETS'  CORNER.  109 

Over  the  door  of  the  Chapel  of  St.  Faith,  is  the  monument  of 
Oliver  Goldsmith,  M.D.,  representing  the  portrait  of  the 
Doctor  in  profile.  A  festoon  curtain,  olive  branches,  and  books, 
are  the  chief  ornaments.  Underneath  is  a  Latin  inscription  of 
which  the  following  is  the  import :-«  That  he  was  eminent  as  a 
"Poet,  Philosopher,  and  Historian;  that  he  scarcely  left  any 
«  species  of  writing  unattempted,  and  none  that  he  attempted, 
"unimproved;  that  he  was  master  of  the  softer  passions,  and 
"  could  at  pleasure  command  tears,  or  provoke  laughter  j  but  in 
«  everything  he  said  or  did,  good  nature  was  predominant ;  that 
«  he  was  witty,  sublime,  spirited,  and  facetious;  in  speech  pom- 
"pons;  in  conversation  elegant  and  graceful;  that  the  love  ot 
«  his  associates,  fidelity  of  his  friends  and  the  veneration  of  his 
"  readers,  had  raised  this  monument  to  his  memory.  He  was  born 
«  in  Ireland,  November  29, 1731,  educated  at  Dublin,.and  died  at 
«  London,  April  4,  1774,  and  was  buried  in  the  Temple  burial 
"  ground." — Nollekens,  sculptor. 

Near  to  the  door  of  the  Chapel  of  St.  Faith  is  a  black  marble 
slab  which  covers  the  remains  of  Charles  Dickens,  born  Feb. 
7th,  1812,  died  June  9th,  1870.  And  near  to  him  are  the  remains 
of  Handel,  Cumberland,  Macaulay,  Sheridan  Gamck,  Samuel 
Johnson,  and  Thomas  Parr,  of  the  county  of  Salop, born  1483 
who  lived  in  the  reign  of  ten  Princes :  viz.,  Edward  IV.,  Edward 
V., Richard  III.,  Henry  VIL,  Henry  VIII.,  Edward  VI  Queen 
Mary,  Queen  Elizabeth,  James  L,  and  Charles  I.  He  died  Nov. 
15th,  1635,  at  the  age  of  152. 

A  monument  erected  to  the  memory  of  John  CxAT,  by  tne 
bounty  and  favour  of  the  Duke  and  Duchess  of  Queensberry, 
who  were  the  great  encouragers  ofhis  genius.      The  masks, 
tragedy,  dagger,  and  instruments  of  music  which  are  blended 
together  in  a  group  are  emblematical  devices,  alluding  to  the 
various  ways  of  writing  in  which  he  excelled:  namely,  farce, 
satire,  fable,  and  pastoral.    The  short  epitaph  on  the  front  was 
written  by  himself.    It  is  censured  by  some  for  its  levity,— 
"  Life  is  a  jest,  and  all  things  show  it : 
I  thought  so  once,  but  now  I  know  it." 
Underneath  are  these  verses,  by  Mr.  Pope,  who  lived  always  in 
great  friendship  with  Mr.  Gay  : 

"  Of  manners  gentle,  of  affections  mild ; 
In  wit  a  man,  simplicity  a  child  ; 
With  native  humour  temp'ring  virtuous  rage, 
Form'd  to  delight  at  once  and  lash  the  age ; 
Above  temptation  in  a  low  estate, 
And  uncorrupted  e'en  among  the  great ; 
A  safe  companion  and  an  easy  friend, 
Unblamed  through  life,  lamented  in  thy  end ; 
These  are  thy  honours ;  not  that  here  thy  bust 
Is  mix'd  with  heroes,  or  with  Kings  thy  dust ; 
But  that  the  worthy  and  the  good  shall  say,      ^ 
Striking  their  pensive  bosoms— Here  lies  Gay  1 
He  died  December  4,  1732,  aged  forty-five.— Bysbrack,  sculptor. 
Nicholas  Rowe,  Esq.,  and  his  only  daughter.     On  the  Iron* 
of  the  pedestal  is  this  inscription  :— «  To  the  memory  of  Nicholas- 
"  Rowe,  Esq.,  who  died  in  1718,  aged  forty-five ;  and  of  Ohar- 


HO  SOUTH  TRANSEPT; 

"  lotte,  his  only  daughter,  wife  of  Henry  Fane,  Esq.,  who,  in- 
"  heriting  her  father's  spirit,  and  amiable  in  her  own  innocence 
"  and  beauty,  died  in  the  twenty-second  year  of  her  age,  1739." 
Underneath,  upon  the  front  of  the  altar,  is  this  epitaph  : — 

"  Thy  reliques,  Rowe !  to  this  sad  shrine  we  trust, 
And  near  thy  Shakspeare  place  thy  honour' d  bust. 
Oh !  next  him  skill'd  to  draw  the  tender  tear, 
For  never  heart  felt  passion  more  sincere  ; 
To  nobler  sentiment  to  fire  the  brave, 
For  never  Briton  more  disdained  a  slave; 
Peace  to  thy  gentle  shade,  and  endless  rest, 
Blest  in  thy  genius,  in  thy  love,  too,  blest ! 
And  blest,  that  timely  from  our  scene  remov'd, 
Thy  soul  enjoys  that  liberty  it  lov'd! 
To  these  so  mourn'd  in  death,  so  loved  in  life, 
The  childless  parent  and  the  widow'd  wife, 
With  tears  inscribed  this  monumental  stone, 
That  hold  their  ashes,  and  expects  her  own." 

Mr.  Rowe  was  Poet  Laureate,  and  author  of  several  fine  tragedies ; 
and,  just  before  his  death,  had  finished  a  translation  of  Lucan's 
Pharsalia. — Rysbrack,  sculptor. 

James  Thomson,  author  of  the  Seasons,  and  other  Poetical 
Works.  The  figure  of  Mr.Thomson  leans  its  left  arm  upon  a  pedes- 
tal, holding  a  book  in  one  hand,  and  the  Cap  of  Liberty  in  the 
other.  Upon  the  pedestal,  in  bas-relief,  are  the  Seasons ;  to 
which  a  boy  points,  offering  him  a  laurel  crown,  as  the  reward  of 
his  genius.  At  the  feet  of  the  figure  is  the  tragic  mask  and  the 
ancient  harp.  The  whole  is  supported  by  a  projecting  pedestal, 
and  in  a  panel  is  the  following  inscription  : — "  James  Thomson, 
"  JEtatis  48,  Obit  27  August,  1748.  Tutored  by  thee,  sweet 
"  Poetry  exalts  her  voice  to  ages,  and  informs  the  page  with 
"  music,  image,  sentiment,  and  thought,  never  to  die  !"  Erected 
1762. — Spang,  sculptor. 

William  Shakspeare. — Both  the  design  and  workmanship 
of  this  monument  are  extremely  elegant.  The  figure  of  Shaks- 
peare, and  his  attitude,  his  dress,  his  shape,  his  genteel  air,  and 
fine  composure,  all  so  delicately  expressed  by  the  sculptor,  cannot 
be  sufficiently  admired ;  and  those  beautiful  lines  of  his  that 
appear  on  the  scroll  are  very  happily  chosen  : — 

"  The  cloud-capp'd  towers,  the  gorgeous  palaces, 
The  solemn  temples,  the  great  globe  itself, 
Yea,  all  which  it  inherit,  shall  dissolve, 
And,  like  the  base  fabric  of  a  vision, 
Leave  not  a  wreck  behind."— The  Tempest. 

The  heads  on  the  pedestal,  representing  Henry  V.,  Richard  III., 
and  Queen  Elizabeth  (three  principal  characters  in  his  plays), 
are  likewise  proper  ornaments  to  grace  his  tomb.  In  short,  the 
taste  that  is  here  shown  does  honour  to  those  great  names  under 
whose  direction,  by  the  public  favour,  it  was  so  elegantly  con- 
structed :  namely,  the  Earl  of  Burlington,  Dr.  Mead,  Mr.  Pope, 
and  Mr.  Martin.  It  was  designed  by  Kent,  executed  by  Schee- 
makers,  and  the  expense  defrayed  by  the  grateful  contributions 
of  the  public,  125  years  after  his  death.  He  died  April  24,  1617, 
in  his  53rd  year,  and  was  buried  in  the  great  church  at  Stratford. 


OK,  POETS'  CORNER  111 

In  front  of  this  monument  are  buried  Dr.  Johnson,  Garrick, 
Henderson,  Sheridan,  Campbell,  and  Cary. 

"To  the  memory  of  Mrs.  Pritchard,  this  tablet  is  here 
4*  placed  by  a  voluntary  subscription  of  those  who  admired  and 
"  esteemed  her.  She  retired  from  the  stage,  of  which  she  had 
"  long  been  the  ornament,  in  the  month  of  April,  1768,  and  died 
"  at  Bath  in  the  month  of  August  following,  in  the  fifty-seventh 
"  year  of  her  age. 

"  Her  comic  vein  had  every  charm  to  please, 
'Twas  nature's  dictates  breathed  with  nature's  ease : 
E'en  when  her  powers  sustain'd  the  tragic  load, 
Full,  clear,  and  just,  the  harmonious  accents  flowM ; 
And  the  big  passions  of  her  feeling  heart 
Burst  freely  forth  and  shamed  the  mimic  art. 
Oft  on  the  scene,  with  colours  not  her  own, 
She  painted  Vice,  and  taught  us  what  to  shun ; 
One  virtuous  track  her  real  life  pursu'd, 
That  nobler  part  was  uniformly  good; 
Each  duty  there  to  such  perfection  wrought, 
That,  if  the  precepts  fail'd,  the  example  taught.*' 
Hayward,  sculptor.  W.  Whitehead,  P.L. 

Above  is  a  bust  to  Kobert  Southey  (Poet  Laureate)  ;  born 
August  12,  1774  ;  died  March  21,  1843.—  Weekes,  sculptor. 

Thomas  Campbell,  LL.D.,  Author  of  "The  Pleasures  of 
Hope,"  thrice  Lord-Rector  of  the  University  of  Glasgow,  founder 
of  the  Polish  Association,  &c.  He  was  born  July,  27, 1777;  died 
at  Boulogne,  June  15,  1844;  and  was  buried  with  great  public 
solemnity,  near  this  spot,  on  the  3rd  of  July  following.  As  a 
classic  poet,  a  warm  philanthropist,  a  staunch  friend  of  literary 
men,  he  possessed  the  highest  qualities  of  mind  and  heart.  His 
Patriotic  Lyrics  breathe  the  very  spirit  of  British  freedom  and 
independence;  while  his  other  poems — all  models  of  composi- 
tion— are  richly  imbued  with  the  spirit  of  moral  and  religious 
sentiment.  This  statue,  from  the  classic  chisel  of  W.  C.  Marshall, 
E.A.,  was  erected  on  the  1st  of  May,  1855.  The  pedestal  as  it 
now  stands,  was  the  gift  of  a  lady  (sister-in-law  of  Dr.  Beattie, 
the  Poet's  physician  and  biograper).  The  highly  appropriate 
Lines  inscribed  upon  it  are  taken  from   "  The  Last  Man  :" — 

"  This  spirit  shall  return  to  Him 

Who  gave  its  heavenly  spark ; 
Yet  think  not,  sun,  it  shall  be  dim 

When  thou  thyself  art  dark  I 
No— it  shall  live  again,  and  shine 
In  bliss  unknown  to  beams  of  thine, 

By  Him  recall'd  to  breath 
Who  captive  led  captivity. 
Who  robbed  the  Grave  of  Victory, 

And  took  the  sting  from  Death !" 

The  statue  represents  the  Poet  in  his  academic  robes  of  Lord- 
Rector  :  and  the  relieved  figure,  with  the  torch,  the  triumph  of 
immortal  Hope,  as  described  in  the  following  lines: — 

"  Eternal  Hope  I  when  yonder  spheres  sublime 
Peal'd  their  first  notes  to  sound  the  march  of  Time, 
Thy  joyous  youth  began,  but  shall  not  fade. — 
When  all  the  sister  planets  have  decayed, 
When  wrapped  in  fire,  the  realms  of  ether  glow, 
And  Heaven's  last  thunder  shakes  the  world  below, 


112  SOUTH  TRANSEPT ; 

Thou,  undismayed,  shall  o'er  the  ruins  smile, 
And  light  thy  torch  at  Nature's  funeral  pile ! " 

44  Pleasures  of  Hope.1* 

[For  these  and  the  preceding  lines,  see  Campbell's  Poems.] 
Affixed  to  the  pillar  is  a  tablet — "  Sacred  to  the  memory  of 
"  Christopher  Anstet,  Esq.,  formerly  a  scholar  at  Eton,  and 
"  fellow  of  Trinity  College,  in  Cambridge:  a  very  elegant  poet, 
"  who  held  a  distinguished  pre-eminence,  even  among  those  who 
"  excelled  in  the  same  kinds  of  his  art.  About  the  year  1770,  he 
"  exchanged  his  residence  in  Cambridgeshire  for  Bath,  a  place 
"  above  all  that  he  had  long  delighted  in.  The  celebrated  poem 
"  that  he  wrote,  under  the  title  of  the  Bath  Guide,  is  a  sufficient 
"  testimony ;  and  after  having  lived  there  thirty-six  years,  died 
*  in  the  year  1805,  aged  eighty-one,  and  was  buried  in  Walcot 
"  Church,  Bath." — Horwell,  sculptor. 

A  tablet  with  a  fine  medallion, — "  Sacred  to  the  memory  of 
"  Granville  Sharp,  ninth  son  of  Dr.  Thomas  Sharp,  Pre- 
"  bendary  of  the  Cathedrals  and  Collegiate  Churches  of  York, 
"  Durham,  and  Southwell,  and  grandson  of  Dr.  John  Sharp, 
"  Archbishop  of  York.  Born  and  educated  in  the  bosom  of  the 
"  Church  of  England,  he  ever  cherished  for  her  institutions  the 
"  most  unshaken  regard,  whilst  his  whole  soul  was  in  harmony 
"  with  the  sacred  strain — *  Glory  to  God  in  the  highest,  on  earth 
"  '  peace,  good  will  towards  men ;'  on  which  his  life  presented 
"  one  beautiful  comment  of  glowing  piety  aud  unwearied  bene- 
"  ficence.  Freed  by  competence  from  the  necessity,  and  by  con- 
"  tent  from  the  desire,  of  lucrative  occupation,  he  was  incessant 
"  in  his  labours  to  improve  the  condition  of  mankind.  Founding 
"  public  happiness  on  public  virtue,  he  aimed  to  rescue  his  native 
"  country  from  the  guilt  and  inconsistency  of  employing  the  arm 
"  of  Freedom  to  rivet  the  fetters  of  Bondage,  and  established  for 
"  the  Negro  Race,  in  the  person  of  Somerset  (his  servant),  the 
"  long  disputed  rights  of  human  nature.  Having,  in  this  glorious 
"  cause,  triumphed  over  the  combined  resistance  of  Interest, 
"  Prejudice,  and  Pride,  he  took  his  post  amongst  the  foremost  of 
"  the  honourable  band  associated  to  deliver  Africa  from  the 
"  rapacity  of  Europe,  by  the  abolition  of  the  Slave  Trade;  nor 
"  was  death  permitted  to  interrupt  his  career  of  usefulness,  till 
"  he  had  witnessed  that  Act  of  the  British  Parliament  by  which 
"  *  The  Abolition  '  was  decreed.  In  his  private  relations  he  was 
"  equally  exemplary  ;  and  having  exhibited  through  life  a  model 
"  of  disinterested  virtue,  he  resigned  his  pious  spirit  into  the 
"  hands  of  his  Creator,  in  the  exercise  of  Charity,  and  Faith,  and 
"  Hope,  on  the  6th  day  of  July,  a.d.  1813,  in  the  seventy-eighth 
"  year  of  his  age.  Reader,  if  on  perusing  this  tribute  to  a  private 
"  individual,  thou  shouldest  be  disposed  to  suspect  it  as  partial, 
"  or  censure  it  as  diffuse,  know  that  it  is  not  panegyric,  but 
"  history. — Erected  by  the  African  Institution  of  London,  A.D. 
"  1816." — Chantrey,  sculptor. 

Above  is  a  bust  of  Charles  de  St.  Denis,  Lord  of  St.  Evre- 
mond. — This  gentleman  was  of  a  noble  family  in  Normandy,  and 
was  employed  in  the  army  of  France,  in  which  he  rose  to  the  rank 


OR,  POETS'  CORNER.  113 

of  Marshal ;  but  retiring  to  Holland,  he  was  from  thence  invited 
by  Charles  II.  into  England,  where  he  lived  in  the  greatest  inti- 
macy with  the  King  and  principal  nobility,  more  particularly 
with  the  Duchess  of  Mazarine.  He  had  a  very  sprightly  turn 
both  in  conversation  and  writing.  He  lived  to  the  age  of  ninety, 
and  was  carried  off  at  last  by  a  violent  fit  of  the  stranguary, 
September  9,  1703.  Though  he  left  France,  as  it  may  be 
imagined,  on  account  of  religion,  yet  in  his  will  he  left  twenty 
pounds  to  poor  Roman  Catholics,  and  twenty  pounds  to  poor 
French  refugees;  besides  other  legacies  to  be  disposed  of  to  those 
in  distress,  of  what  religion  soever  they  might  be. 

Matthew  Prior. — The  bust  was  done  by  order  of  the  King 
of  France.  On  one  side  of  the  pedestal  stands  the  figure  of 
Thalia,  one  of  the  nine  Muses,  with  a  flute  in  her  hand ;  and  on 
the  other,  History,  with  her  book  shut ;  between  both  is  the  bust 
of  the  deceased,  upon  a  raised  altar  of  fine  marble ;  on  the 
outermost  side  of  which  is  a  Latin  inscription,  importing  that 
while  he  was  busied  in  writing  the  history  of  his  own  times, 
Death  interposed,  and  broke  both  the  thread  of  his  discourse  and 
of  his  life,  Sept.  18,  1721,  in  the  fifty-seventh  year  of  his  age. 
Over  the  bust  is  a  pediment,  on  the  ascending  sides  of  which 
are  two  boys,  one  with  an  hour  glass  in  his  hand,  run  out,  the 
other  holding  a  torch  reversed  ;  on  the  apex  of  the  pediment  is 
an  urn,  and  on  the  base  of  the  monument  a  long  inscription,  re- 
citing the  principal  employments  in  which  he  had  been  engaged; 
particularly  that,  by  order  of  King  William  and  Queen  Mary;  he 
assisted  at  the  Congress  of  the  Confederate  Powers  of  the  Hague, 
in  1690  ;  in  1697  was  one  of  the  Plenipotentiaries  of  the  Peace  of 
Ryswick  :  and  in  the  following  year  was  of  the  embassy  to  France 
and  also  Secretary  of  State  in  Ireland.  In  1700,  he  was  made 
one  of  the  Board  of  Trade ;  in  1711,  First  Commissioner  of  the 
Customs  ;  and  lastly,  in  the  same  year,  was  sent  by  Queen  Anne 
to  Louis  XIV.  of  France,  with  proposals  of  peace.  All  these 
trusts  he  executed  with  uncommon  address  and  abilities,  and  had 
retired  from  public  business,  when  a  violent  cholic,  occasioned  by 
a  cold,  carried  him  off ;  by  which  the  world  was  deprived  of  an 
invaluable  treasure,  which  he  was  preparing  to  lay  before  the 
public. — Rysbrack,  sculptor.     Bust  by  Coizevox. 

"  Sacred  to  the  best  of  men,  William  Mason,  A.M.,  a  Poet, 
"  if  any,  elegant,  correct,  and  pious.  Died  7th  of  April,  1797, 
"  aged  seventy-two." — It  is  a  neat  piece  of  sculpture.  A  medal- 
lion of  the  deceased  is  held  up  by  a  figure  of  Poetry,  bemoaning 
the  loss. — Bacon,  sculptor. 

Thomas  Shadwell. — This  monument  was  erected  by  Dr. 
John  Shadwell,  to  the  memory  of  his  deceased  father.  The  in- 
scription sets  forth  that  he  was  descended  from  an  ancient  family 
in  Staffordshire,  was  Poet  Laureate  and  Historiographer  j.n  the 
reign  of  William  III.,  and  died  November  20,  1692,  in  the  fifty- 
fifth  year  of  his  age.  He  was  author  of  several  plays,  and  was 
satirized  by  Dryden,  under  the  character  of  Ogg,  in  the  second 
part  of  Absalom  and  Architophel.  He  died  at  Chelsea,  by  taking 
opium,  and  was  there  buried. — Bird,  sculptor. 


114  SOUTH   TRANSEPT; 

John  Milton. — He  was  a  great  polemical  and  political 
writer,  and  Latin  Secretary  to  Oliver  Cromwell ;  but  what  has 
immortalized  his  name,  are  those  two  inimitable  pieces,  Paradise 
Lost  and  Regained.  He  was  born  in  London  in  1604,  and  died 
at  Bunhill  (perhaps  the  same  as  Bunhill  Fields)  in  1674,  leaving 
three  daughters  behind  him  unprovided  for,  and  was  buried  at 
St.  Giles's,  Cripplegate.  In  1737,  Mr.  Auditor  Benson  erected 
this  monument  to  his  memory. — Rysbrack,  sculptor. 

Under  Milton  is  an  elegant  monument  erected  to  the  memory 
of  Mr.  Gray.  This  monument  seems  expressive  of  the  compli- 
ment contained  in  the  epitaph,  where  the  Lyric  Muse,  in  alt-relief, 
is  holding  a  medallion  of  the  Poet,  and  at  the  same  time  pointing 
the  finger  up  to  the  bust  of  Milton,  which  is  directly  over  it. 

"  No  more  the  Grecian  muse  unrival'd  reigns ; 
To  Britain  let  the  nations  homage  pay : 
She  felt  a  Homer's  Are  in  Milton's  strains, 
A  Pindar's  rapture  in  the  lyre  of  Gray." 

Died  July  30,  1771,  aged  fifty- four,  and  was  buried  at  Stoke. — 
John  Bacon,  sculptor. 

Samuel  Butler. — This  tomb,  as  by  the  inscription  appears, 
was  erected  by  John  Barber,  Esq.,  Lord  Mayor  of  London,  that 
he  who  was  destitute  of  all  things  when  alive,  might  not  want  a 
monument  when  dead.  He  was  author  of  Hudibras,  and  was  a 
man  of  consummate  learning,  wit,  and  pleasantry,  peculiarly 
happy  in  his  writings,  though  he  reaped  small  advantages  from 
them,  and  suffered  great  distress  by  reason  of  his  narrow  circum- 
stances. He  lived,  however,  to  a  good  old  age,  and  was  buried 
at  the  expense  of  Mr.  Longueville,  in  the  churchyard  of  St.  Paul, 
Covent  Garden.  He  was  born  at  Strencham,  in  Worcestershire, 
in  1612,  and  died  in  London,  1680. 

Edmund  Spencer. — Beneath  Mr.  Butler's,  there  was  a  rough 
decayed  tomb  of  Purbeck  stone,  to  the  memory  of  Mr.  Edmund 
Spencer,  one  of  the  best  English  poets,  which  being  much  decayed, 
a  subscription  was  set  on  foot,  by  the  liberality  of  Mr.  Mason,  in 
1778,  to  restore  it.  The  subscription  succeeded,  and  the  monu- 
ment was  restored  as  nearly  as  possible  to  the  old  form,  but  in 
statuary  marble.  His  works  abound  with  innumerable  beauties 
and  such  a  variety  of  imagery,  as  is  scarce  to  be  found  in  any 
other  writer,  ancient  or  modern.  On  this  monument  is  this  in- 
scription:— "Here  lies  (expecting  the  second  coming  of  our 
"  Saviour  Christ  Jesus)  the  body  of  Edmund  Spencer,  the  Prince 
"  of  Poets  in  his  time,  whose  divine  spirit  needs  no  other  witness 
"  than  the  works  which  he  left  behind  him.  He  was  born  in 
"  London  in  1553,  and  died  in  1598." 

Ben  Jonson.—  This  monument  is  of  fine  marble,  and  is  very 
neatly  ornamented  with  emblematical  figures,  alluding,  perhaps, 
to  the  malice  and  envy  of  his  contemporaries.  His  epitaph — 
"  O  Rare  Ben  Jonson!" — is  cut  in  the  pavement  where  he  is 
buried  in  the  North  Aisle.  He  was  Poet  Laureate  to  James  I., 
and  contemporary  with  Shakspeare,  to  whose  writings,  when 
living,  he  was  no  friend,  though,  when  dead,  he  wrote  a  Poem 
prefixed  to  his  Plays,  which  does  him  the  amplest  justice.    His 


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OR,  POETS'  CORNER.  115 

father  was  a  clergyman,  and  he  was  educated  at  Westminster 
School  while  Mr.  Garden  was  Master ;  but  after  his  father's  death, 
his  mother  marrying  a  bricklayer,  he  was  forced  from  school,  and 
made  to  lay  bricks.  There  is  a  story  to]  d  of  him,  that  at  the  build- 
ing of  Lincoln's  Inn,  he  worked  with  his  trowel  in  one  hand,  and 
Horace  in  the  other ;  but  Mr.  Carden,  regarding  his  parts,  re- 
commended him  to  Sir  Walter  Raleigh,  whose  son  he  attended  in 
his  travels,  and  upon  his  return  entered  himself  at  Cambridge. 
He  died  the  16th  of  August,  1637,  aged  sixty -three. — Rysbrack, 
sculptor. 

On  the  left  is  a  monument  to  Michael  Draiton.  The 
inscription  and  epitaph  were  formerly  in  letters  of  gold,  but  now 
almost  obliterated,  and  therefore  are  here  preserved: — "  Michael 
"  Draiton,  Esq.,  a  memorable  Poet  of  his  age,  exchanged  his 
"  laurel  for  a  Crown  of  Glory,  anno  1631. 

"  Do,  pious  marble,  let  thy  readers  know 
What  they,  and  what  their  children,  owe 
To  Draitori's  name,  whose  sacred  dust 
We  recommend  unto  thy  trust : 
Protect  his  mem'ry,  and  preserve  his  story; 
Remain  a  lasting  monument  of  his  glory  ; 
And  when  thy  ruins  shall  disclaim 
To  be  the  treasure  of  his  name, 
His  name,  that  cannot  fade,  shall  be 
An  everlasting  monument  to  thee." 

This  gentleman  was  both  an  excellent  poet  and  a  learned  anti- 
quarian. 

Over  the  monument  to  Ben  Jonson  is  a  window  given  by  Dr. 
Rogers ;  it  represents  David  and  St.  John,  the  poets  of  the  Old 
and  New  Testaments. — Clayton  and  Bell. 

Barton  Booth,  Esq.,  elegantly  designed  and  well  executed. 
His  bust  is  placed  between  two  cherubs,  one  holding  a  wreath 
over  his  head  in  the  act  of  crowning  him  :  the  other  in  a  very 
pensive  attitude,  holding  a  scroll,  on  which  is  inscribed  his 
descent  from  an  ancient  family  in  Lancashire,  his  admission  into 
Westminster  School,  under  Dr.  Busby,  his  qualifications  as  an 
actor,  which  procured  him  both  the  royal  patronage  and  the 
public  applause.  He  died  in  1733,  in  the  fifty-fourth  year  of 
his  age  ;  and  this  monument  was  erected  by  his  surviving  widow 
in  1772. —  W.  Tyler,  sculptor. 

Mr.  John  Phillips. — The  bust  of  this  gentleman,  in  relief,  is 
here  represented  as  in  a  arbour  interwoven  with  laurel  branches 
and  apple  trees  ;  and  over  it  is  this  motto — "  Honos  erat  huic 
"  quoque  Pomo;"  alluding  to  the  high  qualities  ascribed  to  the 
apple,  in  that  excellent  poem  of  his  called  Cider.  He  was  son 
of  Stephen  Phillips,  D.D.,  Archdeacon  of  Salop  ;  was  born  at 
Bampton,  in  Oxfordshire,  December  30,  1676,  and  died  at  Here- 
ford, Feb.  15,  1708,  of  a  consumption,  in  the  prime  of  life. 

Geoffrey  Chaucer. — This  has  been  a  very  beautiful  monu- 
ment in  the  Gothic  style,  but  is  now  much  defaced,  and  is  gene- 
rally passed  over  with  a  superficial  glance,  except  by  those  who 
never  suffer  anything  curious  to  escape  their  notice.  Geoffrey 
Chaucer,  to  whose  name  it  is  sacred,  is  called  the  Father  of 


1 1 6  SOUTH  TRANSEPT ; 

English  Poets,  and  flourished  in  the  fourteenth  century.  He  was 
son  of  Sir  John  Chaucer,  a  citizen  of  London,  and  employed  by 
Edward  III.  in  negociations  abroad  relating  to  trade.  He  was  a 
great  favourite  at  court,  and  married  the  great  John  of  Gaunt's 
wife's  sister.  He  was  born  in  1328,  and  died  Oct.  25, 1400.  This 
monument  was  erected  by  Nicholas  Bingham,  of  Oxford,  in  1556. 
The  memorial  window  to  Chaucer,  immediately  over  his  tomb, 
is  intended  to  embody  his  intellectual  labour,  and  his  position 
amongst  his  contemporaries.  At  the  base  are  the  Canterbury 
Pilgrims,  showing  the  setting  out  from  London,  and  the  arrival 
at  Canterbury.  The  medallions  above  represent  Chaucer  receiving 
a  commission,  with  others,  in  1372,  from  King  Edward  III.  to 
the  Doge  of  Genoa,  and  his  reception  by  the  latter.  At  the  apex, 
the  subjects  are  taken  from  the  moral  poem  entitled  "The  Floure 
and  the  Leafe."  "  As  they  which  honour  the  Flower,  a  thing 
"  fading  with  every  blast,  are  such  as  look  after  beauty  and  worldly 
*'  pleasure ;  but  they  that  honour  the  Leaf,  which  abideth  with 
"  the  root,  notwithstanding  the  frost  and  winter  storms,  are  they 
"  which  follow  virtue  and  during  qualities,  without  regard  to 
"  worldly  respects."  On  the  dexter  side,  dressed  in  white,  is  the 
Lady  of  the  Leafe,  and  attendants  ;  on  the  sinister  side  is  the 
Lady  of  the  Floure,  dressed  in  green.  In  the  spandrils  adjoining 
are  the  Arms  of  Chaucer.  On  the  dexter  side,  and  on  the  sinister, 
Chaucer  impaling  these  of  (Roet)  his  wife.  In  the  tracery  above, 
the  portrait  of  Chaucer  occupies  the  centre,  between  that  of  Edward 
in.  and  Philippa  his  wife;  below  them  Gower  and  John  of  Gaunt, 
and  above  are  Wickliffe  and  Strode,  his  contemporaries.  In  the 
borders  are  disposed  the  following  arms,  alternately  :  England, 
France,  Hainhault,  Lancaster,  Castile,  and  Leon.  At  the  base  of 
the  window  is  the  name  Geoffrey  Chaucer,  died  a.d.  1400,  and 
four  lines  selected  from  the  poem  entitled, "  Balade  of  Gode  Coun- 
"  saile.,, 

"  Flee  fro  the  prees,  and  dwell  with  soth  fastnesse, 

Suffise  unto  thy  good  though  it  be  small ;" 

*  #  *  *  • 

*4  That  thee  is  sent  receyve  in  buxomnesse ; 
The  wrastling  for  this  world  asketh  a  fall." 

This  window  was  designed  by  Mr.  J.  G.  Waller,  and  executed  by 
Messrs.  Thomas  Baillie,  and  George  Mayer,  118,  Wardour  Street, 
London,  1868. 

Explanation  of  the  Subjects. — The  Pilgrims  are  arranged  in  the  follow- 
ing manner: —The  Departure  from  the  Tabard, thus  : 

1.2.  3.4.  5.6.7.  8.9. 


1.  The  Keve.  4.  The  Knight. 

2.  The  Manciple.  5.  The  Yeoman. 

3.  Chaucer.  6.  The  Squire. 
The  Arrival  at  Canterbury,  thus : 

10.11.12.  13.14.15.  16.  17.18 


7.  The  Serjeant  of  Law. 

8.  The  Shipmanne. 

9.  The  Doctor  of  Physick. 


10.  The  Somptnour. 

11.  The  Pardoner. 

12.  The  Parson. 


16.  The  Frankelein. 

17.  The  Plowman. 

18.  The  Clerk  of  Oxenforde. 


13.  The  Monk. 

14.  The  Prioress. 

15.  The  Nun. 
Arrangement  of  Portraits  in  Tracery. 

Wickliffe.  Strode. 

Edward  III.  Chaucer.  Philippa. 

Gower.  John  of  Gaunt. 


OK,  POETS'  CORNER.  117 

Above  is  a  neat  monument  to  the  memory  of  John  Roberts, 
Esq.,  the  very  faithful  Secretary  of  the  Right  Honourable  Henry 
Pelham,  Minister  of  State  to  George  II.  This  marble  was  erected 
by  his  three  surviving  sisters,  in  1776. — Hay  ward,  sculptor. 

Abraham  Cowley. — This  monument,  though  apparently  plain, 
is  very  expressive ;  the  chaplet  of  laurel  that  begirts  his  urn, 
and  the  fire  issuing  from  the  mouth  of  the  urn,  are  fine  emblems 
of  the  glory  he  acquired  by  the  spirit  of  his  writings.  The  Latin 
inscription  and  epitaph  on  the  pedestal  is  thus  translated  into 
English  : — "  Near  this  place  lies  Abraham  Cowley,  the  Pindar, 
"  Horace,  and  Virgil  of  England ;  and  the  delight,  ornament, 
"  and  admiration  of  his  age  ; — 

"  While,  Sacred  Bard,  far  worlds  thy  works  proclaim, 
And  you  survive  in  an  immortal  fame, 
Here  may  you,  bless'd  in  pleasant  quiet,  lie  ! 
To  guard  thy  urn  may  hoary  Faith  stand  by ! 
And  all  thy  fav'rite  tuneful  Nine  repair 
To  watch  thy  dust  with  a  perpetual  care  ! 
Sacred  for  ever  may  this  place  be  made, 
And  may  no  desp'rate  hand  presume  t'  invade 
With  touch  unhallow'd  this  religious  room, 
Or  dare  affront  thy  venerable  tomb ! 
Unmov'd  and  undisturb'd,  till  time  shall  end, 
May  Cowley's  dust  this  marble  shrine  defend  !  " 

"  So  wishes,  and  desires  that  wish  may  be  sacred  to  posterity, 
"  George,  Duke  of  Buckingham,  who  erected  this  monument  to 
a  that  incomparable  man.  He  died  in  the  forty-ninth  year  of  his 
"  age,  and  was  carried  from  Buckingham  House,  with  honourable 
"  pomp,  his  exequies  being  attended  by  persons  of  illustrious 
"  characters  of  all  degrees,  and  buried  August  3,  1667."  His 
grave  is  just  before  the  monument,  as  appears  by  a  blue  stone,  on 
which  is  engraven  his  name. — John  Bushnett,  sculptor. 

Affixed  to  the  pillar,  on  the  left,  is  a  tablet  to  the  memory  of 
Mrs.  Martha  Birch,  who  was  daughter  of  Samuel  Viner,  Esq., 
and  first  married  to  Francis  Millington,  Esq.,  afterwards  to  Peter 
Birch,  Prebendary  of  this  Abbey.  She  died  May  25,  1703,  in 
the  fiftieth  year  of  her  age. 

The  next  monument  was  erected  to  the  memory  of  Mr.  John 
Dryden,  by  the  late  Duke  of  Buckingham,  who  valued  his 
writings  so  much  that  he  thought  no  inscription  necessary  to 
spread  his  fame. — "  J.  Dryden,  born  1632,  died  May  1,  1700. 
"  John  Sheffield,  Duke  of  Buckingham,  erected  this  monument, 
"  1720." — Scheemakers,  sculptor. 

Against  the  screen  of  the  Choir,  is  the  monument  of 
Robert  South,  D.D.,  who  is  represented  in  a  cumbent  pos- 
ture, in  his  canonical  habit,  with  his  arm  resting  on  a  cushion, 
and  his  right  hand  on  a  Death's  head.  Tn  his  left  he  holds  a 
book,  with  his  finger  between  the  leaves,  as  if  just  closed  from 
reading  ;  and  over  his  head  is  a  group  of  cherubs  issued  from  a 
mantling,  beneath  which  is  a  long  Latin  inscription,  showing  that 
he  was  scholar  to  Busby,  and  student  at  Christ  Church,  Oxford, 
and  Public  Orator  of  that  University  ;  that,  by  the  patronage  of 
Lord  Clarendon,  he  was  made  Prebendary  both  of  Westminster 
and  Christ's,  and  afterwards  Rector  of  Islip,  where  he  rebuilt  the 

1 


118  SOUTH  TRANSEPT  ; 

parsonage-house,  and  founded  and  endowed  a  school.  His  ser- 
mons have  a  peculiar  turn,  and  are  still  much  admired.  He  died 
July  8,  1716,  aged  eighty-two. — Bird,  sculptor. 

Between  this  and  Dr.  Busby,  a  small  portion  of  Ann  of  Cleves' 
monument  is  to  be  perceived.  She  was  sister  of  the  Duke  of 
Cleves,  was  contracted  in  marriage  to  Henry  VIII.,  and  received 
with  great  pomp  on  Blackheath,  January  3,  1539,  married  to  the 
king  on  the  9th,  and  in  July  following  divorced,  with  liberty  to 
marry  again  ;  but  being  sensibly  touched  with  the  indignity  put 
upon  her,  she  lived  retired  in  England,  with  the  title  of  Lady 
Ann,  of  Cleves,  and  saw  the  rival  who  supplanted  her  suffer  a 
worse  fate.  She  survived  the  King  four  years,  and  died  in 
1557. 

A  still  more  unfortunate  Queen  lies  near  this  last,  without  a 
monument ;  viz.,  Anne,  Queen  of  Richard  III.,  and  daughter  of 
Nevil,  the  great  Earl  of  Warwick.  This  lady  was  poisoned  by 
that  monster  of  cruelty,  her  husband,  to  make  way  for  his  mar- 
riage with  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  his  brother,  Edward  IV.,  and 
sister  of  the  unhappy  youths  he  had  caused  to  be  murdered  in  the 
Tower,  which  marriage  he  never  lived  to  consummate,  being  slain 
at  the  battle  of  Bosworth  Field. 

Above  is  a  tablet  to  Dr.  Vincent,  with  the  inscription  thus 
translated  : — "  Here  rests  whatever  is  mortal  of  William  Vin- 
"  cent,  who  having  received  his  education  in  this  College, 
u  returned  to  it  when  he  had  completed  his  academical  studies, 
"  and  from  the  situation  of  Junior  Usher,  arose  to  that  of  Head 
"  Master  ;  he  was  at  length  exalted  to  the  office  of  Dean  of  the 
"  Church,  for  which  he  entertained  the  greatest  affection  :  on 
"  the  subject  of  his  life,  his  literary  attainments,  and  his  moral 
"  character,  let  this  monumental  stone  be  silent.  He  owes  his 
u  origin  to  the  respectable  family  of  the  Vincents,  of  Shepy,  in 
u  the  county  of  Leicester ;  he  was  born  in  London,  2nd  Novem- 
"  ber,  1739,  and  died  on  the  21st  December,  1815." 

Doctor  Richard  Busby. — On  this  fine  monument  is  the  effigy 
of  this  learned  grammarian  in  his  gown,  looking  earnestly  at  the 
inscription.  In  his  right  hand  he  holds  a  pen,  and  in  his  left  a 
book  open.  Underneath,  upon  the  pedestal,  are  a  variety  of 
books,  and  at  the  top  are  his  family  arms.  The  inscription  is 
very  elegantly  written,  and  highly  to  his  praise  ;  intimating  that 
whatever  fame  the  school  of  Westminster  boasts,  and  whatever 
advantage  mankind  shall  reap  from  thence  in  times  to  come,  are  all 
principally  owing  to  the  wise  institutions  of  this  great  man.  He 
was  born  at  Lutton,  in  Lincolnshire,  September  22,  1606  ;  made 
Master  of  Westminster  College,  December  23,  1640  ;  elected 
Prebendary  of  Westminster,  July  5th,  1660,  and  Treasurer  of 
Wells,  August  11th,  the  same  year;  and  died  April  5th,  1695. — 
Bird,  sculptor. 

Affixed  to  the  pillars  in  this  cross  are  two  tablets  ;  one  to  the 
memory  of  Dr.  Anthony  Horneck,  who  was  born  at  Wetten- 
burgh,  in  Zealand,  but  educated  at  Queen's  College,  Oxford ;  was 
King's  Divinity  Professor  and  Chaplain,  a  Prebendary  of  this 
Church,  and  Preacher  at  the  Savoy.    Ho  died  of  the  stone, 


OR,  POETS'  CORNER.  119 

January  31, 1696,  aged  fifty-six.  The  other  to  the  memory  of  Dr. 
Samuel  Barton,  a  Prebendary  of  this  Church,  and  a  person  of  ad- 
mirable genius  and  learning.  He  died  September  1715,  aged 
sixty-eight. 

In  front  of  Dr.  Barrow's  monument,  lies  the  remains  of  that 
once  celebrated  poet,  Sir  William  Davenant,  who,  upon  the 
death  of  Ben  Jonson,  succeeded  him  as  Poet  Laureate  to  Charles 
L,  but  having  lost  his  nose  by  an  accident,  was  cruelly  bantered 
by  the  wits  of  the  succeeding  reign.  He  was  a  vintner's  son  at 
Oxford,  whose  wife,  being  a  woman  of  admirable  wit  and  sprightly 
conversation,  drew  the  politest  men  of  that  age  to  their  house, 
among  whom  Shakspeare  was  said  to  be  a  frequent  visitor.  His 
education  was  at  Lincoln  College,  where  he  became  acquainted 
with  Endimion  Porter,  Henry  Jermain,  and  Sir  John  Suckling. 
He  died  in  1668,  aged  sixty-three. 

Not  far  from  Davenant  lies  Sir  Robert  Murray,  a  great 
Mathematician,  and  one  of  the  founders  of  the  Royal  Society,  of 
which  he  was  the  first  President,  and  while  he  lived  the  very  soul 
of  that  body.  He  died  suddenly,  July  4,  1673,  in  the  garden  at 
Whitehall,  and  was  buried  at  the  King's  expense. 

In  front  of  Dryden's  monument,  is  an  ancient  stone,  on 
which,  by  the  marks  indented,  has  been  the  image  of  a  man  in 
armour.  This  covers  the  body  of  Robert  Haule,  who,  at  the 
battle  of  Najara,  in  Spain,  in  Richard  II. 's  time,  together  with 
John  Shakel,  his  comrade,  took  the  Earl  of  Denia  prisoner,  who, 
under  pretence  of  raising  money  for  his  ransom,  obtained  his 
liberty,  leaving  his  son  as  a  hostage  in  their  hands.  Upon  their 
coming  to  England,  the  Duke  of  Lancaster  demanded  him  for 
the  King ;  but  they  refused  to  deliver  him  up  without  the  ransom, 
and  were  therefore  both  committed  to  the  Tower,  from  whence 
escaping,  they  took  sanctuary  in  this  Abbey.  Sir  Ralp  Eerreris 
and  Alan  Buxal,  the  one  Governor,  the  other  Captain  of  the 
Tower,  with  fifty  men,  pursued  them,  and  having,  by  fair  promises, 
gained  over  Shakel,  they  attempted  to  seize  Haule  by  force,  who 
made  a  desperate  defence,  but  being  overpowered  by  numbers, 
was  slain,  August  11,  1378,  in  the  choir  before  the  prior's  stall, 
commending  himself  to  God,  the  avenger  of  wrongs.  A  servant 
of  the  Abbey  fell  with  him.  Shakel  they  threw  into  prison,  but 
afterwards  set  him  at  liberty,  and  the  King  and  Council  agreed  to 
pay  the  ransom  of  his  prisoner,  500  marks,  and  100  marks  a-year. 
Some  years  afterwards  Shakel  died,  and  was  buried  here  in  1396. 

Under  the  pavement,  near  Dryden's  tomb,  lie  the  remains  of 
Francis  Beaumont,  the  dramatic  writer,  who  died  in  London  in 
1628,  and  was  buried  here,  March  9,  without  tomb  or  inscription. 

The  new  stained  glass  windows  at  the  south  end  ,of  the  Tran- 
sept of  the  Abbey  were  executed  by  Messrs.  Thomas  Ward  and 
J.  H.  Nixon,  1847  :  description  as  follows  : — 

In  the  centre  of  the  Rose  Window,  the  name  "  Jehovah  ;" 
in  the  circle  surrounding  the  figures  of  angels. 

In  the  large  circle  of  surrounding  lights  are  thirty-two  separate 
subjects  taken  from  the  principal  incidents,  miracles,  and  events 
in  the  life  and  sufferings  of  our  blessed  Redeemer. 

I  2 


120  SOUTH  TRANSEPT,  ETC. 

The  height  of  the  figures  are  nearly  three  feet.     The  subjects 
selected  for  this  circle  are  as  follows  : 

The   lunatic   boy  cured.— Matt. 
xvii.  14,  &c. 

Peter,  the  fish ,  and  Temple  tribute. 
—Matt.  xvii.  27. 

The    blind    man   healed.— Mark 
viii.  25. 

Lazarus  raised. — John  xi.  43. 
The  entry  into  Jerusalem.—  Matt . 
xxi.  1. 

The  tribute  to  Caesar. — Matt. xxii. 
15  and  21. 

Little  children  brought  to  Christ. 
—Markx.  13. 

The  young  rich  man's  question. — 
Mark  x.  17. 

The  widow's  son  restored.— Luke 
vii.  11. 

The  agony  in  the  garden.— Matt. 
xxvi.  39. 

Jesus  Christ  captive  before  Pilate. 
— Matt,  xxvii.  1,  2,  &c. 
Jesus  Christ  shown  to  the  people. 
— John  xix.  5. 

The  Crucifixion.— John  xix.  25, 
&c. 

The  Resurrection.—  Matt,  xxviii. 
l.&c. 

Appearance  to  Mary  Magdalen.— 
John  xx.  11. 
.  The  Ascension.— Acts  i.  9,  &c. 

The  decorations  which  surround  this  circle  are  scrolages  and 
ornaments  of  mosaic  work  on  coloured  grounds  suited  to  the 
rest,  among  which  are  also  interwoven  the  following  symbols : — 


1. 

The  nativity  of  Jesus  Christ. — 
Luke  ii.  7,  &c. 

17. 

2. 

Simeon's  prophecy.— Luke  ii.  25. 

18. 

3. 

Jesus  reasoning  with  the  doctors. 

— Luke  ii.  46. 

19. 

4. 

The    baptism    of   St.  John  the 

Baptist.— Matt.  iii.  13. 

20. 

5. 

The    preaching  on   the    Mount. 
—Matt.  v.  1 ,  &c. 

21. 

6. 

Water  made  wine. — John  ii.  4. 

22. 

7. 

The  money  changers  expelled  from 

the  Temple.— Matt.  xxi.  12. 

23. 

8. 

The  woman   of  Samaria.—  John 

iv.  7. 

24. 

9. 

Walking  on  the  sea.— Matt.  xiv. 

29. 

25. 

10. 

Raising    of  Jairus'    daughter. — 

Mark  v.  41. 

26. 

11. 

The  pool  of  Bethesda.— John  v. 

4,&c. 

27. 

12. 

The  Centurion's  faith.— Matt.  viii. 

8,  &c. 

28. 

13. 

John's  disciples  sent  to  Christ. — 

Matt.  xi.  2,  &c, 

29. 

14 

The  Magdalen  anointing  the  feet 

of  Christ.— John  xii.  3. 

30. 

15. 

The    Syrophenician    woman.  — 

Matt.  xv.  15. 

31. 

16 

The  feeding  of  the  multitude. — 

Matt.  xiv.  15. 

32. 

1.  I.H.S.  at  the  Nativity. 

2.  The  angel,  the  symbol  of  St.  Matt. 

3.  The  Paschal  Lamb. 

4.  Cherub's  head. 

5.  The  pelican,   as  symbol  of   the 
Church. 

6.  Cherub's  head. 

7.  The  lion,  the  symbol  of  St.  Mark. 

8.  The  triangle,  the  symbol  of  the 
Trinity. 


9.  The  hart,  athirst  for  the  water 
brooks. 

10.  The  ox,  the  symbol  of  St.  Luke. 

11.  Cherub's  head. 

12.  The  sacramental  cup. 

13.  Cherub's  head. 

14.  The  dove  descending. 

!  5.  The  eagle,  the  symbol  of  St.  John . 
16.  A.Cl. 


In  the  left  quatrefoil,  at  the  corner,  are  the  arms  of  the  Abbacy ; 
in  the  right  the  arms  of  the  reigning  sovereign  ;  in  the  head  of 
the  arches  beneath  are  figures  of  angels  holding  scrolls. 

The  subjects  for  the  twelve  lower  windows  are  selected  from  the 
Old  Testament,  and  are  as  follows  : — 


1.  Noah's  sacrifice. — Gen.  viii.  20. 

2.  Abraham  and  the  angels.—  Gen. 
xviii.  1. 

3.  Jacob's  dream.—  Gen.  xxviii.  12. 

4.  Joseph    interpreting     Pharoah's 
dream. — Gen.  xli.  25. 

5.  The  finding  of  Moses. — Ex.  ii.  5. 

6.  IWoses  before  the  burning  bush. — 
Ex.  iii.  2. 

7    Moses    striking   the   look.—Ex. 
xvii.  5. 


8.  Moses  with  the  tables  of  the  law. 
— Ex.  xx.  20. 

9.  David  chosen  from  among  his 
brothers,  and  anointed  by  Samuel. 
—  1  Sam.  xvi.  13. 

10.  Dedication  of  the  Temple  by  Solo- 
mon.—1  Kings  viii.  22. 

11.  Elijah's  sacrifice.— 1  Kings  xviii. 
37,  &c. 

12.  Josiah  renewing  the  Covenant.— 
2  Kings  xxii.  3,  &c. 


HENRY  SEVENTH'S  CHAPEL.        121 

Having  thus  noticed  what  is  usually  considered  most  interest- 
ing in  the  interior,  we  will  take  a  glance  at  the  exterior.  We 
have  already  observed  that  the  form  of  the  Abbey  is  that  of  a 
cross,  in  which  you  are  to  consider  Henry  the  Seventh's  Chapel 
has  no  part.  The  south  side  answered  exactly  to  the  north  in 
the  original  plan,  by  attending  to  which,  you  will  be  able  to  form 
a  true  judgment  of  the  whole.  The  cloisters  on  the  south  side 
were  added  for  the  conveniency  of  the  monks,  and  the  contiguous 
buildings  are  of  a  still  later  date. 

What  will  principally  engage  your  attention,  in  viewing  the 
outside  of  this  building  (the  new  towers  excepted),  is  the  magni- 
ficent portico  leading  to  the  north  cross,  which,  by  some,  has 
been  styled  the  Beautiful,  or  Solomon's  Gate.  This  portico  is 
Gothic,  and  extremely  beautiful ;  and  over  it  is  a  most  magni- 
ficent window  of  modern  design,  admirably  executed.  The  entire 
height  of  the  north  front  to  the  top  of  the  centre  pinnacle  is  one 
hundred  and  seventy  feet.  ♦ 

The  north  side  of  the  Church,  between  the  west  front  and  the 
Transept,  is  supported  by  nine  graduated  buttresses  ;  each  has  a 
turreted  niche,  wherein  are  placed  full  length  statues  of  the 
founders  and  principal  benefactors  of  this  Church. 

The  towers  at  the  west  end  were  raised  under  the  directions  of 
Sir  Christopher  Wren,  and  terminate  with  pinnacles  at  the  height 
of  two  hundred  and  twenty-five  feet.  The  Exterior  length  of  the 
Abbey  is  four  hundred  and  sixteen  feet;  including  Henry  Seventh's 
Chapel,  five  hundred  and  thirty  feet. 


Having  now  pointed  out  what  is  accounted  most  worthy  of 
observation  in  the  construction  of  this  ancient  Abbey,  both  with- 
out and  within  it,  we  shall  next  say  a  word  or  two  of — 

■■SgHIS  wonder  of  the  world,  as  it  well  may  be  styled,  is 
A      adorned  without  with  sixteen  Gothic  towers,  beautifully 


ornamented  with  admirable  ingenuity,  and  jutting  from 
the  building  in  different  angles.  It  is  situated  on  the 
east  of  the  Abbey  to  which  it  is  so  neatly  joined,  that  at  a  super- 
ficial view  it  appears  to  be  one  and  the  same  building.  It  is 
enlightened  by  a  double  range  of  windows,  that  throw  the  light 
into  such  a  happy  disposition,  as  at  once  to  please  the  eye  and 
inspire  reverence. 

An  author  some  years  ago,  has  very  highly,  and  yet  not  unde- 
servedly expressed  the  beauty  of  this  Chapel  in  the  following 
words  : — u  It  is  the  admiration  of  the  universe  ;  such  inimitable 
"  perfection  appears  in  every  part  of  the  whole  composure,  which 
44  looks  so  far  exceeding  human  excellence,  that  it  appears  knit 
"  together  by  the  fingers  of  angels,  pursuant  to  the  direction  of 
44  Omnipotence." 

And  here  we  cannot  help  taking  notice  of  a  most  beautiful 
window  that  was  designed  for  this   Chapel.     It  was  made  by 


122  CLOISTERS. 

order  of  the  magistrates  of  Dort,  in  Holland,  and  designed  by 
them  as  a  present  to  Henry  VII.,  but  that  monarch  dying  before 
it  was  finished,  it  was  set  up  in  Waltham  Abbey,  where  it  remained 
till  the  dissolution  of  that  monastery,  when  it  was  removed  to 
New-Hall,  in  Essex,  then  in  possession  of  General  Monk,  and  by 
him  preserved  during  the  civil  wars.  Some  years  ago,  John 
Olmius,  Esq.,  the  then  possessor  of  New-Hall,  sold  it  to  Mr. 
Conyers,  of  Copt-Hall,  who  resold  it  to  the  inhabitants  of  St. 
Margaret's  parish,  in  1758,  for  four  hundred  guineas  ;  and  it  now 
adorns  St  Margaret's  Church.  Thus  it  has  arrived  near  to  the 
place  for  which  it  was  originally  intended,  but  is  never  likely  to 
reach  it.  The  grand  subject  is  that  of  our  Saviour's  crucifixion  ; 
but  there  are  many  subordinate  figures  :  those  at  the  bottom  of 
the  two  side  panels  represent  Henry  VII.,  and  his  Queen,  and 
were  taken  from  the  original  pictures  sent  to  Dort  for  that  pur- 
pose. Over  the  King  is  the  figure  of  St.  George,  and  above  that 
a  white  rose  and  a  red  one.  Over  the  figure  of  the  Queen  stands 
that  of  St.  Katharine  of  Alexandria  ;  and  in  the  panel  over  her 
head  appears  a  pomegranate  vert,  in  a  field  of  or,  the  arms  of 
the  kingdom  of  Grenada. 

General  Admeasurements  of  the  Exterior  of 
Henry  VII.'s  Chapel. 

Ft.  In. 

Extreme  Length    115  2 

Breadth  to  the  Extremities  of  the  Buttress  Towers  ...    79  6 

Height  of  the  Buttress  Towers „ 70  8 

Do.    to  the  Apex  of  the  Roof 85  6 

Do.  to  the  Top  of  the  Western  Turrets ~.  101  6 


dbf  itn  3&nnflitnmte  m  tjrt  Clnisfcm 

<HERE  are  many  persons  of  distinction  buried  in  the 
v^l  Cloisters,  as  will  appear  from  the  number  of  inscriptions, 
many  of  which  are  almost  obliterated  from  wear  or 
time ;  we  shall  therefore  only  notice  a  few  of  the  most 
particular.  The  most  ancient  are  in  the  South  Walk  of  the 
Cloisters,  towards  the  east  end,  where  you  will  see  the  remains  of 
four  Abbots,  marked  in  the  pavement  by  four  stones.  The  first 
is  inscribed  to  the  Abbot  Vitalis,  who  died  in  1082  ;  and  was 
formerly  covered  with  plates  of  brass.  The  second  is  a  stone  of 
grey  marble,  to  the  memory  of  Geslebertus  Crispinus,  who 
died  in  1114.  The  third  is  a  raised  stone,  of  Sussex  marble, 
under  which  lies  interred  the  Abbot  Laurentius,  who  died  in 
1176,  and  is  said  to  have  been  the  first  who  obtained  from  Pope 
Alexander  III.  the  privilege  of  using  the  Mitre,  Ring,  and  Glove. 
The  fourth  is  of  black  marble,  called  Long  Meg,  from  its  extra- 
ordinary length  of  eleveu  feet  ten  inches,  by  five  feet  ten  inches, 
and  covers  the  ashes  of  Gervasitjs  de  Blois,  natural  son  of 
King  Stephen,  who  died  1106.  All  these  seem  to  have  had  tfceir 
names  and  dates  cut  afresh,  and  are  indeed  fragments  worthy  to 
be  preserved. 


CLOISTERS.  123 

In  1 349  twenty-six  of  the  monks  of  this  Abbey  fell  victims  to 
a  dreadful  plague  which  at  that  period  had  extended  its  ravages 
over  great  part  of  the  globe,  and  are  reported  by  Fuller  to  have 
been  buried  all  in  one  grave  in  the  South  Cloisters,  under  the 
remarkable  large  stone  called  Long  Meg. 

Against  the  wall  is  a  monument  to  Peter  Francis  Courayer, 
a  Roman  Catholic  clergyman,  born  at  Vernon,  in  Normandy, 
1681.  He  was  Canon  and  Librarian  of  the  Abbey  of  Genevieve, 
at  Paris.  He  translated  and  published  several  valuable  works. 
In  1727  he  took  refuge  in  England,  and  was  well  received,  and 
presented  by  the  University  of  Oxford  with  the  degree  of  D.D. 
On  his  dedicating  a  book  to  Queen  Caroline,  his  pension  was 
augmented  to  £200  per  annum  from  £100  which  he  had  obtained 
before  from  the  court.  He  died,  in  1776,  after  two  days'  illness, 
at  the  age  of  ninety-five. 

At  the  end  of  this  walk  is  the  monument  of  Daniel  Pulteney, 
who  served  the  court  several  years  ;  abroad  in  the  reign  of  Queen 
Anne,  and  at  home  in  the  reign  of  George  I.  The  following  is  the 
inscription : — "  Reader,  if  thou  art  a  Briton,  behold  this  tomb 
"  with  reverence  and  regret  !  Here  lie  the  remains  of  Daniel 
"  Pulteney,  the  kindest  relation,  the  truest  friend,  the  warmest 
u  patriot,  the  worthiest  man  !  He  exercised  virtues  in  his  age, 
"  sufficient  to  have  distinguished  him  even  in  the  best.  Saga- 
■"  cious  by  nature,  industrious  by  habit,  inquisitive  with  art,  he 
'*  gained  a  complete  knowledge  of  the  state  of  Britain,  foreign 
i(  and  domestic ;  in  most,  the  backward  fruit  of  tedious  expe- 
u  rience ;  in  him,  the  early  acquisition  of  undissipated  youth. 
u  He  served  the  court  several  years  ;  abroad,  in  the  auspicious 
"  reign  of  Queen  Anne  ;  at  home,  in  the  reign  of  that  excellent 
■"  Prince,  George  I.  He  served  his  country  always  ;  at  court 
"  independent,  in  the  senate  unbiassed.  At  every  age,  and  at 
"  every  station,  this  was  the  bent  of  his  generous  soul,  this  the 
i(  business  of  his  laborious  life  ;  public  men  and  public  things  he 
u  judged  by  one  common  standard — the  true  interest  of  Britain  ; 
41  he  made  no  other  distinction  of  party  ;  he  abhorred  all  other. 
u  Gentle,  humane,  disinterested,  benevolent,  he  created  no  enemies 
u  on  his  own  account ;  firm,  determined,  inflexible,  he  feared 
"  none  he  could  create  in  the  cause  of  Britain.  Reader,  in  this 
4i  misfortune  of  thy  country,  lament  thy  own  ;  for  know,  the  loss 
4i  of  so  much  private  virtue  is  a  public  calamity." 

EAST  WALK. 

Near  the  iron  gate  is  a  tablet  sacred  to  the  memory  of  the  Rev. 
Thomas  Yialls,  of  Twickenham,  Middlesex,  A.M.,  many  years 
vicar  of  Boldre,  in  the  New  Forest,  who  departed  this  life  May  7, 
1831,  aged  sixty -two. 

To  the  left  is  a  very  beautiful  arch,  beneath  which  is  a  door- 
way leading  to  ihe  Chapter  House  and  Library  ;  in  front  of 
which  was  buried  Abbot  Byrcheston,  who  died  of  the  plague, 
May  15, 1349 ;  but  no  stone  left  to  mark  the  place  of  his  interment. 

Against  the  wall,  in  the  centre  of  the  East  Walk,  is  a  monument 


124  CLOISTERS. 

to  th*  memory  of  George  Walsh,  Esq.,  with  the  following 
inscription  : — "  Near  this  place  are  deposited  the  remains  of 
"  George  Walsh,  Esq.,  late  Lieutenant- General  of  his  Majesty's 
u  Forces,  and  Colonel  of  the  forty-ninth  Regiment  of  Foot,  who 
'•  died  October  23,  1761,  aged  seventy-three. 

"  The  toils  of  life  and  pangs  of  death  are  o'er, 
And  care,  and  pain,  and  sickness,  are  no  more." 

To  the  memory  of  James  William  Dodd,  who  for  thirty-four 
years  was  one  of  the  Ushers  of  Westminster  School,  the  duties  of 
which  he  discharged  with  consummate  ability.  The  Westmin- 
sters, his  pupils,  resident  at  the  boarding-house  under  his  imme- 
diate care,  have,  bewailing  his  loss,  caused  this  tablet  to  be 
erected.  He  died  on  the  29th  day  of  August,  1818,  in  the  fifty- 
seventh  year  of  his  age. 

Beneath  is  a  monument  to  preserve  and  unite  the  memory  of 
two  affectionate  brothers,  valiant  soldiers  and  sincere  Christians  : 
Scipio  Duroure,  Esq.,  Adjutant-General  of  the  British  Forces, 
Colonel  of  the  twelfth  Regiment  of  Foot,  and  Captain  or  Keeper 
of  his  Majesty's  Castle  of  St.  Mawes,  in  Cornwall,  who,  after 
forty-one  years'  faithful  services,  was  mortally  wounded  at  the 
battle  of  Fontenoy,  and  died  May  10,  1745,  aged  fifty-six  years, 
and  lies  interred  on  the  ramparts  of  Aeth,  in  the  low  Countries  ; 
and  Alexander  Duroure,  Esq.,  Lieutenant-General  of  the 
British  Forces,  Colonel  of  the  Fourth,  or  King's  own  Regiment  of 
Foot,  and  Captain  or  Keeper  of  his  Majesty's  Castle  of  St.  Mawes, 
in  Cornwall,  who,  after  fifty-seven  years  of  faithful  services,  died 
at  Toulouse,  in  France,  on  the  2nd  January,  1795,  aged  seventy- 
four  years,  and  lies  interred  in  this  Cloister. 

In  the  next  arch  has  been  lately  erected  a  tablet,  sacred  to  the 
memory  of  Walter  Hawkes,  who,  serving  in  the  East  Indies, 
and  having  deserved  well  during  the  space  of  more  than  twenty- 
seven  years,  almost  worn  out  with  sickness  and  wounds,  as  he 
was  now  returning  to  his  native  country,  being  overtaken  by  a 
storm  in  the  Indian  Ocean,  was,  together  with  his  dearest  wife, 
the  partner  of  his  life  and  danger,  alas  !  swallowed  up,  and 
perished  by  shipwreck,  never  to  be  too  much  lamented,  the  year 
of  our  Lord  1808.  Struck  with  so  sad  a  fate  of  his  companion, 
William  Franklin  put  up  this  stone ;  for  both  were  King's 
scholars  in  this  school,  brought  up  in  the  same  studies,  together 
endured  arduous  warfare. 

NORTH  WALK. 

On  the  left,  near  the  door,  is  a  marble  slab  to  the  memory  of 
John  Catling,  who  died  March  3,  1826,  in  the  seventy -ninth 
year  of  his  age.  He  was  Yerger  and  Sacrist,  successively,  of  this 
Collegiate  Church  under  five  Deans,  the  duties  of  which  he  per- 
formed with  the  most  zealous  and  undivided  attention,  for  the 
long  period  of  fifty-two  years,  respected  by  his  superiors  for  the 
fidelity,  respectability,  and  humility,  with  which  he  filled  the 
offices,  and  beloved  by  all  who  knew  him  in  private  life,  for  the 


CLOISTERS.  125 

many  virtues  which  adorn  the  man.  Lady  Londonderry  was 
buried  underneath  it. 

A  tablet  to  the  memory  of  Harriet,  wife  of  the  Rev.  John 
Bentall,  one  of  the  Ushers  of  Westminster  School.  She  died 
August  7,  1838. 

The  next  is  an  epitaph  remarkable  for  its  quaintness,  and  in- 
scribed to  the  memory  of  William  Laurence,  in  these  lines  : — 

"  With  diligence  and  truth  most  exemplary* 
Did  William  Laurence  serve  a  Prebendary; 
And  for  his  pains,  now  past,  before  not  lost, 
Gain'd  this  remembrance  at  his  master's  cost. 
Oh !  read  these  lines  again ! — you  seldom  rind 
A  servant  faithful,  and  a  master  kind. 
Short-hand  he  wrote ;  his  flower  in  prime  did  fade, 
And  hasty  death  short-hand  of  him  hath  made. 
Well  couth  he  numbers,  and  well-measured  land ; 
Thus  doth  he  now  that  ground  whereon  you  stand, 
Wherein  he  lies  so  geometrical: 
Art  maketh  some,  but  thus  doth  nature  all." 

Ob.  Dec.  28,  1628,  JStat.  29. 

A  tablet  to  the  Rev.  George  Preston,  A.M.,  who  was  several 
years  Under-Master  of  Westminster  School.  He  died  September 
8,  1841,  aged  fifty-two. 

Near  to  this  is  a  tablet  lately  erected  to  the  memory  of 
William  Markham,  D.D.,  Archbishop  of  York,  who  died 
November,  1807,  aged  eighty-eight,  and  was  buried  near  this  spot. 

On  your  left  is  a  tablet  to  the  memory  of  Edward  Augustus 
Webber,  a  King's  scholar,  son  of  James  Webber,  D.D.,  Dean 
of  Ripon,  and  Canon  of  this  Church ;  who  was  drowned  in  the 
River  Thames,  June  11,  1833,  aged  seventeen,  and  buried  near 
this  spot.  The  inscription  is  as  follows : — "  H.S.M.  Edoardus 
"  Augustus  Webber,  Jacobi  Webber,  S.T.P.,  ecclesse  Riponen- 
"  sis  Decani,  et  hujusce  Prsebendarii  films  natu  secundus  in  amne 
44  Thamesi,  eversa  turbine  navicula  e  quatuor  mersis  adolicenti- 
**  bus  unus  periit  die  1 1  Junii,  1833,  anum  agent  17  mo.  Alumno 
*'  suavissimo  desideratissimo,  id  quod  parentes  miseri  perferre 
u  nequibant,  prseceptores  condiscipulique  tranquam  fratrem  lu- 
44  gertes  ademptum  pro  more  ac  pietate  Westmonasteriensi  exe- 
44  quias  reddiderunt." 

The  last  worthy  of  note  in  this  Walk  is  that  to  the  memory  of 
William  Egerton  Gell,  Esq.,  who,  after  a  long  and  severe 
affliction,  departed  this  life  on  the  17th  of  May,  1838,  aged  fifty- 
six  years  ;  in  him  many  will  have  to  deplore  the  loss  of  a  generous 
and  kind-hearted  friend.  "  Comfort  the  soul  of  thy  servant,  for 
"  unto  thee,  O  Lord,  do  I  lift  up  my  soul." — Cundy,  sculptor. 

WEST   WALK. 

On  the  left  door  of  the  Abbey  is  a  monument,  erected  by  John 
English  Dolben,  Esq.,  "  To  the  memory  of  Edward  Wortley 
44  Montague,  who  was  cast  away,  on  his  return  to  England,  in 
44  1777,  from  the  East  Indies,  in  the  twenty-seventh  year  of  his 
44  age.  In  memory  of  their  friendship,  which  commenced  at 
44  Westminster  School,  continued  for  some  time  at  Oxford,  not 


126  CLOISTERS. 

"  diminished  by  the  greatest  distance,  scarcely  dissolved  by 
"  death,  and  if  it  please  God,  to  be  renewed  in  heaven. — J.  E.  D., 
"  to  whom  the  deceased  bequeathed  his  books  (and  appointed 
"  joint  residuary  legatee),  erected  this  monument." 

Francis  Smedley. — Adjoining  the  Godolphin  monument  is  a 
neat  tablet  to  the  memory  of  the  above,  who  was  High  Bailiff  of 
Westminster  for  twenty-two  years.  Born  September  15,  1791; 
died  February  25,  1859. 

The  next  is  a  monument  that  deserves  particular  attention,  as 
it  commemorates  a  charity,  which  otherwise  might,  in  time,  like 
many  others,  be  perverted  or  forgotten.  The  inscription  is  as 
follows: — "Here  rest,  in  hope  of  a  blessed  resurrection,  Charles 
""  Godolphin,  Esq.,  brother  of  the  Right  Honourable  Sydney, 
"  Earl  of  Godolphin,  Lord  High  Treasurer  of  Great  Britain,  who 
4i  died  July  16,  1720,  aged  sixty-nine  ;  and  Mrs.  Godolphin, 
"  his  wife,  who  died  July  29,  1726,  aged  sixty-three  ;  whose 
*'  excellent  qualities  and  endowments  can  never  be  forgotten, 
w  particularly  the  public- spirited  zeal  with  which  he  served  his 
6i  country  in  Parliament,  and  the  indefatigable  application,  great 
"  skill,  and  nice  integrity,  with  which  he  discharged  the  trust  of  a 
u  Commissioner  of  Customs  for  many  years.  Nor  was  she  less 
"  eminent  for  her  ingenuity,  with  sincere  love  of  her  friends,  and 
*'  constancy  in  religious  worship.  But  as  charity  and  benevo- 
'"  lence  were  the  distinguishing  parts  of  their  characters,  so  were 
"  they  most  conspicuously  displayed  by  the  last  act  of  their 
"  lives  ;  a  pious  and  charitable  institution,  by  him  designed  and 
41  ordered,  and  by  her  completed  to  the  glory  of  God,  and  for  a 
"  bright  example  to  mankind  ;  the  endowment  whereof  is  a  rent- 
4i  charge  of  one  hundred  and  eighty  pounds  a-year,  issuing  out  of 
"  lands  in  Somersetshire,  and  of  which,  one  hundred  and  sixty 
"  pounds  a  year  are  to  be  ever  applied,  from  24th  June,  1726, 
"  to  the  educating  eight  young  gentlewomen,  who  are  so  born, 

and  whose  parents  are  of  the  Church  of  England,  whose 
**  parents  or  friends  will  undertake  to  provide  them  with  decent 
"  apparel ;  and  after  the  death  of  the  said  Mrs.  Godolphin,  and 
"  William  Godolphin,  Esq.,  her  nephew,  such  as  have  neither 
"  father  or  mother  ;  which  said  young  gentlewomen  are  not  to  be 
"  admitted  before  they  are  eight  years  old,  nor  to  be  continued 
"  after  the  age  of  nineteen,  and  are  to  be  brought  up  in  the  city  of 
u  New  Sarum,  or  some  other  town  in  the  county  of  Wilts,  under 
"  the  care  of  some  prudent  governess  or  schoolmistress,  a  com- 
"  municant  of  the  Church  of  England  ;  and  the  overplus,  after  an 
u  allowance  of  £5.  a-year  for  collecting  the  said  rent-charge,  is 
"  to  be  applied  to  binding  out  one  or  more  poor  children  appren- 
"  tices,  whose  parents  are  of  the  Church  of  England.  In  perpetual 
u  memory  whereof  Mrs.  Frances  Hall,  executrix  to  her  aunt, 
u  Mrs.  Godolphin,  has,  according  to  her  will,  and  by  her  order, 
"  caused  this  inscription  to  be  engraven  on  their  monument,  1772." 

The  next  is  a  neat  tablet,  in  memory  of  the  Rev.  Edward 
Smedley,  A.M,,  Rector  of  Powderham,  and  of  North  Bovey,  in 
the  county  of  Devon,  and  from  1774  to  1820,  one  of  the  Ushers 
of  Westminster  School ;  born  Nov.  5, 1750,  died  August  6, 1825. 

UPB 


CLOISTERS.  127 

Also  of  Hannah,  his  wife,  daughter  of  George  Bellas,  Esq. ;  born 
August  21,  1754,  died  October  17,  1824.  This  tablet  is  erected 
by  their  surviving  children. 

"  To  you,  dear  names,  these  filial  thanks  we  give, 
For  more  than  life,  for  knowledge  how  to  live — 
For  many  a  rule  with  holy  wisdom  fraught, 
And  works  embodying  the  creed  you  taught ; 
For  faith  triumphant,  tho'  the  lips  which  told 
Its  glowing  lessons,  now,  alas !  are  cold ; 
Faith,  which  proclaiming  that  the  dead  but  sleep, 
Invites  us  home  to  those  whom  here  we  weep." 

—  Westmacott,  jun.,  sculptor. 

On  the  left  is  a  tablet  with  a  coat  of  arms  over,  and  a  music- 
book  under  it : — "  Near  this  place  are  deposited  the  remains  of 
"  Benjamin  Cooke,  Doctor  in  Music  of  the  Universities  of 
"  Oxford  and  Cambridge,  and  Organist  and  Master  of  the 
"  Choristers  of  this  Collegiate  Church  for  above  thirty  years. 
"  He  departed  this  life  on  the  14th  of  September,  1793,  and  in 
u  the  fifty-ninth  year  of  his  age." 

Enoch  Hawkins,  Esq.,  Gentleman  of  her  Majesty's  Chapel 
Royal,  and  Vicar  Choral  of  this  Collegiate  Church,  who  died  on 
the  9th  January,  1847,  aged  fifty. 

Upon  a  tablet  that  has  emblems  of  music, — "  To  the  memory 
"  of  James  Bartleman,  formerly  a  Chorister  and  Lay-Clerk  of 
"  Westminster  Abbey,  and  Gentleman  of  his  Majesty's  Royal 
"  Chapel.  He  was  born  the  19th  of  September,  1769,  died  the 
"  15th  of  April,  1821,  and  was  buried  in  this  Cloister,  near  his 
44  beloved  master,  Dr.  Cooke." 

In  this  walk  is  erected  a  monument  to  W.  Buchan,  M.D., 
author  of  the  Domestic  Medicine,  who  died  in  1805. 

A  tablet  with  inscriptions,  to  Mr.  John  Brotjghton,  and  his 
wife  Elizabeth;  she  died  in  1714,  and  himself  in  1789.  Also 
R.  Monk,  Esq.,  died  in  1831  ;  his  wife  Catherine,  1832. 

"  William  Woollett,  born  August  22,  1735,  died  May  22, 
"1785."  The  genius  of  engraving  is  represented  handing  down 
to  posterity  the  works  of  painting,  sculpture,  and  architecture. 
A  monument  with  his  bust  on  the  top. 

Near  to  this  will  be  seen  a  tablet  in  memory  of  Elizabeth 
Woodfall,  younger  daughter  of  the  late  Henry  Sampson 
Woodfall,  having  lived  many  years  in  Dean's  Yard,  contiguous 
to  the  Abbey,  and  died  12th  February,  1862,  at  the  age  of 
ninety-three. 

Having  exceeded  the  bounds  at  first  intended,  we  shall  con- 
clude in  the  words  of  an  ingenious  writer  on  the  subject  of  this 
Abbey  : — "  I  have  wandered,"  says  he,  "with  pleasure  into  the 
u  most  gloomy  recesses  of  this  last  resort  of  grandeur,  to  contem- 
*•  plate  human  life,  and  trace  mankind  through  all  the  wilderness 
"  of  their  frailties  and  misfortunes,  from  their  cradles  to  their 
"  graves.  I  have  reflected  on  the  shortness  of  our  duration  here, 
"  and  that  I  was  but  one  of  the  millions  who  had  been  employed 
"  in  the  same  manner,  in  ruminating  on  the  trophies  of  mortality 
"  before  me  ;  that  I  must  moulder  to  dust  in  the  same  manner, 
u  and  quit  the  scene  to  a  new  generation,  without  leaving  the 


128  CLOISTERS. 

"  shadow  of  my  existence  behind  me  ;  that  this  huge  fabric,  the 
"  sacred  depository  of  fame  and  grandeur,  would  only  be  the 
"  stage  for  the  same  performances  ;  would  receive  new  accessions 
4  of  noble  dust ;  would  be  adorned  with  other  sepulchres  of  cost 
"  and  magnificence ;  would  be  crowded  with  successive  admirers  ; 
"  and,  at  last,  by  the  unavoidable  decays  of  time,  bury  the  whole 
"  collection  of  antiquities  in  general  obscurity,  and  be  the  monu- 
"  ment  of  its  own  ruin." 


INDEX 


Page 

Abbey  founded    3 

rebuilt  and  endowed  ....       4 

pulled  down  and  enlarged       4 

Admission,  Hours.  &c.  of     2 

Addison,  Joseph 27,  106 

Agar,  Doctor 73 

Aiton,  Sir  Robert 19 

Albemarle,  Dukes  of    23,29 

Duchess  of   23 

Alfred,  Prince 24 

Altar  Decoration 11 

Amelia,  Princess 24 

Andie,  Major    95 

Anne, Queen,  James II.'s Daughter  23 

Princess 24 

Queen  of  James  1 26 

Queen  of  Richard  II 34 

Queen  of  Richard  III.  ..118 

Anstey,  Christopher 1 12 

Argyle,  Duke  of 27,  108 

Arnold,  Dr.  Samuel     6$ 

Athelgoda,  Queen  of  King  Sebert     1 1 
Atkyns,  Edward,  and  Sons    ....   107 

Bagenall,  Nicholas 18 

Baillie,  Dr.  Matthew    44 

Baker,  John 75 

Balchen,  Admiral 64 

Banks,  Thomas 77 

Bankes,  Cornet  W.  G.  Hawtrey  .     57 

Barnard,  Bishop   36 

Major-Gen.  Sir  H.  W.  .    53 

Barrow,  Isaac,  D.D 105 

Barry,  Sir  Charles    85 

Bartleman,  James    127 

Barton,  Samuel,  D.D 118 

Bath,  Earl  of 31 

Beauclerk,  Lord    65 

Beaufoy,  Mrs 77 

Beaumont,  Francis 119 

Belasyse,  Sir  Henry 29 

Bell,  Dr.  Andrew 103 

Bentall,  Harriet 125 

Bentinck,  Archdeacon 9 

Beresford,  Lieutenant 40 

Beverley.  Countess  of 17 

Bill,  Dr.  William 10 

Billson,Dr 12 

Bingham,  Sir  Richard 97 

Birch,  Mrs 117 

Blackwood,  Sir  Henry 60 

Blair  and  Bayne,  Captains 15 

Blanch  of  the  Tower 13 

Blois,  Gervasius  de 122 

Blow,  John,  Doc.  Mus 69 

Bohun,     Hugh    de,    and    Mary, 
Grandchildren  to  Edward  I.  . .     37 

Booth,  Barton    115 

Boulter,  Archbishop 67 

Bourchier,  Lord    81 

Bourgchier,  Sir  Humphrey    ....     15 

Bovey,  Katherine 91 

Bradford,  Bishop 67 

Bringfield,  Colonel  78 

Brocas,  Sir  Bernard 14 

Bromley,  Sir  Thomas 80 

Broughton,  John,  and  Wile  ,...   127 


Page 

Browne,  Thomas 41 

Brunei,  I.  K 78 

Bryan,  Captain 70 

Buchan,  Dr 127 

Buckingham,  Countess  of 19 

Dukes  of  26 

Duchess  of 26 

Buckland,  Very  Rev.  W.,  D.D.  .  90 

Buller,  Right  Hon.  C 61 

Burland,  Sir  John    101 

Burleigh,  Lady 18 

Bumey,  Dr.  Charles,  LL.D 100 

Chas.  Mus.  D 69 

Busby,  Richard,  D.D 118 

Butler,  Samuel \\4 

Buxton,  Sir  Thomas  Fowell  ....  67 

Byrcheston,  Abbot    123 

Campbell,  Sir  Archibald 106 

Sir  James 107 

Thomas,  LL.D m 


Camden,  William 103 

Canning,  George 48 

Cannon,  Robert,  D.D 92 

Carew,  Baron,  and  Lady    18 

Carey,  Thomas 37 

Caroline,  Queen    24 

Princess 24 

Carteret,  Philip 74 

Edward  de 74 

Elizabeth,  Lady 73 

Casaubon,  Isaac    104 

Catling,  John    124 

Cecil,  Lady    17 

Chamberlain,  Hugh,  M.D 68 

Chapel  of  St.  Benedict    9 

St.  Edmund 12 

St.  Nicholas 17 

Henry  VII 20,  121 

St.  Paul     29 

St.  Edward  (&  Shrine)    82 

St.  John    37 

■ Islip,  Abbot 89 

— St.  John  the  Evangelist    41 

■ St.  Andrew 41 

St.  Michael 41 

Chardin,  Sir  John    95 

Charles  II 23 

Chatham,  Earl  of 43 

Chaucer,  Geoffrey     115 

Cherbury,  Baron  of 15 

Children  of  Henry  III.  &  Edw.  I.     12 

Choir,  New § 

Cholmondeley,  Viscount  &  Sons..     76 

Churchill,  George 95 

Clanrickard,  Countess  of   79 

Clay  pole,  Klizabeth 27 

Cleves,  Ann  of ug 

Clifford,  Lady 27 

Clyde,  Lord 35 

Cobden.  Richard ^3 

Colchester,  William  of 33 

Conduit,  John   35 

Congreve,  William ,     gg 

Cook,  fVnjamin,  Doc.  Mus 127 

Cooke,  Captain  Edward 42 

Cooper,  Ensign  Lovick  Em>lius  .    57 


130 


INDEX. 


Page 

Coote,  Sir  Eyre 60 

Cornewall,  Captain 86 

Coronation  Chairs   35 

Cottington,  Lord  and  Lady   ....     31 

Cottrell,  Clement 94 

Courayer,  Peter  Francis 123 

Courcy,  Aimer icus  de 70 

Cowley,  Abraham    117 

Coxe,  Sir   Richard 104 


Craggs,  Secretary 


87 


Creed,  Richard,  Major 97 


Richard,  Lieutenant 


Crewe,  Lady  Juliana 
— —  Jane   


97 
36 
36 

Crispinus,  Geslebertus 122 

Croft,  William,  Doc.  Mus 69 

Crokesley,  Abbot 16 

Crouchback,  Edmund 39 

Cumberland,  Dukes  of   24 

D'Almade,  Henry 36 

Dalrymple,  William    101 

Daubeny,  Lord,  and  Lady 30 

Davenant,  Sir  William   119 

Davidson,  Susannah  Jane 43 

Davis,  Colonel    80 

Davy,  Sir  Humphrey 42 

Denham,  Sir  James  Stewart  ....     75 

Dickens,  Charles 109 

Dimensions  4,  21 ,  122 

Dodd,  James  William  124 

Dorchester,  Viscount 80 

Douglas,  Lady  Margaret 21 

Draiton,  Michael 115 

Dry  den,  John    117 

Dudley,  William  de 18 

Dunbar,  Viscount 74 

Duppa,  Bishop 40 

Sir  Thomas  72 

Duroure,  Scipio  and  Alexander..  124 

Eastney,  Abbot 41 

Editha,    Queen   to  Edward    the 

Confessor    33 

Edward  the  Confessor 32 

1 35 

■  III.,  and  Children 34 

V 28 

Vr 25,27 

Egerton,  James 80 

— ■  Penelope    80 

Eland,  Lady 38 

Eleanor,  Queen  to  Edward  1 33 

Elizabeth,  Queen  28 

Princess     24 

Eltham,  John  of  12 

Evremond,  Lord  of  St 112 

Exeter,  Earl  of 37 

Fairborne,  Sir  Palmes 95 

Fairholm,  Sophia 102 

Fane,  Sir  George,  and  Lady  ....     18 

Fascet,  Abbot    38 

Feme,  Bishop    16 

Filding,  Ann     93 

Fire 4 

Fleming,  James 93 

Fletcher,  Lieutenant-Colonel    ..     82 
Folkes,  Martin 98 


Page 

Follett,  Sir  William  Webb 59 

Forbes,  Benjamin  and  Richard..     45 
Fox,  Right  Hon.  Charles  James    80 

Frederick  William,  Prince 24 

Freke,  Elizabeth  and  Judith  ....   100 

Friend,  John,  M.D 88 

Fullerton,  Sir  James,  and  Lady. .     30 

Galofre,  Sir  John 12 

Garrick,  David 103 

Gay,  John 109 

Gell,  William  Egerton   125 

George  II 24 

Prince    23 

Gethin,  Grace    100 

Gifford,  William  104 

Gloucester,  Duke  of 22,  24 

Duchess  of    15 

Godolphin,  Earl    94 

Charles,  and  Wife  ..  126 

Goldsmith,  Oliver,  M.  D 109 

Goodman,  Gabriel,  D.D 10 

Grabe,  John  Ernest 103 

Gray,  Thomas  114 

Guest,  General 64 

Hales,  Stephen,  D.D 105 

Halifax,  Earls  of 27,  63 

Marquis  of 27 

Handel,  George  Frederick 1^6 

Hanway,  Jonas 62 

Harbord,  Sir  Charles   94 

Hardy,  Sir  Thomas 86 

Hargrave,  General    94 

Harley,  Anna  Sophia 18 

Harpedon,  Sir  John 41 

Harrison,  John,  Rear  Admiral ..  102 

Harsnet,  Carola .     92 

Hastings,  Warren 61 

Hatton,  Sir  Christopher 39 

Haule,  Robert,  slain  in  the  Choir  119 

H a wkes,  Walter    J24 

Hawkins,  Enoch   127 

Henry  III 83 

VII.  and  his  Queen    ....     24 

of  Monmouth 84 

Prince  of  Wales 22 

Herbert,  Edward 76 

Herries,  Charles    92 

Hertford,  Countess  of 10 

Hervey  and  Hutt,  Captains    ....     79 
Heskett,  Sir  Thomas,  and  Lady . .     68 

Heylin,  Peter,  D. D 73 

Hill,  Jane   76 

Holland,  Baron., 82 

Holies,  Francis -. 13 

Holies,  Sir  George    42 

Holmes,  Admiral 31 

Hope,  Admiral  Sir  G 82 

Brigadier  the  H  2>n.  Adrian    58 

General 62 

Mary 107 

Horneck,  Dr 118 

William 88 

Horner,  Francis    62 

Howe,  Lord  Viscount 91 

Hunsdon,  Baron  of 57 

Hunter,  John 78 


INDEX. 


131 


Page 

Ingram,  Sir  Thomas 19 

Ireland,  Dean 91, 104 

Islip,  AM)ot  89 

James  1 26 

James,  Dame  Mary 68 

Johnstone,  George  Lindsay    ....     74 

Jonson,  Ben 114 

Julius,  Captain  William 96 

Kane,  Richard 66 

Kemble,  John  43 

Kempenfelt,  Admiral 45 

Kendall,  Mrs 38 

James    99 

Kerry,  Earl  and  Countess  of 44 

Kildare,  Countess  of    11 

Killigrew,  Robert 77 

King,  William 100 

Kirk,  Percy   66 

Kirton,  Abbot   44 

' Ann    43 

Kneller,  Sir  Godfrey  101 

Knights  of  the  Bath,  installation  of    23 

Knipe,  Thomas 100 

— Captains  John  and  Robert  100 

Knollys,  Lady 14 

Lake,  Colonel    ,.     82 

Lancaster,  Countess  of !     39 

Langham,  Archbishop    9 

Laurence,  William 125 

Laurentius,  Abbot    122 

Lawrence,  General  ,\im     80 

Legendary  Sculptures '.['.     35 

Le  Neve,  Richard 73 

Levinz,  William  m\\[     78 

Lewis,  Sir  George  Cornewall." .* .' .'     60 
Ligonier,  Field-Marshal  Lord  ..     46 

Locke,  Joseph,  R. A 75 

Londonderry.  Marquis  of  ....." ."     49 

Londonderry,  Lady " "  j25 

Lort,  Sir  Gilbert    mm     4Q 

Loten,  John  Gideon     .*!.*!."     77 

Louisa,  Princess    !!!!."     24 

Macaulay ,  Lord    '[][[  206 

Zachary *     83 

Macintosh,  Sir  J .*]     81 

Mackenzie,  Hon.  James  Stuart."!  108 
Macleod,  Lieutenant-Colonel    .      29 

Malcolm,  Sir  John   '     47 

Manners,  Lord .'.*.".".'!.*.".'     50 

Manningham,  General  Coote! ! ! !     63 

Mansell,  Thomas 76 

■ —  Edward .'..!"'     76 

Mansfield,  William,  Earl  ..."     51 
Margaret,  Edward  IV. >s  Daughter    34 

Markham,  William 125 

Mary  I.,  Queen "**     2ft 


IT. 


23 


Queen  of  Scots ,  22 

Mary,  Daughter  of  James  1 28 

Mason,  William    u| 

Matilda,  Queen  of  England  '."!". ."  83 

Mead,  Richard,  M.D 75 

Methuen,  John m]*/m  QQ 

— Sir  Paul    '.[""  99 

Mexborough,  Countess  of  ..   .    "  3a 

Middlesex,  Earl  of " '  20 


Millyng,  Bishop 

Milton,  John 114 

Miserere,  description  of  ...!!!.*  ]     23 

Monck,  Bishop 13 

Monk,  Bishop  .".'.'.'.*     70 

R.,  and  Wife   ***.  127 

Montague,  Captain 81 

Edward  Wortley 125 

Montpensier,  Bv  ke  of 25 

Moorsom,  Capt.  William  Robert    65 

Morgan,  William 73 

Mountrath,  Earl  and  Countess  of    4* 

Murray,  Sir  Robert 119 

Newcastle,  Dukes  of , .  "4*8  49 

North-west  Tower  .'.*,.  '50 

Newton ,  Sir  Isaac " , "  *     83 

Nightingale,  J.  Gascoigne,'&  Lady  42 

Norris,  Lord 43 

North  Aisle    \['m[     67 

Transept ..1*11"!     46 

Northumberland,  Duchess  of. ..."     19 

Novello,  Vincent 46 

Octavius,  Prince , .      24 

Organ .,.'/.[      5 

Oughton,  Sir  James '/,]',[     40 

Outram,  William,  D.D 106 

General g2 

Owen,  Thomas .■...«     98 

Oxford,  Countess  of 13 

Painted  Glass 8,  f  v't, 1 19 

Palmerston,  Lord \  50  51 

Paoli,  Pasquale  de \""      '90 

Parr,  Thomas    10q 

Parry,  Sir  Thomas ,'.'. 41 

Pearce,  Bishop 9() 

Pecksall,  Sir  Richard  .!.."..]  15 

Peel,  Right  Hon.  Sir  R.  . .' 46 

Pembroke,  Earl  of .     *i5  39 

Perceval,  Right  Hon.  Spencer'  \.  '  76 

Philhppa,  Queen ,  04 

Phillips,  John    , j\^ 

Pitt  Right  Hon.William.V.'.V.Vo,  86 
Plenderleath,  Dr.  John  ...  '  7? 

Pocock,  Sir  George  ...  '  *  *  *     A 

Popham,  Colonel '       07 

Preston,  George    '.['/''  10^ 

Price,  Martha t% 

Prideaux,  Sir  Edmund,  and  Wife    73 

Pnestman,  Henry l\ 

Pringle,  Sir  John i'" InI 

Prior,  Matthew    \\\ 

Pritchard,  Mrs j{? 

Puckering,  Sir  John        *'****• 
Pulpit 


29 

85 


Puiteney,  Daniel *  * " "  190 

Purcell,  Henry li* 

pym, John....;....; '" 

Radley,  Bridget \\ ti 

Raffles,  Sir  Thomas  Stamford "  \  \  70 

Rennell,  Major i" 

Reredos,  New    ..         '    *? 

Richard  II * 

Richardson,  Sir  Thomas'. ".".".""  102 

Richmond,  Duke  of...         ^ 

Richmond,  Duchess  of. 


Countess  of *     22 


132 


INDEX. 


Page 

Roberts,  Humphrey 41 

John   H7 

Robinson,  Sir  Thomas  and  Lady  .  107 

Robinson,  Sir  Lumley 89 

Ross,  L'idv 19 

Rowe,  Nicholas  and  Daughter  . .   109 

Russel,  Lady 14 

Lord,  and  Son 14 

Ruthall,  Bishop     38 

St.  John,  Lady 18 

Sandwich,  Earl  of   29 

Sanderson,  Sir  William 64 

Saunders,  Clement   47 

Sausmarez,  Philip 6* 

Scott,  Grace    47 

Screen  at  the  back  of  the  Organ       83 

Sebert,  King 11 

Seymour,  Ladv  Jane 14 

Shadwell,  Thomas    113 

Shakspeare 110 

Sharp,  Granville    112 

Shovel,  Sir  Cloudesley    100 

Shrewsbury,  Earl  of,  and  Lady..     15 

Siddons,  Mrs 43 

Smedley,  Rev.  Edward  and  Wife  126 

Francis 126 

Smith,  John   93 

Somerset,  Duchess  of 17,43 

Sophia,  Daughter  of  James  I.    ..     2* 

South  Aisle 87 

Transept    103 

South,  Robert,  D.D 117 

Southey,  Robert    Ill 

Spelman,  Sir  Henry 19 

Spencer,  Edmund 114 

Spotswood,  Archbishop 10 

Sprat,  Bishop 1 9, 89 

Archdeacon 19, 89 

George    10 

Stafford,  Earls  of 13 

Countess  of 13,  1 5 

Stag,  Motto  on  a   105 

Stained  Gl*ss  Windows 

Stanhope,  Earls  of    84 

Charles  Banks 83 

Stanley,  Sir  Humphrey    17 

Staunton,  Sir  George    72 

Stephenson,  Robert 75,  85 

Stepney,  George    99 

Stewart,  Captain  John 77 

Storr,  Admiral 46 

Strode,  General 96 

Stuart,  Hon.  Sir  Charles    45 

Esme,  heart  of 25 

Suffolk,  Duchess  of 13 

Sussex,  Countess  of 31 

Sutton,  Rev.  E.  L 72 

Sword  and  Shield 34 

Taylor,  Sir  Robert 103 

Telford,  Thomas   44 

Temple,  Diana 93 

Teviot,  Viscount 74 

Thackeray,  W 106 

Thomas,  Bishop    91 

Thomson,  James   110 

Thornbur-h,  Gilbert    76 


Page 
Thynne,  Capt.  William  Frederick     55 

Thomas,  murdered....     96 

Thynne,  William 103 

Tierney,  George    82 

Tompion  and  Graham 85 

Totty,  Admiral 44 

Townshend,  Colonel    94 

Trigge,  General  Sir  Thomas  ....     9S 

Triplett,  Thomas,  D.D 105 

Tudor,  Elizabeth 33 

Tufton,  Richard    ,     16 

Twysden,  Heneage 79 

Tyrrell,  Admiral 9.^ 

Ush-  r,  Archbishop    32 

Valence,  William  de    15 

Valois,  Katharine    19 

Vaughan, Sir  Thomas 37 

Vaults,  Royal 23,  24 

Vere,  Sir  Francis 42 

Vernon,  Admiral 49 

Vialls,  Thomas 123 

Villettes,  Lieutenant-General ....     45 

Villiers,  Sir  George 19 

Vincent,  Hannah 46 

William 118 

Vitalis,  Abbot    122 

Wade,  General 92 

Waiter,  Admiral    50 

Waldehy,  Robert  de 16 

Wales,  Prince  and  Princess  of  ..     24 

Walpole,  Lady 23 

Walsh,  General 124 

Waltham,  Bishop 36 

Warren,  Sir  Peter 47 

Bishop,  and  Lady 65 

Watson,  Admiral 64 

Watt,  James 30 

Watts,  Isaac,  D.D 99 

Webber,  Edward  Augustus     ....   125 

Wemjss,  Ann    102 

West,  Admiral 72 

West  End  of  the  Nave     83 

Westmoreland,  Ccintess  of    «...     74 

Wetenhall,  Edward,  M.D 165 

Wharton,  Henry   88 

Why  tell,  Ann     76 

Wilberrorce,  William 71 

Willcocks,  Bishop 89 

William  III 22 

Williams,  Charles     73 

Wilson,  Sir  A.  and  Lady 78 

Winchester,  Marchioness  of  ....     18 

Windsor,  William  of 13 

John  of 32 

Wintringham,  Sir  Clifton 62 

Wolfe,  General 40 

Woodfall,  Elizabeth    127 

Woodford,  Lieut.-Col.  Charles  J.    54 

Woodward,  John,  M.D 79 

Woollett,  William     127 

Wordsworth,  William 87 

Wragg,  William    100 

Wyat,  James      104 

York,  Duke  of 24 

Duchess  of 19 

Young,  I): , 43 


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