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You may copy it, give it away or -re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included -with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org - - -Title: Historical Description of Westminster Abbey - Its Monuments and Curiosities - -Author: Anonymous - -Release Date: October 27, 2012 [EBook #41195] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK HISTORICAL DESCRIPTION WESTMINSTER ABBEY *** - - - - -Produced by The Online Distributed Proofreading Team at -http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images -generously made available by The Internet Archive.) - - - - - - - - - -[Illustration: _Shrine of Edward the Confessor._ - -WESTMINSTER ABBEY.] - - - - - Historical Description - OF - WESTMINSTER ABBEY; - ITS - Monuments and Curiosities. - - - [Illustration] - - - PRINTED FOR THE VERGERS IN THE ABBEY, - BY JAS. TRUSCOTT AND SON, SUFFOLK LANE, CANNON STREET, CITY. - - - - -OF ADMISSION. - - -_The North and West doors are open to Visitors. Guides are in attendance, -from nine until six every day, except_ SUNDAY, CHRISTMAS DAY, _and_ GOOD -FRIDAY. _The Abbey is not open to Visitors after the Afternoon Service -during the Winter Months._ - - - - -THE SERVICES. - - -_On Sunday the entrance to the Abbey is by the North and South Transepts. -Divine Service at_ 8 A.M., _at_ 10 A.M., _and at_ 3 P.M.; _and from Easter -to the end of July, at_ 7 P.M. _At the usual Sunday Services, and on Saint -and Holy Days, at_ 10 A.M., _there is a Sermon. The Holy Communion is -celebrated on the first Sunday in the month, at the_ 10 A.M. _Service, and -on other Sundays (except when otherwise ordered) at_ 8 A.M. - -The names of the several Chapels, beginning from the south cross, and so -passing round to the north cross, are in order as follows:--1. St. -Benedict; 2. St. Edmund; 3. St. Nicholas; 4. Henry VII.; 5. St. Paul; 6. -St. Edward the Confessor; 7. St. John; 8. Islip's Chapel, dedicated to St. -John the Baptist; 9. St. John, St. Michael, and St. Andrew. The three last -are now laid together. The Chapel of Edward the Confessor stands, as it -were, in the centre, and is enclosed in the body of the Church. Keep on -your right, and the Chapel of St. Benedict is adjoining the Tombs-gate, in -which Chapel several Deans were buried. Dean Ireland was buried in front -of Camden's monument, in the same grave with Mr. Gifford, his associate -through life. - - Several men intercept all persons as they approach the Abbey, to show - them the Courts of Law, Westminster Hall, &c., which are open all day; - persons attending to them are oft-times prevented from seeing the - Church for that day, as the hours of service intervene. - - - - -WESTMINSTER ABBEY. - - - - -Of the Foundation of the Abbey. - - -Of the Founding of an Abbey on Thorney Island, where that of Westminster -now stands, there are so many miraculous stories related by monkish -writers, that the recital of them now would hardly be endured. Even the -relations of ancient historians have been questioned by Sir Christopher -Wren, who was employed to survey the present edifice, and who, upon the -nicest examination, found nothing to countenance the general belief, "that -it was erected on the ruins of a Pagan Temple." No fragments of Roman -workmanship were discovered in any part of the building, many of which -must undoubtedly have been intermixed among the materials, if a Roman -temple had existed before on the same spot. - -Nor is the dedication of the first Abbey less involved in mystery than the -founding of it. The legend says that Sebert, King of the East Saxons, who -died in 616, ordered Melitus, then Bishop of London, to perform the -ceremony; but that St. Peter himself was beforehand with him, and -consecrated it in the night preceding the day appointed by his Majesty for -that purpose, accompanied by angels, and surrounded by a glorious -appearance of burning lights. - -That this legend continued to be believed after the building itself was -destroyed, will appear by a charter which we shall have occasion to -mention hereafter; and though nothing can with certainty be concluded from -these fictions, yet it may be presumed, that both the ancient church -dedicated to St. Paul, in London, and this dedicated to St. Peter, in -Westminster, were among the earliest works of the first converts to -Christianity in Britain. With their new religion, they introduced a new -manner of building; and their great aim seems to have been, by affecting -loftiness and ornament, to bring the plain simplicity of the Pagan -architects into contempt. - -Historians, agreeable to the legend, have fixed the era of the first Abbey -in the sixth century, and ascribed to Sebert the honour of conducting the -work, and completing that part of it, at least, which now forms the east -angle, which probably was all that was included in the original plan. - -After the death of that pious Prince, his sons, relapsing into Paganism, -totally deserted the church which their father had been so zealous to -erect and endow; nor was it long before the Danes destroyed what the -Saxons had thus contemptuously neglected. - -From this period to the reign of Edward the Confessor, the first Abbey -remained a monument of the sacrilegious fury of the times; but, by the -prevailing influence of Christianity in that reign, the ruins of the -ancient building were cleared away, and a most magnificent structure, for -that age, erected in their place. In its form it bore the figure of a -cross, which afterwards became a pattern for cathedral-building throughout -the kingdom. That politic Prince, to ingratiate himself with his clergy, -not only confirmed all former endowments, but granted a new charter, in -which he recited the account of St. Peter's consecration, the ravages of -the Danes, and the motives which prompted him to restore the sacred -edifice to its former splendour, and endow it with more ample powers and -privileges. This charter concluded with solemn imprecations against all -who should in time to come, dare to deface or to demolish any part of the -building, or to infringe the rights of its priesthood. - -Henry III. not only pulled down and enlarged the plan of this ancient -Abbey, but added a Chapel, which he dedicated to the Blessed Virgin; but -it was not till the reign of Henry VII. that the stately and magnificent -Chapel now known by his name was planned and executed. Of this Chapel, the -first stone was laid on the 24th January, 1502, and when completed was -dedicated, like the former Chapel, to the Blessed Virgin. Henry, designing -this as a burying-place for himself and his successors, expressly enjoined -by his will, that none but those of the blood-royal should be inhumed -therein. - -From the death of Henry VII. till the reign of William and Mary, no care -was taken to repair or preserve the ancient church. By the robberies made -upon it by Henry VIII., and the ravages it sustained during the unhappy -civil commotions, its ancient beauty was in a great measure destroyed; nor -did their Majesties go about to restore it, till it became an object of -parliamentary attention, and till a considerable sum was voted for that -purpose only. This vote being passed, Sir Christopher Wren was employed to -decorate it and give it a thorough repair, which that able architect so -skilfully and faithfully executed, that the building is thought at this -day to want none of its original strength, and to have even acquired -additional majesty by two new towers. - -In 1803 the lantern of the Abbey was destroyed by fire, owing to the -negligence of the plumbers, who were employed in repairing the lead flat. -This part being the junction of four long timber roofs, it was a merciful -providence the whole of this much-esteemed, august, and venerable pile, -had not been utterly consumed. The young gentlemen of Westminster School -highly distinguished themselves by their exertions for the preservation of -the church. The room is handsomely finished, and more suitable with the -rest of the building than the old one. - -_General Admeasurements of the Interior of the Abbey._ - - Ft. In. - Length from East to West 375 0 - Breadth from North to South 200 0 - Do. of Nave and Aisles 75 0 - Height from Pavement to Inner Roof 101 0 - Do. do. to the Roof of the Lantern 140 0 - -The new Choir, designed by Mr. Blore, Architect to the Abbey, is in the -style of architecture which prevailed during the reign of Edward the -Third; and executed by Mr. Ruddle, of Peterborough, in 1848. - -The Dean and Sub-dean's stalls are on either side of the arch, and are -alike in general design, but that of the Dean being more elaborate in -ornamental detail. They are octagonal in plan, and have projecting groined -canopies, with pediments springing from moulded shafts with carved caps; -above the canopies rise an octagonal turret with a spire. The arch is -enclosed under a triangular pediment, the space between the pediment and -the arch being filled with tracery; the centre of which is a cinque foil -enclosing a shield bearing the arms of Edward the Confessor; the ground of -this is carved, and the hollows of the pediment and arch mouldings are -filled with four-leaved flower peculiar to the style. - -The Canons' stalls have groined canopies with pediments, and the space -between the pediment and canopy filled with open tracery; the canopies -spring from slender moulded shafts with carved capitals, and are separated -by buttresses terminating in pinnacles between the pediments. - -The pew fronts are worked in tracery with deep mouldings, and the panels -are divided into compartments by buttresses decorated with tracery, -crockets, and finials. - -The caps and poppy-heads of the desk ends, and the ornamental accessories -of the stall work and pews, are carved to represent the foliage of ivy, -maple, oak, willow, hop, vine, &c. The carving and tracery exhibit a great -variety of design, and are entirely the production of hand labour; the -total number of stalls is fifty-two. - -The Organ, which formerly stood in the centre, and consequently obstructed -the view from west to east, was, in 1848, entirely rebuilt by Mr. Hill, -New Road, London. It is placed on the north, south, east, and west sides -of the screen, and has three cases. The two principal cases, viz., those -under the north and south arches, contain, respectively, the "great" and -"swell": the "solo" and part of the "pedal" organs being placed on the -west side, and the small case on the east side of the screen facing the -choir contains the "choir" organ. The organist sits behind the latter -organ, where the manuals, or key boards, are placed. It may easily be -imagined, that to connect these distinct organs with the manuals and -pedals, and thus bring them under the command of the performer, was an -undertaking of no ordinary difficulty. It has, however, been successfully -accomplished by Mr. Hill, who has, by means of a nice mechanical -adjustment, succeeded in producing a perfectly easy and light touch. The -instrument is now considered one of the finest, as regards tone and -construction, in the kingdom. Number of stops, fifty-five, the majority of -the pedal stops, being on the great organ sound board. - -The marble pavement of the choir was given by Dr. Busby, who was buried -beneath it in 1695. - -The length of the choir, from iron-gate to altar-rail, is one hundred and -sixteen feet six inches; sacrarium, twenty-four feet six inches; altar, -fourteen feet six inches; full length, from iron-gate to altar screen, one -hundred and fifty-five feet six inches; breadth, thirty-five feet six -inches. - - - - -The New Reredos. - - -The Reredos, which is recently put up, is chiefly of white and coloured -alabaster from Staffordshire, but combined with a reddish spar from -Cornwall: the latter material being adopted from its hardness to give -greater strength to the more prominent parts, and from its deeper tone to -give a variety of colour to some of the features of the work, which, if it -had been made wholly of one material, would have appeared monotonous. It -consists of a facade occupying the whole space between two main pillars, -having two doors, one on each side of the altar, giving access to the -shrine behind. The doorways are arched and richly moulded, and the hollows -are filled with bold carving deeply undercut. On either side of each door -is a large canopied niche with pedestal, in which are figures of Moses, -St. Peter, St. Paul, and David; and on the inner side of each large niche -are two smaller ones placed vertically. These niches are all most -elaborately wrought with tabernacle work, richly groined and surrounded -with pierced tracery, carved bratishing, and complexly terminated with -pinnacles, flying buttresses, and spires, all profusely crocketed and -finialed. The whole is surmounted with a carved and sculptured cornice of -bold proportions. The sculpture, which lies in a large and deep hollow -moulding, contains, like the side towards the shrine, fourteen subjects, -but they are all scriptural. They are as follow:--1. The Annunciation; 2. -The Birth; 3. The Adoration; 4. The Baptism; 5. The First Miracle; 6. -Preaching to the Multitude; 7. Gathering the Fragments; 8. Raising of -Lazarus; 9. Triumphal Entry; 10. Agony in the Garden; 11. The Crucifixion; -12. The Resurrection; 13. The Ascension; 14. The Gift of Tongues. Among -these are interspersed on shields in trefoils the following monograms and -emblems:--Alpha and Omega, Agnus Dei, The Chalice, I.H.C., Instruments of -the Passion, A Glorified Cross, The Descending Dove. Above the sculpture -is a hollow moulding filled with richly carved foliage deeply undercut, -and above all is a rich course of carved strawberry-leaf bratishing. - -In the space between the inner niches and above the table is a recess -wherein is placed an elaborate and minutely finished picture of the Last -Supper, in Venetian glass mosaic. It is of large size, and is admirably -designed and executed. - -The table, which is composed of black and green marble, stands on an -elaborately wrought frame of cedar wood. Besides five sculptured panels, -and figures of the Evangelists between pillars, it is otherwise richly -carved and studded with inlays. The subjects are:--1. Adam and Eve in -Paradise; 2. Their Expulsion; 3. The Crucifixion; 4. The Resurrection; 5. -The Ascension. - -To complete the altar table, there has recently been added a super-altar -or shelf of cedar wood, embellished with panels of foliage and monograms, -richly carved and gilt. And to complete the Reredos and the mosaic -picture, there has been added rich surroundings of cedar wood. Below is a -base containing seven zigzag panels of eight points, filled with pictures -in mosaic and enamel, and studded with gems. The pictures are, the -Annunciation in the centre, and portraits of holy women of Scripture: -Ruth, Anna, Elizabeth, Mary Magdalene, Martha, and Dorcas. On this base -are pilasters at the ends of similar work, and between are two slender -detached pillars, all supporting seven canopies of rich tabernacle work, -the central one over the principal figure being the largest. All are -profusely gilt. - -The floor in front of the reredos is wholly new. That of the upper dais is -composed of pleasing patterns of inlaid marble work combined with gold -glass. That of the lower dais, and of the dais of the sedilia, is composed -of rich and varied patterns of red, green, grey, and buff patterns, in -every tone of those colours; the three large circular discs are of purple -porphyry, rosso antico, similar to the slabs which decorate the shrine and -the tomb of Henry the Third. The steps and bands which surround the -patterns are all of Purbeck marble. - -The stone seat on the south side, which was lately hidden, has now been -restored to its original state and use, and the old wood canopies all -forming the sedilia, have been lowered on to the seat of stone and made -complete. Viewed as a whole, the rich colours of the alabaster and spar, -with its delicate and intricate tabernacle work, the interesting -sculpture, the glorious mosaic picture, the richly wrought table below, -and the elaborate inlaid marble floor in front, all combine to give an -impression of the greatest grandeur, the utmost durability, and the -highest art. The whole was executed under the direction and -superintendence of G. G. Scott, Esq., R.A. The mosaic picture was designed -by Mr. Clayton, and executed at Venice by Dr. Salviati. The table was -executed by Messr. Farmer and Brinley, the sculpture of the cornice by Mr. -Armstead, and the alabaster and marble work by the Abbey masons, Henry -Poole and Sons. - -It may not be uninteresting here to add that, in the exploration to which -this work gave opportunity, there were discovered on the north side of the -sacrarem and lower dais, about three feet below the pavement, the bases of -three piers which were left here of the old Abbey of the Confessor. They -are of early Norman character, and, from their position, shew that that -early structure was nearly equal in size to the present structure of Henry -the Third. They possess such great interest that means have been adopted -so to cover them with the pavement that they can be uncovered and exposed -to view. - -On the sides of the altar are the curious and ancient monuments of King -Sebert; Ann of Cleves, Henry the Eighth's wife; Aveling, Countess of -Lancaster; Aymer de Valence; and Edmund Crouchback. The mosaic pavement -was done by Richard de Ware, Abbot of Westminster in the year 1260, who -brought from Rome the stones, and workmen to set them; it is much -admired; and there were letters round it in brass, which composed Latin -words. The design of the figures that were in it was to represent the time -the world was to last, or the _primum mobile_, according to the Ptolemaic -system then in vogue, and was given in some verses, formerly to be read on -the pavement, relating to those figures. The following explanation is -given of them:-- - -If the reader will probably revolve all these things in his mind, he will -find them plainly refer to the end of the world. - -The threefold hedge is put for three years, the time a dry hedge usually -stood; a dog, for three times that space, or nine years, it being taken -for the time that creature usually lives; a horse, in like manner, for -twenty-seven; a man, eighty-one; a hart, two hundred and forty-three; a -raven, seven hundred and twenty-nine; an eagle, two thousand one hundred -and eighty-seven; a great whale, six thousand five hundred and sixty-one; -the world, nineteen thousand six hundred and eighty-three; each succeeding -figure giving a term of years imagined to be the time of their -continuance, three times as much as that before it. - -In the last four verses, the time when the work was performed, and the -parties concerned in it, are expressed; that Henry III. was at the charge; -that the stones were purchased at Rome; that one Oderick was the master -workman; and that the Abbot of Westminster, who procured the materials, -had the care of the work. - -The solemn offices of crowning and enthroning the sovereigns of England -takes place in the centre of the sacrarium, and beneath the lantern is -erected the throne at which the peers do homage. When the crowns are put -on, the peers and peeresses put on their coronets, and a signal is given -from the top of the Abbey for the Tower guns to fire at the same instant. - -To take an advantageous view of the inside, you must go to the west door, -between the towers; and the whole body of the church opens itself at once -to your eye, which cannot but fill the mind of every beholder with the -awful solemnity of the place, caused by the loftiness of the roof, and the -happy disposition of the lights and of that noble range of pillars, by -which the whole building is supported. The pillars terminate towards the -east by a sweep, thereby enclosing the Chapel of Edward the Confessor in a -kind of semicircle, and excluding all the rest. On the arches of the -pillars are galleries of double columns, fifteen feet wide, covering the -side aisles, and lighted by a middle range of windows, over which there is -an upper range of larger windows: by these and the under range, with the -four capital windows, the whole fabric is so admirably lighted, that the -spectator is never incommoded by darkness, nor dazzled with glare. - - - - -Painted Glass. - - -Within the last five years twenty-two windows have been enriched with -stained glass: eight in the Lantern or Central Tower; six in the South -Clerestory of the Nave; one in the Apse; seven in the North Transept. The -object has been to lay the foundation of a general design illustrative of -a portion of the "Te Deum." - -The eight windows in the Lantern or Central Tower represent angels, and -round the sustaining arches is inscribed,--"To Thee all angels cry aloud, -the heavens and all the powers therein; To Thee cherubin and seraphin -continually do cry: Holy, holy, holy, Lord God of Sabaoth, heaven and -earth are full of the majesty of Thy glory." - -The six windows in the South Clerestory, west of the Transepts represent -Prophets, in illustration of that verse in the "Te Deum:"--"The goodly -fellowship of the prophets praise Thee." - -It is hoped that this commencement may lead not only to the completion of -what has been begun, but also to the enrichment of the corresponding -windows on the north side of the Nave, in illustration of the "Noble Army -of Martyrs." - -The Clerestory windows eastward of the Transepts offer the means of -representing the "Glorious Company of the Apostles." - -In the east window in the Apse, below the Clerestory, are the figures of -St. Peter and St. Paul. - -This window was enriched to the "Glory of God's House," and as a token of -respect and affection for the Venerable WILLIAM H. E. BENTINCK, M.A., -Archdeacon of Westminster, who, in 1859, completed his fiftieth year as a -dignitary of this Collegiate Church. - -The next thing observable is the stained glass in the three windows at the -east end, containing each two figures. In the left window, the first -figure represents our Saviour; the second, the Virgin Mary; the third, -Edward the Confessor; the fourth, Henry III.; the fifth, St. Augustine; -the sixth, Melitus, the Bishop of London, in the right hand window. - -The window of stained glass in Henry V.'s Chantry, was at Dean Ireland's -expense, by Willemont; the arms are those of Edward the Confessor, Henry -III., Henry V., Dean Ireland's, and the Abbacy of Westminster. - - - - -I.--Chapel of St. Benedict. - -[Illustration] - - 1. Archbishop Langham, 1376. - - 2. Countess of Hertford, 1598. - - 3. Dr. Goodman, Dean of Westminster, died 1601. - - 4. Son of Dr. Sprat, 1683. - - 5. Cranfield, Earl and Countess of Middlesex, 1645. - - 6. Dr. Bill, first Dean under Q. Elizabeth, 1561. - - Under the Monuments of Deans Goodman and Sprat, was interred (Dean - Vincent), the late Dean, 1815. - - -In the Chapel of St. Benedict is an ancient tomb of stone, having formerly -a canopy of wood, on which lies the effigy of Archbishop LANGHAM, who, as -the Latin epitaph round his tomb sets forth, "was Monk, Prior, and Abbot -of this Abbey; afterwards elected Bishop of London; but Ely being then -also vacant, he made choice of that see; that he was Primate and -Chancellor of England; Priest-Cardinal, afterwards Bishop-Cardinal, of -Preneste, and Nuncio from the Pope; and that he died on the Feast of St. -Mary Magdalen, in the year 1376, on whose soul God have mercy, and grant -him the joys of heaven for the merits of Christ." - -On the east, where stood the altar of St. Benedict, is a fine monument to -the memory of Lady FRANCES, Countess of Hertford. The Latin inscription -sets forth, "that she was wife to the noble Earl of Hertford, son to the -renowned Prince Edward, Duke of Somerset, Earl of Hertford, Viscount -Beauchamp, and Baron Seymour; that she was daughter to the noble Lord -William, Baron Howard of Effingham, Knight of the Garter, High Admiral to -Queen Mary, and Lord Chamberlain and Privy Seal to Queen Elizabeth, &c.; -that, for her many graces, both of mind and body, she was highly favoured -by her gracious Sovereign, and dearly loved by her noble Lord, who, in -testimony of his inviolate affection, consecrated to her memory this -monument. She died in the forty-fourth year of her age, May 14, 1598." - -On the south side is a monument to the memory of Dr. GABRIEL GOODMAN. The -Latin inscription intimates, "that he was the fifth Dean of this Church, -over which he presided for forty years with much applause; that he founded -an hospital, and instituted a school at Ruthin, in Denbighshire, where he -was born; that he was a man of regular and devout life, and that he died -in 1601, aged seventy-three." - -On the same side is a monument to the memory of GEORGE SPRAT, second son -of Dr. Thomas Sprat, Bishop of Rochester, and Dean of Westminster, by his -wife Helena, descended from the ancient and honourable family of the -Wolseleys, in Staffordshire, who lies interred in the Chapel of St. -Nicholas. He died an infant of a year old, in 1683. - -In the centre is a monument erected in memory of LIONEL CRANFIELD, Earl of -Middlesex, by his relict, Lady Ann. The Latin inscription on this monument -is to this effect;--"Sacred to the memory of Lionel Lord Cranfield, Earl -of Middlesex, who by that discerning prince, King James I., being called -to court, was for his excellent parts bountifully rewarded, both with -honours and fortune; being made Master of the Requests, and of the -Wardrobe, President of the Court of Wards, and Privy Councillor. The new -and illustrious, as well as difficult province of Lord Treasurer of -England, he filled, which services how indefatigably he underwent, his -title of Knight, Baron Cranfield, and, lastly, Earl of Middlesex, with -various other honours, abundantly testify. He died the 6th of August, -1645, aged about seventy. He was twice married. By his first wife he had -three daughters; Elizabeth, Countess of Mulgrave; Martha, Countess of -Monmouth; and Mary, who died unmarried. By the second, who survived him, -he had three sons, and two daughters; James, heir to the honours of Earl -of Middlesex, Lyonel, and Edward; Frances, Lady Buckhurst; and Susannah, -who died an infant." - -Near Bishop Langham's tomb, is a table monument, inlaid with a brass -plate, designed for Dr. WILLIAM BILL, Dean of Westminster, Master of Eton -College, Head of Trinity in Cambridge, and Chief Almoner to Queen -Elizabeth, as appears by his inscription. He died July 5, 1561. On a brass -plate are some Latin verses, setting forth "that he was a good and learned -man, and a friend to those that were so; that he was just and charitable; -and that the poor, as well as the three Colleges over which he presided, -sustained an irreparable loss by his death." - -Besides those above recited, there lie interred in this Chapel, CATHERINE, -daughter of Dr. Dolben, Bishop of Rochester, Dean of Westminster, and -afterwards Archbishop of York; a Countess of Kildare, in Ireland; and Dr. -JOHN SPOTSWOOD, Lord Archbishop of St. Andrew's, Primate and Lord -Chancellor of Scotland, who died in 1640. - -On the left of the gate of entrance to the Chapels, is the ancient -monument to SEBERT, King of the East Saxons, who first built a church -nearly on this site, and died July, 616; also of ATHELGODA, his Queen, who -died September 13, 615. - -It may here be observed, and to some will no doubt be interesting, that as -the date of King Sebert is the _earliest_ known respecting the Abbey, -George II. was also the _last_ King buried in Westminster, including in -all thirteen English Sovereigns whose remains repose within these -venerable walls (and fourteen Queens, that is, once reigning sovereigns, -or the consorts of kings) embracing a period of more than twelve hundred -years. The Kings buried in the Abbey--Sebert, Edward the Confessor, Henry -III., Edward I., Edward III., Richard II., Henry V., Edward V., Henry -VII., Edward VI., James I., Charles II., William III., George II., all of -which can of course be ascertained by a careful perusal of this guide -book. - -Over the tomb of Sebert, enclosed under glass, is an elaborate work -(measuring about eleven feet in length, and three feet in height), which -appears to have originally formed part of an altar decoration of the -fourteenth century; the ground-work is oak; over the joinings, and on the -surface of some mouldings, strips of parchment were glued. On this -framework, covered with a gesso ground, various ornamental compartments -and architectural enrichments are completed in relief. The work is divided -into two similar portions; in the centre is a figure which appears to be -intended for Christ, holding the globe, and in the act of blessing; an -angel with a palm branch is on each side. The single figure on the left is -St. Peter; the figure that should correspond on the right, and all the -scripture subjects on that side, are gone. In the compartments to the -left, portions of three subjects remain; one represents the Adoration of -the Kings; another, apparently the Raising of Lazarus; the subject of the -third is doubtful, though some figures remain; the fourth is destroyed. -The small compartments in the architectural enrichments are filled with -variously-coloured pieces of glass inlaid on tinfoil, and have still a -brilliant effect. The compartments not occupied by figures were adorned -with a deep blue glass resembling lapis lazuli, with gold lines of foliage -executed on it. The smaller spaces and mouldings were enriched with cameos -and gems; some of which still remain. This interesting work of art lay -neglected in a Chapel near the North Transept, till Mr. Blore, with the -permission of the Dean and Chapter, had it placed for security in the case -in which it is now seen. It is supposed to have originally formed part of -the decoration of the high altar. Its date may be fixed at the close of -the thirteenth or beginning of the fourteenth century. - -Between this Chapel and the next, is a monument of Mosaic work, erected -for the children of Henry III. and Edward I. This certainly was once a -rich and costly monument; for in the records of the Tower, there is the -King's order for erecting such a one in this place, and for allowing -Master Simon de Wells five marks and a half to defray his expenses in -bringing from the city a certain brass image to set upon the tomb of his -daughter Catherine, and for paying to Simon de Gloucester, the King's -goldsmith, seventy marks, for a silver image for the like purpose. - -On the left, before you enter the Chapel of St. Edmund, is a large stone, -once plated with brass, under which was interred Sir JOHN GALOFRE; he was -famous in the reign of Richard II., for his wisdom and valour, and was -prosecuted by the discontented Lords. He died at Wallingford, in -Berkshire, in 1396. - -The tombstone, with inscription on a brass plate of Dr. BILLSON, is seen -on the floor, next that of Sir John Galofre. He died in 1616. - - - - -II.--Chapel of St. Edmund. - -[Illustration] - - _Left Hand._ - - 1. John of Eltham, Son of Edward II. 1334. - - 2. Earl of Stafford, 1762. - - 3. Monck, Bishop of Hereford, 1661. - - 4. Children of Edward III., 1350. - - 5. Duchess of Suffolk, 1563. - - 6. Holles, Son of Earl Clare, 1662. - - 7. Lady Jane Seymour, 1560. - - 8. Lady Katharine Knollys, 1568. - - 9. Lady Elizabeth Russel, 1601. - - 10. Lord John Russel, 1584. - - 11. Sir Bernard Brocas, 1339. - - 12. Sir Humphrey Bourgchier, 1471. - - 13. Sir Richard Pecksall, 1571. - - 14. Talbot, Earl of Shrewsbury, 1617. - - 15. Earl of Pembroke, 1296. - - 16. Robert de Waldeby, 1397. - - 17. Duchess of Gloucester, 1399. - - 18. Countess of Stafford, 1693. - - 19. Dr. Ferne, Bishop of Chester, 1661. - - 20. Above the Duchess of Suffolk's Monument is one to Mary Countess of - Stafford and her Son, 1719. - - -On the left as you enter is a monument sacred to the memory of JOHN of -ELTHAM, second son of Edward II., and so called from Eltham, in Kent, the -place of his nativity, where our English Kings had once a palace. His -statue is of alabaster, the head encircled in a coronet of large and small -leaves, remarkable for its being the first of the kind. His habit is that -of an armed Knight. He died in Scotland, in 1334, at the age of nineteen, -unmarried, though three different matches had been proposed to him; the -last of which, to Mary, daughter of Ferdinand, King of Spain, he accepted, -but lived not to consummate it. - -At the foot of this is a monument with the following inscription:--"In -this Chapel lies interred all that was mortal of the most illustrious and -most benevolent JOHN PAUL HOWARD, Earl of Stafford, who in 1738 married -Elizabeth, daughter of A. Ewens, of the county of Somerset, Esq. His heart -was as truly great and noble as his high descent. Faithful to his God. A -lover of his country. A relation to relations. A detester of detraction. A -friend to mankind. Naturally generous and compassionate, his liberality -and his charity to the poor were without bounds. Being snatched away -suddenly by death, which he had long meditated and expected with -constancy, he went to a better life the 1st of April, 1762, having lived -sixty-one years nine months and six days." The figures round the -inscription are the ancient badges of honour belonging to the Stafford -family, who descended by ten different marriages from the royal blood of -England and France.--_Invented and stained by Chambers._ - -Next to this is a small table monument, on which lie the figures of -WILLIAM of WINDSOR, sixth son of Edward III., who died in his infancy; and -of BLANCH of the TOWER, sister to William, who likewise died young, having -obtained their surnames from the places of their nativity. About 1350. - -Against the wall is a monument of NICHOLAS MONCK, Provost of Eton, Bishop -of Hereford, and brother of George Monck, Duke of Albemarle, &c. He died -December 11, 1661, aged fifty.--_Woodman, sculptor._ - -On an altar tomb lies the effigy of LADY FRANCES, Duchess of Suffolk. She -was the daughter of the famous Charles Brandon, by Mary, the French Queen, -daughter to Henry VII., and became herself Duchess of Suffolk, by marrying -Henry Grey, then Marquis of Dorset, but upon her father's decease created -Duke of Suffolk, and afterwards beheaded for being concerned in dethroning -Queen Mary. She died in 1558-9. - -Against the wall above is a monument to the memory of MARY, Countess of -Stafford, and of HENRY, Earl of Stafford, her son, who died abroad in -1719, and was buried in this Chapel. - -The next, representing a youth in Grecian armour sitting on a Greek altar, -to the memory of FRANCIS HOLLES, by John, Earl of Clare his afflicted -father. This brave youth, after returning home from a campaign in -Flanders, died August 12, 1622, aged eighteen. His epitaph is thus -written:-- - - "What so thou hast of nature or of arts, - Youth, beauty, strength, or what excelling parts - Of mind and body, letters, arms, and worth, - His eighteen years beyond his years brought forth; - Then stand and read thyself within this glass, - How soon these perish, and thyself may pass: - Man's life is measured by the work, not days; - Not aged sloth, but active youth, hath praise." - ---_N. Stone, sculptor._ - -Next are two tablets, one to the memory of the Right Honourable the Lady -KATHERINE KNOLLYS, chief Lady of the Bedchamber to Queen Elizabeth, and -wife to Sir Francis Knollys, Knt., Treasurer of her Highness's household. -She died January the 15th, 1568. This Lady Knollys and Lord Hunsdon, her -brother, were the only children of William Carey, Esq., by Lady Mary, his -wife, one of the daughters and heirs of Thomas Bulleyne, Earl of Wiltshire -and Ormond, and sister to Anne Bulleyne, Queen of England, wife to Henry -VIII., father and mother to Queen Elizabeth. What is farther remarkable, -Lady Knollys' only daughter was mother of the favourite Earl of Essex. - -The other to Lady JANE SEYMOUR, daughter of Edward, Duke of Somerset, who -died March 19, 1560, aged nineteen. - -On an altar sits, in a sleeping posture, the figure of Lady ELIZABETH -RUSSEL, daughter of Lord John Russel, in alabaster. She pricked her finger -with a needle, which is supposed to have caused a lock-jaw, and occasioned -her death. On the plinth of the pedestal is--"_Dormit, non mortua -est_"--(She is not dead, but sleepeth). Died 1601. - -Lord JOHN RUSSEL, second son of Francis, second Earl of Bedford, and his -son FRANCIS, by Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Anthony Cook, Knt., and widow -of Sir Thomas Hoby, Knt. He died in 1584. He is represented in a cumbent -posture, habited in his coronation robes, with his infant son at his feet. -His lady was esteemed the Sappho of her age, being well versed in the -learned languages, and an excellent poet; five of the epitaphs on this -tomb are of her composition, of which three are in Latin, one in Greek, -and the other in English, which is here transcribed as a specimen, the -rest being to the same purport:-- - - "Right noble twice, by virtue and by birth, - Of heaven lov'd, and honour'd on the earth, - His country's hope, his kindred's chief delight, - My husband dear, more than this world's light, - Death hath me reft. But I from death will take - His memory, to whom this tomb I make. - John was his name (ah, was! wretch, must I say?) - Lord Russel once, now my tear-thirsty clay." - -Next is a very ancient monument, representing a Gothic chapel, and in it -the figure of a Knight in armour, in a cumbent posture, with his feet -resting on a lion's back. This was erected for Sir BERNARD BROCAS, of -Baurepaire, in the county of Hants, Chamberlain to Ann, Queen of Richard -II. But this Princess dying, and Richard falling under the displeasure of -his people, who deposed him, Sir Bernard still adhered to his Royal master -in his misfortunes, which cost him his life. He was publicly beheaded on -Tower Hill, January, 1399, and here buried. - -In front of this is a low altar tomb, on which has been, in plated brass, -the figure of a Knight in armour, his head reclining upon his helmet, and -one of his feet placed upon a leopard, the other on an eagle. By the Latin -inscription this Knight was HUMPHREY BOURGCHIER, son and heir to John -Bourgchier, Lord Berners, who espousing the cause of Edward IV. against -the Earl of Warwick, was slain in the battle of Barnet Field, on -Easter-day, 1471. - -Next is the monument of Sir RICHARD PECKSALL, Knt., Master of the -Buckhounds to Queen Elizabeth; first married to Alianer, the daughter of -William Paulett, Marquis of Winchester, by whom he had four daughters; and -afterwards to Alianer, daughter of John Cotgrave. On the bases of the -pillars are Latin verses thus translated:-- - - "Death can't disjoin whom Christ hath joined in love; - Life leads to death, and death to life above. - In heaven's a happier place; frail things despise: - Live well to gain in future life a prize." - -He died 1571. - -The next is a most magnificent monument to the memory of EDWARD TALBOT, -eighth Earl of Shrewsbury, and his lady, JANE, eldest daughter and -co-heiress of Cuthbert, Baron Ogle, whose effigies in their robes lie on -a black marble table, supported by a pedestal of alabaster. He died -February 8, 1617, in the fifty-seventh year of his age. - -In front of this is the gravestone to the memory of EDWARD, Lord Herbert, -Baron of Cherbury, in England, and of Castle-Ireland, in Ireland, who died -December 9, 1678, aged forty-six. - -On the right is the ancient monument of WILLIAM DE VALENCE, Earl of -Pembroke, lying in a cumbent posture on a chest of wainscot, placed upon a -tomb of freestone; the figure is wood, covered originally with copper -gilt, as was the chest on which it lies. In the year 1296, he was slain at -Bayonne treacherously. His body was afterwards brought to England, and -honourably buried in this Chapel, and an indulgence of one hundred days -granted to all devout people who should offer up prayers for his soul. - -On the floor is a tomb to MARY, Countess of Stafford, wife to the -unfortunate Viscount Stafford, beheaded in the reign of Charles II., on -Tower Hill, Dec. 29, 1680. She was lineally descended from the Barons and -Earls of Stafford, and was daughter and heiress to the noble house of -Buckingham. She died Jan. 1693. - -The next is a tomb on which is a lady in a widow's dress, with a barb and -veil, cut in brass, round which is an inscription in old French, importing -that ALIANER DE BOHUN, daughter and heiress of Sir Humphrey de Bohun, Earl -of Hertford, Essex, and Northampton, and wife to the mighty and noble -Prince of Woodstock, Duke of Gloucester, Earl of Essex and Buckingham, son -of Edward III., lies interred here. This lady, who was the greatest -heiress in England, was deprived of her husband by the cruelty of his -nephew, Richard II., who, jealous of his popularity, most treacherously -betrayed him by a show of friendship; for coming to visit him at Plashy, a -pleasant seat of his in Essex, and staying supper, in duty he thought to -attend his Majesty to town; but at Stratford was suddenly surrounded by an -ambush of armed men, who privately hurried him on board a ship, and -carried him to Calais, where, by the King's order, he was stifled between -feather beds in 1397. After this melancholy circumstance, his lady spent -the rest of her days in the nunnery at Barking, and died October 3, 1399; -from whence her remains were brought and here interred. - -There is also an Archbishop buried here, as appears by a very antique -figure in a mass habit, engraven on a brass plate, and placed on a flat -stone in the pavement, over the remains of ROBERT DE WALDEBY, who, as -appears by the inscription, was first an Augustine monk, and attended -Edward the Black Prince into France, where, being young, he prosecuted his -studies, and made a surprising progress in natural and moral philosophy, -physic, the languages, and in the canon law; and, being likewise an -elegant preacher and sound divine, was made Divinity Professor in the -University of Toulouse, where he continued till called by Richard II. to -the Bishopric of Man; from whence he was removed to the Archbishopric of -Dublin; but not liking that country, upon the first vacancy he was -recalled, and advanced to the see of Chichester, and afterwards to the -Archbishopric of York. Such is the history of this great man, who died May -29, 1397, as gathered from an inscription formerly very legible, but now -almost obliterated. - -At the foot of Waldeby is a blue marble slab, which covers the remains of -Dr. HENRY FERNE, inlaid with five shields in brass, surrounded with an -inscription. He was Chaplain Extraordinary to Charles I.; by Charles II. -made Bishop of Chester, which he lived to enjoy about five weeks, dying -March 16, 1661. - -Also a black marble slab which covers the remains of EDWARD GEORGE EARLE -LYTTON BULWER LYTTON. Born 25th May, 1803; died 18th January, 1873. -1831-1841, Member of Parliament for St. Ives and for Lincoln; 1838, -Baronet of the United Kingdom; 1852-1856, Knight of the Shire of the -County of Hertford; 1858, one of her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of -State, Knight Grand Cross of St. Michael and George; 1866, Baron Lytton of -Knebworth. Laborious and distinguished in all fields of intellectual -activity, indefatigable and ardent in the cultivation and love of letters. -His genius as an author was displayed in the most varied forms, which have -connected indissolubly with every department of the literature of his time -the name of Edward Bulwer Lytton. - -In this Chapel lies interred Abbot CROKESLEY, who died July 18, 1258. - -On the right, on leaving this Chapel, is a fine bust of RICHARD TUFTON, -third son of Sir John Tufton, Bart., and brother of Nicholas E. Thanet. He -died October 4, 1631. - - - - -III.--Chapel of St. Nicholas. - -[Illustration] - - _Begin on your Left._ - - 1. Lady Cecil, 1591. - - 2. Lady Clifford, 1679. - - 3. Countess of Beverley, 1812. - - 4. Duchess of Somerset, 1587. - - 5. Westmoreland Family, 1618. - - 6. Baron Carew, 1470. - - 7. Nicholas Bagenall, 1688. - - 8. Lady Burleigh, 1589, and the Countess Oxford, 1588. - - 9. Dudley, Bishop of Durham, 1483, and Lady St. John, 1614. - - 10. Daughter of Christopher Harley, Ambassador of France: her heart in - the Urn, 1665. - - 11. Lady Ross, 1591. - - 12. Marchioness of Winchester, 1586. - - 13. Duchess of Northumberland, 1776. - - 14. Philippa, Duchess of York, 1433. - - 15. Sir George Villiers, and his lady, Countess of Buckingham, 1605 - and 1632. - - 16. Sir Humphrey Stanley, 1505. - - -On the left, as you enter this Chapel, is a monument erected for LADY -CECIL, a Lady of the Bedchamber to Queen Elizabeth, and daughter of Lord -Cobham, who having married Sir Robert Cecil, son of William Lord Burleigh, -Treasurer of England, died in childbed two years after, viz. in 1591. - -Next is a monument on which a long inscription in English is fairly -written, setting forth the descent and marriage of Lady JANE CLIFFORD, -youngest daughter of the Duke of Somerset, and wife of Charles, Lord -Clifford and Dungarvon, who died Nov. 23, 1679, aged forty-two. - -On a small tablet is this inscription, with the motto--"_Esperance de -Dieu_. ISABELLA SUSANNAH, wife of Algernon Percy, Earl of Beverley, died -Jan. 24, 1812, aged sixty-one." - -On a gravestone in front of this monument, engraved on brass, is the -figure of Sir HUMPHREY STANLEY, knighted by Henry VII., for his gallant -behaviour under his cousin, Lord Stanley, at the battle of Bosworth Field. -He died March 22, 1505. - -Near this is the monument of ANN, Duchess of Somerset, wife of Edward, -Duke of Somerset, brother of Henry VIII.'s third wife, Queen Jane Seymour, -and uncle to Edward VI., and sometime Regent during his minority, but -afterwards disgraced; accused of treasonable and felonious practices -against the King and Council, tried by his Peers, acquitted of treason, -but condemned of felony in levying armed men contrary to law, for which -crime he was sentenced to be hanged; but, in respect to his quality, was -beheaded on Tower Hill, Jan. 22, 1551. She died April 16, 1587, at -Hanworth, aged ninety. - -On the right, Sir GEORGE and Lady ELIZABETH FANE, who are represented -kneeling on each side a desk. She was the daughter of Robert, Baron -Spencer, of Wormleighton, and wife of Sir George Fane, of Buston, in Kent, -remarkable, says her inscription, for her ancient descent, but more for -her own virtues. She died in 1618, aged twenty-eight. - -Beneath this is an ancient monument placed over Nicholas, Baron Carew, and -the Lady MARGARET, his wife, daughter of Lord John Dinham, and, it is -thought, mother of Sir Nicholas Carew, beheaded in Henry VIII.'s time, for -holding a correspondence with Cardinal de la Pole. He died December 6, -1470, she December 13, the same year. - -In the front of this is a pyramid erected to the memory of NICHOLAS -BAGENALL, a child of two months old, overlaid by his nurse, the 7th of -March, 1688. - -Next to this is one of the most magnificent monuments in the Abbey, -erected by the great Lord Burleigh to the memory of MILDRED, his wife, and -their daughter Lady ANN, Countess of Oxford. On this tomb is a Latin -inscription, explaining the figures, and setting forth their respective -virtues and accomplishments, particularly those of Lady Burleigh, who, -says the inscription, "was well versed in the sacred writers, and those -chiefly of the Greeks, as Basil the Great, Chrysostom, Gregory, Nazianzen, -&c." She gave a scholarship to St. John's College, in Oxford, legacies to -the poor of Romford, where she was born, and to those of Cheshunt, where -she lived, and left money at both places to be distributed every year to -poor tradesmen. She died, after being forty years married, April 4, 1589, -aged sixty-three. Her daughter Ann married, at fifteen, Edward Vere, Earl -of Oxford, and died June 5, 1588, seventeen years after, leaving three -daughters. - -Next to this is a monument to the memory of WILLIAM DE DUDLEY, alias -SUTTON, son of John, Lord Dudley; he was Archdeacon of Middlesex, Dean of -Windsor, and, in 1476, Lord Bishop of Durham. On the tomb was inlaid a -brass figure, in episcopal vestments. He died in 1483. - -The effigy of Lady St. JOHN lies in this recess. She was daughter of Sir -William Dormer, and widow of John, Lord St. John, of Bletsoe. She died on -the 23rd of March, 1614. - -Near this is a pyramid to the memory of ANNA SOPHIA HARLEY, a child of a -year old, daughter of the Hon. Christopher Harley, Ambassador from the -French King, whose heart, as appears by the inscription, he caused to be -enclosed in a cup, and placed upon the top of the pyramid. She died in -1601. - -The next is a monument to the memory of Lady WINIFRED, married first to -Sir Richard Sackville, Knt., and afterwards to John Paulet, Marquis of -Winchester. The Latin epitaph imports, that she was descended of -illustrious parents, and married first a gentleman of an ancient house, -whose ancestors were renowned before the Conqueror's time; that her second -husband was of noble blood; and that being severed from both by death, -her soul will rejoice in Christ for ever. She died in 1586. - -Above is an ancient monument to the memory of Lady ROSS, daughter of -Edward, Earl of Rutland. She died April 11, 1591. - -Next to this is a monument to the memory of the late Duchess of -NORTHUMBERLAND. The figures on each side are Faith and Hope; and those -above are two weeping Genii over her urn, mourning for her loss. The -inscription, after reciting her Grace's illustrious descent and titles, -concludes with her character, who, "having lived long an ornament of -courts, an honour to her country, a pattern to the great, a protectress to -the poor, ever distinguished for the most tender affection for her family -and friends, she died December 5, 1776, aged sixty, universally beloved, -revered, and lamented. The Duke of Northumberland, inconsolable for the -loss of the best of wives, hath erected this monument to her beloved -memory."--_Read, sculptor._ - -Against the screen is a Gothic monument with the effigy of a lady in -robes, very antique. The lady, by the inscription, appears to be PHILIPPA, -second daughter and co-heiress of John, Lord Mohun, of Dunstar; married -first to Sir Walter Fitzwalter, Knt., secondly to Sir John Galofre, Knt., -and lastly to Edward Plantagenet, Duke of York, who was slain in the -battle of Agincourt, 25th of October, 1415. She died in 1431, without -issue. - -In the middle of the Chapel is a fine monument to the memory of Sir GEORGE -VILLIERS, who died Jan. 4, 1605, and his lady, MARY BEAUMONT, created -Countess of Buckingham in 1618. She died on April 19, 1632, aged -sixty-two, whose son, by the favour of James I., was advanced to the -dignity of the Duke of Buckingham.--_Stone, sculptor._ - -KATHARINE VALOIS, Queen of Henry V., who died at Bermondsey Abbey, -Southwark, in January, 1437, was buried in the Chapel of our Lady at the -east end of the Abbey, where she remained till her grandson, Henry VII., -built his chapel, when her remains were placed near to her husband in a -chest, and finally deposited under Sir George Villiers' tomb in 1776. - -In this Chapel lies interred, THOMAS SPRAT, Bishop of Rochester, and Dean -of Westminster, who died May 20, 1713. Also his son, THOMAS SPRAT, -Archdeacon of Rochester, who died May 10, 1720, aged forty-one. Also many -other persons of distinction, of the Percy, Seymour, and Burleigh -families, which we have not space to insert. - -At the door of this Chapel was buried that great and learned antiquary, -Sir HENRY SPELMAN, who died in 1641. - -On leaving this Chapel, opposite to you, there is affixed to the corner of -Henry V.'s Chantry, a bust with Latin inscription, to the memory of Sir -ROBERT AITON, Knt., who, in the reign of James I., was in great reputation -for his writings, especially in poetry. He died in 1638. - -On the right, against the screen of the Chapel of St. Nicholas, is a -monument erected to the memory of Sir THOMAS INGRAM, Knt., Chancellor of -the Duchy of Lancaster, and Privy Councillor to Charles II. He died -February 13, 1671. - - - - -[Illustration: CENTRE, HENRY VII'S CHAPEL.] - - -IV.--Chapel of Henry the Seventh. - -[Illustration: The Gates are Brass.] - - 1. Villiers, Duke of Buckingham, 1628. - - 2. Sheffield, Duke of Buckingham, 1720. - - 3. The Duke de Montpensier, 1807. - - 4. An Urn containing the heart of Esme Stuart, son of the Duke of - Richmond, 1661. - - 5. Lodowick Stuart, Duke of Richmond, 1623. - - 6. Henry VII. and Queen, 1503 and 1509. - - 7. The Royal Vault of George II., 1760. - - 8. Augusta Elizabeth Frederica, 5th daughter of Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl - of Elgin and Kincardine. The beloved wife of Arthur Penrhyn Stanley, - Dean of this Collegiate Church. For thirty years the devoted servant - of Queen Victoria and the Queen's mother and children; for twelve - years the unwearied friend of the people of Westminster and the - inseparable partner of her husband's toils and hopes, uniting many - hearts from many lands, and drawing all to things above. Born April 3, - 1822. Died March 1, 1876. - - "We know that we have passed from death unto life because we love the - brethren." - - -The ascent to this Chapel is from the east end of the Abbey, by steps of -grey marble, under a stately portico, which leads to the gates opening to -the body, or nave of the Chapel. Before you enter you may observe a door -on each hand, opening into the side aisles, for it is composed of a nave -and side aisles, every way answering to the plan of a cathedral. The gates -by which you enter the nave are all well worth your observation; they are -of brass, most curiously wrought, in the manner of frame work, and the -panels being filled with the portcullis and crown; three fleur-de-lis; -falcon and fetterlock; the union of the roses of York and Lancaster -entwined in a crown; the thistle and crown; the initial R. H. and a crown, -and the three lions of England. Being entered, your eye will naturally be -directed to the lofty ceiling, which is in stone, wrought with such -astonishing variety of figures, as no description can reach. The stalls -are of brown wainscot, with Gothic canopies, most beautifully carved, as -are the seats, with strange devices, which nothing on wood is now equal -to. The pavement is of black and white marble, done at the charge of Dr. -Killigrew, once Prebendary of this Abbey, as appears by two inscriptions, -one on a plate of brass, infixed in the rise towards the founder's tomb, -the other cut in the pavement. The east view from the entrance presents -you with the brass chapel and tomb of the founder; and round it, where the -east end forms a semicircle, are the Chapels of the Dukes of Buckingham -and Richmond. The walls of the nave and aisles are wrought in the most -curious figures imaginable, and contain one hundred and twenty large -statues of Patriarchs, Saints, Martyrs, and Confessors, placed in niches, -under which are angels, supporting imperial crowns, all of them esteemed -so curious, that the best masters have travelled from abroad to copy them. -The windows, which are fourteen in the upper, and nineteen in the lower -range, including the side aisles and portico, were formerly of painted or -diapered glass, having in every pane a white rose, the badge of Lancaster, -or an H, the initial letter of the founder's name, and portcullises, the -badge of the Beauforts crowned, of which a few only are now remaining. In -the upper window, east end, Henry VII. is represented in stained glass. -The ceiling is of stone, and persons can walk between the roof and -ceiling, where there is a spacious room, lighted by Gothic openings -through the wall. - -_General Admeasurement of the Interior._ - - Ft. In. - Length of the Nave 103 9 - Breadth of ditto 35 9 - Height of the Nave to vortex of the Vaulting 60 7 - Length of the Aisles 62 5 - Breadth of ditto 17 2 - Entire Breadth of the Chapel 70 1 - Height of West Window 45 0 - Breadth of ditto 31 0 - -_Entrance Porch or Vestibule._ - - Extent from North to South 28 4 - Breadth 24 9 - - -SOUTH AISLE. - -[Illustration] - - 1. Lady Margaret Douglas, 1577. - - 2. Mary, Queen of Scots, 1587. - - 3. Margaret, Countess of Richmond, 1509. - - 4. Lady Walpole, 1737. - - 5. General Monck, Duke of Albemarle, 1670. - - In front of this Monument is the Old Royal Vault, containing Charles - II., 1685, King William III., 1702, Prince George of Denmark, 1708, - and Queen Anne, 1714. - -Here is a handsome monument, on which lies a lady finely robed, to Lady -MARGARET DOUGLAS, daughter of Margaret, Queen of Scots, by the Earl of -Angus. This lady, as the English inscription says, had to her -great-grandfather, Edward IV.; to her grandfather, Henry VII.; to her -uncle, Henry VIII.; to her cousin-german, Edward VI.; to her brother, -James V. of Scotland; to her son, Henry I. of Scotland; to her grandson, -James VI.; having to her great-grandmother and grandmother, two Queens, -both named Elizabeth; to her mother, Margaret, Queen of Scots; to her -aunt, Mary, the French Queen; to her cousins-german, Mary and Elizabeth, -Queens of England; to her niece and daughter-in-law, Mary, Queen of Scots. -This lady, who was very beautiful, was privately married in 1537, to -Thomas Howard, son of the Duke of Norfolk, upon which account both of them -were committed to the Tower by Henry VIII., her uncle, for affiancing -without his consent, and he died in prison; but this Margaret being -released, was soon after married to Matthew, Earl of Lennox, by whom she -had the handsome Lord Darnley, father of James I., whose effigy is -foremost on the tomb, in a kneeling posture. There are seven children -besides round the tomb of Margaret, of whom only three are mentioned in -history, the rest dying young. This great lady died March 10, 1577. - -Next is the magnificent monument to MARY STUART, Queen of Scots, erected -by her son, James I., soon after his accession to the English throne. This -princess was born Dec. 7, 1542. She was daughter and heiress of James V. -of Scotland, who, dying when she was only a week old, succeeded to the -crown. Married first, April 28, 1558, at fifteen years of age, Francis, -Dauphin of France; secondly, Henry, Lord Darnley, July 29, 1565; and -thirdly, Bothwell. Her subjects becoming offended, she was compelled to -resign her crown to her infant son, James, by Lord Darnley; she eventually -sought refuge in England, but Queen Elizabeth committed her as prisoner to -the Earl of Shrewsbury at his houses of Hardwicke and Chatsworth, in -Derbyshire, where she remained seventeen years a captive. She was thence -transferred to the custody of Sir Amias Paulet, and shortly afterwards -tried and condemned for engaging in a treasonable correspondence with the -Queen's enemies. She was beheaded in the hall of Fotheringay Castle, in -Northamptonshire, February 8, 1587. Her remains were first buried in -Peterborough Cathedral; but James had her body privately removed to this -Church, in Oct., 1612, under the superintendence of Neile, then Dean of -Westminster, and buried in a vault beneath this monument.--_Stone, -sculptor._ - -HENRY, Prince of Wales, eldest son of James I., born Feb. 19, 1593, and -after giving great promise of a blessing to his country, died of a fever -at St. James's palace, Nov. 6, 1612, in the 19th year of his age, and was -buried by the side of his grandmother. - -In the same tomb are the remains of ARABELLA STEWART, four children of -Charles I.: ELIZABETH of Bohemia, daughter of James I.; Prince RUPERT her -son; ANN HYDE, first wife of James II., and ten of his infant children; -WILLIAM, Duke of Gloucester, son of Ann, and seventeen of her infant -children. - -The next is the monument of MARGARET, Countess of Richmond, mother of -Henry VII., by Edmund Tudor, son of Owen ap Tudor, who married the widow -of Henry V. of England, and daughter of Charles VI. of France. This lady -was afterwards married to Humphrey Stafford, a younger son of Humphrey, -Duke of Buckingham, and lastly, to Thomas Lord Stanley, Earl of Derby; but -by the two last had no children. The inscription mentions the charities of -this excellent Princess; such as giving a salary to two monks of -Westminster; founding a grammar-school at Wimbourne, and two colleges, one -to Christ, the other to St. John his disciple, at Cambridge. Of this -lady's bounty, forty poor women partake every Saturday afternoon, in the -College Hall; each of them has twopence, one pound and a half of beef, and -a fourpenny loaf of bread. She died in July, 1509, in the reign of her -grandson, Henry VIII.--_Torrigiano, sculptor._ - -Opposite is a figure to the memory of Lady WALPOLE, with the following -inscription:--"To the memory of Catherine, Lady Walpole, eldest daughter -of John Shorter, Esq., of Bybrook, in Kent, and first wife of Sir Robert -Walpole, afterwards Earl of Orford, Horace, her youngest son, consecrated -this monument. She had beauty and wit, without vice or vanity, and -cultivated the arts without affectation: she was devout, though without -bigotry to any sect; and was without prejudice to any party, though the -wife of a minister, whose power she esteemed but when she could employ it -to benefit the miserable, or to reward the meritorious; she loved a -private life, though born to shine in public: and was an ornament to -Courts, untainted by them. She died August the 20th, 1737."--_Valory, -sculptor._ - -At the end, a monument to the memories of GEORGE MONCK, and CHRISTOPHER, -his son, both Dukes of Albemarle; also, ELIZABETH, Duchess Dowager of -Albemarle and Montague, relict of Christopher. George Monck, Duke of -Albemarle, was younger son of Sir Thomas Monck, born at Potheridge, Devon, -December 6, 1608. He entered the army as a volunteer in 1625, under Sir -Richard Grenville. At the death of Cromwell he took an active part in the -restoration of Charles II., for which he was loaded with honours, and died -in the esteem of his sovereign, in 1670, in the sixty-second year of his -age.--_Scheemakers, sculptor._ - -At this end is the Royal Vault, as it is called, in which are deposited -the remains of CHARLES II., who died February 2, 1685; WILLIAM III., who -died March 8, 1702, and Queen MARY, his consort, who died December 28, -1694; Queen ANNE, died August 1, 1714; and Prince GEORGE, who died Oct. -28, 1708. - - -THE NAVE. - -From this aisle you enter the nave of the Chapel, the stone ceiling of -which is curious, and the gates are brass. Here were installed, with great -ceremony, the Knights of the most Honourable Order of the Bath, which -order was revived in the reign of George I., in 1725. In their stalls are -placed brass plates of their arms, &c., and over them hang their banners, -swords, and helmets. Under the stalls are seats for the esquires; each -Knight has three, whose arms are engraven on brass plates. The small -shelving stool which the seats of the stalls form when turned up is called -a _miserere_. On these the monks and canons of ancient times, with the -assistance of their elbows on the upper part of the stalls, half supported -themselves during certain parts of their long offices, not to be obliged -always to stand or kneel. It is so contrived, that if the body became -supine by sleep, it naturally fell down, and the person who rested upon it -was thrown forward on the middle of the choir. - -In the centre, between the Knights' stalls, is the Royal Vault, where -their Majesties GEORGE II. and Queen CAROLINE are buried; the Prince and -Princess of WALES, two Dukes of CUMBERLAND, the Duke of YORK, Prince -FREDERICK WILLIAM, the Princesses AMELIA, CAROLINE, ELIZABETH, LOUISA, -ANNE; and the two infant Princes, ALFRED and OCTAVIUS, children of George -III., were removed in January, 1820, to the new royal vault at Windsor. - -What is chiefly to be admired here, as well for antiquity as fine -workmanship, is the magnificent tomb of HENRY VII. and ELIZABETH his -Queen, the last of the house of York who wore the English crown. This tomb -stands in the body of the Chapel, enclosed in a curious chantry of cast -brass, most admirably designed and executed, and ornamented with statues, -of which those only of St. George, St. James, St. Bartholomew, and St. -Edward, are now remaining. Within it are the effigies of the Royal pair, -in their robes of state, lying close to each other, on a tomb of black -marble, the head whereof is supported by a red dragon, the ensign of -Cadwallader, the last King of the Britons, from whom Henry VII. was fond -of tracing his descent, and the foot by an angel. There are likewise other -devices alluding to his family and alliances; such as portcullises, -signifying his relation to the Beauforts by his mother's side; roses -twisted and crowned, in memory of the union of the two Royal Houses of -York and Lancaster. There are six compartments, three on the north, and as -many on the south side of its base. The first compartment on the south -side contains the figures of the Virgin Mary with our Lord in her arms, -and that of the Archangel St. Michael. The figures in the scales, though -now mutilated, were meant for personal representations of moral good and -evil; the Saint is weighing them in his balance; the good preponderates; -but the Devil, who is represented by the figure under his feet, is -reaching with one of his clawed feet at the scale which contains the -figure of Evil, in order, by the addition of his own force, to render that -the heaviest. The first figure in the second compartment is doubtless -intended for St. John the Baptist, he having a book in his left hand, with -an _Agnus Dei_ impressed upon it. The other is a figure of St. John the -Evangelist, and the figure of the eagle. The first figure of the third -compartment is intended for St. George; the other figure, from the pig's -head visible near him, the frequent symbol by which he is denoted, is -intended for St. Anthony of Vienna. The first figure in the fourth -compartment, north side, is meant for Mary Magdalen, supposing her to hold -the box of ointment. The other figure represents St. Barbara, who was the -daughter of a Pagan, and dwelt with her father in a certain tower. To this -tower adjoined a garden, in which the father determined to build a bath, -with the necessary accommodation of rooms, and therein to make windows to -the number of two only. Being about to undertake a journey, he left his -instructions with the artificers, which his daughter presumed to vary, by -directing them instead of two to make three. Upon her father's return, he -inquired into the reason of this deviation from his orders; and being told -that in allusion to three persons of the Holy Trinity his daughter had -directed it, he found that she was become a convert to Christianity; and -being exasperated thereat, stimulated the Emperor to a persecution of the -Christians, in which she became a martyr to the faith. The first figure in -the fifth compartment is intended for St. Christopher, bearing our Saviour -upon his shoulder. The other figure is thought to be St. Anne. In the -sixth and last compartment, the first figure is intended for King Edward -the Confessor; the other figure is a Benedictine Monk. Henry VII. died -April 21st, 1509, and his Queen, February 11th, 1502.--_The work of -Torrigiano._ - -EDWARD VI., grandson of Henry VII., who died July 6th, 1553, in the -sixteenth year of his age, and seventh of his reign. On the holy table is -the following inscription in Latin:--"In place of the ancient altar, -destroyed in the civil wars, to the honour of God and in pious memory of -Edward VI., who is buried beneath, this holy table, in a gentler age, was -placed by Arthur Penrhyn Stanley, D.D., Dean of Westminster. 1870." - -On the south side of the tomb of Henry VII., in a small chapel, is a -monument to LEWIS STUART, Duke of Richmond, and FRANCES, his wife. The -brass effigies are represented as lying on a marble table, under a canopy -of brass, curiously wrought, and supported by the figures of Faith, Hope, -Charity, and Prudence. On the top is a fine figure of Fame, taking her -flight, and resting only on her toe. This illustrious nobleman was son to -Esme Stuart, Duke of Lennox, and grandson of James, nephew of James I., to -whom he was First Gentleman of the Bedchamber and Privy Councillor, a -Knight of the Garter, and Ambassador to France on behalf of Scotland. He -died Feb. 16, 1623. His lady was daughter of Thomas, Lord Howard of -Bindon, son of the Duke of Norfolk, by Elizabeth, daughter of the Duke of -Buckingham. She died Oct. 8, 1639.--You will likewise see here a pyramid, -supporting a small urn, in which is contained the heart of ESME STUART, -son of the Duke of Richmond and Lennox, by Lady Mary, daughter of the Duke -of Buckingham. He died in France, August 15, 1661, aged eleven years, and -was succeeded in all his titles by Charles, Earl of Lichfield, his -cousin-german, who died December 12, 1672, and is here interred. - -This monument was originally of great splendour, hardly surpassed by any -in the Abbey, being wholly composed of jet black marble and bronze gilt. -The combined effects of neglect, corrosion, and spoliation had at last -rendered it an unsightly wreck, when, in 1874, its almost complete -restoration was undertaken by the direction and at the sole cost of the -Earl of Darnley, who is a lineal descendant in the female line of the -ancient Stuart family. - -A monument to the DUKE DE MONTPENSIER, who is represented with ducal -coronet and robes, and his remains are beneath. On the front of this tomb -is the following inscription:--"The most illustrious and Serene Prince, -ANTHONY PHILIP, Duke of Montpensier, descended from the Kings of France, -second son of the Duke of Orleans, from his earliest youth bred to arms, -and even in chains unsubdued; of an erect mind in adversity, and in -prosperity not elated; a constant patron of the liberal arts, polite, -pleasant, and courteous to all, nor ever wanting in the duties of brother, -neighbour, friend, or in the love of his country. After experiencing the -vicissitudes of fortune, he was received with great hospitality by the -English nation, and at length rests in this asylum for kings. Born July 3, -1775. Died May 18, 1807, aged thirty-one. Louis Philip, Duke of Orleans, -erects this monument in memory of the best of brothers."--_Sir Richard -Westmacott, sculptor._ - -The next is an excellent monument to the memory of JOHN SHEFFIELD, Duke of -Buckingham, where, on an altar, lies his Grace's effigy, in a Roman habit, -with his Duchess, Catherine, natural daughter of the Duke of York, -afterwards James II., sitting at his feet weeping. In the reign of Charles -II. as the inscription sets forth, he was General of the Dutch troop of -horse, Governor of Kingston Castle upon Hull, and First Gentleman of the -Bedchamber; in that of James II., Lord Chamberlain; and in that of Queen -Anne, Lord Privy Seal, and President of the Council. He was in his youth -an excellent poet, and, in his more advanced years, a fine writer. His -love of poetry is conspicuous, by the esteem and regard he had for the two -great masters of it, who flourished in his own time, Dryden and Pope, to -the first of whom he extended his friendship, even after death, by -erecting a monument to his memory. To the latter he did honour, by writing -a poem in his praise. Over his Grace's effigy are inscribed in Latin, -sentences to the following import:--"I lived doubtful, not dissolute--I -die unresolved, not unresigned. Ignorance and error are incident to human -nature. I trust in an almighty and all good God. O! thou Being of Beings, -have compassion on me;" and underneath it.--"for my King often, for my -Country ever." His Grace died in the seventy-fourth year of his age, Feb. -24, 1720, leaving the publication of his works to the care of Mr. -Pope.--_Scheemakers, sculptor._ - -The remains of JAMES I. are in the tomb of Henry VII. This Prince reigned -over Scotland 59 years, and over England 22 years. He was son to Lord -Darnley, by Mary Queen of Scots. He died March 16, 1625, aged 61, after a -long and peaceable reign. The remains of his Queen, ANN of Denmark, are in -the tomb in front of the monument of Sheffield, Duke of Buckingham. She -died March 2, 1619. - -On the north side of Henry the Seventh's Chantry, in a chapel, is a very -antique monument, decorated with several emblematical figures in brass, -gilt, the principal of which is Neptune, in a pensive posture, with his -trident reversed, and Mars with his head crouched. These support the tomb -on which lie the effigies of GEORGE VILLIERS, Duke of Buckingham, and his -Duchess, the great favourite of James I. and Charles I., who fell a -sacrifice to national resentment, and perished by the hands of Felton, -August 23, 1628, who had no other motive of action but the clamours of the -people. CATHERINE, his Duchess, was interred in the same vault, April 8, -1643. - -CROMWELL, four of his family, and six officers were buried in the vault at -the end of this chapel. Their remains were removed at the Restoration. - -The following are also interred in this portion of the Chapel:--JOHN -CAMPBELL, Duke of Argyle and Greenwich, 1743. EDWARD VI., ELIZABETH -CLAYPOLE, second daughter of Oliver Cromwell, 1658. - - -NORTH AISLE. - -[Illustration] - - 1. Monument to Queen Elizabeth, 1602, and her Sister Queen Mary, 1558. - - 2. Mary, Daughter of James the First, 1607. - - 3. Edward the Fifth and Duke of York, 1483. - - 4. Sophia, Daughter of James the First, 1606. - - 5. Marquis of Halifax, 1695. - - 6. Earl of Halifax, 1715. - -From hence you pass to the North Aisle, by a door on the right hand, where -is a monument to the memory of CHARLES MOUNTAGUE, the first of this family -that bore the title of Lord Halifax, son of George Mountague, of Horton. -In the reigns of William III. and George I. he was placed at the head of -the Treasury, where, undertaking the reformation of the coin, which in -those days was most infamously clipped, to the great loss of the public, -he restored it to its proper value. For these and other public services, -he was first created Baron, and then Earl of Halifax, and died May 19, -1715. - -In front of this monument was buried JOSEPH ADDISON; to mark the spot a -slab of white marble, inlaid with solid brass letters and devices, has -recently been placed by the Earl of Ellesmere. The very appropriate -epitaph was the effusion of Addison's friend and contemporary, Thomas -Tickle:-- - - ADDISON. - - "Ne'er to these chambers, where the mighty rest, - Since their foundation, came a nobler guest; - Nor e'er was to the bowers of bliss conveyed - A fairer spirit, or more welcome shade. - Oh, gone for ever! take this long adieu, - And sleep in peace, next thy lov'd Mountague." - - Egerton, Earl of Ellesmere, Born 1672, Died 1719. - P.C. 1849. _Poole, mason_. - -Also one to the memory of Sir GEORGE SAVILLE, created by Charles I. Baron -of Eland, and Viscount Halifax, afterwards Earl, and lastly Marquis of -Halifax. He was Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal for some time in the reigns -of Charles II., James II., and William III.; and, at the beginning of the -reign of James II., he was, for a few months, Lord President of the -Council. He died April 5, 1695. - -Here is the lofty and magnificent monument of Queen ELIZABETH, erected to -her memory by James I., her successor. The inscription speaks her -character, high descent, and the memorable acts of her glorious -reign:--"That she was the mother of her country, and the patroness of -religion and learning; that she was herself skilled in many languages; -adorned with every excellence of mind and person, and endowed with -princely virtues beyond her sex; that in her reign, religion was restored -to its primitive purity; peace was established; money restored to its just -value; domestic insurrections quelled; France delivered from intestine -troubles; the Netherlands supported; the Spanish Armada defeated; Ireland, -almost lost by the secret contrivances of Spain, recovered; the revenues -of both Universities improved, by a law of provisions, and, in short, all -England enriched; that she was a most prudent Governess, forty-five years -a virtuous and triumphant Queen, truly religious, and blessed in all her -great affairs; and that after a calm and resigned death, in the seventieth -year of her age, she left the mortal part to be deposited in this Church, -which she established upon a new footing. She died March 24, 1602, aged -seventy." Queen MARY, whose reign preceded that of Queen Elizabeth, was -interred here likewise. She died Nov. 17, 1558.--_Stone, sculptor._ - -At the end of this Aisle is a small tomb over which is a figure of a -child, erected to the memory of MARY, third daughter of James I., born at -Greenwich in 1605; and soon afterwards committed to the care of Lady -Knevet, in whose house at Stainwell she died, December 19, 1607, at two -years old. - -And a child in a cradle, erected to the memory of SOPHIA, fourth daughter -of the same King, born at Greenwich in 1606, and died in three days. - -Against the end wall is an altar, raised by Charles II. to the memory of -EDWARD V. and his brother, who, by their treacherous uncle, Richard III., -were murdered in the Tower. The inscription, which is in Latin, gives a -particular account of their sad catastrophe, and is in English -thus:--"Here lie the relics of Edward V., King of England, and Richard, -Duke of York, who, being confined in the Tower, and there stifled with -pillows, were privately and meanly buried, by order of their perfidious -uncle, Richard, the usurper. Their bones, long inquired after and wished -for, after laying 191 years in the rubbish of the stairs (_i.e._, those -lately leading to the Chapel of the White Tower), were, on the 17th of -July, 1674, by undoubted proofs, discovered, being buried deep in that -place. Charles II., pitying their unhappy fate, ordered these unfortunate -Princes to be laid among the relics of their predecessors, in the year -1678, and the thirtieth of his reign." It is remarkable, that Edward was -born November 4, 1471, in the sanctuary belonging to this Church, whither -his mother took refuge during the contest between the houses of York and -Lancaster; at eleven years of age, upon the death of his father, 1483, he -was proclaimed King; and on the 23rd of June, in the same year, was -murdered in the manner already related. Richard, his brother, was born May -28, 1474, and married, while a child, to Ann Mowbray, heiress of Norfolk. - -In front of Queen Elizabeth's tomb are the bodies of GEORGE MONCK, Duke of -Albemarle, 1670. EDWARD, Earl of Sandwich, 1672. - - - - -V.--Chapel of St. Paul. - -[Illustration] - - _Begin on your left._ - - 1. Sir Henry Belasyse, 1717. - - 2. Colonel Macleod. - - 3. Sir John Puckering, 1596. - - 4. Sir James Fullerton. - - 5. Lord Chancellor Bromley, 1587. - - 6. Sir Dudley Carleton, 1631. - - 7. Countess of Sussex, 1589. - - 8. Lord and Lady Cottington, 1631. - - 9. James Watt, 1819. - - 10. Sir Giles Daubeny, 1507. - - 11. Lewis Robsart, Standard Bearer to Henry V., 1431. - - Lord Delaval and Lord Tyrconnel's Banners hang over the place of their - interment. - - -On your left hand is a monument to the memory of Sir HENRY BELASYSE, Knt., -Lieutenant-General, some time Governor of Galway in Ireland, and -afterwards of Berwick-on-Tweed, in the reign of William III. He died -December 16, 1717, aged sixty-nine. Bridget, wife of his only son, W. -Belasyse, Esq., died July 28, 1735, aged twenty.--_Scheemakers, sculptor._ - -Next this, one--"To the memory of Lieutenant-Colonel CHARLES MACLEOD, who -fell at the siege of Badajos, aged twenty-six years. This monument is -erected by his brother officers. In Lieutenant-Colonel Macleod, of the -forty-third Regiment, who was killed in the breach, his Majesty has -sustained the loss of an officer who was an ornament to his profession, -and was capable of rendering the most important services to his country." -Vide Marquis Wellington's Dispatch, 8th April, 1812.--_Nollekens, -sculptor._ - -Sir JOHN PUCKERING, Knt., and his Lady, remarkable, as his inscription -sets forth, for his knowledge in the laws, as well as piety, wisdom, and -many other virtues. He was Lord Keeper of the Great Seal of England four -years, in the reign of Queen Elizabeth, in which office he died, April 30, -1596. His epitaph, in Latin, over his effigy, is thus translated:-- - - "The public cares and laws engaged my breast; - To live was toilsome, but to die is rest. - Wealth, maces, guards, crowns, titles, things that fade, - The prey of time and sable death are made. - - VIRTUE INSPIRES MEN. - - His wife this statue rears to her loved spouse, - The test of constancy and marriage vows." - "I trust I shall see the Lord in the land of the living." - -Sir JAMES FULLERTON and his Lady, with an epitaph:--"Here lie the remains -of Sir James Fullerton, Knight, First Gentleman of the Bedchamber to -Charles the First (Prince and King), a generous rewarder of all virtue, a -severe reprover of all vice, a professed renouncer of all vanity. He was a -firm pillar to the Commonwealth, a faithful patron to the Catholic Church, -a fair pattern to the British Court. He lived to the welfare of his -country, to the honour of his Prince, to the glory of his God. He died -_fuller_ of faith than of fear, _fuller_ of consolation than of pains, -_fuller_ of honour than of days." - -In the middle of this Chapel is a table monument, on which lie the -effigies of Sir GILES DAUBENY, created Lord Daubeny in the first year of -the reign of Henry VII., and Dame ELIZABETH, his wife. He seems to have -been a man of great authority in the reign of Henry VII., as he was Lord -Lieutenant of Calais, in France, Lord Chamberlain to his Majesty, Knight -of the Most noble Order of the Garter, and father of Henry Lord Daubeny, -the first and last Earl of Bridgewater of that surname, by Elizabeth, of -the ancient family of the Arundels, in Cornwall. He died May 22, 1507, and -his lady in 1500. - -JAMES WATT: he is represented with compasses forming designs, seated on an -oblong pedestal. The inscription as follows:--"Not to perpetuate a name, -which must endure while the peaceful arts flourish, but to show that -mankind have learned to honour those who best deserve their gratitude, the -king, his ministers, and many of the nobles and commoners of the realm, -raised this monument to James Watt, who, directing the force of an -original genius, early exercised in philosophical research, to the -improvement of the steam-engine, enlarged the resources of his country, -increased the power of man, and rose to an eminent place among the most -illustrious followers of science, and the real benefactors of the world. -Born at Greenock, 1736, died at Heathfield, in Staffordshire, -1819."--_Chantrey, sculptor._ - -Sir THOMAS BROMLEY, Knight, Privy Councillor to Queen Elizabeth, and eight -years Chancellor, in which office he died, April 12, 1587, to the grief of -all good men. The eight children depicted on this tomb, were all by his -Lady, Elizabeth, of the family of Fortescue. - -Sir DUDLEY CARLETON, afterwards made Viscount Dorchester, for his eminent -services to Charles I. and his father, both abroad and at home. He was a -person versed in the languages, customs, and laws of most of the European -nations, and was entrusted both by James I. and his successors, with the -most important foreign negotiations. After the death of James I., he was -sent to Holland, and was the last deputy who voted in the Assembly of the -States, which great privilege the crown of England possessed from the -beginning of Queen Elizabeth's reign to this period. He died Feb. 15, -1631, aged fifty-seven. - -FRANCES, Countess of Essex. This great lady was the wife of Thomas -Ratcliffe, Earl of Sussex, Lord Deputy of Ireland, and Knight of the -Garter, &c., and daughter of Sir William Sidney, of Pensehurst, Knight. By -her last will, having outlived her husband, she instituted a divinity -lecture to be read in this Collegiate Church, gave 5,000_l._ towards the -building of a new College in Cambridge, now called Sidney Sussex College; -and left a sufficient yearly revenue for the maintenance of one master ten -fellows, and twenty scholars, either in the said new college, or else in -Clare Hall. She died April 15, 1589, aged fifty-eight. - -Next to this is a monument of black marble, very remarkably different from -every other in the Abbey. On the top of it is a circular frame of gilt -brass, enclosing the bust of ANN, Lady Cottington, wife of Francis, Lord -Cottington, Baron of Hanworth, so created by Charles I. She was daughter -of Sir William Meredith, of Denbighshire, by Jane, his wife, of the family -of the Palmers, in Kent, and died February 22, 1633, in the thirty-third -year of her age, having had four daughters and a son, all of whom died -before their father, who, on a table monument beneath, lies in effigy, -resting on his left arm; and over a satyr's head is this inscription in -English: "Here lies Francis, Lord Cottington, of Hanworth, who, in the -reign of Charles I., was Chancellor of his Majesty's Exchequer, Master of -the Court of Wards, Constable of the Tower, Lord High Treasurer of -England, and one of the Privy Council. He was twice Ambassador in Spain, -once for the said King, and a second time for Charles II., now reigning, -to both of whom he most signally showed his allegiance and fidelity, -during the unhappy civil broils of those times; and for his faithful -adherence to the Crown (the Usurper prevailing) was forced to fly his -country; and, during his exile, died at Valladolid, in Spain, June 19, -1652, in the seventy-fourth year of his age, whence his body was brought, -and here interred, by Charles Cottington, Esq., his nephew and heir, in -1679." - -The next is a very old Gothic monument, erected to the memory of LEWIS -ROBERT, or ROBSART, a foreigner, but standard bearer to Henry V., a Knight -of the Bath, and afterwards of the Garter, and at length created Lord -Bourchier. His wife was Elizabeth, daughter of St. Bartholomew Bourchier, -and probably a relation to Geoffrey Chaucer, the old English poet. - -On leaving this Chapel, on your right is a monument to the memory of -WILLIAM PULTENEY, Earl of Bath, with a medallion and urn, supported by -Wisdom and Poetry. The inscription is as follows:--"Erected to the memory -of William Pulteney, Earl of Bath, by his brother, the Hon. Harry -Pulteney, General of his Majesty's Forces, 1764, Ob. July 7, 1767, Æt. -eighty-one."--_Wilton, sculptor._ - -[Illustration: CHAPEL OF EDWARD THE CONFESSOR, LOOKING WEST.] - -CHARLES HOLMES, Esq., Rear-Admiral of the White; who is represented in a -Roman habit, leaning against a cannon mounted on a sea carriage; an -anchor, cable, and flag in the back ground.--"He died the 21st of Nov., -1761, Commander-in-Chief of his Majesty's fleet stationed at Jamaica, aged -fifty. Erected by his grateful nieces, Mary Stanwix and Lucretia -Stowe."--_Wilton, sculptor._ - -In front of the monument to Admiral Holmes, is an old gravestone, plated -with brass, with Latin inscription, to JOHN of WINDSOR, nephew of Sir -William of Windsor, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland in the reign of Edward III. -He died April 4, 1414. - -Near this spot was buried JOHN PYM, the celebrated Parliamentary orator, -who died December 13, 1643; and also JAMES USHER, Archbishop of Armagh, -1656. - - - - -VI.--Chapel of St. Edward. - -[Illustration] - - 1. Henry the Third, 1272. - - 2. Queen Eleanor, 1290. - - 3. Henry the Fifth, 1423. - - 4. Queen Phillippa, 1369. - - 5. Edward the Third, 1377. - - 6. Margaret Woodville, Daughter of Edward the Fourth, on which is - placed a Sword and Shield of State, carried before Edward the Third, - 1316. - - 7. Richard the Second and Queen, 1399, 1394. - - 8. Coronation Chair of Edward the First, 1297. - - 9. Coronation Chair made for Mary, Wife of William the Third. - - 10. Tomb of Edward the First, 1307. - - 11. Shrine of Edward the Confessor, 1065. - - 12. Thomas of Woodstock, Duke of Gloucester, 1397. - - 13. John of Waltham, Bishop of Salisbury, 1388. Pavement laid down in - 1260. - - -The first curiosity that commands your reverence is the ancient venerable -shrine of ST. EDWARD, once the glory of England, but now defaced and -robbed of its beauty, by the devotees of this extreme pious man, all of -whom were proud to possess some stone or dust from his tomb. This shrine -was erected by Henry III. in 1269, to receive the remains of St. Edward, -upon his translation from the shrine built by Henry II., upon the -canonization of Edward, King of England (third of that name, and the last -of the Saxon race), by Pope Alexander III., in 1163, who caused his name -to be placed in the catalogue of saints, and issued his bull to the Abbot -Laurentius, and the Convent of Westminster, enjoining, "That his body be -honoured here on earth, as his soul is glorified in heaven." He died in -1065. How costly the shrine, &c., was, appears by a record in the -Tower.--_Parl. Roll. 51st of Henry III._ "Henry III., with consent of the -Abbot and Convent of Westminster, pledged the jewels belonging to the body -and shrine of Edward the Confessor to foreigners, being necessitated on -account of heavy emergencies; the value of the said jewels amounted to -£2,557. 4_s._ 8_d._" - -On the south side of the shrine, EDITHA, daughter of Goodwyn, Earl of -Kent, and Queen of St. Edward, lies interred. The writers of those times -commended her for beauty, learning, prudent economy, gentle manners, and -inimitable skill in needlework, having wrought with her own hands the -curious and magnificent robes the King used to wear on his collar days. -She died at Winchester, Jan. 15, 1073. Part of a Latin epitaph on this -excellent Princess has been handed down, and is to this effect:-- - - "Success ne'er sat exulting in her eye, - Nor disappointment heaved the troubled sigh; - Prosperity ne'er sadden'd o'er her brow, - While glad in trouble she enjoyed her woe: - Beauty ne'er made her vain, nor sceptres proud, - Nor titles taught to scorn the meaner crowd. - Supreme humility was awful grace, - And her chief charm a bashfulness of face." - -Near this was buried MATILDA, Queen of England, daughter of Malcolm, King -of Scots, and wife to Henry I. She died May 1, 1118. This Queen would, -every day in Lent, walk from her palace to this church barefoot, and -wearing a garment of hair. No verse or stone to mark the place of -interment are to be found. - -On the north side of this Chapel is an ancient tomb of admirable -workmanship and materials, the panels being of polished porphyry, and the -Mosaic work round them of gold and scarlet; at the corners of the table -are twisted pillars, gilt and enamelled, and the effigy of HENRY III. upon -it is of gilt brass, finely executed. He died in 1272, after a troublesome -reign of fifty-six years, aged sixty-five, and was buried by the Knights -Templars, of whose order his father was the founder, with such splendour, -that Wykes, the Monk, says, he made a more magnificent figure when dead, -than he had done while living.--_Cavalini._ - -Near that of Henry III. is a small monument in memory of ELIZABETH TUDOR, -second daughter of Henry VII., who died at Eltham, in Kent, Sept. 14th, -1495, aged three years, from whence she was removed in great funeral pomp, -and here buried. - -At the feet of Henry III. is an ancient monument of ELEANOR, Queen of -Edward I. On the sides of this monument are engraven the arms of Castile -and Leon, quarterly, and those of Fontheiu, hanging on vines and oak -leaves; and round the copper verge is embossed this inscription, in Saxon -characters: "Ici gist Alianor iadis Reyne de Engletere femme al Rey -Edeward Fiz (lerey Henry efylle alrey deespaygne econtasse de) puntif del -alme deli Deu pur sa pite eyt merci. Amen." Translation:--_Here lies -Eleanor, formerly Queen of England, wife to King Edward son of King Henry, -daughter of the King of Spain, and Countess of Ponthieu; upon whose soul -may God for His pity have mercy. Amen._ The upper line is visible on the -south side, the words within brackets are concealed under the tomb of King -Henry V., the remainder is on the north side. It is remarkable, the body -only of this Queen lies here interred, and her heart in the choir of the -Friars Predicants in London. She died Dec. 27, 1290.--_Cavalini._ - -The chantry of Henry V. is next, on each side of which are images as large -as life, guarding, as it were, the staircases ascending to it. Beneath is -the tomb of that glorious and warlike Prince, HENRY of MONMOUTH (so called -from the place of his nativity). On the upper slab lies a headless and -otherwise mutilated figure of the King, carved in oak, which was -originally covered with silver; the head appears to have been cast in -silver; but this, Camden says, "was gone when he wrote his Britannica, in -the reign of Elizabeth." This Prince was guilty of great extravagances in -his youth, and is said, with Sir John Falstaff, to have belonged to a gang -of sharpers; yet, upon his advancement to the crown made a most excellent -King, and, by the memorable battle of Agincourt, acquired to himself and -the English nation immortal glory. He died in France, Aug. 31, 1422, in -the thirty-fourth year of his age, and the tenth of his reign. In the -chantry above, is the saddle, helmet, and shield, supposed to have been -used at Agincourt, brought here at his interment.--_John Anderne, -sculptor._ - -The next is an ancient tomb to the memory of PHILLIPPA, third daughter of -William, Earl of Hainault, and Queen of Edward III., with whom she lived -forty-two years, and bore him fourteen children. Harding tells us, that -when an embassy was sent to choose one of the Earl's daughters, a certain -English Bishop advised to choose the lady with the largest hips, as -promising a numerous progeny. She died August 15, 1369; and the King, her -husband, bestowed a profusion of expense in performing her exequies and -erecting her tomb, round which were placed as ornaments the brazen statues -of no less than thirty kings, princes, and noble personages, her -relations. - -Adjoining to this is the tomb of EDWARD III., which is likewise covered -with a Gothic canopy. On a table of grey marble lies the effigy of this -Prince, though his corpse was deposited in the same grave with the -Queen's, according to her request on her death-bed. This tomb was -surrounded, like the former, with statues, particularly those of his -children, six of which remain on the south side of the tomb; viz., Edward, -Joan-de-la-Tour, Lionel, Edmund, Mary, and William. He died June 21, 1377, -aged sixty-four. - -Here is likewise a monument in memory of MARGARET, daughter of Edward IV., -by Elizabeth Woodville, his Queen, which had once an inscription upon it, -showing her name, quality, and age, being only nine months. She died April -19, 1472. - -Between the Chairs are placed the shield and sword carried before Edward -III., in France. The sword is seven feet long, and weighs eighteen pounds. - -Under a large stone, once finely plated with brass, lies the great THOMAS -of WOODSTOCK, Duke of Gloucester; he was brother to the Black Prince, and -sixth and youngest son of Edward III. He was murdered at Calais, Sept. 8, -1397. - -Next adjoining to this is a tomb, erected to the memory of RICHARD II. and -his Queen; over which is a canopy of wood, remarkable for a curious -painting of the Virgin Mary and our Saviour still visible upon it. This -Richard was son of Edward the Black Prince, and grandson of Edward III., -whom he succeeded at eleven years of age. He was murdered on St. -Valentine's day, 1399. In the same tomb lies his Queen, ANNE, daughter of -Charles IV., and sister of Wenceslaus, Emperor and King of Bohemia, who -brought him neither dowry nor issue. She died at Shene, June 7, 1394, -after being married twelve years. - -THE CORONATION CHAIRS.--The most ancient of them was made to enclose the -stone (which is reported to be Jacob's Pillar), brought with regalia from -Scotland, by Edward I., and offered to St. Edward's shrine, in the year -1297 (after he had overcome John Baliol, King of Scots, in several -battles). In this chair all the reigning Sovereigns have been crowned -since Edward I. The other chair was made for Queen Mary II. At the -coronation, one or both of them are covered with gold tissue, and placed -before the altar, behind which they now stand, surrounded by several -monarchs, who seem to guard them even in death. - -Above those chairs, along the frieze of the screen of this Chapel, are -fourteen legendary sculptures, respecting the Confessor. The first is the -trial of Queen Emma; the next the birth of Edward; another is his -coronation; the fourth tells us how our saint was frightened into the -abolition of the Dean-gelt, by his seeing the devil dance upon the money -casks; the fifth is the story of his winking at the thief, who was robbing -his treasure; the sixth is meant to relate the appearance of our Saviour -to him; the seventh shows how the invasion of England was frustrated by -the drowning of the Danish King; in the eighth is seen the quarrel between -the boys Totsi and Harold, predicting their respective fates; in the ninth -sculpture is the Confessor's vision of the seven sleepers; the tenth, how -he met St. John the Evangelist in the guise of a pilgrim; the eleventh, -how the blind were cured by their eyes being washed in his dirty water; -the twelfth, how St. John delivers to the pilgrims a ring; in the -thirteenth they deliver the ring to the King, which he had unknowingly -given to St. John as an alms, when he met him in the form of a pilgrim; -this was attended with a message from the saint, foretelling the death of -the King; and the fourteenth shows the consequential haste made by him to -complete his pious foundation. - -Before leaving this Chapel you will observe a large plain tomb, composed -of five slabs of grey marble; two make the sides, two the ends, and one -the cover. This rough unpolished tomb enclosed the body of the glorious -King EDWARD I., of whom we have just been speaking. He was son of Henry -III., and born at Westminster, June 17, 1239, named Edward, in honour of -St. Edward, his father's patron and predecessor, and afterwards -Longshanks, from his tall and slender body. He is called Edward I., -because he was the first of that name after the Conquest. He died July 7, -1307, after a reign of thirty-four years, and a life of sixty-eight. This -tomb was opened in 1774, by permission of Dr. Thomas, then Dean of -Westminster, granted to the Society of Antiquaries, a deputation of whom, -with the Dean, attended the process. The body was perfect, having on two -robes, one of gold and silver tissue, and the other of crimson velvet; a -sceptre in each hand, measuring near five feet; a crown on his head, and -many jewels; he measured six feet two inches. - -Near this tomb is a large stone, plated with brass, to the memory of JOHN -of WALTHAM, the twenty-sixth Bishop of Salisbury, anno 1388. He was master -of the Rolls in 1382, then Keeper of the Privy Seal, in the year 1391, and -died Lord High Treasurer of England to Richard II., in 1395. - -In this Chapel was interred the heart of HENRY D'ALMADE, son of Richard, -King of the Romans, brother of Henry III. He was sacrilegiously -assassinated in the Church of St. Silvester, at Viterbo, as he was -performing his devotions before the high altar. Simon and Guido Montford, -sons of Simon de Montford, Earl of Leicester, were the assassins, in -revenge for their father's death, who, with their brother Henry, was slain -in the battle of Evesham, in fighting against their lawful sovereign. The -picture of this murder the inhabitants had painted, and hung up in the -church, where we are told it still remains. This murder happened in 1270, -and in the year after the body of Henry was brought to England, and buried -in the monastery of St. Helen's; but his heart was put in a cup, and -placed near St. Edward's shrine, of the removal of which we have no -account. - -Upon a careful perusal of the guide-book to this portion of the Abbey, it -will not be uninteresting to observe that the bodies of six kings, five -queens, two princesses, a duke, and a bishop are deposited in this -remarkable receptacle of the dead. - -Before entering the Chapel of St. John, on the right or east side of the -door, is a monument erected to the memory of JANE, daughter and co-heiress -of Sir John Pulteney, and wife of Sir Clippesby Crewe, Knt. She died Dec. -2, 1639, aged twenty-nine. - -On the left, or west side of the door, is a monument to the memory of -JULIANA, only daughter of Sir Randolph Crewe, Knt., Lord Chief Justice of -England. She died unmarried April 22, 1621. - -Over the door is the monument of the Right Rev. Dr. BARNARD, Lord Bishop -of Londonderry, who died in London, January 10, 1768, aged seventy-two, -and was here buried. - - - - -VII.--Chapel of St. John. - -[Illustration] - - _Begin on your Left._ - - 1. Sir Thomas Vaughan. - - 2. Colonel Popham, 1651. - - 3. Carey, Son of the Earl of Monmouth, 1648. - - 4. Hugh de Bohun, and Mary his Sister, grandchildren of Edward the - First. - - 5. Carey, Baron of Hunsdon, 1596. - - 6. Countess of Mexborough, 1821. - - 7. William of Colchester, Abbot of Westminster, 1420. - - 8. O. Ruthall, Bishop of Durham, 1524. - - 9. Thomas Millyng, Bishop of Hereford, 1492. - - 10. Abbot Fascet, 1500. - - 11. Mrs. Mary Kendall. - - 12. Cecil, Earl of Exeter, 1622, and Lady, 1608. - - -On the left, in this Chapel, is an ancient monument to the memory of Sir -THOMAS VAUGHAN, Knight, Chamberlain to Edward, Prince of Wales, and -Treasurer of Edward IV. On the top are the mutilated remains of a brass -plate of the Knight. - -In the recess of this tomb is a bust to the memory of FREDERICK DENISON -MAURICE. Born August 29th, 1805; died April 1st, 1872; buried at Highgate. -"God is Light." "He was sent to bear witness of that Light."--_T. Woolner, -R.A._ - -Next to this, proceeding on your left hand, is a monument to the memory of -Colonel EDWARD POPHAM, an officer in Oliver Cromwell's army, and his Lady. -The inscription on this monument was erased at the Restoration, otherwise -it would have been removed. He died at Dover, August 19, 1651. - -A tablet to the memory of THOMAS CAREY, second son of the Earl of -Monmouth. He was gentleman of the Bedchamber to Charles I.; and is said to -have died of grief, in 1648, at the age of thirty-three, for the unhappy -fate of his Royal Master. - -Under this is a tombstone of grey marble, to the memory of HUGH DE BOHUN, -and MARY, his sister, grandchildren to Edward I. - -The next monument is to the memory of HENRY CAREY, first cousin to Queen -Elizabeth, created Baron of Hunsdon, in Hertfordshire, in 1558; was some -time Governor of Berwick, Lord Chamberlain to Queen Elizabeth, Privy -Councillor and Knight of the Garter; but not being preferred as he -expected, he laid the disappointment so much to heart, that he languished -for a long time on a sick bed, at which the Queen being moved too late, -created him an Earl, and ordered the patent and robes to be laid before -him, but without effect. He died July 23, 1596, aged seventy-two. - -In the middle of the Chapel is the tomb of THOMAS CECIL, Earl of Exeter, -Baron Burleigh, Knight of the Garter, and Privy Councillor to James I.; -whereon is his effigy, with a lady on his right side, and a vacant space -on his left for another. He died February 7, 1622. The lady on his right -side is Dorothy Nevil, his first wife, daughter and co-heiress of the -Noble Lord Latimer, who died May 22, 1608; and the vacant space was left -for his second wife, Frances Bridget, of the noble family of Chandos; but -as the right side was taken up, she gave express orders, by her will, not -to place her effigy on his left; notwithstanding which, they are all -buried together in one vault, as the inscription expresses. She died in -1663. - -In the corner to the left is a tablet:--"Sacred to the memory of the Right -Hon. ELIZABETH, Countess of Mexborough, who departed this life June 7, in -the year of our Lord 1821, aged fifty-nine. Her afflicted husband, John, -Earl of Mexborough, hath erected this monument to her memory, in token of -his deep sorrow for her loss, and of his sincere love and affection." - -WILLIAM of COLCHESTER, Abbot of Westminster, who died in the year 1420, -has also an ancient stone monument in this chapel, whereon lies his -effigy, properly habited, the head supported by an angel, the feet by a -lamb. - -THOMAS RUTHALL, made Bishop of Durham by Henry VIII. He had been a -Secretary of State to Henry VII., and was by Henry VIII. made a Privy -Councillor, and sent on several embassies abroad. He died, immensely rich, -in 1524. - -A third is that of GEORGE FASCET, Abbot of Westminster, in the time of -Henry VII., of whom we can find nothing material. He died in the year -1500. - -On this monument stands the stone coffin of THOMAS MILLYNG, Bishop of -Hereford, some time Abbot of Westminster, and Privy Councillor to Edward -IV., who died in 1492. - -Facing you is a monument to the memory of Mrs. MARY KENDALL, daughter of -Thomas Kendall, Esq., and of Mrs. Mary Hallett, his wife, of Killigarth, -in Cornwall, who died in her thirty-third year. Her many virtues, as her -epitaph sets forth, "rendered her every way worthy of that close union and -friendship in which she lived with Lady Catherine Jones; and in testimony -of which, she desired that even their ashes, after death, might not be -divided, and therefore ordered herself here to be interred, where she knew -that excellent lady designed one day to rest near the grave of her beloved -and religious mother Elizabeth, Countess of Ranelagh. She was born at -Westminster November 8, 1677, and died at Epsom, March 4, 1710." - -Above is a monument to ESTHER DE LA TOUR DE GOUVERNET, the Lord Eland's -lady. The inscription is in Latin and English, and contains an encomium on -her many excellent virtues. She died in 1694, aged twenty-eight.--_Nadaud, -sculptor._ - - - - -VIII.--Chapel of Islip, otherwise Saint John the Baptist. - - -In the middle of this Chapel formerly stood the monument of Abbot ISLIP; -it consisted of a ground plinth, or basement, on which was an alabaster -statue of the Abbot, who was represented as a skeleton in a shroud or -winding sheet. Over this was a canopy, on which was anciently a fine -painting of our Saviour on the Cross, destroyed by the Puritans in -Cromwell's time, who were enemies to everything that favoured Popish -idolatry, though ever so masterly. Islip was a great favourite with Henry -VII., and was employed by him in decorating his new chapel, and in -repairing and beautifying the whole Abbey. He dedicated his own chapel to -St. John the Baptist, and died May 12, 1532, and was buried in his own -chapel. - -On the right is the tomb of Sir CHRISTOPHER HATTON, and his Lady, in -reclining attitudes on cushions. Sir Christopher died September 10, 1619; -and his widow erected this memorial of his virtues and of their own -affectionate union. - -On the left, opposite the Chapel of Islip, are two very ancient monuments -of Knights Templars. The first, that of EDMUND CROUCHBACK, son of Henry -III., so called, as some affirm, from the deformity of his person; but -according to others from his attending his brother in the holy wars, where -they wore a crouch or cross on their shoulders as a badge of Christianity. -From this Prince the House of Lancaster claimed their right to the crown. -On the base, towards the area, are the remains of ten knights, armed, with -banners, surcoats of armour and cross-belted, representing, undoubtedly, -his expedition to the Holy Land, the number exactly corresponding with -what Matthew Paris reports, namely, Edward and his brother, four Earls, -and four Knights, of whom some are still discoverable, particularly the -Lord Roger Clifford, as were formerly, in Waverley's time, William de -Valence, and Thomas de Clare. - -The next ancient monument is to the memory of AYMER DE VALENCE, second and -last Earl of Pembroke of this family; he was third son of William de -Valence, Earl of Pembroke, "whom he succeeded in his estates and honours. -He was employed in the Scottish wars in the reigns of Edward I. and II. -Edward II., in 1314, appointed him general of all his forces from the -Trent to Roxborough. He was appointed to attend Isabel, the Queen Mother, -to France, and there murdered, on June 23rd, 1323." - -The Countess of Lancaster's tomb is seen from the choir, but from this -part is hid by the monument of Lord Ligonier; it is canopied with an -ancient Gothic arch, the sides of which were decorated with vine branches -in relief, the roof within springing into many angles, under which lay the -image of a lady, in an antique dress, her feet resting upon lions, and her -head on pillars, supported by angels on each side. This monument covered -the remains of AVELINE, Countess of Lancaster, daughter of William de -Fortibus, Earl of Albemarle and Holdernesse, by Isabella daughter and -heiress of Baldwin, Earl of Devon. This lady married Edmund, Earl of -Lancaster, son of Henry III., but died the very year of her marriage, Nov. -4, 1293. - -On the right is a monument to the memory of General WOLFE, who was killed -at the siege of Quebec, 1759. He is represented falling into the arms of a -grenadier, with his right hand over the mortal wound: the grenadier is -pointing to Glory in the form of an angel in the clouds, holding forth a -wreath ready to crown him, whilst a Highland sergeant looks sorrowfully -on: two lions watch at his feet. The inscription as follows:--"To the -memory of James Wolfe, Major General and Commander-in-Chief of the British -Land Forces on an expedition against Quebec, who, after surmounting, by -ability and valour, all obstacles of art and nature, was slain in the -moment of victory, on the 13th of September, 1759, the King and the -Parliament of Great Britain dedicate this monument."--_Wilton, sculptor._ - -On the right hand wall, side of Wolfe, is a monument to the memory of -Bishop DUPPA, tutor to Charles II., a man of such exemplary piety, lively -conversation, and excess of good nature, that when Charles I. was a -prisoner in Carisbrooke Castle, he thought himself happy in the company of -so good a man. He was born at Greenwich, and educated first at Westminster -School, and then at Christ Church College, Oxford, of which he was -afterwards Dean; and being selected for the Preceptor to the then Prince -of Wales, was first made Bishop of Chichester, from thence translated to -Salisbury, and after the Restoration to the See of Winchester. He died -March 26, 1622, in the seventy-fourth year of his age.--_Burman, -sculptor._ - -Beneath is a tablet, "Sacred to the memory of JOHN THEOPHILUS BERESFORD, -eldest son of Marcus Beresford, and the Lady Frances, his wife, Lieutenant -in the eighty-eighth regiment of foot, who died in the twenty-first year -of his age, at Villa Formosa, in Spain, of wounds received from the -exploding of a powder magazine, at Ciudad Rodrigo, after he had passed -unhurt through eight days of voluntary service, of the greatest danger -during the siege, for which he received the thanks of the -Commander-in-Chief. Brave and zealous in his military duties, animated by -a strong feeling of piety to God, and distinguished by his ardent filial -affection and duty towards a widowed mother, he has left to her the -recollection of his rising virtues as her only consolation under the -irreparable loss she has sustained by his death. Born, Jan. 16, 1792, and -died Jan. 29, 1812; interred with military honours, in the fort of -Almeida.--'_Yea, speedily was he taken away, lest that wickedness should -alter his understanding, or deceit beguile his soul._'--Wisdom of Solomon, -chap. iv., verse 11."--_Westmacott, sculptor._ - -Next to this is a tablet to the memory of Sir JAMES ADOLPHUS OUGHTON, -Commander-in-Chief of his Majesty's forces in North Britain. The -inscription is a recital of his military employments, and a record of his -death, which took place April 14, 1780, in the sixty-first year of his -age.--_Hayward, sculptor._ - -On the floor is the image of an Abbot in his mass habit curiously -engraved on brass, representing JOHN DE EASTNEY, who died March 4, 1498. -By the records of the Church he appears to have been a great benefactor to -it; he ornamented the grand west window with some noble paintings on glass -of which some little still remains. He gave the screen to the Chapel, and -presented two images gilt for the altar of St. Peter and St. Paul, and one -for the chapter house. He paid the King 1,000_l._ on account of the -merchants, and 3,700_l._ to the Court of Rome, due for the confirmation of -abbots. - -A little to the left, on another gravestone, plated with brass, is the -figure of an armed Knight, resting his feet on a lion, and his head on a -greyhound, which, as the register informs us, represents Sir JOHN -HARPEDON, Knight, who died in 1457. - -Adjoining this is a gravestone, on which have been the figures, in brass, -of THOMAS BROWNE and HUMPHREY ROBERTS, two monks of this Church, who died -in 1508. - -On the right as you enter the Chapel is another gravestone, on which has -been the effigy of Sir THOMAS PARRY, Knight, Treasurer of the Household, -Master of the Court of Wards and Liveries to Queen Elizabeth. He died -December 15, 1560. - - - - -IX.--Chapels of St. John the Evangelist, St. Andrew, and St. Michael. - -[Illustration: CHAPELS OF ST. JOHN THE EVANGELIST, ST. ANDREW, ST. -MICHAEL, NOW ONE CHAPEL] - - _Begin on the left._ - - 1. General Villettes, 1808. - - 2. General Sir Charles Stuart, 1801. - - 3. Two Sons of General Forbes, 1791 and 1799. - - 4. Admiral Kempenfelt, 1782. - - 5. Earl and Countess of Mountrath, 1751 and 1766. - - 6. Admiral Totty, 1802. - - 7. Earl and Countess of Kerry, 1518. - - 8. Mr. Telford, 1834. - - 9. Dr. Baillie, 1823. - - 10. Miss Davidson, 1767. - - 11. Dr. Young, 1829. - - 12. Lord and Lady Norris and Family, 1601. - - 13. Mrs. Ann Kirton, 1603. - - 14. Sarah, Duchess of Somerset, 1692. - - 15. Nightingale Family, 1734 and 1752. - - 16. Admiral Sir George Pocock, 1792. - - 17. Sir George Holles, son of Sir Francis Vere, 1626. - - 18. Captain Edward Cook, 1799. - - 19. Sir Humphry Davy, 1829. - - 20. Sir Francis Vere, 1608. - - -Turning round on your right is an unique monument to the memory of Sir -FRANCIS VERE, a gentleman of the first reputation, both for learning and -arms, "one of the most accomplished soldiers of Queen Elizabeth's reign, -having the command of the auxiliary troops in the Dutch service, nearly -twenty years." He died August 28, 1608, in the fifty-fourth year of his -age. Loose armour is represented being supported by four armed knights. - -On the back of General Wolfe's monument is a tablet to the memory of Sir -HUMPHREY DAVY, Bart., distinguished throughout the world "by his -discoveries in chemical science; President of the Royal Society; Member of -the National Institute of France. Born 17th December, 1778, at Penzance. -Died 29th May, 1829, at Geneva, where his remains are interred." - -A monument is here erected, by the East India Company, as a grateful -testimony to the value and eminent services of Captain EDWARD COOKE, -Commander of his Majesty's ship Sybille, who on the 1st of March, 1799, -after a long and well-contested engagement, captured La Forte, a French -frigate of very superior force, in the Bay of Bengal; an event not more -splendid in its achievement, than important in its result to the British -trade in India. He died in consequence of the severe wounds he received in -this memorable action, on the 23rd of May, 1799, aged -twenty-seven.--_Bacon, sculptor._ - -The next is a monument to the memory of Sir GEORGE HOLLES, nephew of Sir -Francis Vere, and a Major-General under him. He died May, 1626, aged -fifty. This monument was erected by John, Earl of Clare.--_Nicholas Stone, -sculptor._ - -Adjoining is a monument to the memory of Sir GEORGE POCOCK, K.B., Admiral -of the Blue, who distinguished himself at the taking of Geriah, and in -leading the attack at the reduction of Chandernagore; afterwards, with an -inferior force, he defeated the French Fleet under M. D'Ache in three -several engagements; returning from his successful career in the East, he -was appointed to command the fleet upon the expedition against the -Havannah, by his united efforts in the conquest of which, he added fresh -laurels to his own brow, and a valuable possession to this kingdom. A life -so honourable to himself, and so endeared to his friends and his family, -was happily extended to the age of eighty-six, and resigned, in the year -1793, with the same tranquil and serene mind which peculiarly marked and -adorned the whole course of it.--_Bacon, sculptor._ - -A monument to the memory of JOSEPH GASCOIGNE NIGHTINGALE, and his Lady. -The lady is represented expiring in the arms of her husband; beneath, -slyly creeping from a tomb, the King of Terrors presents his grim visage, -pointing his unerring dart to the dying figure, at which sight the -husband, suddenly struck with astonishment, horror, and despair, seems to -clasp her to his bosom to defend her from the fatal stroke. -Inscription:--"Here rest the ashes of Joseph Gascoigne Nightingale, of -Mamhead, in the county of Devon, Esq., who died July 20, 1752, aged -fifty-six; and of Lady Elizabeth, his wife, daughter and co-heiress of -Washington, Earl of Ferrars, who died August 17, 1734, aged twenty-seven. -Their only son, Washington Gascoigne Nightingale, Esq., in memory of their -virtues, did by his last will, order this monument to be -erected."--_Roubiliac._ - -Next to this is a monument of note, sacred to the memory of SARAH, Duchess -of Somerset, relict of John Seymour, Duke of Somerset, daughter of Sir -Edward Alston, Knt. On the base of this monument are two charity boys, one -on each side, bewailing the death of their benefactress, who is -represented in a modern dress, resting upon her arm, under a canopy of -state, and looking earnestly up at a group of cherubims issuing from the -clouds above her. Underneath is a Latin inscription to this effect:--"Here -lies the late illustrious Duchess of Somerset, celebrated for charity and -benevolence, who erected a grammar school for boys at Tottenham, in -Middlesex, enlarged the income of the Green-coat Hospital at Westminster, -largely endowed Brazenose College, in Oxford, and St. John's, in -Cambridge, for the education and instruction of youth in good piety and -literature. She was likewise an encourager of trade and handicrafts, and -had a tender regard to old age, by erecting an almshouse at Froxfield, in -Wiltshire, for thirty widows. She was very charitable to the poor of St. -Margaret's, Westminster, where she instituted a lecture, and gave many -stately ornaments to the Church." She died October 25, 1692. - -Against the east wall is a tablet erected to the memory of ANN, wife of -James Kirton, of Castle Carey, Somersetshire, Gent. She died September 7, -1603. - -Sir HENRY NORRIS, his Lady, and six sons. He was ancestor of the present -Earl of Abingdon, and for his valour in the Low Countries, in the reign of -Queen Elizabeth, was created Lord Norris of Ricot. He died in 1601. His -six sons are represented kneeling round the tomb; viz., William, John, and -Thomas, on the south side; Henry, Edward, and Maximilian, on the north -side. On the south side of the canopy in alto-relievo is represented the -march of an army of horse, with an encampment in the back ground, together -with the standard of the Belgic States, and a soldier bearing a shield, -with the Norris's arms. On the summit is a small statue of Fame. - -Up against the wall is a tablet to the learned Dr. YOUNG, M.D. The -inscription sets forth that he was eminent in every department of human -learning; and that, by abstruse investigation of letters and science, he -at length unveiled the obscurity which had rested upon the hieroglyphics -of Egypt. Died May 10, 1829, in the fifty-sixth year of his -age.--_Chantrey, sculptor._ - -Next is a full length statue of Mrs. SIDDONS, a celebrated actress, as -Lady Macbeth, in the Night Scene. Erected by subscription.--_Thomas -Campbell, sculptor._ Contiguous is the statue of her brother JOHN KEMBLE, -in the character of Cato, by Flaxman. Born at Prescott, Feb. 1, 1757; died -at Lausanne, Feb. 26, 1823. - -Here is also a very neat monument to the memory of SUSANNA JANE DAVIDSON, -only daughter of William Davidson, of Rotterdam, merchant, whom it -pleased the Almighty to visit in the bloom of life with a lingering -disease, of which she died at Paris, January 1, 1767, aged -twenty.--_Hayward, sculptor._ - -"MATTHEW BAILLIE, Fellow of the Royal College of London and Edinburgh -(born at Lanark, in Scotland), of the Literary Institutions of Oxford and -Glasgow, Professor of Anatomy; of great medical skill, of strict -integrity, of sincere mind, and liberal simplicity. This bust was put up -by his medical associates. Died 9th of Oct., 1823, aged 62."--_Chantrey, -sculptor._ - -A colossal figure of "THOMAS TELFORD, President of the Institution of -Civil Engineers, born at Glendinning, in Eskdale, Dumfriesshire, in 1757; -died in London, 1834. The orphan son of a shepherd, self educated, he -raised himself by his extraordinary talents, and integrity, from the -humble condition of an operative mason, and became one of the most eminent -Civil Engineers of the age. This marble has been erected near the spot -where his remains are deposited, by the friends who revered his virtues; -but his noblest monuments are to be found amongst the great public works -of this country."--_Baily, sculptor._ - -Near this is a marble tomb, which encloses the body, and has a tablet over -it decorated with a coronet, and curtains festooned, on which is the -following inscription:--"To the affectionately-beloved and honoured memory -of ANASTATIA, Countess of Kerry, daughter of the late Peter Daly, Esq., of -Quansbery, in the county of Galway, in Ireland, who departed this life on -the 9th, and was deposited here on the 18th day of April, 1799. FRANCIS -THOMAS, Earl of Kerry, died July 4, 1818, aged seventy-eight. His remains, -according to his wish, are here deposited in the same tomb with his -affectionately-beloved Anastatia, whose loss he long and deservedly -deplored."--_Buckham, sculptor._ - -The next is a neat monument, representing a ship at sea, firing minute -guns at the death of THOMAS TOTTY, of Cornist, in the county of Flint, -Esq., Rear-Admiral in his Majesty's Navy, who having, on the 17th -November, 1801, been appointed Commander-in-Chief on the Leeward Island -station, was, soon after his arrival at Martinique, severely attacked by -the malignant fever peculiar to that climate, and expired at sea, on the -2nd of June, 1802, in the fifty-seventh year of his age.--_Bacon, jun., -sculptor._ - -On the floor is the stone of Abbot KIRTON, which had several labels in -black letter all round the portrait, which stood upon eagles crowned, -alluding, perhaps, to his high descent from the ancient and illustrious -family of Codilbic. He appears to have been a person of great eminence. He -died October 3, 1466. - -The next monument is to the Earl and Countess of MOUNTRATH. The figures -represent an angel lifting the lady up to a vacant seat by the side of her -husband, surrounded with cherubs, &c. The inscription is in Latin, thus -translated:--"Sacred to the memory of Algernon, Earl of Mountrath, and -Diana, his Countess, who, surviving him, caused this monument to be -erected in 1771. - - "Thus while on earth, who joy in mutual love, - Beyond the grave shall find their joys improve." - ---_Wilton, sculptor._ - -The next is to the memory of RICHARD KEMPENFELT, Esq., Rear-Admiral of the -Blue, who was lost in his Majesty's ship Royal George, which overset and -sunk at Spithead, on the 29th August, 1782, by which fatal event about -nine hundred persons were launched into eternity, and his king and country -deprived of the services of a great and meritorious officer, in the -sixty-fourth year of his age. This monument was erected pursuant to the -will of his brother, Gustavus Adolphus Kempenfelt, Esq., who died at his -seat, Lady-place, Hurley, Berkshire, on the 14th of March, 1808, aged -eighty-seven, of whose philanthropy and humanity, his liberal -subscriptions and bequests to most of the charitable institutions in this -country, will be lasting records.--_Bacon, jun., sculptor._ - -The next consists of a delicate female figure, mourning over two urns, -holding a scroll, on which is expressed--"I shall go to them, but they -shall not return to me.--2 Sam. xii. 23." BENJAMIN JOHN FORBES, late -Lieutenant in his Majesty's seventy-fourth regiment of foot; and RICHARD -GORDON FORBES, late Lieutenant in the first regiment of Foot Guards, the -eldest sons of Lieutenant-General Gordon Forbes, Colonel of the -twenty-ninth regiment of foot, and Margaret, his wife, eldest daughter of -the late Benjamin Sullivan, Esq., of Dromenagh, in the county of Cork; -both of whom fell in the service of their king and country, deeply -regretted by their regiments and the detachments of the army in which they -served. The former at the assault of Kistnagherry, in the East Indies, -12th November, 1791, aged nineteen years; the latter near Alkmaar, in -North Holland, the 19th of September, 1799, aged twenty years. This -monument, no less a tribute of justice to exemplary merit, than a record -of the tenderest parental sense of filial piety, is erected and dedicated -A.D. 1803.--_Bacon, jun., sculptor._ - -A third, to the memory of General STUART, having a fine medallion of him; -the Latin inscription is to the following purport:--"In memory of a man -truly noble, the Honourable Sir CHARLES STUART, Knight of the Bath, fourth -son of John, Earl of Bute, who began his military career in America; and -was afterwards sent, during the raging of the war with France, -Commander-in-Chief against Corsica and Minorca, both which he happily -subdued. He was again called forth, agreeably to the wishes of all good -men, and already destined, by the favour of his Sovereign, to greater -appointments, but died at Richmond, in the year of our Lord 1801, aged -forty-seven, leaving the public, as well as his friends, to deplore, and -that deeply, the loss of so great a man, on whose extraordinary talents, -military conduct, and approved valour, whether dangers were to be averted, -or her wrongs avenged, his country could at all times rely with the -greatest security and confidence."--_Nollekens, sculptor._ - -The last in this Chapel is one to the memory of Lieutenant-General WILLIAM -ANNE VILLETTES, second son of Arthur Villettes, Esq., his late Majesty's -Minister Plenipotentiary at the Court of Turin, and Helvetic Cantons, who -died near Port Antonio, on the 13th July, 1808, aged fifty-four years. - - "The sculptur'd marble shall dissolve in dust, - And fame, and wealth, and honour pass away - Not such the triumphs of the good and just, - Not such the glories of eternal day." - -W. Cartwright, T. Bowdler, J. Cazenove, have erected this tablet as a -tribute of friendship.--_Sir Richard Westmacott, sculptor._ - -At the north end of this Chapel is an elegant painted window, representing -St. Cecilia playing upon an organ, accompanied by three angels, in memory -of Mr. VINCENT NOVELLO, by Lavers and Barraud. Born 1781; died 1861. - -Opposite to you, on leaving this Chapel, is the monument to the memory of -Field-Marshal Lord LIGONIER, which has a striking likeness of his -Lordship, in profile, and the medallions of Queen Anne, George I., II., -and III., under whom his Lordship served. The inscription is only a -recital of his titles and places, his age ninety-two, and his death the -28th of April, 1770. On the scroll held by History, is the following list -of battles:--Schellenberg, Blenheim, Ramilies, Oudinarde, Taniere, -Malplaquet, Dettingen, Fountenoy, Rocoux, and Laffeldt.--_Moore, -sculptor._ - - - - -NORTH TRANSEPT. - - -Passing through the gate, immediately on your right is a pedestal of rich -grey marble, on which is placed a statue of the late Right Honourable Sir -ROBERT PEEL, Bart., represented in the costume of a Roman Orator, in the -act of addressing the Commons House of Parliament, where he had so greatly -distinguished himself for a period of more than thirty years; and although -past the middle age of life, the death of this great statesman may be -considered as premature, he having been thrown from his horse while riding -up Constitution-hill, which caused his death in a few days afterwards, -viz., on the 2nd day of July, 1850.--_Sculptured by Gibson, at Rome._ - -Sir GILBERT LORT.--This monument is chiefly ornamented with cherubs and -family arms, and is inscribed to the memory of Sir Gilbert Lort, of -Stockpole, in Pembrokeshire, Bart., by his sister, Dame Elizabeth -Campbell, relict of Sir Alexander Campbell, of Calder, in Scotland, Bart. -Sir Gilbert died Sept. 19, 1698, in his twenty-eighth year. She died Sept. -28, 1714, in her forty-ninth year. - -Above is a small monument, consisting of a bust and naval ornaments, to -the memory of JOHN STORR, Esq., of Hilston, in the county of York, -Rear-Admiral of the Red Squadron of his Majesty's Fleet. He was born Aug. -18, 1709; died Jan. 10, 1783, and interred near this place.--_Tyler, -sculptor._ - -A small tablet, up high, with an inscription in Latin to the following -effect:--"William Vincent, D.D., Dean of this Collegiate Church, caused -this tablet to be erected a perpetual monument of his affection. Sacred to -the memory of HANNAH, his most beloved wife; the fondest and most prudent -mother, handsome without pride, pleasant without levity, a good Christian -without superstition; descended from a respectable family of the Wyatts, -of Whichwood, in Oxfordshire, daughter of George Wyatt and Hannah Wood. -Born August 3, 1735; married August 15, 1771; died Feb. 17, -1807."--_Gayfere, sculptor._ - -Admiral Sir PETER WARREN.--The back ground is a large flag spreading in -natural folds behind the whole monument; before it is a fine figure of -Hercules, placing Sir Peter's bust on its pedestal; and on the other side -is the figure of Navigation, with a laurel wreath in her hand, gazing on -the bust with a look of melancholy, mixed with admiration. Behind her a -cornucopia pours out fruit, corn, &c., and by it a cannon, an anchor, and -other decorations. The inscription is as follows:--"Sacred to the memory -of Sir Peter Warren, Knight of the Bath, Vice-Admiral of the Red Squadron -of the British Fleet, and Member of Parliament for the city and liberty of -Westminster. He derived his descent from an ancient family in Ireland; his -fame and honours from his virtues and abilities. How eminently these were -displayed, with what vigilance and spirit they were executed, in the -various services wherein he had the honour to command, and the happiness -to conquer, will be more properly recorded in the annals of Great Britain. -On this tablet, Affection with truth must say, that, deservedly esteemed -in private life, and universally renowned for his public conduct, the -judicious and gallant officer possessed all the amiable qualities of the -friend, the gentleman, and Christian; but the Almighty, whom alone he -feared, and whose gracious protection he had often experienced, was -pleased to remove him from a life of honour to an eternity of happiness, -on the 29th of July, 1752, in the forty-ninth year of his -age."--_Roubiliac, sculptor._ - -GRACE SCOTT.--Affixed to the adjoining pillar is a neat tablet, on which -is this inscription:--"Grace, eldest daughter of Sir Thomas Mauleverer, of -Alterton Mauleverer, in Yorkshire, Bart., born 1622, married to Colonel -Scott, a member of the Honourable House of Commons, 1644, and died -February 24, 1645: - - "He that will give my _Grace_ but what is hers, - Must say her death has not - Made only her dear _Scott_, - But Virtue, Worth, and Sweetness, widowers." - -Above, is a little tablet to the memory of CLEMENT SAUNDERS, Esq., Carver -in ordinary to Charles II., James II., and William III., son of Sir W. -Saunders, Knight, of the county of Northampton. Died August 10, 1695, aged -eighty-four. - -Sir JOHN MALCOLM.--His figure is in full uniform, on a pedestal.--"In -memory of Major-General Sir John Malcolm, G.C.B., &c., born at Burnfoot of -Eske, Dumfriesshire, 1769, died in London, 1833, employed confidentially -in those important wars and negociations which established British -supremacy in India. By the indefatigable and well directed exertions of -those extraordinary mental and physical powers with which Providence had -endowed him, he became alike distinguished as a statesman, a warrior, and -a man of letters; disinterested, liberal, and hospitable; warm in his -affections, and frank in his manners; the admirer and patron of merit. No -less zealous during the whole of his arduous and eventful career, for the -welfare of the natives of the East, than for the services of his own -country, his memory is cherished by grateful millions; his fame lives in -the history of nations. This statue has been erected by the friends whom -he had acquired by his splendid talents, eminent public services, and -private virtues."--_Chantrey, sculptor._ - -WILLIAM CAVENDISH, Duke of Newcastle.--This monument is a stately piece of -architecture. Under a rich canopy of state, lie in a cumbent posture, on a -double mat, "the loyal Duke of Newcastle (as the inscription beneath sets -forth), and his Duchess, his second wife, by whom he had no issue; her -name was Margaret Lucas, youngest sister of Lord Lucas, of Colchester, a -noble family; for all the brothers were valiant, and all the sisters -virtuous. This Duchess was a wise, witty, and learned lady, which her many -books do well testify; she was a most virtuous, loving, and careful wife, -and was with her Lord all the time of his banishment and miseries; and -when he came home, never parted from him in his solitary retirements."--So -far the English inscription. The Latin shows farther, "that he was Knight -of the Bath and Baron Ogle in right of his mother; Viscount Mansfield, and -Baron Cavendish of Bolsover, Earl of Ogle, Earl, Marquis, and Duke of -Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Lord Lieutenant of the counties of Nottingham and -Northumberland, First Lord of the Bedchamber to King James I., Guardian to -Prince Charles, Privy Councillor, and Knight of the most Noble Order of -the Garter; that for his fidelity to the King, he was made Captain-General -of the forces raised for his service in the North, fought many battles, -and generally came off victorious; that when the rebels prevailed (being -one of the first designed a sacrifice) he left his estate, and endured a -long exile. By his first wife, Elizabeth, daughter and heiress to W. -Basset, of Staffordshire, Esq., he had two sons and three daughters; -Charles, who died without issue, and Henry, heir to his honours; Jane, -married to C. Cheyne, of Chesham, Bucks; Elizabeth, to John, Earl of -Bridgewater; and Frances, to Oliver, Earl of Bolingbroke. He died December -25, 1676, aged eighty-four." - -A statue of EARL CANNING, Viceroy of India, son of George Canning Foley. - -On the left is one to the memory of GEORGE CANNING, born April 11, 1770; -died August 8, 1827:--"Endowed with a rare combination of talents, an -eminent statesman, an accomplished scholar, an orator, surpassed by none, -he united the most brilliant and lofty qualities of the mind, with the -warmest affections of the heart; raised by his own merit, he successfully -filled important offices in the state, and finally became first minister -of the Crown. In the full enjoyment of his sovereign's favour, and of the -confidence of the people, he was prematurely cut off, when pursuing a wise -and large course of policy, which had for its object the prosperity and -greatness of his own country, while it comprehended the welfare and -commanded the admiration of foreign nations." This monument was erected by -his friends and countrymen. The figure is on a pedestal, and represents -him speaking in the House of Parliament.--_Chantrey, sculptor._ - -The next is a magnificent monument to JOHN HOLLES, Duke of Newcastle, -whose effigy rests upon a sarcophagus of darkish-coloured marble, having -in his right hand a general's staff, and in his left a ducal coronet. On -one side of the base stands the statue of Wisdom; on the other of -Sincerity. On the angles of the upper compartment sit angels in no very -meaning attitude; and on the ascending sides of the pediment sit cherubs, -one with an hour glass, alluding to the admeasurement of man's life by -grains of sand; the other pointing upwards, where his life shall be no -longer measured by duration. On the base of this monument is this -inscription:--"John Holles, Duke of Newcastle, Marquis and Earl of Clare, -Baron Haughton, of Haughton, and Knight Companion of the Most Noble Order -of the Garter, whose body is here deposited under the same roof with many -of his noble ancestors and relations of the families of Vere, Cavendish, -and Holles, whose eminent virtues he inherited, and was particularly -distinguished for his courage, love to his country, and constancy in -friendship, which qualities he exerted with great zeal and readiness, -whenever the cause of religion, his country, or friends, required. In the -reign of Queen Anne he filled with great capacity and honour, the several -employments of Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal and Privy Councillor; Lord -Lieutenant and Custos Rotulorum of Middlesex and Nottingham, and of the -county of the town of Nottingham, and of the East and North Ridings of the -county of York; Lord Chief Justice in Eyre, north of Trent, and Governor -of the town and fort of Kingston-upon-Hull; to all which titles and -honours his personal merit gave a lustre, that needed not the addition of -the great wealth which he possessed. He was born January 9, 1661-2, and -died, July 15, 1711. He married the Lady Margaret, third daughter and -heiress of Henry Cavendish, Duke of Newcastle, by whom he left issue only -one child, the Lady Henrietta Cavendish Holles Harley, who caused this -memorial of him to be here erected in 1723."--_Bird, sculptor._ - -Admiral VERNON.--On a pedestal is a bust of that gallant Admiral, with a -fine figure of Fame crowning him with laurels. This monument is elegantly -ornamented with naval trophies. Beneath is the following -inscription:--"Sacred to the memory of Edward Vernon, Admiral of the White -Squadron of the British Fleet. He was the second son of James Vernon, who -was Secretary of State to King William III., and whose abilities and -integrity were equally conspicuous. In his youth, he served under the -Admirals Shovell and Rook. By their example he learned to conquer; by his -own merit he rose to command. In the war with Spain of 1739, he took the -fort of Porto Bello with six ships--a force which was thought unequal to -the attempt. For this he received the thanks of both houses of Parliament. -He subdued Chagre, and at Carthagena conquered as far as naval force could -carry victory. After these services he retired, without place or title, -from the exercise of public, to the enjoyment of private virtue. The -testimony of a good conscience was his reward--the love and esteem of all -good men his glory. In battle, though calm, he was active, and though -intrepid, prudent; successful, yet not ostentatious, ascribing the glory -to God; in the senate, he was disinterested, vigilant, and steady. On the -30th day of October, 1757, he died as he had lived, the friend of man, the -lover of his country, and the father of the poor, aged seventy-three. As a -memorial of his own gratitude, and the virtues of his benefactor, this -monument was erected by his nephew, Francis, Lord Orwell, in -1763."--_Rysbrack, sculptor._ - -Sir CHARLES WAGER.--On this elegant monument, the principal figure is that -of Fame, holding a portrait of the deceased in relief, which is supported -by an infant Hercules. The enrichments are naval trophies, instruments of -war, navigation, &c., and on the base, in relief, is the representation of -the destroying and taking the Spanish galleons in 1708:--"To the memory of -Sir Charles Wager, Knight, Admiral of the White, First Commissioner of the -Admiralty, and Privy Councillor: a man of great natural talents, who bore -the highest commands, and passed through the greatest employments, with -credit to himself, and honour to his country. He was in his private life -humane, temperate, just, and bountiful: in public station, valiant, -prudent, wise, and honest; easy of access to all; plain and unaffected in -his manner, steady and resolute in his conduct; so remarkably happy in his -presence of mind, that no danger ever discomposed him. Esteemed and -favoured by his King, beloved and honoured by his country, he died May 24, -1743, aged seventy-seven."--_Scheemakers, sculptor._ - -Lord PALMERSTON.--A magnificent statue, representing the distinguished -statesman in the robes of a Knight of the Garter.--Erected by authority of -Parliament to Viscount Palmerston, in testimony of the public admiration -and attachment and heavy loss which the country sustained by his -death.--_R. Jackson._ - -The Right Hon. WILLIAM PITT, First Earl of Chatham. He is represented as -speaking in the Houses of Parliament. At his feet are figures of Prudence -and Fortitude; below is a figure of Britannia, with the trident supported -by Earth and Ocean. On the base is the following inscription:--"Erected by -the King and Parliament as a testimony to the virtues and ability of -William Pitt, Earl of Chatham, during whose administration, in the reigns -of Geo. II. and III., Divine Providence exalted Great Britain to a height -of prosperity and glory unknown to any former age. Born November 15, 1708. -Died May 11, 1778."--_Bacon, sculptor._ - -Lord ROBERT MANNERS, aged 24; Captain WILLIAM BAYNE, aged 50; Captain -WILLIAM BLAIR, aged 41. Upon a rostral column decorated with the hulks of -three seventy-four gun ships, Genius has hung three medallions, containing -the portraits of the Captains. Neptune is sitting upon a sea-horse, -pointing them out as examples for posterity to emulate, and worthy of -being recorded in the annals of their country, to Britannia, whose -majestic figure, accompanied with a resemblance of a lion, supporting a -shield of the arms of Great Britain, is standing on the opposite side -beholding them with a fixed countenance, expressive of sorrow; while Fame -is standing upon the top of the column, with a wreath of laurel to crown -Lord Robert Manners, Captains Bayne and Blair, who were mortally wounded -in the course of the naval engagements under the command of Admiral Sir -George Brydges Rodney, on the 9th and 12th of April, 1782. In memory of -their services, the King and Parliament of Great Britain caused this -monument to be erected. The basement is adorned with different naval -implements, the whole highly executed by Mr. Nollekens. - -In front of this monument is a highly polished slab under which lie the -remains of LORD PALMERSTON. Died Oct. 18, 1865, aged 81. And LADY -PALMERSTON. Died Sept. 11, 1869. - -Near this spot lie the remains of the Marquis of Londonderry, Pitt, -Wilberforce, Canning, Fox, and Grattan. - -The next monument consists of a fine statue, full life size: in one hand -is placed a scroll, on which is inscribed, "Peace of Paris, 1814;" the -other supporting the Robes of the Garter. The pedestal bears the following -inscription:--"This statue is erected to the memory of Robert, second -Marquis of Londonderry and Viscount Castlereagh, K.G. Born A.D. 1769; died -Aug. 12th, 1822. History will record the success and splendour of his -public career during a period of unexampled difficulty in the annals of -Europe, in which he successively filled the highest offices under the -Crown; and Ireland will never forget the statesman of the Legislative -Union. This tribute to the best of brothers and friends is placed in -Westminster Abbey by Charles William Vane, third Marquis of -Londonderry."--_J. Evan Thomas, sculptor._ - -Lord MANSFIELD'S monument:-- - - "Here MURRAY, long enough his country's pride, - Is now no more than Tully or than Hyde." - -Foretold by Pope, and fulfilled in the year 1793, when WILLIAM, Earl of -Mansfield, died full of years and of honours: of honours he declined many; -those which he accepted were the following:--He was appointed -Solicitor-General, 1742; Attorney-General, 1754; Lord Chief Justice and -Baron Mansfield, 1756; Earl of Mansfield, 1776. From the love which he -bore to the place of his early education, he desired to be buried in this -Cathedral (privately), and would have forbidden that instance of human -vanity, the erecting a monument to his memory; but a sum, which, with the -interest, has amounted to £2,500, was left for that purpose by A. Bailey, -Esq., of Lyon's Inn, which, at least well-meant, mark of esteem he had no -previous knowledge or suspicion of, and had no power to prevent being -executed. He was the fourth son of David, fifth Viscount Stormont, and -married the Lady Elizabeth Finch, daughter to Daniel, Earl of Nottingham, -by whom he had no issue; born at Scone, 2nd March, 1704; died at Kenwood, -20th March, 1793. The Earl is represented sitting on a seat of judgment; -on his right hand Justice holds the statera, or balance, equally poised; -on his left hand Wisdom opens the book of Law. Between the statues of -Wisdom and Justice is a trophy composed of the Earl's family arms, -surmounted by the coronet, the mantle of honour, the fasces, or rods of -justice, and curtana, or sword of mercy. On the back of the chair is the -Earl's motto--_Uni Æquus Virtuti_--"Equal to Virtue only," enclosed in a -crown of laurel: under it is a figure of Death, as represented by the -ancients--a beautiful youth leaning on an extinguished torch: on each side -of the figure of Death is a funeral altar, finished by a fir apple. This -monument is the first that was placed between pillars, so as to walk round -it.--_Flaxman, sculptor._ - -The beautiful north window was put up in the year 1722, and represents our -Saviour, the twelve Apostles, and four Evangelists; the latter with their -emblems, lie down, two on each side. - -It is much to be desired that they who wish to record in Westminster Abbey -their estimation of the character or public services of their relatives or -friends, would adopt this manner of perpetuating their memory, as -combining with their special object the further enrichment of the noblest -Cathedral or Collegiate Church in England, and so contributing to the -completion of the general design, by representing that "the Holy Church -throughout all the world doth acknowledge God." A commencement in this -direction has been made in the seven memorial windows in the North -Transept, of which a special description is subjoined. - -The object of the painted glass in the seven Lancet Windows in the North -Transept and West Aisle of the same is briefly stated in the inscriptions -on the floor immediately beneath the windows. - -"To the glory of God, and in memory of Major-General Sir HENRY W. BARNARD, -K.C.B.; Lieutenant-Colonel CHARLES JOHN WOODFORD, Rifle Brigade; Captain -WILLIAM FREDERICK THYNNE, Rifle Brigade; Captain WILLIAM ROBERT MOORSOM, -thirteenth Light Infantry, D.A.Q.M. General; LOVICK EMILIUS COOPER, -Ensign, Rifle Brigade; WILLIAM GEORGE HAWTREY BANKES, Cornet, seventh -Hussars; who died in the service of the Queen and their country in India, -in 1857 and 1858, the six lancet windows of this Transept were enriched -with stained glass by their relatives or comrades of Sir James Outram's -division, 1860." - -And in the West Aisle of the North Transept, a similar inscription states -the window to be enriched in memory of Brigadier the Hon. ADRIAN HOPE, -C.B., by his relatives. - -The general design throughout the windows is, by the representation of -certain chosen men by whom Almighty God is recorded in the Holy Scriptures -to have effected the deliverance of the Israelites out of the hands of -their enemies, to illustrate the power of God, and attribute to His mercy -the wonderful success of the British forces in the suppression of the -Indian rebellion, in which service the officers above named, with many -others, fell. - -The first figure on the right hand is designed to represent Moses as the -leader and commander of the army of the Israelites. In the medallion -beneath, he is shown with his hands stayed up by Aaron and Hur, as -described in Ex. xvii. 12. This window is erected by Lady Barnard, widow -of Sir Hy. Wm. Barnard, K.C.B. - -The second figure is that of Joshua, and the medallion is intended to -describe the appearance of the "Captain of the Lord's Host" to -him.--Joshua v. 13, 14. This window is erected by General Sir Alexander -Woodford, G.C.B., father of Lieutenant-Colonel C. J. Woodford, Rifle -Brigade. - -The third figure is Caleb, and the medallion represents his victory over -the sons of Anak.--Joshua xv. 14. This window is erected by the Reverend -Lord John Thynne, Canon of Westminster, father of Captain William F. -Thynne, Rifle Brigade. - -The fourth figure is Gideon, and in the medallion he is occupied in -threshing the corn, as when he received his call and commission to deliver -Israel from the Midianites.--Judges vi. 11. This window is erected by the -comrades of Captain William Robert Moorsom, forming the first division of -the army in Oude, under the Command of Sir James Outram, of which he was -Deputy-Assistant Quartermaster-General. - -The fifth figure is David, and the medallion exhibits his triumph over -Goliath.--1 Sam. xvii. 15. This window is erected by the Rev. T. Lovick -Cooper, Vicar of Empingham, Rutlandshire, father of Lovick Emilius Cooper, -Rifle Brigade. - -The sixth window is Jonathan, and the medallion refers to the account of -his surprising and discomfiting the garrison of the Philistines, with no -other assistance than of his armour-bearer.--1 Sam. xiv. 4-6. This window -is erected by Mrs. Bankes, mother of William George Hawtrey Bankes, -Cornet, seventh Hussars. - -The seventh window in the West Aisle of the North Transept is erected in -memory of Brigadier the Honourable Adrian Hope, by his relations, and is -illustrative of those passages in the career of Asa, as recorded in 2 -Chronicles xiv. 5. 11, 12. His destruction of idols in the city of Judah, -verse 5; his prayer, verse 11; his victory over the Ethiopians, verse 12. - -Sir WILLIAM WEBB FOLLETT, Knt., who was at the time of his decease -representative in Parliament for the City of Exeter, and Attorney-General -to Queen Victoria. Of unblemished conduct in every relation of life, of -manners gentle and prepossessing, combining with great legal knowledge -extraordinary powers of persuasive eloquence, he attained, with the -esteem, admiration, and good-will of all who witnessed his brilliant -career, the highest eminence as an advocate and a Parliamentary speaker. -The general hope and expectation that he was destined for the highest -honours of the law were blighted by his untimely death. Died June 28, -1845, aged forty-eight. - -A bust to the memory of GEORGE GORDON, Earl of Aberdeen, K.T., K.G. Born -January 28th, 1784; died December 14th, 1860. Ambassador, Secretary of -State, Prime Minister.--_M. Noble, S.C._ - -Next to this on your left is a monument sacred to the memory of ELIZABETH -WARREN, daughter of Henry Southwell, Esq., of Wisbeach, in the county of -Cambridge, and widow of the Right Rev. John Warren, D.D., late Lord Bishop -of Bangor:--"She was distinguished for the purity of her taste, and the -soundness of her judgment; her prudence and discrimination were in no -instances more conspicuous, than in selecting the objects of her -extensive charity. The widow and the fatherless were protected and -relieved, and the virtuous who had fallen from prosperity, had peculiar -claims to her benevolence. Though mild and gentle in her manners, yet she -was remarkable for the firmness and vigour of her mind. Stedfast in the -faith of Christ, she lived to illustrate his precepts, and died reposing -on his merits and intercession. She departed this life, March 29, 1816, -aged eighty-three. Her surviving sister, Mary, widow of the Right -Honourable Sir James Eyre, Knt., Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Common -Pleas, in testimony of her sincere affection, has erected this monument to -her memory."--It represents a houseless wanderer with an infant in her -arms, on a square pedestal; the figure with its draperies is very -generally admired.--_Sir Richard Westmacott, sculptor._ - -Sir HENRY BLACKWOOD, with this inscription:--"Sacred to the memory of -Vice-Admiral the Honourable Sir Henry Blackwood, Bart., K.C.B., G.C.H., -who died December, 13, 1832, aged 63 years, 51 of which he had spent in -the active service of his profession, distinguished by his energy, -promptitude, and bravery, qualities which derived additional lustre from -the virtues which adorned his personal character; with valour combining a -strong sense of religion, and the elevation of an upright noble mind, with -all the endearing feelings of a manly, generous, and benevolent heart. -This tribute of sorrow and affection to the memory of one so justly -honoured and beloved, is offered by his deeply afflicted widow and his -surviving children."--_Behnes, sculptor._ - -In memory of the Right Honourable Sir GEORGE CORNEWALL LEWIS, Baronet, of -Harpton Court, in the County of Radnor; successively Chancellor of the -Exchequer and Secretary of State for the Home and War Departments. The -bust is erected by many friends, to mark their affectionate esteem and -admiration, and to record his honoured name among the illustrious dead who -lie buried within these walls. Born April 21, 1806; died April 13, -1863.--_Weekes, R.A., sculptor._ - -A monument erected by the East India Company, as a memorial of the -military talents of Lieutenant-General Sir EYRE COOTE, K.B., -Commander-in-chief of the British forces in India, who, by the success of -his arms, in the year 1760 and 1761, expelled the French from the coast of -Coromandel. In 1781 and 1782 he again took the field in the Carnatic, in -opposition to the united strength of the French and Hyder Ally, and in -several engagements defeated the numerous forces of the latter; but death -interrupted his career of glory, on the 27th April, 1783, in the -fifty-eighth year of his age. It consists of two figures as large as life; -one a Mahratta captive, weeping beside a trophy of Persian armour, -represents a province subdued; he is holding a cornucopia inverted, the -contents of which are falling into a Britannia's shield. The other, a -Victory, having erected a trophy, is decorating it with the portrait of -Sir Eyre Coote, by hanging it on a palm-tree, which rises from behind the -armour. The elephant on the sarcophagus marks the scene of action. The -Mahratta figure is particularly admired.--_Banks, sculptor._ - -A bust with the following inscription:--"Amidst the memorials of maturer -greatness, this tribute of private affection and public honour records the -talents, virtues, and early death of the Right Honourable CHARLES BULLER, -who, as an independent Member of Parliament, and in the discharge of -important offices of state, united the deepest human sympathies with wide -and philosophic views of government and mankind; and pursued the noblest -political and social objects, above party spirit, and without an enemy. -His character was distinguished by sincerity and resolution, his mind by -vivacity and clearness of comprehension; while the vigour of expression -and singular wit that made him eminent in debate, and delightful in -society, were tempered by a most gentle and generous disposition; earnest -in friendship and benevolent to all. The British Colonies will not forget -the statesman who so well appreciated their desires and their destinies; -and his country, recalling what he was, deplores the vanished hope of all -he might have become. He was born August, 1806; he died Nov. 29, 1848." - -A bust sacred to the memory of the Right Honourable WARREN HASTINGS, -Governor-General of Bengal; Member of his Majesty's most Honourable Privy -Council, LL.D., F.R.S., descended from the elder branch of the ancient and -noble family of Huntingdon. Selected for his eminent talents and -integrity, he was appointed by Parliament, in 1773, the first -Governor-General of India, to which high office he was thrice re-appointed -by the same authority. Presiding over the India Governments during -thirteen years of a most eventful period, he restored the affairs of the -East India Company from the deepest distress to the highest prosperity, -and rescued their possessions from a combination of the most powerful -enemies ever leagued against them. In the wisdom of his counsels, and the -energy of his measures, he found unexhausted resources, and successfully -sustained a long, varied, and multiplied war with France, Mysore, and the -Mahratta states, whose power he humbled, and concluded an honourable -peace, for which, and for his distinguished services, he received the -thanks of the East India Company, sanctioned by the Board of Control. The -kingdom of Bengal, the seat of his Government, he ruled with a mild and -equitable sway, preserved it from invasion, and, while he secured to its -inhabitants the enjoyment of their customs, laws, and religion, and the -blessings of peace, was rewarded by their affection and gratitude; nor was -he more distinguished by the highest qualities of a statesman and a -patriot, than by the exercise of every Christian virtue. He lived for many -years in dignified retirement, beloved and revered by all who knew him, at -his seat of Daylesford, in the county of Worcester, where he died in -peace, in the eighty-sixth year of his age, August 22, 1818. This memorial -was erected by his beloved wife and disconsolate widow, M. A. Hastings. -Over the inscription is a bust, greatly like him, executed by Mr. Bacon. - -A statue to the memory of FRANCIS HORNER, who, by the union of great and -various acquirements, with inflexible integrity, and unwearied devotion to -the interests of the country, raised himself to an eminent station in -society, and was justly considered to be one of the most distinguished -members of the House of Commons. He was born at Edinburgh in 1778, was -called to the bar both of England and Scotland; and closed his short but -useful life at Pisa, in 1817. His death was deeply felt, and publicly -deplored in Parliament. His affectionate friends and sincere admirers, -anxious that some memorial should exist of merit universally acknowledged, -of expectations which a premature death could alone have frustrated, -erected this monument, A.D. 1823.--_Chantrey, sculptor._ - -Brigadier-General HOPE, Lieutenant-Governor of the province of Quebec, -where he died in 1789, aged forty-three years. The design of it is simply -an Indian, whose affection has drawn her to the monument; she kneels on -the pedestal, and bending over the sarcophagus, expresses that sorrow -which the loss of such a benefactor has occasioned. A rudder is -introduced, emblematical of his situation as Governor: the serpent and -mirror, engraved thereon, point out the prudence of his administration; -and a cornucopia conveys the idea of the felicity of it.--_Bacon, -sculptor._ - -To the memory of JONAS HANWAY, Esq., celebrated for his universal feeling -for the distressed, having been an active friend to the following -charities, viz.,--the Foundling, Magdalen, and Marine Society. The expense -was defrayed by voluntary subscriptions. On a sarcophagus, the Society is -here represented in bas-relief; viz.,--Britannia, with her emblems of -Government, Peace, War, Trade, and Navigation, who, with benign -countenance, distributes clothes to poor boys to be trained to sea; over -this a medallion of the deceased is fixed on a pyramid, upon the top of -which is a lamp, emblematic of perpetual light,--"Sacred to the memory of -Jonas Hanway, who departed this life September 5, 1786, aged seventy-four; -but whose name liveth, and will ever live, whilst active piety shall -distinguish the Christian, integrity and truth shall recommend the British -merchant, and universal kindness shall characterize the citizen of the -world. The helpless Infant, nurtured through his care; the friendless -Prostitute sheltered and reformed; the hopeless Youth rescued from misery -and ruin, and trained to serve and to defend his country, uniting in one -common strain of gratitude, bear testimony to their benefactor's virtues: -this was the friend and father of the poor."--_F. Moore, sculptor._ - -Sir CLIFTON WINTRINGHAM, Bart., is represented visiting a sick and -distressed family; underneath is the figure of his lady, kneeling and -bewailing her loss.--"Sacred to the memory of Sir Clifton Wintringham, -Bart., M.D., who, no less eminent as a physician, both at home and in the -army, than beloved on account of his virtuous life and engaging manners, -died lamented by all, January 10, 1794, aged eighty-three. His widow, Ann -Wintringham, caused this monument to be erected, as a last testimony of -her love for him when living, and of the sincere regret she feels for her -loss."--_Banks, sculptor._ - -A truly admirable bust of the late RICHARD COBDEN. Born June 3, 1804; -died April 2, 1865, and was buried at West Lavington, in Sussex.--_Thos. -Woolner, sculptor._ - -A bust to the memory of Major-General Sir HERBERT BENJAMIN EDWARDS, -K.C.B., K.C.S.I., D.C.L., LL.D., who in early life, as a Subaltern of the -East Indian Company's Army, by his fertility of resource, and in -promptitude in action, struck the first victorious blow at the -Insurrection in the Punjab in 1848. Who in later years, by his courage, -sagacity, and mastery over men, ever animated by Christian principle, won -an enduring place in the affections of the people to whose welfare he had -long devoted himself, and in 1847, at a time of unexampled danger, greatly -contributed to the security of the Frontier, and to the salvation of the -British Empire in India. Born November 12th, 1819; died December 23rd, -1868. - -To the memory of Major-General COOTE MANNINGHAM.--"Sacred to the memory of -Major-General Coote Manningham, Colonel of the ninety-fifth, or Rifle -Regiment of Infantry, and Equerry to the King; in testimony of a -friendship which commenced in early youth, was matured and confirmed by -time, remains unchilled by death, and humbly looks for a reunion in -eternity. The distinguished soldier to whom friendship erects this -inadequate memorial, began his career of military action at the siege of -Gibraltar, and concluded it at the victory of Corunna, to which his skill -and gallantry conspicuously contributed. He fell an early victim to the -vicissitudes of climate, and the severities of war, and died 26th Aug., -1809, aged forty-four. Yet, reader, regard not his fate as premature, -since his cup of glory was full, and he was not summoned till his virtue -and patriotism had achieved even here a brilliant recompense: for his name -is engraved on the annals of his country. In him the man and the Christian -tempered the warrior, and England might proudly present him to the world -as the model of a British soldier." Erected by Lieutenant-General Thomas -Hislop, Commander-in-Chief, &c., at Bombay, in the East Indies, anno -1813.--_Bacon, jun., sculptor._ - -GEORGE MONTAGUE DUNK, Earl of Halifax.--His Lordship's bust conveys a very -striking likeness of the original. It is supported by two emblematical -figures, one holding a mirror, supposed to be Truth, with his foot on a -mask, trampling on Falsehood; the other, Honour, presenting the ensigns of -the Garter. It is also decorated with various other emblems, alluding to -the different public posts of honour which his Lordship held at different -times. The inscription is as follows:--"Sacred be the monument which is -here raised by gratitude and respect, to perpetuate the memory of George -Montague Dunk, Earl of Halifax, Knight of the most noble Order of the -Garter, whose allegiance, integrity, and abilities, alike distinguished -and exalted him in the reigns of George II. and George III. In the year -1745 (an early period of his life), he raised and commanded a regiment, to -defend his King and country against the alarming insurrection in Scotland. -He was soon after appointed first Lord of Trade and Plantations in which -department he contributed so largely to the commerce and splendour of -America, as to be styled, 'Father of the Colonies.' At one and the same -time he filled the united great offices of the First Lord of the -Admiralty, Principal Secretary of State, and Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. -He was afterwards appointed Lord Privy Seal; on the resignation thereof he -was recalled to the important duties of Principal Secretary of State, and -died (in possession of the Seals) June 8, 1771. His worth in private life -was eminent and extensive, and was best testified in the honour and esteem -which were borne him living, and the lamentations bestowed upon his ashes. -Among many instances of his liberal spirit, one deserves to be distinctly -recorded: during his residence in Ireland, he obtained the grant of an -additional 4000_l._ per annum for all subsequent Viceroys, at the same -time nobly declining that emolument himself."--_Bacon, sculptor._ - -Over the north door is a magnificent monument to the memory of Admiral -WATSON, where you see, in the centre of a range of palm-trees, an elegant -figure of the Admiral in a Roman toga, with a branch of palm in his right -hand, receiving the address of a prostrate figure, representing the genius -of Calcutta, a place in the East Indies memorable for the imprisonment of -the English garrison in a black hole, where most of them perished, and -where those that survived were released by the Admiral, and the town -retaken from the Nabob, in January, 1757. On the other side is the figure, -in chains, of a native of Chandernagore, another place taken by the -Admiral the March following. On the front is this inscription:--"To the -memory of Charles Watson, Vice-Admiral of the White, Commander-in-Chief of -his Majesty's navy forces in the East Indies, who died at Calcutta, August -16, 1757, aged forty-four. The East India Company, as a grateful testimony -of the signal advantages which they obtained by his valour and prudent -conduct, caused this monument to be erected."--_Scheemakers, sculptor._ - -Against the wall, on a small tablet, is the bust of Sir WILLIAM SANDERSON, -Knt., with an inscription in Latin, showing that he was Gentleman of the -Bedchamber to Charles I.; and wrote the lives of Mary Queen of Scots, -James, and Charles I.: that he sustained great hardships from the tyranny -of the rebels; but that, having bravely surmounted all difficulties, he -lived to the age of ninety, and died July 15, 1676. - -General GUEST.--On a base and pyramid of most beautiful marble, are the -first enrichments and busts that are to be seen in the whole church. The -inscription is short, but manly--"Sacred to those virtues that adorn a -Christian and a soldier, this marble perpetuates the memory of -Lieutenant-General Joshua Guest, who closed a service of sixty years, by -faithfully defending Edinburgh Castle against the rebels in 1745." - -Admiral Sir JOHN BALCHEN, Knt.--On this fine monument, in relief, is the -representation of a ship perishing in a storm. The inscription, which is -historical, is here inserted:--"To the memory of Sir John Balchen, Knt., -Admiral of the White Squadron of his Majesty's fleet in 1744. Being sent -out Commander-in-Chief of the combined fleets of England and Holland, to -cruise on the enemy, was, on his return home in his Majesty's ship the -Victory, lost in the Channel by a violent storm; from which sad -circumstance of his death we may learn that neither the greatest skill, -judgment, or experience, joined to the most firm, unshaken resolution, can -resist the fury of the winds and waves; and we are taught by the passages -of his life, which were filled with great and gallant actions, but ever -accompanied with adverse gales of fortune, that the brave, the worthy, and -the good man, meets not always his reward in this world. Fifty-eight years -of faithful and painful services he had passed, when, being just retired -to the government of Greenwich Hospital to wear out the remainder of his -days, he was once more, and for the last time, called out by his King and -country, whose interest he ever preferred to his own, and his unwearied -zeal for their service ending only in his death; which weighty misfortune -to his afflicted family became heightened by many aggravating -circumstances attending it; yet amidst their grief, had they the mournful -consolation to find his gracious and Royal Master mixing his concern with -the general lamentations of the public, for the calamitous fate of so -zealous, so valiant, and so able a commander; and, as a lasting memorial -of the sincere love and esteem borne by his widow to a most affectionate -and worthy husband, this honorary monument was erected by her. He was born -Feb. 2, 1669, married Susanna, daughter of Colonel Aprice, of Washingly, -in the county of Huntingdon. Died Oct. 7, 1744, leaving one son and one -daughter, the former of whom, George Balchen, survived him but a short -time; for being sent to the West Indies in 1745, Commander of his -Majesty's ship the Pembroke, he died at Barbadoes, in December the same -year, aged twenty-eight, having walked in the steps, and imitated the -virtues and bravery of his good but unfortunate father." When the Victory -was lost she had on board near one thousand souls, one hundred of whom -were gentlemen volunteers.--_Scheemakers, sculptor._ - -Bishop of BANGOR.--The figure of Religion is represented in a mournful -attitude, leaning on a rock, whereon is writ the inscription, holding in -her hand a cross; on the other side is represented an angel pointing to -the cross, as a source of consolation whereby we are saved--why weep? the -rock implies firmness of faith. A mitre, crozier, &c., are at the -bottom.--"Near this place are interred the remains of the Right Rev. John -Warren, D.D., Bishop of St. David's in 1779, and translated to the see of -Bangor in 1783. These episcopal stations he filled for more than twenty -years, with great ability and virtue. His charity, liberality, candour, -and benevolence, will long be remembered; his eminent learning and -unwearied application rendered him highly serviceable to the laws, as well -as the religion of his country, towards which he was most sincerely -attached. He was son of Richard Warren, D.D., Rector of Cavendish, and -Archdeacon of Suffolk, and brother of Richard Warren, M.D., celebrated for -his knowledge and successful practice, and many years Physician in -Ordinary to his Majesty. He married Elizabeth Southwell, daughter of -Henry Southwell, Esq., of Wisbeach, Cambridgeshire, who, fully sensible of -his many distinguished virtues, has offered this grateful tribute to his -memory, with the most unfeigned sincerity and respect. He died Jan. 27, -1800, in the seventy-second year of his age."--_Westmacott, jun., -sculptor._ - -Lord AUBREY BEAUCLERK.--This monument is ornamented with arms, trophies, -and naval ensigns; and in an oval niche, on a pyramid of dove-coloured -marble, is a beautiful bust of this young nobleman. On the pedestal is -this historical inscription:--"The Lord Aubrey Beauclerk was the youngest -son of Charles, Duke of St. Albans, by Diana, daughter of Aubrey de Vere, -Earl of Oxford. He went early to sea, and was made a commander in 1731. In -1740 he was sent upon that memorable expedition to Carthagena, under the -command of Admiral Vernon, in his Majesty's ship the Prince Frederick, -which, with three others, was ordered to cannonade the Castle Bocachica. -One of these being obliged to quit her station, the Prince Frederick was -exposed not only to the fire from the Castle, but to that of Fort St. -Joseph, and to two ships that guarded the mouth of the harbour, which he -sustained for many hours that day, and part of the next, with uncommon -intrepidity. As he was giving his command upon deck both his legs were -shot off; but such was his magnanimity, that he would not suffer his -wounds to be dressed till he had communicated his orders to his First -Lieutenant, which were--_To fight his ship to the last extremity_. Soon -after this he gave some directions about his private affairs, and then -resigned his soul, with the dignity of a hero and a Christian. Thus was he -taken off in the thirty-first year of his age; an illustrious commander of -superior fortitude and clemency, amiable in his person, steady in his -affection, and equalled by few in the social and domestic virtues of -politeness, modesty, candour, and benevolence. He married the widow of -Colonel F. Alexander, a daughter of Sir H. Newton, Knt., -Envoy-Extraordinary to the Court of Florence and the Republic of Genoa, -and Judge to the High Court of Admiralty." His epitaph over the -inscription:-- - - "While Britain boasts her empire o'er the deep, - This marble shall compel the brave to weep: - As men, as Britons, and as soldiers mourn-- - 'Tis dauntless, loyal, virtuous Beauclerk's urn. - Sweet were his manners as his soul was great, - And ripe his worth, though immature his fate; - Each tender grace that joy and love inspire, - Living, he mingled with his martial fire; - Dying, he bid Britannia's thunder roar, - And Spain still felt him when he breathed no more." - ---_Scheemakers, sculptor._ - -The stained window above commemorates the foundering of H.M.S. _Captain_, -on September 7th, 1870, when Capt. Hugh Burgoyne, V.C., Capt. Cowper -Coles, C.B., with 49 officers, and 402 men and boys, perished off Cape -Finisterre, in the service of their country. The names are inscribed on -brasses in St. Paul's Cathedral. The subjects of the window are--The Sea -giving up her Dead; The Passage through the Red Sea; The Fleet of -Solomon; Building the Ships of Tyre; Jonah delivered from the Whale; -Christ Stilling the Tempest; Christ Walking on the Sea; Christ Teaching -from the Ship; The Miraculous Draught; and the Shipwreck of St. Paul. - -PERCY KIRK, Esq.--On each side of a fine bust of this gentleman is a -winged seraph; one having a dagger in his right hand inverted, and in his -left a helmet; the other resting on a ball, and holding in his left hand a -torch reversed. The inscription says, he was Lieutenant-General of his -Majesty's armies; that he died January 1, 1741, aged fifty-seven; and that -he was son of Percy Kirk, Esq., a Lieutenant-General in the reign of James -II., by the Lady Mary, daughter of George Howard, Earl of Suffolk. Diana -Dormer, his niece and sole heiress, died February 22, 1743, aged -thirty-two.--_Scheemakers, sculptor._ - -RICHARD KANE.--On this tomb is a curious bust of this gentleman, of white -marble, upon a handsome pedestal, whereon are inscribed the most striking -passages of his life. He was born at Down, in Ireland, Dec. 20, 1666. In -1689, he first appeared in a military capacity at the memorable siege of -Derry; and after the reduction of Ireland followed William III. into -Flanders, where he distinguished himself, particularly by his intrepid -behaviour at the siege of Namurre, where he was severely wounded. In 1702, -he bore a commission in the service of Queen Anne, and assisted in the -expedition to Canada; from whence he again returned to Flanders, and -fought under the Duke of Argyle, and afterwards under Lord Carpenter. In -1712 he was made Sub-Governor of Minorca, through which island he caused a -road to be made, before thought impracticable. In 1720 he was ordered by -George I. to the defence of Gibraltar, where he sustained an eight months' -siege against the Spaniards, when all hope of relief was extinguished; for -which gallant service he was, by George II. rewarded with the government -of Minorca, where he died, Dec. 19, 1736, and was buried in the Castle of -St. Philip.--_Rysbrack, sculp._ - -Bishop BRADFORD.--The inscription is in Latin, surrounded with the arms -and proper ensigns of his several dignities. He was some time Rector of -St. Mary-le-Bow, from thence advanced to the See of Carlisle and -afterwards translated to that of Rochester, with the Deanery of this -Church, and that of the Hon. Order of the Bath annexed. He died May 17, -1731, in the seventy-ninth year of his age.--_Cheere, sculptor._ - -Dr. BOULTER, Archbishop of Armagh.--The bust of the Archbishop is very -natural; his long flowing hair and solemn gracefulness excite a kind of -reverential respect in an attentive beholder. The ensigns of his dignity, -with which his monument is ornamented, are most exquisitely finished. The -inscription is enclosed in a beautiful border, and is as follows:--"Dr. -Hugh Boulter, late Archbishop of Armagh, Primate of all Ireland, a Prelate -so eminent for the accomplishment of his mind, the purity of his heart, -and the excellency of his life, that it may be thought superfluous to -specify his titles, recount his virtues, or even to erect a monument to -his fame. His titles he not only deserved, but adorned; his virtues are -manifest in his good works, which had never dazzled the public eye, if -they had not been too bright to be concealed; and as to his fame, -whosoever has any sense of merit, any reverence for piety, and passion for -his country, or any charity for mankind, will assist in preserving it fair -and spotless, and when brass and marble shall mix with the dust they -cover, every succeeding age may have the benefit of his illustrious -example. He was born January 4, 1671; was consecrated Bishop of Bristol, -1718; translated to the Archbishopric of Armagh, 1723; and from thence to -heaven, Sept. 27, 1742."--_S. H. Cheere, sculptor._ - - - - -North Aisle. - - -Looking back on your left is a new monument to the memory of Sir THOMAS -FOWELL BUXTON, Bart., born April 1, 1786; died Feb. 19, 1845. Endowed with -a vigorous mind, of dauntless courage and untiring energy, he was early -led by the love of God to devote his powers to the good of man. In -Parliament he laboured for the improvement of prison discipline; for the -amendment of the criminal code, for the suppression of Suttees in India, -for the liberation of the Hottentots in Southern Africa; and, above all, -for the emancipation of eight hundred thousand slaves in the British -dominions. In this last righteous enterprise, after ten years of arduous -conflict, a final victory was given to him and his coadjutors "by the -grace of our God," on the memorable 1st of August, 1834. The energies of -his mind were afterwards concentrated on a great attempt to extinguish the -slave trade in Africa, by the substitution of agriculture and commerce, -and by the civilizing influence of the Gospel. Exhausted in mind and body, -"he fell asleep," reposing in faith on his Redeemer, in the fifty-ninth -year of his age. This monument is erected by his friends and -fellow-labourers at home and abroad, assisted by the grateful -contributions of many thousands of the African race.--_Thrupp, sculptor._ - -Next against the screen of the choir is a fine old monument, whereon lies -the effigy of a gentleman at full length in a tufted gown; and underneath, -upon the base, was a lady kneeling. By the inscription, these appear to -represent Sir THOMAS HESKETH, Attorney of the Court of Wards of Liveries -in Queen Elizabeth's time; and JULIAN, his wife, who caused this monument -to be erected. He died October 15, 1605. - -Dame MARY JAMES.--A very neat monument, being an urn, wreathed, and -crowned with a Viscount's coronet, on a handsome pedestal. By the -inscription, it appears that this lady was the wife of Sir John James, of -the ancient family of the Lords of Hosterick, in Holland, and daughter of -Sir Robert Killigrew, Vice-Chamberlain to Henrietta Maria, Queen of -Charles I. She died Nov. 6, 1677. - -HUGH CHAMBERLAIN, M.D., and F.R.S.--The principal figure on this monument -lies, as it were, at ease, upon a sarcophagus, leaning on his right arm, -with his hand upon his cap and his head uncovered. In his left hand he -holds a book, indicating thereby his intense application to study. On each -side are the emblems of physic and longevity; and over his head is Fame -descending with a trumpet in one hand, and in the other a wreath. On the -top are weeping cherubs, and on the pedestal a long inscription in Latin, -setting forth his vast knowledge and industry in his profession, his -humanity in relieving the sick, and his connections and affinities in -social and private life. This gentleman was famous for the improvements he -made in midwifery, the practice of which, since his time, has been studied -by the faculty to great advantage. He died June 17, 1728, aged -sixty-four.--_Scheemakers and Delvaux, sculptors._ - -Doctor SAMUEL ARNOLD, late Organist of this Church, died October 22, 1802, -aged sixty-two years. This monument was erected by his afflicted widow:-- - - "Oh, let thy still-loved Son inscribe thy stone, - And with a Mother's sorrows mix his own." - -A sickle cutting the lyre is represented below. Turning round on your -right is-- - -Captain PHILIP DE SAUSMAREZ.--The inscription on this monument is a -recital of the deceased's naval exploits, one of those few whose lives -ought rather to be measured by their actions than their days. From sixteen -to thirty-seven years of age he served in the navy, and was often -surrounded with dangers and difficulties unparalleled, always proving -himself an able, active, and gallant officer. He went out a lieutenant on -board his Majesty's ship the Centurion, under the auspicious conduct of -Commodore Anson, in his expedition to the South Seas. He was commanding -officer of the same ship when she was driven from her moorings at the Isle -of Titian. In the year 1746, being Captain of the Nottingham, a sixty gun -ship, he (then alone) attacked and took the Mars, a French ship of -sixty-four guns. In the first engagement of the following year when -Admiral Anson defeated and took a squadron of French men-of-war and -Indiamen, he had an honourable share; and in the second, under Admiral -Hawke, when the enemy, after a long and obstinate resistance, was again -routed, in pursuing two ships that were making their escape, he -gloriously, but unfortunately fell. He was the son of Matthew de -Sausmarez, of the Island of Guernsey, Esq., by Ann Durell, of the Island -of Jersey, his wife. He was born November 17, 1710, killed October 14, -1747, and buried in the Old Church at Plymouth, with all the honours due -to his distinguished merits. This monument was erected by his brothers and -sisters.--_S. H. Cheere, sculptor._ - -Doctor CHARLES BURNEY.--A tablet with the following inscription, written -by his daughter:--"Sacred to the memory of Charles Burney, Mus. D., -F.R.S., who, full of years and full of virtues, the pride of his family, -the delight of society, the unrivalled chief and scientific historian of -his tuneful art--beloved, revered, regretted, breathed in Chelsea College -his last sigh; leaving to posterity a fame unblemished, raised on a noble -basis of intellectual attainments. High principles and pure benevolence, -goodness with gaiety, talents with taste, were of his gifted mind the -blended attributes; while the genial hilarity of his airy spirits animated -or softened his every earthly toil: and a conscience without reproach, -prepared in the whole tenor of his mortal life, through the mediation of -our Lord Jesus Christ, his soul for heaven. Amen. Born April 7, O.S., -1726; died April 12, 1814." - -JOHN BLOW, Doctor in Music.--Under the tablet is a canon in four parts, -set to music, with enrichments, cherubs, and flowers. In the centre is an -English inscription, by which it appears he was Organist, Composer, and -Master of the Children of the Chapel Royal thirty-five years, and Organist -to this Abbey, fifteen years; that he was scholar to Dr. Christopher -Gibbons, and Master to the famous Mr. Purcell, and to most of the eminent -masters of his time. He died Oct. 1, 1708, in his sixtieth year. - -WILLIAM CROFT.--On the pedestal of this monument, in bas-relief, is an -organ, and on the top a bust of the deceased, who was Doctor in Music, -Master of the Children, Organist and Composer of the Chapel Royal, and -Organist of Westminster Abbey. He died August 14, 1727, aged fifty. - -DR. MONK, Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol.--This ecclesiastic is -represented in a fine brass in the centre of the aisle, holding a crosier -surmounted with the paschal lamb, the four corners representing the -evangelical emblems, while the inscription informs us that he was Bishop -of Gloucester and Bristol, Canon of Westminster, Dean of Peterborough, and -Regius Professor at Cambridge, and died June 6, 1859, aged -seventy-four.--_Hardiman._ - -On your left, on the choir side, against the column, is a small tablet to -the memory of HENRY PURCELL, Esq., with the following inscription:--"Here -lies Henry Purcell, who left this life, and is gone to that blessed place, -where only his harmony can be exceeded." A short, but comprehensive -epitaph, expressive of his great merit. He died Nov. 21, 1695, in his -thirty-seventh year. - -Sacred to the memory of Captain GEORGE BRYAN, late of His Majesty's -Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards, son of the Rev. John Bryan and Eliza -Louisa, his wife, of Hertford, in the island of Jamaica. He fell in the -month of July, 1809, in the twenty-seventh year of his age, at the battle -of Talavera, in Spain, so glorious in the annals of British valour, but so -deeply afflicting to a widowed mother. His remains were interred, with -every military honour, in the garden of the convent of St. Jeronimo, when -even the officers of the enemy joined in evincing respect to his memory -and sympathy for his untimely fate. The monument represents a mourner -reclining on the basement of a column that holds an urn, over which is the -name of Talavera. Military trophies and implements of war are -introduced.--_Bacon, jun., sculptor._ - -Sir THOMAS STAMFORD RAFFLES: his figure is seated on a handsome moulded -pedestal in serious contemplation; the following inscription -underneath:--"To the memory of Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles, LL.D., F.R.S., -Lieutenant-Governor of Java, and first President of the Zoological -Society of London; born in 1781, died in 1826. Selected at an early age to -conduct the Government of the British conquests in the Indian Ocean, by -wisdom, vigour, and philanthropy, he raised Java to happiness and -prosperity unknown under former rulers. After the surrender of that Island -to the Dutch, and during his government in Sumatra, he founded an emporium -at Singapore, where he established freedom of person as the right of the -soil, and freedom of trade as the right of the port, he secured to the -British flag the maritime superiority of the Indian Seas. Ardently -attached to science, he laboured successfully to add to the knowledge and -enrich the museums of his native land: in promoting the welfare of the -people committed to his charge, he sought the good of his country and the -glory of God."--_Chantrey, sculptor._ - -ALMERICUS DE COURCY, Baron of Kinsale.--His Lordship is here represented -in full proportion, reposing himself, after the fatigues of an active -life, under a rich canopy, finely ornamented and gilt. He was descended, -as his inscription shows, from the famous John de Courcy, Earl of Ulster, -who, in the reign of John, in consideration of his great valour, obtained -that extraordinary privilege to him and his heirs, of standing covered -before the King. This nobleman was greatly in favour with Charles II. and -James II., and commanded a troop of horse under the latter. He died Feb. -9, 1719, aged fifty-seven. - -"To the memory of WILLIAM WILBERFORCE, born in Hull, August 24, 1759, died -in London, July 29, 1833. For nearly half a century a member of the House -of Commons, and for six parliaments during that period one of the two -representatives for Yorkshire. In an age and country fertile in great and -good men, he was among the foremost of those who fixed the character of -their time; because to high and various talents, to warm benevolence, and -to universal candour, he added the abiding eloquence of a Christian life. -Eminent as he was in every department of public labour, and a leader in -every work of charity, whether to relieve the temporal or the spiritual -wants of his fellow men, his name will ever be specially identified with -those exertions which, by the blessing of God, removed from England the -guilt of the African Slave Trade, and prepared the way for the abolition -of slavery in every colony in the empire. In the prosecution of these -objects, he relied not in vain on God: but in the progress, he was called -to endure great obloquy and great opposition. He outlived, however, all -enmity, and in the evening of his days withdrew from public life and -public observation to the bosom of his family. Yet he died not unnoticed -or forgotten by his country: the Peers and Commons of England, with the -Lord Chancellor and the Speaker at their head, in solemn procession from -their respective houses, carried him to his fitting place among the mighty -dead around, here to repose, till, through the merits of Jesus Christ his -only Redeemer and Saviour, whom in his life and in his writings he had -desired to glorify, he shall rise in the resurrection of the just." His -figure is seated on a pedestal, very ingeniously done, and truly -expressive of his age, and of the pleasure he seemed to derive from his -own thoughts.--_Joseph, sculptor._ - -Above is Dr. PLENDERLEATH.--A medallion of the deceased is fixed up with -ribbon, under which is Hygeia, the cup of health, a serpent twining round, -and a bough of cypress lying on it. Below is written in a book--"He -healed--'many that were sick of divers diseases.'" (St. Mark, i. 34.) -Under the book is an Æsculapius as an emblem of physic. "In memory of Dr. -John Plenderleath, third son of John Plenderleath, Esq., of Glen, in -Tweedale, Scotland, Physician to the forces serving under the Marquis of -Wellington in Portugal, who died at Coimbra, of a typhus fever, on the -18th of June, 1811, aged twenty-eight years. He was eminently -distinguished by the strength of his mental faculties, his great classical -and professional knowledge; and no less by the humanity of his heart, -which manifested itself on all occasions, and especially towards the -numerous sick and wounded, both of his countrymen and of the enemy, which -were committed to his care. In commemoration of his public virtues, and of -his many amiable qualities in private life, this monument is erected as a -small tribute of parental affection."--_Bacon, jun., sculptor._ - -A monument to Sir THOMAS DUPPA, prettily ornamented with flowers and -foliage, and on the top with an urn wreathed. The inscription shows that -Sir Thomas in his youth waited on Charles II. when he was Prince of Wales. -He was afterwards made Gentleman Usher and Daily Waiter, and then -Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod, in which office he died, April 25, 1694, -aged 75. - -Behind you, looking upwards, in the window is a monument to the Rev. -EVELYN LEVETT SUTTON, M.A., Prebendary of Westminster, Rector of High -Holden, in the Isle of Thanet. Born 1777. On Sunday, 25th January, 1834, -when reading the Ninth Commandment, suddenly fell down, was removed from -the choir to his house, where he died the same evening. The inscription is -as follows:--"The learning of the scholar, the benevolence of the -Christian, obtained the esteem of the wise and the good, while his -graceful wit, classic elegance of mind, and gentle and generous heart, -made him the delight of all that knew him; his widow, now happiest when -recalling her husband's worth and love, seeks, on this monument, to record -her loss and her affection." A female is represented in front of the -pedestal, resting her head on books of divinity.--_Chantrey, sculptor._ - -"To the memory of Sir GEORGE LEONARD STAUNTON, Bart., of Cargin, county of -Galway, Ireland. His life was devoted to his country's service, in various -parts of the globe; his conduct on all occasions was distinguished by -firmness, prudence, and integrity, and in a peculiar manner displayed in -the treaty of peace concluded with Tippoo Sultan, in 1784, by which the -British interests in India were promoted and secured. Born 19th April, -1737; died 14th January, 1801." Sir George seems expounding the law to a -native. A tiger is represented at the east end of the -monument.--_Chantrey, sculptor._ - -Beneath is a fine bust of Admiral WEST.--The inscription is remarkable for -historical relation, viz.:--"Sacred to the memory of Temple West, Esq., -who, dedicating himself from his earliest youth to the naval service of -his country, rose with merit and reputation to the rank of Vice-Admiral of -the White. Sagacious, active, industrious, a skilful seaman, cool, -intrepid, and resolute, he proved himself a gallant officer. In the signal -victory obtained over the French, May 3, 1747, he was Captain of the ship -which carried Sir Peter Warren, and acquired peculiar honour, even on that -day of general glory. In the less successful engagement near Minorca, May -20, 1756, wherein, as Rear-Admiral, he commanded the second division, his -distinguished courage and animated example were admired by the whole -British squadron; confessed by that of France; and, amidst the national -discontent which followed, rewarded, as they deserved, by the warmest -applauses of his country, and the just approbation of his Sovereign. On -the 17th November following, he was appointed one of the Lords -Commissioners of the Admiralty. He adorned his station by a modesty which -concealed from him his own merit, and a candour which disposed him to -reward that of others. With these talents he possessed the milder graces -of domestic life: to the frank and generous spirit of an officer, he added -the ease and politeness of a gentleman; and with the moral and social -virtues of a good man, he exercised the duties of a Christian. A life so -honourable to himself, so dear to his friends, so useful to his country, -was ended at the age of forty-three, A.D. 1757. To preserve to posterity -his fame, and his example, this monument was erected by the daughter of -the brave unfortunate Balchen, the wife of Temple West, A.D. 1761." - -On the next monument are placed the arms of RICHARD LE NEVE, Esq., with -the instruments of war. The English inscription informs us, that being -made commander of his Majesty's ship the Edgar, he was unfortunately -killed in the twenty-seventh year of his age, in that sharp engagement -with the Hollanders, on the 11th August, 1673. - -Sir EDMUND PRIDEAUX, Bart.--Near this monument, in one grave, in the -middle aisle, are deposited the remains of Sir Edmund Prideaux, of -Netherton, in Devonshire, Bart., and Dame ANN, his second wife. He -departed this life, February 26, 1728, in his fifty-fifth year; and she -the 10th May, 1741, aged fifty-five years. Their daughter Ann erected this -monument to their memories.--_Cheere, sculptor._ - -Dame ELIZABETH CARTERET.--She was daughter of Sir Edward Carteret, Knight, -Gentleman Usher to Charles I., and second wife and relict of Sir Philip de -Carteret, and by him mother of Sir Charles Carteret, her only son, by -whose death was extinguished the eldest branch of the ancient family of -the Carterets, Signeurs of St. Owen, in the Isle of Jersey. She died March -26, 1717, aged fifty-two. - -Opposite is the tablet of Dr. PETER HEYLIN, on the top of which are the -arms of Heylin. On the face of the tablet is a long Latin inscription -greatly to his praise. Died May 8, 1662, aged 63. - -A tablet to CHARLES WILLIAMS, Esq.--The scrollwork and scalloping are -somewhat remarkable. The inscription tells us that the deceased was of -Caerleon, in Monmouthshire, a strenuous defender of the Church and public -liberty, and a good and generous man. He died August 29, 1720, aged -eighty-seven. - -CHARLES AGAR, D.D.--This monument consists of a fine representation of the -Archbishop relieving the poor, who are also finely executed, and the -clergy of the diocese on the right hand, with the following -inscription:--"Sacred to the memory of Charles Agar, D.D., Earl of -Normanton, and Archbishop of Dublin. He was educated at Westminster -School, and was a student of Christ Church, Oxford; in 1768, he was -consecrated Bishop of Cloyne, in Ireland, and translated from thence to -the Archbishoprick of Cashel, in 1779; in 1795, he was created Baron -Somerton, of Somerton, in the county of Kilkenny, and Viscount Somerton, -in 1800; in the following year he became Archbishop of Dublin, and in the -year 1806, was created Earl of Normanton. He departed this life, July 14, -1809, aged seventy-two years, and rests near this spot, in the same grave -with his uncle, the Right Hon. Wellbore Ellis, Baron Mendip. In the course -of his episcopal labours, not less than seventeen churches, and twenty-two -glebe-houses, for the residence of his clergy, were built under his -direction and assistance; and he erected, principally at his own expense, -the Cathedral Church of Cashel. As a statesman and a prelate, he was an -able and zealous supporter of the religion which he professed and taught, -and of the country at whose councils he assisted. His care for the welfare -of the Church, is testified by the numerous acts of Parliament he framed -for its permanent regulation and support. The perfect state in which his -dioceses were left, and the veneration impressed by his talents and -virtues on the hearts of those over whom he presided, are far nobler -monuments than any which can be erected to his memory."--_Bacon, jun., -sculptor._ - -In the window is the following inscription:--"To the memory of the most -affectionate of brothers, GEORGE LINDSAY JOHNSTONE, Esq., this monument is -erected by his afflicted sister." His remains are interred in the South -Cloister. Grief is represented in a mournful posture over a coffin, on the -side of which is a medallion of the deceased.--_Flaxman, sculptor._ - -ROBERT, Lord CONSTABLE.--On the face of the monument is this -inscription:--"Near this lies the Right Hon. Robert, Lord Constable, -Viscount Dunbar, who departed this life November 23, 1714, in his -sixty-fourth year. Also his second wife, the Right Hon. DOROTHY BRUDENELL, -Countess of Westmoreland, who departed this life January 26, 1739, aged -ninety-one." - -Here you pass through the gate. - -THOMAS LIVINGSTONE, Viscount Teviot.--The top of this monument is -decorated with the arms, supporters, and crest of this nobleman, and with -military trophies, alluding to his profession of a soldier. On the face of -the monument is a long Latin inscription, showing that he was born in -Holland, but descended from the Livingstones in Scotland; that from his -childhood he was trained to arms; that he attended the Prince of Orange -into Britain as a Colonel of Foot; that he rose to the rank of -Lieutenant-General, and General of the Scotch forces; was made Master of -the Ordnance, and a Privy Councillor; that he secured Scotland to the -King, by one decisive action on the Spey, for which he was advanced to the -dignity of Viscount. He died January 14, 1710, aged sixty. - -EDWARD DE CARTERET.--This neat monument is ornamented with cherubs, and -with festoons of leaves and fruit, finely embossed, and was erected to the -child whose name is inscribed upon it, who died in the eighth year of his -age, Oct. 30, 1677. He was son of Sir Edward de Carteret, Gentleman Usher -to Charles II. - -PHILIP CARTERET.--Figure of Time, standing on an altar, and holding a -scroll in his hand, whereon are written, in sapphic verse, lines to the -following import, which he is supposed to be repeating:-- - - "Why flow the mournful Muse's tear, - For thee, cut down in life's full prime? - Why sighs for thee the parent dear, - Cropt by the scythe of hoary time? - Lo! this, my boy's, the common lot; - To me thy memory entrust; - When all that's dear shall be forgot, - I'll guard thy venerable dust. - From age to age, as I proclaim - Thy learning, piety, and truth, - Thy great examples shall enflame, - And emulation raise in youth." - -Over all is the bust of the noble youth here alluded to, who was son of -Lord George Carteret, and died a King's scholar, at Westminster, ripe for -the University, March 19, 1710, aged nineteen.--_David, sculptor._ - -Above is a memorial window put up by friends of the great engineer, ROBERT -STEPHENSON--George Stephenson, Telford, Smeaton, Robert Stephenson, Watt, -Rennie:--Bonha Bridge, over the Nile; William of Wykeham; Britannia Bridge -(tubular), over the Menai Straits; Hiram; Building of the Second Temple; -Bezaleel; Building of the Temple by Solomon; Noah; The Erection of the -Tabernacle; Tubal Cain; Building of the Ark by Noah; Victoria Bridge, over -the St. Lawrence; Sir C. Wren; High Level Bridge at Newcastle-upon-Tyne; -Mch. Angelo; The Colosseum at Rome; Archimedes; Building of a Roman -Aqueduct; Euclid; Treasure Cities of Egypt; Cheops; Building of Nineveh. - -The next is to the memory of JOSEPH LOCKE, R.A., and President of the -Society of Engineers:--Our Lord in Majesty; The Lord healing the impotent -at Bethesda; Our Lord healing the withered hand; Resurrection of Our Lord; -Our Lord and disciples walking in the corn-field. - -Above is a little monument, consisting of an urn over a tablet that has a -Latin inscription, reciting the high character of Sir JAMES STEWART -DENHAM, Bart., who died Nov. 26, 1780, aged sixty-seven. - -Suspended by a knot of ribbons, fastened to a pyramid of various-coloured -marble, is a fine medallion, with the words--"HENRY PRIESTMAN, Esq." -round the head. Underneath are naval trophies and sea instruments, most -admirably sculptured, and upon the base an inscription, showing that the -person to whose memory the monument is erected, was Commander-in-Chief of -a squadron of ships of war in the reign of Charles II., a Commissioner of -the Navy, and one of the Commissioners for executing the office of Lord -High Admiral of England, in the reign of William III. He died August 20, -1712, aged sixty-five.--_Bird, sculptor._ - -A rostral column of curiously-veined marble, on which are depicted the -prows of galleys, a Medusa's head, naval and military trophies, &c., with -this short inscription:--"To the memory of JOHN BAKER, Esq., Vice-Admiral -of the White Squadron of the British Fleet, who, when he commanded in the -Mediterranean, died at Port-Mahon, November 20, 1716, aged fifty-six. He -was a brave, judicious, and experienced officer, a sincere friend, and a -true lover of his country. _Manet post funera virtus!_"--_Bird, sculptor._ - -A monument to the memory of RICHARD MEAD, M.D., on which are his bust and -various emblematical devices, expressive of his great learning and -physical knowledge, for which he was eminent. He was of an ancient family -in Buckinghamshire, was Physician in Ordinary to his Majesty, Fellow of -the College of Physicians, and of the Royal Society; a great promoter of -the Foundling Hospital, and well known to the world by his writings. He -died the 14th of March, 1754, aged eighty-one.--_Scheemakers, sculptor._ - -On the column, on your right hand, is a small tablet erected to the memory -of GILBERT THORNBURGH, Esq., an honest courtier, faithful to his God, his -Prince, and his friends, who died October 6, 1677, aged fifty-six. - -In the window is a monument--"To the memory of the Right Honourable -SPENCER PERCEVAL, Chancellor of the Exchequer, and First Lord of the -Treasury. This monument was erected by the Prince Regent and the -Parliament, to record their deep sense of his public and private virtues, -and to mark the nation's abhorrence of the act by which he fell. Born 1st -November, 1762; assassinated within the walls of the House of Commons, -11th May, 1812." In bas-relief he is represented falling into the arms of -the officers of the House of Commons in the lobby of the House, where the -members are seen rushing forward to witness the sad catastrophe: the -second figure to the left represents the assassin (Bellingham). A figure -of Mr. Perceval is lying on a mattress, under which is a sarcophagus, the -figure of power (with the fasces) weeping over him. At his feet are two -figures, Truth (with the mirror), Temperance (the bridle).--_Westmacott, -sculptor._ - -ROBERT and RICHARD CHOLMONDELEY.--The Latin inscription informs us that -the second and fourth sons of Robert Viscount Cholmondeley, lie here -interred. Robert, a King's scholar, died at fourteen, February 4, 1678; -Richard died June 9, 1680. Both youths of promising genius. - -EDWARD MANSELL, eldest son of Sir Edward Mansell, of Margam, in -Glamorganshire, Bart., who died June 20, 1681, aged 15. - -Against a pillar, on a tablet of white marble, is a long inscription in -English, setting forth the descent of EDWARD HERBERT, Esq. He was lineally -descended from Sir George Herbert, of Swansea, in Glamorganshire, first -sheriff of that county after the union of the principality of Wales in -1542. He died Sept. 18, 1715, aged twenty-three, leaving one son, Thomas, -then two years old. - -A double monument, being two oval tables between three wreathed pillars, -neatly ornamented and inscribed; the first to the memory of WILLIAM -MORGAN, second son of William Morgan, of Tredegar, in Monmouthshire, who -died February 1, 1683, in the nineteenth year of his age; the other, -THOMAS MANSEL, eldest son of Busy Mansel, of Britain's Ferry, -Glamorganshire, who died December 13, 1684, aged thirty-eight. - -Mrs. JANE HILL.--This lady, who is here represented on a pedestal, in the -ancient dress of her time, appears by the inscription to have been the -daughter of Thomas Stoteville, of Brinkley, in Cambridgeshire, and wife, -first to Edward Ellis, of Chesterton, and then to Othowell Hill, LL.D., -and Chancellor of the diocese of Lincoln. She died April 27, 1631, aged -seventy-eight. - -In the window above, is a monument to the memory of Miss ANN WHYTELL, who -died 17th August, 1788. Upon an urn are leaning two figures of Innocence -and Peace, having the emblems in their hands, the dove and -olive-branch.--_Bacon, sculptor._ - -Above is a monument erected--"To the memory of JOHN STEWART, Esq., Captain -in the Royal Navy; son of William Stewart, Esq., of Castle Stewart, in -Wigtownshire, and Euphemia, daughter of Lord Fortros. He entered the Navy -at an early age, and distinguished himself in every rank and branch of the -service, particularly when in command of the Seahorse, of thirty-eight -guns, with which single ship he totally defeated a Turkish squadron, and -captured the Bedere Zaffer, carrying fifty-one guns. He died in London, on -the 25th October, 1811, aged thirty-six years. The knowledge, decision, -and coolness which he displayed as an officer, won him the confidence of -all who served with him; the gaiety and cheerfulness of his temper, the -frankness of his disposition, and the warmth and goodness of his heart, -rendered him the delight of all who approached him, and made his death an -equal loss to private society and to his country." - -On the left is a handsome monument of Governor LOTEN, consisting of a -single figure, representing Generosity, attended by a lion, who is -sustaining a medallion, with his portrait upon a pedestal, on which is -inscribed, in Latin, his great character, and the high offices he -exercised over the Dutch settlements in India, where he arrived in the -year 1732; married Henrietta Beaumont, August 24, 1733, who died August -10, 1755. He returned to Europe in 1758, married in England July 4, 1765, -to Lætitia Cotes, of Cotes, in Staffordshire, and died at Utrecht, May -25, 1789, ætatis eighty. The lower inscription is the fifteenth Psalm, -except the last verse, and concludes--"Such was John Gideon -Loten."--_Banks, sculptor._ - -Mrs. MARY BEAUFOY.--The principal figure is represented in a devout -posture, with cherubs crowning her; on each side are Cupids lamenting the -early decay of virgin beauty; and underneath, the arms of her family, -quarterly, upheld by cherubs. The inscription on the base:--"_Reader!_ -whoe'er thou art, let the sight of this tomb imprint on thy mind, that -young and old (without distinction) leave this world; and therefore fail -not to secure the next." This lady was only daughter and heiress of Sir -Henry Beaufoy, of Guy's Cliff, near Warwick, by the Hon. Charlotte Lane, -eldest daughter of George, Lord Viscount Lansborough. She died July 12, -1705.--_Grinling Gibbons, sculptor._ - -"ROBERT KILLIGREW, of Arwenack, in Cornwall, Esq.; son of Thomas and -Charlotte; Page of Honour to Charles II.; Brigadier-General of Her -Majesty's Forces; killed in Spain, in the battle of Almanza, April 14, -1707, _ætatis suæ_ forty-seven. _Militavit annis_ twenty-four." A fine -piece of sculpture, cut out of one stone. The embellishments are distinct -and very picturesque, and the inscription modest and soldierlike.--_Bird, -sculptor._ In front of this monument Ben Jonson was buried. - -On a small tablet is the following inscription:--"In memory of THOMAS -BANKS, Esq., R.A., Sculptor, whose superior abilities in his profession -added a lustre to the arts of his country, and whose character as a man -reflected honour on human nature. His earthly remains were deposited by -his desire on the north side of the churchyard at Paddington. His spirit -is with God. He died Feb. 2, 1805, aged seventy years." - -JOHN HUNTER.--The remains of this celebrated anatomist were removed from -the Church of St. Martin-in-the-Fields to the Abbey in 1859. "The Royal -College of Surgeons of England have placed this Tablet over the grave of -Hunter, to record their admiration of his genius as a gifted interpreter -of the Divine power and wisdom at work in the laws of organic life, and -their grateful veneration for his services to mankind as the founder of -scientific surgery." Born, 1728; died, 1793. - -Sir ROBERT WILSON and Lady.--A very fine brass beside that of Hunter. He -was born in 1777, died 1849. - -Colonel JAMES BRINGFIELD.--This monument is ornamented with military -trophies, cherubs, &c., and surrounded by a mantling, enclosing a table on -which are written the deceased's military preferments, the manner of his -death and burial, and the praises of his piety and virtue. He was born at -Abingdon, Equerry to Prince George of Denmark, and Aid-de-Camp to the -great Duke of Marlborough; was killed by a cannon ball, as he was -remounting his General on a fresh horse, at the battle of Ramilies, on -Whitsunday, May 12, 1706, and was interred at Barechem, in the province of -Brabant, aged fifty. - -One of the windows in the north aisle of the nave of Westminster Abbey has -recently been filled with stained glass in memory of the late Mr. BRUNEL. -Along the bottom of the window (which consists of two lights, each 23 feet -6 inches high, and 4 feet wide, surmounted by a quatrefoil opening, 6 feet -6 inches across) is the inscription, "In memory of Isambard Kingdom -Brunel, Civil Engineer. Born April 9, 1806. Died September 15, 1859." Over -this are four allegorical figures (two in each light): Fortitude, Justice, -Faith, and Charity. The upper part of the window consists of six panels, -divided by a pattern-work of lilies and pomegranates. The panels contain -subjects from the history of the Temple. The three subjects in the western -light represent scenes from the Old Testament: viz., the Dedication of the -Temple by Solomon, the Finding of the Book of the Law by Hilkiah, and the -Laying the Foundations of the Second Temple. The subjects in the eastern -light are from the New Testament: viz., Simeon Blessing the Infant -Saviour, Christ Disputing with the Doctors, and the Disciples pointing out -to Christ the Buildings of the Temple. In the heads of the lights are -angels kneeling, and in the quatrefoil is a representation of Our Lord in -Glory, surrounded by angels. The work was placed in the hands of Mr. R. -Norman Shaw, of the firm of Nesfield & Shaw, Architects, who prepared the -general design, arranged the scale of the various figures, and designed -the ornamental pattern work. The figure subjects were drawn by Mr. Henry -Holyday, and the whole design was executed in glass by Messrs. Heaton, -Butler, & Bayne, of Garrick Street, Covent Garden. - -"To the memory of WILLIAM LEVINZ, Esq., grandson of Sir Cresswell Levinz, -Knt., who was Attorney-General in the reign of Charles II., and afterwards -one of the Justices of Common Pleas, from which station he was displaced -in the reign of James II. for opposing the dispensing power, and was one -of the counsel for the seven Bishops. William Levinz, the son of Sir -Cresswell, represented the county of Nottingham in Parliament, as did his -son, William Levinz, till the year 1747, when he was appointed a -Commissioner of his Majesty's Customs, and in 1763, Receiver-General of -the said revenue, in which office he died, the 17th of August, 1765, aged -fifty-two years."--_R. Hayward, sculptor._ - -HENEAGE TWYSDEN.--This monument is to the memory of a young hero slain in -the battle of Blarignies, in Hainault, while Aid-de-Camp to John, Duke of -Argyle, who commanded the right wing of the confederate army. He was the -seventh son of Sir William Twysden, Bart., a youth of the greatest -expectations, had not the fortune of war put an early stop to his rising -merit, in the twenty-ninth year of his age, 1709. Above this are two small -monuments to the memory of two of his brothers, JOSIAH and JOHN. Josiah -was a Captain at the siege of Agremont, in Flanders, and slain by a cannon -shot, in 1708, aged twenty-three. John was a Lieutenant in the Admiral's -ship under Sir Cloudesly Shovel, and perished with him in 1707, aged -twenty-four. - -JOHN WOODWARD, M.D.--This is an elegant monument, and the figures most -admirably finished. The head of the deceased (who was Professor of Physic -in Gresham College) in profile, is very masterly, and the lady that holds -it inimitable. The inscription is a kind of panegyric upon the great parts -and learning of the deceased, which entitled him to the distinction he -received. He died in May, 1728, aged sixty-three.--_Scheemakers, -sculptor._ - -MARTHA PRICE.--This monument is ornamented with festoons of fruit, -flowers, and foliage, and the inscription shows that she was the wife of -Gervase Price, Esq., who served Charles II. in the double capacity of -Sergeant-Trumpeter and Gentleman of the Bows. She died April 7, 1678. - -Above is a monument to the memories of Captains HERVEY and HUTT, who were -engaged in the naval action under Lord Howe. It is principally composed of -two colossal figures, Britannia and Fame, placed one on each side a large -vase, on which are portraits of the deceased Captains. Britannia is -decorating the vase with laurel, while Fame is pointing to the names of -the heroes engraven on the base which supports the vase.--_Bacon, jun., -sculptor._ - -Beneath is the effigy of ANNE, Countess Dowager of CLANRICKARD, resting -upon a tomb, and under it is the following inscription:--"Here lies the -Right Honourable Anne, Countess Dowager of Clanrickard, eldest daughter of -John Smith, Esq., who is interred near this place. She married first, Hugh -Parker, Esq., eldest son of Sir Henry Parker, of Honington, in the county -of Warwick, Bart., by whom she had the present Sir Henry John Parker, -Bart., three other sons, and three daughters. By her second husband, -Michael, Earl of Clanrickard, of the kingdom of Ireland, the head of the -ancient and noble family of the Burkes, she had Smith, now Earl of -Clanrickard, and two daughters, Lady Anne and Lady Mary. She died January -1, 1732, in her forty-ninth year." - -GENERAL LAWRENCE.--This monument was erected at the expense of the East -India Company, in memory of the man who, by the conquest of Pondicherry, -and the defence of Tritchinopoly, reduced the power of the French in the -East, and paved the way for one of the richest empires that ever a trading -people aspired to command, which, however, was in the year 1783, in so -lamentable a situation, wasted by war, and oppressed by European -plunderers, that, from being one of the richest countries in the world, it -became the most deplorable. On the top is an admirable bust of the -General, to which the genius of the Company is pointing, while Fame is -declaring his noble exploits, at the same time holding in her hand a -shield, on which is written:--"For discipline established, fortresses -protected, settlements extended, French and Indian armies defeated, and -peace concluded in the Carnatic." Close under the bust is written: "Born -March 6, 1697; died January 10, 1775." On a table of beautiful marble in -relief, is represented the siege of a great city, and under it is the word -TRITCHINOPOLY.--_Tayler, sculptor._ - -Up high is a tablet to Colonel JOHN DAVIS, President of the Council of the -Island of St. Christopher, who died December 13, 1725, aged sixty-three. - -PENELOPE EGERTON.--The lady for whom this monument was erected, was -daughter of Robert, Lord Nedham, Viscount Kilmurray, and wife of Randolph -Egerton, of Bentley, in Cheshire, an eminent Loyalist, Major-General of -Horse to Charles I., and Lieutenant-Colonel to Charles II.'s own troop of -Guards. She died in child-bed, April 13, 1670. - -A tablet placed high above to the memory of JAMES EGERTON, son of -Major-General Egerton, who died April 13, 1687, aged nine years. - -The west window is filled with painted glass: the figures of Abraham, -Isaac, and Jacob, Moses and Aaron, and the twelve Patriarchs; the arms of -Sebert, Edward the Confessor, Queen Elizabeth, George II., and Dean -Wilcocks, Bishop of Rochester: date 1735. - -In the window at the end of the North Aisle, is a figure in stained glass -(supposed to be Edward the Confessor), but the colours being of water -blue, no particular face can be distinguished. - -In the window of the South Aisle, the figure is supposed to be that of -Edward the Black Prince. - - - - -North-West Tower. - - -The Right Honourable CHARLES JAMES FOX is represented on a mattress, -falling into the arms of Liberty. Peace (with the olive branch and dove) -is reclining on his knee. An African thanking him for the part he took in -the cause of Freedom. Born Jan. 24, 1749; died Sept. 13, 1806, aged -fifty-seven.--_Sir Richard Westmacott, sculptor._ - -In the North-west Tower is a monument to Captain MONTAGUE. He fell with -Captains Hervey and Hutt in Earl Howe's engagement, on the 1st of June, -1794, when a signal and important victory was obtained over the French -fleet. The King and Parliament, in consequence, directed this monument to -be erected. The Captain is represented with his hand resting on his sword; -Victory, alighting, is waving the laurel crown over his head; a trophy of -naval flags hangs over a basso-relievo of prisoners behind; on the front -of this pedestal is the engagement; on the right side is Neptune's -trident, and a crown of oak; on the left, a wreath of laurel containing -the word "Constitution;" the base is guarded by two lions.--_Flaxman, -sculptor._ - -On the right, upon a pedestal with appropriate emblems, is an exceedingly -animated and life-like bust of the Right Hon. Sir JAMES MACINTOSH, M.P., -one of the most distinguished men of his time, and who attained to great -eminence in literature, philosophy, history, and politics. He was born at -Aldonric, on the banks of Lochness, Scotland, on the 24th October, 1765; -was knighted in 1804; in 1830 he was appointed to a seat at the Board of -Control, and died 30th May, 1832, regretted (it is said) with more -sincerity, and admired with less envy than any man of his age.--_Theed, -sculptor._ - -At the back is a monument sacred to the memory of the Honourable GEORGE -AUGUSTUS FREDERICK LAKE, late Lieutenant-Colonel in his Majesty's -twenty-ninth Regiment of Foot, who fell at the head of his Grenadiers, in -driving the enemy from the heights of Roliea, in Portugal, on the 17th of -August, 1808. This stone is erected to his memory by the officers, -non-commissioned officers, drummers, and privates of the corps, as a -testimony of their high regard and esteem.--_Smith, sculptor._ - -Beneath is a monument to the Right Hon. GEORGE TIERNEY, whose bust is -placed on a pedestal, with the following inscription:--"To the memory of -the Right Honourable George Tierney, born in 1762; died in 1830. A man -equally distinguished for the disinterested integrity of his public -conduct, and the unpretended virtues of his private life. In Parliament he -was long conspicuous for a style of oratory peculiarly his own; plain, -familiar, forcible, and persuasive, abounding in proofs of natural -shrewdness, and strokes of original learning, and sustained throughout by -an accurate knowledge of details, and an unostentatious command of clear -language. Without having obtained the rewards of wealth or station, he -secured the respect and esteem of his contemporaries, by the consistency -of his political principles, and his unwearied activity in supporting -them; by the simplicity of his manners, and the benevolence of his -character; and by an unaffected reverence for religion. His surviving -friends have raised this monument, to be a testimony of their affection, -and a reward of his talents and virtues."--_Westmacott, jun., sculptor._ - -Next is a new monument to the memory of HENRY RICHARD VASSAL FOX, Baron -Holland, born November 23, 1773, and died October 22, 1840, aged -sixty-seven. On the steps that lead up to the door of a vault are three -figures; on the left hand of the spectator is Genius, with his old funeral -emblem, the reversed torch; climbing the steps to the right are, in rich -combination, Literature and Science. A scroll is in the hands of -Literature, and that of Science rests upon her wheel. Over the doorway of -the tomb, the key-stone, enriched by a coiling serpent (the old emblem of -eternity), assists to support the cornice, from which rise a rusticated -pediment and pedestal; on the latter is placed a colossal bust of the -deceased Lord, and on either side of the tomb are bassi-relievi, -representing severally Charity and Justice. The monument is twenty feet -high, eleven feet six inches wide, and has six feet of projection from the -wall. The architectural portions are of Sicilian marble. Without -inscription.--_Baily, sculptor._ - -On the left is a monument erected by the corps of Royal Engineers, to the -memory of Lieutenant-Colonel Sir RICHARD FLETCHER, Knight and Baronet, -who, after highly-distinguished services, as Commanding Royal Engineer, -with the army under the Duke of Wellington, in the Peninsular War, was -killed at the storming of St. Sebastian, 1812, in the forty-fifth year of -his age.--_Baily, sculptor._ - -Above is a tablet with naval trophies, sacred to the memory of -Rear-Admiral Sir GEORGE HOPE, K.C.B., erected by several Captains in the -Royal Navy, who served under him as Midshipmen.--_Turnerelli, sculptor._ - -A small tablet to the memory of the Hon. CHARLES BANKS STANHOPE, second -son of Charles, Earl of Stanhope, and nephew of the Right Hon. William -Pitt, Major of the fiftieth Regiment of Foot, who in the act of gallantly -encouraging his men, fell by a musket-shot in the battle of Corunna. This -tablet is affectionately inscribed by his afflicted sister, who can -neither do justice to his virtues, nor sufficiently deplore his loss. Born -3rd June, 1785; died 16th January, 1809. - -WILLIAM HORNECK, Esq.--This monument is embellished with books, plans, and -instruments of fortification, alluding to the employment of the deceased -as Chief Engineer to the Royal Train. The inscription informs us that he -learned the art of war under the great Duke of Marlborough. He died May 9, -1746, aged sixty-two. - -Beneath, to the right, is a bust erected to Major JAMES RENNELL, who died -March 29, 1830, in his eighty-eighth year. His useful life, firm -character, and high talents, are amply exhibited in his works, and need no -other monument. This tablet, therefore, merely records, that this -celebrated man was buried near this spot.--_Baily, sculptor._ - -ZACHARY MACAULAY.--A bust on a pedestal; the inscription as follows:--"In -grateful remembrance of Zachary Macaulay, who, during a protracted life, -with an intense but quiet perseverance, which no success could relax, no -reverse could subdue, no toil, privations, or reproach could daunt, -devoted his time, talents, fortune, and all the energies of his mind and -body to the service of the most injured and helpless of mankind; and -partook for more than forty years in the counsels and in the labours -which, guided and blessed by God, first rescued the British empire from -the guilt of the Slave Trade, and finally conferred freedom on 800,000 -slaves; this tablet is erected by those who drew wisdom from his mind, and -a lesson from his life, and who humbly rejoice in the assurance that, -through the Divine Redeemer, the foundation of all his hopes, he shares in -the happiness of those who rest from their labours, and their works do -follow them." He was born at Inverary, North Britain, on the 2nd of May, -1768, and died in London on the 13th May, 1838.--_Weekes, sculptor._ - - -THE NAVE. - -The Organ Screen was erected by the Dean and Chapter in 1831, designed by -Mr. Blore, Architect to the Abbey, and executed with great precision. Four -pilasters with decorated finials divide the Screen into three -compartments, the centre for the gate of entrance to the choir from the -west, the other two contain the monuments of Sir Isaac Newton and Earl -Stanhope; on each of the pilasters are projecting pedestals, on which are -the figures of Henry III. and his Queen, Edward the Confessor, and his -Queen, and Edward I. and his Queen. - -Sir ISAAC NEWTON.--This is a grand and expressive monument, every way -worthy of the great man to whose memory it was erected, who is sculptured -recumbent, leaning his right arm on four folios, thus titled--_Divinity, -Chronology, Optics, and Phil: Prin. Math:_ and pointing to a scroll -supported by winged cherubs. Over him is a large globe, projecting from a -pyramid behind, whereon is delineated the course of the comet in 1680, -with the signs, constellations, and planets. On the globe sits the figure -of Astronomy with her book closed. Underneath the principal figure is a -most curious bas-relief, representing the various labours in which Sir -Isaac chiefly employed his time: such as discovering the causes of -gravitation, settling the principles of light and colours, and reducing -the coinage to a determined standard. The device of weighing the sun by -the steelyard has been thought at once bold and striking; and, indeed, the -whole monument does honour to the sculptor. The inscription on the -pedestal is in Latin, short, but fall of meaning; intimating that, by a -spirit nearly divine, he solved, on principles of his own, the motions and -figures of the planets, the paths of the comets, and the ebbing and -flowing of the sea; that he discovered the dissimilarity of the rays of -light and the properties of colours from thence arising, which none but -himself had ever thought of; that he was a diligent, wise, and faithful -interpreter of nature, antiquity, and the Holy Scriptures; that by his -philosophy he maintained the dignity of the Supreme Being; and by the -purity of his life, the simplicity of the Gospel. The inscription -concludes with a beautiful exclamation--"How much reason mortals have to -pride themselves in the existence of such and so great an ornament to the -human race!" He was born December 25, 1642, and died March 20, -1726.--_Rysbrack, sculptor._ - -JAMES, Earl STANHOPE.--This monument, in which, likewise, the principal -figure leans upon his arm in a cumbent posture, holding in his right hand -a general's staff, and in his left a parchment scroll. A Cupid stands -before him, resting himself upon a shield. Over a martial tent sits a -beautiful Pallas, holding in her right hand a javelin, and in the other a -scroll. Behind is a slender pyramid. On the middle of the pedestals are -two medals, and on each side of the pilasters one. Under the principal -figure is a Latin inscription, setting forth the merits of this great man, -as a soldier, a statesman, and a senator. In 1707, he concluded an -advantageous treaty with Spain, and in the same year was sent Ambassador -to Charles III. In 1708, he took Port-Mahon. In 1710, he forced his way to -the gates of Madrid, and took possession of that capital. In 1714, he -impeached the Duke of Ormond. In September, 1715, he was made Secretary at -War. In December, 1716, he was made Secretary of State. In 1717, he was -made First Commissioner of the Treasury, and Chancellor of the Exchequer; -and in July following created a Peer. In March, 1718, he was a second time -made Secretary of State. In 1720, he died, in his forty-seventh -year.--_Rysbrack, sculptor._ - -"To the memory of PHILIP (second) Earl STANHOPE, conspicuous for universal -benevolence, unshaken public integrity, and private worth. Deep were his -researches in philosophy, and extensive his ideas for his country's good. -He was ever a determined supporter of the Trial by Jury, of the freedom of -Elections, of a numerous and well-regulated Militia, and of the liberty of -the Press. On the 7th day of March, 1786 (and in the seventy-second year -of his age), he terminated an honourable life, spent in the exercise of -virtue, in the improvement of science, and in the pursuit of truth. In -respectful remembrance of him, the above lines are inscribed by his -affectionate son, Charles, Earl Stanhope." - -The Pulpit, in the Nave, is used only for the special evening services, -and is composed of variegated marbles interspersed with rich foliage and -some very tasteful mosaics, and around it are six excellent figures of St. -Paul, St. Peter, and the four Evangelists, and in a medallion in front, a -head of the Saviour _surrounded_ with thorns, and pointing upwards with -his right hand from his left shoulder. The following is painted on one -side:--"This Pulpit is presented to the Dean and Chapter of Westminster by -a few friends, in grateful commemoration of the Opening of the Nave for -public worship and preaching, in January, 1858. 'As ye go, preach, saying -the kingdom of Heaven is at hand.'" (St. Matt., chap. 10, v. 7.)--_Field, -sculptor._ - -ROBERT STEPHENSON.--Nearly in front of the new pulpit, upon the floor, is -a brass figure of life-size upon a rich foliage diaper over the remains of -this eminent engineer, in addition to which has just been erected a superb -painted window illustrative of his fertile genius. He died 12th October, -1859, aged fifty-six. - -At the foot of R. Stephenson's grave is a slab of black Irish marble -inlaid with brass, sacred to the memory of Sir CHARLES BARRY, Knt., R.A. -and F.S.A., and Architect of the New Palace of Westminster and other -buildings, who died A.D. 1860, aged 64 years, and lies buried beneath this -brass, which represents the Victoria Tower and the Ground Plan of the -Houses of Parliament. - -Nearly opposite this slab is a granite tombstone, upon which is the -following inscription:--"Beneath this stone rest the remains of COLIN -CAMPBELL, Lord Clyde, who by his own deserts, through fifty years of -arduous service, from the earliest battles in the Peninsular War to the -Pacification of India, in 1858, rose to the rank of Field-Marshal and the -Peerage. He died lamented by the Queen, the army, and the people, August -the 14th, 1863, in the seventy-first year of his age."--_Gaffin, fecit._ - -Field-Marshal Sir GEORGE POLLOCK, Bart., G.C.B., G.C.S.I., Constable of -the Tower. Died 6th October, 1872, aged 86 years. "O God the Lord, the -strength of my salvation, Thou hast covered my head in the day of -battle."--Psalm cxl. 7. - -A little to the west of the latter is the tombstone of TOMPION and GRAHAM, -the celebrated chronometer inventors. Tompion died 1713, aged -seventy-five. Graham died 1751, aged seventy-eight. - -Beside Tompion is the grave of LIVINGSTONE, over which there is a large -black marble slab, with the following inscription: "Brought by faithful -hands over land and sea, here rests David Livingstone, Missionary, -Traveller, Philanthropist. Born March 19th, 1813; died May 1st, 1873, at -Chetamba's village, Ulala. For 30 years his life was spent in an -unwearied effort to evangelize the Native races, to explore the -undiscovered secrets, to abolish the desolating slave trade of Central -Africa, where, with his last words, he wrote: 'All I can add in my -solitude is, May Heaven's rich blessing come down on every one, American, -English, or Turk, who will help to heal this open sore of the world.' -'Other sheep I have which are not of this fold; them also I must bring, -and they shall hear My voice.'" The Latin verses are from Lucan the Roman -poet, who, in his "Pharsalia," describes the aspiration of Julius Cæsar to -solve the problem, even then before the world, of the causes and source of -the Nile. The verses may be thus translated:--_So great is my love of -truth that there is nothing I would rather know than the causes of the -river that have lain hid through so many ages...._ - -On the right of the West door, in the middle of a pyramid, is a large -medallion of brass, resting on a cherub below, and suspended by another at -the top. Round the medal is a Latin inscription, thus translated:--"JOHN -CONDUIT, Master of the Mint." This gentleman succeeded his relation, the -great Sir Isaac Newton, in that office, and desired to be buried near him, -as appears by a long Latin inscription on the base. Died May 23, 1737, -aged forty-nine. Catherine, his wife, died Jan. 20, 1739, aged fifty-nine, -and lies interred in the same tomb.--_Cheere, sculptor._ - -A stone arch has been turned over the west door, on which is erected a -monument, voted by Parliament to the memory of the Right Hon. WILLIAM -PITT. This illustrious statesman is represented habited in the robes of -Chancellor of the Exchequer. To the right of the base of the statue, is -History recording his speeches, whilst Anarchy, on the left, lies subdued, -and writhing in chains at his feet. The Statues composing this group are -nine feet in height. Inscription:--"This monument is erected by Parliament -to William Pitt, son of William Earl of Chatham, in testimony of gratitude -for the eminent public services, and of regret for the irreparable loss of -that great and disinterested Minister. He died Jan. 23, 1806, in the -forty-seventh year of his age."--_Sir Richard Westmacott, R.A., sculptor._ - -On the left is a lofty pyramid of a bluish coloured marble, to the memory -of Sir THOMAS HARDY, Knt., whose effigy is reclining upon a tomb of -elegant workmanship, with a naked boy on his left side weeping over an -urn. The inscription, a little history of the deceased's life, is here -copied:--"Sir Thomas Hardy, to whose memory this monument was erected, was -bred in the Royal Navy from his youth, and was made a Captain in 1693. In -the expedition to Cadiz, under Sir George Rook, he commanded the Pembroke; -and when the fleet left the coast of Spain to return to England, he was -ordered to Lagos Bay, where he got intelligence of the Spanish galleons -being arrived in the harbour of Vigo, under convoy of seventeen French -men-of-war. By his great diligence and judgment he joined the English -fleet, and gave the Admiral that intelligence which engaged him to make -the best of his way to Vigo, where all the aforementioned galleons and -men-of-war were either taken or destroyed. After the success of that -action, the Admiral sent him with an account of it to the Queen, who -ordered him a considerable present, and knighted him. Some years -afterwards he was made a Rear-Admiral, and received several other marks of -favour and esteem from her Majesty, and from her Royal Consort, Prince -George of Denmark, Lord High Admiral of England. He died August 16, 1732, -aged sixty-seven."--_Cheere, sculptor._ - -Captain JAMES CORNEWALL.--This noble monument, which is thirty-six feet -high, has a large base and pyramid of rich Sicilian marble. Against the -pyramid is a rock (embellished with naval trophies, sea weeds, &c.) in -which are two cavities; in the one is a Latin epitaph; in the other, a -view of the sea-fight before Toulon, in bas-relief, on the foreground -whereof the Marlborough, of ninety guns, is seen fiercely engaged with -Admiral Navarre's ship, the Real, of one hundred and fourteen guns, and -her two seconds, all raking the Marlborough fore and aft. On the rock -stand two figures; the one represents Britannia, under the character of -Minerva, accompanied with a lion: the other figure is expressive of Fame, -who, having presented to Minerva a medallion of the hero, supports it -whilst exhibited to public view. The medallion is accompanied with a globe -and various honorary crowns as due to valour. Behind the figure is a lofty -spreading palm-tree (whereon is fixed the hero's shield or coat of arms), -together with a laurel-tree, both which issue from the naturally barren -rock, as alluding to some heroic and uncommon event. The -inscription:--"Amongst the monuments of ancient merit in this sacred -Cathedral, let the name of James Cornewall be preserved, the third son of -Henry Cornewall, of Bradwarden Castle, in the County of Hereford, Esq., -who, from the very old and illustrious stock of the Plantagenets, deriving -a truly ancient spirit, became a naval commander of the first eminence; -equally and deservedly honoured by the tears and applause of Britons, as a -man who bravely defended the cause of his country in that sea-fight off -Toulon, and being by a chain-shot deprived of both his legs at a blow, -fell unconquered, on the 3rd of February, 1743, in the forty-fifth year of -his age, bequeathing his animated example to his fellow sailors as a -legacy of a dying Englishman, whose extraordinary valour could not be -recommended to the emulation of posterity in a more ample eulogy, than by -so singular an instance of honour; since the Parliament of Great Britain, -by an unanimous suffrage, resolved that a monument, at the public expense, -should be consecrated to the memory of this most heroical -person."--_Tayler, sculptor._ - - - - -South Aisle. - - -At the back of Cornewall's, is the monument to the Right Honourable JAMES -CRAGGS, who was made Secretary at War in April, 1717, and one of his -Majesty's Privy Council and Secretary of State, in March, 1718. The statue -of this gentleman, large as the life, is finely represented as leaning on -an urn, which has upon it in golden characters, an inscription, showing -that he was principal Secretary of State, and a man _universally beloved_, -which is there particularly marked, because, as he was of low extraction, -being only a shoemaker's son, it is the more admirable, that in the high -station to which his merit had raised him, he should escape envy, and -acquire the general esteem. He died February 16, 1720, aged thirty-five. -Upon the base of the monument is this epitaph, written by Mr. Pope:-- - - "Statesman, yet friend to truth, of soul sincere, - In action faithful, and in honour clear! - Who broke no promise, serv'd no private end, - Who gained no title, and who lost no friend. - Ennobled by himself, by all approv'd, - Prais'd, wept, and honour'd, by the muse he lov'd." - ---_Signor Guelphi, sculptor._ - -A statue of WILLIAM WORDSWORTH, placed here by the friends and admirers of -the late Poet. Mr. Wordsworth was born at Cockermouth, in Cumberland, on -April 7, 1770, and died at Rydal Mount, Ambleside, Westmoreland, on April -23, 1850. The statue is much admired; and the meditative attitude in which -the Poet is represented, and the quiet and sacred spot in which it is -placed, apart from the crowd, and in a peaceful retirement of its own, -harmonize with and are expressive of, the tranquil tenour of his life, and -the thoughtful, sublime, and philosophic character of his works. - -Next to this is a bust of KEBLE, by T. Woolner. It occupies the middle of -the three arcades on the west side of the South Tower, and adjoins the -monument of Wordsworth. It has a pedestal of alabaster containing a black -marble inscription panel, on either side of which is a green marble -pillar, between the carved capitals of which is seated a vesica-shaped -panel of alabaster, richly moulded, carved, and studded with gems of blue -fluor-spar within ovals of gilt beads. Above this is placed a Calvary -cross of alabaster with gemmed and inlaid arms and trefoiled ends. The -internal part of the vesica panel is occupied with the white marble bust, -life size, placed on an enriched corbel of alabaster, on which corbel are -inclined pillars which support a trefoiled and gabled canopy overhanging -the bust. The total height of the work is nine feet, and its width three -feet. - -A small tablet to HENRY WHARTON, remarkable only by the great name -inscribed upon it, who was Rector of Chartham, in Kent; Vicar of the -Church of Minster, in the Isle of Thanet; Librarian to Archbishop -Sancroft, and one of the most voluminous writers of his years, perhaps, in -the world. He died March 3, 1694, aged only thirty-one, and was an -universally respected by the Bishops and clergy, that Archbishop -Tillotson, and several other Prelates, with a vast body of clergy, the -choir and King's scholars, all in solemn procession, attended his funeral, -and joined in the anthems composed on this occasion by the great Purcell. - -Above this tablet of Wharton is a gallery, used by the Royal Family to see -the procession of the Knights of the Bath: they enter at Poets' Corner -door, and proceed round the West end, and up the North Aisle, into Henry -VII.'s Chapel, where the installation takes place. - -In an oval frame is a half-length marble portrait of WILLIAM CONGREVE, -Esq., placed on a pedestal of the finest Egyptian marble, and enriched -with emblematical figures alluding to the drama. Underneath is this -inscription in English:--"Mr. William Congreve, died January 19, 1728, -aged fifty-six, and was buried near this place, to whose most valuable -memory this monument is set up by Henrietta, Duchess of Marlborough, as a -mark how dearly she remembers the happiness she enjoyed in the sincere -friendship of so worthy and honest a man, whose virtue, candour, and wit, -gained him the love and esteem of the present age, and whose writings will -be the admiration of the future."--_Bird, sculptor._ - -A bust of JOHN FRIEND, M.D., on a pedestal of fine white veined marble; -and beneath is a long Latin inscription, setting forth his great and -distinguished acquirements. He was a physician of the first rank for -knowledge and experience; was no less successful in his practice than -ingenious in his writings. He was first educated at Westminster School, -and afterwards at Christ Church College, Oxford, where his learning soon -made him conspicuous. On his leaving the University, and adopting the -profession of physic, he was chosen a member of the College of Physicians -in London, and soon after a Fellow of the Royal Society. His writings are -lasting monuments of his extensive genius. He died July 26, -1728.--_Rysbrack, sculptor._ - -Sir LUMLEY ROBINSON, Baronet.--This monument is neatly designed and -ornamented; the columns are supported by Death's heads, and the arms upon -the base by a cherub. On the top was a vase, and, rising to the pediments, -enrichments of laurel branches, &c. The inscription has nothing -remarkable. He was of Kentwall Hall, in Suffolk, and died August 6, 1684, -aged thirty-six.--_Settie, sculptor._ - -THOMAS SPRAT, D.D.--This monument seems to have been designed principally -for the sake of the inscriptions, which are in Latin. Underneath are the -arms of the deceased, and on the top his arms, with those of the see of -Rochester, quarterly, between enrichments of books, &c. The first -inscription informs you,--"That Dr. Sprat was the son of a clergyman in -Dorsetshire; and that he was educated at Wadham College, Oxford; that he -first applied himself to poetry, but quitted that study to pursue the -beauties of prose, and polish the English language; that he was early made -known to George, Duke of Buckingham, and by him recommended to Charles I., -who made him a Prebendary of Westminster, and of Windsor; from which -preferments he soon rose to be Dean of Westminster, and Bishop of -Rochester; but at length, from his firm integrity to the Church and -Monarchy, was brought in danger of his life. He died in 1713, aged -seventy-seven." The second inscription shows--"That the remains of THOMAS -SPRAT, A.M. (son of the Bishop), Archdeacon of Rochester, and Prebendary -of the Churches of Rochester, Winchester, and Westminster, lie near those -of his father. He died May 10, 1720, aged forty-one." The third -inscription imports--"That John Friend, M.D., to show his respect for -those two worthy personages, had caused this monument to be erected -jointly to their memories."--_Bird, sculptor._ - -Dr. JOSEPH WILLCOCKS.--Two angels holding a scroll, mitre, collegiate cap, -&c., bas-relief, exterior view of Westminster Abbey. On each side are two -beautiful figures of Faith and Hope. This Rev. Prelate was Chaplain to the -British Factory at Lisbon, afterwards Preceptor to the Princess, and -Prebendary of this Church; in 1721, consecrated Lord Bishop of Gloucester; -in 1721, translated to Rochester, also made Dean of this Church, and of -the most Honourable Order of the Bath. He died March 9, 1756, aged -eighty-three, and is buried in a vault in the Ecclesiastical Court, with -his wife Jane, daughter of John Milner, Esq., Consul at Lisbon. She died -March 27, 1725, aged twenty-eight; with Ann, their daughter, who died in -her infancy.--_Cheere, sculptor._ - -Above is a curious monument, sacred to the memory of RICHARD TYRRELL, -Esq., who was descended from an ancient family of Ireland, and died -Rear-Admiral of the White, 26th June, 1766. Devoted from his youth to the -naval service of his country, and being formed under the discipline, and -animated by the example of his renowned uncle, Sir Peter Warren, he -distinguished himself as an able and experienced officer in many gallant -actions, particularly on the 20th of November, 1758, when commanding the -Buckingham, of sixty-six guns, and one hundred and seventy-five men, he -attacked and defeated three French ships of war; one of them was the -Florin, of seventy-four guns, and seven hundred men; but the Buckingham -being too much disabled to take possession of her, after she had struck, -the enemy, under cover of the night, escaped; during the action he -received several wounds, and lost three fingers of his right hand. Dying -on his return to England from the Leeward Islands, where he had for three -years commanded a squadron of his Majesty's ships, his body was, by his -own desire, committed to the sea, with the proper honours and ceremonies. -On a piece of rock--"_The sea shall give up her dead, and every one shall -be rewarded according to his works._" The figures History, Navigation, and -Hibernia, are well cut; they are represented among the rocks, with the sea -above their heads, the Admiral himself ascending amidst heavy -clouds.--_Nathaniel Read, sculptor._ - -On a pedestal stands the bust of Dr. ZACHARY PEARCE. The features bear a -striking resemblance to those of the original. On each side are the -ensigns of his prelatical dignities; and underneath is a Latin -inscription, of which the following is a translation:--"Sacred to the -memory of the most Reverend Zachary Pearce, S.T.P., Bishop of Rochester, -Dean of this Church, and of the most Honourable Order of the Bath. The -seeds of learning, which were early sown at Westminster School, he -cultivated to maturity at Cambridge: how rich the produce, both as a -critic and divine, his works, already printed and published, will -abundantly show. At length, growing fond of retirement, and earnestly -desirous of leisure for elucidating the Scriptures, he resigned the -Deanery of Westminster, as he wished to have done that of his Bishoprick, -could it have been permitted. Having lived to finish what was the wish of -his heart,--his Commentary on the Holy Evangelists and the Acts of the -Apostles,--he rested from his labours, June 29, 1774, aged -eighty-four."--_Tyler, sculptor._ - -"In memory of the Very Rev. WILLIAM BUCKLAND, D.D., F.R.S., Dean of -Westminster, and of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, formerly Canon -of Christ Church, Oxford, Trustee of the British Museum, First Professor -of Geology and Mineralogy in the University of Oxford; founder of the -Museum of Geology, which he bequeathed to that University. Endued with -superior intellect, he applied the powers of his mind to the honour and -glory of God, the advancement of science, and the welfare of mankind. Born -March 12, 1784; died August 14, 1856, aged seventy-two. 'For the Lord -giveth wisdom, out of his mouth cometh knowledge and -understanding.'--_Prov._ xi. ver. 6. Erected by his children."--_H. -Weekes, A.R.A., sculptor_, 1859. - -The next is a bust, highly finished, and emblems of sacred offices. The -Latin inscription is to the following purport:--"Sacred to the memory of -the Reverend JOHN THOMAS, LL.D., Bishop of Rochester, Dean of this -Collegiate Church, and of the most Honourable Order of the Bath. Having -passed through the school at Carlisle with reputation, he proceeded to -Oxford, to gather a more abundant harvest of knowledge, where he became -both the ornament and patron of genius, good morals, and of polite, as -well as of profound learning. With increasing fame everywhere spreading -itself, he did honour to dignities by his merit, improved riches by -bestowing them, presided over the Church with wisdom, defended it by his -authority, regulated it by his example; ever active in duties, and -unwearied in attentions, added to the strictest economy; till, after a -well-spent life, himself exhausted, but not his patience, by a long and -painful illness, he resigned his soul to God, August 20, 1793, aged -eighty-one years. His nephew, G.A.T., A.M., to whose lot it fell to -perform it, offers this unavailing tribute, as a testimony, though small, -of Duty and Affection."--_Bust by Nollekens._ - -KATHARINE BOVEY.--The principal figures here are Faith, with her book -closed, and Wisdom, lamenting the death of her patroness; between which is -a lady's head in an amulet of black marble, curiously veined. Over it is -an English inscription, giving a character of the deceased, who died -January 21, 1727, in the fifty-seventh year of her age. Mrs. Mary Pope, -who lived with her near forty years in perfect friendship, erected this -monument to her memory.--_Gibbs, sculptor._ - -Lord Viscount HOWE.--The emblematic representation on this monument is a -figure of the Genius of the Province of Massachuset's Bay, in a mournful -posture, lamenting the fall of this hero, and the family arms, ornamented -with military trophies. Beneath is the following inscription, in large -characters:--"The Province of Massachuset's Bay, in New England, by an -order of the Great and General Court, bearing date February 1, 1759, -caused this monument to be erected to the memory of George, Lord Viscount -Howe, Brigadier-General of his Majesty's Forces in North America, who was -slain, July 6, 1758, on the march of Ticonderoga, in the thirty-fourth -year of his age; in testimony of the sense they had of his services and -military virtues, and of the affection their officers and soldiers bore to -his command." He lived respected and beloved: the public regretted his -loss: to his family it is irreparable. - -Beneath is a bust to the memory of JOHN IRELAND, D.D.--The Latin -inscription sets forth, that he was a native of Ashburton, Devon. Having -pursued his studies at Oriel College, in the University of Oxford, he was, -in 1802, enrolled amongst the Prebendaries of this Church; and afterwards, -in 1816, raised to the Deanery of the same. Deeply sensible of the -benefits that were divinely showered upon him in early life, he sought in -after years to prove that he was not unmindful of them. Whilst still among -the living, he annually gave liberal prizes for the encouragement of -youthful studies, both at Oxford and in the Royal School at Westminster. -He also, by his last will, bequeathed a munificent pecuniary legacy, -partly to endow a Professorship of Theology at Oxford, partly towards the -support of needy students of Oriel College, and partly that some -assistance might be furnished for rightly educating his townsmen of -Ashburton. He died September 2, 1842, aged eighty.--_Turnouth, sculptor._ - -A neat tablet erected to the memory of Dr. ROBERT CANNON, Dean of Lincoln, -and Prebendary of this Church, who died March 28, 1722, aged fifty-nine. - -Over the West Cloisters door is a most stately monument to the memory of -General GEORGE WADE. In the centre is a beautiful marble pillar, enriched -with military trophies highly finished. The principal figures represent -Fame preventing Time from defacing his military honours. The whole is -finely executed, and cannot be too much admired. The General's head is in -a medallion; and the inscription runs thus:--"To the memory of George -Wade, Field Marshal of his Majesty's Forces, Lieutenant-General of the -Ordnance, Colonel of his Majesty's Third Regiment of Dragoon Guards, -Governor of Fort William, Fort Augustus, and Fort George, and one of his -Majesty's most Honourable Privy Council. He died March 14, 1748, aged -seventy-five."--_Roubiliac, sculptor._ - -A monument of General Sir JAMES OUTRAM, with the following -inscription:--"To the memory of Lieutenant-General Sir James Outram, -G.C.B., K.S.I., &c., a soldier of the East India Company, who, during a -service of 40 years in war and in council, by deeds of bravery and -devotion, by an unselfish life, by benevolence, never weary of well-doing, -sustained the honour of the British nation, won the love of his comrades, -and promoted the happiness of the people of India. This monument is -erected by the Secretary of State for India in Council. Born January 29, -1803; died March 11, 1863. Interred in this Abbey at the public cost, -March 25, 1863." Under the bust is represented in high relief an exquisite -sculpture of Lord Clyde and Outram shaking hands, with General Havelock -between them and other figures in the background; and on each side two -figures of the Scinde and Bihil tribes, lamenting the death of their -"great friend."--_Noble, sculp._ - -CHARLES HERRIES, Esq., Colonel of the Light Horse Volunteers of London and -Westminster, died April 3, 1819, in the seventy-fourth year of his age. So -much was he respected, that the regiment followed him to the grave with -filial reverence; and as a lasting tribute of honour to his memory, raised -this record at his virtues and their affection. The monument consists of a -bust, a strong resemblance; on the base is represented a female, seated on -bales, as the city of London, over whom a warrior is holding a shield; by -him stands his horse, which he seems ready to mount for -defence.--_Chantrey, sculptor._ - -CAROLA HARSNET.--This tomb has two learned inscriptions upon it, one in -Hebrew, the other in Greek; and was erected to the memory of the wife of -Sir Samuel Morland, Baronet, who died in child-bed of her second son, Oct. -10, 1674, in the twenty-third year of her age. The inscriptions are thus -translated:--"Blessed be the Lord, my wife was precious! Blessed be thy -remembrance, oh, virtuous woman!" Thus far the Hebrew. The Greek -thus:--"When I think on thy mildness, patience, charity, modesty, and -piety, I lament thee, oh, most excellent creature! and I grieve -exceedingly; but not like such as have no faith, for I believe and expect -the resurrection of those who sleep in Christ."--_Stanton, sculptor._ - -A beautiful monument to JOHN SMITH, Esq. The design is a pyramid and -altar, on which sits a lady veiled, mournful, and disconsolate, resting -her right arm on a fine bust in relief. On the base is a Latin -inscription, setting forth his descent from the Smith's in Lincolnshire: -and issue, viz., two daughters, Ann, the eldest, first married to Henry -Parker, Esq., son of Sir Harry Parker, of Warwickshire, and afterwards to -Michael, Lord Dunkellin, eldest son of the Earl of Clanrickard; and Mary, -the youngest, married to Edward Desboverie, of Langford, in Wilts, Bart. -John Smith died July 6, 1718.--_Gibbs, sculptor._ - -Above is a monument erected to the memory of JAMES FLEMING, Major-General -of his Majesty's Forces, and Colonel of a Regiment of Foot, who, having -served forty-four years a commissioned officer, died March 17, 1750, aged -sixty-eight. At the top of a beautiful pyramid of marble, is a medallion -of this General, at the base of which are the figures of Minerva and -Hercules, employed in binding the emblems of Wisdom, Prudence, and Valour -together, as characteristics of the hero. The decorations are military -trophies.--_Roubiliac, sculptor._ - -ANN FILDING.--This tomb, on which are two very learned inscriptions, one -in Hebrew, the other in Ethiopic, is erected to the memory of the second -wife of Sir Samuel Morland, Baronet. The Hebrew inscription is to this -effect:--"Oh, thou fairest among women! oh! virtuous woman! the hand of -the Lord hath done this! the Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away, and -blessed be the name of the Lord." The Ethiopic inscription is thus -translated:--"Come, lament o'er this monument with a beloved husband, for -thee; but in certain hope that thou art united with Christ. This lady was -truly religious, virtuous, faithful, mild as a dove, and chaste; while she -continued in life, she was honoured, and is happy, through mercy, in -death." This is one of Mr. Addison's _modest inscriptions_, that has not, -perhaps, been three times read in more than threescore years. Under the -Ethiopic is this inscription:--"Ann, daughter of George Filding, Esq., and -Mary, his wife, the truly loving (and as truly beloved) wife of Samuel -Morland, Knight and Baronet, died February 20, 1679/80, ætatis -nineteen."--_Stanton, sculptor._ - -DIANA TEMPLE.--This old-fashioned monument seems to have been designed not -for one person, but for all Sir William Temple's family, as appears by the -inscription, written by Sir William himself, in which is mentioned Diana -Temple, who died at fourteen; Dorothy Osborn, probably Sir William's lady, -aged sixty-six; William Temple, aged seventy; and Martha Giffard, called -Lady Giffard, Sir William's sister, aged eighty-four. - -Sir CHARLES HARBORD, Knight, and CLEMENT COTTRELL, Esq.--On the base of -this double monument is represented in relief, a dreadful sea-fight; and -on the top, in a wreath of laurel, this inscription:--"To preserve and -unite the harmony of two faithful friends who lost their lives at sea -together, May 28, 1672." These two young gentlemen, of the most promising -expectations, both perished in the Royal James, with the Earl of Sandwich, -who commanded in her as Vice-Admiral against the Dutch, in that memorable -fight off the coast of Sussex, in Charles the Second's time. The Royal -James being set on fire, Sir Charles Harbord, First Lieutenant, though he -might have saved himself by swimming, yet out of pure affection to his -worthy Commander, chose to die with him. Young Cottrell was a volunteer; -and having returned to his ship unwounded, from being the first man that -had boarded a Dutchman of seventy guns, and pulled down the ensigns of her -with his own hands, perished also with his friends. This gentleman -understood seven languages, though but twenty-two years of age. This -moving story is recited at large on the monument, but too long to copy. - -Above is the monument of WILLIAM HARGRAVE, Esq., Lieutenant-General of his -Majesty's forces, Colonel of the Royal English Fusileers, and Governor of -Gibraltar, who having been fifty-seven years a commissioned officer, died -21st January, 1750, aged seventy-nine. The figure of Time is represented -to have overcome Death; he is breaking the dart of Death across his knee; -the pyramid is destroyed at the sound of the trumpet, the dead rising, and -the crown of Death is fallen to the ground.--_Designed and executed by -Roubiliac._ - -A fine bust to SIDNEY, Earl GODOLPHIN, with a rich cravat. In 1661, he was -Groom of the Bedchamber to Charles II.; 1679, Commissioner of the -Treasury; in 1684, Secretary of State, and the same year created Baron of -Rialton, in Cornwall, by James II. After the Revolution he was made First -Commissioner of the Treasury, and soon after Lord High Treasurer, which -office, as his inscription shows, together with that of Chief Minister, he -held during the first nine glorious years of Queen Anne's reign. He died -Sept. 15, 1712, aged sixty-seven.--_Bird, sculptor._ - -Colonel ROGER TOWNSHEND.--Here is a sarcophagus, supported by two Indians, -on the front of which is represented in bas-relief, the fall of this great -commander, with his officers attending him in his dying moments. This -monument is decorated with military trophies, and beneath is the following -inscription.--"This monument was erected by a disconsolate parent, the -Lady Vicountess Townshend, to the memory of her fifth son, the Honourable -Lieutenant-Colonel Roger Townshend, who was killed by a cannon-ball, July -25, 1759, in the twenty-eighth year of his age, as he was reconnoitring -the French lines at Ticonderagoe, in North America. From the parent, the -brother, and the friend, his social and amiable manners, his enterprising -bravery, and the integrity of his heart, may claim the tribute of -affection. Yet, stranger, weep not! for though premature his death, his -life was glorious, enrolling him with the names of those immortal -Statesmen and Commanders, whose wisdom and intrepidity, in the course of -this comprehensive and successful war, have extended the commerce, -enlarged the dominion, and upheld the majesty of these kingdoms, beyond -the idea of any former age."--_Eckstein, sculptor._ - -Above is a tablet to Mrs. BRIDGET RADLEY, wife of Charles Radley, Esq., -Gentleman Usher and Daily Waiter of James II., who erected this monument -to her memory. She died November 20, 1769. - -A monument to Sir JOHN CHARDIN, Bart., and is very emblematical, alluding -to the travels of this gentleman, by which, as his motto expresses, "_he -acquired his fame_." The globe, round which a number of geographical -instruments are represented, exhibits a view of the different countries -through which he travelled; and the motto beneath refers to the dangers he -providentially escaped, for which he ascribes to God the glory. A journal -of his travels into the Eastern countries he has published--a book in high -esteem.--_Henry Cheere, sculptor._ - -Beneath is a monument with this inscription:--"Sacred to the immortal -memory of Sir PALMES FAIRBORNE, Knight, Governor of Tangier, in the -execution of which command he was mortally wounded by a shot from the -Moors then besieging the town, in the forty-sixth year of his age, October -24, 1680." The following is the epitaph, written by Mr. Dryden:-- - - "Ye sacred reliques which our marble keep - Here, undisturb'd by wars, in quiet sleep, - Discharge the trust which (when it was below) - Fairborne's undaunted soul did undergo, - And be the town's Palladium from the foe! - Alive and dead, these walls he did defend: - Great actions great examples must attend. - The Candian siege his early value knew, - Where Turkish blood did his young hands imbrue; - From thence returning, with deserv'd applause, - Against the Moors his well-flesh'd sword he draws, - The same the courage, and the same the cause. - His youth and age, his life and death combine, - As in some great and regular design, - All of a piece throughout, and all divine. - Still nearer heaven, his virtues shone more bright: - Like rising flames expanding in their height, - The martyr's glory crowns the soldier's flight. - More bravely British Gen'ral never fell, - Nor Gen'ral's death was e'er reveng'd so well, - Which his pleas'd eyes beheld before their close, - Follow'd by thousand victims of his foes. - To his lamented loss, for times to come, - His pious widow consecrates this tomb." - -On a lofty dome is the deceased's arms, with this motto, "_Tutis si -Fortis_." Over it a Turk's head on a dagger, by way of crest, which he won -by his valour in fighting against that people in the German -war.--_Bushnall, sculptor._ - -Major ANDRE.--On a moulded panelled base and plinth stands a sarcophagus, -on the panel of which is inscribed:--"Sacred to the memory of Major John -André, who, raised by his merit, at an early period of life, to the rank -of Adjutant-General of the British Forces in America, and employed in an -important, but hazardous enterprise, fell a sacrifice to his zeal for his -King and country, on the 2nd October, 1780, aged twenty-nine, universally -beloved and esteemed by the army in which he served, and lamented even by -his foes. His gracious Sovereign, King George III., has caused this -monument to be erected;" and on the plinth--"The remains of the said Major -André were deposited on the 28th November, 1821, in a grave near this -monument." This is the third head now placed on General Washington's -figure; several others are new, the originals, being so well executed, -were too great a temptation for the curious pilferer to withstand. The -projecting figures: one of them (with a flag of truce) is presenting to -General Washington a letter, which André had addressed to his Excellency -the night previous to his execution, worded thus:--"Sir, buoyed above the -terror of death, by the consciousness of a life devoted to honourable -purposes, and stained with no action which can give me remorse, I trust -that the request which I make to your Excellency at this serious period, -and which is to soften my last moments, will not be rejected; sympathy -towards a soldier will surely induce your Excellency, and a military -tribunal, to adapt the mode of my death to the feelings of a man of -honour; let me hope, Sir, that if aught in my character impresses you with -esteem towards me,--if aught in my misfortunes mark me as the victim of -policy and not of resentment,--I shall experience the operations of those -feelings in your breast, by being informed I am not to die on a gibbet. I -have the honour to be, your Excellency, John André, Adjutant of the -British Forces in America."--_Van Gelder, sculptor._ - -Against the organ gallery is the monument to THOMAS THYNNE, Esq.--The -principal figure is represented in a dying posture, and at his feet a -cherub weeping. It has this inscription:--"Thomas Thynne, of Longleate, in -Co. Wilts, Esq., who was barbarously murdered on Sunday, the 12th -February, 1682;" which murder was conspired by Count Koningsmarck, and -executed by three assassins, hired for that purpose, who shot him in -Pall-Mall, in his own coach. The motive was to obtain the rich heiress of -Northumberland in marriage, who, in her infancy, had been betrothed to the -Earl of Ogle, but left a widow, and afterwards married to Mr. -Thynne.--_Quellin, sculptor._ - -Opposite, is a tablet of fine marble to General STRODE, decorated with -military trophies, and bearing this inscription:--"Near this place lie the -remains of William Strode, Esq., Lieutenant-General of his Majesty's -Forces, and Colonel of the sixty-second Regiment of Foot. He departed this -life, January 14, 1776, in the seventy-eighth year of his age, who -constantly attended his duty both at home and abroad, during a course of -sixty years' service. He was a strenuous asserter of both civil and -religious liberty, as established at the glorious Revolution of William -III. Military reader! go thou and do likewise."--_Hayward, sculptor._ - -Above is a tablet to Captain WILLIAM JULIUS, who commanded the Colchester -man-of-war, and died Oct. 3, 1698, aged thirty-three. - -GEORGE CHURCHILL, second son of Sir Winston Churchill, of Dorsetshire, -Knight, and brother of John, Duke of Marlborough. He was early trained to -military affairs, and served with great honour by sea and land under -Charles II., James II., William and Anne. He was Captain in the English -fleet, at burning the French at La Hogue in William the Third's reign; and -for his bravery there made one of the Lords Commissioners of the -Admiralty. In the succeeding reign he was made Admiral-in-Chief. He died -May 8, 1710, aged fifty-eight. - -An oval tablet to the memory of Major RICHARD CREED, enriched with -military trophies; and on it there is this inscription:--"To the memory of -the honoured Major Richard Creed, who attended William III. in all his -wars, everywhere signalizing himself, and never more himself than when he -looked an enemy in the face. At the glorious battle of Blenheim, 1704, he -commanded one of those squadrons that began the attack; in two several -charges he remained unhurt, but in the third, after many wounds received, -still valiantly fighting, he was shot through the head. His dead body was -brought off by his brother at the hazard of his own life, and buried -there. To his memory, his sorrowful mother erects this monument, placing -it near another, which her son, when living, used to look upon with -pleasure, for the worthy mention it makes of that great man, Edward, Earl -of Sandwich, to whom he had the honour to be related, and whose heroic -virtue he was ambitious to imitate. He was the eldest son of John Creed, -of Oundell, Esq., and Elizabeth, his wife, only daughter of Sir Gilbert -Pickering, Bart., of Titmarsh, in Northamptonshire." - -Also a tablet in memory of Lieutenant RICHARD CREED, of the Bombay -Artillery, who was killed in Upper Scinde, on the 20th of February, 1841, -whilst fighting at the head of a party of volunteers from his troop, whom -he had gallantly led to the assault of the fort Hujjack; thus prematurely -closing, in the twelfth year of his services in India, and the -twenty-eighth of his age, a career of high credit and brightest promise, -throughout which, his ability, prudence, and devotion to duty, secured not -less the esteem of his superiors, than his uniform kindness and -conciliatory demeanour won the confidence and marked attachment of his -humbler companions in arms. This tablet was erected by the officers of his -regiment, to whom his generous nature, amiable deportment, and Christian -virtues have, in no common degree, endeared his memory.--_Thomas, -sculptor._ - -Above, on a plain marble stone, is an English inscription, reciting the -military glories of Sir RICHARD BINGHAM, who was of the ancient family of -the Binghams, of Bingham Melcomb, in Dorsetshire; and served in the reign -of Queen Mary, at St. Quintin's; in the reign of Queen Elizabeth, at -Leith, in Scotland; in the Isle of Candy, under the Venetians; at Cabo -Chrio, and in the famous battle of Lepanto, against the Turks; in the -civil wars of France in the Netherlands, at Smerwick. After this he was -made Governor of Connaught, in Ireland, where he overthrew the Irish -Scots, expelled the traitor O'Rourke, suppressed the rebellion, and was -finally made Marshal of Ireland, and Governor of Leinster. He died at -Dublin, January 19, 1598, aged seventy; from whence he was brought, and -here interred, by John Bingley, some time his servant. - -Above is a monument erected to the memory of MARTIN FOLKES, of Hillington, -in the county of Norfolk, Esq., who, under the auspices of Newton, happily -employed his talents, industry, and time, in the study of sublime -philosophy. He was chosen President of the Royal Society in 1741, and -calmly submitted to the common lot of man on the 28th June, 1754, at the -age of sixty-three. He is represented sitting, with his hands resting on a -book, shut, as if contemplating; above is an urn, covered with drapery, -that a boy holds up; there are two more boys, one of whom seems much -surprised, from looking through a microscope, while the other, with a pair -of compasses, is measuring the globe.--_Ashton, sculptor._ - -Opposite, on your left, is a monument--"Sacred to the memory of General -Sir THOMAS TRIGGE, Knight of the most Honourable Order of the Bath, -Lieutenant-General of the Ordnance, and Colonel of the forty-fourth -Regiment of Foot; who spent a long life in active service, and enjoyed the -uniform approbation of his sovereign and of his country to his latest -hour. He begun his career as Ensign in the twelfth Regiment; served during -the seven years' war in Germany; was present at the battles of Minden, -Fellinghausen, Williamsdahl, and others: he commanded the same regiment -during the whole of the memorable defence of Gibraltar, and was -afterwards many years Lieutenant-Governor of that fortress. While -Commander-in-chief in the West Indies, he captured Surinam, and various -islands; and for his services was made K.B. He lived respected and -beloved, and departed this life in his seventy-second year, on the 11th -January, 1814."--_Bacon, sculptor._ - -THOMAS OWEN, Esq.--On this monument is a fine figure of a Judge in his -robes, leaning on his right arm, and over him an inscription, showing that -he was the son of Richard Owen, by Mary, daughter and heiress of Thomas -Otley, of Shropshire, Esq.; that from his youth he had applied himself to -the study of the laws, and was first made Serjeant temp. to Queen -Elizabeth, and afterwards a Justice of the Common Pleas. He died Dec. 21, -1598. - -PASQUALE DE PAOLI.--A bust strongly resembling the deceased, with the -following inscription under it:--"To the memory of Pasquale de Paoli, one -of the most eminent and most illustrious characters of the age in which he -lived. He was born at Rostino, in Corsica, April 5, 1725; was unanimously -chosen, at the age of thirty, Supreme Head of that island, and died in -this metropolis, February 5, 1807, aged eighty-two years. The early and -better part of his life he devoted to the cause of liberty, nobly -maintaining it against the usurpation of Genoese and French tyranny. By -his many splendid achievements, his useful and benevolent institutions, -his patriotic and public zeal, manifested upon every occasion, he amongst -the few who have merited so glorious a title, most justly deserves to be -hailed the father of his country. Being obliged by the superior force of -his enemies, to retire from Corsica, he sought refuge in this land of -liberty, and was here most graciously received, amidst the general -applause of a magnanimous nation, into the protection of his Majesty, King -George III., by whose fostering hand and munificence he not only obtained -a safe and honourable asylum, but was enabled, during the remainder of his -days to enjoy the society of his friends and faithful followers in -affluent and dignified retirement. He expressed to the last moment of his -life the most grateful sense of his Majesty's paternal goodness towards -him, praying for the preservation of his sacred person, and the prosperity -of his dominions."--_Flaxman, sculptor._ - -Against the pillar is an oval tablet to JAMES KENDALL, Esq., supported by -a Death's head. He was chosen a member of the last Parliament of James -II., and served in several Parliaments afterwards in the reign of William -III., by whom he was made Governor of Barbadoes, and one of the -Commissioners of the Admiralty. He died July 10, 1708, aged sixty. Then -turning yourself, you see opposite-- - -A little monument of white marble, erected to the memory of Dr. ISAAC -WATTS. It is divided by a fascia, over which a bust of that eminent divine -is exhibited, supported by Genii, who seem pleased with the office to -which they are allotted. Underneath, in a circle, is a fine figure of the -Doctor sitting on a stool, in the attitude of deep contemplation, which -is finely expressed by an Angel opening to him the wonders of creation, -while in one hand he holds a pen, and with the other points to a celestial -globe. His name, the dates of his birth and death, are inscribed on the -plinth:--"Isaac Watts, D.D., born July 17, 1674. Died November 25, -1748."--_Banks, sculptor._ - -GEORGE STEPNEY, Esq., descended from the Stepneys of Pendergraft, in -Pembrokeshire, but born at Westminster, 1663, elected into the College of -St. Peter's, at Westminster, 1676, and entered of Trinity College, -Cambridge, 1682. In 1692 he was sent Envoy to the Elector of Brandenburgh; -in 1696 and 1697, to the Electors of Mentz, Triers, Cologne, Palatine, -Landgrave of Hesse, and to the Congress of Frankfort, on his return from -which he was made Commissioner of Trade; in 1698, was sent a second time -Envoy to the Elector of Brandenburgh; in 1699, in the same quality to -Poland; in 1701, a second time to the Emperor; and lastly, in 1706, to the -States General. All these several embassies he conducted with such -integrity, application, and ease, that he generally exceeded the -expectations of his sovereigns, William and Anne, by whom he was employed. -He died at Chelsea, 1707. - -Above is a monument erected to the memory of JOHN METHUEN, Esq., who died -in the service of his country, in Portugal, July 13, 1706, and was here -interred, September 17, 1708.--_Rysbrack, sculptor._ - -Also to that of his son, the Right Hon. Sir PAUL METHUEN, of Bishop's -Canning, Wilts, one of his Majesty's most Honourable Privy Council, and -Knight of the most Honourable Order of the Bath, who died April 11, 1757, -aged eighty-five. - -Beneath is a bust--"To the memory of CHARLES BURNEY, LL.D., L.D., F.S.A., -et R.S., in the Royal Academy, London, Professor of Greek and Latin, -Chaplain in Ordinary to his Majesty George III., Prebendary of the Church -of Lincoln, Rector of Cliff, and of St. Paul, Deptford, in the county of -Kent, eighteen years master of Greenwich School. He died on the 28th Jan. -1818, in his sixty-first year, and was buried at Deptford." The Latin -inscription sets forth, that "he was a man of various and deep learning, -of a judgment of critical nicety and elegance of style, polished by -unremitting exercise, and in solving difficulties in metrical composition, -of exquisite skill. His pupils, from a collection raised amongst -themselves, caused this monument to be erected."--_Gahagan, sculptor._ - -JOHN WESLEY, M.A. Born June 17, 1703; died March 2, 1791. - -CHARLES WESLEY, M.A. Born December 13, 1708; died March 29, 1788. - - "The best of all is, God is with us." - "I look upon all the world as my parish." - "God buries His workmen, but carries on His work." - -THOMAS KNIPE, S.T.P.--This monument was erected by Alice, second wife of -this learned man, who, for fifty years, was employed in Westminster -School, sixteen whereof as Head Master. He was also a Prebendary of this -Cathedral. The long Latin inscription contains nothing more than a -laboured recital of a good man's virtues, and that he died August 8, -1711, aged seventy-three. At his feet is the grave of his affectionate -scholar, WILLIAM KING, LL.D., without any inscription. Here hath been -lately added an inscription in memory of two brothers, who both died in -the service of their country: Captain JOHN KNIPE, 90th regiment, at -Gibraltar, October 25, 1798, in the twenty-second year of his age; Captain -ROBERT KNIPE, 14th Light Dragoons, at Villa Formosa, May 17, 1811, aged -thirty-two. - -Opposite, on your left, is the monument to Dame GRACE GETHIN.--This lady, -married to Sir Richard Gethin Grot, in Ireland, was famed for exemplary -piety, and wrote a book of devotion, which Mr. Congreve complimented with -a poem. She died October 11, 1697, aged twenty-one. - -ELIZABETH and JUDITH FREKE.--A long inscription, setting forth the descent -and marriage of these two ladies, whose busts in relief ornament the -sides. They were, as the inscription says, the daughters of Ralph Freke, -of Hannington, in Wilts, Esq. Elizabeth was married to Percy Freke, of -West Belney, in Norfolk, and died April 7, 1714, aged sixty-nine. Judith -married Robert Austin, of Tenterden, in Kent, and died May 19, 1716, aged -sixty-four. They were both great examples to their sex; the best of -daughters, the best of wives, and the best of mothers. - -Opposite is a monument to WILLIAM WRAGG, Esq.: in the centre of which is -represented the fatal accident that happened to the ship in which he was -embarked, when he, with many more, was drowned, September 3, 1777. His -son, who accompanied him, was miraculously saved on a package, supported -by a black slave, till he was cast on shore, on the coast of Holland. - -"Sir CLOUDESLY SHOVELL, Knight, Rear-Admiral of Great Britain, and Admiral -and Commander-in-Chief of the Fleet, the just rewards of his long and -faithful services. He was deservedly beloved of his country, and esteemed, -though dreaded, by the enemy, who had often experienced his conduct and -courage. Being shipwrecked on the rocks of Scilly, in his voyage from -Toulon, October 22, 1707, at night, in the fifty-seventh year of his age, -his fate was lamented by all, but especially by the seafaring part of the -nation, to whom he was a generous patron, and a worthy example. His body -was flung on the shore, and buried with others, on the sand; but being -soon after taken up, was placed under this monument, which his Royal -Mistress had caused to be erected, to commemorate his steady loyalty and -extraordinary virtues." A recumbent figure of the Admiral lies under a -tent; beneath, in bas-relief, is the wreck of the Association.--_Bird, -sculptor._ - -Above is a monument to Sir GODFREY KNELLER, Bart., under a canopy of -state, the curtains whereof are finely gilt, and tied up with gold -strings; and on each side of the bust is a weeping cherub, one resting on -a medallion of his lady, the other pointing to Sir Godfrey. On the -pedestal is a Latin inscription, signifying that Sir Godfrey Kneller, -Knt., who lies interred here, was painter to Charles II., James II., -William III., Anne, and George II. Born in 1646, died in 1723, aged -seventy-seven. He was knighted March 3, 1691, and created a baronet May -24, 1715. Among his most excellent works are the "Beauties of the Court of -Charles I." This monument was designed by Sir Godfrey himself. Bust by -Rysbrack. Underneath is his epitaph, written by Mr. Pope:-- - - "Kneller, by Heaven, and not a master, taught, - Whose art was nature, and whose pictures thought-- - When now two ages he had snatched from fate - Whate'er was beauteous, or whate'er was great-- - Rests, crowned with princes' honours, poets' lays, - Due to his merit and brave thirst of praise: - Living, great Nature fear'd he might outvie - Her works; and dying, fears herself may die." - -Sir JOHN BURLAND, Knt., LL.D.--One of the Barons of his Majesty's Court of -Exchequer; as a man, valued and beloved; as a judge, honoured and revered. -He died suddenly, on the 29th of February, 1776, aged fifty-one years. On -a pyramid of black marble is represented his profile in a medallion of -statuary marble, decorated with emblems alluding to the qualities for -which he was eminent, particularly the caduceus, denoting his eloquence, -and the scales, expressive of justice. - -On the left is a neat tablet, which contains the following -inscription:--"To the memory of WILLIAM DALRYMPLE, Midshipman, eldest son -of Sir John Dalrymple, Bart., one of the Barons of Exchequer in Scotland, -and of Elizabeth Hamilton Macgill, representatives of the Viscounts of -Oxford; who, though heir of ample estates, preferred to a life of -indolence and pleasure the toilsome and perilous profession of a seaman -when his country was in danger. At the age of eighteen, he was killed, off -the coast of Virginia, in a desperate engagement, in which Captain Salter, -in the Santa Margaretta, took the Amazone, a French ship of superior -force, almost in sight of the enemy's fleet; receiving in the public -despatches of his skilful and generous Commander, the honourable testimony -that he was a worthy and deserving youth, who, had he lived, would have -been an ornament to his profession; and leaving to his once happy parents, -in whose fond eyes he appeared to promise whatever could be expected from -genius, spirit, and the best gift of God, a kind and melting heart, the -endearing remembrance of his virtues. Father of all! grant to the prayers -of a father and mother, that their surviving children may inherit the -qualities of such a brother, and that there may never be wanting to the -British youth, the spirit to pursue that line of public honour which he -marked out for himself and for them. Obit 29th July, 1782." - -An oval tablet, thus inscribed:--"Near these steps lies the body of Mrs. -ANN WEMYSS, daughter of Dr. Lodowick Wemyss, some time Prebendary of this -Cathedral, and of Mrs. Jane Bargrave, his wife, who departed this life, -December 19, 1698, in her sixty-seventh year." - -SOPHIA FAIRHOLM.--This lady, her monumental inscription informs us, was -born in Scotland, and was mother to the Marquis of Annandale, who, as a -mark of his duty and gratitude, caused this monument to be erected to her -memory. It is the representation of an ancient sepulchre, over which a -stately edifice is raised, ornamented at top with the family arms. She -died December 13, 1716, aged forty-nine. - -Above are inscriptions to the memory of Rear-Admiral JOHN HARRISON, who -was Captain of the Namur, under Sir George Pocock, in several successful -engagements with the French Fleet, commanded by Monsieur D'Aché, in one of -which he was wounded. He conducted, under the same British Admiral, the -armament against the Havannah, and brought the fleet and treasure safe to -England. In consequence of excessive fatigue, soon after his return, he -lost the use of one side by a paralytic stroke, and remained helpless -twenty-eight years. He was firm in action, prudent in conduct, polished in -society, generous and humane in a profession, and upon an element, where -human virtue is of the most rigid kind, and human nature is most severely -tried; his modesty was equal to his virtues. He died October 15, 1791, -aged sixty-nine years. Above and below are expressed, in Latin, the -following words:--"_God is my port and refuge: God hath shown His wonders -in the deep_." - -Opposite, on your left, is the monument to Sir THOMAS RICHARDSON.--There -is an effigy, in brass, of a Judge in his robes, with a collar of SS., -representing Sir Thomas Richardson, Knight, "Speaker of the House of -Commons in the twenty-first and twenty-second year of James I., Chief -Justice of the Common Pleas; and, lastly, by Charles I., made L.C.J. of -England. He died in 1634, in his sixty-sixth year." _So far the -inscription._ This is that Judge Richardson who first issued out an order -against the ancient custom of wakes, and caused every minister to read it -in his church, which the Bishop of Bath and Wells opposing, complaint was -made against the order in the Council-chamber, where Richardson was so -severely reprimanded, that he came out in a rage, saying--he had been -almost choked with a pair of lawn sleeves.--_Huber le Seur, sculptor._ - -An ancient monument of marble and alabaster, gilt, on which lies a warrior -at full length, representing WILLIAM THYNNE, of Botterville, Esq., a -polite gentleman, a great traveller, and a brave soldier. In 1546 he was, -by Henry VIII., made receiver of the marches, and fought against the Scots -at Musselburgh. But his latter days were spent in retirement and devotion -in this Church, to which he constantly repaired, morning and evening. His -brother was Sir John Thynne, Secretary to the Duke of Somerset, from whom -descended that unhappy gentleman whose story we have already related. He -died March 14, 1584. - -Rev. Dr. ANDREW BELL, LL.D., Prebendary of this Church, the eminent -founder of the Madras, now the National System of Education, throughout -the British dominions. He is represented examining the boys under his -system. Died 27th January, 1832.--_Behnes, sculptor._ - -Here you pass through the gate; the monument of Garrick is on your right. - - - - -South Transept; or, Poets' Corner. - - -A bust of GEORGE GROTE, Historian of Greece. Born 17th November, 1794; -died 18th June, 1871. - -"To the memory of DAVID GARRICK, who died in the year 1779, at the age of -sixty-three. - - "To paint fair Nature, by Divine command-- - Her magic pencil in his glowing hand-- - A Shakspeare rose; then, to expand his fame, - Wide o'er this 'breathing world,' a Garrick came. - Though sunk in death the forms the Poet drew, - The Actor's genius bade them breathe anew; - Though, like the bard himself, in night they lay, - Immortal Garrick call'd them back to day; - And till eternity, with power sublime, - Shall mark the mortal hour of hoary Time, - Shakspeare and Garrick like twin stars shall shine, - And earth irradiate with a beam divine."--PRATT. - -"This monument, the tribute of a friend, was erected in 1797."--_Webber, -fecit._ Garrick's throwing aside the curtain, which discovers the -medallion, is meant to represent his superior power to unveil the beauties -of Shakspeare. Tragedy and Comedy are assembled with their respective -attributes, to witness and approve the scene. - -JOHN ERNEST GRABE: a curious figure, large as life, representing him -sitting upon a marble tomb, contemplating the sorrows of death, and the -sorrows of the grave. He was a man deeply skilled in Oriental learning. He -died Nov. 3, 1711, aged forty-six, and was buried at Pancras, near -London.--_Bird, sculptor._ - -Sir ROBERT TAYLOR, Knight, who was a famous architect. He died on the 26th -of September, 1788, aged seventy years. - -WILLIAM CAMDEN, the great recorder of our antiquities, who is represented -in a half length, in the dress of his time, with his left hand holding a -book, and in his right his gloves, resting on an altar, on the body of -which is a Latin inscription, setting forth his "indefatigable industry in -illustrating the British Antiquities, and his candour, sincerity, and -pleasant good-humour in private life." He was son to Samson Camden, -citizen of London, and paper-stainer; was born in the Old Bailey, May 2, -1551, and received the first rudiments of his education at Christ Church -Hospital. In 1566, he entered himself of Magdalen College, Oxford, but -afterwards removed to Pembroke, where he became acquainted with Dr. -Goodman, Dean of Westminster, by whose recommendation, in 1575, he was -made second master of Westminster School, and began the glorious work of -his Antiquities, encouraged thereto and assisted by his patron, Dr. -Goodman. In August, 1622, he fell from his chair, at his house, in -Chiselhurst, in Kent, and never recovered, but lingered till Nov. 9, 1623, -and then died, aged seventy-four. _This monument was repaired and -beautified at the charge and expense of the University of Oxford._ - -In front of Camden's monument lie the remains of JOHN IRELAND, Dean of -Westminster, and in the same grave those of his friend, WILLIAM GIFFORD, a -distinguished critic, satirist, and dramatic annotator. In private life -Mr. Gifford was modest and unassuming, and amongst the numerous parties, -poetical, political, or religious, none of them ever ventured to -recriminate by attacking the moral character of the Editor of the -Quarterly Review. He was born at Ashburton, in 1757, and died 1826. - -ISAAC CASAUBON.--This monument was erected by the learned Dr. Moreton, -Bishop of Durham, to the memory of that profound scholar and critic, whose -name is inscribed upon it, and who, though a native of France, and in his -younger years Royal Library Keeper of Paris, yet was so dissatisfied with -the ceremonial part of the Romish worship, that upon the murder of his -great patron, Henry IV., he willingly quitted his native country, and at -the earnest entreaty of James I., settled in England, where, for uncommon -knowledge, he became the admiration of all men of learning. He died, 1614, -in the fifty-sixth year of his age. - -The monument to Casaubon is not without interest to the mind of the -curious, as upon close inspection may be seen the initials and date of -"good old Izaak Walton" (I. W., 1658), Author of "The Complete Angler." -This renowed piscator has somewhere said that he went into Westminster -Abbey to visit the tomb of his departed friend, Casaubon, and while there, -in contemplation before his monument, he ventured to scratch his own -initials and date upon it. - -Sir RICHARD COXE, who was taster to Queen Elizabeth and James I., and to -the latter, Steward of the Household; a man commended in his epitaph for -his religion, humanity, chastity, temperance, friendship, beneficence, -charity, vigilance, and self-denial. He was third son of Thomas Coxe, of -Beymonds, in Hertfordshire, and died a bachelor, in the sixty-ninth year -of his age, December 13, 1623. - -A small tablet to the memory of JAMES WYAT, Esq., who was architect of -this church, and Surveyor-General of His Majesty's Board of Works. -Departed this life on the 4th day of Sept., 1813. - -Above is a monument to Sir JOHN PRINGLE, Bart. The inscription sets forth -that he was Physician to the Army, the Princess of Wales, and their -Majesties; President of the Royal Society. He was born in Scotland, in -April, 1707; and died in London, in January, 1782. - -EDWARD WETENHALL, M.D., an eminent Physician, who died August 29, 1733. -His father was Dr. Edward Wetenhall, who was first advanced to the See of -Cork, in Ireland, but was afterwards translated from thence to Kilmore and -Ross. He died November 12, 1713, aged seventy-eight. - -Dr. STEPHEN HALES.--Here are two beautiful figures in relief, Religion and -Botany; the latter holds a medallion of this great explorer of nature to -public view; Religion is deploring the loss of the divine; and at the feet -of Botany, the winds are displayed on a globe, which allude to his -invention of the ventilator. The Latin inscription is to the following -effect:--"To the memory of Stephen Hales, Doctor of Divinity, Augusta, the -mother of that best of Kings, George the Third, has placed this monument, -who chose him, when living, to officiate as her chaplain; and after he -died, which was on the 4th of January, 1761, in the eighty-fourth year of -his age, honoured him with this marble. - - "About the tomb of Hales, whose fair design - And polish great Augusta caus'd to shine, - Religion, hoary Faith, and Virtue wait, - And shed perpetual tears in mournful state. - But of the preacher, render'd to his clay, - The voice of Wisdom still hath this to say-- - He was a man to hear affliction's cry, - And trace his Maker's works with curious eye. - O Hales! thy praises not the latest age - Shall e'er diminish, or shall blot thy page; - England, so proud of Newton, shall agree - She had a son of equal rank in thee."--_Wilton, sculptor._ - -THOMAS TRIPLETT, D.D., who was born near Oxford, and educated at Christ -Church, where he was esteemed a wit, a good Grecian, and a poet. In 1645, -he was made Prebendary of Preston, in the Church of Sarum, and had also a -living, which being sequestered in the Rebellion, he fled to Ireland, and -taught school in Dublin, where he was when Charles I. was beheaded. Not -liking Ireland, he returned to England, and taught school at Hayes, in -Middlesex, till the Restoration, when he was made Prebendary of -Westminster, and of Fenton in the Church of York. He died at a good old -age, July 18, 1670, much beloved and lamented. - -A bust of Dr. ISAAC BARROW, representing this truly great man, who, as the -inscription shows, was Chaplain to Charles II., Head of Trinity College, -Cambridge; Geometrical Professor of Gresham College, in London, and of -Greek and Mathematics at Cambridge. His works have been said to be the -foundation of all the divinity that has been written since his time. He -died May 4, 1677, aged 47. - -Above this monument the arch is plastered and painted with the figure of a -stag, which was done by order of Richard II.; the following motto was on -the collar:-- - - "When Julius Cæsar first came in, - About my neck he put this ring; - Whosoever doth me take, - Use me well for Cæsar's sake." - -It is said he lived three or four hundred years. - -WILLIAM OUTRAM, D.D.--The Latin inscription sets forth that he was born in -Derbyshire, fellow of Trinity and Christ Church Colleges in Cambridge, -Canon of this Abbey, and Archdeacon of Leicester; an accomplished divine, -a nervous and accurate writer, an excellent and diligent preacher, first -in Lincolnshire, afterwards in London, and lastly at St. Margaret's, -Westminster, where he finished his life with great applause, August 23, -1679, aged fifty-four. The inscription on the pedestal shows farther, that -after a long and religious life, and forty-two years of widowhood, Jane, -his wife, died Oct. 4, 1721. - -A fine figure of JOSEPH ADDISON, Esq., on a circular basement, about which -are small figures of the nine muses. The Latin inscription is to the -following purport:--"Whoever thou art, venerate the memory of Joseph -Addison, in whom Christian faith, virtue, and good morals, found a -continual patron; whose genius was shown in verse, and every exquisite -kind of writing; who gave to posterity the best examples of pure language, -and the best rules for living well, which remain, and ever will remain -sacred; whose weight of argument was tempered with wit, and accurate -judgment with politeness, so that he encouraged the good, and reformed the -improvident, tamed the wicked, and in some degree made them in love with -virtue. He was born in the year 1672, and his fortune being increased -gradually, arrived at length to public honours. Died in the forty-eighth -year of his age, the honour and delight of the British nation."--He was -buried in front of Lord Halifax's monument, north aisle of Henry the -Seventh's Chapel.--_Sir Richard Westmacott, sculptor._ - -LORD MACAULAY.--The body of this eminent historian is deposited close to -the statue of Addison. Born October 25th, 1800; died December 28th, 1859. - -Near the statute of Addison are two fine busts, one on each side, of LORD -MACAULAY, by Burnard; and THACKERAY, by Marrochetti. - -GEORGE FREDERICK HANDEL.--This is the last monument which that eminent -statuary, Roubiliac, lived to finish. It is affirmed that he first became -conspicious, and afterwards finished the exercise of his art, with a -figure of this extraordinary man. The first was erected in the gardens at -Vauxhall, therefore well known to the public. The last figure is very -elegant, and the face is a strong likeness of its original. The left arm -is resting on a group of musical instruments, and the attitude is very -expressive of great attention to the harmony of an angel playing on a harp -in the clouds, over his head. Before it lies the celebrated Messiah, with -that part open, where is the much-admired air,--"_I know that my Redeemer -liveth_." Beneath, only this inscription:--"George Frederick Handel, Esq., -born Feb. 23, 1684. Died April 14, 1759." - -Sacred to the memory of Major-General Sir ARCHIBALD CAMPBELL, Knight of -the Bath, M.P., Colonel of the seventy-fourth Regiment of Foot, Hereditary -Usher of the White Rod for Scotland, late Governor of Jamaica, Governor of -Fort St. George, and Commander-in-Chief of the Forces on the coast of -Coromandel, in the East Indies. He died equally regretted and admired for -his eminent civil and military services to his country; possessed of -distinguished endowments of mind, dignified manners, inflexible integrity, -unfeigned benevolence, with every social and amiable virtue. He departed -this life March 31, A.D. 1791, aged fifty-two. "Alas, piety! alas, -fidelity! like that of old, and warlike courage! when shall you have his -equal?"--_Wilton, sculptor._ - -Here also lies the body of his nephew, Lieutenant-General Sir JAMES -CAMPBELL, Bart., G.C.H., and C.SS., F.M., who served during the whole of -the last war in many distinguished situations; was Commander of the Forces -in the Ionian Islands at the general peace of 1814, and died at London -upon the 6th of June, 1819, aged fifty-four. - -[Illustration: POET'S CORNER, _p. 103_.] - -On a tablet is the following inscription:--"To the memory of MARY HOPE, -who died at Brockhall, in the county of Northampton, on the 25th of June, -1767, aged twenty-five, and whose remains lie in the neighbouring church -at Norton, this stone, an unavailing tribute of affliction, is by her -husband erected and inscribed. She was the only daughter of Eliab Breton, -of Forty Hill, Middlesex, Esq., and was married to John Hope, of London, -Merchant, to whom she left three infant sons, Charles, John, and William. - - "Tho' low in earth, her beauteous form decay'd, - My faithful wife, my lov'd Maria's laid. - In sad remembrance, the afflicted raise - No pompous tomb inscrib'd with venal praise. - To statesmen, warriors, and to kings, belong - The trophied sculpture, and the poet's song; - And these the proud expiring often claim, - Their wealth bequeathing to record their name. - But humble virtue, stealing to the dust, - Heeds not our lays, or monumental bust. - To name her virtues ill befits my grief-- - What was my bliss can now give no relief; - A husband mourns--the rest let friendship tell; - Fame, spread her worth! a husband knew it well!" - -Sir THOMAS and Lady ROBINSON.--This monument to the memory of the Dowager -Baroness Lechmere, eldest daughter of Charles Howard, third Earl of -Carlisle, and widow of Nicholas Lord Lechmere, afterwards married Sir -Thomas Robinson, of Rookby Park, in the county of York, Baronet, on -October 28, 1728, and died April 10, 1739, aged forty-four. Sir Thomas, -after enjoying many honourable and lucrative employments in the State, -spent the latter part of his life in retirement, dying March 3, 1777, aged -seventy-six.--_Walsh, sculptor._ - -EDWARD ATKYNS and his ancestors. The first was Sir Edward Atkyns, one of -the Barons of the Exchequer in the reigns of Charles I. and II., and of -such loyalty as to resist the most splendid offers of the Oliverian party. -He died in 1669, aged eighty-two. The second, Sir Robert Atkyns, was -created Knight of the Bath at the coronation of Charles II.; was -afterwards L.C.B. of the Exchequer under William III., and Speaker of the -House of Lords in several Parliaments; a person of eminent learning, as -his writings abundantly prove. He died in 1709, aged eighty-eight.--The -third, Sir Edward Atkyns, was L.C.B. of the Exchequer at the time of the -Revolution; but not approving that measure, he retired from public -business to his seat in Norfolk, where his chief employment was healing -breaches among his neighbours, which he decided with such exemplary -justice, that none refused his reference, nor did the most litigious men -appeal from his award. He died in 1698, aged sixty-eight.--The fourth, Sir -Robert Atkyns, was versed in the Antiquities of his country, of which his -History of Gloucester was a proof. He died in 1711, aged sixty-five -years.--The inscription sets forth, that in memory of his ancestors, who -have so honourably presided in Westminster Hall, Edward Atkyns, Esq., late -of Kettringham, in Norfolk, second son of the last-named Sir Edward, -caused this monument to be erected. He died Jan. 20, 1750, aged -seventy-nine years.--_Cheere, sculptor._ - -A medallion and inscription--"To the memory of the Right Honourable JAMES -STUART MACKENZIE, Lord Privy Seal of Scotland, a man whose virtues did -honour to humanity. He cultivated and encouraged science; and during a -long life, was generous without ostentation, secretly charitable, -friendly, hospitable, and ever ready to oblige. He was beloved and revered -by all: he had many friends, and not one enemy. He died the 6th of April, -1800, in the eighty-second year of his age. He was married to Elizabeth, -daughter of John, Duke of Argyle and Greenwich, his uncle."--_Nollekens, -sculptor._ - -JOHN, Duke of ARGYLE and GREENWICH.--On one side of the base is the figure -of Minerva, and on the other of Eloquence; done by Roubiliac, particularly -expressive. Above is the figure of History, with one hand holding a book, -with the other writing on a pyramid the titles of the hero, whose actions -are supposed to be contained in the book, on the cover of which, in -letters of gold, are inscribed the date of his Grace's birth, Oct. 10, -1680, and time of his death, Oct. 4, 1743. The principal figure is -spirited, even to the verge of life. On the pyramid is this epitaph, said -to be written by Paul Whitehead, Esq.:-- - - "Briton! behold, if patriot worth be dear, - A shrine that claims a tributary tear; - Silent that tongue admiring senates heard, - Nerveless that arm opposing legions fear'd. - Nor less, O Campbell! thine the power to please, - And give to grandeur all the grace of ease. - Long from thy life let kindred heroes trace - Arts which ennoble still the noblest race; - Others may owe their future fame to me, - I borrow immortality from thee." - -Underneath this, in great letters, is written--"JOHN, DUKE OF ARGYLE AND -GR--" at which point the pen of History rests. On the base of the monument -is this inscription:--"In memory of an honest man, a constant friend, -John, the great Duke of Argyle and Greenwich, a General and Orator, -exceeded by none in the age he lived, Sir Henry Fermer, Bart., by his last -will, left the sum of 500_l._ towards erecting this monument, and -recommended the above inscription." - -Over the door of the Chapel of St. Faith, is the monument of OLIVER -GOLDSMITH, M.D., representing the portrait of the Doctor in profile. A -festoon curtain, olive branches, and books, are the chief ornaments. -Underneath is a Latin inscription, of which the following is the -import:--"That he was eminent as a Poet, Philosopher, and Historian; that -he scarcely left any species of writing unattempted, and none that he -attempted, unimproved; that he was master of the softer passions, and -could at pleasure command tears, or provoke laughter; but in everything he -said or did, good nature was predominant; that he was witty, sublime, -spirited, and facetious; in speech pompous; in conversation elegant and -graceful; that the love of his associates, fidelity of his friends, and -the veneration of his readers, _had raised this monument to his memory_. -He was born in Ireland, November 29, 1731, educated at Dublin, and died -at London, April 4, 1774, and was buried in the Temple burial -ground."--_Nollekens, sculptor._ - -Near to the door of the Chapel of St. Faith is a black marble slab, which -covers the remains of CHARLES DICKENS, born Feb. 7th, 1812, died June 9th, -1870. And near to him are the remains of Handel, Cumberland, Macaulay, -Sheridan, Garrick, Samuel Johnson, and Thomas Parr, of the county of -Salop, born 1483, who lived in the reign of ten Princes: viz., Edward IV., -Edward V., Richard III., Henry VII., Henry VIII., Edward VI., Queen Mary, -Queen Elizabeth, James I., and Charles I. He died Nov. 15th, 1635, at the -age of 152. - -A monument erected to the memory of JOHN GAY, by the bounty and favour of -the Duke and Duchess of Queensberry, who were the great encouragers of his -genius. The masks, tragedy, dagger, and instruments of music, which are -blended together in a group are emblematical devices, alluding to the -various ways of writing in which he excelled: namely, farce, satire, -fable, and pastoral. The short epitaph on the front was written by -himself. It is censured by some for its levity,-- - - "Life is a jest, and all things show it: - I thought so once, but now I know it." - -Underneath are these verses, by Mr. Pope, who lived always in great -friendship with Mr. Gay: - - "Of manners gentle, of affections mild; - In wit a man, simplicity a child; - With native humour temp'ring virtuous rage, - Form'd to delight at once and lash the age; - Above temptation in a low estate, - And uncorrupted e'en among the great; - A safe companion and an easy friend, - Unblamed through life, lamented in thy end; - These are thy honours; not that here thy bust - Is mix'd with heroes, or with Kings thy dust; - But that the worthy and the good shall say, - Striking their pensive bosoms--Here lies Gay!" - -He died December 4, 1732, aged forty-five.--_Rysbrack, sculptor._ - -NICHOLAS ROWE, Esq., and his only daughter. On the front of the pedestal -is this inscription:--"To the memory of Nicholas Rowe, Esq., who died in -1718, aged forty-five; and of CHARLOTTE, his only daughter, wife of Henry -Fane, Esq., who, inheriting her father's spirit, and amiable in her own -innocence and beauty, died in the twenty-second year of her age, 1739." -Underneath, upon the front of the altar, is this epitaph:-- - - "Thy reliques, Rowe! to this sad shrine we trust, - And near thy Shakspeare place thy honour'd bust. - Oh! next him skill'd to draw the tender tear, - For never heart felt passion more sincere; - To nobler sentiment to fire the brave, - For never Briton more disdained a slave; - Peace to thy gentle shade, and endless rest, - Blest in thy genius, in thy love, too, blest! - And blest, that timely from our scene remov'd, - Thy soul enjoys that liberty it lov'd! - To these so mourn'd in death, so loved in life, - The childless parent and the widow'd wife, - With tears inscribed this monumental stone, - That hold their ashes, and expects her own." - -Mr. Rowe was Poet Laureate, and author of several fine tragedies; and, -just before his death, had finished a translation of Lucan's -Pharsalia.--_Rysbrack, sculptor._ - -JAMES THOMSON, author of the Seasons, and other Poetical Works. The figure -of Mr. Thomson leans its left arm upon a pedestal, holding a book in one -hand, and the Cap of Liberty in the other. Upon the pedestal, in -bas-relief, are the Seasons; to which a boy points, offering him a laurel -crown, as the reward of his genius. At the feet of the figure is the -tragic mask and the ancient harp. The whole is supported by a projecting -pedestal, and in a panel is the following inscription:--"James Thomson, -_Ætatis 48, Obit 27 August, 1748_. Tutored by thee, sweet Poetry exalts -her voice to ages, and informs the page with music, image, sentiment, and -thought, never to die!" Erected 1762.--_Spang, sculptor._ - -WILLIAM SHAKSPEARE.--Both the design and workmanship of this monument are -extremely elegant. The figure of Shakspeare, and his attitude, his dress, -his shape, his genteel air, and fine composure, all so delicately -expressed by the sculptor, cannot be sufficiently admired; and those -beautiful lines of his that appear on the scroll are very happily -chosen:-- - - "The cloud-capp'd towers, the gorgeous palaces, - The solemn temples, the great globe itself, - Yea, all which it inherit, shall dissolve. - And, like the baseless fabric of a vision, - Leave not a wreck behind."--_The Tempest._ - -The heads on the pedestal, representing Henry V., Richard III., and Queen -Elizabeth (three principal characters in his plays), are likewise proper -ornaments to grace his tomb. In short, the taste that is here shown does -honour to those great names under whose direction, by the public favour, -it was so elegantly constructed: namely, the Earl of Burlington, Dr. Mead, -Mr. Pope, and Mr. Martin. It was designed by Kent, executed by -Scheemakers, and the expanse defrayed by the grateful contributions of the -public, 125 years after his death. He died April 24, 1617, in his 53rd -year, and was buried in the great church at Stratford. - -In front of this monument are buried Dr. Johnson, Garrick, Henderson, -Sheridan, Campbell, and Cary. - -"To the memory of Mrs. PRITCHARD, this tablet is here placed by a -voluntary subscription of those who admired and esteemed her. She retired -from the stage, of which she had long been the ornament, in the month of -April, 1768, and died at Bath in the month of August following, in the -fifty-seventh year of her age. - - "Her comic vein had every charm to please, - 'Twas nature's dictates breathed with nature's ease: - E'en when her powers sustain'd the tragic load, - Full, clear, and just, the harmonious accents flow'd; - And the big passions of her feeling heart - Burst freely forth and shamed the mimic art. - Oft on the scene, with colours not her own, - She painted Vice, and taught us what to shun; - One virtuous track her real life pursu'd, - That nobler part was uniformly good; - Each duty there to such perfection wrought. - That, if the precepts fail'd, the example taught." - _W. Whitehead, P.L._ - -_Hayward, sculptor._ - -Above is a bust to ROBERT SOUTHEY (Poet Laureate); born August 12, 1774; -died March 21, 1843.--_Weekes, sculptor._ - -THOMAS CAMPBELL, LL.D., Author of "The Pleasures of Hope," thrice -Lord-Rector of the University of Glasgow, founder of the Polish -Association, &c. He was born July 27, 1777; died at Boulogne, June 15, -1844; and was buried with great public solemnity, near this spot, on the -3rd of July following. As a classic poet, a warm philanthropist, a staunch -friend of literary men, he possessed the highest qualities of mind and -heart. His Patriotic Lyrics breathe the very spirit of British freedom and -independence; while his other poems--all models of composition--are richly -imbued with the spirit of moral and religious sentiment. This statue, from -the classic chisel of W. C. Marshall, R.A., was erected on the 1st of May, -1855. The pedestal as it now stands, was the gift of a lady (sister-in-law -of Dr. Beattie, the Poet's physician and biographer). The highly -appropriate Lines inscribed upon it are taken from "_The Last Man_:"-- - - "This spirit shall return to HIM - Who gave its heavenly spark; - Yet think not, sun, it shall be dim - When thou thyself art dark! - No--it shall live again, and shine - In bliss unknown to beams of thine, - By HIM recall'd to breath - Who captive led captivity. - Who robbed the Grave of Victory, - And took the sting from Death!" - -The statue represents the Poet in his academic robes of Lord-Rector and -the relieved figure, with the torch, the triumph of immortal HOPE, as -described in the following lines:-- - - "Eternal Hope! when yonder spheres sublime - Peal'd their first notes to sound the march of Time, - Thy joyous youth began, but shall not fade.-- - When all the sister planets have decayed, - When wrapped in fire, the realms of ether glow, - And Heaven's last thunder shakes the world below, - Thou, undismayed, shall o'er the ruins smile, - And light thy torch at Nature's funeral pile!" - "_Pleasures of Hope._" - -[For these and the preceding lines, see Campbell's Poems.] - -Affixed to the pillar is a tablet--"Sacred to the memory of CHRISTOPHER -ANSTEY, Esq., formerly a scholar at Eton, and fellow of Trinity College, -in Cambridge: a very elegant poet, who held a distinguished pre-eminence, -even among those who excelled in the same kinds of his art. About the year -1770, he exchanged his residence in Cambridgeshire for Bath, a place above -all that he had long delighted in. The celebrated poem that he wrote, -under the title of the Bath Guide, is a sufficient testimony; and after -having lived there thirty-six years, died in the year 1805, aged -eighty-one, and was buried in Walcot Church, Bath."--_Horwell, sculptor._ - -A tablet with a fine medallion,--"Sacred to the memory of GRANVILLE -SHARP, ninth son of Dr. Thomas Sharp, Prebendary of the Cathedrals and -Collegiate Churches of York, Durham, and Southwell, and grandson of Dr. -John Sharp, Archbishop of York. Born and educated in the bosom of the -Church of England, he ever cherished for her institutions the most -unshaken regard, whilst his whole soul was in harmony with the sacred -strain--'Glory to God in the highest, on earth peace, good will towards -men;' on which his life presented one beautiful comment of glowing piety -and unwearied beneficence. Freed by competence from the necessity, and by -content from the desire, of lucrative occupation, he was incessant in his -labours to improve the condition of mankind. Founding public happiness on -public virtue, he aimed to rescue his native country from the guilt and -inconsistency of employing the arm of Freedom to rivet the fetters of -Bondage, and established for the Negro Race, in the person of _Somerset_ -(his servant), the long disputed rights of human nature. Having, in this -glorious cause, triumphed over the combined resistance of Interest, -Prejudice, and Pride, he took his post amongst the foremost of the -honourable band associated to deliver Africa from the rapacity of Europe, -by the abolition of the Slave Trade; nor was death permitted to interrupt -his career of usefulness, till he had witnessed that Act of the British -Parliament by which 'The Abolition' was decreed. In his private relations -he was equally exemplary; and having exhibited through life a model of -disinterested virtue, he resigned his pious spirit into the hands of his -Creator, in the exercise of Charity, and Faith, and Hope, on the 6th day -of July, A.D. 1813, in the seventy-eighth year of his age. Reader, if on -perusing this tribute to a private individual, thou shouldest be disposed -to suspect it as partial, or censure it as diffuse, know that it is not -panegyric, but history.--_Erected by the African Institution of London_, -A.D. 1816."--_Chantrey, sculptor._ - -Above is a bust of CHARLES DE ST. DENIS, Lord of St. Evremond.--This -gentleman was of a noble family in Normandy, and was employed in the army -of France, in which he rose to the rank of Marshal; but retiring to -Holland, he was from thence invited by Charles II. into England, where he -lived in the greatest intimacy with the King and principal nobility, more -particularly with the Duchess of Mazarine. He had a very sprightly turn -both in conversation and writing. He lived to the age of ninety, and was -carried off at last by a violent fit of the stranguary, September 9, 1703. -Though he left France, as it may be imagined, on account of religion, yet -in his will he left twenty pounds to poor Roman Catholics, and twenty -pounds to poor French refugees; besides other legacies to be disposed of -to those in distress, of what religion soever they might be. - -MATTHEW PRIOR.--The bust was done by order of the King of France. On one -side of the pedestal stands the figure of Thalia, one of the nine Muses, -with a flute in her hand; and on the other, History, with her book shut; -between both is the bust of the deceased, upon a raised altar of fine -marble; on the outermost side of which is a Latin inscription, importing -that while he was busied in writing the history of his own times, Death -interposed, and broke both the thread of his discourse and of his life, -Sept. 18, 1721, in the fifty-seventh year of his age. Over the bust is a -pediment, on the ascending sides of which are two boys, one with an hour -glass in his hand, run out, the other holding a torch reversed; on the -apex of the pediment is an urn, and on the base of the monument a long -inscription, reciting the principal employments in which he had been -engaged; particularly that, by order of King William and Queen Mary; he -assisted at the Congress of the Confederate Powers of the Hague, in 1690; -in 1697 was one of the Plenipotentiaries of the Peace of Ryswick: and in -the following year was of the embassy to France and also Secretary of -State in Ireland. In 1700, he was made one of the Board of Trade; in 1711, -First Commissioner of the Customs; and lastly, in the same year, was sent -by Queen Anne to Louis XIV. of France, with proposals of peace. All these -trusts he executed with uncommon address and abilities, and had retired -from public business, when a violent cholic, occasioned by a cold, carried -him off; by which the world was deprived of an invaluable treasure, which -he was preparing to lay before the public.--_Rysbrack, sculptor. Bust by -Coizevox._ - -"Sacred to the best of men, WILLIAM MASON, A.M., a Poet, if any, elegant, -correct, and pious. Died 7th of April, 1797, aged seventy-two."--It is a -neat piece of sculpture. A medallion of the deceased is held up by a -figure of Poetry, bemoaning the loss.--_Bacon, sculptor._ - -THOMAS SHADWELL.--This monument was erected by Dr. John Shadwell, to the -memory of his deceased father. The inscription sets forth that he was -descended from an ancient family in Staffordshire, was Poet Laureate and -Historiographer in the reign of William III., and died November 20, 1692, -in the fifty-fifth year of his age. He was author of several plays, and -was satirized by Dryden, under the character of Ogg, in the second part of -Absalom and Architophel. He died at Chelsea, by taking opium, and was -there buried.--_Bird, sculptor._ - -JOHN MILTON.--He was a great polemical and political writer, and Latin -Secretary to Oliver Cromwell; but what has immortalized his name, are -those two inimitable pieces, Paradise Lost and Regained. He was born in -London in 1604, and died at Bunhill (perhaps the same as Bunhill Fields) -in 1674, leaving three daughters behind him unprovided for, and was buried -at St. Giles's, Cripplegate. In 1737, Mr. Auditor Benson erected this -monument to his memory.--_Rysbrack, sculptor._ - -Under Milton is an elegant monument erected to the memory of Mr. GRAY. -This monument seems expressive of the compliment contained in the epitaph, -where the Lyric Muse, in alt-relief, is holding a medallion of the Poet, -and at the same time pointing the finger up to the bust of Milton, which -is directly over it. - - "No more the Grecian muse unrival'd reigns; - To Britain let the nations homage pay: - She felt a Homer's fire in Milton's strains, - A Pindar's rapture in the lyre of Gray." - -Died July 30, 1771, aged fifty-four, and was buried at Stoke.--_John -Bacon, sculptor._ - -SAMUEL BUTLER.--This tomb, as by the inscription appears, was erected by -John Barber, Esq., Lord Mayor of London, _that he who was destitute of all -things when alive, might not want a monument when dead_. He was author of -Hudibras, and was a man of consummate learning, wit, and pleasantry, -peculiarly happy in his writings, though he reaped small advantages from -them, and suffered great distress by reason of his narrow circumstances. -He lived, however, to a good old age, and was buried at the expense of Mr. -Longueville, in the churchyard of St. Paul, Covent Garden. He was born at -Strencham, in Worcestershire, in 1612, and died in London, 1680. - -EDMUND SPENCER.--Beneath Mr. Butler's, there was a rough decayed tomb of -Purbeck stone, to the memory of Mr. Edmund Spencer, one of the best -English poets, which being much decayed, a subscription was set on foot, -by the liberality of Mr. Mason, in 1778, to restore it. The subscription -succeeded, and the monument was restored as nearly as possible to the old -form, but in statuary marble. His works abound with innumerable beauties -and such a variety of imagery, as is scarce to be found in any other -writer, ancient or modern. On this monument is this inscription:--"Here -lies (expecting the second coming of our Saviour Christ Jesus) the body of -Edmund Spencer, the Prince of Poets in his time, whose divine spirit needs -no other witness than the works which he left behind him. He was born in -London in 1553, and died in 1598." - -BEN JONSON.--This monument is of fine marble, and is very neatly -ornamented with emblematical figures, alluding, perhaps, to the malice and -envy of his contemporaries. His epitaph--"_O Rare Ben Jonson!_"--is cut in -the pavement where he is buried in the North Aisle. He was Poet Laureate -to James I., and contemporary with Shakspeare, to whose writings, when -living, he was no friend, though, when dead, he wrote a Poem prefixed to -his Plays, which does him the amplest justice. His father was a clergyman, -and he was educated at Westminster School while Mr. Carden was Master; but -after his father's death, his mother marrying a bricklayer, he was forced -from school, and made to lay bricks. There is a story told of him, that at -the building of Lincoln's Inn, he worked with his trowel in one hand, and -Horace in the other; but Mr. Carden, regarding his parts, recommended him -to Sir Walter Raleigh, whose son he attended in his travels, and upon his -return entered himself at Cambridge. He died the 16th of August, 1637, -aged sixty-three.--_Rysbrack, sculptor._ - -[Illustration: POETS CORNER WESTMINSTER ABBEY] - -On the left is a monument to MICHAEL DRAITON. The inscription and epitaph -were formerly in letters of gold, but now almost obliterated, and -therefore are here preserved:--"Michael Draiton, Esq., a memorable Poet of -his age, exchanged his laurel for a Crown of Glory, anno 1631. - - "Do, pious marble, let thy readers know - What they, and what their children, owe - To _Draiton's_ name, whose sacred dust - We recommend unto thy trust: - Protect his mem'ry, and preserve his story; - Remain a lasting monument of his glory; - And when thy ruins shall disclaim - To be the treasure of his name, - His name, that cannot fade, shall be - An everlasting monument to thee." - -This gentleman was both an excellent poet and a learned antiquarian. - -Over the monument to Ben Jonson is a window given by Dr. Rogers; it -represents David and St. John, the poets of the Old and New -Testaments.--_Clayton and Bell._ - -BARTON BOOTH, Esq., elegantly designed and well executed. His bust is -placed between two cherubs, one holding a wreath over his head in the act -of crowning him: the other in a very pensive attitude, holding a scroll, -on which is inscribed his descent from an ancient family in Lancashire, -his admission into Westminster School, under Dr. Busby, his qualifications -as an actor, which procured him both the royal patronage and the public -applause. He died in 1733, in the fifty-fourth year of his age; and this -monument was erected by his surviving widow in 1772.--_W. Tyler, -sculptor._ - -Mr. JOHN PHILLIPS.--The bust of this gentleman, in relief, is here -represented as in an arbour interwoven with laurel branches and apple -trees; and over it is this motto--"_Honos erat huic quoque Pomo_;" -alluding to the high qualities ascribed to the apple, in that excellent -poem of his called Cider. He was son of Stephen Phillips, D.D., Archdeacon -of Salop; was born at Bampton, in Oxfordshire, December 30, 1676, and died -at Hereford, Feb. 15, 1708, of a consumption, in the prime of life. - -GEOFFREY CHAUCER.--This has been a very beautiful monument in the Gothic -style, but is now much defaced, and is generally passed over with a -superficial glance, except by those who never suffer anything curious to -escape their notice. Geoffrey Chaucer, to whose name it is sacred, is -called the Father of English Poets, and flourished in the fourteenth -century. He was son of Sir John Chaucer, a citizen of London, and employed -by Edward III. in negociations abroad relating to trade. He was a great -favourite at court, and married the great John of Gaunt's wife's sister. -He was born in 1328, and died Oct. 25, 1400. This monument was erected by -Nicholas Bingham, of Oxford, in 1556. - -The memorial window to CHAUCER, immediately over his tomb, is intended to -embody his intellectual labour, and his position amongst his -contemporaries. At the base are the Canterbury Pilgrims, showing the -setting out from London, and the arrival at Canterbury. The medallions -above represent Chaucer receiving a commission, with others, in 1372, from -King Edward III. to the Doge of Genoa, and his reception by the latter. At -the apex, the subjects are taken from the moral poem entitled "The Floure -and the Leafe." "As they which honour the Flower, a thing fading with -every blast, are such as look after beauty and worldly pleasure; but they -that honour the Leaf, which abideth with the root, notwithstanding the -frost and winter storms, are they which follow virtue and during -qualities, without regard to worldly respects." On the dexter side, -dressed in white, is the Lady of the Leafe, and attendants; on the -sinister side is the Lady of the Floure, dressed in green. In the -spandrils adjoining are the Arms of Chaucer. On the dexter side, and on -the sinister, Chaucer impaling these of (Roet) his wife. In the tracery -above, the portrait of Chaucer occupies the centre, between that of Edward -III. and Philippa his wife; below them Gower and John of Gaunt, and above -are Wickliffe and Strode, his contemporaries. In the borders are disposed -the following arms, alternately: England, France, Hainhault, Lancaster, -Castile, and Leon. At the base of the window is the name Geoffrey Chaucer, -died A.D. 1400, and four lines selected from the poem entitled, "Balade of -Gode Counsaile." - - "Flee fro the prees, and dwell with soth fastnesse, - Suffise unto thy good though it be small;" - - * * * * * - - "That thee is sent receyve in buxomnesse; - The wrastling for this world asketh a fall." - -This window was designed by Mr. J. G. Waller, and executed by Messrs. -Thomas Baillie, and George Mayer, 118, Wardour Street, London, 1868. - -EXPLANATION OF THE SUBJECTS.--The Pilgrims are arranged in the following -manner:--The Departure from the Tabard, thus: - - 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. - - 1. The Reve. |4. The Knight. |7. The Serjeant of Law. - 2. The Manciple. |5. The Yeoman. |8. The Shipmanne. - 3. Chaucer. |6. The Squire. |9. The Doctor of Physick. - -The Arrival at Canterbury, thus: - - 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. - - 10. The Somptnour. |13. The Monk. |16. The Frankelein. - 11. The Pardoner. |14. The Prioress. |17. The Plowman. - 12. The Parson. |15. The Nun. |18. The Clerk of Oxenforde. - -_Arrangement of Portraits in Tracery._ - - Wickliffe. Strode. - Edward III. Chaucer. Philippa. - Gower. John of Gaunt. - -Above is a neat monument to the memory of John Roberts, Esq., the very -faithful Secretary of the Right Honourable Henry Pelham, Minister of State -to George II. This marble was erected by his three surviving sisters, in -1776.--_Hayward, sculptor._ - -ABRAHAM COWLEY.--This monument, though apparently plain, is very -expressive; the chaplet of laurel that begirts his urn, and the fire -issuing from the mouth of the urn, are fine emblems of the glory he -acquired by the spirit of his writings. The Latin inscription and epitaph -on the pedestal is thus translated into English:--"Near this place lies -Abraham Cowley, the Pindar, Horace, and Virgil of England; and the -delight, ornament and admiration of his age:-- - - "While, Sacred Bard, far worlds thy works proclaim. - And you survive in an immortal fame, - Here may you, bless'd in pleasant quiet, lie! - To guard thy urn may hoary Faith stand by! - And all thy fav'rite tuneful Nine repair - To watch thy dust with a perpetual care! - Sacred for ever may this place be made, - And may no desp'rate hand presume t' invade - With touch unhallow'd this religious room, - Or dare affront thy venerable tomb! - Unmov'd and undisturb'd, till time shall end, - May Cowley's dust this marble shrine defend!" - -"So wishes, and desires that wish may be sacred to posterity, George, Duke -of Buckingham, who erected this monument to that incomparable man. He died -in the forty-ninth year of his age, and was carried from Buckingham House, -with honourable pomp, his exequies being attended by persons of -illustrious characters of all degrees, and buried August 3, 1667." His -grave is just before the monument, as appears by a blue stone, on which is -engraven his name.--_John Bushnell, sculptor._ - -Affixed to the pillar, on the left, is a tablet to the memory of Mrs. -MARTHA BIRCH, who was daughter of Samuel Viner, Esq., and first married to -Francis Millington, Esq., afterwards to Peter Birch, Prebendary of this -Abbey. She died May 25, 1703, in the fiftieth year of her age. - -The next monument was erected to the memory of Mr. JOHN DRYDEN, by the -late Duke of Buckingham, who valued his writings so much that he thought -no inscription necessary to spread his fame.--"J. Dryden, born 1632, died -May 1, 1700. John Sheffield, Duke of Buckingham, erected this monument, -1720."--_Scheemakers, sculptor._ - -Against the screen of the Choir, is the monument of ROBERT SOUTH, D.D., -who is represented in a cumbent posture, in his canonical habit, with his -arm resting on a cushion, and his right hand on a Death's head. In his -left he holds a book, with his finger between the leaves, as if just -closed from reading; and over his head is a group of cherubs issued from a -mantling, beneath which is a long Latin inscription, showing that he was -scholar to Busby, and student at Christ Church, Oxford, and Public Orator -of that University; that, by the patronage of Lord Clarendon, he was made -Prebendary both of Westminster and Christ's, and afterwards Rector of -Islip, where he rebuilt the parsonage-house, and founded and endowed a -school. His sermons have a peculiar turn, and are still much admired. He -died July 8, 1716, aged eighty-two.--_Bird, sculptor._ - -Between this and Dr. Busby, a small portion of ANN of CLEVES' monument is -to be perceived. She was sister of the Duke of Cleves, was contracted in -marriage to Henry VIII., and received with great pomp on Blackheath, -January 3, 1539, married to the king on the 9th, and in July following -divorced, with liberty to marry again; but being sensibly touched with the -indignity put upon her, she lived retired in England, with the title of -Lady Ann, of Cleves, and saw the rival who supplanted her suffer a worse -fate. She survived the King four years, and died in 1557. - -A still more unfortunate Queen lies near this last, without a monument; -viz., ANNE, Queen of Richard III., and daughter of Nevil, the great Earl -of Warwick. This lady was poisoned by that monster of cruelty, her -husband, to make way for his marriage with Elizabeth, daughter of his -brother, Edward IV., and sister of the unhappy youths he had caused to be -murdered in the Tower, which marriage he never lived to consummate, being -slain at the battle of Bosworth Field. - -Above is a tablet to Dr. Vincent, with the inscription thus -translated:--"Here rests whatever is mortal of WILLIAM VINCENT, who having -received his education in this College, returned to it when he had -completed his academical studies, and from the situation of Junior Usher, -arose to that of Head Master; he was at length exalted to the office of -Dean of the Church, for which he entertained the greatest affection: on -the subject of his life, his literary attainments, and his moral -character, let this monumental stone be silent. He owes his origin to the -respectable family of the Vincents, of Shepy, in the county of Leicester; -he was born in London, 2nd November, 1739, and died on the 21st December, -1815." - -Doctor RICHARD BUSBY.--On this fine monument is the effigy of this learned -grammarian in his gown, looking earnestly at the inscription. In his right -hand he holds a pen, and in his left a book open. Underneath, upon the -pedestal, are a variety of books, and at the top are his family arms. The -inscription is very elegantly written, and highly to his praise; -intimating that whatever fame the school of Westminster boasts, and -whatever advantage mankind shall reap from thence in times to come, are -all principally owing to the wise institutions of this great man. He was -born at Lutton, in Lincolnshire, September 22, 1606; made Master of -Westminster College, December 23, 1640; elected Prebendary of Westminster, -July 5th, 1660, and Treasurer of Wells, August 11th, the same year; and -died April 5th, 1695.--_Bird, sculptor._ - -Affixed to the pillars in this cross are two tablets; one to the memory of -Dr. ANTHONY HORNECK, who was born at Wettenburgh, in Zealand, but educated -at Queen's College, Oxford; was King's Divinity Professor and Chaplain, a -Prebendary of this Church, and Preacher at the Savoy. He died of the -stone, January 31, 1696, aged fifty-six. The other to the memory of Dr. -SAMUEL BARTON, a Prebendary of this Church, and a person of admirable -genius and learning. He died September 1715, aged sixty-eight. - -In front of Dr. Barrow's monument, lies the remains of that once -celebrated poet, Sir WILLIAM DAVENANT, who, upon the death of Ben Jonson, -succeeded him as Poet Laureate to Charles I., but having lost his nose by -an _accident_, was cruelly bantered by the wits of the succeeding reign. -He was a vintner's son at Oxford, whose wife, being a woman of admirable -wit and sprightly conversation, drew the politest men of that age to their -house, among whom Shakspeare was said to be a frequent visitor. His -education was at Lincoln College, where he became acquainted with Endimion -Porter, Henry Jermain, and Sir John Suckling. He died in 1668, aged -sixty-three. - -Not far from Davenant lies Sir ROBERT MURRAY, a great Mathematician, and -one of the founders of the Royal Society, of which he was the first -President, and while he lived the very soul of that body. He died -suddenly, July 4, 1673, in the garden at Whitehall, and was buried at the -King's expense. - -In front of Dryden's monument, is an ancient stone, on which, by the marks -indented, has been the image of a man in armour. This covers the body of -ROBERT HAULE, who, at the battle of Najara, in Spain, in Richard II.'s -time, together with John Shakel, his comrade, took the Earl of Denia -prisoner, who, under pretence of raising money for his ransom, obtained -his liberty, leaving his son as a hostage in their hands. Upon their -coming to England, the Duke of Lancaster demanded him for the King; but -they refused to deliver him up without the ransom, and were therefore both -committed to the Tower, from whence escaping, they took sanctuary in this -Abbey. Sir Ralp Ferreris and Alan Buxal, the one Governor, the other -Captain of the Tower, with fifty men, pursued them, and having, by fair -promises, gained over Shakel, they attempted to seize Haule by force, who -made a desperate defence, but being overpowered by numbers, was slain, -August 11, 1378, in the choir before the prior's stall, commending himself -to God, the avenger of wrongs. A servant of the Abbey fell with him. -Shakel they threw into prison, but afterwards set him at liberty, and the -King and Council agreed to pay the ransom of his prisoner, 500 marks, and -100 marks a-year. Some years afterwards Shakel died, and was buried here -in 1396. - -Under the pavement, near Dryden's tomb, lie the remains of FRANCIS -BEAUMONT, the dramatic writer, who died in London in 1628, and was buried -here, March 9, without tomb or inscription. - -The new stained glass windows at the south end of the Transept of the -Abbey were executed by Messrs. Thomas Ward and J. H. Nixon, 1847: -description as follows:-- - -In the centre of the Rose Window, the name "JEHOVAH;" in the circle -surrounding the figures of angels. - -In the large circle of surrounding lights are thirty-two separate subjects -taken from the principal incidents, miracles, and events in the life and -sufferings of our blessed Redeemer. - -The height of the figures are nearly three feet. The subjects selected for -this circle are as follows: - - 1. The nativity of Jesus Christ.--_Luke_ ii. 7, &c. - - 2. Simeon's prophecy.--_Luke_ ii. 25. - - 3. Jesus reasoning with the doctors.--_Luke_ ii. 46. - - 4. The baptism of St. John the Baptist.--_Matt._ iii. 13. - - 5. The preaching on the Mount.--_Matt._ v. 1, &c. - - 6. Water made wine.--_John_ ii. 4. - - 7. The money changers expelled from the Temple.--_Matt._ xxi. 12. - - 8. The woman of Samaria.--_John_ iv. 7. - - 9. Walking on the sea.--_Matt._ xiv. 29. - - 10. Raising of Jairus' daughter.--_Mark_ v. 41. - - 11. The pool of Bethesda.--_John_ v. 4, &c. - - 12. The Centurion's faith.--_Matt._ viii. 8, &c. - - 13. John's disciples sent to Christ.--_Matt._ xi. 2, &c. - - 14. The Magdalen anointing the feet of Christ.--_John_ xii. 3. - - 15. The Syrophenician woman.--_Matt._ xv. 15. - - 16. The feeding of the multitude.--_Matt._ xiv. 15. - - 17. The lunatic boy cured.--_Matt._ xvii. 14, &c. - - 18. Peter, the fish, and Temple tribute.--_Matt._ xvii. 27. - - 19. The blind man healed.--_Mark_ viii. 25. - - 20. Lazarus raised.--_John_ xi. 43. - - 21. The entry into Jerusalem.--_Matt._ xxi. 1. - - 22. The tribute to Cæsar.--_Matt._ xxii. 15 and 21. - - 23. Little children brought to Christ.--_Mark_ x. 13. - - 24. The young rich man's question.--_Mark_ x. 17. - - 25. The widow's son restored.--_Luke_ vii. 11. - - 26. The agony in the garden.--_Matt._ xxvi. 39. - - 27. Jesus Christ captive before Pilate.--_Matt._ xxvii. 1, 2, &c. - - 28. Jesus Christ shown to the people.--_John_ xix. 5. - - 29. The Crucifixion.--_John_ xix. 25, &c. - - 30. The Resurrection.--_Matt._ xxviii. 1, &c. - - 31. Appearance to Mary Magdalen.--_John_ xx. 11. - - 32. The Ascension.--_Acts_ i. 9, &c. - -The decorations which surround this circle are scrolages and ornaments of -mosaic work on coloured grounds suited to the rest, among which are also -interwoven the following symbols:-- - - 1. I.H.S. at the Nativity. - - 2. The angel, the symbol of St. Matt. - - 3. The Paschal Lamb. - - 4. Cherub's head. - - 5. The pelican, as symbol of the Church. - - 6. Cherub's head. - - 7. The lion, the symbol of St. Mark. - - 8. The triangle, the symbol of the Trinity. - - 9. The hart, athirst for the water brooks. - - 10. The ox, the symbol of St. Luke. - - 11. Cherub's head. - - 12. The sacramental cup. - - 13. Cherub's head. - - 14. The dove descending. - - 15. The eagle, the symbol of St. John. - - 16. [Greek: A.Ô.] - -In the left quatrefoil, at the corner, are the arms of the Abbacy; in the -right the arms of the reigning sovereign; in the head of the arches -beneath are figures of angels holding scrolls. - -The subjects for the twelve lower windows are selected from the Old -Testament, and are as follows:-- - - 1. Noah's sacrifice.--_Gen._ viii. 20. - - 2. Abraham and the angels.--_Gen._ xviii. 1. - - 3. Jacob's dream.--_Gen._ xxviii. 12. - - 4. Joseph interpreting Pharoah's dream.--_Gen._ xli. 25. - - 5. The finding of Moses.--_Ex._ ii. 5. - - 6. Moses before the burning bush.--_Ex._ iii. 2. - - 7. Moses striking the rock.--_Ex._ xvii. 5. - - 8. Moses with the tables of the law.--_Ex._ xx. 20. - - 9. David chosen from among his brothers, and anointed by Samuel.--_1 - Sam._ xvi. 13. - - 10. Dedication of the Temple by Solomon.--_1 Kings_ viii. 22. - - 11. Elijah's sacrifice.--_1 Kings_ xviii. 37, &c. - - 12. Josiah renewing the Covenant.--_2 Kings_ xxii. 3, &c. - -Having thus noticed what is usually considered most interesting in the -interior, we will take a glance at the exterior. We have already observed -that the form of the Abbey is that of a cross, in which you are to -consider Henry the Seventh's Chapel has no part. The south side answered -exactly to the north in the original plan, by attending to which, you will -be able to form a true judgment of the whole. The cloisters on the south -side were added for the conveniency of the monks, and the contiguous -buildings are of a still later date. - -What will principally engage your attention, in viewing the outside of -this building (the new towers excepted), is the magnificent portico -leading to the north cross, which, by some, has been styled the -_Beautiful_, or _Solomon's Gate_. This portico is Gothic, and extremely -beautiful; and over it is a most magnificent window of modern design, -admirably executed. The entire height of the north front to the top of -the centre pinnacle is one hundred and seventy feet. - -The north side of the Church, between the west front and the Transept, is -supported by nine graduated buttresses; each has a turreted niche, wherein -are placed full length statues of the founders and principal benefactors -of this Church. - -The towers at the west end were raised under the directions of Sir -Christopher Wren, and terminate with pinnacles at the height of two -hundred and twenty-five feet. _The Exterior_ length of the Abbey is four -hundred and sixteen feet; including Henry Seventh's Chapel, five hundred -and thirty feet. - - * * * * * - -Having now pointed out what is accounted most worthy of observation in the -construction of this ancient Abbey, both without and within it, we shall -next say a word or two of-- - - - - -Henry Seventh's Chapel. - - -This _wonder of the world_, as it well may be styled, is adorned without -with sixteen Gothic towers, beautifully ornamented with admirable -ingenuity, and jutting from the building in different angles. It is -situated on the east of the Abbey to which it is so neatly joined, that at -a superficial view it appears to be one and the same building. It is -enlightened by a double range of windows, that throw the light into such a -happy disposition, as at once to please the eye and inspire reverence. - -An author some years ago, has very highly, and yet not undeservedly -expressed the beauty of this Chapel in the following words:--"It is the -admiration of the universe; such inimitable perfection appears in every -part of the whole composure, which looks so far exceeding human -excellence, that it appears knit together by the fingers of angels, -pursuant to the direction of Omnipotence." - -And here we cannot help taking notice of a most beautiful window that was -designed for this Chapel. It was made by order of the magistrates of Dort, -in Holland, and designed by them as a present to Henry VII., but that -monarch dying before it was finished, it was set up in Waltham Abbey, -where it remained till the dissolution of that monastery, when it was -removed to New-Hall, in Essex, then in possession of General Monk, and by -him preserved during the civil wars. Some years ago, John Olmius, Esq., -the then possessor of New-Hall, sold it to Mr. Conyers, of Copt-Hall, who -resold it to the inhabitants of St. Margaret's parish, in 1758, for four -hundred guineas; and it now adorns St Margaret's Church. Thus it has -arrived near to the place for which it was originally intended, but is -never likely to reach it. The grand subject is that of our Saviour's -crucifixion; but there are many subordinate figures: those at the bottom -of the two side panels represent Henry VII., and his Queen, and were taken -from the original pictures sent to Dort for that purpose. Over the King -is the figure of St. George, and above that a white rose and a red one. -Over the figure of the Queen stands that of St. Katharine of Alexandria; -and in the panel over her head appears a pomegranate _vert_, in a field of -_or_, the arms of the kingdom of Grenada. - -_General Admeasurements of the Exterior of Henry VII.'s Chapel._ - - Ft. In. - Extreme Length 115 2 - Breadth to the Extremities of the Buttress Towers 79 6 - Height of the Buttress Towers 70 8 - Do. to the Apex of the Roof 85 6 - Do. to the Top of the Western Turrets 101 6 - - - - -Of the Monuments in the Cloisters. - - -There are many persons of distinction buried in the Cloisters, as will -appear from the number of inscriptions, many of which are almost -obliterated from wear or time; we shall therefore only notice a few of the -most particular. The most ancient are in the South Walk of the Cloisters, -towards the east end, where you will see the remains of four Abbots, -marked in the pavement by four stones. The first is inscribed to the Abbot -VITALIS, who died in 1082; and was formerly covered with plates of brass. -The second is a stone of grey marble, to the memory of GESLEBERTUS -CRISPINUS, who died in 1114. The third is a raised stone, of Sussex -marble, under which lies interred the Abbot LAURENTIUS, who died in 1176, -and is said to have been the first who obtained from Pope Alexander III. -the privilege of using the Mitre, Ring, and Glove. The fourth is of black -marble, called Long Meg, from its extraordinary length of eleven feet ten -inches, by five feet ten inches, and covers the ashes of GERVASIUS DE -BLOIS, natural son of King Stephen, who died 1106. All these seem to have -had their names and dates cut afresh, and are indeed fragments worthy to -be preserved. - -In 1349 twenty-six of the monks of this Abbey fell victims to a dreadful -plague which at that period had extended its ravages over great part of -the globe, and are reported by Fuller to have been buried all in one grave -in the South Cloisters, under the remarkable large stone called Long Meg. - -Against the wall is a monument to PETER FRANCIS COURAYER, a Roman Catholic -clergyman, born at Vernon, in Normandy, 1681. He was Canon and Librarian -of the Abbey of Geneviève, at Paris. He translated and published several -valuable works. In 1727 he took refuge in England, and was well received, -and presented by the University of Oxford with the degree of D.D. On his -dedicating a book to Queen Caroline, his pension was augmented to £200 per -annum from £100 which he had obtained before from the court. He died, in -1776, after two days' illness, at the age of ninety-five. - -At the end of this walk is the monument of DANIEL PULTENEY, who served -the court several years; abroad in the reign of Queen Anne, and at home in -the reign of George I. The following is the inscription:--"Reader, if thou -art a Briton, behold this tomb with reverence and regret! Here lie the -remains of Daniel Pulteney, the kindest relation, the truest friend, the -warmest patriot, the worthiest man! He exercised virtues in his age, -sufficient to have distinguished him even in the best. Sagacious by -nature, industrious by habit, inquisitive with art, he gained a complete -knowledge of the state of Britain, foreign and domestic; in most, the -backward fruit of tedious experience; in him, the early acquisition of -undissipated youth. He served the court several years; abroad, in the -auspicious reign of Queen Anne; at home, in the reign of that excellent -Prince, George I. He served his country always; at court independent, in -the senate unbiassed. At every age, and at every station, this was the -bent of his generous soul, this the business of his laborious life; public -men and public things he judged by one common standard--_the true interest -of Britain_; he made no other distinction of party; he abhorred all other. -Gentle, humane, disinterested, benevolent, he created no enemies on his -own account; firm, determined, inflexible, he feared none he could create -in the cause of Britain. Reader, in this misfortune of thy country, lament -thy own; for know, the loss of so much private virtue is a public -calamity." - - -EAST WALK. - -Near the iron gate is a tablet sacred to the memory of the Rev. THOMAS -VIALLS, of Twickenham, Middlesex, A.M., many years vicar of Boldre, in the -New Forest, who departed this life May 7, 1831, aged sixty-two. - -To the left is a very beautiful arch, beneath which is a doorway leading -to the Chapter House and Library; in front of which was buried Abbot -BYRCHESTON, who died of the plague, May 15, 1349; but no stone left to -mark the place of his interment. - -Against the wall, in the centre of the East Walk, is a monument to the -memory of GEORGE WALSH, Esq., with the following inscription:--"Near this -place are deposited the remains of George Walsh, Esq., late -Lieutenant-General of his Majesty's Forces, and Colonel of the forty-ninth -Regiment of Foot, who died October 23, 1761, aged seventy-three. - - "The toils of life and pangs of death are o'er, - And care, and pain, and sickness, are no more." - -To the memory of JAMES WILLIAM DODD, who for thirty-four years was one of -the Ushers of Westminster School, the duties of which he discharged with -consummate ability. The Westminsters, his pupils, resident at the -boarding-house under his immediate care, have, bewailing his loss, caused -this tablet to be erected. He died on the 29th day of August, 1818, in the -fifty-seventh year of his age. - -Beneath is a monument to preserve and unite the memory of two affectionate -brothers, valiant soldiers and sincere Christians: SCIPIO DUROURE, Esq., -Adjutant-General of the British Forces, Colonel of the twelfth Regiment of -Foot, and Captain or Keeper of his Majesty's Castle of St. Mawes, in -Cornwall, who, after forty-one years' faithful services, was mortally -wounded at the battle of Fontenoy, and died May 10, 1745, aged fifty-six -years, and lies interred on the ramparts of Aeth, in the low Countries; -and ALEXANDER DUROURE, Esq., Lieutenant-General of the British Forces, -Colonel of the Fourth, or King's own Regiment of Foot, and Captain or -Keeper of his Majesty's Castle of St. Mawes, in Cornwall, who, after -fifty-seven years of faithful services, died at Toulouse, in France, on -the 2nd January, 1795, aged seventy-four years, and lies interred in this -Cloister. - -In the next arch has been lately erected a tablet, sacred to the memory of -WALTER HAWKES, who, serving in the East Indies, and having deserved well -during the space of more than twenty-seven years, almost worn out with -sickness and wounds, as he was now returning to his native country, being -overtaken by a storm in the Indian Ocean, was, together with his dearest -wife, the partner of his life and danger, alas! swallowed up, and perished -by shipwreck, never to be too much lamented, the year of our Lord 1808. -Struck with so sad a fate of his companion, William Franklin put up this -stone; for both were King's scholars in this school, brought up in the -same studies, together endured arduous warfare. - - -NORTH WALK. - -On the left, near the door, is a marble slab to the memory of JOHN -CATLING, who died March 3, 1826, in the seventy-ninth year of his age. He -was Verger and Sacrist, successively, of this Collegiate Church under five -Deans, the duties of which he performed with the most zealous and -undivided attention, for the long period of fifty-two years, respected by -his superiors for the fidelity, respectability, and humility, with which -he filled the offices, and beloved by all who knew him in private life, -for the many virtues which adorn the man. Lady LONDONDERRY was buried -underneath it. - -A tablet to the memory of HARRIET, wife of the Rev. John Bentall, one of -the Ushers of Westminster School. She died August 7, 1838. - -The next is an epitaph remarkable for its quaintness, and inscribed to the -memory of WILLIAM LAURENCE, in these lines:-- - - "With diligence and truth most exemplary, - Did William Laurence serve a Prebendary; - And for his pains, now past, before not lost, - Gain'd this remembrance at his master's cost. - Oh! read these lines again!--you seldom find - A servant faithful, and a master kind. - Short-hand he wrote; his flower in prime did fade, - And hasty death short-hand of him hath made. - Well couth he numbers, and well-measured land; - Thus doth he now that ground whereon you stand, - Wherein he lies so geometrical: - Art maketh some, but thus doth nature all." - _Ob. Dec. 28, 1628, Ætat. 29._ - -A tablet to the Rev. GEORGE PRESTON, A.M., who was several years -Under-Master of Westminster School. He died September 8, 1841, aged -fifty-two. - -Near to this is a tablet lately erected to the memory of WILLIAM MARKHAM, -D.D., Archbishop of York, who died November, 1807, aged eighty-eight, and -was buried near this spot. - -On your left is a tablet to the memory of EDWARD AUGUSTUS WEBBER, a King's -scholar, son of James Webber, D.D., Dean of Ripon, and Canon of this -Church; who was drowned in the River Thames, June 11, 1833, aged -seventeen, and buried near this spot. The inscription is as -follows:--"H.S.M. Edoardus Augustus Webber, Jacobi Webber, S.T.P., ecclesæ -Riponensis Decani, et hujusce Præbendarii filius natu secundus in amne -Thamesi, eversa turbine navicula e quatuor mersis adolicentibus unus -periit die 11 Junii, 1833, anum agent 17mo. Alumno suavissimo -desideratissimo, id quod parentes miseri perferre nequibant, præceptores -condiscipulique tranquam fratrem lugertes ademptum pro more ac pietate -Westmonasteriensi exequias reddiderunt." - -The last worthy of note in this Walk is that to the memory of WILLIAM -EGERTON GELL, Esq., who, after a long and severe affliction, departed this -life on the 17th of May, 1838, aged fifty-six years; in him many will have -to deplore the loss of a generous and kind-hearted friend. "Comfort the -soul of thy servant, for unto thee, O Lord, do I lift up my -soul."--_Cundy, sculptor._ - - -WEST WALK. - -On the left door of the Abbey is a monument, erected by John English -Dolben, Esq., "To the memory of EDWARD WORTLEY MONTAGUE, who was cast -away, on his return to England, in 1777, from the East Indies, in the -twenty-seventh year of his age. In memory of their friendship, which -commenced at Westminster School, continued for some time at Oxford, not -diminished by the greatest distance, scarcely dissolved by death, and if -it please God, to be renewed in heaven.--J. E. D., to whom the deceased -bequeathed his books (and appointed joint residuary legatee), erected this -monument." - -FRANCIS SMEDLEY.--Adjoining the Godolphin monument is a neat tablet to the -memory of the above, who was High Bailiff of Westminster for twenty-two -years. Born September 15, 1791; died February 25, 1859. - -The next is a monument that deserves particular attention, as it -commemorates a charity, which otherwise might, in time, like many others, -be perverted or forgotten. The inscription is as follows:--"Here rest, in -hope of a blessed resurrection, CHARLES GODOLPHIN, Esq., brother of the -Right Honourable Sydney, Earl of Godolphin, Lord High Treasurer of Great -Britain, who died July 16, 1720, aged sixty-nine; and Mrs. GODOLPHIN, his -wife, who died July 29, 1726, aged sixty-three; whose excellent qualities -and endowments can never be forgotten, particularly the public-spirited -zeal with which he served his country in Parliament, and the -indefatigable application, great skill, and nice integrity, with which he -discharged the trust of a Commissioner of Customs for many years. Nor was -she less eminent for her ingenuity, with sincere love of her friends, and -constancy in religious worship. But as charity and benevolence were the -distinguishing parts of their characters, so were they most conspicuously -displayed by the last act of their lives: a pious and charitable -institution, by him designed and ordered, and by her completed to the -glory of God, and for a bright example to mankind; the endowment whereof -is a rent-charge of one hundred and eighty pounds a-year, issuing out of -lands in Somersetshire, and of which, one hundred and sixty pounds a year -are to be ever applied, from 24th June, 1726, to the educating eight young -gentlewomen, who are so born, and whose parents are of the Church of -England, whose parents or friends will undertake to provide them with -decent apparel; and after the death of the said Mrs. Godolphin, and -William Godolphin, Esq., her nephew, such as have neither father or -mother; which said young gentlewomen are not to be admitted before they -are eight years old, nor to be continued after the age of nineteen, and -are to be brought up in the city of New Sarum, or some other town in the -county of Wilts, under the care of some prudent governess or -schoolmistress, a communicant of the Church of England; and the overplus, -after an allowance of £5. a-year for collecting the said rent-charge, is -to be applied to binding out one or more poor children apprentices, whose -parents are of the Church of England. In perpetual memory whereof Mrs. -Frances Hall, executrix to her aunt, Mrs. Godolphin, has, according to her -will, and by her order, caused this inscription to be engraven on their -monument, 1772." - -The next is a neat tablet, in memory of the Rev. EDWARD SMEDLEY, A.M., -Rector of Powderham, and of North Bovey, in the county of Devon, and from -1774 to 1820, one of the Ushers of Westminster School; born Nov. 5, 1750, -died August 6, 1825. Also of HANNAH, his wife, daughter of George Bellas, -Esq.; born August 21, 1754, died October 17, 1824. This tablet is erected -by their surviving children. - - "To you, dear names, these filial thanks we give, - For more than life, for knowledge how to live-- - For many a rule with holy wisdom fraught, - And works embodying the creed you taught; - For faith triumphant, tho' the lips which told - Its glowing lessons, now, alas! are cold; - Faith, which proclaiming that the dead but sleep, - Invites us home to those whom here we weep." - ---_Westmacott, jun., sculptor._ - -On the left is a tablet with a coat of arms over, and a music-book under -it:--"Near this place are deposited the remains of BENJAMIN COOKE, Doctor -in Music of the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge, and Organist and -Master of the Choristers of this Collegiate Church for above thirty years. -He departed this life on the 14th of September, 1793, and in the -fifty-ninth year of his age." - -ENOCH HAWKINS, Esq., Gentleman of her Majesty's Chapel Royal, and Vicar -Choral of this Collegiate Church, who died on the 9th January, 1847, aged -fifty. - -Upon a tablet that has emblems of music,--"To the memory of JAMES -BARTLEMAN, formerly a Chorister and Lay-Clerk of Westminster Abbey, and -Gentleman of his Majesty's Royal Chapel. He was born the 19th of -September, 1769, died the 15th of April, 1821, and was buried in this -Cloister, near his beloved master, Dr. Cooke." - -In this walk is erected a monument to W. BUCHAN, M.D., author of the -Domestic Medicine, who died in 1805. - -A tablet with inscriptions, to Mr. JOHN BROUGHTON, and his wife Elizabeth; -she died in 1714, and himself in 1789. Also R. MONK, Esq., died in 1831; -his wife CATHERINE, 1832. - -"WILLIAM WOOLLETT, born August 22, 1735, died May 22, 1785." The genius of -engraving is represented handing down to posterity the works of painting, -sculpture, and architecture. A monument with his bust on the top. - -Near to this will be seen a tablet in memory of ELIZABETH WOODFALL, -younger daughter of the late Henry Sampson Woodfall, having lived many -years in Dean's Yard, contiguous to the Abbey, and died 12th February, -1862, at the age of ninety-three. - -Having exceeded the bounds at first intended, we shall conclude in the -words of an ingenious writer on the subject of this Abbey:--"I have -wandered," says he, "with pleasure into the most gloomy recesses of this -last resort of grandeur, to contemplate human life, and trace mankind -through all the wilderness of their frailties and misfortunes, from their -cradles to their graves. I have reflected on the shortness of our duration -here, and that I was but one of the millions who had been employed in the -same manner, in ruminating on the trophies of mortality before me; that I -must moulder to dust in the same manner, and quit the scene to a new -generation, without leaving the shadow of my existence behind me; that -this huge fabric, the sacred depository of fame and grandeur, would only -be the stage for the same performances; would receive new accessions of -noble dust; would be adorned with other sepulchres of cost and -magnificence; would be crowded with successive admirers; and, at last, by -the unavoidable decays of time, bury the whole collection of antiquities -in general obscurity, and be the monument of its own ruin." - - - - -The Chapter House and Ancient House of Commons. - - -On the left as you enter the Chapter House is a stone coffin which was -found on the removal of the accumulated earth and rubbish which for many -years had hidden the lower parts of the buttresses of the north side of -the building; some ancient walls of considerable extent were discovered, -and about five or six feet below the surface an ancient stone coffin was -brought to light. It possesses great interest from its being the only -Roman remains yet discovered. One side of it is beautifully wrought, with -a sunk panel, having at each end the conventional Roman ornament called -the Amazon shield, while the panel itself is occupied with the following -inscription, in the best style of the old Roman lettering-- - - +-------------------------------+ - | MEMORIAE·VALER·AMAN | - | DINI·VALERI·SVPERVEN | - |TOR·ET·MARCELLVS·PATRI·FE[CE]R.| - +-------------------------------+ - -from which it appears to show that it is in memory of one Valerius -Amandinus, and that his two sons made it to his honour. The lid is wrought -with a slight cope, having a Maltese cross, terminating at the foot with a -trefoil. There can be no doubt that the coffin once contained the body of -this Valerius, which was afterwards displaced for the reception of an -ecclesiastic, when the old lid was made in its present shape. The date of -the first interment may be ascribed to the 3rd century, while the latter -may belong to the 12th century. The skeleton within the coffin is in good -preservation, considering the great lapse of time. There was nothing to -indicate the rank of the ecclesiastic, for such he probably was; but he -must have been a tall man, of great vigour, and barely of middle age. - -The Chapter House of Westminster was built in 1250, by Henry III., on the -site of the earlier Chapter House belonging to the Abbey, as founded by -Edward the Confessor. It was, from its beauty, called "The Incomparable -Chapter House." It has been used for three purposes. - -I. It was the chamber in which the Abbot and Monks, in the times of the -ancient monastery, held their "Chapter," or meeting for discussion and -business; their meetings were held once a week. The Abbot and the four -chief officers of the convent sat in the ornamented stalls opposite the -entrance. The Monks sat on the stone seats round. The culprits, if there -were any, knelt to receive their judgment before the Abbot's seat, and -were scourged before the central pillar. - -II. Almost from the time of its first erection, it was used for the -sittings of the House of Commons. The House of Commons came into existence -in 1265, and at first sat in Westminster Hall with the House of Lords; but -in 1282 they parted, and from that time for nearly 300 years its meetings -were held in the precincts of Westminster Refectory (now destroyed), but -usually in the Chapter House, which was lent to the Commons by the Abbot -for that purpose. The Speaker probably sat in the Abbot's stall, and the -Members of Parliament in the seats of the Monks, and on the floor of the -house. To the central pillar were attached placards and notices relating -to the business or the conduct of the Members. Here were the debates on -all the Acts of Parliament, passed from the time of Edward I. till the -Reformation. There also were, from time to time, convened other assemblies -for special purposes. Henry V., in 1421, summoned a meeting of 60 Abbots -and Priors, and 300 Monks to discuss the reform of the Benedictine order; -and Wolsey, as Cardinal Legate, in 1523, summoned the convocations of -Canterbury and York, in order to be on a spot beyond the jurisdiction of -the Archbishop of Canterbury. The last Parliament which is known to have -sat here was that which was assembled on the last day of the reign of -Henry VIII. It will be seen that this building, from having for three -centuries been the seat of the House of Commons, has been the scene of the -chief acts which laid the foundation of civil and religious liberty of -England, and was the cradle of representative and constitutional -government, of Parliament, Legislative Chambers, and Congress throughout -the world. - -III. On the dissolution of the Ancient Monastery in 1540, the Chapter -House passed into the possession of the Crown; from that time the Dean and -Chapter of Westminster have held their meetings in the Jerusalem Chamber. -In 1547, the first year of Edward VI., the House of Commons was -transferred to the Chapel of St. Stephen in the Palace of Westminster, in -which they remained till it was burned down in 1834. From that time till -1863 the Chapter House was used as the depository of the public records. -During this period it was fitted up with book-shelves, which disfigured -and concealed its beauties; its roof was taken down; its windows were -filled up; and it was divided into two stories. In 1865, after the removal -of the records to the Rolls House, in the 800th anniversary of the -foundation of the Chapter House, in the 600th anniversary of the House of -Commons, which it had so long sheltered, its restoration was undertaken at -the request of the Society of Antiquaries, by Mr. Gladstone, as Chancellor -of the Exchequer, and by Mr. Cowper Temple, as First Commissioner of -Works, and the requisite sum granted by Parliament for the repairs, which, -under Mr. Gilbert Scott, have restored it as nearly as possible to its -original state. The roof has been entirely rebuilt. The paintings, which -were concealed by the book-shelves, are now disclosed; those at the east -end, over the stalls of the Abbot and his four chief officers, are of the -14th century, and represent seraphs round the Throne of the Saviour. Those -round the walls were painted in the 15th century, by one of the monks of -the convent, named John of Northampton, and represent scenes from the -Revelation of St. John, with pictures of fishes, birds, and beasts -underneath. The figures on each side of the entrance, representing the -Angel and the Virgin Mary, are ancient. The central figure is modern, but -represents what was formerly there. The tiles on the floor, covered with -curious heraldic emblems, are also now seen for the first time. The -tracery of the windows has been restored after the model of the one which -had been left uninjured on the northwest side. It still remains for them -to be filled with stained glass, according to the original design. - - - - -INDEX. - - - Abbey founded, 3 - - ---- rebuilt and endowed, 4 - - ---- pulled down and enlarged, 4 - - ---- Admission, Hours, &c. of, 2 - - Aberdeen, Earl of, 54 - - Addison, Joseph, 28, 101 - - Agar, Doctor, 69 - - Aiton, Sir Robert, 20 - - Albemarle, Dukes of, 24, 30 - - ---- Duchess of, 24 - - Alfred, Prince, 25 - - Altar Decoration, 12 - - Amelia, Princess, 25 - - André, Major, 91 - - Anne, Queen, James II.'s Daughter, 24 - - ---- Princess, 25 - - ---- Queen of James I., 27 - - ---- Queen of Richard II., 36 - - ---- Queen of Richard III., 113 - - Anstey, Christopher, 107 - - Argyle, Duke of, 28, 104 - - Arnold, Dr. Samuel, 64 - - Athelgoda, Queen of King Sebert, 11 - - Atkyns, Edward, and Sons, 103 - - - Bagenall, Nicholas, 19 - - Baillie, Dr. Matthew, 45 - - Baker, John, 71 - - Balchen, Admiral, 59 - - Banks, Thomas, 73 - - Bankes, Cornet W. G. Hawtrey, 53 - - Barnard, Bishop, 37 - - ---- Major-Gen. Sir H. W., 53 - - Barrow, Isaac, D.D., 101 - - Barry, Sir Charles, 80 - - Bartleman, James, 123 - - Barton, Samuel, D.D., 114 - - Bath, Earl of, 32 - - Beauclerk, Lord, 61 - - Beaufoy, Mrs., 73 - - Beaumont, Francis, 115 - - Belasyse, Sir Henry, 30 - - Bell, Dr. Andrew, 98 - - Bentall, Harriet, 120 - - Bentinck, Archdeacon, 9 - - Beresford, Lieutenant, 41 - - Beverley, Countess of, 18 - - Bill, Dr. William, 11 - - Billson, Dr., 12 - - Bingham, Sir Richard, 93 - - Birch, Martha, 113 - - Blackwood, Sir Henry, 55 - - Blair and Bayne, Captains, 51 - - Blanch of the Tower, 14 - - Blois, Gervasius de, 118 - - Blow, John, Doc. Mus., 65 - - Bohun, Hugh de, and Mary, Grandchildren to Edward I., 38 - - Booth, Barton, 111 - - Boulter, Archbishop, 62 - - Bourchier, Lord, 32 - - Bourgchier, Sir Humphrey, 15 - - Bovey, Katherine, 86 - - Bradford, Bishop, 62 - - Bringfield, Colonel, 73 - - Brocas, Sir Bernard, 15 - - Bromley, Sir Thomas, 31 - - Broughton, John and Wife, 123 - - Browne, Thomas, 42 - - Brunel, I. K., 73 - - Bryan, Captain, 65 - - Buchan, Dr., 123 - - Buckingham, Countess of, 20 - - ---- Dukes of, 27 - - ---- Duchess of, 27 - - Buckland, Very Rev. W., D.D., 86 - - Buller, Right Hon. C., 56 - - Burland, Sir John, 97 - - Burleigh, Lady, 19 - - Burney, Dr. Charles, LL.D., 95 - - ---- Chas. Mus. D., 64 - - Busby, Richard, D.D., 114 - - Butler, Samuel, 110 - - Buxton, Sir Thomas Fowell, 63 - - Byrcheston, Abbot, 119 - - - Campbell, Sir Archibald, 102 - - ---- Sir James, 102 - - ---- Thomas, LL.D., 107 - - Camden, William, 99 - - Canning, George, 49 - - Canning, Lord, 49 - - Cannon, Robert, D.D., 87 - - Carew, Baron, and Lady, 19 - - Carey, Thomas, 38 - - ---- Henry, Baron of Hunsdon, 38 - - Caroline, Queen, 25 - - ---- Princess, 25 - - Carteret, Philip, 70 - - ---- Edward de, 70 - - ---- Elizabeth, Lady, 68 - - Casaubon, Isaac, 100 - - Catling, John, 120 - - Cecil, Lady, 18 - - Chamberlain, Hugh, M.D., 63 - - Chapel of St. Benedict, 10 - - ---- St. Edmund, 13 - - ---- St. Nicholas, 18 - - ---- Henry VII., 21, 117 - - ---- St. Paul, 30 - - ---- St. Edward (& Shrine), 33 - - ---- St. John, 40 - - ---- Islip, Abbot, 40 - - ---- St. John the Evangelist, 42 - - ---- St. Andrew, 42 - - ---- St. Michael, 42 - - Chardin, Sir John, 90 - - Charles II., 24 - - Chatham, Earl of, 51 - - Chaucer, Geoffrey, 111 - - Cherbury, Baron of, 16 - - Children of Henry III. & Edw. I., 12 - - Choir, New, 5 - - Cholmondeley, Viscount & Sons, 71 - - Churchill, George, 92 - - Clanrickard, Countess of, 75 - - Claypole, Elizabeth, 28 - - Cleves, Ann of, 113 - - Clifford, Lady, 18 - - Clyde, Lord, 80 - - Cobden, Richard, 57 - - Colchester, William of, 39 - - Conduit, John, 81 - - Congreve, William, 84 - - Cook, Benjamin, Doc. Mus., 122 - - Cooke, Captain Edward, 43 - - Cooper, Ensign Lovick Emilius, 53 - - Coote, Sir Eyre, 55 - - Cornewall, Captain, 82 - - Coronation Chairs, 36 - - Cottington, Lord and Lady, 32 - - Cottrell, Clement, 89 - - Courayer, Peter Francis, 118 - - Courcy, Almericus de, 66 - - Cowley, Abraham, 112 - - Coxe, Sir Richard, 100 - - Craggs, Secretary, 83 - - Creed, Richard, Major, 92 - - ---- Richard, Lieutenant, 93 - - Crewe, Lady Juliana, 37 - - ---- Jane, 37 - - Crispinus, Geslebertus, 118 - - Croft, William, Doc. Mus., 65 - - Crokesley, Abbot, 17 - - Crouchback, Edmund, 40 - - Cumberland, Dukes of, 25 - - - D'Almade, Henry, 37 - - Dalrymple, William, 97 - - Daubeny, Lord, and Lady, 31 - - Davenant, Sir William, 114 - - Davidson, Susannah Jane, 44 - - Davis, Colonel, 75 - - Davy, Sir Humphrey, 43 - - Denham, Sir James Stewart, 70 - - Dickens, Charles, 105 - - Dimensions, 4, 22, 118 - - Dodd, James William, 119 - - Dorchester, Viscount, 32 - - Douglas, Lady Margaret, 22 - - Draiton, Michael, 110 - - Dryden, John, 113 - - Dudley, William de, 19 - - Dunbar, Viscount, 69 - - Duppa, Bishop, 41 - - ---- Sir Thomas, 67 - - Duroure, Scipio and Alexander, 120 - - - Eastney, Abbot, 41 - - Editha, Qn. to Edward the Confessor, 34 - - Edward the Confessor, 38 - - ---- I., 37 - - ---- III., and Children, 35 - - ---- V., 29 - - ---- VI., 26, 28 - - Edwardes, Sir H., 58 - - Egerton, James, 76 - - ---- Penelope, 75 - - Eland, Lady, 39 - - Eleanor, Queen to Edward I., 34 - - Elizabeth, Queen, 29 - - ---- Princess, 25 - - ---- of Bohemia, 23 - - Eltham, John of, 13 - - Essex, Countess of, 32 - - Evremond, Lord of St., 108 - - Exeter, Earl of, 39 - - - Fairborne, Sir Palmes, 90 - - Fairholm, Sophia, 97 - - Fane, Sir George, and Lady, 19 - - Fascet, Abbot, 39 - - Ferne, Bishop, 17 - - Filding, Ann, 89 - - Fire, 4 - - Fleming, James, 88 - - Fletcher, Lieutenant-Colonel, 77 - - Folkes, Martin, 93 - - Follett, Sir William Webb, 54 - - Forbes, Benjamin and Richard, 46 - - Fox, Right Hon. Charles James, 76 - - Frederick William, Prince, 25 - - Freke, Elizabeth and Judith, 96 - - Friend, John, M.D., 84 - - Fullerton, Sir James, and Lady, 31 - - - Galofre, Sir John, 12 - - Garrick, David, 99 - - Gay, John, 105 - - Gell, William Egerton, 121 - - George II., 25 - - ---- Prince, 24 - - Gethin, Grace, 96 - - Gifford, William, 99 - - Gloucester, Duke of, 23, 36 - - ---- Duchess of, 16 - - Godolphin, Earl, 90 - - ---- Charles, and Wife, 121 - - Goldsmith, Oliver, M.D., 104 - - Goodman, Gabriel, D.D., 10 - - Grabe, John Ernest, 99 - - Gray, Thomas, 109 - - Grote, George, 99 - - Guest, General, 59 - - - Hales, Stephen, D.D., 100 - - Halifax, Earls of, 28, 58 - - ---- Marquis of, 29 - - Handel, George Frederick, 102 - - Hanway, Jonas, 57 - - Harbord, Sir Charles, 89 - - Hardy, Sir Thomas, 81 - - Hargrave, General, 89 - - Harley, Anna Sophia, 19 - - Harpedon, Sir John, 42 - - Harrison, John, Rear Admiral, 98 - - Harsnet, Carola, 88 - - Hastings, Warren, 56 - - Hatton, Sir Christopher, 40 - - Haule, Robert, slain in the Choir, 115 - - Hawkes, Walter, 120 - - Hawkins, Enoch, 123 - - Henry III., 34 - - ---- VII. and his Queen, 25 - - ---- of Monmouth, 35 - - ---- Prince of Wales, 23 - - Herbert, Edward, 72 - - Herries, Charles, 88 - - Hertford, Countess of, 10 - - Hervey and Hutt, Captains, 75 - - Heskett, Sir Thomas, and Lady, 63 - - Heylin, Peter, D.D., 68 - - Hill, Jane, 72 - - Holland, Baron, 77 - - Holles, Francis, 14 - - Holles, Sir George, 43 - - Holmes, Admiral, 33 - - Hope, Admiral Sir G., 77 - - ---- Brigadier the Hon. Adrian, 53 - - ---- General, 57 - - ---- Mary, 103 - - Horneck, Dr., 114 - - ---- William, 78 - - Horner, Francis, 56 - - Howe, Lord Viscount, 87 - - Hunter, John, 73 - - Hyde, Ann, Wife of James II., 23 - - - Ingram, Sir Thomas, 20 - - Ireland, Dean, 87, 99 - - Islip, Abbot, 40 - - - James I., 27 - - James, Dame Mary, 63 - - Johnstone, George Lindsay, 69 - - Jonson, Ben, 110 - - Julius, Captain William, 92 - - - Kane, Richard, 62 - - Keble, John, 83 - - Kemble, John, 44 - - Kempenfelt, Admiral, 46 - - Kendall, Mrs., 39 - - ---- James, 94 - - Kerry, Earl and Countess of, 45 - - Kildare, Countess of, 11 - - Killigrew, Robert, 73 - - King, William, 96 - - Kirk, Percy, 62 - - Kirton, Abbot, 45 - - ---- Ann, 43 - - Kneller, Sir Godfrey, 96 - - Knights of the Bath, installation of, 24 - - Knipe, Thomas, 95 - - ---- Captains John and Robert, 96 - - Knollys, Lady, 14 - - - Lake, Colonel, 77 - - Lancaster, Countess of, 40 - - Langham, Archbishop, 10 - - Laurence, William, 120 - - Laurentius, Abbot, 118 - - Lawrence, General, 75 - - Legendary Sculptures, 36 - - Le Neve, Richard, 68 - - Levinz, William, 74 - - Lewis, Sir George Cornewall, 55 - - Ligonier, Field-Marshal Lord, 47 - - Livingstone, Doctor, 80 - - Locke, Joseph, R.A., 70 - - Londonderry, Marquis of, 52 - - Londonderry, Lady, 120 - - Lort, Sir Gilbert, 47 - - Loten, John Gideon, 72 - - Louisa, Princess, 25 - - Lytton, Edward Bulwer, 17 - - - Macaulay, Lord, 102 - - ---- Zachary, 78 - - Macintosh, Sir J., 76 - - Mackenzie, Hon. James Stuart, 104 - - Macleod, Lieutenant-Colonel, 30 - - Malcolm, Sir John, 48 - - Manners, Lord, 51 - - Manningham, General Coote, 58 - - Mansell, Thomas, 72 - - ---- Edward, 72 - - Mansfield, William, Earl, 52 - - Margaret, Edward IV.'s Daughter, 36 - - Markham, William, 121 - - Mary I., Queen, 29 - - ---- II., 24 - - ---- Queen of Scots, 23 - - Mary, Daughter of James I., 29 - - Mason, William, 109 - - Matilda, Queen of England, 34 - - Maurice, Frederick Denison, 38 - - Mead, Richard, M.D., 71 - - Methuen, John, 95 - - ---- Sir Paul, 95 - - Mexborough, Countess of, 39 - - Middlesex, Earl of, 11 - - Millyng, Bishop, 39 - - Milton, John, 109 - - Miserere, description of, 24 - - Monck, Bishop, 14 - - Monk, Bishop, 65 - - ---- R., and Wife, 123 - - Montague, Captain, 76 - - ---- Edward Wortley, 121 - - Montpensier, Duke of, 27 - - Moorsom, Capt. William Robert, 53 - - Morgan, William, 72 - - Mountrath, Earl and Countess of, 45 - - Murray, Sir Robert, 114 - - - Newcastle, Dukes of, 49, 50 - - Newton, Sir Isaac, 78 - - Nightingale, J. Gascoigne, & Lady, 43 - - Norris, Lord, 44 - - North Aisle, 63 - - ---- Transept, 47 - - North-west Tower, 76 - - Northumberland, Duchess of, 20 - - Novello, Vincent, 47 - - - Octavius, Prince, 25 - - Organ, 5 - - Oughton, Sir James, 41 - - Outram, William, D.D., 101 - - ---- General, 87 - - Owen, Thomas, 94 - - Oxford, Countess of, 19 - - - Painted Glass, 9, 53, 73, 115 - - Palmerston, Lord, 51, 52 - - Paoli, Pasquale de, 94 - - Parry, Sir Thomas, 42 - - Pearce, Bishop, 85 - - Pecksall, Sir Richard, 15 - - Peel, Right Hon. Sir R., 47 - - Pembroke, Earl of, 16, 40 - - Perceval, Right Hon. Spencer, 71 - - Phillippa, Queen, 35 - - Phillips, John, 111 - - Pitt, Right Hon. William, 51, 81 - - Plenderleath, Dr. John, 67 - - Pocock, Sir George, 43 - - Pollock, Sir George, 80 - - Popham, Colonel, 38 - - Preston, George, 121 - - Price, Martha, 75 - - Prideaux, Sir Edmund, and Wife, 68 - - Priestman, Henry, 71 - - Pringle, Sir John, 100 - - Prior, Matthew, 108 - - Pritchard, Mrs., 106 - - Puckering, Sir John, 31 - - Pulpit, 80 - - Pulteney, Daniel, 118 - - Purcell, Henry, 65 - - Pym, John, 33 - - - Radley, Bridget, 90 - - Raffles, Sir Thomas Stamford, 65 - - Rennell, Major, 78 - - Reredos, New, 6 - - Richard II., 36 - - Richardson, Sir Thomas, 98 - - Richmond, Duke of, 26 - - ---- Duchess of, 26 - - ---- Countess of, 23 - - Roberts, Humphrey, 42 - - ---- John, 112 - - Robinson, Sir Thomas and Lady, 103 - - Robinson, Sir Lumley, 84 - - Ross, Lady, 20 - - Rowe, Nicholas and Daughter, 105 - - Rupert, Prince, 23 - - Russel, Lady, 14 - - ---- Lord, and Son, 15 - - Ruthall, Bishop, 39 - - - St. John, Lady, 19 - - Sandwich, Earl of, 30 - - Sanderson, Sir William, 59 - - Saunders, Clement, 48 - - Sausmarez, Captain Philip de, 64 - - Scott, Grace, 48 - - Screen at the back of the Organ, 78 - - Sebert, King, 11 - - Seymour, Lady Jane, 14 - - Shadwell, Thomas, 109 - - Shakspeare, 106 - - Sharp, Granville, 108 - - Shovel, Sir Cloudesley, 96 - - Shrewsbury, Earl of, and Lady, 15 - - Siddons, Mrs., 44 - - Smedley, Rev. Edward and Wife, 122 - - ---- Francis, 121 - - Smith, John, 88 - - Somerset, Duchess of, 18, 44 - - Sophia, Daughter of James I., 29 - - South Aisle, 83 - - ---- Transept, 99 - - South, Robert, D.D., 113 - - Southey, Robert, 107 - - Spelman, Sir Henry, 20 - - Spencer, Edmund, 110 - - Spotswood, Archbishop, 11 - - Sprat, Bishop, 20, 84 - - ---- Archdeacon, 20, 85 - - ---- George, 11 - - Stafford, Earls of, 13, 14 - - ---- Countess of, 14, 16 - - Stag, Motto on a, 101 - - Stained Glass Windows, 53 - - Stanhope, Earls of, 79 - - ---- Charles Banks, 78 - - Stanley, Lady Augusta, 21 - - Stanley, Sir Humphrey, 18 - - Staunton, Sir George, 67 - - Stephenson, Robert, 70, 80 - - Stepney, George, 95 - - Stewart, Arabella; 23 - - ---- Captain John, 72 - - Storr, Admiral, 47 - - Strode, General, 92 - - Stuart, Hon. Sir Charles, 46 - - ---- Esme, heart of, 26 - - Suffolk, Duchess of, 14 - - Sussex, Countess of, 32 - - Sutton, Rev. E. L., 67 - - Sword and Shield, 36 - - - Taylor, Sir Robert, 99 - - Telford, Thomas, 45 - - Temple, Diana, 89 - - Teviot, Viscount, 69 - - Thackeray, W., 102 - - Thomas, Bishop, 86 - - Thomson, James, 106 - - Thornburgh, Gilbert, 71 - - Thynne, Capt. William Frederick, 53 - - ---- Thomas, murdered, 92 - - Thynne, William, 98 - - Tierney, George, 77 - - Tompion and Graham, 80 - - Totty, Admiral, 45 - - Townshend, Colonel, 90 - - Trigge, General Sir Thomas, 93 - - Triplett, Thomas, D.D., 101 - - Tudor, Elizabeth, 34 - - Tufton, Richard, 17 - - Twysden, Heneage, 74 - - Tyrrell, Admiral, 85 - - - Usher, Archbishop, 33 - - - Valence, William de, 16 - - Valois, Katharine, 20 - - Vaughan, Sir Thomas, 38 - - Vaults, Royal, 25, 26 - - Vere, Sir Francis, 43 - - Vernon, Admiral, 50 - - Vialls, Thomas, 119 - - Villettes, Lieutenant-General, 46 - - Villiers, Sir George, 20 - - Vincent, Hannah, 47 - - ---- William, 114 - - Vitalis, Abbot, 118 - - - Wade, General, 87 - - Wager, Admiral, 51 - - Waldeby, Robert de, 16 - - Wales, Prince and Princess of, 25 - - Walpole, Lady, 24 - - Walsh, General, 119 - - Waltham, Bishop, 37 - - Warren, Sir Peter, 48 - - ---- Bishop, and Lady, 54, 60 - - Watson, Admiral, 59 - - Watt, James, 31 - - Watts, Isaac, D.D., 94 - - Webber, Edward Augustus, 121 - - Wemyss, Ann, 97 - - Wesley, John and Charles, 95 - - West, Admiral, 68 - - West End of the Nave, 78 - - Westmoreland, Countess of, 69 - - Wetenhall, Edward, M.D., 100 - - Wharton, Henry, 83 - - Whytell, Ann, 72 - - Wilberforce, William, 66 - - Willcocks, Bishop, 85 - - William III., 24 - - Williams, Charles, 69 - - Wilson, Sir A. and Lady, 73 - - Winchester, Marchioness of, 19 - - Windsor, William of, 14 - - ---- John of, 33 - - Wintringham, Sir Clifton, 57 - - Wolfe, General, 41 - - Woodfall, Elizabeth, 123 - - Woodford, Lieut.-Col. 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