depicted thereon erected here to continue the remembrance of Philippa one of the Daughters and Coheirs of John Lord Mohun of Dunster who was first married to the Lord Fitz-Walter afterwards to Sir John Golosre Knight and lastly to Edward Plantagenet Duke of York Son of Edmund of Langley fifth Son of King Edward III. who was killed at the Battel of Agincourt she died and was buried here in the year 1474. § 64. Beyond this Tomb towards the West under an Arch in the Wall lies the Image of a woman at full proportion leaning on her left Arm in a Cypress vail all of a mouldering stone which being decayed by reason of its brittleness and that the Monument is very plain seems to be of much greater Antiquity than really it is having no Inscription Paintings or adornments but a Coat of Arms where Cecill with quarterings Impaling Mannors is to be seen and was here placed for the Lady Elizabeth sole-Daughter and Heir of Edward Mannors Earl of Rutland by Isabel his Wife Daughter of Sir Thomas Holcroft of the Vale Royal in the County of Chester Knight she was Wife of Sir William Cecill Knight commonly called Lord Burleigh Son and Heir apparent to Thomas Earl of Exeter by whom she had Issue William called Lord Ross she departed this life the eleventh of May anno 1591. and lieth here as the entering thereof in the Heralds Office and those Arms above placed over her Effigies do sufficiently testifie § 65. Next to this is a Monument of Alabaster Porphyry and diverse coloured stones adorned and gilt with Gold having on the Pedestal the Image of a young man and woman kneeling with a little Babe in swadling bands between them and on a Table supported by this Pedestal is a large Statue of a Lady at full proportion combant in her Robes of Estate of the same Alabaster painted and gilt with Gold and environed with a Grate where the Lady Winifrid Marchioness of Winchester is said to be intombed she was descended from the antient Family of the Bruges first married to Sir Richard Sackvile Knight Chancellour of the Exchequer by whom she had the Lord Buckhurst and the Lady Dacres of the South with other Children afterwards to John Paulet Marquess of Winchester whose Widow she died in the year 1586. § 66. On the South side of this Chappel is an antient Tomb in the Wall of grey Marble with his Portraiture ingraven on Brass in his Episcopal habit with a Miter on his head and a Crosier Staff in his hand canopied with an Arch of curious wrought stone under which William Sutton alias Dudley Bishop of Durham lies interred he was the Son of John Lord Dudley and died about the year 1482. as may be gathethered from part of an Epitaph still remaining in Brass round the Verge of his Tomb. § 67. Here is a most noble and Magnificent Monument towards the Southeast part Angle of this Chappel set up against the same Wall by the command and charge of William Cecill Lord Burlegh to the remembrance of his Wife and Daughter being twenty four foot high containing divers Arches and Canopies supported by Corinthian Pillars and adorned with Pyramids of Porphyry Lydian Touch and various coloured Marble curiously carved and gilt with Gold On the upper part of this Monument under a small Arch is a little figure of an antient man praying on his knees and in his Parliament Robes with the Collar and Jewel of the Order of St. George about his neck to represent the aforesaid William Cecil Lord Burlegh Lord High Treasurer of England Privy Counsellour to Queen Elizabeth and Knight of the most noble Order of the Garter who died on the fourth day of August in the year 1598. and lay in state in this Church six days afterwards he was translated to Stamford where in St. Martins Church his body was interred On the Pedestal are two Images at full proportion cumbant in their Robes of Estate of Alabaster painted and adorned with Gold the furthermost of Mildred Lady Burlegh Wife of the above-said William she was the eldest Daughter of Sir Anthony Coke Knight by Anne the Daughter of Sir William Fitz-Williams Knight who was a Lady of no less eminent in her time for her extraordinary Charity than for her Piety and great Learning being well versed in the Greek and Latine Tongues she had many Children by her Husband all dying in their Infancy except Anne Robert and Elizabeth She died in her grand Climacterick year on the fourth day of April 1589 and was buried from her house at Westminster in this Chappel The other of her Daughter the Lady Anne Countess of Oxford who maried Edward Vere Lord High Chamberlain of England and the seventeenth of the name of Vere Earl of Oxford by whom she left Issue only three Daughters who dying at the Queens Palace of Greenwich on the fifth day of June 1588. was brought and interred in the floor of this Chappel On each side of this Pedestal are two Canopies supported by some little Corinthian Columns curiously painted with Azure and gilt with Gold underneath each of which is a Deaths-head enchased in Crystal with with these words Mors Janua vitae and Mors mihi Lucrum by the latter at the head of their Mother and Grandmother are three little Images of female Children kneeling the Lady Elizabeth the Lady Bridget and the Lady Anne Vere and by the former at the feet of his Mother and Sister the figure only of a Youth kneeling for Robert Cecill Son of the above-mentioned William and the Lady Mildred his Wife who married Elizabeth Brook Daughter of the Lord Cobham all living when this Monument was erected § 68. Beyond this against the East Wall is another comly Monument where under an Artificial Canopy the Curtains withdrawn and held up by two Corinthian Pillars of divers coloured Alabaster and Marble adorned and gilt with Gold are two Images kneeling at a Table the one of a Knight in Armour placing his left hand on a Deaths-head The other of his Lady with a Book lying before her on the same Table praying and lifting up their eyes towards the Azure Sky representing an Artificial Heaven painted on the roof of the Canopy beset with Cherubims little Angels and gilded Stars On the out-side of the same Monument are many larger figures of Angels naked Youths and Cupids all of polished Alabaster with a Fame standing on a bleeding heart with a device and Motto being set up here by Sir George Fane of Buston Knight in the County of Kent for the Lady Elizabeth his Wife who was Daughter of Robert Baron Spencer of Wormleighton who died in the year 1618. § 69. Under this Monument close to the Wall is an antient plain raised Tomb of grey Marble with an Inscription in Brass round the ledge still remaining and some Coats of Arms on the Pedestal whereby may be gathered that Nicolas Baron Carew and his Wife the Lady Margaret who was
the Daughter of Sir John Dinham Knight were here intombed he dying on the sixth day of December in the year 1470. and she on the thirteenth day of the same month and year following § 70. Next to this Tomb is a most noble Monument twenty four foot high admirably adorned with curious wrought stones Pyramids and Corinthian Columns of Porphyry Lydian and various coloured Marble where under a large Arch set forth with divers ingenuities Coats of Arms and other Adornments and rich gildings is the Image of a Lady lying at full proportion in her Robes of Estate painted and gilt with Gold and environed with an Iron Grate being erected by Edward Earl of Hertford to the remembrance of his Mother the Lady Anne Dutchess of Somerset who was the Wife of Edward Seymour Duke of Somerset Earl of Hertford c. Knight of the most noble Order of the Garter and Vncle to King Edward VI. She was the Daughter of Sir Edward Stanhope Knight by Elizabeth his Wife Daughter of Sir Foulke Bourchier Lord Fitz-warin who by his Father was descended from Thomas of Woodstock Duke of Glocester Son to King Edward III. She died on the sixteenth day of April anno 1587. in the ninetieth year of her age having Issue by her Husband three Sons and six Daughters and was here interred § 71. Before this Monument of the Dutchess of Somerset on the Area is a late erected Tomb of a curious form whose Pedestal is composed of four large Cherubims of rough Alabaster which support a square Table of admirable polished black Marble rising every way from the Superficies to a convenient height whose Angles are all conjoyned and covered by a Ducal Coronet of white Marble encompassed with an Iron Grate and gilt with Gold under which lies the Lady Jane Clifford Wife of Charles Lord Clifford and Dungarvan Son and Heir apparent to Richard Earl of Burlington c. She was the Daughter of William Duke of Somerset Grand-daughter to Edward Earl of Hertford and Great-grand-daughter to Edward Duke of Somerset who was Uncle King Edward VI. and therefore had this Monument erected for her hard by her Great-grandmothers She had Issue five Sons and six Daughters departing this life on the twenty third of November 1679. in the 42. year of her Age. § 72. On the left hand of the door as you come into this Chappel is a little Table Monument of one intire black Marble stone placed on a Pedestal of Alabaster adorned with Arms Epitaphs and gilt with Gold for Elizabeth the Wife of Sir Robert Cecill Knight Son of William Lord Burlegh Lord High Treasurer of England and Privy Counsellour to Queen Elizabeth She was the Daughter of William Brooke Lord Cobham and as a remembrance of her had this Tomb placed here by her Husband in the year 1591. § 73. In the midst of the Pavement of this Chappel is a most noble Tomb composed of a black Marble Table of one intire Lydian stone curiously polished and supported by a Pedestal of black and white Marble embellished with divers carved Figures Coats of Arms and Masons work On this Table is placed the Image of a Knight in â—ompleat Armour Cap à Piè supporting his feet by a Lion couchant with â—nother of his Lady her feet resting on the like Lion vested with a Mantle of Estate and having on her head the Coronet of a Countess all wrought and graved out of curious white Marble and was set up here by George Villers the first Duke of Buckingham of that surname to the remembrance of Sir George Villers Knight his Father and the Lady Mary Beaumont Countess of Buckingham his Mother § 74. On the South side of this Tomb is a small Pyramid of white Marble on the top of which is placed a golden Cup whose Pedestal of black Marble adorned with Arms Epitaphs and gilt with Gold informs us that the heart of Anna Sophia an Infant Daughter to Christopher Harlee Count Bellomont Praefect of Paris Privy Counsellour to the French King and his Embassadour here in England by the Lady Anne Robota his Wife is posited in the aforesaid Chalice who died in the year 1605. § 75. On the East side the Pavement of this Chappel by the base of the Tomb of the Lady Jane Clifford and not far from that of the Lord Carew is a plated Grave-stone of grey Marble whereon the Effigies of a Knight in Armour is lively engraven with an Epitaph and at each corner a Coat of Arms informing us that under that Stone lies the body of Sir Humphrey Stanley Knight one of the Gentlemen of the Bed-chamber to King Henry VII who died on the twelfth day of March anno 1505. § 76. Leaving this Chappel and keeping straight forward we go up by an easie ascent of twelve Greeses or steps of Freestone thorough three Portico's which lead us to as many brazen doors nobly and richly adorned with Grate-works Roses Portcullises and Flowers de Liz the several badges of the Founder which lets us into the Chappel of the B. Virgin Mary § 77. Or King Henry VII as it is vulgarly called by reason that he commanded it to be erected and was at the charge thereof This Chappel so much admired by Strangers and esteemed by us rather exceeds in beauty and excellent contrivance than equals the same thereof for if we respect the admirable Architecture and most noble Roof we there behold a most delightful sight On either side we are entertained with no less than 120 several Statues of the Primitive Saints and Martyrs and round about other lesser Images and Antick figures so excellently carved and curiously ingraven that many experienced in the Art of Painting have not neglected the copying them the curious workmanship of the Staules with the rest of the fine wrought Wainscot that serves to adorn this Chappel ought not to be passed over without your observation nor are the Windows where with this Chappel is further embellished to be neglected every light composed of Diapered and well painted glass each Pane containing either a Red Rose the Badge or Cognizance of the House of Lancaster or a Text H the Initial Letter of this Kings name each crowned with a Royal Diadem But above all the magnificent and glorious Monuments and noble Tombs of those illustrious Princes who have been interred and deposited here deserve a more particular description § 78. To begin then with that of the Founder of this admirable Fabrick which stands at the upper end of this his Chappel being all of solid Brass about eighteen foot in length six in breadth and nine in depth open on the top with a continual Battlement going quite round where in the midst of every Square and at each Angle is a great Rose representing so many Bulwarks encompassing a Royal Fort whilst on the under part of this stately Structure supporting these Battlements are divers Pillars full of Niches and in each
of England and Henault and several Sentences intermixed in letters of Gold § 120. On the South side of this Chappel next to this Tomb of Lodowick Robsert Lord Bourchier is a stately Monument above twenty six foot high of admirable Workmanship composed of Lydian Alabaster and Touch The joyning of the Compartments with the Capitals and Pedestals of the Ionick and Corinthian Columns are framed of artificial wrought Brass The demy Effigies of a Lady is placed towards the top of curious Statuary work of the same brass gilt with Gold within an Oval of black Marble below which is an Altar of the same stone sweetly carved with other adornments and was erected by that Loyal Gentleman Francis Lord Cottington Baron of Hanworth to remember the no less honourable and virtuous Lady Anne his Wife who was the Daughter of Sir William Meredith of the County of Denbigh Knight and dying on the twenty second day of February anno 1633 in the thirty third year of her age was buried here leaving Issue behind her only one Son and one Daughter viz. Charles and Anne § 121. At the foot of this Monument is another noble Tomb lately erected for her Husband the Lord Francis Cottington of Hanworth where on a Table of black Marble supported by six Columns of Lydian and white placed on an ascent of three Greeses and environed with a Grate lies his Statue at full proportion on a Quilt with the Staff of his Office and covered with a Cloak all well designed and insculpt in fretted Alabaster He was Chancellour of the Exchequer to King Charles I. Master of his Court of Wards Constable of the Tower Lord High Treasurer of England and twice Embassadour in Spain where at length he died in Exile soon after the bloudy Rebels had murthered his Royal Master and usurped his Inheritance but by the pious care of that worthy Gentleman his Nephew and Heir Charles Cottington Esquire his body was in the year 1679 translated from Valadolid in Spain where he died and honourably interred here who gratefully erected this Monument to his memory § 122. More to the Southeast Angle of this Chappel is another noble Monument twenty four foot in height of Alabaster Marble and divers coloured stones set about with Corinthian Pillars supporting a stately Canopy all curiously wrought and gilt with Gold under which lies the Image of a Lady at full proportion in her Robes of Estate painted and gilt with Gold for Frances Countess of Sussex who was the Daughter of Sir William Sydney Knight and Wife to Thomas Ratcliff Earl of Sussex whose bounteous liberality to all sorts of people but especially to Schools of learning and learned men hath gained her a never dying fame she died and was buried here anno 1589. with this comely Monument erected over her § 123. Next to this against the East Wall is a well composed plain Monument of black and white Marble having but an half Canopy supported by Dorick Pillars with the Image of a man in his robes of Estate and Viscounts Coronet leaning on a Pedestal all formed of the like black and white Marble for a remembrance of Sir Dudley Carleton Knight Baron of Imbercourt and Viscount Dorcester who after many imployments and frequent Embassies wherein he had served his Prince with great faithfulness and honour died at Westminster and was buried here anno 1631. § 124. Beyond which is a curious Monument with his Image cumbant in an embroydered Gown at full proportion his feet supported by a Pheasant Cock and on the Pedestal the Images of four Sons and as many Daughters all on their knees covered with a large Canopy supported by Corinthian Pillars adorned with Arms of Alabaster Marble and divers coloured stones painted and gilt with Gold for Sir Thomas Bromley Knight Lord High Chancellour of England and Privy Counsellour to Queen Elizabeth who died in the year 1587. § 125. By this on the North Wall is another neat Tomb of black and white Marble adorned with Arms with a Pedestal of the same whereon are placed the Images of a Knight in Armour cumbant on a Quilt with his Lady whose feet are supported by a Bear couchant all of white polished Marble with an Epitaph informing us that Sir James Fullerton Knight Gentleman of the Bed-chamber to King Charles I. lies there interred but the blank Table whereon if I conjecture aright his Ladies Epitaph was designed to be ingraved leaves us in the dark concerning her and hath been neglected by those who had the charge thereof § 126. There is a more stately Monument on this North side about twenty four foot in height on whose Pedestal of white Marble lie the Images at full proportion of Sir John Puckering in his embroydered Gown and his Lady with eight lesser Figures of three Boys and five Girls kneeling at the foot of the said Pedestal all of various coloured Alabaster painted and gilt with Gold with a large Canopy overshadowing them finely wrought and supported by Corinthian Pillars with other Statues of the Purse and Mace-bearer Coats of Arms Pyramids and adornments of the same coloured Alabaster Lydian Porphyry and white Marble T is Sir John was Lord Keeper of the Great Seal of England and Privy Counsellour to Queen Elizabeth who died anno 1596. § 127. On the Pavement of this Chappel is a noble raised Tomb encompassed with an iron Grate where on a curious Pedestal of Alabaster set about with Arms painted with Gold and blue are the Images of a Knight in Armour with the Collar Jewel and Mantle of the Garter reposing his head on his Helm and supporting his feet by a Lion couchant and his Lady all of white pollished Marble under which lies buried Sir Giles Dawbney Knight who was Lord Lieutenant of Calis Lord Chamberlain to King Henry VII Knight of the most noble Order of the Garter and Father to Henry Lord Dawbney the first and last of that surname Earl of Bridgwater with Elizabeth his Wife descended from the antient Family of the Arundels in Cornwall he died anno 1507. and she 1500. § 128. There lie buried likewise in this Chappel Charles de Granada a noble Spaniard Elizabeth Countess of Ormond Daughter of Thomas Lord Barkley John Viscount Thurles a Child of Thomas Earl of Ormond by the Daugter of John Lord Sheffield Michael Bishop of St. Asaph Sir Arthur Gorge's Lady who was the Daughter and Heir of Henry Howard Viscount Bindon And Katharine Countess of Northumberland one of the Daughters and Co-heirs of John Nevil Lord Latimer who was the Wife of Thomas Percy Earl of Northumberland none of them having any Monuments Tombs or Grave-stones From this you are led to The Chappel of St. Iohn Baptist § 129. Where on the right hand of the Entrance along the South side are three ancient Marble Tombs and a stone Coffin The first is a plain raised Tomb of grey Marble about a yard from the ground
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
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 Mother the Lady Anne who died anno 1669. and Edward Cranfield who died anno 1649. Not far from these is a grey Marble stone with a plate of brass thereon for Thomas Bilson Bishop of Winchester and Privy Counsellour
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
that wonder to me it is How he might compass such deeds excellent And yet for that his mind nothing detent All ghostly health for his soule to provide Out of this world ere he fatally should slide So though I had Tully his eloquence Or of Seneca the grave morality Or of Solomon the perfect sapience Or the sweet Ditties of Dame Calliope Yet might I not in Prose or other ditty Accordingly advance this Princes fame Or with due honour to enhance the same Considering his Acts whereof parcel appear In this rude work with many more left out The time also was less than ten year That he so shortly brought all things about By divine grace furthered out of doubt That mightful Lord he holy his ghostly knight With grace honour to pass this worlds â—ight And to have reward double and condign And first for martial Aâ—ts by â—im done To be advanc'd amonâ—st the Worthies nine And for his virtues us'd by him eftsoon done With many good deeds which he on earth had Above the Hierarches he is I trust now stallâ—d That was in earth King of Kings callâ—d 115. Katherinae Reginae uxoris Henrici quinti Epitaphium Hic Katherina jacet Francorum filia Regis Haeres regni Carole sexte tui Henrici quinti thalamo bis laeta jugali Nam sic vir duplici clarus honore fuit Jure suo Anglorum Katherinae jure triumphans Francorum obtinuit jus decus imperii Grata venit laetis foelix Regina Britannis Perque dies celebrant quatuor ore Deum Edidit Henricum gemebunda puerpera Regem Cujus in imperio Francus Anglus erat Non sibi nec regno foelici sidere natum Sed patri matri religione parem Post ex Owino Tiddero tertia proles Nobilis Edmundus te Katherina beat Septimus Henricus quo non praestantior alter Filius Edmundi gemma Britanna fuit Foelix ergo uxor mater ter filia foelix Ast Avia haec foelix terque quaterque fuit Otium fuge Obiit Anno Domini 1437. The Epitaph Of Queen Katherine Wife of Henry V. Here lies Queen Katherine clos'd in grave The French Kings Daughter fair And of thy Kingdom Charles the Sixth The true redoubted Heir Twice joyful Wife in marriage match'd To Henry Fifth by name Because through her he nobl'd was And shin'd in double fame The King of England by descent And by Queen Katherines right The Realm of France he did enjoy Triumphant King of might A happy Queen to English men She came right grateful here And four days space they honoured God With mouth and reverend fear Henry the Sixth this Queen brought forth In painful labours plight In whose Empire a Frenchman was And eke an English wight Vnder no lucky Planet born Vnto himself nor Throne But equal with his Parents both In pure Religion Of Owen Tiddor after this Thy next Son Edmund was O Katherine a renowned Prince That did in glory pass H 〈…〉 the Sâ—vâ—â—th a Britain Pearl A 〈…〉 of Englands joy A 〈…〉 ss Prince was Edmunds Son A good and gratious Roy. Therefore a happy Wife this was A happy Mother pure Thâ—iâ—e happy Child but Grandam she More than thrice happy sure 116. Solium Regni Scotici Rex Edwardus I. cùm devictis Scotis triumphator 1297. rediisset Sceptrum coronam Regum Scotiae unà cum solio in quo Scotorum Reges inaugurati solebant in Ecclesia Westmonasteriensi Deo obtulit Si quid habent veri vel chronica cana sidesve Clauditur hac Cathedra nobilis ecce lapis Ad caput eximius Jacob quondam Patriarcha Quem posuit cernens numina mira poli Qâ—â—m tulit ex Scotis spolians quasi victor honoris Edwardus Primus Mars velut armipotens Scotorum domitor noster validissimus Hector Anglorum decus gloria militiae Arms. viz. Carteret A Fess of four Lozenges cress on a Cressant diff 117. Epitaph viz. Here lieth the body of Edward de Carteret Son of Sir Edward de Carteret Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod. 118. Epitaph viz. Dedicated to the Memory of Anne the pious and beloved Wife of Francis Lord Cottington Baron of Hanworth in the County of Middlesex Daughter of Sir William Meredith of the County of Denbigh Knight and of Jane his Wife Daughter of Sir Thomas Palmer of Wingham in Kent Knight and Baronet who having lived in long and perfect conjugal affection died full of Christian comfort the twenty second day of February 1633. aetatis 33. having had one Son and four Daughters of which Fâ—ances Elizabeth and Anne died before her Charles and Anne now living 1635. Arms. Cottington viz. A Fess between three Roses Crest a Bucks head coped Supporter two Eagles 119. Epitaph viz. Here lies Francis Lord Cottington of Hanworth who in the Reign of King Charles I. was Chancellour of his Majesties Exchequer Master of his Court of Wards Constable of the Tower Lord High Treasurer of England and one of his Majesties Privy Council He was twice Embassadour in Spain once for the said King and a second time for King Charles II. now reigning To both which he most signally shewed his allegiance and fidelity during the unhappy Civil Broyls of those times and for his faithful adherence to the Crown the Usurpers prevailing was forced to fly his Country and during his Exile died at Vallidolid in Spain on the nineteenth day of June Anno Dom. 1652. aetatis suae 74. whence his body was brought and here interred by Charles Cottington Esquire his Nephew and Heir Anno Dom. 1679. Arms. Sidney With quarterings viz. Or a Pheon B. 2. â—arry of ten Arg. and Gules a Lion rampant Or crowned parted per pale of the first and second 3. Arg. two bars and three Escutcheons in chief sab 4. Arg. three Cheverons Gules and file of three B. 5. Arg. on a bend sab three Lozenges of the field 6. Quarterly Arg. and G. an Eâ—carbuncle pomette and Horette Or. 7. B. a Chev. between three Mullets Or. 8. Argent three Lions rampant Gules Impaling Raâ—clâ—â—fe With quarterings viz. Arg. a bend ingrailed sab 2. Or a Fess between two Chev. G. 3. Arg. a Lion ramp sab crowned Or within a bordure B. 4. Or a Saltire ingrailed sab 5. Gules three Fishes hauriant Arg. 6. Arg. three barrulets G. 7. Or semy de Flower-de-luces sab 8. Arg. an Eagle sab perching on a Child in swadling bands Gules Crest on a Torce of his colours a Porcupine B. Quils Collar and Chain reflexed over the back all Or. 120. Epitaph viz. Inclytae Heroinae Franciscae Comitissae Sussex ex nobili Antiqua Sydneiorum familia ortae illustrissimo sapientissimo bellicosissimo viro Domino Henrici Ratcliffe Comiti Sussex nuptae faeminae multis rarissimisque dotibus tum animi tum corporis ornatae in sanguine conjunctos in amicos in pauperes in captivos praecipuè in verbi divini ministros liberalitate charitate prae caeteris
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
dedicated to Saint Blase in which Chappel Nicolas Lâ—â—lington Abbot of Westminster whom I have mentioned before was buried in the year 1386 after he had governed this Monastery twenty five years And Edward a Monk of Westminster who was Son of Owen Tuddor by Queen Katharine the Widow of Henry V. and Daughter of Charles VI. King of France he was Brother to Edmund Earl of Richmond and Uncle to King Henry VII There is neither Inscription or Epitaph remaining to distinguish their Grave-stones from the rest From hence going to the East-side of this Cross and next to Cowleys Tomb is a little Chappel of St. Benedict § 18. Which is sometimes called the Deans Chappel by reason some of the Deans of Westminster have been buried therein for whom there are two Tombs remaining On the South side that of Gabriel Goodman S. T. D. and Dean of this Church forty years he founded an Hospital and School at Ruthin in Denbighshire the town where he was born but dying on the Seventeenth day of July in the year 1601. aged 73. was buried here and had a Monument of black and white Marble with his Statue kneeling thereon erected to his memory and is yet in being On the North side one of his Predecessors under a raised Tomb of grey Marble having his Effigie engraven thereon in Brass with Arms and Epitaphs was interred viz. William Bill S. T. D. who was Master of Trinity College in Cambridge President of Eaton Dean of this Collegiate Church and grand Almoner to the Queen a man liberal in his gifts to this Colledge by several pieces of Silver Plate and other Largesses bestowed thereon he died on the fifteenth of July in the year 1561. Next to him on the same North side is an antient Tomb of Free-stone mixed with grey Marble and Brass with the Image of Alabaster representing an Archbishop in his Pontificalibus under a Canopy of the same stone placed there to remember Simon Langham that famous Monk Prior and Abbot of this Monastery afterwards Bishop of Ely London and Archbishop of Canterbury Bishop of Praenest in Italy Cardinal S. Sextus Chancellour and Lord High Treasurer of England and the Popes Legat here he died in the year 1367 at Avenion and was buried in the House of the Carthusians there which himself had founded but afterwards his bones were translated and interred here hard by the Altar of St. Benedict Against the East Wall of this Chappel is a most stately Monument above twenty six foot high most nobly adorned with Corinthian Columns and Pyramids of Alabaster Porphyry Lydian and diverse coloured Marble variously wrought and curiously gilt with Gold on whose Pedestal is the Image of a Countess in her Robes of estate cumbant at full proportion being erected by the command of Edward Earl of Hertford and Baron Beauchamp Son of Edward Duke of Somerset c. Vncle to King Edward VI. to the memory of his Wife the Lady Frances who was Daughter of William Baron Howard of Effingham Knight of the Garter High Admiral to Queen Mary Lord Chamberlain and Privy Seal to Queen Elizabeth and Son of Thomas Duke of Norfolk she died in the year 1598. In the midst of the Area of this Chappel is a noble Tomb of black and white Marble whereon are placed the Images of Lyonel Cranfield Earl of Middlesex who was Lord High Treasurer of England with that of the Lady Anne his second Wife he died in the year 1645. § 47. Next to this Chappel you are let into the Area or passage that leads you round the Chappel of the Kings by an Officer of the Church who attends there to wait upon all persons that are desirous of seeing the Monuments within whose Fee is what the particular bounty of each Gentleman shall think convenient to give him you may therefore save the civil Officer that trouble and better inform your self by taking these directions The first place you are led into on this South side will be the Chappel of St. Edmund the Archbishop but before you enter therein I would not have you overpass a little Monument between the Chappel of St. Benedict and this of St. Edmund being a small raised Tomb adorned with diverse coloured stones and Arched under which are the Effigies of four Children painted thereon in plano but there is no Inscription or Table belonging thereto in this Tomb are inclosed the bones of Richard John and Katharine Children of King Henry III. and was set up by Edward I. King of England for three of his Sons and a Daughter which he had by Eleanor his Queen Daughter of Ferdinand III. King of Castile viz. John Henry Alphonsus and Eleonore From this Tomb we go into the Chappel of St. Edmund § 48. On the right hand of the entrance you have a very antient Tomb of grey Marble about three foot high adorned with divers Coats of Arms which serves as a Pedestal to support a Wainscot Chest covered over with plates of Brass richly enamelled and thereon the Image of William de Valence Earl of Pembroke with a deep Shield on his left Arm in a Coat of Male with a Surcoat all of the same enamelled Brass gilt with Gold and beset with the Arms of Valence viz. Bar-rule Ar. B. an orle of Martlets Gules round about the inner ledge of this Tomb is most of the Epitaph remaining in the antient Saxon Letters and the rest of the Chest covered with Brass wrought in the form of Lozenges each Lozenge containing either the Arms of England or that of Valence alternately placed one after the other enamelled with their colours Round this Chest have been thirty little Brazen Images some of them still remaining twelve on each side and three at each end divided by certain Arches that serve as Niches to inclose them And on an outward ledge at the foot of each of these Images are placed a Coat of Arms in Brass enamelled with their colours This William de Valence for whom this curious Tomb was made was Son of Hugh le Brun Earl of March in the Confines of France and Poictiers by Isabel his Wife Widow of King John c. as I have said before in the description of his Sons Monument and being half Brother to King Henry III. was by him advanced to great honours who having married Joan the Daughter of Warren de Montechensey died in the year 1304 and had this Monument erected to his memory § 49. On the West side of this Chappel and next to the Tomb of William de Valence Earl of Pembroke is a most noble Monument for one of the Successors of that renowned Family of the Talbots Earls of Shrewsbury viz. Edward the eighth Earl thereof who died on the eighteenth of February 1617. aged 57 years and the Lady Jane his Countess who was the eldest Daughter and one of the Co-heirs of the last Lord Ogle of that name On a large Table of black Marble supported
by a stately Pedestal of Alabaster and six Corinthian Pillars lie their Images at full proportion in their Mantles of Estate painted and gilt with Gold at his feet is placed a Talbot passant and at hers a Griffons head coped with the Effigies of a female Child beneath them all under a sumptuous arched Canopy of curious wrought and diverse coloured stones adorned with large Columns warlike Trophies Cherubims Stems of that illustrious Family Coats of Arms and Epitaphs § 50. Beyond which more towards the South is a comely Monument of Alabaster and various coloured Marble adorned with Arms and gilt with Gold with three little Images on their knees under as many arched Canopies of black Marble and figured Alabaster In the midst is that of Sir Richard Pecksal Knight in Armour who was Master of the Buck-hounds to Queen Elizabeth On one side of whom is that of his first Wife the Lady Eleonore who was Daughter of William Pawlet Marquess of Winchester Lord High Treasurer of England by whom he had four Daughters whose Statues help to beautifie the Pedestal of this Monument on the other his second Wife who was likewise named Eleonore the Daughter of J. Cotgrave who after the death of this her first Husband was remarried to Sir John Savage of Cheshire Knight and caused this Monument to be erected to his memory § 51. Next to this within the Wall directly South between two Pillars of the Chappel Windows is an antient Canopied Tomb adorned and enriched with Gold according to the fashion of those times under which is an embattelled Pedestal of grey Marble having thereon the Image of a Knight in Armour reposing his head on his Helm ensigned with a Blackamores head for a Crest and his feet supported by a Lion couchant with a deep Shield on his left arm almost broken away with eight lesser Escutcheons placed on the breasts of as many Cherubims diversly set about the Tomb but all the painting wholly decayed and worn away nothing remaining but a piece of a broken Inscription in Brass on the ledge of the imbattelled Pedestal whereby we may understand that this Monument was erected for one Sir Bernard Brocas Knight Chamberlain to Anne Queen of England who was Wife to King Richard II. § 52. Against the same Wall but more towards the East is a noble Monument of Alabaster black and various coloured Marble Canopied and adorned with Corinthian Pillars Coats of Arms and gilt with Gold on whose Pedestal is placed the Image of a man at full proportion leaning on his left side and supporting his head by his left Arm in his Robes of Estate with another little Image of an Infant at his feet all in curious wrought Alabaster painted and gilt with Gold environed with a Grate and an Epitaph in Latine Greek and English set up here to remember John Lord Russel and his Son Francis a Child by the Lady Elizabeth his Wife Daughter of Sir Anthony Coke Knight and Widow of Sir Thomas Hobby he was Son and Heir to Francis Russel who was the second Earl of Bedford of that surname but dying before his Father in the year 1584. and his Son Francis anno 1580. was buried here leaving behind him only two Daughters viz. Anne and Elizabeth § 53. Which Elizabeth is said to have bled to death by a prick she received in the fore-finger of her left hand by a Needle but with what truth I know not Yet the Monument placed here for her within the same Grate with her Father by the Lady Anne her Sister seems not obscurely to point out as much For on a Pedestal of black and white Marble shaped after the figure of a Roman Altar made Column wise is set the Statue of this young Lady reposing her self in a curious wrought Osier Chair all of polished Alabaster melancholily inclining her cheek to her right hand and with the fore-finger of her left only extended directs us to behold the deaths head placed at her feet silently intimating that from thence sprung the Malady that brought her to the grave wherefore we may not irrationally conjecture that having touched an Artery with the invenomed Needle the infection might so suddenly disperse it self well known to able Physicians that in a short time it might occasion her death which by the Ignorant might be imputed to the simple prick of her finger a thing altogether unlikely and absurd § 54. Next to this Columnial Monument is another of the same form but somewhat larger composed of Alabaster and white Marble with the Statue of a noble Youth thereon furnitured and equipped like a Roman Hero with Helm Shield Coat of Male Buskins Sandals c. of polished Marble which the illustrious Earl of Clare caused to be erected for his third Son Francis Holles who returning sick from the Wars in Flanders and the Low-Countries died at the age of eighteen years and was buried here anno 1622. § 55. Between these two Altar-like Monuments are two little Tombs fixed to the Wall above them against the East side of the Chappel both of Alabaster and black Marble adorned with small Corinthian Pillars set about with Arms and gilt with Gold The one which is next to the door for the Lady Katharine Knowles chief Lady of the Bed-chamber and Cousin German to Queen Elizabeth and Wife to Sir Francis Knowles Knight Treasurer of the Houshold to the same Queen she died at Hampton-Court on the fifth day of January 1568. and was honourably buried in the floor of this Chappel The other for the Lady Jane Seymour Cousin-German to Edward VI. King of England and Daughter of Edward Duke of Somerset Earl of Hertford Viscount Beauchamp and Baron Seymour who dying a Virgin on the nineteenth day of March in the year of our Lord 1560 at the age of nineteen years was buried here and had this small Monument erected by her Brother the Earl of Hertford to her memory But the Latine Verses mentioned by Stow and Camden to have been placed on this little Tomb are not here now but only the English Inscription § 56. In the Area or floor of this Chappel not far from the Monument of Francis Holles is a raised Tomb of Alabaster about five foot from the ground adorned with Arms and Inscriptions and gilt with Gold joyning to the four corners thereof are as many Corinthian Pillars supporting a Table of black Marble whereon is placed the Image at full proportion in her Robes of Estate and at her feet a Lion couchant with a rich Jewel pendant at the end of a Chain encompassing her neck and falling between her breasts all curiously wrought and admirably pollished in white Marble erected here for the Lady Frances Dutchess of Suffolk anno 1563. she was a Lady of great extraction being Daughter to Charles Brandon Duke of Suffolk and Mary the French Queen who was the Daughter of Henry VII King of England she was married first to Henry Grey Marquess
Canopied with a comely Arch of Freestone adorned with Arms and Masons-work which was made for George Flaccet Abbot of this Monastery but the Inscription and Epitaph round the ledge is torn away § 130. On this Tomb is placed a stone Coffin with a lid of the same and a Crucifix carved thereon wherein is yet to be seen the bones and Skelliton of an embalmed body much defaced as it should seem by the removal of this Capsula from some other place but whose body it is that lies therein I will not aver as meeting no evidence sufficient to confirm it But that it cannot be the body of Humfrey de Bohun Earl of Essex Hereford and Northampton who was Lord High Constable of England and the last of that name as the Officers of the Church have received it by Tradition is evident for that he was buried with his Father Grandfather and great-Grandfather in the Abby Church of Walden in Essex the antient repository of that noble Family as may be seen more at large in the Monasticon Anglicanum and in Sir William Dugdales Baronage of England yet two of his Children which he had by Elizabeth the Daughter of Edward I. were buried here viz. Hugh and Mary And there is a little Monument against the North Wall of grey Marble under that of Thomas Curey erected for them from whence this story might take its original I am inclined therefore to think that it were not improbable to believe it the body of Thomas Mylling Abbot of Westminster and Bishop of Hereford Privy Counsellour and Favourite to King Edward IV. and Godfather to his eldest Son Prince Edward who dying about the year 1493. was buried in the midst of this Chappel and that when the large Vault and Tomb which takes up a great part of the Area of this Chappel was made for Thomas Earl of Exeter and his Ladies this Coffin might be taken up and set by here and the rather for that in Camdens Collection of this Churches Monuments which were taken before the erection of the said Tomb there is no mention of such a Coffin as this which had it been here in his time I am persuaded he would not have overpassed without some observation thereon Yet further if we diligently take notice of the Coffin it self with the form of the Cross on the Cover and compare it with many more of the like fashion both at Canterbury York Durham c. wherein are conserved the bodies of some Bishop or Archbishop it will add to the confirmation of this opinion but I submit to the more Judicious in Antiquities of this nature § 131. The next to George Flaccet Abbot of Westminster lies Thomas Ruthall Bishop of Durham who was Secretary to King Henry VII and died in the year 1524. in a comely Tomb of Freestone with an arched Canopy variously adorned and set forth with Arms both of his See and Family under which is his Image in his Episcopal habit with a Miter on his head and a Pastoral staff in his left hand placing his feet on the back of a Lion couchant but there is no Epitaph or Table belonging thereto § 132. At whose feet is the third ancient Monument without a Canopy or any Inscription where on a raised Pedestal of Freestone lies the Image of a Mitered Abbot in the Vestments wherein he was accustomed to sing or say Mass with a Miter on his head a Crosier staff in his hand and a Ring on his finger a Spaniel Dog at his feet and two Angels supporting his Pillow all of the same Freestone curiously ingraved under which William de Colchester Abbot of Westminster is said to be interred § 133. Against the East Wall of this Chappel is a most magnificent and stately Monument about twenty six foot high where by an ascent of Greeses of black and white Marble you are led to a curious fashioned Tomb of an admirable composure framed of the Porphyry the Lydian Touch Serpentine Agate Alabaster and divers coloured stones finely wrought and adorned with Gold At the four corners whereof are as many Pyramids of black Marble Supported by Pedestals of the same whereon are placed threescore and four Shields of Arms painted in their proper colours with the names matches and quarterings belonging to that noble Family These Pyramids and the Tomb are overshadowed by a glorious arched Canopy every where beset with Coats of Arms Golden Slips Branches Pomegranates Roses c. with other flory and fruit-work very pleasant and delightful to behold on each side of the outward part of this arched Canopy are two Magnificent Pyramids of black Marble adorned with Shields Banners Pennons Cannon Culverins Musquetons Halberts Half-pikes Drums Fifes with other Instruments of War and warlike Trophies carved on the same Marble and gilt with Gold Over the Canopy are no less than twenty several Corinthian Columns supporting and composing various forms of Architecture diversly placed on the noble Arch whereby the whole becomes very beautiful and magnificent which was erected here by George Carey Lord Hunsdon Governour of the Isle of Wight Knight of the Garter Privy Counsellour and Lord High Chamberlain to Queen Elizabeth for his Father the Lord Henry Carey Baron of Hunsdon Governour of Berwick Captain of the Gentlemen Pensioners Justice in Eure on this side Trent Knight of the most noble Order of the Garter Lord High Chamberlain Privy Counsellour and Cousin German to Queen Elizabeth who died in the 71 year of his age anno 1596. and for his Mother the Lady Anne Daughter of Sir Thomas Morgan Knight § 134. By these two illustrious persons in the same Vault lies Thomas Carey second Son to Robert Lord Carey of Leppington Earl of Monmouth and Brother to the last Earl of that surname he was of the Privy Chamber to King Charles I. and greatly favoured by him but upon the death of that Royal Martyr he fell suddenly sick and died in the thirty third year of his age having a little Monument of white Marble against the North-east Angle of this Chappel placed of late to his memory § 135. Next to which directly North are two large Statues at full proportion The one of a man in Armour The other of a Lady in a Cypress Veil of white Marble both reposing themselves and resting their arms on a Table of black under a Canopy the Curtains withdrawn with an Atchievement of Arms all of curious wrought Alabaster but there is no Inscription or Epitaph which was ordered to be defaced upon the restauration of his Sacred Majesty by reason it was set up for one Collonel Edward Popham an opposer of his Majesties undoubted right to his Kingdoms but by the intercession of some of his Ladies Friends who had eminently served his Majesty the stone was only turned whereon the Epitaph was insculpt and the Monument permitted to remain Sed Nigro carbone notanda § 136. On the left hand of the door of this Chappel
towards the West being the first Tomb on that side you have under an antient large Arch in the Wall a little Monument of grey Marble on which is portraitured and finely ingraven the Effigies of a Knight in Armour reposing his head on his Helm crested with an Unicorns head coped and crowned and at each of the four corners a Coat of Arms insculpt of the same brass with several Caskets and Coffers with an Inscription in part remaining round the Verge of the Tomb whereby may be gathered that Sir Thomas Vaughan Knight who was first Chamberlain to Edward Prince of Wales and afterwards Treasurer to his Father King Edward IV. lies underneath § 137. Here is a most noble Tomb in the midst of this Chappel raised about five foot from the Pavement of black and white Marble the Pedestal set about with fourteen Escutcheons of Arms and on the top the Images at full proportion of an Earl in his Parliament Robes with the Collar George and Mantle of the Garter and his Countess in her Robes of Estate with a Garb supported by two Lions rampant placed on a Torce under the feet of the Earl and a Griffon passant under those of his Countess all of the aforesaid white Marble admirably polished and curiously ingraven with an Epitaph round the Verge expressing that Thomas Cecill Earl of Exeter and Baron Burleigh Knight of the most noble Order of the Garter and Privy Counsellour to King James lies there interred together with his first Wife whose Image that is on the Tomb the Lady Dorothy Nevill Daughter and one of the Co-heirs of the Lord Latimer As likewise his second Wife the Lady Frances Bridges of the noble Family of the Lord Shandois whose Effigies is not here though there be left room on the North side of her Husband as it should seem for that purpose § 138. On the South side by the foot of this Tomb at the head â—f the entrance into the Lord Hunsdons Vault was Charles Howard a Child of two years old interred anno 1670. having a little stone placed over his Grave he was the third Son of Charles Earl of Carlile § 139. Coming from this Chappel of St. Iohn Baptist on each side the entrance are two little Monuments of Alabaster black and white Marble with some small Figures thereon adorned with Arms and Epitaphs That on the West for Juliana Crew Daughter of Sir Randolph Crew Knight Lord Chief Justice of England â—y Juliana Clepesby his Lady who was the Daughter and Heir to that antient Family in the County of Norfolk She died on the twelfth of April anno 1621. § 140. The other on the East for the Lady Jane Crew one of the Daughters and Co-heirs of Sir John Pultney of Mistertonpultney in the County of Leicester Knight and Wife of Sir Clyppesby Crew Knight she died in the thirtieth year of her age anno 1639. and had this little Monument erected by her Husband for her Passing from these Monuments we are led to The Chappel of St. Erasmus § 141. Where by opening a door on your right hand you are let into the undercroft being something dark by reason of the vicinity of the houses erected in the Church-yard almost adjoyning to the Windows Yet you may see a plain Marble Table supported by four small Pillars of wrought Brass and fixed to a Pedestal of the same stone where formerly had been placed the Skeleton in his shrowd curiously insculpt and composed of Alabaster with an Epitaph circumscribed and several Verses thereon which are all now taken away except the Table c. under which was John Islip Abbot of Westminster interred The fame of this Abbot with his benefactions to this Church I have discoursed on elsewhere yet I forgot to tell you how he designed a stately Tower and Lanthorn with a goodly Chime of Bells to be placed therein over the midst of the Cross of this Church but finding the foundation of the old Pillars too weak to support his Structure the Bells were set up in one of the Western Towers where they remain to this day Moreover he caused this Chappel to be made and dedicated to St. Erasmus and adorned the Roof with curious Masons work and neat Carvings with several devices and intaglio's and many rebus's a fancy much in esteem about that time alluding to his name as sometimes you have one slipping boughs in a tree otherwhile an Eye with a slip of a tree and again a Youth slipping from a bough of a tree with a Label proceeding out of his mouth with I slip thereon and the like The whole Vault being interlaced with his Coat of Arms viz. Erm a Fess between three Weesels Gules and such like devices as are the Windows in the Oratory above full of the same But before we take our leaves of this obscure place yet well deserving our pains of seeing we must not let pass the memory of a noble Gentleman who hath a Monument placed here for him § 142. Against the East Wall whereof is a comly Tomb of black and white Marble on whose Pedestal is the Epitaph and on one side the Image of a Knight in Armour lively representing the Original with his Lady on the other excellently figured in curious wrought Alabaster adorned with weeping Cupids and mournful Hymens extinguishing their Torches with Arms and Paintings which was erected by the Lady Alice Daughter of Thomas Fanshaw Esquire the Kings Remembrancer for Sir Christopher Hatton Knight of the Bath her Husband Son and Heir to Sir Christopher Lord High Chancellour of England by whom she had twelve Children He died on the tenth day of September 1619. There is a small Table of black and white Marble against the Wall on the East side of this Chappel nigh the Windows that let in light from the South side of the Church containing a further Encomium of this worthy Gentleman § 143. There was likewise buried here without any Tomb or Grave-stone the Lady Anne sole Daughter and Heir of John Mowbray Duke of Norfolk Wife to Richard Duke of York Son to King Edward IV. but she dying without Issue the Dukedom of Norfolk came to the Family of the Howards § 144. Ascending from this undercroft by a pair of stone Stairs into the Oratory it self wherein nothing remains but some of the rebus's in the Windows as I have said before It being at present made use of before It being at present made use on as a repository for those Statues of our Kings Queens and Princes of the Bloud Royal which lay on their Cenotaphs when their Exequies were celebrated in this Church being here preserved in their Robes of Estate with their Royal Habiliments and other Ensigns of Majesty in Presses of Wainscote viz. Edward III. King of England and Philippa his Queen Henry V. and Queen Katherine Henry VII with Elizabeth his Queen and Henry Frederick Prince of Wales in one Press with Queen Elizabeth King James and Queen Anne
Thomas the first Lord Wentworth Richard Knevet Esquire one of the Gentlemen Pensioners to Queen Elizabeth who died on the first day of November anno 1559. Sir Edward Rogers Knight Controller of the Houshold to Queen Elizabeth who died anno 1568. William Rogers his Grandson anno 1593. Sir James Crofts Knight Controller of the Houshold likewise to Queen Elizabeth who died anno 1590. Elizabeth the Daughter of Sir John Fortescue Knight who died on the twenty first of May 1597. And Sir Edward Spragge Knight who lost his life at Sea against the Hollander anno 1673. Next to this is The Chappel of St. Michael § 177. Where there is only on the East side one Monument of Alabaster Marble and divers coloured stones with the Image of a Lady in her Robes of Estate lying at full length with two Children kneeling on the Pedestal all of the same Alabaster adorned with Arms and gilt with Gold for the Lady Katharine St. John's the Daughter of Sir William Dormer Knight and Widow of John Lord St. John's of Bletso by whom she had Oliver who died an Infant and Anne married to William Lord Howard of Effingham eldest Son to Charles Earl of Nottingham Lord High Admiral of England This Lady caused this Monument to be made in her life time not long surviving after who died on the twenty third day of March anno 1614. § 178. There were likewise buried in this Chappel without any Monuments Sir Hugh Vaughan Knight with Anne his Wife who was the Daughter of Henry Earl of Northumberland and Widow of Thomas Hungerford Sir Thomas Wharton Knight afterwards Lord Wharton who married the Daughter of Robert Earl of Sussex and was buried here Anno 1572. Elizabeth the Wife of Sir John Boorn Knight Secretary to Queen Mary she died on the twenty second day of June anno 1576. And Sir William Trussel Knight who was Speaker to the House of Commons at the deposition of King Edward II. § 179. This Chappel with part of the Chappels of St. Iohn Evangelist and St. Andrew are now taken up and the Monuments almost covered by the Scaffolds placed here being made use of at present for the lower Convocation House for the Deans Prebends and Doctors c. as that of King Henry VII is for the Archbishops and Bishops when the Parliament sits at Westminster which I should before have informed you as likewise that in the same Chappel Divine Service is celebrated theâ—e every Morning at six of the Clock for the conveniency of the Scholars and the devout people thereby inhabiting The Chappel of St. Andrew § 180. Which is the last yet not the least for beauty and comliness the Skreen thereof being richly adorned with curious carvings and ingravings and other Imagery work of Birds Flowers Cherubims Devices Mottoes and Coats of Arms of many of the chief Nobility painted thereon as Dukes of York Bedford Cambridge c. The Earls of Lancaster Exeter Derby c. The Lords Beaâ—champ Bardolph Mohun Huâ—gerford Stafford Ormond Nevil Grey Perâ—y Molineux Fitz-John all done by the command and at the charge and cost oâ— Edmund Kirton Abbot of Westminster about the time of King Edward IV. who lies buried on the South side of the Chappel under a plam grey Marble Tomb with an Epitaph in brass round the Verge who died anno 1466. § 181. Against the East Wall is a slight Monument of Alabaster and black Marble adorned and gilt with Gold for Sir John Bourgh Knight Son of William Lord Bourgh descended from the noble Hubert de Bourgh Lord Chief Justice of England and Earl of Kent in the time of King Henry III. and the Lady Katharine Daughter of Edward Clinton Earl of Lincoln Lord High Admiral of England This Sir John was eminent â—or his martial prowess having been twice Knighted in the Field first by the Earl of Leicester Captain General and Governour of the United Netherlands afterwards at the Battel of St. Andrews by Henry IV. King of France and Navarre but boarding a Spanish Caract laden with Gold Spice and Pretious stones he was most unfortunately slain on the seventh day of March anno 1594. in the thirty second year of his age and had this little Memorial placed here for him § 172. Here was likewise buried Thomas Lord Boroughs Knight of the honourable Order of the Garter and Lord Lieutenant of Ireland who died prosecuting the War against the Earl of Tyroen then in rebellion anno 1597. And Henry Noel one of the Gentlemen Pentioners to Queen Elizabeth who died on the twenty sixth of February anno 1596. both without any Monuments or Gravestones § 183. In the midst of this Chappel is a most magnificent and noble Monument erected for Sir Francis Norris Knight afterwards Baron Norris of Rycote memorable for his warlike actions in the Spanish Netherlands On the Pedestal raised on three ascents composed of black Marble and Alabaster is his Effigies curiously carved and ingraved all in Armour of white Marble richly gilt and adorned with Gold on each side of whom are the Images of three young men kneeling in Armour framed of the same Alabaster and gilt with Gold over-shadowed by a glorious Arched Canopy supported by eight Corinthian Pillars of divers coloured stones set forth with Arms and other adornments but there is no Inscription or Epitaph belonging thereunto § 184. Many more persons of note have been interred in this Church whose Monuments are decayed and gone or the Inscriptions worn or torn off from their Grave-stones as Rachel Brigham Daughter of Nicolas Brigham who had a marble stone laid over her hard by Chaucers Tomb anno 1557. William Benson Abbot of Westminster and first Dean of this Church after King Henry VIII had disowned the Supremacy of Rome was buried as you go into the Revestry William Bedell who was Treasurer to Cardinal Woolsey Archbishop of York and Lord Chancellour of England with Cicely his Wife and Sir Francis Allen Knight a famous Souldier in the Low-Country Wars all these lying in the South Cross In the North Cross lies John Redman S. T. D. who was Master of Trinity College in Cambridge and a Prebend of this Church he died anno 1551. Bartholomew Dodington a learned man and Greek Professor in the University of Cambridge who died on the twenty second of August anno 1595. George Burden Receptor of this Collegiate Church John Gryffith descended of an antient Family in Wales he died anno 1597. And Thomas Brown first chief Master of the School then a Prebend and afterwards Sub-dean of this Church who died anno 1585. May 2. § 185. There were likewise buried here other memorable persons for whom I cannot ascertain any particular place ziz Harold base Son of King Câ—ute after the death of his Father was elected King of England by the Danes who caused Queen Emma his Fathers Wife after he
G. B. A. M. P. Anno Dom. 1595. Gladius meus non salvabit me Psal 43. Tu es enim Domine qui vitae mortis habes potestatem deducis ad portas mortis reducis Sap. Cap. 6. 139. Epitaph viz. Labilitas brevitas mundanae prosperitatis Coelica praemia gloria gaudia danda beatis Sebertum certum jure dedere satis Hic Rex Christicola verax fuit hac regione Qui nunc coelicola gaudet mercede coronae Rex humilis docilis scius pius inclytus iste Sollicitè nitidè tacitè placidè bone Christe Vult servire tibi perficiendo sibi Orâ—at mores spernit flores lucis avarae Glâ—â—cens multùm Christi cultum latisâ—care Ecclesiam nimiam nimio studio fabricavit Haeâ— illaesa manus quae fundamenta locavit Hic sâ—ptingentis annis terra cumulatus Christi â—lemenâ—is instinctibus inde levatus Isto sub lapide nune jacet ipse vide Atque domum Christo quia mundo fecit in isto Nunc pro mercede coeli requiescit in aede Respiâ—e mortalis promissio sit tibi talis Accipies si des nil capies nisi des Es Christo qualis Christus erit tibi talis Dapsilis esto sibi largus eritque tibi Effectus non affectus si reddere possis Debet censeri si nihil reddere possis Tunc bonus affectus pro facto debet haberi Sicut de lignis per aquam depellitur ignis Sic mala commissa fiunt donando remissa Reddet ad usuram quod quis dat nomine Christi Nam vitam puram pro parvo dat Deus isti 140. Epitaph viz. Memoriae sacrum Hic jacet Thomas Bilson Wintoniensis nuper Episcopus serenissimo Principi Jacobo Magnae Britanniae Regi â—otentissimo à sanctioribus consiliis qui quum Deo Ecclesiae ad â—nnos undeviâ—inti fideliter in Episcopatu deservisset mortalitatem sub certa spe resurrectionis â—xuit decimo octavo die mensis Junii Anno Dom. 1616. aetatis suae 69. 141. Epitaph viz. Here lieth Cecill Ratcliff sometime chief Gentlewoman with my Lady of Dudley one whose soul God have mercy upon Amen Mercy grace and forgiveness Arms. Alton viz. on a Cross ingrailed between four Crescents a Rose 142. Epitaph viz. M. S. Clarissimi omnigenaque virtute eruditione praesertim Poësi ornatissimi Equitis Domini Roberti Aitoni ex antiqua illustri gente Aitona ad castrum Kinnadinum apud Scotos oriundi qui à Sereniss R. Jacobo in cubicula interiora admissus in Germaniam ad Imperatorem Imperiique Principes cum libello Regio Regiae authoritatis vindice legatas ac primum Annae demum Mariae serenissimis Britaniarum Reginis ab Epistolis Consiliis Libellis supplicibus necnon Xâ—nodochio Sanctae Katharinae Praefectus anima Creatori reddita hîc depositis mortalibus exuviis secundum Redemptionis adventum expectat Carolum linquens repetit parentem Et vale dicens Mariae revisit Annam aulai decus alto Olympi mutat honore Obiit Coelebs in Regia Albaula non sine maximo bonorum omnium luctu moerore aetatis suae 68. salut humanae 1638. Hoc devoti gratique animi testimonium optimo paâ—râ—â—o Jo. Aitonus M. L. P. Musarum decus hic patriaeque aulaeque domique Et foris exemplar sed non imitabile honesti Arms. Ingram viz. A Cheveron between three Talbots passant Impaling Bâ—llâ—siâ— viz. A Cheveron between three Flower-de-luces 143. Epitaph viz. Here lieth interred in full assurance of a glorious Resurrection the body of the Right Honourable Sir Thomas Ingram Knight who for his eminent loyalty sufferings and services to and for their Majesties King Charles I. and II. was by the later made Chancellour of the Dutchy of Lancaster and one of his most honourable Privy Council He married Frances Daughter of Thomas Lord Viscount Fawconberge by whom he had Issue Mary his only Child who died in the twelfth year of her age Anno Dom. 1651. and lies likewise here interred he was primitively religious and eminently without ostentation charitable an excellent Subject a most affectionate Husband and a faithful Friend and to the great grief of his Lady and Relations and loss to his Prince and the Publick he exchanged his earthly for an heavenly habitation the thirteenth day of Febr. 1671. to whose dear memory this Monument was erected by his disconsolate Lady Arms. Tufâ—oâ— With quarterings viz. 1. and 6. Sab. an Eagle displayed Ermine within a bordure Arg. 2. Gules a Cross Arg. and file of five B. 3. Gules a Cheveron between three Lions gambs erected and erased in bend within a bordure all Argent 4. B. a Cheveron Or between three Swans Arg. 5. Per bend sinister Sab. and Or a Lion ramp counterchanged over all an Escutcheon of pretence quarterly 1. and 4 Sab. three Leopards heads Or jessant as many Flower-de-luces Arg. 2. G. a Fess Ermine 3. Arg. on a bend B. between two Lions ramp Gules three bezants Cresâ— on a Torce of his colours a Lion marine Sâ—jant Arg. 144. Epitaph viz. Here lieth the body of Richard Tufton Esquire third Son of Sir John Tufton of Hothfield in Kent Knight and Baronet by Christian Brown his Wife one of the Daughters and Coheirs of Sir Humphrey Brown Knight one of the Justices of the Common-pleas and Anne his Wife Daughter to George Earl of Kent Which Sir John Tufton left Issue married by the aforesaid Christian his Wife Nicolas Baron of Tufton and Earl of Thanet Humphrey Tufton Knight the aforesaid Richard Tufton and William Tufton Baronet of Ireland Cicely Countess of Rutland and Mary Viscountess of Dunbar the rest died unmarried This Richard married Crisogon youngest Daughter and Coheir of Herbert Morley of Gline in Sussex Esquire The other Daughter of the said Morley being Margaret and the eldest was married unto Sir Humphrey Tufton before named who occasioned this Monument to be erected in memory of his Brother Mr. Richard Tufton who departed this mortal life leaving isâ—ue John Mary and Christian the fourth of October Anno Dom. 1631. Arms. Cranfield viz. On a pale three Flower-de-luces Crest out of a ducal Crown an Antelops head coped 145. Epitaph viz. Near interred lieth the body of Lyonell Earl of Middlesex Baron Cranfield of Cranfield in the County of Bedford one of the Gentlemen of his Majesties Bedchamber He was second Son to Lyonel Earl of Middlesex Lord High Treasurer of England the last of that honourable Family he died the 26 day of October in the year of our Lord 1674. 146. Epitaph viz. Under this Marble lieth the body of Anne Countess Dowager Wife to Lyonell Earl of Middlesex Lord High Treasurer of England She departed this life the third day of February in the year of our Lord 1669. 147. Epitaph viz. Here lieth James Cranfield Earl of Middlesex who died the sixteenth of September Anno Dom. 1652. 148. Epitaph viz. Mr. Edw. Cranfield lieth here
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
Dominiorum ac suditorum protectoris dignissimi exercituumque Praefecti lâ—cum-â—enentis Generalis Thesaurarii Comitis Mariscalli Angliae Gubernaâ—â—ris Capitanei insularum de Garnesey Iersey sub cujus prospero auspiâ—â—o toties tam foeliciter de Scotis Edinburgi Lethae Musselburgi praelio devictis gloriosè triumphatur Heroina quidem natalium splendore illustrissima utpote filia praeclari Equitis Edwardi Stanhoppe suae conjugis Elizabethae filiae Fulconis Bourchier Domini Fitz-Warini à quo Bathoâ—â—â— Com 〈…〉 erm sunt orti Filius 〈…〉 Gulielmi Fitz-warini Baronis fratris germani Henrici Comitis Essexiae Johannis à Berneriis dynastae Quos Gulielmus Oxinensis 〈…〉 in Normannia Comes eorum genitor susceperat ex Anna filia sola Haerede Thomae de Woodstock Ducis Gloucestriae junioris filii magni Regis Edwardi tertii Alâ—onâ—rae conâ—ortiâ— suae cohaeredis Humfredi decimi de Bohun Comitis Herefordiae Essexiâ— Northamptoniae Constabulariâ— Angliae Pulchram maritâ— numâ—rosam â—â—â—â—triâ—sque sexus prolem â—â—ixa esâ— Edwardum scilicet Hertfordiae Comitem Hâ—nricum alterum Edwardum Annam Warwicensent Comitissam Margareâ—â—m Jaâ—am Marâ—am Katharinam Elizabetham ad fatalâ—m maturae sâ—nâ—â—â—â—tis â—oram cum 〈…〉 â—â—nâ—gâ—naâ—â—a pâ—rveniâ—â—â—â— aâ—erno nuâ—â—â—i sp 〈…〉 firma in Ch 〈…〉 â—ide plâ—â—â—dâ— â—◠〈…〉 reddidit 16. Kalend Aprilis die Pas â—al◠〈…〉 â— salutis 1587. Edwardus 〈…〉 Hertfordiae Comes acerbo in 〈…〉 s d 〈…〉 â—â—renti hoc mâ—â—â—mâ—ntum 〈…〉 â—â—â—oris â—rfâ—o quo abundavit viv◠〈…〉 sed amoris causa pro 〈…〉 dâ—votissimè consecravit Here lieth intombed the noble Dutchess of Somerset Anne dear Spouse unto the renowned Prince Edward Duke of Somerset Earl of Hertford Viscount Beauchamp and Baron Seymour Companion of the most famous Knightly Order of the Garter Uncle to King Edward VI Governour of his Royal Person and most worthy Protector of all his Realms Dominions and Subjects Lieutenant-General of all his Armies Treasurer and Earl-Martial of England Governour and Captain of of the Isles of Guernesey and Iersey under whose prosperous conduct glorious victory hath been so often and so fortunately obtained over the Scots vanquished at Edenburgh Leith and Musselborough field A Princess descended of noble Linage being Daughter to the worthy Knight Sir Edward Stanhoppe by Elizabeth his Wife that was Daughter to Sir Foulk Bourchier Lord Fitz-warin from whom our modern Earls of Bath are sprung Son was he to William Lord Fitz-warin that was Brother to Henry Earl of Essex and John Lord Berners whom William their Sire sometime Earl of Ewe in Normandy begat on Anne the sole Heir of Thomas of Woodstock Duke of Gloucester younger Son to the mighty Prince King Edward III. and of his Wife Eleonore Co-heir unto the tenth Humfrey de Bohun that was Earl of Hereford Essex and Northampton High Constable of England Many Children bare this Lady unto her Lord of either sort to wit Edward Earl of Hertford Henry and a younger Edward Anne Countess of Warwick Margaret Jane Mary Katharine and Elizabeth and with firm faith in Christ and in most mild manner rendred she this life at 90 years of age on Easter day the sixteenth of April anno 1587. The Earl of Hertford Edward her eldest Son in this doleful duty careful and diligent doth consecrate this Monument to his dear Parent not for her honour wherewith living she did abound and now departed flourisheth but for the dutiful love he beareth her and for his last testification thereof Arms. Boyle viz. Parted per bend crenelle Seymour viz. Two wings conjoyned in lewre pendant 72. Epitaph viz. Here lieth the honourable the Lady Jane Clifford youngâ—st Daughter to Williaâ— Duke of Somerset Grand Daughter to Edwâ—r◠〈…〉 â—â— Hartford and great Gâ—â—nd-Daughter to Edward Duke of Somerset c. Uncle to King Edward VIâ—â—rotector of his Realms and Governour of his Royal Person She was married to the Right Honourable Charles Lord Clifford and Dungarvan Son and Heir apparent to Richard Earl of Burlington in England and Cork in Ireland Lord High Treasurer of Ireland and to Elizabeth his Countess sole Daughter and Heireâ—s to Henry late Earl of Comberland Lord Clifford c. the last Male of that noble Family She had Issue five Sons and six Daughters of whom two Sons and and three Daughters are now living She lived an honour to the Family she was descended from and the great comfort of that into which she was married and died much lamented on the twenty third day of Navember in the year 1679. aged 42 years 4 months and 17 days Arms. Fane With quarterings viz. 1. and 4. B. three left-hand Gantlets Or. 2. and 3. Gules on a saltire Arg. a Rose of the field Impâ—ling Spencer With quarterings viz. â— and 4. quarterly Arg. and Gules in the second anâ— third quarter a fret Or on a bend sab three escalop shells of the first â—and Or on two bars Gules three water budgets Arg. Crest to the first on a Torce of his colours a Gantlet Or holding a Sword Arg. Hilt and Pomel Or Crest to the second out of a Ducal Crown Or a Griffons head coped with wings Arg. gorged with two bars gemells Gules 73. Epitaph viz. Domina Elizabeth Fane antiquiss nobilitata natalitiis propria virtute clarior Filia Roberti Baron Spencer de Wormleighton praenobilis Georgii Fane de Buston Com. Cant. militis uxor casta pudica pia spiritum Redemptori suo ardentissimis votis voceque forti saepiâ—sque iterata commendavit Anno Dom. 1618. magna fama Aetat 28. superstite Conjug 10. prole nulla Moestissimus Conjux conjugi incomparabili P. L. M. Qui sui corporis figuram tanquam illa mortuus junxit cineres ossa socianda spondit Arms. â—aâ—â—w Three Lions passant in pale barwayâ— impaling Dâ—â—hâ—â— vâ—z A Fess of four fusils Ermine 74. Epitaph viz. Orate pro animabus Nicolai Baronis quondam de Carew Dominae Margaretae uxoris ejus filiae Iohannis Domini Dinham militis qui quidem Nicolaus obiit sexto die mensis Decembris Anno Dom. 1470. praedicta Domina Margareta obiit 13. die mensis Decembris Anno 1470. Arms. Cecill viz. Barry of ten Arg. and B. six Escutcheons sable each charged with a Lion rampant of the first all within a Garter of the Order of St. George Crest on a Torce of his Colours a Garb Or supported by two Lions rampant the one â— the other Arg. Supporters two Lions rampant Ermine Motto Corunum via una On one side Vere viz Quarterly Gules and Or in the first quarter a mullet Argent Impaling Cecill as before On the other Cecill As before Impaling Coke viz. Or a Cheveron compony G. and B between three Cinq'foyles of the last 75. Epitaph viz. Si quaeratur quis sit hic vir senex genua flectens canitie venerabilis toga Parliamentaria amictus ordinis Garteriani Eques quae etiam sunt illae duae foeminae nobiles