of RICHARD de Ware Abbot of Westminster in the year 1260. where in most artificial Work and delightful Figures you have the Jasper the Porphyry the Lydian the Touch the Alabaster and the Serpentine stones so laid and wrought to the Spectators satisfaction that you are unwillingly drawn from the sight thereof round the Squares and great Circles in Letters of Brass are some of the Verses still remaining which when entire were thus to be read concerning the duration of the World Si lector posita prudenter cuncta revolvat Hic finem primum mobilis inveniet Sepes trina canes equos homines super addas Cervos corvos aquilas immania cete Mundi quodque sequens pereuntis triplicat annos Sphaericus Archetypum globus hic monstrat Microcosmum Christi Milleno bis centeno duo deno Cum sexageno subductis quatuor anno Tertius Henricus Rex urbs Odericus Abbas Hos compegere Porphyreos lapides § 24. On the North-side of this Area was this Abbot buried next to the Tomb of AIMERY de VALENCE Earl of Pembroke after he had been Lord Treasurer of England and Abbot of this Monastery twenty three years he died on the Second of December 1283. but nothing now remains on his Grave-stone to distinguish it from the rest Not far from him was THOMAS HENLEY Abbot of Westminster interred And RICHARD SUDBURY another Abbot of this Monastery with Sir THOMAS CLIFFORD Governour of Berwick but all the Brass and Inscriptions are torn away On the South-side was Queen ANNE Wife to King RICHARD III. and Daughter to RICHARD NEVILL Earl of Warwick interred who died not without suspition of Poyson anno 1484. By whom lies WALTER WENLOCK Abbot of Westminster and Lord Treasurer of England who died at his Mannour of Pireford in Gloucestershire on the twenty fifth day of December 1307. after he had governed this Church twenty six years having a decent Marble-stone plated and laid over him by the South Door entering the Chappel of St. EDWARD of which there is nothing continuing at this day save a guess at the stones only There are five noble Monuments still remaining three on the North and two on the South part of this Sacriste but no Inscriptions or Epitaphs on any of them nor are they visible but by withdrawing the Hangings which are hung before them for the better adorning this place § 25. The first on the South is a Tomb of Freestone unfinished with these two Letters insculpt thereof A. C. and this 1557. and a little Ballister or Rail thereto adjoyning which was designed to remember ANNE of Cleve Queen of England Sister to WILLIAM Duke of Cleve and Gulich whom King HENRY VIII repudiated when he took to Wife the Lady KATHARINE HOWARD she died in the year 1557. and lyeth buried here at the head of King SEBERT § 26. The next is an antient Sepulchre of stone Arched where in a leaden Chest enclosed in Touch lie the remains of SEBERT King of the East-Saxons and ETELGODA his Queen who in the year 605 began the foundation of this Monastery as I have declared elsewhere he died on the last day of July in the year 616. and she the thirteenth of September 615. after they had finished this worthy design and therefore in the year 1307 their bodies were removed by the Monks of this Abby from the old Church erected by King EDWARD the Confessor and placed here hard by the Sepulchre of the Kings The Canopy erected over this Tomb of eight panes of delicate carved Wainscot contained as many painted Figures of St. PETER St. JOHN BAPTIST King SEBERT King EDWARD the Confessor c. with divers Verses of Questions and Answers under each of them which are all defaced and washed away and only a Table of Verses adjoyning to the Tomb which you will find among the Mounmental Inscriptions is still remaining to inform you who it is that lies there deposited § 27. On the North side next to the Chappel of St. EDWARD in a most noble Monument of Freestone canopied painted and adorned with Arms and gilt with Gold his Image thereon cross legged lies EDMUND CROUCHBACK Earl of Lancaster and younger Son of HENRY III. who was born at London on the sixteenth day of January anno 1245. about eight years after he was invested by the Pope into the Dominion of Sicily made Earl of Chester and Lord High Steward of England during life and after the death of his first Wife AVELINE went into the Holy Land afterwards returning he was by his Brother King EDWARD I. made Earl of Champaigne he founded the house of Nuns called the Minoresses without Algate in the Suburbs of London and going into France he died at Bayon from whence his body was brought and honourably interred in this place and this Monument erected to his memory This great Earl by BLANCHE his second Wife Daughter to ROBERT Earl of Artois third Son to LEWIS VIII King of France Widow of HENRY King of Navarre Earl of Champagne and Bry had Issue three Sons THOMAS HENRY and JOHN and a Daughter who died with her Brother JOHN in France without Issue § 28. Next to this Tomb of EDMUND Earl of Lancaster is such another like Monument very beautiful to behold Canopied and gilt with Gold with an Image thereon for AYMER de Valence third Son to WILLIAM Earl of Pembroke who was Son of HUGH le BRUN Earl of Marche in the Confines of France and Poictiers by ISABEL his Wife Widow of King JOHN and sole Daughter to the Earl of Angolesme who took his Surname from the place of his Nativity and being Brother to HENRY III. by his Mother in June 1247 was sent for into England c who was a great Souldier in the Wars of Scotland Flanders France c. he was Guardian of the Mâ—rches of Scotland Lieutenant and Captain General of all the Souldiers there General of the Kings Forces from the River of Trent Northwards unto Roxborough in Scotland But going to Rome he was taken prisoner by JOHN MOILLEY a Burgundian and sent to the Emperour being obliged to pay 20000 pounds for his ransom After which he was again in the Scotch Wars and Governour of Rockingham Castel and at the taking of THOMAS Earl of Lancaster at Borough Brigge in the County of York but being one of those who gave sentence of death upon him at Pomfrat as he was attending Queen ISABEL into France anno 1323. he was murthered on the twenty third of June the same year his body being afterwards brought and buried here He had three Wives but had no Issue by any His first was BEATRIX Daughter to RALPH de NEAL Constable of France his second one of the Daughters of the Earl of Barr and his last was MARY Daughter to GUY de CASTILION Earl of St. Paul § 29. At the head of AYMER de VALENCE is the third and last Monument on this North side which is likewise
of Dorchester who by King Edward VI. was created Duke of Suffolk and afterwards to Adrian Stokes Esquire who set up this Monument to remember her she had a Daughter named Mary by her former Husband the Marquess of Dorcet who died in the year 1578. and was buried by her without any Monument Tomb or Grave-stone § 57. By this of the Dutchess of Suffolk is a little raised Tomb of grey Marble on the top of which are placed the Images of two small Children a Boy and Girl in Alabaster neither of them being above sixteen Inches in length at the feet of the Girl is a Lion couchant but part of the Boys feet and Tomb under him is broken away there being no Inscription or Epitaph thereon but are reported to be two Children of Edward III. King of England viz. William of Windsor so called because born at the Kings Castle of Windsor with his Sister Blanch of the Tower for that in the Tower of London her Mother was delivered of her both lying under this little Tomb. § 58. On the left hand of the door of this Chappel and not far from this little Tomb is a most noble raised Monument of grey Marble set about with twenty four little Images of various coloured Alabaster and white Marble under each of which are the blank Escutcheons remaining whereon had been as many several Coats of Arms depicted which are now wholly wholly worn away and decayed On this Tomb is an Image of admirable wrought Alabaster in his Coat Armour and a deep Shield on his left arm whereon is graven the Arms of England within a bordure of France and was placed here for John of Eltham Earl of Cornwal having two Angels on each side supporting his head and a Lion couchant at his feet carved and finely pictured of the same Alabaster with a Canopy covering the whole with delicate wrought Spires and Masons work every where intermixed and adorned with little Images and Angels according to the fashion of those times supported by eight Pillars of white stone of the same curious wrought work But there is no Epitaph or Inscription further to inform us He was the second Son of King Edward II. by Isabel Daughter to Philip le Bell King of France and took his Surname from the place of his birth viz. at Eltham in Kent he was advanced to the title of Earl of Cornwall by his Brother King Edward III. made twice Lieutenant of all England by the same King upon his Expeditions first into France and then into Scotland during his absence But attending his Brother in the tenth year of his Reign into Scotland he fell sick at St. Iohnstones Town and there died without Wife or Issue and was afterwards brought into this Chappel and here honourably buried and had this Monument erected to his Memory § 59. In the midst of the Area of this Chappel under a large grey Marble Tomb about two foot from the ground with her Effigies engraven thereon in Brass under a Canopy artificially pourtrayed adorned with Arms and devices of the same Brass with an Epitaph circumscribed in French all remaining intire at this day lies Elenore Dutchess of Glocester who was one of the Daughters and Coheirs of Humphrey de Bohun Earl of Hereford Essex Northampton and High Constable of England and Wife of Thomas de Woodstock Duke of Glocester Son to King Edward III. by whom she had a Son who died in his Infancy and a Daughter named Anne who was Wife first to Edward Earl of Stafford and afterwards to Sir William Bourchier Knight from this Anne by her first husband the atinent Dukes of Buckingham were descended and by her last the Bourchiers Earls of Essex she died on the third of October 1399. § 60. There is another raised Tomb of grey Marble somewhat higher than that of the Dutchess of Glocester adjoyning to Sir Bernard Brocas whereon is portrayed the Effigies of a man in Armour with his head on his Helm ensigned with a Crest and his feet supported the one by a Leopard the other by an Eagle with divers antient fashion'd Shields and Coats of Arms all engraven on curious wrought Brass fixed to the Marble and remaining intire at this day with an Epitaph in Latine Verse insculpt on the same brass plates just under his Effigies to inform us that Humphrey Bourchier Son and Heir of John Lord Berners lies there interred who married the Daughter and Heir of Frederick Tilney and lost his life in those Civil Broyls of the Houses of York and Lancaster taking part with Edward IV. against Henry VI. in the Battel of Barnet from whence he was brought and here intombed I know not how it came to pass but certainly there is a mistake in Mr. Camdens Collection of these Monuments where he places this Tomb to another Humphrey Bourchier who was Lord Cromwell and Son to Henry Earl of Essex who was slain at the same time at the Battel of Barnet and interred in this Chappel hard by the Monument of William de Valence without any further remembrance of him And for a confirmation that this Tomb was made for the former Humphrey Son of the Lord Berners not only the Verses of his Epitaph specifie in part as much but is most evident by his impaling the Coat of Tilney with quarterings remaining very visible at this day on the same Tomb. § 61. On the Floor or Pavement of this Chappel adjoyning to the foot of the Tomb of Elenore Dutchess of Glocester is a large grey Marble stone adorned with most excellent workmanship of Brass whereon is lively pictured as he was accustomed to sing or say Mass with a Miter on his head and a Crosier Staff in his hand the Effigie of a Bishop with so much of an Epitaph round the Verge still in being to inform us that Robert Walby Bishop of Durham afterwards of Chichester and then Archbishop of York died on the fourth day of January in the year 1390. and was buried here § 62. More towards the East on the same Pavement is another grey Marble stone with five Plates of Brass whereon are engraven as many Coats of Arms with a Miter in the midst and round about the Verge an Epitaph insculpt on the like Plates of Brass giving us to understand that Henry Ferne who was the eighth Son of Sir John Ferne Knight was Master of Trinity College in Cambridge and afterwards Bishop of Chester who died in the year 1662. at the age of fifty nine years and was here deposited The Chappel of St. Nicolas § 63. On the right hand as you come into this Chappel is an antient decayed Tomb of Freestone with the Image of a Lady lying thereon at full proportion in her Robes of Estate under a wooden Canopy curiously painted with Azure and decked with Stars of Gold with our Saviour on the Cross Supported by Wainscote Pillars and neatly adorned with excellent carved Spires and Coats of Arms
present Duke of Buckingham and Francis This Tomb for its admirable composure of Lydian Touch and divers rich Marbles and curious Statues of solid Brass and gilt with Gold is scarce to be equalled in all Europe for on the East Wall of this Chappel there runs up a Compartment from the Pavement to the Roof of black and white Marble richly adorned wherein all that is excellent in Architecture Carving Masons work or Sculpture is there to be seen the variety of noble Columns Embattlements Arches Niches Pedestals Architraves Statues and infinite other Figures all wrought in stone or burnished Brass gilt with Gold make â— sweet harmony of composure the little Hymens extinguishing their Torches and weeping Cupids neglecting their imployments with those largeâ— Statues of Mars Neptune Pallas and Bounty that are placed at the four corners of the Pedestal before as many noble Pyramids of black Marble set about with Warlike Trophies and supported from their Pedestals by sixteen Deaths heads of gilded Brass are subjects expressing an universal mourning But when we behold the Statue of this illustrious Hero himself with that awful Majestick countenance mixt with greatness and affability and the Image of his Lady lying by him with a Fame at their feet even bursting her self and Trumpets to tell the news of his so sudden fall we cannot but be concerned yet pleased to see such lively representations and speaking figures which seem really to be affected with a sense of sorrow and disconsolation § 91. On the South side of the aforesaid Founders Tomb is the other Chappel wherein is another Majestick and Prince like Monument little inferiour to that of the Duke of Buckingham but of another manner of composure for on a large raised Pedestal of black Marble richly adorned with curious wrought Brass gilt with Gold and set about with Arms are placed the Images of of Lodowick Stuart Duke of Richmond and Levenox Earl of Newcattle upon Tine and Lord Darnley Lord High Chamberlain of Scotland and hereditary Admiral Lord High Steward of his Majesties Houshold first Gentleman of the Bedchamber Privy Counsellour and Cousin German to King James and Knight of the most noble Order of the Garter with the Lady Frances his Wife Daughter of Thomas Lord Howard of Bindon Son to the Duke of Norfolk c. The Statues of these two illustrious persons all of solid Brass gilt with Gold in their Robes of Estate lying upon the aforesaid Pedestal under a stately Canopy thorough wrought and curiously engraven of the same gilded Brass resting it self on an Architrave of black Marble supported at the four corners by the Statues of Faith Hope Charity and Prudence which serve as mourners in their Cypress Vails continually to attend and seem to lament their departure in which posture their Figures are lively expressed all of the same Brass on the top of this Canopy is a Fame and round about divers Cencers Angels Hymens Cupids and other Imagery work by which the whole becomes very curious and magnificent § 92. At the feet of this Duke and his Dutchess against the East Wall is a small Pyramid of black and white Marble with an Urn placed on the top and a Coronet encompassing the 〈…〉 gilt with Gold for Esme Stuart Duke of Richmond and Levenox who was Son of James Stuart Duke of Richmond c. And the Lady Mary his Wife only Daughter of George Duke of Buckingham This Esme died at Paris on the fourteenth day of August 1661. in the eleventh year of his Age from whence he was brought and interred here § 93. These are all the Monuments and Tombs that we meet with above ground in this stately Chappel except the Image of Lodowick Stuart Duke of Richmond as above and his Dutchess which are placed in a Press of Wainscot not far from their Monument in their Robes of Estate But under-ground and in the Vaults there are many more § 94. In a Vault on the North side the Tomb of King Henry VII was James King of England Scotland France and Ireland interred in a Chest of Lead covered with black Velvet with Anne Queen of England his Wife Grandfather and Grandmother to our present Sovereign § 95. At the East end of this Chappel under the great East Window is another large Vault with a light belonging thereto wherein are deposited in Chests of Lead covered with Velvet these persons following viz. § 96. Charles Earl of Doncaster eldest Son of James Duke of Monmouth Baron of Tinedale Viscount Doncaster and Knight of the most noble Order of the Garter natural Son to his present Mâ—jesty by the Lady Anne Daughter â—nd sole Heir to Francis Earl of Bucklugh in Scotland he died on the ninth of February 1673. aged one year five months and fifteen days § 97. Next to him lies the Dutchess of Southampton Daughter of Sir Henry Wood and Wife of Charles Fitz-Roy natural Son to King Charles II. Duke of Southampton Earl of Chichester Baron of Newbery and Knight of the most noble Order of the Garter § 98. By whom is posited Charles Fitz-Charles natural Son to his presâ—â—t Majesty Earl of Plymouth Viscount Totnes and Baron Dartmouth who in the Expedition of Tangier 1680. against the Moors fell sick of a Fever and died there but was afterwards brought and interred here § 9â— By him lies the noble Earl of Ossery one of the Privy Council to our Royal Sovereign Knight of the most noble Order of the Garter and eldest Son to James Duke of Ormond Lord Lieutenant of Ireland § 100. On the North side of this Chappel is another spacious Vault wherein are these following persons interred viz. The Lady Arabella Stuart whose Coffin wherein her Corps do repose is the furthest next the North Wall of this Vault much shattered and broken that her Skull and great part of her body may be seen she was only Daughter and Heir to Charles Earl of Levenox by the Daughter of Sir William Cavendish Knight and Cousin-German to King James § 101. Upon this of the Lady Arabella is placed the Chest or Leaden Coffin wherein Mary Queen of Scots Mother to King James who was decollated by Queen Elizabeth and was brought from Peterborough hither as I have said before lies intombed § 102. Nigher the entrance of the Vault by the same North Wall is the leaden Chest of Henry Duke of Glocester fourth Son to King Charles I. and youngest Brother to his present Majesty who died of the small Pox soon after the restauration anno 1660. § 103. On this Coffin of Prince Henry Duke of Glocester lies Henry Frederick his Uncle â—ho was the â—â—dest Son of King James and Prince of Wales the lâ—â—â— or case wherein â—is body â—â— unwrapped is shaped after the figure of his body and so to be distinguished â—â—om the rest of the Coffins iâ— th◠〈…〉 Vault he died in the 〈…〉 bowels arâ— buried in 〈…〉 of the Vault aâ— the
under which lies Thomas of Woodstock sixth Son to King Edward III. who was Earl of Buckingham and Duke of Glocester a man of great Nobility and Renown whom Richard II. his Nephew betrayed and afterwards caused him to be barbarously murthered at Calis anno 1397. He married Elenore one of the Daughters and Co-heirs of Humphrey de Bohun Earl of Hereford and Essex who lieth buried in St. Edmunds Chappel as I have declared before by whom he had Issue one Son and three Daughters viz. Humphrey who died without Issue Anne who was Wife of Edmund Earl of Stafford Joan who died unmarried and Isabel who was a Nun at the Minoresses in London § 153. Towards the North side of this Chappel at the foot of the Tomb of King Edward I. is another large grey Marble stone fairly set forth with fine ingraved brass whereon is the Effigies of a Bishop in the Vestments of his Office with a Miter on his head and a Pastoral staff in his right hand with the Pictures of the twelve Apostles divided and embroidered on either side of him and other artificial Imagery work about it the Epitaph round the Ledge being worn away but was here placed by the command of Richard II. whose Favourite he was to the memory of John Waltham the twenty sixth Bishop of Salisbury anno 1388. He was constituted Master of the Rolles 1382 then Keeper of the Privy Seal and in the year 1391. Lord High Treasurer of England in which Office he continued until his death which hapned in the year 1395. and was buried in this place § 154. Here is likewise on the West side the Feretory of St. Edward hard by the Skreen that separates the High Altar from this Chappel the Chair or Seat whereon our Kings are accustomed to be Inaugurated and Crowned It appears extreamly antient both in its fashion and materials being made of solid hard firm wood with a back and sides of the same under whose Seat supported by four Lions curiously carved insteed of feet lies that so much famed stone whereon the Patriarch Jacob is said to have reposed his head in the Plain of Luza it is of a blewish steel-like colour mix'd with some eyes of red triangular rather than any other form and being broken resembles a Peble The ruines of the Chair it self shews that heretofore it hath been fairly painted and gilt with Gold but at present it is much defaced you have a small Table of Verses hanging thereon but by reason they give us little light concerning the antient story of this stone and Chair I shall trouble your patience with a short Narrative thereof which is reported to have been first in Gallicia of Spain at Brigantia where Gathel King of Scots there sate on it as his Throne Thence it was brought into Ireland by Simon Brech first King of Scots who transplanted it into that Isle about seven hundred years before Christ It was brought out of Ireland by King Ferguze abut 370 years afterwards into Scotland and in the year of our Lord 850 was placed at the Abby of Scone in the Sheriffdom of Perth by King Kenneth where the Coronation of his Ancestors usually had been celebrated who caused this Distich to be ingraven upon it Ni fallat vatum c. And to be inclosed in this wooden Chair Afterwards when Edward I. King of England had overcome John Balliol King of Scots in many Battels he returned in the year 1297 to England bringing with him great Spoyls among which this Throne with the Crown and Scepter of their Kings were likewise taken and offered by him here at the Shrine of St. Edward and ever since hath been made use on as the accustomed Throne whereon our Kings do usually â—it on the days of their Inauguration As to the Prophesie insculpt on this Stone it seems happily to be accomplished sometime since when James VI. King of Scotland came to the Imperial Crown of England whose Grandson and Heir King Charles II. our present Sovereign now enjoys it § 195. The North side of this Chappel is taken up by three noble Tombs That towards the West is a plain Monument of grey Marble raised about five foot from the ground being on the right hand of the entrance without any Inscription or adornments more than a Table of Verses hanging by to inform you that Edward I. King of England Duke of Normandy and Aquitaine Lord of Ireland and Son to King Henry III. by Eleanor Daughter to the Earl of Province lies there intombed He took to Wife Eleanor Daughter to Ferdinand III. King of Castile and Lions who warred often with the Scots and that successively won Barwick c. and in the years 1308. died and was buried here § 156. Eleanora first Wife to this Edward King of England lies under that neat Tomb Northeast of the Feretory of St. Edward whose Pedestal is composed of Freestone and grey Marble whereon are the Arms of England Castile Leon and Pontois ingraven with a Sepulchre painted on the backside to be seen in the Area with divers Monks praying thereat all in plano on this Tomb is her Image in curious wrought Brass gilt with Gold her hair dishevelled and falling in very comly order on her shoulders her head crowned under a â—ine Canopy supported by two Cherubims of the same curious gilded Brass half encompassed on her left side with a screen of Iron wrought through in divers pleasant forms and delightful figures an Epitaph carved on the ledge in French and a Table hanging by in Latine and English Rhime to tell us further that she was only Daughter to Ferdinand III. King of Castile and Leon by Joan his second Wife Heir to Guydo Earl of Ponthieu by which the Earldom of Ponthieu devolved of right to the Kings of England She was Mother of King Edward II. and died in the year 1298. § 157. Between these two lie the Father of this Edward King of England viz. Henry III. under a most sumptuous Monument made Altar-wise of three ascents the first containing only a plain Pedestal of grey Marble wherein there be several Ambries and Lockiers made use of heretofore to lay up the Vestments and rich Copes belonging to the Altar of St. Edward The other is a composure of curious work framed of diverse coloured Marbles and glittering stones resembling those on the Feretory of S. Edward chequered and gilt with Gold supported at each corner by four twisted or Serpentine Columns of the same speckled Marble all brought from beyond the Seas by his Son Edward on purpose to adorn this his Fathers Sepulchre on the top whereof is placed his Image in his Royal Habiliments of solid Brass curiously wrought and gilt with Gold having a Lion at his feet an half Canopy over his head and an Epitaph in French round the ledge all of the same gilded Brass with a Table of Verses hanging by to let us know that this Henry King of England
Son of King John by Isabel Daughter to the Earl of Angolesme was a pious Prince and highly to be commended for all virtues He built the Chappel of our Lady as I have said elsewhere pulled down the Church of K. Edward and erected that which is now standing giving thereto many Royal Gifts of Copes Jewels and rich Vessels that it equalled in Riches all the Churches on this side the Alps he made a golden Chest and Coffin wherein to repose the Reliques of St. Edward adorned his Shrine translated his body into this Chappel prepared for him and was himself after he had reigned fifty six years and eighteen days buried on the North side thereof under this stately Monument anno 1273. § 158. There is another small Tomb of black and grey Marble on the North side of this Chappel at the feet of King Henry III. which hath formerly been adorned with Brass and a little Image thereon but at present there is nothing remaining but part of the Model being one Pillar thereof of the Chappel of King Henry VII to whose Daughter the Lady Elizabeth which he had by his Queen the Daughter of King Edward IV. this little Monument was placed who died in the year 1493. being not much above one year old and was buried under § 159. There are likewise on the South side of this Chappel or the Feretory of St. Edward three stately Monuments and one little Tomb. Towards the East lies Philippa Queen of England Wife to King Edward III. She hath a curious neat black Marble Tomb with her Image thereon of polished Alabaster her head crowned and supported by two Angels of the same round about the Pedestal are thirty sweetly carved Niches wherein had been placed as many Images with their Coats of Arms at their feet expressing who they were in Alabaster painted and gilt with Gold as the remains of some of them at this day declare which when intire were as follows At the head William Earl of Henault Father to the said Queen John King of France Edward III. King of England her Husband Lodowick the Emperour and Edward Prince of Wales her eldest Son At the feet the King of Navarre the King of Bohemia the King of Scotland the King of Sicily and the King of Spain On the left side of the Tomb Jone Queen of Scotland John of Eltham Earl of Cornwall Jone Princess of Wales Lionel Duke of Clarence Isabel Countess of Bedford John Duke of Lancaster Jone Dutchess of Clarence Edmund Earl of Cambridge Jone Dutchess of Lancaster and Thomas Earl of Buckingham On the right side the Empress Mother to the said Queen her Brother also Marcus Duke of Gelderland Eleanora Dutchess of Gelderland John Earl of Henault Mary Dutchess of Britain Lodowick Duke of Bavaria the Countess of Pembroke Charles Son to the King of France and the Duke of Brabant There is no Inscription or Epitaph about this Tomb but a Table of Verses in Latine and English Metre declaring her exemplary piety and virtues and that she was Daughter of William of Bavaria Earl of Henault who died in the year 1369. and was buried here § 160. By her in another sumptuous and noble Monument lies Edward III. her Husband whose Image all of solid Brass and gilt with Gold in his Royal Robes is placed on a frame of the same Brass circumscribed with an Epitaph in Latine and fixed to a Pedestal of grey Marble round about which are many little Images still remaining all of solid brass richly enamelled and gilt with Gold representing the Sons and Daughters of this mighty Prince on the right side was Edward Prince of Wales Jone of the Tower given in marriage to the King of Spain Lionel Duke of Clarence Edmund Duke of York Mary Dutchess of Britain and William of Hatfield On the left side Isabel Lady of Coucy William of Windsor John Duke of Lancaster Blanch of the Tower Margaret Countess of Pembroke and Thomas of Woodstock Duke of Glocester This Edward the third of that name King of England since the Conquest was Son to Edward II. by Isabel Daughter to Philip le Bell King of France whose Brother dying without Issue and she being the next Heir this King Edward first laid claim to the Crown of France in right of his Mother notwithstanding their Salique Law by which the Females are barred from the Inheritance and prosecuted the War so successfully that he won Calais recovered Aquitaine and Normandy took John King of France and David King of Scots Prisoners and adding the Arms and Title of France to his own after he had reigned fifty years he died and was buried here under this noble Monument having a Table of Verses affixed thereunto in English and Latine meeter § 161. At the head of King Edward III. is the other stately Monument on this South side the Feretory of St. Edward composed much after the like form with that foregoing having two Images placed on a frame and circumscribed with an Epitaph all of solid brass gilt with Gold on a Pedestal of grey Marble meanly adorned whereunto is a Table affixed informing us that Richard II. King of England and France and Lord of Ireland with his first Wife Anne who was Daughter to Wenceslaus King of Bohemia and Emperour of the Germans who died anno 1394. lie there interred This Richard was Son to Edward Prince of Wales by Jone Daughter to the Earl of Kent After he had reigned twenty two years he was deposed by Henry of Lancaster and not long after anno 1399. was murthered and buried at Langley among the Dominicans but in the year 1414. his body was removed from thence by Henry V. King of England and nobly intombed here at Westminster who caused to be erected this Monument over him § 162. Between this Tomb of King Richard and that of Edward III. is a little small raised Monument of grey Marble whereon hath been the Effigies of a Child engraven on Brass now taken away but so much of the Epitaph remaining whereby may be gathered that under that small Tomb lies Margaret Daughter and fifth Child to Edward IV. King of England and France and Lord of Ireland by the Lady Elizabeth his Wife who was born the nineteenth day of April Anno Dom. 1472. and died the eleventh of December following § 163. On this Tomb stands an old rusty Sword seven foot in length and eighteen pounds in weight with a Buckler or deep Shield which are reported to be made use on by Edward III. in his Wars in France and are placed on this Tomb adjoyning to his Monument as a remembrance thereof § 164. The East side of this Chappel of St. Edward is taken up by that magnificent Monument of Henry V. King of England enclosed within a small Chappel by it self arched of curious worked stone and set about with admirable carvings Intaglio's and devices as trees of Palm Harts Royal and Swans gorged with Crowns and chained
thereunto On the South side whereof is graved the Cavalcade and Ceremony of his own Coronation and on the North that of his Queens with the Archbishops Bishops and Nobility of the Realm assisting On each side the curious Iron doors composed of grate work beholding the Shrine of St. Edward are two large Statues of Mitered Abbots with several other lesser Images of holy men and devout women among the Primitive Christians in the adjoyning Niches In the Chappel it self is a raised Tomb of grey Marble whereon is nothing remaining but part of a wooden Image without the head which being made as it is said of Silver was sacrilegiously stolen from thence by the impious hands of some pretenders to Reformation who have likewise deprived and stripped it of the fine embroydered and gilded Plates of brass wherewith it was all over covered leaving us nothing now to behold but the frame to which they were affixed On the South side of this Tomb is a Wooden Chest or Coffin wherein part of the Skelleton and perched body of Katharine Valois his Qu. from the waste upwards is to be seen of whom many fabulous stories are reported for her lying here But the truth is that when Henry VII caused the old Chappel of our Lady at the entrance whereof this Queen was interred to be pulled down the Workmen finding her Coffin among others to be well nigh perished and decayed what remained of her body was taken thence and placed in this Capsula nigh her Husband where it hath continued ever since Which is not frequently shewn to any but as an especial favour by some of the chief Officers of the Church Over this Tomb is the Oratory or Chantry Chappel where the Obiits of this King and Queen used to be celebrated and their Anniversary's kept there being two doors on each side the entrance with stairs to ascend into the same where the Saddle which this heroick Prince used in the Wars in France with his Shield and other warlike furniture is to be seen On the backside of this noble Monument towards the Area hath been several paintings and other adornments which are now washed away and defaced but there is still remaining an antient Table in Latine and English meeter hanging thereon This Henry was the Son of Henry IV. King of England and France and Lord of Ireland who vanquished the French in many Battels was by his Father made Regent of France and after his death crowned King at Paris who having married Katharine Valois Daughter of Charles VI. King of France leaving Issue by her Henry VI. King of England c. he died anno 1422. and was buried here His Queen Katharine afterwards married Owen Teudor descended from Cadwallader the last King of the Britains by whom she had Edmund Earl of Richmond Father to King Henry VII Jasper Duke of Bedford and Edward a Monke of Westminster She died anno 1437. § 165. The West side of this Chappel of the Kings is wholly taken up by the Skreen that separates the high Altar from this place on the upper part whereof there is some indifferent Carving in Freestone wherein much of the Life of St. Edward and the antient History of this Church is represented There are two doors one on each side the same Skreen that serve more particularly on the days of the Coronation of our Kings and Queens for the conveniency of their retiring out of the body of the Church to refresh and recreate themselves here where likewise they are divested of the Crown and Robes of St. Edward by the Lord High Chamberlain of England after the Solemnity ended at the Altar and again arrayed in those rich and Royal Robes provided for them to wear that day for which end there is a Traverse erected here on those days of Solemnity covered with Tapistry and hung round with Arras for the greater splendour and Magnificence § 166. Coming back again down the same Stairs by which we ascended into this Chappel into the Area on the North side we may take notice of these few Monuments and Grave-stones against the the back of the Tomb of Aveline Countess of Lancaster is a small neat Monument of white Marble and Alabaster adorned with Arms and an Epitaph nigh which there is a large Grave-stone of black Marble on the Pavement both placed as a remembrance to that eminent and Loyal Prelate Brian Duppa Tutor to his present Majesty who was Dean of Christ-church Bishop of Chichester and Salisbury and upon the Restauration of the King to his Kingdoms after his Exile was made Bishop of Winchester and Prelate of the Garter who dying anno 1662. in the seventy fourth year of his age was interred here The Monument against the South Wall being but lately erected for him § 167. In this Area lies John Doughty S. T. D. and a Prebendary of this Church under a black Marble stone hard by the former he died anno 1672 aged seventy five years John Windsor Nephew to Sir William lies under a stone covered with plates of brass obiit 1414. By whom lies William Amundisham a Monk of Westminster under another plated stone he died anno 1420. A little higher is another fair Marble stone covered with brass plates and their Effigies graven thereon for two more Monks of the same Abby viz. Thomas Brown and Humphrey Roberts dying anno 1508. A fourth plated stone is here to be seen with Verses thereon for one William Couper belonging to the Archbishop of York Something lower is another Grave-stone for George Wild Esquire who died anno 1649. § 168. In the South Area hard by the Chappel of St. Nicolas towards the ascent of King Henry the Sevenths is a comely Monument of Alabaster and white Marble with an Urn placed on the top for to remember Sir Thomas Ingram Knight Chancellour of the Dutchy of Lancaster and one of his Majesties most honourable Privy Council he died anno 1671. There is a small Monument of Alabaster and black Marble adorned with Arms and gilt with Gold with the Busto or head of Richard Tufton Esquire between the Chappel of St. Edmund and St. Nicolas who died anno 1631 and had this Monument erected here by his Brother Sir Humphrey Tufton for him Against the North Wall on this side the Area adjoyning to the Tomb of Henry V. is another small Monument of Alabaster adorned with Arms and plates of brass several little Images carved thereon with his head in the midst of the same brass gilt for Robert Aiton Esquire famous for his Writings Embassies exemplary Charity who died at Whitehall anno 1638. § 169. On the Pavement are these Grave-stones towards the West James Cranfield Earl of Middlesex who died anno 1652. And Lionel Cranfield Earl of Middlesex one of the Bed-chamber to his present Majesty and second Son to Lionel who was Lord High Treasurer of England he died anno 1674. By whom likewise lies his
amoris officiosae pietatis testimonium moestissimus maritus Edwardus Comes Hertfordiae c. hoc monumentum multis cum lacrymis posuit consecravit Foy pour devoir Desir n'a Repos Here lieth intombed the noble Frances Countess of Hertford dear Spouse unto the noble Edward Earl of Hertford and Baron Beauchamp Son of 〈…〉 renowned Prince Edward Duke of Somerset Earl of Hertford Viscount Beauchamp and Baron Seymour A Lady descended of right noble Lineage being Daughter of the noble Lord William Baron Howard of Effingham Companion of the most famous Order of the Garter High Admiral to Queen Mary and Lord Chamberlain of the Houshold and Lord Privy Seal to Queen Elizabeth Son was he to the right noble Prince Thomas Duke of Norfolk and Earl of Surrey Earl Marshal of England and Father to the Noble Charles Earl of Nottingham and Baron Howard of Effingham of the said most noble Order of the Garter Knight and Lord High Admiral of England This Lady highly renowned for her many virtuous gifts and graces both of mind and body greatly favoured by her gratious Sovereign and dearly beloved of her Lord after long sickness in firm faith in Christ and constant patience departed this life at forty four years of age the fourteenth day of May anno 1598. in the fortieth year of the most happy Reign of our most gratious Sovereign Lady Queen Elizabeth To whose memory the said Earl her loving Lord and Husband much lamenting her death in testification of his great love towards her and of his careful diligence in this doleful duty doth consecrate this Monument Arms. viz. Cranfield On a pale three Flower-de-luces 2. On a saltire five Martlets 3. A Cheveron between three Scalop shells 4. On a bend three Martlets Imp. 1. and 4. Billette and a Fess Danzette 2. and 3. Five Roses in Saltire Crest to the first out of a Ducal Crown an Antelops head coped To the second a Griffons head and Wings charged with Flower-de-luces Supporters an Antelope and a Griffon 53. Epitaph viz. M. S. Lionelli Dom. Cranfield Middlesexiae Comitis à Jacobo sagacissimo Principe in aulam acciti pro nativo ingenii vigore amplis tum honoribus tum muneribus munificentissimè decorati à supplicum libellis rei vestiariae Orphanorum tutelae praefectus à sanctioribus consiliis subiit novissimae totius Angliae Thesaurariae splendidissimam atque lubricam provinciam in quibus quam sedulò navarit operam indicant tituli Equitis aurati Baronis de Cranfield Middlesexiae demum Comitis atque alii variè collati hinc gliscente invidiâ urgentur adversae rerum procellae dum animosè movet lucentes quae innocentiae conscientia fortè jactatus tamen non naufragiis enatavit sedatâ hieme figit Anchoram in re lautâ sereno senectutis ocio respiravit hîc depositus dum lassum prius jam luxatum corpus nauclerus ille resuscitatum infusiore navigio coelesti aeternitatis portu collocarit Obiit Augusti 6 anno 1645. aetate plus minus 70. Duas successivè conjuges accepit ex utrisque suscepit prolem Elizabetha Prior peperit foeminas Elizabetham hodie Comitissam de Maulgrave Martham Comitissam de Monmouth Mariam quae ante nuptias diem obiit ex Annâ relictâ hodie Comitissa de Middlesex communi tumulo modò Deus velit inhumandâ cujus apponitur effigies râ—ti sunt Jacobus honorum haeres Middlesexiae Comes Lionellus Edwardus superstites Alterius sexus Francisca Domina Buckhurst Susanna ante octennium denata infans haec Junii 25. 1647. Arms. viz. Westminster B. a cross Patonce between five Martlets Or on a chief of the last a pale quarterly France and England between two Roses Gules Impaling Goâ—mâ—n Parted per pale Ermine and B. an Eagle displayed with two heads Or on a Canton of the second a Martlet of the last 54. Epitaph viz. D. O. M. Gabriel Goodman Sacrae Theologiae Doctor Decanus hujus Ecclesiae quintus â—ai cum fumma laude 40. annos praefuisset Ruthiniae in Comit. Denbighensi ubi natus hospitalem fundasset Scholamque instituisset vitae sanctimonia Deo bonisque charus in coelestem patriam piè emigravit 17. Julii anno salutis 1601. aetatis suae 73. Arms. viz. Bill Ermine two Wood Bills in saltire on a chief a pale between two Pellicans heads erased charged with a Rose 55. Epitaph viz. Hic jacet Guliel Bill Theologiae Doctor Decanus Westmonast Primarius Collegii Aetonen Collegii Trinitatis apud Cantabrigiam Praefectus serenissimae Reginae Elizabethae summus Eleemosynarius Obiit 15 Julii Anno salutis 1561. Billus ipse bonus fuit virtutis Amator Et coluit doctos doctus ipse fuit Officii Custos erat atque Magister honesti Et bene perfecit multa loquendâ— paâ—um Patria prudentem fidum Regina ministrum Perdidit patrem pauper abesse gemit Et tria tale caput collegia moesta reliquit Quale diu rursus non habitura reor Aut ego dilexi nimium dum viveret illum Aut Patriae magno concidit ipse malo Arms. viz France and Englanâ— quarterly B. a cross Patonce between five Martleâ—s Or. Gules a cross pattee between three Crowns Or. The Archiepiscopal See of Canterbury The Episcopal See of Ely The Abby of Westminiter viz. Or on a chief indented B. a Crosier Staff and Miter of the first 56. Epitaph viz. Simon de Langham sub petris his tumulatus Istius Ecclesiae Monachus fuerit Prior Abbas Sede vacante fuit electus Londoniensis Praesul insignis Ely sed poâ—â—eâ— Primas Totius Regni magnus Regisque Minister Nam Thesaurarius Cancellarius ejus Ac Cardinalis in Roma Presbyter iste Posâ—que Praenestinus est factus Episcopus atque Nuncius ex parte Papae transmittitur ist huc Orbe dolente pater quem nunc revocare nequimus Magdalenae foesto milleno septuageno Etter centeno sexto Christi ruit anno Hunc Deus absolvat de cunctis quae mala â—essit Et meritis matris sibi coelica gaudia donet Arms. viz. Stokes Ermine three bars humett B. each charged with five ears of Corn Or quartering Or a Lion rampant Gules Impaling Brandon With quarterings viz. 1 and 4. barry often Arg. and Gules a Lion rampant Or crowned per pale of the first and second 2. and 3 quarterly 1. and 4. B. a cross moline Or. 2. and 3. bendy Lozengy Ermine and Gules On one side these Arms viz. France and England within a bordure Gobony Arg. and B. quartering Brandon with quarterings as before 57. Epitaph viz. Here lieth the Lady Frances Dutchess of Suffolk Daughter to Charles Brandon Duke of Suffolk and Mary the French Queen first Wife to Henry Duke of Suffolk and after to Adrian Stokes Esquire 1563. In clariss Dom. Franciscae Suffolciae quondam Ducissae Epicedion Nil deâ—us aut splendor nil regia nomina prosunt Splendida divitiis
nil juvat ampla domus Omnia fluxerunt virtutis sola remansit Gloria Tartareis non abolenda rogis Nupta duci priùs est uxor post Armigeri Stokes Funere nunc valeas consociata Deo Arms. viz. Holles Ermine two Piles in point sable quartering Argent a Lion rampant Gules 2. Sable a Crescent surmounted by a Mullet Arg. 3. Argent three Cheveronels sab Crest on a Torce of his colours a black head coped prop. bound about the forehead with a wreath Argent and B. 58. Epitaph viz. 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 thy self within this glass How soon those perish and thy self may pass Mans life is measured by the work not days No aged sloth but active youth hath praise Francisco Holles Juveni fortissimo qui ab exercitu è Belgio aeger regressus obiit Prid. Id. Augusti anno Dominic aetatis 1622. suae 18. Johannes Comes de Clare filio natu tertio merentissimo moerentissimus pater posuit Arms. viz. Russel Argent a Lion rampant Gules on a chief sable three escalop Shels Argent 2. B. a Câ—â—le and Fane Argent 3. Or two Barrulets Gules a cresc difference 4. Gules three Fishes hauriant barways Argent 5. Sable a Griffon Sergreant between three cross Croslets fitchy Argent 6. Sable three Cheverons Ermine a Crescent difference 7. Sable three Dove coats Argent 8. Argent on a cross Gules 5 Mullets Or Impaling Or a Cheveron Compony Gules and B. between three Cinqueâ—oyls of the last quartering 1. Sab. a Fess between three Pheons Argent 2. Or on the breast on an Eagle displayed with two heads B. a Flower-de-luce Arg. 3. Three Eaglets displ in bend between two Co 〈…〉 es 4. Gules a Fess compony Arg. and sab between six crosses patte fitchy in the foot Or. 5. Or two bends Gules 6. Bendy of ten Or and B. 7 B. a Lion rampant within a bordure Argent Crest to the first on a Torce of his colours a Goat passant Arg. armed and ungued Or Crest to the second on a Torce of his colours a Unicorns head coped Or between two Wings B. 59. Epitaph viz. Carmina aerumnosae Matris in superstiâ—es filias Plangite nunc natae nunc flebile fundite Carmen Occidit heu vâ—strae gloria sola domus Mors rapit i 〈…〉 t is storentem stemmate claro Prae ignem literis tum pietate patrem Haerâ—di comitis quin vos succrescite tali Ortu qui nituit sed bonitate magis 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Ejusdem in eundem Latinè Mors mea crudeli laniatur saucia morsu Cùm subit oblatae mortis Imago tuae Vere novo haeres comitis tu floris ad instar Vsque cadens miseras meque measque sacis Quippe decor vultus linguae moresque probati Tum doctrina perit sed viget alma fides Carmina aerumnosae Matris Dominae Elizabethae Russel in obitum filii En solamen avi patris pergrata voluptas Ipsa medulla mihi tristia fata tulit O utinam Mater jacuissem lumine cassa Solvissetque prior justa suprema mihi Conqueror at frustra statuit quia Numen ad ipsum Orbant terrenis sola superna petam In obitum honoratissimi viri Domini Johannis Russelii soceri sui charissimi Edw. Hobii Militis Epicedion Mors Russelle tibi somno suffudit ocellos Mens tamen in Coelis nescia mortis agit Qui vitam sanctam meliori sine peregit Vivit evicta morte superstes erit Quis qualis quantus fueris tua stemmata monstrant Integra vita docet morsque dolenda probat Sat sit privigno posuisse haec carmina pauca Tu sibi mente parens filius ille tibi Right noble twice by Virtue and by Birth Of Heaven lov'd and honour'd on the Earth His Countries hope his Kindreds chief delight My Husband dear more than this worlds 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 Arms. viz. Knowles B. a cross refercile voided and crucilly Or quartering Gules on a Cheveron Argent three Roses of the field Impaling Carey viz. Argent on a bend sab three Roses of the field 2. Sab. two bars nebule Ermine France and England within a bordure Gobony Arg. and B. 4. Gules a Fess between six cross Croslets Or. 5. Cheque Or and B. a Cheveron Ermine 6 Gules a Cheveron between ten crosses patte Arg. 7. Gules a Lion passant gardant Arg crowned Or 8. Arg. a Chev. Gules between three Bulls heads coped sab armed Or. 9. Quarterly Arg. and sab 10. Or a chief indent B. 11. Arg. a Lion rampant sab crowned Gules 12. B. a Fess between six cross Croslets Or. 13. Sab. three dexter hands coped at the Wrists Argent 14. Arg. on a chief sab three crosses patte fitchy Arg. 15. B. a fret Arg and chief Gules 16. Gules two bends wavy Or crests 1. On a Torce Or and B. a maidens head prop. 2. Crest on a Torce Arg. and sab a Swan prop. with wings expansed 60. Epitaph viz. The right honourable Lady Katharine Knowles chief Lady of the Queens Majesties Bed-chamber and Wife to Sir Francis Knowles Knight Treasurer of her Highness Houshold departed this life the fifteenth of January 1568. at Hampton-Court and was honourably buried in the floor of this Chappel This Lady Knowles and the Lord Hunsdon her Brother were the Children of William Carey Esquire and of the Lady Mary his Wife one of the Daughters and Heirs to Thomas Bullen Earl of Wiltshire and Ormond which Lady Mary was Sister to Anne Queen of England Wife to King Henry VIII Father anâ— Mother to Elizabeth Queen of England Quae Francisce fuit tibi conjux en Katherina Mâ—râ—ua sub gelido marmore Knollae jacet Excidâ— ex animo tibi mortua sat scio nunquam Viva 〈…〉 vâ—vo semper amata fuit Illa tibi 〈…〉 es sex bis quinque marito Protulit aequalis foemina masque fuit Haec tecum multos utinam vixisset in aunos Et tua nunc conjux facta fuisset anus Noluit at Deus hoc voluit sed sponsa maritum In coelis maneas O Katherina tuum Armes viz. Seymour Or on a pile Gules between six Flower-de-luces B. three Lions of England this being an augmentation Coat 2. Gules two Wings conjoyned in lewre pendant Or. 3. Varry 4. Arg. three demy Lions ramp Gules 5. Parted per bend Arg. and Gules three roses in bend counterchanged 6. Arg. on a bend Gules three Leopards heads Or Crest out of a ducal Crown Or a Phenix burning in her nest
prop. 61. Epitaph viz. The noble Lady Jane Seymour Daughter to the renowned Prince Edward Duke of Somerset Earl of Hertford Viscount Beauchampe Baron Seymour and to the right noble Lady Anne Dutchess of Somerset his Wife departed this life in her Virginity at the age of nineteen years the nineteenth of March Anno 1560. in the second year of the most happy Reign of Queen Elizabeth and was honourably buried in the floor of this Chappel to whose memory Edward Earl of Hertford and Baron Beauchamp her dear Brother hath caused this Monument to be made Arms. viz. Pecksal Argent on a cross flory ingrailed sab between four Cornish Choughs prop. a Mullet diff Or Crest on a Torce of his colours a Blacks head coped prop. On one side Pecksall As before Impaling Pawlet viz. Sab. three swords points in point Arg. Hilts and Pomels Or. On the other Pecksall As before Impaling Cotgrave Viz. Gules a Fess danzette Ermine between three Bugle horns stringed Or. Round about the Tomb. Cotgrave As before Impaling Arg. 4. Ermine in cross Crescents diff Cotgrave Impaling B An Eagle displaied Argent Cotgrave As before Impaling Gules a Lion rampant between three cross Croslets fitchy Or. Pawlet Impaling barry of 6. Ermine and Gules Pawlet Impaling Gules three Water budgets Erm. Paâ—â—eâ— With a Crescent difference impaling Pâ—wlet Pecksall Impaling sab a Lion ramp gardant Or. Then Gules three Bugle horns Or. Arg. on a chief Gules two Mullets pierced Or. Gules three Pheons Argent Guâ—es three câ—ose Helmets Or. The last impaling Arg. two bars sab a Crescent diff Barry of six Or and Vert a bendlet Gules Gules two close Helmets in chief Arg. and a garbe in base Or. Impalin Gules a Lion ramp within a bordure ring Or. 62. Epitaph viz. Deo Posteris Gloriosam in Christo resurrectionem hic expectat Richardus Pecksall Eques auratus prudentia probitate clarissimus Qui primo duxit Aeleonoram filiam Gulielmi Paulet Marchionis Wintoniae summi Angliae Thesaurarii quae illi quatuor filias peperit postea Aeleonoram filiam J. Cotgrave quae Johanni Sauvage Equiti aurato de comitatu Cestriae renupta conjugi charissimo officiosae pietatis ergo in perpetuam fidei conjugalis memoriam hoc monumentum suis sumptibus Libens Lubensque posuit Nascendo morimur vita altera morte paratur Non mors sejungat quos Christus junxit amore Amplior in coelo domus est ne crede caducis Ut vivas vitae sit tibi cura tuae Arms. viz. Bourchier A cross ingrailed between four waterboudgets quartering billette and a Fess over all a file of three Impaling a Cheveron between three Griffons heads erased 2. Three Barrulets a bend ingrailed 3. Three Crescents 4. A Fess between two Cheverons 5. Three Cheveronels 6. Three Flower-de-luces within a bordure 63. Epitaph viz. Hic pugil ecce jacens Bernet fera bella cupiscens Certat ut Aeacides fit saucius undique Miles Vi cecidit vulnus Mars porrigit arma cruore Sparsim tincta rubent dolor en lacrymabilis hora Lumine nempè cadit quo Christus morte resurgit Bourchier Humfridus clara propagine dictus Edwardi Regis qui tertius est vocitatus John Domini Barners proles parvulus haeres Quartus Edwardus belli tenet ecce triumphum Quo perit Humfridus ut regis vernula verus Cyronomon mensae sponsae Regis fuit iste Elizabeth sibi sic sua virtus crescit honore Armis conspicuus quondam charusque Britannis Hic fuit ut coelis vivat deposcite votis Arms. viz. France and England within a bordure quarterly Impaling a bend cottised between six Lions rampant quartering two bends Then the second Coat Impaling quarterly first and fourth a Lion rampant second and third Cheque 64. Epitaph viz. Cy gist Eleonore de Bohun eisne fille un des heirs l' honorable Seigneur Mons Humfrey de Bohun Conte de Hereforde d' Essex de Northampton Conestable d' Engleterre Femme à puissant noble Prince Thomas de Woodstock Fitz à tres excellent trepuissant Seigneur Edwarde Roi d' Engleterre puis le conquest tierz Duc de Gloucestre Counte d' Essexie de Buckingham Constable d' Engleterre que morrust le tiers jour d' October l' an du grace M. CCC XC IX de qi alme Dieux face Mercy Amen 65. Epitaph viz. Hic jacet Bernardus Brocas miles quondam Cam. Anne Regine Angl. ........................................................... Arms. viz. Talbot Gules a Lion rampant within a bordure ingrailed Or. 2. B. a Lion rampant within a bordure Or. 3. Bendy of ten Argent and Gules 4. Gules three Garbs within a bordure of Scotland Or. 5. Barulle Arg. and B. an orle of Martlets Gules 6. Or three Escutcheons varry each charged with three Barrulets Gules 7. Parted per pale Or. and vert a Lion rampant Gules 8. Gules two Lions passant Argent 9. Gules three Lions passant Argent 10. Cheque Or and B. a bendlet Gules 11. Gules on a Saltire Argent a Martlet sab 12. Or fretty of eight pieces Gule on a Canton parted per pale Ermine and the first a Ship at anchor sab 13. Gules a Lion rampant Or. billette sab 14. Arg. a bend between six Martlets Gules 5. Or a fret Gules 16. Argent a Lion ram parted per Fess Gules and sable Crest on a Chapau Gules turned up Ermine a Lion passant Or. Supporters two Talbots Argent Motto Prest da Compie On one side Talbot as before Impaling Nevil Gules on a saltire Arg. a Martlet sab Talbot and Ormond viz Or a chief indented B. Talbot and Stafford viz. 1. France and England quarterly a bordure Argent 2. and 3. B. a bend Arg. cottised between six Lions ramp Or. 4. Or a a Cheveron Gules Talbot and 〈…〉 gs viz. Argent a Manch sable Talbot and ...... viz. Gules 3 Escalops Arg. Tâ—â—boâ— and â—â—â—lanâ— viz. Or two bars B. on a chief quarterly of the last and Gules in the first and fourth quarter two Flower-de-luces and in the second and third a Lion of England all of the field On the other side Ogle viz. Arg. a Fess between three Crescents Gules 2. Or an Orle B. 3. Or an Eagle diplayed vert crowned Argent 4 Argent two bars and Canton Gules thereon a cross moline Or. Impaling Carnâ—by viz. Arg. two bars B. and three hearts in chief quartering parted per pale G. and B. a Lion ramp gardant Or. Ogle and Radcliff viz. Argent two bends ingrailed sab Ogle and Lâ—mley viz. Argent a Fess Gules between three Parrots vert collared Or. Ogle and Gascoâ—â— viz. Argent on a pale sab a Congers head coped Or Ogle and Rirkeby viz. Argent two bars and Canton Gules thereon a cross moline Or. Ogle and Hâ—lton viz. 1. and 4. Argent two bars B. 2. Gules 6. Annulets Or. 3. Sab. three Swords their Hilts and Pomels meeting in the Nombrill and their points extended to the
viri titulo Baronis regni nobilitati facta est Baronissa de Burghley multos ei peperit liberos sed tres tantùm qui ad aetatem adultam pervenerunt nimirum Annam Robertum Elizabetham Anna conjuncta fuit connubio Edw. Comiti Oxoniae ut hic supra patet Robertus jam vivit hîc ad pedes matris ac sororis genibus flexis Elizabetha moritur statim à morte viri Gulielmi Wentworthi primogeniti filii Tho. Domini Wentworth sicut supra à patre commemoratur Ista pia D. Burghleia vixit ad aetatem sexaginta trium annorum multaque testimonia reliquit pictatis in Deum charitatis in doctos pauperes quae dum vixerat celavit sub aliorum virorum bonorum nominibus quae tamen coram Deo fuerunt tam cognita etiam post vitam sine ullo dubio in Coelis sibi certò reposita Obiit verò supremum diem quarto die mensis Aprilis Anno 1589. in aedibus viri sui Dom. Burghleii Westmonasterii Domina Elizabeth Vere filia illustrissima Comitis Edwardi Oxon. Annae uxoris filia Domini de Burghley nata 22. Junii anno 1575. agitque annum 14. dolet gravitèr non sine causa ob amissam aviam matrem sed consolatur quod serâ—â—â—ssâ—ma Regina eam habet in cubicâ—lo privato servientem Dom. Brigitta secunda filia dicti Comitis Oxon. Annae nata sexto Aprilis anno 1584. quanquam vix excessit annum quartum â—um mâ—â—râ—s corpus in sepulchrum reponerâ—tâ—r tamen nâ—n absque lacrymis agnovit â—reptam matrem paâ—lò post aviam Verâ—m non â—st relâ—cta Orphana cùm habeat patrem vive 〈…〉 Avum charissimum â—â—torem maximè sollicitum Domina Susanna tertia filia nata 26. Maii anno 1587. quae per aetatem non potuit agnosâ—â—re aut aviam aut matrem verùm solum jam agnoscit Avum charissimum qui omnium harum curam habet ita ut nec pia eduâ—atione nec congrâ—a vivendi ratione destituâ—ntur Arms. The Episcopal See of Dâ—tham viz. A Cross between four Lions rampant Impaling Duâ—lâ—y with quarterings viz. 1. and 4. Two Lions passant in pale bar-ways 2. and 3 A cross patonce 76. Epitaph viz. Hic jacet Guilielmus de Dudley e familia Baronum de Dudley Dunelm Episcopus obiit Anno Dom .................. Arms. Paulet With quarterings viz. Sab. three swords points in point Arg. Hilts and Pomels Or. 2. B. six Mascalls three and three Argent 3. G two Lions passant gardant Argent 4. Barry of six Erm. and Gules 5. Barry of six Or and Vert a bendlet Gules 6. Arg. a Fess G. between six Lions ramp B. 7. Or two Cheverons and Canton Gules 8. Or a Cross voided Gules 9. Arg. on a chief G. two Mullets pierced Or. 10. Barry of six Or and B a saltire Gules 11. Arg. two bars and in chief an Escutcheon Gules 12. Arg. a Fess and three Martlets in chief Gules 13. B. a Fess between three Flower-de-luces Or. 14. Gules three water-bougets Erm. 15. Arg a Fret and Canton sab 16. Argent six Martlets sab 3. 2. 1. Impaling Bruges viz. 1. and 4. Arg. on a Cross sab a Leopards head Or. 2. Arg. a Fess between three Martlets sab 3. Arg. three Hatchets prop. Handles G. 77. Epitaph viz. Hic jacet in tumulo clarissima foemina primùm Fortunata bonis clarisque parentibus illi Sollicitè aetatem tenerae slexere puellae Ad studium verae virtutis optima facta Externo addentes internum lumen honori Post adolescentis foelicior extitit aetas Cùm matura viro veteri de stemmate nupsit Qui genus à proavis longè ante trophaea Gulielmi Normanas que acies patria de gente trahebat Quo cumjucundè transegit tempora vitae Donec mors illum rapuit post fata mariti Moesta diu vitam tenebris luctuque trahehat Sed melior tandem viduam fortuna revisit Nobilitate potens ubi Marchio amabilis illam Connubio accepit fâ—rmo propriamque dicavit At nunc ter foelix transcendit spiritus astra Cumque suo regnat coluit quem ante omnia Christo Arms. Dur Eboraci viz. France and England quarterly a file of three each Label charged with three Torteaux Impaling Mohun viz. Or a Cross ingrailed sable On one side Fitz walter viz. Or a Fess between two Cheverons Gules Impaling Mohun as before On the other Golofre viz. Barry Nebulee of eight Argent and Gules on a bend sable three Bezanâ—s Impaling Mohun as before 78. Epitaph viz. Philippa filia cohaeres Johannis Dom. Mohun de Dunster uxor Edwardi Ducis Eboracensis moritur Anno Dom. 1474. Armes Stanly With quarterings viz. 1. Quarterly first and fourth on a bend three Bucks heads cabosed Second and third on a chief indented three roundles 2. A Cheveron between three Martlets 3. Two Houboys Cheveron-ways and nine cross Croslets 4. Three Lions passant in pale barways 79. Epitaph viz. Hic jacet Humfridus Stanley miles pro corpore excellentissimi Principis Henrici septimi Regis Angliae qui obiit 12. Martii anno Dom. millessimo quingentessimo quinto cujus animae propitietur Deus Amen Arms. Vâ—lâ—â—â— With quarterings viz. On a Cross five Escalop shells 2. A Fess between three Cinqfoyls 3. Six Lions rampant 4. Three Martlets 5. A Cheveron between three cross Croslets sitâ—hy 6. Parted per pale a Lion rampant 7. A bend between six â—ullets of six points 8. A Cross in the first and last quarter an annulet These three Crests on as many Helms and Torces viz. 1. A Lion rampant crowned 2. A plume of Ostrich feathers 3. A Sâ—aggs head erased billette At the feet in a Lozenge Shield these Beaumont With quarterings viz. Semy de Flower-de-luces and a Lion rampant 2. A Cross potent between four Crosetts 3. Three Garbs 4. A Cross 5. Seven Mascals conjoyned 6. A Cinq'foyle Ermine 7. Fretty of eight pieces and bordure round'lee 8. A pale 9. A Lion ramp crowned 10. Semy Flower-de-luces and fretty 11. Three piles in point on the midst an Escutcheon 12. A Lion rampant 13. A Saltire 14. Three Garbs 15. A Wolves head erased 16. An Eagle displayed 17. A Lion rampant 18. A Fess between three Cinq'foyls 19. Three Cockatriâ—â—s displayed 20 On a Cheveron three Boars heads erased â—upported by two Lions rampant 80. Epitaph viz. Bonae Memoriae Georgio Villerio Equiti aurato marito B. M. juxta se P. charissima conjux Maria Comitissa Buckinghamiae S. P. F. F. D. O. M. Ossa Mariae de Bellomonte Comitissae Buckinghamiae è quinque potentissimorum totius Europa regnorum Regibus idque per totidem immediatos descensus oriundus Vixit annos 62. menses 11. dies 19. hoc mon. V. I. C. Arms. Harle viz. Argent two pales sable â—oboâ—â— viz. Or five piles wavy three descending from the chief and two ascending from the base Gules on a chief B a
Lion passant of the field 81. Epitaph viz. D. O. M. Adsta Vâ—ator misertus humanae sortis haec pâ—rlege Annae Sophiae primo aetatis diluculo festinâ fatorum saevitiâ extinctae corculum in hac urna jussit recondi Christopherus Harlaeus A. F. Bellomonte comes Praefect Palat. Paris à secretis Reg. consiliar nunc apud S. Magnae Britanniae Reg. Christianiss Gal. Regis legatus una cum uxore dilectis Anna Robota hoc leve graviss luctus monumentum manibus chariss filiolae posteritatis memoriam pietatis laudem melioris vitae expectationem ambo parentes junctis lacrymis moestiss P. anno Domini 1605. Hoc te volebam abi vale Quod nuper igne spiritali turgidum Vitam ciebat aureo in corpusculo Tactum potente conditoris dextera Isto recumbit frigidum cor marmore Solo creatum flosculum Britannico Suo revulsum corde corculum pater Vltro relinquens proprâ—is natalibus Custodiendum pignus urnae credidit Donec remissa lenis aura â—oelitus Venis redonet palpitare denuo Et membra cordi copulata in posterum Non separanda coelitum inserat choro Arms. France and England quarterly Impaling quarterly 1. France and England quarterly 2. and 3. A Cross 4. Barry of six an Escutcheon on a chief a Pallet between two Esquires based dexter and sinister all within the Order of St. George viz. the Garter supported by a Dragon and a Greyhound collared 82. Epitaph viz. Septimus Henricus tumulo requiescit in isto Qui Regum splendor lumen orbis erat Rex vigil sapiens comes virtutis amator Egregius forma strenuus atque potens Qui peperit pacem regno qui bella peregit Plurima qui victor semper ab hoste redit Qui natas binis conjunxit Regibus ambas Regibus cunctis foedere junctus erat Qui sacrum hoc struxit templum statuitque sepulchrum Pro se proque sua conjuge proque domo Lustra decem atque annos tres plus compleverit annis Nam tribus octenis regia sceptra tulit Quindecies domini centenus fluxerat annus Currebat nonus cum venit atra dies Septima ter mensis lux tunc fulgebat Aprilis Cum clausit summum tanta corona diem Nulla dedere prius tantum tibi saecula Regem Anglia vix similem posteriora dabunt Septimus hic situs est Henricus Gloria Regum Cunctorum ipsius qui tempestate fuerunt Ingenio atque opibus gestarum nomine rerum Accessere quibus naturae dona benignae Frontis honos facies augusta Heroica forma Junctaque ei suavis conjux perpulchra pudica Et foecunda fuit foelices prole parentes Henricum quibus octavum terra Anglia debes Hic jacet Henricus ejus Nominis septimus Angliae quondam Rex Edmundi Richmondiae comitis filius qui die 22. Augusti Rex creatus statim post apud Westmonasterium die 30. Octobris Coronatur Anno Domini 1485. moritur deinde 21. die Aprilis anno aetatis 53 Regnavit annos 23. menses 8. minus uno die Hic jacet Regina Elizabetha Edwardi quarti quondam Regis filia Edwardi quinti Regis quondam nominati soror Henrici septimi olim Regis conjux atque Henrici Octavi Regis mater inclyta Obiit autem suum diem in Turri Londoniarum die 2. Febr. Anno Dom. 1502. 37 annorum aetate functa EULOGIUM Per Skeltonida laureatum Oratorem Regium Huc pia Calliope propera mea casta puella Et mecum resona carmina plena Deo Septimus Henricus Britonum memorabilis heros Anglica terra tuus magnanimus Priamus Attalus hic opibus rigidus Cato clarus Acestes Sub gelido clausus marmore jam recubat Sic honor omnis opes probitas sic gloria Regum Omnia mutabunt mortis ad imperium Anglia num lacrymas rides lacrymare quid obstas Dum vixit lacrymas dum moritur jubilas Tanta tamen penses dum vixerat Angligenenses Vibrabant enses bella nec ulla timent Vndique bella fremunt nunc undique praelia surgunt Noster honor solus filius ecce suus Noster honor solus qui pondera tanta subire Non timet intrepidus arma gerenda vocat Arma gerenda vocat superi sua coepta secundent Vt quatiat Pallas aegida saepe rogat Sâ—rs tamen est versanda diù sors ultima belli Mirmidonum Dominus Marte silente ruit Et quem non valuit validis superare sub armis Mars tamen occubuit insidiis Paridis Nos incerta quidem pro certis ponere rebus Arguit prohibet Delius ipse pater Omnia sunt hominum dubio labentia fato Marte sub incerto militat omnis homo Omne decus nostrum nostra spes unica tantùm Jam bene qui regnat hunc Jovis umbra tegat Vt quamvis mentem labor est inhibere volentem Pauca tamen liceat dicere pace sua Pace tua liceat mihi nunc tibi dicere pauca Dulce meum decus sola Britanna salus Summa rei nostrae remanet celeberrime Princeps In te praecipuo qui modò sceptra geris Si tibi fata favent faveant precor atque precabor Anglia tunc plaude sin minùs ipsa vale Polichronitudo Basileos Tetrastichon veritatis Foelix qui bustum formasti Rex tibi cuprum Auro si tectus fueras fueras spoliatus Nudus prostratus tanta est rabiosa cupido Vndique nummorum Rex pace precor requiescas Amen Orator Regius Skeltonis laureatus in singulare meritissimumque praeconium nobilissimi Principis Henrici septimi nuper strenuissimi Regis Angliae hoc Epitaphium edidit Ad sinceram contemplationem Reverendi in Christo Patris ac Domini Johannis Islippe Abbatis Westmonasteriensis optimè meriti Anno Domini 1512. pridie Divi Andreae Apostoli c. Tristia Melpomenes cogor modò plectra sonare Hos Elegos foveat Cynthius ille meos Si quas fata movent lachrymas lacrymare videtur Jam bene maturum si bene mente sapis Flos Britonum Regum speculum Salomonis imagâ— Septimus Henricus mole sub hac tegitur Punica dum regnat redolens rosa digna vocari Jamjam marâ—eâ—câ—â— ceâ—levis umbra fugit Multa noverâ—anâ—â—s â—ortunae multa faventis Passus inâ—ractus tempus utrunque tulit Nobilis Anchises armis metuendus Atrides Hic erat hunc Scotus Rex timuit Jacobus Spiramenta animae vegetans dum vescitur aura Francorum populus conticuit pavidus Immensas sive divitias cumulasse quid horres Ni cumulasset opes forte Britanne luas Vrgentes casus tacita si mente volutes Vix tibi sufficeret aurea ripa Tagi Ni sua te probitas consulta mente laborans Rexisset satiùs vix tibi tuta salus Sed quid plura cano meditans quid plura voluto Quisque vigil sibi sit mors sine lege rapit Ad Dominum qui cuncta
regit pro principe tanto Funde preces quisquis carmina nostra legis Rifrigerii sedem quietis Beatudinem Luminis habeat claritatem Amen Arms. France and England quarterly Impaling semi de Flower-de-luces France and England quarterly Impaling Quarterly 1. France and England quarterly 2. and 3 A Cross 4. Barry of six an Escutcheon on a chief a pale between two Esquires based dexter and sininister France and England Impal Quarterly 1. and 4. Quarterly 1. and 4. A Castle 2 and 3. A Lion ramp 2. and 3. Three Pallets Impal four Pallets and two Flanches each charged with an Eagle displayed Quarterly 1. and 4. Quarterly 1. and 4. on a bend three Bucks heads cabosed 2. On a chief indented three roundles 3. Cheque 2 and 3. Three armed Legs conjoyned in triangle over all an Escutcheon of pretence thereon a Lion rampant all these Impaling France and England quarterly within a bordure Gobony 83. Epitaph viz. Margaretae Richmondiae septimi Henrici matri Octavi aviae quae stipendia constituit tribus hoc câ—nobio monachis doctori Grammatices apud Wimborn perque Angliam totam divini verbi praeconi duobus item interpretibus literarum sacrarum alteri Oxoniis alteri Cantabrigiae ubi collegia duo Christo Iohanni ejus discipulo struxit Moritur An. Dom. 1509 tertio Calend. Iulii Elegia In serenissimae Principis Dominae Dominae Margaretae nuper Comitissae de Derby strenuissimi Regis Henrici septimi Matris sunebre ministerium per Skeltonida laureatum Oratorem Regium 16 die mensis Augusti Anno salutis 1516. Aspirate meis Elegis pia turma sororum Et Margaretam collacrimate piam Hac sub mole latet Regis celeberrima mater Henrici magni quem locus iste fovet Quem locus iste sacer celebri celebrat Polyandro Illius en genitrix hac tumulatur humo Cui cedat Tanaquil Titus banc super astra reportet Cedat Penelope carus Ulissis amor Haec Abigail velut Hester erat pietate secunda En tres jam procerâ—s nobilitate pares Pro domina precor implora pro principe tanta Flecte Deum precibus qui legis hos apices Plura referre piget calamus torpore rigesâ—it Dormit Moecenas negligitur probitas Nec juvat aut modicum prodest nunc ultima versu Fata recensere mortua mors reor est Quaeris quid decus est Decus est modo dicier hircus Cedit honos hirco cedit honorque capro Falleris ipse Charon iterum surrexit Abyron Et Stygios remos despicit ille tuos Vivitur ex voto mentis praecordia tangunt Nulla sepulchra ducum nec monumenta patrum Non Regum non ulla hominum labentia fato Tempora nec totiens mortua turba ruens Hinc statuo certè periture parcere chartae Seu Juvenalis ovat eximius Satyrus Distichon execrationis in fagolidoros Qui lacerat violatque rapit praesens Epitoma Hunc laceretque voret Cerberus absque mora Hanc tecum statuas Dominam precor O sator orbis Quo regnas rutilans Rex sine fine maneâ—s CALON AGATON CUM ARETA RE IN PA. Arms. Quarterly 1. and 4. quarterly 1. and 4. France within a bordure Gules semi de fâ—rmaulx Or. 2 and â— Or a Fess Chequee Arg. and B. within a bordure ingrailed Gules Over all an Escutcheon of pretence Arg. thereon a Saltire ingrailed between four Cinq'soyles Gules Over all a file of three Argent 2. Gules three armed Legs joyned in triangle prop. 3. Gules three Lions rampant Argent Impaling Scotland Supporters a Fox and a Unicorn Motto In my defence At the feet in a Lozenge Shield these Arms viz. Quarterly 1. B. a Lion ramp Arg. crowned Or. 2. Or a Lion rampant Gules 3. Or five piles meeting in point B. 4. Or a Fess Chequee Arg. B. on a bend Gules three Fermaux of the field Over all an Escutcheon of pretence Arg. Thereon a mans heart Gules on a chief B. three Mullets Or. Supporters a Savage man and a Buck. Motto Jamaiâ— Darâ—iere 84. Epitaph viz. Margaretae Duglasiae Matthaei Stuarti Levonisiae comitis uxori Henrici VII Angliae Regis ex filia nepti potentiss Regibus cognatione conjunctissimae Jacobi VI. Scotorum Regis Aviae matronae sanctissimis morib invicta animi patientia incomparabili P. Margareta Potens virtute potentior ortu Regibus ac proavis nobilitata suis Inde Caledoniis australibus inde Britannis Edita principibus principibusque parens Quae mortis fuerant solvit laetissima morti Atque Deum petiit nam fuit anâ—e Dâ—i Henry second Son to this Lady was King of Scots and Father to James VI. now King This Henry was murthered at the age of 21 years and is here entombed Absolutum cura Thomae Fowler hujus Domini Executoris Octob. 24. 1578. Here lieth the noble Lady Margaret Countess of Levenox Daughter and sole Heir of Archibald Earl of Angus by Margaret Queen of Scots his Wife that was eldest Daughter to King Henry VII who bare unto Matthew Earl of Levenox her Husband four Sons and four Daughters This Lady had to her Great-Grandfather King Edward IV. to her Grandfather King Henry VII to her Uncle King Henry VIII to her Cousin-German King Edward VI. to her brother King James of Scotland the Fifth to her Son King Henry I. and to her Grandchild King James VI. Having to her Great-grand mother and Grand-mother two Queens both named Elizabeth to her Mother Margaret Queen of Scots to her Aunt Mary the French Queen to her Cousin-Germans Mary and Elizabeth Queens of England to her Niece and Daughter-in-law Mary Queen of Scots Arms. Scotland viz. Or a Lion rampant within a double tressure flory counter flory Gules within the Order of St. Andrew Supported by two Unicorns chained c. Motto In my defence Scotland Impaling France and England Quarterly Scotland Impaling quarterly 1. Barry of 8. Arg and Gules 2. B. semy de Flower-de-luces Or 3 Arg. a cross potent between four Croslets Or. 4. Or three Pallets Gules 5. France within a bordure ingrailed Gules 6. Parted per pale Or and Arg. two Lions ramp combatant The one fable crowned Argent the other Gules crowned Or. 7. B. crusilly and two Dolphins hauriant endorsed Or. 8. As the first over all an Escutcheon of pretence Gules on a bend Or three Eagles displayed sab Scotland Impaling Or three bars wavy Gules Scotland Impaling France and England quarterly within a Bordure Gobony Arg. and B. 85. Epitaph viz. D. O. M. Bonae Memoriae Mariae Stuartae Scotorum Reginae Franciae dotariae Jacobi V. Scotorum Regis filiae haeredis unicae Henrici VII Ang. Regis ex Margareta majori natu filia Jacobi IV. Regni Scotorum matrimonio copulata proneptis Edwardi IV. Angliae Regis ex Elizabetha filiarum natu maxima abneptis Francisci II. Gallorum Regis conjugis coronae Angliae dum vixit certae indubitatae haeredis Jacobi
Georgii Francisci novissimi posthumique felicissima ab ipso mater facta suavissimam charissimi conjugis sui memoriam qâ—a pietate quo honore potuit prosecuta Hos titulos non vanitati litatura sed optimorum principum munificentiam testatura praefigendos curavit tristesque exuvias quicquid ipsius adhuc coelo non debetur honorario hoc monumento moestissima inclusit anno Ephochae Christianae 1634. P. M. S. Vanae multitudinis improperium hic jacet cujus tamen Hispania Gallia Belgia Prudentiam Fortitudinem Industriam Tota Europa mirata est Magnanimitatem Quem Daniae Sweviae Germaniae Transilvaniae Nassauviae ...... Veneta Respub Sabaudiae Lotharingiae Palatinus Comes Imperator Turca Papa Reg. integerrimum Princip ingenuum Philo-basilea Duces Politicum Fidelem Pacificum Christianum Protestantem Experti sunt Quem Anglia Cantabrigia Buckinghamia Archithalassum habuit Cancellarium habuit Ducem habuit Verum siste viator quid ipsa invidia sugillare nequit audi Hic est ille calamitosae virtutis Buckinghamius maritus redamatus pater amans filius obsequens frater amicissimus affinis beneficus amicus perpetuus dominus benignus optimus omnium servus Quem Reges adamarunt optimates honorarunt Ecclesia destevit vulgus oderunt Quem Jacobus Carolus Regum perspicacissimi intimum habuerunt à quibus honoribus auctus negotiis onustus fato succubuit antequam par animo periculum invenit Quid jam Peregrine Aenigma mundi moritur omnia suit nec quidquam habuit Patriae Parens Hostis audiit Deliciae idem querela Parlamenti Qui dum Papistis bellum infert insimulatur Papista dum Protestantium partibus consulit occiditur à Protestante Tesseram specta rerum humanarum at non est quod serio triumphet malitia interimere potuit laedere non potuit scilicet has preces â—undens expiravit Tuo ego sanguine potiar mi Jesu dum mali pascuntur meo Arms. On one side France and England Quarterly within a Garter supported by a Lion rampant gardant Or crowned with a Royal Diadem and a Dragon Gules Motto Dier Mon Droit On the other Scotland Impaling France and England quarterly supported by a Unicorn Arg. gorged with a Crown and Chain reflexed over the back Or and a Lion ramp Arg. Motto Beati Paciâ—ici 89. Epitaph viz. Memoriae Aeternae Elizabethae Angliae Franciae Hiberniae Reginae R. Henrici VIII fil R. Hen. VII nept R. Edw. IV. pronept Patriae Parenti Religionis honorum Artium altrici plurimarum linguarum peritia praeclaris tum animi tum corporis dotibus regiisque virtutibus supra sexum Principi incomparabili Jacobus Magnae Britanniae Franciae Hiberniae Rex virtutum Regnorum haeres bene merenti pie posuit Memoriae Sacrum Religione ad primaevam sinceritatem restaurata pace fundata moneta ad justum valorem reducta rebellione domestica vindicata Gallia malis intestinis praecipiti sublevata Belgio sustentato Hispanica classe profligata Hibernia pulsis Hispanis Rebellibus ad deditionem coactis pacata redditibus utriusque Academiae lege Annonaria plurimum adauctis toto denique Anglia ditata prudentissiméque annos 45. administrata Elizabetha Regina victrix triumphatrix pietatis studiosissima foelicissima placida morte Septuagenaria soluta mortales reliquias dum Christo jubente resurgant immortales in hac Ecclesia celeberrima ab ipsa conservata denuo fundata deposuit Obiit 24. Martii anno salutis M. DC II. Regni XLV Aetatis LXX Regno consors urnâ hic obdormimus Elizabetha Maria sorores in spe resurrectionis Arms. in a Lozenge Shield France and England quarterly 2. Scotland 3. Ireland viz. B an Harp Or strings Arg. 4. As the first 90. Epitaph viz. Sophia Rosula Regia praepropero fato â—ecerpta Jacobo Magnae Britanniae â—ranciae Hiberniae Regi Annaeque Reginae parentibus erepta ut in Christi Rosario reflorescat hic sita est Junii 23. Regni Regis Jacobi 4. 1606. â—rms The same with those of her Sister before going 91. Epitaph viz. Maria filia Jacobi Regis Magnae Briâ—nniae Franciae Hiberniae Annae Reginae primaeva infantia in Coelum reepta mihi gaudium inveni parentibus â—esiderium reliqui die 16. Decembris â—607 congratulantes condolete Vixit â—nos 2. Menses 5. dies 8. 92. Epitaph viz. H. S. S. Reliquiae Edwardi V. Regis Angliae Richardi Dâ—â—is Eboracensts Hos fratres Germanos Turre Lâ—ndonensi conclusos injeâ—â—â—sque culâ—itris sufâ—ocatos abditè 〈…〉 tumulari jussit Patruâ—s Richardus perâ—idus regni praedo ossa desideratorum din â—â—â—tum quaesita pâ—st annos 190. c. Scalarum in ruderibus sâ—â—lae istae ad sâ—â—ellum Turris albae nuper dâ—â—â—bant alâ—è desossa judiciis certissimis reperta 17. die Julii Anno Dom. 1674. Carolus II. Rex clementissimus acerbuâ— sortem miâ—â—ratus inter â—viâ—a monumeâ—ta Principibus insâ—liâ—issimis justa perâ—olvit Anno Dom 1678. Annoque Regni sui 30. In the great Vault on the North side this Chappel are these Inscriptions following engraved some on Plates of Silver others on Brass fixed to the leaden Chests viz. 93. Depositum Serenissimae potentissimae principissae Elizabethae Reginae Bohemiae relâ—ctae Frederici Dei gratia Bohemiae Regis Archidapiâ—eri principis Electoris sâ—cri Romani Imperii Filiae unicae Jacobâ— sororis Caroli primi amitae Caâ—olâ— ejus nominis sâ—cundi Mag. Brit. Fâ—â—nâ— Hib. Regum Quae in aedibus â—obâ—â—â—â—s Licestriae die Jovis 13. â—eb piissâ—mè in Domino obdormivit Anno à Chrâ—â—â—o 〈…〉 1661. aetatis suae sexagesimo sexto 94. Depositum Illustrissimae Principissae Annae â—xoris potentissimi Princ. Jacob. Duc. Eboâ— Fratris unici Caroli istius nominis seâ—undi Angl. Scot. Franc. Hâ—bern Regis Serenissimi filia nobilissimi Dom. Edwardi Comitis Clarendonis dudu 〈…〉 summi Angliae Cancelâ—arâ—i quae in â—â—lâ— Reg. St. Jac. dicta ultimo die Martii iâ— Domino obdormivit â—tatis suae tricesimo quaâ—to Anno Dom. 1â—â—1 95. Depositum Celsissimi Principis Caroli Ducis Cantabrigiae filii Primogeniti Jacobi Ducis Eboracensis qui natus 22. diâ— Octobris 1660. Obiit in aula Whitehall quinto die Maii 1661. 96. Depositum Illustrissimi Principis Jacobi Ducis Cantabrigiae c. filii secundogeniti haredis potentissimi Principis Jacobi Ducis Eboraci qui in Aula Regia Richmondiae vigesimo die Junii in Dominâ— obdormivit aetatis suae quarto annoquâ— Dom. 1667. 97. Depositum Illustrissimi Principis Caroli Duciâ— Candaliae c. filii tertiogeniti Potentiâ—â—imi Principis Jacobi Ducis Eboracâ— qui in Aula regia St. Iacobi dicta vigâ— simo secundo die Maii in Domino obdormivit vix annumhabens An. Dom. 1677. 98. Depositum Illustrissimi Principis Edgari Ducis Cantabrigiae filii quartogeniti haeredis Potentissimi Principis Jacobi Ducis
4. A Saltire 2. and 3. A bend ingrailed between two Flower-de-luces 125. Epitaph viz. Thomas Vaughan ...... Thesar Camer Edwardi quarti aâ— Camerer Principis primogeniti dicti ......... requiescat in pace Amen Arms. Cecill With quarterings viz. 1. and 6. Barry of ten six Escutcheons each charged with a Lion rampant 2 Per pale a Lion ramp supporting a Tree 3. A roundle between three Towers triple towred 4. On a bend cottised three Cinq'foyls 5. A Chev between three Chesrooks Ermines all within the Garter Cecill Impaling on a Cross a Leopards head a Crescent difference Cecill Impaling quarterly 1. On a Saltire an Annulet 2. Fretty on a Canton parted per pale a Ship at Anchor 3. A Fess between six cross Croslets 4. Quarterly in the first quarter a Mullet Cecill Impaling fretty a Canton Ermine Câ—câ—â—l Impaling on a Chev. between three Roses slipped three Flower-de-luces Cecâ—ll Impaling quarterly 1. and 4 two bars a chief quarterly in the first and second a deliz in the third and fourth a Lion passant gardant 2. and 3. Three three water-budgets Cecil Impaling a Fess two roundles in chief and a Martlet in base Three Swords points in pile a Crescent difference impaling Câ—câ—ll A Griffon sergreant holding an Escutcheon between the legs charged with another Griffon sergreant Impaling Câ—câ—l A Saltire between twelve crosses patte Impaling Cecâ—ll A bend ingrailed between six Billets Impaling Cecill A Chev. between three Garbs Impaling Câ—câ—â—l On a pale an Eagle displayed Impaling Câ—câ—ll 126. Epitaph viz. Thomas Cecill Comes Exeter Baro de Burleigh ordinis Garterii Eques Regi Jacobo à sanctioribus consiliis cum charissâ—â—is dâ—â—bus uxoribus ejus Dorothea Nevil ex nobili Domini Latimeri familia una cohaeredibus prima uxore Francisca Bridges ex nobili familia Chandois secunda uxore cum firma spâ— resurrecâ—â—onis hee in monumento composâ—tâ— obdormiunt Aâ—mes Câ—â—y With quarterings viz. 1. On a benâ— three Roses 2 England within a bordure 3. â— Fess between six cross Croslets 4. Chequee a Cheveron Ermin Crest on a Torce a Swaâ— crowned 127. Epitaph viz. H. S. E. Magnae stirpis vir majoris indolis Thomas Cary qui obiit anno aetatis sâ—â— 33. quod est nobilitatis Comitis Monmouth filius natu secundus quod vero vâ—rtâ—tis illusâ—re documentum quod Carolo primo Regi cui à cubiculis servie bat erat dilectissimus cujus pio in affectâ— usque superstes non ante annum 1648. quo omnia eximia interire necesse â—rat penitus defunctus est Nobilissima familia quasi natura in eo formando totas prosapiae vires prodiga consumpsisset Haerede deficiente masculo expiravit extincta est Abi viator luctusque venerationis stuporâ—m misâ—e 128. Epitaph viz. Charles Howard third Son of the Right Honourable Charles Earl of Carlile who was born the fifth day of September Anno Dom. 1668. and died the third of April 1670. and lieth here interred Arms. Carey With quarterings viz. 1. Arg. on a bend sab three Roses of the field a Crescent difference 2. Sab. two bars neb Erm. 3. France and England quarterly within a bordure Gobony Arg. and B. 4. Or six Lions rampant sab 5. England within a bordure Arg. 6. Or two bars Gules and three Torteaux in chief 7. G. a Fess between six cross Croslets Or. â— Cheq Or. and B. a Chev. Erm. 9. G. a Chev. between ten Crosses patte Arg. 10. Or. a Fess between two Chev sab 11. G. a Lion passant Arg crowned Or. 12. Arg. a Chev. Gules between three Bulls heads coped sab armed Or 13. Quarterly saâ— and Arg. 14. B. three Dexter hands coped at the Wrist Arg. 15. B. a fret Arg. and chief Gules 16. Arg. On. a chief sab three Crosses patte of the first 17. Or. a Cross G. and file of three B. 18. Or. a chief indented B. 1â— Three covered Cups Or. 20 Gules two bars wavy Or. Crest on a Torce a Swan prop. all within the Garter supported by On the Pyramids about the Monument 〈…〉 viz. Gules a Fess between six cross Croslets Or. 〈…〉 Cheque Or and B. a Cheveron Ermine 〈…〉 Gules a Lion passant Argent crowned Or. 〈…〉 Argent two Lions passant in pale B. crowned Or. 〈…〉 ar B a Cheveron Arg. between three Pears Or. 〈…〉 Or. a Fess between two Chev. sab Mâ—â—dâ—â—â— Argent two bars Gules Gwâ—re A bend ragule coped â—ent England a bordure Argent 〈…〉 France and England quarterly within a bordure Gobony Arg. and B. 〈…〉 Barry of six Or. and B. a bendlet Gules Wâ—kâ— Or two bars Gules three Torteaux in chief 〈…〉 Or. two bends wavy Gules â—eâ—c 〈…〉 Or. two bars Gules Sâ—enâ—eâ— Sab. two bars nebulee Ermine Carey Arg. on a bend sab three Roses of the field Crescent difference â—â—iaâ— Or three piles in point B. â—ursey Arg. three Eagles displayed Gules Hâ—rcourt Or two bars Gules Holland B. a Lion ramp gardant and five Flower-de-luces Arg. 〈…〉 Arg. a manch Gules Eâ—â—â—ville Barry of ten G. and Arg. a Lion ramp Sab. 〈…〉 Parted per pale Or and Gules three roundles counterchanged Nâ—wâ—urgâ— Bendy Lozengy Or and B. a bordure Gules platte Bracton Sab. three Mullets Or and chief indented Ermine Hankfort Sab. Chev. barry nebulee of four Arg. and Gules Barkley G. a Chev. between ten crosses patte Arg. P 〈…〉 Arg. two bars and Canton B. thereon a Cinq'foyle Or. Ormond Or a chief indented B. Hoâ— Quarterly Sab. and Argent Bullâ—â— Arg. a Chev. G. between three Bulls heads coped sab armed Or. Câ—â—ict Or an Eagle displayed G. on a chief of the last a Swan between two Annulets Gr. Fâ—stâ—â—f Quarterly Or and B. on a bend Gules three Escalops Arg. Holway Gules a Fess between three Crescents Arg. Maâ—â—maâ—â— B. three dexter hands coped at the Wrist Argent Wâ—â—â—ingham Erm on a chief sab three Crosses patte Argent Mâ—cmâ—â—câ— Sab. three Garbs Arg Fitz Iohn Quarterly Or and Gules a bordure varry Mâ—rshaâ—l Gules a Liâ—n ramp Arg. Stronâ—bâ—w Or six Lions rampant 3. 2. 1. sab 129. Epitaph viz. Sepulturae familiae de Hunsdon consecratum In domino hîc obdormit Henricus Carey Baro de Hunsdon villae Berwici limitisque tam orientalis quà m medâ—i versus Scotiam olim Praefectus Pentionariorum Generosorum Capitaneus Forestarum cis Trentam Justiciarius summus Garteriani ordinis Eques Auratus Dominae Reginae Camerarius à sacris consiliis eidâ—mque consobrinus Vnà cum illo conditur uxor charissima filia Thomae Morgan equitis aurati quae plures illâ— liberos peperit è quibus sunt superstites Gregorius Johannes Edmundus Robertus Equites Aurati Catharina Comitissa Notinghamiae Philadelphe Bâ—ronissa Scroope Margareta Domina Hoby obiit 23. Julii 1596 aetatis 72. Pâ—tri optimo Georgius Carey filius Bâ—ro de Hunsdon ordinis Garterii socius Vectae insulae Praefectus Reginae Elizabethae Camerarius à sacris consiliis maritoque charissimo Anna uxor honoris