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TE ORAS Aa tara Te ae AACR SST 00 0 a TENA rar 995 In the Chapel of St. Joun the Evangelist, T the entrance into this Chapel, and under thé Screen which enclofes it from the Area, are two ancient Mo- numents of Freeftone, rais'd four foot from the Ground ; on that on the right-hand, is, the Image of an Abbat in his Mafs-Habit, curioufly fculp’d in Brafs, N°. 67. which being the Tomb of Jobs de Effney, Abbat of this Convent ; fee it particularly defcrib'd in the Lives of the Abbats. The Monument on the left-hand bears the Figure of a Knight arm’d, {culp’d as the former, refting his Feet on d Lyon, and his Head on a Greyhound. There has been an Inícription, but itis now torn from the Ledge, excepting thefe Words, Menfis Maij ----...... under which, the Regifter of this Church informs us, lies buried Sir Fohu Herpedon, Kt. who died Anno 1457. of whom I can inform you no farther, On the North fide of which Tomb, and within the Chapel, is a large Tomb of Freeftone, with a Brafs Infcription round the Ledge; on which Were, in Brafs Plates, feveral Efcutcheons and Verfes, now torn away. Under this is buried Sir Thomas Parry, Kt. Treafuret of the Houfhold, Mafter of the Court of Wards and Liveries, who died the 1 5. of Decemb. 1560. Anno 2 Eliz. as the Infcription on Brafs round the Tornb expreffes it, Hic jacet Thomas Parry Miles Thefaurarius bofpitii ac magiffer curia Wardorum 62. liberationum Elizabeth Regine, Obiit 15 Decemb, A, D, 1560. 3s dj B Againft 2 2 The Hiftory of. St.Petex’s Wefnüntter. Vol. II. Againft the Eaft Wall, on a Bafis bearing in Relievo the Siege of a Town, is a Sta* tue in a Roman Habit, with a Battoon and Shield, one of the Eyes fabl'd as if loft; and on each fide that Pedeftal a Pallas curioufly carvd. This Monument, which; fee N°. 68. was erected to Sir George Holles, Nephew to Sir Francis Vere, at whofe Feet he lies, and Brother to Jobs, Earl of Clare: His Epitaph mentions his being Major General in the Netherlands, with his Uncle Sir Francis; and that he died 14. Kal, of January 1626. being Aged fifty Years three Months and four Days. Iw the mid'ft of this Chapel is a Monumental Table as engrav'd N. coverd with a Coat Armour, fupported on the Shoulders of four Knights kneeling, uns der which lies the Effigies of Sir Francis Vere, Knight, in a Gown, on a Quilt of Alabafter. A Gentleman of fingular Character both for Arms and Letters, of the firft, his being train'd up from his Youth in the Camp, being thirty Years in the State's Service, and twenty Years the Queen's General over the Englifh, are fufficient proofs; and for the fecond_his learn'd and excellent Commentaries will-witnels. Hg died 28. of 4ug.1608. On the Bafis of the Tomb, being black polifh’d Marble, is this Infcription in Letters of Gold 5 “ Francifco Vero. Equiti *« aurato Galfredi F. Jobannis Comitis Oxonie nepoti, Brielic & Port{muthe pra- « {e&to, Anglicarum copiarum in Belgio du&ori fummo; Elizabetha Uxor viro « chariflimo, quocum conjundtiffime vixit, hoc fupremum amoris & fidei con- ** jugalis monumentum meeftiffima & cum lacrymis gemens, pofut. Obit 28 « die Augufli, An. falutis 1608. JEtatis fux 54. Near the Tomb of his Anceftor lies buried Aubery de Vere, the laft Earl of Oxford of that Name, which had continu’d from the Conqueft in that Earldom, and for the moft part retain'd the Chriftian Name. He was Lieutenant General of Her late Majefty's Forces, of.the Privy Council, and Knight of the Garter ; he dy'd March 12. 1702. without any Male Iffue, whereby that Earldom, with that of Earl Mortimore, were by the Queen conferr'd on the Right Honourable Robert Harley fivft Lord of thé Treafury. Inthe fame Place, on his left Side, lies his Lady Dianab, Countefs Dowager of Oxford, fhe was interr'd here on the 16th day of April 1719. in a Coffin of Lead. And on her left-hand is a Stone Coffin, but the Owner of it is doubtful. Near the foot of Holes is the late Duke of Newcaflle's Graveftone, with the Infcription ; Of whom, when we come to his Monument in the North- Crofs, the next or middlemoft of the three, now one with them, and looking to the IN. Area, is the CGuarzrrof St. Micnakr. N the Eaft fide of this Chapel was fometime fince, a Monument of Ala- bafter and Marble, reprefenting the Effigies of a Lady in a Ruff and the Eligabeth-Drefs, cumbent, and refting on her right-hand, with two Children kneeling by her. This Monument, which, in repairing the Church, has, not- withfanding the utmoft Care, been broken to pieces, was ereCted with intent to perpetuate the Memory of Catharine Lady St. obe, who died 1614. the Epitaph is thus: Catherina Domina St. John filia Gulielmi Dormer de Eithorpe, Equitis Aurati vidua Johannis Baronis St. John de Bletnefto cui peperit Oliverim filiolum tenella etate defunctum, i9 Annam Uxorem Gulielmi Domini Howard de Effing- ham, primogeniti filii Caroli Comitis Nottinghamiz Anglix Thefaurarii, We. cum mors fit certa, 49 pofterum cura iucerta, mortalitatis. memor, certiffima fpe in Chrifto refurgendi boc fibi Monumentum vivens pofuit, Obiit die 13. Menfis Martii Anno falutis 1614. : PUER YN Sale xit. Ox GEORGIO HOLLES [Eq Anglo-Bsicclarits penatib.oriundo | [xerumr milicarsfic a pueritia dedito, jut caltror. Alumnus natti videretur] Qui pofiq, cuncta quae decere: nobilem ftrpendia in Belgia fecerat J| Jordin Ductor fuae Gentis fupremus| | | vulgo Sergeant Major Generalis. declaratus ett. | | Auguftzeq;Trinoban tum pacifice| | | excefsurus:Hic propter Fran | em] |Imper-fuum et confanguin.cui tamer | [periculis quam. fangume conjunctior| ambitu hone[Hfs.componi voluit, Joannes Fr. Comes de Clare Fr [meri&fsimo mosrenáfsimus £A. L. M. IL D. nL, NObXIrIL Kal. Tunij . A.D oen TT I | n T T | I TOL SHIT "m || illi » i Gron e ILL e, Ted Sotront d Page | J { i Se ear) S d ill [ Jl L ie Wa i | | i | Ki { | i i | ud i 4 1 uu ] I [ 19 r 1 j | NU IL Franc Fere t n J. Cole dte . | rers eed o a Ei ae eee ——— eS IGI ee Hit p74 perform’d many notable Exploits: but being difappointed by his Soldiers falling from him, he took it to heart and died at Bayon, on the Feaft of Penrecof], in the Year 1295, giving order on his Death-bed not to bury him till his Debts were paid; and was two Months after brought into England and interred here with great Solemnity. Harding fays he was flain at Bayon the fame time with C. 156s William of Valence, upon what authority I know not. Thefe three Tombs for- merly inclos’d this fide of the Chancel, and make a glorious appearance from the Altar. On the Bafe of this Tomb towards the Area, is the remains of a curious, and perhaps the ancienteft Painting extant, but much defac’d, being ten Knights arm'd with Banners and furcoats of Arms, and crofsbelted, reprefenting undoubtedly his Expedition into the Holy-Land, the number fo ftutng what Matthew Paris fays, that there was Himfelf, Brother, four Earls, and four Ba- rons, of which fome may be difcover'd, as one with a Surcoat Checquee, répre- fenting, I fuppofe, the Lord Roger Clifford. ~The Annals of Waverly mention 4d.An.1270% William o£ Valence and Thomas de Clare; but they are not diftinguifhable, the co- lours on their Surcoats being loft. : Ow a {mall Monument of white Marble, adorn’d with an Urn, and affix d to the corner of St. Erafmus’s Chapel, ereCted to the Memory of Mrs. Curist1aN Ker, is this Infcription : ** Here lies the Body of Mrs. Chriftian Ker, the mott *€ defervedly belov’d Wife of William Ker of Chatto inthe County of Twigdale ** in Scotland, eldeft Daughter to Sir William Scot of Harden, Baronet, in the faid ©“ County. She departed this Life upon the 16th day of May in the 411t Year * of her Age, Anno Dom. 1694. On a Graveftone : *€ Here lies interr’d the Body of Rebecca Foliot, Daughter ** of the Right Honourable Henry Lord Foliot, who departed this Life Sept. 5. ** 1693. the eleventh Year of her Age. : On the Pavement near the Graveftone of Bifhop Duppa, and at the Feet of the former, is a blue one with this Infcription : Jobannes Doughty, S.'T.P. bujus Ecclefic Prebendarius obiit xxv Dec. wporxxi. ZEratis fue xxv. This Gentleman, who was a Friend of the Bifhops, was born at Martley in Worceflerfhire, was Fellow of Merton-College Oxon 1619. afterwards Chaplain Athen.Ozon to the Earl of Northumberland, prefented by his (College to the Rectory of Lapworth in Warwickfbire; but upon breaking out of the Grand Rebellion he left all and retir’d to the King at Oxford, where he was ( by Bilhop Duppa ) preferr'd to be Lecturer to St. Edmund's Church in that City ; after the Kings Forces were routed in the Weft he retir'd to London, and liv’d with Sir Natha- niel Brent in Little-Britain ; after the Reftauration he was made Prebend of this Church, Re&or of Cheam in Surry, and commencd Dr. in Divinity ; he liv’d to be childifh a fecond time by Age, and died at Weftminfter on Chriffmas-Day, as beforementioned, Koa) inns Een o Nor 15 The Hiflory of St. Pever’s Weftminfter. — Vol. IL. Nor far from the Chapel of St. Jobs Evangelif, and joining the bottom of Abbat Effaey's Tomb, are two old Graveftones plated with two Images of Monks of this Church, with thefe Infcriptions : On the one, O Deus, eterno donetur munere vite, Thomas Brown Monachus, junta fepulchra tenens, Illius bic Pietas rogat, boc te Jpe[que, fide[que, Te rogat hoc verus religiofus amor Surreptum monachi. fraterni deplangite mundo, Proque illo crebras fundite quefo preces. ; : AC pne ; j Libera me Domine, de morte eterna in die illa tremenda, cum coli movendé Junt, cum venerts judicare feculum per ignem. Domine ne memineris iniquitatem. noftrarum antiquarum, Tue other upon Humeurey Roserts, a Monk of this Church likewife; is as follows : Robertus Monachus. jacet Humphrey vocit atus, Quem dolit extinctum. veligio[a. cobors. Nam bonus, 9 prudens, Q9 Thefaurarins olim, Contulit buic (acro commoda multa loco. Virgine nate dea, Deus O! qui vota, prece[que Exaudis, famulum transfer ad aftra tuum. Obiit Idus Februarii 1508. Credo quod Redemptor meus vivit 47. in noviffimo die de terra refurre&urus [ums Q9 in carne mea videbo Deum falvatorem meum. Cito anticipent nos mifericordi« tue, quia pauperes faci fumus nimis. Somewhat lower than which, and nearer Henry VIL. Chapel, is another plated Graveftone with this Infcription : Hic jacet frater GuLizeLMus AMUNDISHAM quondam Monachus bujus Loci Receptor sofiri Canonici. — Qui obiit Anno Dom, 1420. Menfe Fulii Die decimo quarto ; cujus Anima propitietur Deus. Amen. Affix'd to a Pillar on the Eaft-fide St. Erafmus's Chapel-door, a Monument N°. 76. for Jane Crew, Daughter of Sir Yohn Poultney, Kt. and Wife to Sir Cloppesby Crew ; fhe died the 2d of Decemb. An. 1639, aged 30 Years, Ow the other fide one of the like Materials, with this Infcription : JuriaNaA Crew Virgo pientiffma, charifima 49 unica Filia Ranulphi 4e Crew Equitis Aurati, Regi Tribunalis Capitalis Sfufliciarii, ex Juliana de Clop- pelby conjuge, vetufle familie de Cloppelby im agro Norfolcienfi Coberede, [ux Jeepta, Redemptoris adventum bis expeétat. Vernante «tate in Patriam obiit 22. Apr, 1621. | ie. uliam Crew a moft pious young Lady, the deareft and only Daughter of Ralph de Crew, Kt. Chief Juftice of the King's-Bench, by Julian de Cloppesby his Wife, a Coheirefs of the ancient Family of Cloppesby in Norfolk, here expects her Redeemer's coming. She died in the Hower of her Age, on the 22d of April 1621. Under a Graveftone near it and at Dr. Doughty’s Feet, lies Joun Crew, of Crew in Chefbire, who died Anno 168: — "The Infcription thus : Depofitum honorabilis &9 admodum infignis viri Johannis Crew de Crew in Comitatu Ceftrix, Armigeri primogeniti Cloppefby Crew, Militis, qui püffimà in Domino obdormivit deciso tertio die Februari, Anno JEtatis [ue quinquage[fimo nono Anno Dom, 1683. ADjOIN- " m dGdMG re [DOMINA&. JANS, CREWE _ MATRI pietate,forma,pudicitia, JohannisAnnaRanulphi Cr infer’ paucas egregie ; ituni FILLS ET COHAREDIT ; , & Franciloz Crewe DJohannisPulmey | prima infintid premorfua & _deMistertonPuimey- confepul tie; in ComitiLecett; Militis; — OPTIMA: VXORT NEPTI [Amore et adurirationeVirfufum -NEip.JahauFortefou de Salden| ^ merensMaritus in CamitBudungs-milids | CLIPPESBY CREWE MILE, exMargeria filia; Hoc monumentum pofuit Obijt wtatis fue Anno trigelimo, feoundo die menfis : E = m NU n— "pe cor SS Here = Ties interrd e Affurance i in fu ofaGloriousRefürrectu WE fi: the Body oftheR'Hon. M 3s Tho .lrigramk- who fo 3 Penes Lava Sure = re ces to 4 ESTHERDELATOUR ESTUXERJ LA TOU DE GOUERNET, DE GOUERNET, - -Aname renowned in france! dem sh her excellent en! s of mind and Body} E Redes nach meee ae Mar ous; Was the belt of" Waves) j And [bon the widow of th Boat Lord Eland Eldalt Son of the Manquilf of Halificc Her | ae rer | e eriggiarDodlods ‘tollerParent | - Made her belov. oved of all, ; Se peels mother above all.Her-foul dus adorned. i- with heavenly Graces Shei ear]: [ to Heaven, | jzeddidit,Cotpus Hic And her Body t dene tumulo,Quentimininam Which ther zrischer(hezielf iolaris infandi mo allmoft buzyed.in laxows) As the leaft'mark of her B| unfpeakable griefsMadg: Ux EE year of her: the Chriftian RE 4 IImanDIITINUINMIEIEITIT- VOUP We Gor VINCE T ofer le lee & & Cole Seale QUA Y 7 P 4 72297222277 vo. Vol.H. The Hiffory of Si. Perer’s Weftminfter, AnpgoixiNG tothe Bafe of Henry III. Tomb lies buried Jouw Lord Vif- count Fitxbarding: On his Graveftone this Infcription ; “ Here licth the Body %& of John Fitzbarding Lord Vifcount Fitzharding of Bear-haven, and Baron Bel- & keley of Rathdown in the Kingdom of Ireland, he was one of the four Tel: *« lers of the Exchequer, and Treafurer of the Chamber to Her Majefty Queen t Anne, and Cuffos Rotulorum of Somerfetfhire. Who departed this Life the & 19. Day of Decemb. 1712. in the 634, Year of his Age. Under a Graveftone at his Feet lies his Lady. . On the oppofite fide the Area and near the Bafes of Ruthal and Colcheffer’s Tombs, is an old Graveftone plated with Brafs; reprefenting a Man, but much worn, for Jobs Wind[or, Nephew to Sir William of Wind[or, a famous Man in the Reign of King Edward UI. Lieutenant of Ireland, and who married to the famous Alice Perrers, the King’s reputed Miftrefs. — This ¥obn, who liv’d at Stanwel, had been a Soldier in his Youth, and was a great Commander in the Wars’ in Ireland, and in the Battle at Shrewsbury with HegryIV. but repenting him of his Bloodíhed, finifh’d his Life in Piety, and died in the 24 of Heary Vs on EaflersEve, viz. 7th of April 1414. The Infcription is thus in Latin Rhimes, In obitum JouaNNis WiwDsoni Epitaphium. Eff bis feptenus M. Chrifflo auater Annus, Velpera Pa[calis dum |eptima . x fit Aprilis, Tranfit e Mundo JOHANNES WIND*ORE, noniine notus; - Corde gemens "Mundo, confeffus crimin. tus, Fecerit heredem Gulielmus Avunculus iffum, Miles, 4 Armigerum, dignus de nomine dignum . Dum /|"venilis erat, bello multos perimebat ; Pofle" ranituit, 47? eorum Vulnera flevit ; Recutabens obiit, bic nunc in carcere quie[cit. Vivat «teruwm Spiritus ante Deum. "az next Monument in the Area, is a curious one of white Marble, repreé fenting a Lady on her Death-Bed, with Mourners weeping, done finely in Relieve; but the Light, (not being confulted in affixing it,) falls fo ftrongly on the Nofe of the dead Perfon that it reprefents it as a Dent, and intirely ruins the Beauty of the Face. This Monument which fee here reprefented N.;7. was for Efther de la Tour de Gouvernet, the Lord Eland's Lady ; {ee the Epitaph in Las tin and Englifh both on the Plate in the manner it ftands on the Monument, and in the Pavement is a Graveftone with the fame Infcription /iteratim. Near the fame Place is likewife buried the Lady EstHER, Marchionefs dé Gouvernet, Mother of the abovemention’d Lady; fhe dy'd Fuly 4. 1722. aged 86 Years, and was buried from the Zerufalem Chamber on Tuefday Fuly 10. Thefe two Ladies lie in a handfome Vault near the aforefaid Tomb, in which lies the Mother of the laft mention'd, and Grandmother of the firft: There is room for four Coffins remaining. Between Henry ML. Tomb and St. Pawl’s Chapel-door is a Graveftone thus anfcribd : ‘Sir Thomas Peyton of the County of Kent, died Feb, 11. 1683. And under it, on the fame Graveftone ; ‘ Here alfo lies Dame Catherine Longville, * Reit of Sir Thomas Longville of Wolverpton in the County of Bucks, Bart. * and fecond Daughter to Sir Thomas Peyton of Knowlton in Kent, Bart. died € Dec. 30. £715. aged 70, On a Graveftone adjoining; * Here lies Elizabeth Longville, Wife to William € Longville, Efq; of the Inner-Templé, London, and third Daughter to Sir Thomas : Peyton of Knowlton in Kent, Bart..died Jam. 14. 1715. aged 69. ——— D | Nos 15 9 The Hiflory of St. PEvEs s Weftminfter; Vol. II. Near them, but with no Infcription, lies William Longville, Efj; who died March 31. 1721. aged 21 Years, and was buried 3o. March. Ow a Graveftone near St. Paul's door ; ** Here lies the Body of George Wild, * Efq; lately a Member of the Honourable Houfe of Commons in Parliament, ** Son of George Wild, late Serjeant at Law, deceafed, and youngeft Brother of * Sobn Wild, Lord chief Baron of the Exchequer. Obiit1 y. die Fan.1649. In vitá bonef}. in lege 47 liceris erudit. in morte fortis Q2 piu. Tuts Wild who is here call’d Lord chief. Baron of the Exchequer, muft not be look'd on as a Judge, but an Executioner ; he being a Creature of Crommel’s Hift. Rebel. and made ufe of in all his bloody Defigns, and was the Perfon who barbaroufly ^^ condem'd Captain Burley for attempting the King's Efcape from the Ife of Wight, 1.2.31. and was the firft that hane’d a Man for High-Treafon in adhering to his Prince ; and foon after acquitted-Rolph for attempting to fhoot the King, for which, fays the Noble Hiltorian, this infamous Judge was made Chief Baron. The next Monument in the Area is at the corner of St. Nicholas Chapel, and néar the Steps to Henry VII. Chapel, it is of Alabafter and Marble, adorn’d with a neat Urn, erected for Sir Thomas Ingram, Kt. a famous Loyalift, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaffer and Privy-Counfellor to King Charles Yl. This Mon. fee N°. 78, with its Infcription, Oppofite to it, and fix'd to the corner of Henry V. Chapel, on this fide, as Gowvernet's is on t'other, and under Philippa’s Tomb, is a Monument of black Marble with a Bufto of Brafs gilt, for Sir Robert Aiton, Kt. a Perfon of great Virtue and Learning, efpecially in Poetry : he was Gentleman of the Privy-cham- ber to King James, and fent Legate into Germany to the Emperor; he died Anno 1638. Sce N79. : Arr1x’p to the Pillar dividing St. Nicholas’s from St. Edmund’s Chapel, is a Monument of Alabafter being a Bufto, gilt in fome places with Gold, erected for Richard Tufton, Efq; with this Epitaph: * Here lies the Body of Richard Tufton, Efq; third Son of Sir 5fobn Tufton of *« Hothfield in Kent, Knight and Baronet, by Chriffian Brown his Wife, one of * the Daughters and Coheirs of Sir Humphrey Brown, Knight, one of the Juttices « of the Common-Pleas, and Anne his Wife, Daughter to George Farl of Kent. “ Which Sir Fobn Tufton left Yffue married, by the aforefaid Cpriftian his Wife, “ Nicholas Baron of Tufton and Earl of Thanet, Humphrey Tufton, Knight, the ** aforefaid Richard Tufton, and William Tufton Baronet of Ireland, Cicely Coun- * tefs of Rutland, and Mary Countefs of Dunbar; the reft died unmarried. “ This Richard married Crifogon youngeft Daughter and Coheir of Herbert Mor- “ Jey of Gline in Suffex, Efqs The other Daughter of the faid Morley being Mar- «* garet, and the eldeft, was married unto Sir Humphrey Tufton beforenamed, ** who erected this Monument in Memory of his Brother Mr. Richard Tufton, *€ who departed this mortal Life, leaving fue Fohn, Mary and Chriffian, the 4th “ of October, Anno Dom. 163%. In this part of the Area lie three Graveftones for the Honourable Perfons fol- lowing, thus Infcrib’d : On the firft, adjoining Abbat Berkynge’s Graveftone; Dame Frances Apfley, who died Sept. 22. 1698. On the fecond ; Sir Samuel Apfley, who departed this Life Octob, 15. 1683. On the third ; Allen Apfley, Efqs who died Aug. y. in the Year 1691. Between the Bafis of Richard Yl. 'lomb and that of Edward II. lies Thomas Bilfon, D.D. he was fometime Warden of Mancheffer College, next made Bifhop of Worceffer, 1595. having fat there two Years was tranflated to Wincheffer, and made Privy Counfellor to King Fames Y. he died 18. Fune 1616. aged 69 Years. On his Graveftone : Memori« facrum, bic jacet Thomas Bilfon, Wiltonienfis nu- [02 (79 225 13 [4 [Miolarem Decus hic Patizeq Aslesq, Domique Et foris Exenaplan led TM Ih Nen of Here 7 yl | ig Vol. IL The Hiftory of St. Peters Weftminifter. 21 por Epifcopus & fereniffimo Principi Jacobo Magnz Britannis, Regi potentiffimo fadctoribu confilitr, quo quum Deo 42 Ecclefie ad annos undevigenti fideli 1er à Epifcopatu deferviffet, mortalitatem, [ub certa. fpe re{urrettionts exuit decimo octavo die menfis Janu Anno Dom. 1616. 4Etatis [we 69. ; Near this is an ancient Stone, but the Plates até torn off, which when re: maining bare this Infcription : Ecce Radulphus Selby jacer bi Conobita, Doclor per merita prepotens lege perita, Legibus ornatur, a regibus © veneratus, Ordo ejufque flatus per cum fit conciliatus, M. C. quater, x. his post partum virginis iffe Michaelis feffo tibi fheravit bone Chrifte. This Ralph Selby Dr. of the Civil and Canon Laws and Monk of this Houfe; Was in great favour with Henry IV. and his Son, and died 29. Sept. 1420. inthe eighth of the latter’s Reign. Near the bafis of Richard the Second’s Tomb, in the Area, is an ancient flat Stone in the Pavement, formerly plated with a Man’s Effigies and a Canopy wich Arms, and an Infcription round it, of which I can find no more remaining than broken words: Under this ts buried Sir John Golofre, (or Holofre) call’ Lord of Langley, natural Son of Sir John Golotre, Kt. by Johannet Pulham. ‘This Knighton, Golofre was a famous Man in Richard the Second's Time, by whom he was fent ^^ 138 Embaflador into France, anno 1389. and was one of the King’s Favourites pro- — 1 fecuted by the difcontented Lords, and had fuffer’d as Burleigh and others, but that he was Abroad. He married (as fome fay) the Lady Philippa Fitxwalter, Sandford, and Duchefs of York, who lies buried in St. Nicholas’s Chapel: Yet Dugdale rene days, he married Elizabeib Countefs of Sarum, Sifter to the faid Philippa : he Baron died at Wallingford in the County of Oxford, 20 Richard I. 1396. having di- rected his Body fhould be buried in the Chancel of the Friers minors Church at Oxford, near his Father, if he fhould die before his Wife: but notwithftand- ing that, the King gave Orders for his burial in this Church. — His Will, dated three days before his death, I have added, as I find it among the Papers of Mr. Antony a Wood. In Dei nomine, Amen. 19 January 1393+ Ego Johannes Golofre, miles, come pos mentis mea, Wc. Item lego corpus meum. fepeliendum in cancillo ecclefie fra- trun minorum Oxon. juxta Patrem meum, fi contigerit me mori infra terminum nuptie, Item lego Philippe uxori mee, We, Item lego domine Elizabethz Golafre xL Item lego Aliciz Golofre forori mee xxl. — Item lego Johanni Golafre con- fanguineo meo, xl. Item lego Fratribus Minoribus Oxon, fi ita fit quod corpus meum fepultum fuerit. cum eifdem juxta Patrem meum, xt. At fi contingat fe- fepultum fuerit alibi, tunc volo quod praditti Fratres minores non babeant eandem fummam. Item lego Richardo Wyghtman praditto Roberto Wyghtman 61, 135. 44. We. At the end of the Will it is faid, That whereas he willed his Body to be bu- ried in the Grey Fryers at Oxon, yet the King difpofed of it otherwife, viz. that it fhould be buried at the Conventual at Weftminffer. Probatum fuit boc Teft. per Ric, Epifcopum Sarum, 27 Nov. 1396. On a Graveftone near Golofre’s was fometime this Infcription in Brafs :cambaen Here lieth Cecill Ratcliffe, fometime chief Gentlewomon with my Lady of Dudley. On whofe Soul God have mercy. Amen. Mercy, Grace and Forgivenefs. : At the door of St, Benedié’s Chapel lie three or four Graveftones crofs the Area to Seberrs Tomb. On one this Infcription; Here lieth James Cranfield, Earl of Middlefex, who died the 16th of September, An. Dom. 1652. On 22 The Hiflory of St. Pg ws Weftminfter. — Vol. II, Ow another: Near interr'd lieth the Body of Lyonel Earl of Middlefex,? Ba- ros Cranfield of Cranfield i the County of Bedford, one of the Gentlemen of his Majeflys Bedchamber. — He was fecond Som to Lyonel Earl of Middlefex Lord High Trea[urer of England; the laft of that Honourable Family. — He died thé 26th day of Otober in the Year of our Lord 1644. On athird, this: Under this Marble lies the Body of Anne, Counte[s Dowager; Wife to Lyonel Earl of Middlefex, Lord High Treafurer of England : She departed this Life the 3d day of February in the Year of our Lord 1663. Near thefe Graveftones is the curious mofaick Tomb erc&ted for Henry 3ds Children : which fee engrav'd N. 80. an account of it fee Vol. I. PassiNG from this Area through the Hatches into the South Crofs we turn in at a fide door which brings into the Choir, before the Rails of the High Altar; and through them, upon the curious mofaick Pavement, which is efteem'd uns equall’d inits kind. About the Year 1258. when Richard Ware was clected Abbat of this Church, he going to Rome for Confecration, in his return thro’ France purchas'd, from the Ruins of a decay'd Building there, the Materials of a mofaick Pavement; which Work was formerly, i.e. towards the decline of the Roman Empire, in great efteem, and confifted of {mall pieces of Clay painted and burnt like Bricks, and being of various colours made, by a juft difpofition, variety of curious Figures, more beautiful and durable than the fineft Marble ; but this is fuppos'd to be compos'd of real Marble, as Porphyry, Touch, Jafper, Lydian, Alabafter, and Serpentine ; it is form’d in feveral Squares and Circles, the Stones are fquare, and about a Finger in length, of which, a great number being taken up at ereCting the new Altar, fome of them are with the Right Ho- nourable the Lord Harley. ‘The Pavement, at ere&ting that Altar, was threaten'd with a total diffolution by the Workmen, whofe mercenary and misjudging No- tions deftroy whatever is venerable, but by the Influence of the Lord Oxford, and the care of the then Bifhop of Rocbefler, it was for the moft part fav'd ; yet they broke it up under where the Altar ftands, and where the marble Slabs lie round the edges on the fides, What is left makes a moft beautiful appears ance, and feems to brave all the Injuries of Time, but for that the brafs circles of Letters are almoft worn out. The Reader may remember, that I proposd a larger number of Verfes than were ever publifh’d on it, but in the hurry of that Volume had not leifure to examine every thing that pafs’d through my hands, and thofe Verfes which I then thought engrav’d on it, I find in reality were not, but in praife of it only, The genuine Verfes are thefe, on the World and Man's Age. $i Lecfor pofita prudenter cuncla vevoloat, Hic finem primum mobilis inveniet. Sepes, trina, canes, q9 equos, bomines [uper addu, Cervos & corvos, aquilus, immania cete. Mundi quodque [fequens pereuntis triplicat Annos, Sphericus Archetypum, globus hic monftrat Microcofmum Chrifli milleno, bifcenteno duodeno Cum fexageno [ub duttis quatuor Anno. Tertius Henricus Rex, Urbs, Odericus, @ Abbas, Hos compegere Porphyreos Lapides. By thefe Verfes it appears that the Stones were Porphyry, and that it was laid Anno 1272. by which its age is no lefs than 452 Years, Thus much for the Pavement. On the North fide of this Place lay once open the magnificent Tombs of Valence, Croucbback and his Lady ; and under them in Ete Sele (A n. OC £ fe d D^ ev 2 Zl "o [us 2m WT t/t 44444112122221 ) VolIL The Hiflory of St.Peters Weftminifter. 23 in the Pavement where is now Marble, were old "Tombftones plated, for Abbat Ware, Abbat. Henly, and Abbat Sudbury, of which, and their Epitaphs, fee in their Livés. There was one likewife for Sir Thomas Clifford, Ke, Governour of Berwick. ... 1 : : Ox the South fide was orice open the Tomb of Sebert, which we have already defcrib’d. ; And near it another of Freeftone, having on it, in a Cypher AC, and on the fides the Arms of Cleve and Fuliers; it was erected to the Memory of Anne of Cleve, Sifter to William Duke of Cleve, a Lutheran Prince in Germany. This Lady was contracted in Marriage by King Henry VIII. fhe was receiv’d in great Triumph at Blackheath on the.3d of Jamwary 1539. onthe oth of the fame Month married, and the July following, by the King and the Archbifhop of Canterbury's Authority, divorced, with liberty to remarry, After this Di- vorce the Queen liv’d fingle in England, and was call'd the Lady Auge of Cleve ; and fixteen Years after, vix. in the fourth of Queen Mary's Reign, fhe died at Chelféy, and was here buried, without any Epitaph. In the Pavement near her, lies buried a more unfortunate Queen, vi. Anne Wife to Richard WI. Daughter to Nevil Earl of Warwick, the was, as moft think, poyfon'd by order of thac Ufurper her Hufband, to make way for a Marriage with Eliza. Daughter to his Brother Edward IV. and was the fifth Royal Life he had taken away to fecure his illgotten and fhortliv’d Power. Ow the fame fide was formerly a Graveftone plated for Abbat Wenlock, and about it for.feveral other Abbats, as will be feen in their Lives. Before the Rails lie buried Dr. South and Bufby, under blue Graveftones, their Graves join, and are turn'd over with Arches of Brick, Pafling hence through the Doors on the fides of the High-Altar brings us into the Chapel of St. Enwarn. Which Chapel is pav’d with the fame mofaick Work as that before; in the mid {t of it ftands the Shrine of that Saint, and round it the Tombs of our Englifh Kings; the Chapel is but fmall, but fo folemn and venerable, that it flrikes a greater Idea of religious Solitude and Contemplation than any Place perhaps in the World. Of the Saint and his Miracles fee Vol. I. It remammsnow to give an account of the manner of his Tranflation, and to defcribe this Piece of Antiquity as it now remains, The feveral Miracles and Prophecies mention’d particularly by Alured, occafi-Mat.Weftm, ond his Canonization, as beforemention’d, vix. 1163. fays Paris, and Mattb, P 249-31. Weflminfler 1164. Thomas Becket ordes’d his Body to be taken out of the Ground. Kris. and plac’d in a Feretry: which was remov'd by Henry III. as is likewife before, VE mentiond. The manner of which removal is by an ancient Hiftorian thus de- NS T fcrib'd: ‘This Prince (fayshe) being uneafy that the Reliques of St. Edward Tio. Wykes. * were poorly enfhrin'd and not elevated, refolv’d fo great a Luminary dhordg aem ps9. * not lie buried, butbe plac’d high on a Candleftick, to enlighten the Church, * and therefore on the 3d Ides of Offober, the day of his firft Tranflation, he * fummon'd the Nobility, Magiftrates and Burgefles of this Land to Weftminfter, © to attend at fo folemn an Affair, at which time his Chelt being taken out of the * old Shrine, the King, and his Brother the King of the Romans, carried it upon * their Shoulders to the view of the whole Church ; and at the fame time his * Sens, Edward (afterwads King), Edmond Earl of Lancafter, the Earl of Warren, * and the Lord Philip Baffet, and many other Nobles as many as could come * near to touch it, fupported it with their Hands to this Shrine, which was of * Gold adorn'd with precious Stones, and eminently placed in the Church : ‘This $ was the firft Day that Divine Service was celebrated in this Church after the E King Laden e wee mt — : 24 Mat. Weft. p: 400. N. 7. Mat. Weft. P. 344- The Hiflory of St.Peter’s Weftmihfler. Vol. I. King rebuilt it: At which Tranflation were prefent one Benedic, 4 Clerk of Winchefter, and Tobn a Layman, who being poffeft with Devils came from Ire- land pürpofely to receive Benefit from this Saint, and upon-feeing his Cheft re- movd, the Devils were inftantly caft out, There was the fame Day a great Feaft held by the King in honour of him, of which Feafts, tho" hinted before, it will not be amifs to mention the Cuftom of obferving them, which was thus: * On the Vigil of this Saint the King with thofe Nobles who attended at this So- * lemnity, were cloathed in white Garments, and {pent the Vigils ftri& in Fafting, * Watching, and Prayer, and A@s of Charity, remaining all Night in the Abby * Church, the next Day he gave orders that folemn Mafs fhould’ be fung in the * Church, the Choire being clothed in Veftments of the richeft Silk which he gave © for that Purpofe, and the Church illuminated with innumerable Wax Tapers “and the finelt Mufick; the Feaft of his Tranflation was likewife very magnifi- cent, at which Feafts the King generally took occafion to call his Parliament, and tranfa&t the great Affairs of the Nation. This Account being fo particular I could not omit it. I next proceed to defcribe this Shrine as it now appears. The Shrine is compos'd of various colour'd Stones, faid by fome to be part of thofe which Abbat Ware brought to pave the Altar: but Ithink there isa large difference, if we may guefs by what remains; the Floor indeed is of the fare Materials with that before the Altar, but the Shrine feems to be of a thin Mofaick, like Hemrythe 3d's Tonib. ‘The Stone-work is hollow within-fide; vithin it, about as high as the top of the fide Arches, is a large Cheft band- ed with Iron, and now almoft loft in Duft, over the Stone-work is à Frame of Wainfcot, faid in time paft to have been curioufly plated with Gold, and a- dorn'd with, precious Stones ; the Frame is very neat and regular, but feems never to have been cover'd, and as for the Jewels that adorn'd it they are ftill there, for on the Pillafters between the Arches is a kind of Mofaick-work of ftain'd Glafs, a cuftomary Ornament at that time, ‘as appears by the Tomb of Edmund Crouchback on the North-fide' the. Altar, which is inlaid after the fame manner. © This Frame was cover'd at top, as appears by the Draught in Mr. Sandford; but that upper Frame is much disjointed and funk in; over which Frame was the curious one mention'd by Pari. 'This Shrine was undoubtedly repair'd or built at feveral times, as appears, in fome meafure, by the difference of Workmanfhip; for Inftance, the Pillars at the Weft-end are very unlike, the one having a Dorick Chapiter, the other a wreath of Vine-leaves; the fame diffimilitude is between the Eaft-end and the Weft, the latter ftanding on a Greave, or the bafis of the Tomb, the former having no Chapiter and the bafis buried in the Earth. — But for this perhaps a Reafon may be giveri ; for under the Chair of the Coronation the Floor is pav’d with Tiles different from the mofaick Pavement, in whlch place, I am inclin’d to think, were Steps to defcend under the Tomb, where (very probably) the enfhrin’d Body of this Saint lay ; the Cuftom of enfhrining being very different, for fometimes the Coffin was placd level with the furface of the Earth, fometime upon it, and fometime iz altum : The firft was to Men of exemplary Piety, who had fuffer'd no more for Religion than what Self-denial, felf-impos'd- Severities and Abftinence requir’d, which was the Cafe of this Saint; the other for Men of more early Example, and was firfta Cuftom, asin the Cafe of Cuthbert before he was Sainted ,and others, but afterwards grew a favour to Saints of the fecond Rank ; the elevated Body was ufually for fuch who had fuffer’d Martyrdom for Religion. The Shrine feems to have been repair’d, and Tam inclin'd to think, in Richard the 2d’s Time, as appears by the painted Mofaick of Gold, and: black in fome Places, but the frame- ^ fon + [S] VE Mayo) py) IY) 200M, 22) CS « ae PA LO a Vol. UL. The Hiftory of St.Pever’s Weftminftcr. a4 frame-Work at top I take to have been ab origine, Round the Verge of this Tomb is this Infcription in Letters of Gold on black. Omnibus infignis virtutum laudibus heros, Santtus EnwaAnDus Confeffor, Rex venerandus. Quinto die jani moriens [uper Aithera [caudit, Sur[um corda. Moritur Anno Domini 1065. Tuis Infcription is fuppos'd to have been put on it in the Time of Richard the Second, when the old One, which was embofs'd on it, was worn away, which when remaining was thus : Anno milleno Domini, cum feptuageno, Et bis centeno, cum completo quafi dexo, Hoc opus eff fatum, quod Petrus duxit in attums Romanus Civis, bomo, caufam nofcere fi vis, Rex fuit Henricus, fancti prefentis amicus. But the Letters of the forme being not the ufual Charatter of that Age,] fuppofe it was fince renew’d, Before I leave this Shrine, it will benecéflary to take fome notice of a Narrative concerning the finding St. Edwara’s Body, and the Crofs in the Cheft enclos’d, as beforemention’d, which was thus: * One Young belonging to the Choir of this Church, which Young, by the way, was no other then Henry Keep, who in * King Tames 2d’s Time being reconcil’d to the Church of Rome,chang'd his Name, * fometime after the Coronation of King Fames the II. obfervd the Cheft be- * foremention'd to be broken, as he fuppos'd, by the fall of a Beam from the Co- * xonation Scaffolding, which had broken a Hole in the Lid over the Breaft: He ¢ went with two Friends who came to fee the Tombs, and fetching a Ladder to * fee if the Report was true, found it fo, upon which, putting in his Hand, he « turn'd the Bones, and found under the Shoulder Blades a Crucifix, richly adorn'd « and enamel’d, and a gold Chain of twenty Inches long, with Pieces of Linen, «and gold colour'd Silk; the Head was íolid and firm, the upper and lower * Jaws full of Teeth, and a Lift of Gold round the "Temples, and much Duft in «the Coffin ; this Crofs he prefented the King, who, he fays, thereupon or- * der'd the Coffin to be enclos'd in a new One two Inches thick, and cramp'd * with Iron Wedges. ^. Ox the South fide of this Shrine, was depofited the Body of Editha or Egitha, Queen to the Sainted King Edward, the was Daughter of Godwin, Earl of Kent, a Woman of Beauty and Virtue, whence the Writers of that Time compar'd her toaRofe growing from a Briar. Sicut Spina rofam genit Godwinus Edivam. But this Reflection upon Godwin is owing to the Norman Writers, whofe In- red Ri. = > se . ? vall in # vafions he ftrenuoufly oppos'd, and the Churchmen, whofe Rights he fometimes scrips. p. invaded, for the Man himfelf, fetting afide his Pride and arbitrary Management, 377 made brave head againft the Inroadezs upon his Countries Rights, But to return, This Lady was, fays Ingulphus the Abbat, (who knew her perfonally, being him Ingulph. {elf bred in the Court,) * A Woman of Beauty, Learning and excellent Condu&" e © of Life, of religious Humility, mild, fincereand obliging. Ihave, fays he, fre- * quently feen her when my Father liv’din the Court, and as I have return’d from * School, i. e. at Weffminfter, fhe would often ftop me and examine me in the * Claflicks, and pofe me with wondrous Readinefs in my Grammar and Logick, * and then generally order’d a little Maid that waited on her to give me three or * four Pieces of Money, and having refrefh’d, difmifsd me.” Another Author tured Rx EA a Cie : fays, oh 26 The Hiftory of St. PEvgs s Weftminfter. Vol. IL fays, Erat pulchra facie, [ed orum probitate pulchrior multo. She was Brompton, fair of Face, but more valuable for the Beauties of her Mind. Brompton Lays; Pees * Her Breaft was a Storebou[e of all liberal Sciences." uu And indeed moft of our Hiftorians agree in the fame Chara&ter of this moft excel: lent Woman. That fhe wascurious in other Arts, and employ’d in them more than in the outward Pomp and Court Ceremony, appears by her having wrought with a Needle thofe curious magnificent Robes the King appeared in on his Collar Days. But with all thefe Excellencies, fhe was an ufelefs Sharer of a Royal Bed, for that Prince, who was fuperítitious not a little, and full as narrow in his Intelle&s, had fome empty Scruples in his Mind which forbad him knowing her, tho’ they always lay together for eighteen Years, fome attribute this to the Kings Refentment of Godwin her Father's Infolence, and that he married her only to keep his Word, having otherwife no Defire of Marriage; others, that none of Godiin/s Blood fhould mingle with his Race; others, that he fore- Malmfoury- knew his being fainted and declin’d for that reafon, or to profefs Virginity, and WykesCron.that he did it for Mortification ; and fome, tho’ very few, but I think the jufteft, im that he had no Indination to Women, and that they did it jointly by Confent, and to this agrees an old MSS. And natbelees tho’ ye Kinge had a Wife be lived ev'moe in Chaftete and in Clennes mytbowten any flefhly dedes doyinge myth bis Wofe Aluredinvi-the Quene and [o dyd ye Quene iu her [yde. And laftly, Alured, who refutes the i a former Opinion of mixing with the Blood of Rebels, {piritualizes it in this Apology, | Diliget ille [ed me corrumpitur, dilligitur illa [ed non tangitur, et quafi nova quedam Abifac regem calefacit amore, nec diffolvit libidine 5 mulcet obfequiis, fed defideriis non emollit, However that was, it is certain, as fhe her felf confcís'd on her Mat. Paris, Death Bed, that he never cohabited with her, and it is probable he had otherwife no great Affection to her, for upon Godwin’s Infolence he ungeneroufly reveng’d Hoveden — the Crime of the Father then out of his reach, on the Daughter his Queen, by Raa de Di. feizing all her Jewels, and confining her Prifoner to the Abbey of Warwell, where Rr d his Sifter was Abbefs, with only one Maid to attend her, but the Year following (fays Sim. Dunelm,) veceiv'd her. This Lady furviv'd her Hufband eight Years, and. was a Spectator of all the Miferies enfuing his Death, tho’ the Conqüeror treated her with the utmoft Refpe&t, and allow'd her a Place in the King’s Seat at Win- E e chefter, where fhe died on the 15th of the Kalends of Yanuary, and was by the Am. Mss. Order of William the Conqueror buried near her Hufband in this Abbey, and bir apo rebuilding it, her Body, and that of another excellent Woman, were depo- fited on each fide this Shrine, before laying the Mofaick Pavement, where no doubt the Coffins ftill continue entire, having been fubje& to no Interruptions. She lies on the South fide, (fays Lib. Confuetud.) in parte aquilonari infigniter erat fepulta, her Anniverfary was obferv’d on the 14. Kal. Fan. iu albs. and at her Tomb was a Lamp kept burning Night and Day, by Order of Henry the III. as appears by the faid lib. Con(uetud. written in his Time. Ox the South fide lies that moft excellent Princefs Maud, or Matilda, call’d The Good, Daughter of Malcolm Conmair, King of Scots, and St. Margaret his Wife, (whofe holy Life Turgot of Durham dedicated to her,) and Grandaughter to Duncan the murderd King of Stots. She was efpous'd to Henry the 1f, King of England, in order to unite the Saxon and Norman Lines, but the Marriage was fometime oppos'd upon Account of her being a Nun, which Eadmerus, who liv'd in Court affures us, was not fo, but that at Winton the Lady Abbefs put a Veil on her fuddenly, to fcreen her from the Fury of the Danes : This Story, which is varioufly reported being overcome, fhe was married to the King by Archbifhop Anfelm, duno 1102. The Charatter of this Lady is univerfally extoll'd, the is generally call’d, The Good, and by Alured, The bleffed Queen, who compares her to Hefter ; Brompton files her mulier pia (9 Deo devota. And the Annals of Waverly i ll l Ui TTT "2 [/ 7 VALE fe Q 2 lig e e e fo 2 ttt ? t A i Marga = vp. E2277 7 Wf PL. ^ Me A 2 UM 10S Ao 27 A MU Lied 7 ? Yee [3 t CU Voll! The Hiffory of St.P et zx'$ Weftminftet. 28 Waverly tells us, * Her Virtues were fo great that a Day would not fuffice to res “count them ; fhe was fo religious that fhe would defire leave of the King to {pend feveral Days and Nights together in this Church, and would in Lent come hither Barefoot in a Garment of Hair, and wath the Poor's Feet. Alured tells us a Story, that he heard from the Mouth of David, King of Scots, her Bro- ther, ‘ How that coming into her Chamber he found het encircled with Beggars * and Lepers wafhing and kiffing their Feet^ Her Bounty was as remarkable, fhe gave Reliques to. this Church, and Plate and Ornaments to others, as appears by the Bifhop of Man’s Bpiftle to her, and did many publick Acts (befides encou- raging Mufick and other Sciences) as building the Priory within Algate, the Hofpital of St. Giles, and two Bridges, one at Stratford Bow, and another near Weftminfler, where Channel Row now is, and an Hofpital for Lepers in London, call'd by Paris, Mauds Hofpital: after a Life of excellent Example the furrender’d her Soul to God the 1/7 Day of May 1118, or, as Wykes fays, 1119. and was buried, as fome fay, in the Old Chapter-Houfe, but if fo, fhe was remov'd upon Lib. Confa- rebuilding the Church, for the fourth Part of the Book of Conftitutions in Hen-pais dud ry the 34's Time, fays, in auftrali parte magni altaris decentiffime erat fepulta, acy. which Place that King order'd a Lamp to burn Night and Day. Her Anniver- fary was on the 6. Non. May, and was celebrated in Albs, at which time for the Pittances and Cup of Charity was aflign’d 27 s. and 3 s. to the Sacriftan for Lights round her Tomb, for which was affign'd 30 s. upon a Houfe in Thodenbam, which one Laurence Ducket purchas’d.. Mr. Weaver has given us four Lines of an Epis taph on her Death, which he found in an old MSS. in Corton Library, but the reft he fays are loft, however thefe four Lines with four more, vix. the firft and two laft of her Epitaph I find in the Continuer of Ingulphus, which not on- ly as of right, but alfo for the excellency, I fhall here infert. O Regina potens Anglorim linea Regum, Of which take in part a Tran[lation. Scotos sobilitans nobilitate fua. Succefs ne'er fat exulting in her Eie, Et poft. multa de morum prerogativa fic, Nor Difappointment heav'd the troubled Sigh. Profpera non letam fecert, nec afpera triftem 5 Profperity but fadden’d o’er her Brow, Afpera rifts ei, proffera terror erant. While glad in trouble fhe enjoy'd her Woe. Non decor effecit fragilem, non [ceptra fuperbam 5 Beauty nor made her vain, nor Scepters proud, Sola potens humilii, folee pudica decens. Nor high Eftate to fcorn che meaner croud ; Maii prima dies noftrorum notte dierum Supreme Humility was awful Grace; Raptam perpetua fecit milfe die. And her chief Charms a Bafhfulnefs of Face. On the North fide of this Chapel near the Feet of Henry 34's Tomb, is a {mall Table Monument cover'd witha Slab of black Lydian, finely polifh’d, on which are remaining the Nails that faften'd Plates of Brafs, now ftolen away, this, which fee exhibited N*.82. was plac’d in Memory of Elizabeth Tudor, fecond Daughter of King Henry the VII. who died at Eltham in Kent, the 14th of Sept. 1495. aged three Years, two Months, and twelve Days. She was cered by the Wax- chandler, and plac’d in the Choir of the King’s Chapel at Eltham, where it re- fted eleven Days, Mafs, Requiem 47 Dirige, being fung every Day, the Corps was cover'd with a Pall of Cloth of Gold, and four Lozenges with her Arms of beaten Gold, and fix Lozenges of the fame hung about the Chapel, a Chair of Sand. Gene- black Cloth drawn by fix Horfes, to which the Corps was convey’d under a Cage P nopy, and in it, towards London, having round it four Banners, 1/2, Of the Tris nity, 2d, Of our Lady, 34, Of St.George, 4th, Of the King's Arms : Thus the Body was convey’d to Stangate, and fo crofs the Water to Weffminfler, where it was met at the landing Place by the Prior and Convent, who attended it to the Choir where it was plac’d, under a Herfe of which, the Majefty Cloath and Valence was of black Sarcenet fring’d with red and white Rofes, and on it in Letters of, Gold, efus eff amor meus, and the Morning after being Friday, after Maffes and the Office for the Dead, it was carried to the Grave on the Right Hand of the 13 Altar, 29 The Hiflory of St. Peter’s Weftminfter; — Vol. Tf. Altar, near St. Edward’s Shrine, the Foundation of which the Feet of the Grave almoft touch'd, and in the Place near it was erected this Monument, on which was formerly her Effigies of Copper gilt, now ftolen away; and round the Verge this Epitaph, Elzabetha Illuftrifimi Regis Angliz, Francis & Hibetmim Henrici feptimi, 49 Domine Elizabethe Regine fereniffime confortis [ue filia © fecunda proles, que nata fuit. fecunda die menfis Juli, Anno Domini 1492. 9 obiit decimo quarto die Menfis Septembris, 4g20 Dom. 1495. cujus anime propitietur Deus. Amen. And at the Feet of her Portraiture, on a Copper Plate thefe Verfes are; Hic poft fata jacet proles regalis in ifto. Sacropbago, juvenis, nolilis, Elizabeth, Principis illuffris Henri. fep. filia Regis Qui bini Regni florida feptra tenet. Attrapos hanc rapuit ferevilfima nuncia mortis; Sit [uper in cxlis vita pereunis ei. In Englifb thus : Elizabeth, fecond Daughter to the moft Iluftrious Prince Henry the 7th, King of England, France and Ireland, and his moft ferene Confort Queen Elizabeth; She was born the 24 Day of the Month of Fuly, Anno Dom. 1492. and died the 14th Day of Septemb, Anno Dom. 1495. on whofe Soul God have Mercy. Amen. The Verfes which, I fuppofe, were Skelvon’s, are thus in the meaning. Here after Death lies a Royal Offfpring in this Tomb; vix. The young and noble Elizabeth, Daughter of that Illuftrious Prince, Henry the 4th, who fway'd the Scepter of two Kingdoms, Aitrapos, the moft fevere Meflenger of Death, fnatch'd her away ; but may the have eternal Life in Heaven, Av the North fide of this Shrine of St, Edward, is another {mall Tomb of almoft the fame Fafhion and Make with the former. This was plac’d over ano- ther young Princefs, vix. Margaret, furnam'd of York, vig, of the Family; Daughter to Edward the 4th King of England, by Elizabeth Woodville his Queen: fhe was born the 19th of April 1472. and died the 1 125 of Dec. following being not nine Months old and was here buried. Mr. Sandford gives us this Infcripti- on, of which part {till remains. Nobilitas 49 forma, decorque, tenella, juventus In fimul hic ifta. mortis [unt condita cifta, Ut genus 42 nomen, fexum, tempus quoque mortis, Nofcas cuncta tibi manifeflat margo fepulchri. And alludes to a Verge Infcription which was thus : . Margareta illu/Prifimi Regis Anglic d? Francie Domini Edwardi quarti, 2 Do» mine Elizabethz Regine fereniffime confortis ejufdem filia, W quinta proles, qua nata fuit 19 die Menfis Aprilis, Anno Dom. 1472. 47 obiit 11 die Decembris, cujus anime propisietur Deus, Amen. In Engli/b thus : Margaret fifth Daughter of the moft Iluftrious Edward the IV. King of Er- gland and France, and Elizabeth his Queen, his moft ferene Confort, She was born the 1 oth Day of April, An. Dom. 1492. died the 11th of Dec, on whofe Soul God have mercy. Amen. ; ban High DET UE (86 ) LU uc i LTT RUTTTTANANTNTTTANT iini ) QU ElCOUOP n S : a mu | Hi TN : | = TNI ll Js, : = : a I TOIT I es | | : w | 3. TO T ER : VY Je ep. 4 CE Neo Jo? 7A enorm gu n7 Jeu fu Volk The Hiflory of St.Pev xs Weftrninifter: High Birth and beauteous Form, and Youth in bloom; & At once lie chefted in this filent Tomb. All that remiaing to tell thee what ihe was; Around the Margin fee infculp’d in Brafs. ws Lon] 1t is obfervable that Mr. Weaver takes no notice of tlie Profe Infcriptions, nei ther of this, nor that of the Princefs Eligabeth, which makes me inclin'd to be- lieve they were torn away at the Time of the Reformation, for that {uch In- {criptions were, there is plain Proof, not only from Records, but the Verfes of this latter refer to the Profe. A1 the Weft-end and Soutli-fide of this Chapel is a large plain Stone of grey y... pj; Marble, compofed of feven Stones, four make the fides, two the Ends, and onethesf. - the Cover; this plain and rough Monument was placd over the glorious King Edward the 1. This Prince was Son of King Henry the III. and born at Weftmin- fier 17th of June 1239. and four Days after chriften'd by the Legate Otho, he was called Edward from his Father's Favourite, St. Edward the Confeffor, and Long/hanks from the Talnefs of his Stature, he was at his Father's Deathwar- ting in the holy Land, where he had been fuccefsful againft the Infidels, but re- turning was crown'd in this Church, the 19th of 4uguff 1274. he was a Prince bf martial Spirit, and overcame the Welch, and fubdu'd Scotland, bringing away the fatal Stone, and offer’d it at St. Edward’s Shrine in this Church, he was a Prince every way of extraordinary Accomplifhments, and im his Time many wholefome Laws were enacted; laftly, hearing the Scozs had rofe and fhook off their Allegiance, he march'd againft them, but, being afflicted with a Difentery, or bloody Flux, he return’d to Carlifle, where fending for his Son, Prince Ed- ward, he gave him, in flrict Charge, that he fhould carry his Bones about him through Scotland, till he had brought it to Subjetion. -2dly, That he fhould fend his Heart to the holy Land with 140 Knights, and the 32000/. he had provided to that Purpofe, and that he fhould not recal Gaveffone from Banifh- ment, neither of which the Prince performed. After which proceeding on his Ypodig. Journey he fell ill at Borough, or Burgh upon the Sands in Cumberland, the athy.o8. of July Anno 1307, but according to Wyke’s, by miftake 1304. having reign'd wykes cron. thirty four Years, feven Months and twenty one Days, and liv’d 68. After his Lr DN Death, Peter of Spain the Cardinal made folemn Proceflions, and gave a Year's In- 3 dulgence to all faying Pater noffer and ave Maria for the Kings Soul, whofe Death Robert Axchbifhop of Canterbury is faid to have feen in a Vifion being then at Rome; his Body was brought to Waltham and there remain'd fifteen Wecks, Walfbiagham {ays fix, every Week the neighbouring Monafteries fending fix Monks, or Canons to wait Day and Night round his Body, whence being convey'd in a folemn and magnificent manner to London, lie was interr’d here on 28 Octob. be- Walfing. ing St. Simon and Fude’s Day ; Anthony Patriarch o£ fersfalem, and Bifhop aee P - Durham performing his exequies. On the North-fide of his Tomb, are thefe Words painted in black, as I fuppofe, not long fince, and under them the Stone rubd, where, "tis probable, was the original Infcription, of which this is a Copy. Edwardus primus Scotorum malleus bic eft 1308. pactum Serva. "There was fo great ref{pect paid to his Memory, that fo long after as Richard the weaver fin II. Time, his great Grandfon, there was an Order to renew the Cerecloths for Mov. Ex preferving his Body, which is as follows. : ma Rex The[aurario 49 Camerariis fuis falutem. Mandamus vobis quod ceram circa corpus celebris memoria Domini Edwaxdi nuper Regis Anglis progenitoris noftri filii Regis 32 The Hiflory of St. Ps vzx s Weftminifter. — Vol IK Regis Henrici, . in Ecclefia beati Petri Weftm. bumatum de donariis noflris venovari facietis, prout hattenus fieri conffituit. Tefle rege apud Weftmonafterium. Lr. die Julii, Clauf. 1. R. 2. Memb. 41. i.e. In Englifh thus: The King to his Trea- furer and Chamberlains greeting, We command you that the Cerements round the Body of our Progenitor, of celebrated Memory, Edward, late King of Es- gland, Son of King Henry, which Prince lies buried in the Church of St. Peter at Weftminffer, be venew'd at our coft, as hath heretofore been accuftom'd. Wit- nefs the King at WefPminfler, 11th of Fuly. ; On a Table hanging by his Tomb are thefe Verfes Latin and Exglifh, but not now legible. Mors eff mata nimis, magnos gue jungit in Imis, Maxima mors minimis, conjugens ultima primis 3 Nullus in orbe fuit bomo vivens, nec vale effe, Qui non morte vüit 5. eft. binc exire necelfen Nolilis & fortis, tibi tu confidere noli, Omnia funt mortis, fibi fubdit fingula foli ; De mundi medis magnum mors impia movit, Anglia pre tedio fatis anxia plangere novit : Corruit Edwardus «vario veneratus bonore, Rex nuper ut Natdus fragrans virtatis odore, Corde Leopardus, invitus & ab[que pavore, Ad rixam tardus, diferetus & eucharis ore, Viribus armorum quaf gigas ardua geffit, Colla fuperborum prudens per prelia preffit, Inter Flandrenfes fortuna [shi bene favit, Ut quoque Wallenfes at Scotos fuppeditavit. Rex bonus ab[que pari ftrenue [ua regua regabat : Quod natura dare potuit bonitatis babebat, Abin juflitie, pax regni, [anctio legis, Et fuga nequitie premunt precordia Regis : Gloria tota ruit, Regem capit baec modo Soffa, Rex quandoque fuit, nunc nil nift pulvis & offa : Filius ipfe Dei quem corde colebat & ore. Dum vixit Rex Ó valuit fua magna poteftas, Fraus latuit, pax magna fuit, regnavit boneftas, | Death is too dolefal which doth join The higheft Eftate full low : Which coupleth greateft Things with leaft, And laft with firft alfo. No Man hath been in World alive, Nor any may there be, Which can efcape the Dint of Death, Needs hence depart muft we. O noble and victorious Man, Truft not unto thy Strength ; For all are fübje& unto Death, And all muft hence at length. Moft cruel Fate from Wordly Stage Hath wreft a worthy Wight ; To whom all England mourned loud . To fee his doleful Plight. Edward is dead, which was adorn'd With divers Graces here, À King, or fragrant Nardus Height, A gracious Princely Peer. In Heart the which was Lybard like, Right puiffant, void of Fear: Moft flow to Strife, difcreet and wife, And gracious every where. In Arms a Giant fierce and fell, Attempting famous Fats, Moft prudent, did fubdue the Proud By feat of Martial A&s: In Flanders Fortune gave to him, By Lot right good Succefs, In Wales he wan : The Scottifh Rout With Arms he did fupprefs. This King without his like alive, Did firmly guide his Land : And what good Nature could conceive, He had it plight at hand. He was in Juftice, and in Peace, Excelling : Laws took place ; Defire to chafe all wicked Works, Did hold this King’s good Grace. He now doth lie intombed here, Which furthered each good Thing: Now nought he is but Duft and Bones, Which was a worthy King. The very Son of God, whom erft This King did love right dear, Hath given to him immortal Blifs, For his good living here. Whilft liv'd this King, by him all Things Were in moft goodly plight : Fraud lay hid, great Peace was kept, And Honefty had Might. The Englifb Verfion is, I am inclin'd to think, added fome confiderable time after the Latin, for Mr. Weaver gives us no Verfion, nor hints at any being fixd I. Cole veo Siig HY Wied 2 Cie: Vol. I. The Hiftory of St. Pete rs Weftminifter. 34. fix'd there; but on the contrary gives us a Tranflation of them out of Faliái, which he calls his Ballad-Royal, and begins thus : This forrowful Death which bringeth great full lows And mooft and leaft he joineth into one, We. On the North-fide the Chapel is a moft magnificent Tomb, admirably curious King Henrj in the Workmanfhip, confidering that Age, and inimitably rich in the Materials, ' the fide and end Pannels of the Table being of the moft polifh'd Porphiry, of a clear red, and the Work round them mofaick of Gold and Scarlet ; itis upon an afcent of Steps, and under it are three Ambries or Lockers, lin'd with the fame Mofaick, the Corners of the Table are ferpentine Pillars gilt and enamel'd; and upon it the Effigy in Brafs gilt, fo as ftill unfaded, of Henry the III. the Ca- nopy of brafs and gothick Pillars, which lay at the head and down the fides of the Statue, are torn away ; the top of the Table is Brafs, engrav’d Lozengy with Flowers, the form of it fee here engrav'd. This Prince was Son of Fobn, King of England, born Octob, 1. 1206. and took the Crown at nine Years of Age, he reign'd along, but troublefome reign, by reafon of the Animofities raisd againft his Father, which upon the leaft hint took fire, and occafion'd the Infurrection of the Barons; the confequence of which was the Great Charter, and that of the Foreft, which were fo ftri€tly obferv'd by our Forefathers as the undoubted fe- curity of our Country, and indifpenfible upon any Exigence whatever. He was Mat. Parisi a Prince rather devout than wife, in actibus fecularibus minus putabatur prudens ;" a as appears by his hearing Mafs three times a Day, at the fame time that he refus'd to hear any Complaints made againft his Court Parifites, as the Valences, We. whom he enrich’d to the impoverifhing himfelf, and promoted their foreign Creatures to Places where they might infult his People ; a Pra&tice which we have found feverely true, where the Prince is their Friend, and Power in their Poffef- fion; nor was his regard to the Poiétavins more Pernicious to England then his bigotted Obedience to the Pope, who made him his Property, and drew fupplies from us, till we had no more to take, Of which Exaétions and the King’s Indifcretion Paris inveighs much. He was a man of a middle Stature, well fer, had a caft with one Eye, even to hide part of the Ball and Pupil. Aman of. vi- gour and ftrength, and fupposd by Paris to be foretold by Merlin under the Alegos ry of the Leopard. He fell illat St. Edmunds-bury in Suffolk, as he return’d from Norwich, and died Walfinghant at Weflminfler, Anno 1272. according to Wykes 71. on the 16 Kal. Dec. Aged 65 ure Years, and having reign'd 56. and the Sunday following, vig. in the Feaft of St, #7. Vere Edmund the King, he was buried magnificently in this Church, his Body was dreft d vate in his Royal Robes, with the Crown upon his Head, and all the Nobility attend- ing. The Templers carrying the Body, which Shew was fo magnificent, that he fhewn more magnificent ( fays Wykes) when dead, then he appear’d when living ; Chtos. p.98; his Body was buried before the High Altar, but his Heart he gave Order should be Mat. Weftm , buried at Fonteverard in Normandy, which accordingly was delivered to the Lady Abbefs of that Place, by the Abbat of Weffminfter, in the Prefence of many of the Nobility, on the Monday next before the Feaft of St. Lucy the Virgin, Aino Sandford. p. 20. Ed. 1. Matthew Weflm. attributes many Miracles to him after Death. Round?" the Verge of his Tomb is this Infcription embofsd in Saxon Characters, This Tomb was madeof : " " y 4 E DN PUER Ici: Gift Henri, Iadis: Rey: De: Engletere: Seygnur De: Hirlaunde : Duc: "one Jafpery De: Aquitayne: Le: Fil: Li: Rey obam: Iadis: Rey: De: Engletére: A; Ciena i Kideu: Face Mercy: Amen. broughtwith him out of G On France Ypod. p 49. Hitt. ps o 5 we Ypodigm: Neuflriz p. 73. Knighton Anno 1270. Wykes Chron. 121. Ypodigm. Neuft. p. 72. Ibid. Sand. Gene. al. hift. The Hiftory of St. Pxtex’s Weftminfter. Vol. Il, On the North fide toward the Area this in Gilt Letters. Tertius Heuricus eft Templi conditor bujus, 1275. Dulce Bellam Inexpertis. On a Table fometime hanging by, were thefe old Latin Rhimes, with Fas biaw's tranflation of them, Tertius Henricus jacet. bic pietatis amicus, The Englifh on the fame Table. The Friend of Piety and Almfdeed : Ecelefiam ftravit iftam quam po renovavit Henry the Third whilome of. England King, j i bas ty Who this Church brake, and after his meed Reddet e minus gui vegnat trinus & unas. Again renewed into chis fair building: Now refteth here, which did fo great a thing He yield him meed that Lord of Deitie, That as one God reigns in Perfons three. A T the Feet of Henry III. is an ancient and curious Tomb of grey Marble, on the fides of which, are engrav’d the Arms of Caffile and Leon, quarterly, and thofe of Ponthiew, hanging on Vines and Oak-trees, on the Table is a covering of Copper gilt, engraven with the Arms of Caflile and Leon Lozenge, upon which lies, of gilt Copper, the Effigy of Aleonar, Queen to Edward I. large as the Life: over all, a Canopy of Wood; and round the Copper Verge is embofs'd this E- pitaph in Saxon Characters : Icy gift Alianor Fadis Reyne de Angleterre, Femme al. Re. Edward Fiz. And on the North-fide has been Painting, but now worn out ; yet there appears a Sepulcher, at the Feet of which are two Monks, at the Head a Knight arm'd, and a Woman with a Child in her Arms 3 over which, in modern Characters, but defac'd with the Ledge where they are engrav’d, is to be feen this Int cription : Regina Alionora, Confors Edvardi primi fuit. Alionora 1298. Difce mori. This Lady was Daughter of Ferdinand the Third, and 7oas Daughter to Jobs Karl of Pontive, whereby fhe was Heir to that Earldom. She was married to Edm. 1. in the Life-time of his Father and was a fharer with him in all his four- neys and Enterprizes, travelling with him to the Holy Land, where, as Fame re- ports, fhe cur'd him of a Wound receiv'd with a poifon’d Arrow by fucking his Wound: But Walfingham, tho’ he fays fhe was nobilis genere fed multo nobilior morum gravitate, is filent in this inftance; and Knighton, onthe contrary, tells us, that when his Wound was to be dreft, the King order’d Edmund and John de Vefcy to carry her out of the Room, while he was dreft, which they did, the fhriek- ing and making great Lamentation. She was his Wife thirty fix Years, and at- tending the King to Scotland, fellilland died in the Houfe of one Richard de Wefton, at Hardey in the County of Northampton. Wykes fays, at Grantham, on the 24th, Nov. Anno. 1290. in the 19th, Year of her Hufband’s Reign, upon whofe Death the King return'd to London with her Corps, and ereéted, that Paf- fengers reminded might pray for her Soul, a Marble Crofs at every Place where it relted, with her Efhgy on them, as at Lincoln, Grantham, Stanford, Giddington, Nortbampton, Stonyflratford, Dunflable, Si, Albans, Waltham, and Charing, of which feveralfüll remain, that at Charing was pull’d down as a piece of Super- ftition in the beginning of the Grand Rebellion ; on that at Waltham, 1 have ob- ferv’d is the Queens Statue like that on her Tomb, with others, and on the fides the Arms of Pontbieu, viz. three Benlets within a bordure, i9c. and the Arms of Leon. Her Bowels were firft buried in the Cathedral Church of Lincoln, where was a Cenotaph erected for her with her Effigy on it in gilt Copper, and round it in Saxon Chara&ters an Infcription, THE Vol IL The Hiftory of St. Peter’s Weftniinfter. 36 Tux Corps being embalm’d, and put in a Coffin fill'd with Spices, was brought Ypodie. euftr p.72; to London; and her Heart putin a feperate Box was buried in the Choir of the Mat. Weftm, Friers Predicants in London ; and her Body in this Church, on the Sunday before" 4'4- St. Thomas Apoftle, vig. Kal. Jan. the Bilhop of Lincoln. performing the Cere- y, mony, for the then Archbifhop of Canterbury would not appear in it, for that upon Chron. p. * a quarrel between him and the Abbat of this Chutch, he had Interdifted it: and the Weaver: fail King gave to Walter, then Abbat, twelve Mannors, which were for yearly obiits for ME this Queen, with Money to be diftributed to the poor. And to all {ich as fhould cot. 1ib. ” devoutly, in this Church, pray for her Soul, was granted Indulgence for the term of five Years and 215 Days; her Anniverfary was obferv’d 34 Kal. of December. ae On a Table once hanging near her Tomb. Nobilis Hifpani jacet hic foror inclita Regis, Eximii Confors Aleonora thori, Edwardi primi Wallorum principis uxor, Cui pater Klenricus rerrius Anglus erat. Hanc illa uxovem gnato petit : omine princeps, Legati munus {ufcipit ipfe bono : Alphonfo fratri placuit felix Hiy meneus, Germanam Edwardo nec fine dote dedit : Dos preclara fuit, nec tali indigna marito, Pontivo Princeps munere dives erat. Femina confilio prudens, pia, prole beata, Auxit amicitiis, auxit bonore virum. Queen Elenor is here interr'd, A worthy Noble Dame, Sifter unto the Spanifh King, Of Royal Blood and Fame. ; King Edward's Wife, firft of that Name; And Prince of Wales by Right: Whofe Father Henry, juft the Third, Was fure an Englifh Wight, Who crav'd her Wife unto his Son; The Prince himfelf did go On that Embaffage luckily, As Chief, with many mo. This Knot of linked Marriage Her Brother Alphonfo lik'd, And fo 'tween Sifter and this Prince; The Marriage was up ftrik'd. The Dowry Rich and Royal was, For fuch a Prince moft meet : For Pontive was the Marriage Gift; A Dowry Rich and Great ; A Woman both in Council wife, ! ! " Religious, fruitfull, meek, : Difce mori. Who did encreafe her Husbands Friends; And larg’d his Honour eke, Learn to die. ‘We next come to the Chapel and Tomb of Henry V. which is at the Eaft-end King Henry of St. Edward’s, and parted off by a Skreen of Iron made in the Time of Heary — VII. on each fide which are Stair-Cafes adorn'd with Images, big as the Life, afcending to the Chauntry over it, as before defcrib'd. In this Chapel lies in- terr'd that glorious and warlike Prince Henry V. Son of Henry IV. He was fur- nam'd of Monmouth, the Place of his Birth, which happen'd 47. 1388. In his ear- ly Years he was guilty of many Follies and Extravagancies, ill becoming his Dig: nity, but upon coming to the Crown, wore it with the utmoft Applaufe, he was crown’d in this Church the 9th of April 1413. and reign’d nine Years fivé Months and fourteen Days, after having boldly prov'd his Right to the Crown of France, by that glorious Victory at Agincourt : But whilft he was in perfuit of further Conqueft, and endeavouring to lay France under quiet Subjection, he fell ill at Suey of a Fever and Flux, as he was marching to relieve Coffaey, then bes fieged by the Dauphine; from whence being remov'd to Bois de Vicennés, he de- y i.i parted thisLife on the laft Day of Aug.1422. Aged 34 Years. Immediately upon hif. deu his Death, his Bowels were buried in the Church of St. More de Foffes; afterwards his Rody being feared and clos’d in Lead, was attended by the Nobility of England and France to the Church of Noffre Dame at Paris, where he had his Exequies per- form’d, from whence he was brought to Rhoan, from thence to England, inan open Chariot, on which was laid his Image of boil’d Hides of Leather, and Painted to the Life, having on its Head an Imperial Diadem, and inhis Hands a Scepter and Ball of Gold 37 The Hiftory of St. Perg s Weltminfter. Vol. Il. Gold: As this Proceffion pafs’'d through any noted Towna rich Canopy was born over it by Perfons of Quality; thus accompanied by the King of Scots, and the firft of our Nobility, following two miles off, he was brought thro’ Abbeville, Hedin, MIR: p.457. Monflrevil, and Bulloign, to Calais, thence to Canterbury, where, as Walfingh fays, his Exequies were celebrated, thence by Water to Lond. whither it was brought the 1025 of Nov. and refted inthe Cathedral of St, Paul's, Onthecovering of the firft Horfe thatdrewthe Charriot was embroider'd the Armsof England; 24 England and France quarterly, 34 France, 4th of King Arthur; viz. three Crowns of Gold in a Field Walfingham Azure, At St. Paul's he had folemn Exequies, and thence was brought to this P. 457- Abbey, asin his Will he had given Orders, to be interr'd in great State ; his Effigy being on the Coffin in a Robe of Purple and Ermines, holding in one Hand his Scepter, in the other the Ball and Crofs having a golden Crown on his Head and the Royal Sandals on his Feet, and fo plac’d in an open Chariot, that he might be feen ; around the Chariot 1400 Tapers were carried by venerable Perfons, He lies at the Feet of Edward the Confeffor, in a Place fet apart for keeping Reliques, where his Queen erected a Monument ever him of grey Marble, whereon was plac'd his Statue of Heart of Oak ; on which was a Head of Silver, and likewife his Scepter, and other Regalia, with a plate of Silver infcrib'd with thefe ftupid Verfes, the produ& of the darkeft Age England ever faw, our Learning declining fenfibly in the hurried Af- fairs fucceeding Richard the Second’s Death, and the ufurpation confequent. Such as they were take them: Dux Normanorum, verus conqueflor eorum : Heres francorum dece[fit, et heétor eorum. But all thefe filver Ornaments; the Head not excepted, became the Prey of pilfer'a ing, avaricious and facrilegious Hands, fo that the headlefs Trunk ‘is all that re- mains. This Tomb was enclosd with Grates and Gates of Iron, finely wrought; by Henry VIL and over it is a Chauntry Chapel, as mention’d in the defcription of the Church, with his Weapons Caparifon, Cloth, dc. His Tomb fee here repre- fented, and the Head fupplyd, as Mr. Sandford did formerly from an ancient Painting. ‘This Prince was very tall of Stature, of a long Neck, his Body lean and Slender, and his Bones fmall, yet he exceeded moft Men in Strength: he was brave, couragious, but very merciful and generous, as appears by his concern for Richard the 2ds Murder. He had undoubtedly rais'd England to almoft overba- lance Europe, had not Death put a ftop to his Defigns, which however might {till have been effected, had not his Blood degenerated its Heat, in that mild Prince his Son, as indeed had been the cafe at moft Times in that Age, viz. ohn and Henry III. Edward 1, and Edward Y. black Prince, Richard M, and this Prince and Henry VI. On a Table hanging near. Gallorum maftrix jacet hic Henricus in Urna, 1422. Domat ottinia virtus. Pulchra virumque [uum fociat tandem Katherina, Orium fuge. O merciful God whata Prince was this Confidering his A@s, whereof parcel appear. Which his fhort Time in martial Acts fpent In this rude Work, with many more left out In Honour of Conqueft that wonder to me itis, | The time alfo was lefs than ten Year, How he might compafs fuch Deeds excellesit, That he fo fhortly brought all things about, And yet for that his Mind nothing dent, By divine Grace furthered out of doubt Alls ghoftly Health for his Soul to provide, That mightful Lord he holp his ghoftly Knight Out of this World ere he fatally fhould flide, With Grace and Honour to pafs this world’s fight. So though I had Tilly his Eloquence, And to have reward double, and condign, Or of Seneca the grave Morality, And firft for martial Acts by him done, Or of Solomon the perfect Sapience, To be advanc'd amongft the Worthies nine, Or the fweet Ditties of Dame Calliope ; And for his Virtues us'd by him eftfoon,- Yet might I not in Profe, or other dicty With many good deeds which heon earth had done Accordingly advance this Prince's Fame, Above the Hierarches, he is I truft now ftall'd Or with due Honour to enhance the fame. That was in Earth King of Kings call'd. Ox i E Z vw NW (87) D d um l TN T TIT TIT I 22500077 A " King Merry cte V. *, T mU j E : 2: : | - - BE s H n: 5 i a ES | e. fr rs EARS zi if (( emm i n = mum = m isis RU RU i ms ui dam un EET IDE T T i i lu 8 | — MN | po B itt it = ü if E m - = Hy : | == . = = : H H F H : T : TM ‘i ETT rx - il N T x T T TTT AA WTTITTTT TUTTI TM TIT T TET i i mM TEE ll (IT ill TERTII [IET il Jit ill Mh [IU [LIT TL TIT Jl | (OL. —. E P Durer Dp Tg Lo. King Cdn PO Y Vol IL The Hiflary of St.Peter’s Weftminfter. .. , 39, On the Pavement clofe to the fide of former Tomb, lies an old wooden Cheft Queen Ke or Coffin, in which is inclosd the Body of Katherine, Queen to the aforefaid "^ Henry the V. this Lady was youngeft Daughter to Charles the VI. King of France, and Ifabel his Queen ; fhe was born the 27th Day of October, Anno 1400. and being a Lady of extraordinary Beauty, the King upon fecing her was fo taken, that he told the Duke of Burgundy, he would either (with other Demands) en- joy the Lady Katherine, or drive the King of France. out of his Kingdom, and him from his Dükedom, which Refolution being enter'd upon, they were obliged to comply with his Demands, and, upon a meeting at Tróys in Campaigne, he was affianc’d to her, and declared Heir apparent to the Crown of France, and on Walfingham the 3d of Fune following, being the Day after Trinity Suuday, their Marriage! P452. was pompoutly celebrated in the Church of St. Katherine at Troys, by Henry de Savoif[y, Axchbifhop of Sens, to whom the King gave in Dowry 10000 Marks, ! and returning with this Prize into England, fhe was crownd in this Church by Wafingham Axchbifhop Chichley. King ‘ames the L of Scotland being prefent, The Feat mere upon this Occafion being cover'd Meffes of Fifh ; by her the King had one Son, vig. Henty the VI. whom fhe bare at Windfor the Year following their Marriage ; and not long after, going over Sea to the King her Hufband, then reducing France to Obedience, fhe had the Grief to attend his Corps into England. After the King’s Death, fhe married with Owen ap Meredith ap Tudor, a Weljb Gen- tleman, belonging to the Court, of {mall Fortune, but ancient Defcent, having a direct one from the Britifh Kings, to which add the moft beautiful Perfonage of that Time. ‘This Marriage was kept fecret till the Queen s Death, as Stow reports 5 but Lrather think it was difcoverd before, for1 find this Tudor in Newgate, from whence he brake out the Year after her Death. By this Owen the had Edmond Tu- dor, Earl of Richmond, and Father to King Henry the VU. Jafpar, Duke of Bedford, and Owen Tudor who took the religious Habit, and died a Monk of this Abby, in which he lies buried. Queen Katherine herfelf died in her 3 8th Year, in the Abby of Bermondfey, neax Southwark, (where the retir'd,) on the fecond (Sandford fays the third) Day of January, Anno 1437. from whence being brought to the Thames-fide, fhe was convey’d by Water over to the Collegiate Chu St. Katherine, near the Tower of London, on the 825 of February following, from thence carried to the Cathedral of St. Paul ; and laftly, brought to this Ab- by, where fhe was interred in the Chapel of our Lady. But fome Years after when her Grandfon Henry the VII. pulled down that, in order to build his fumptuous Chapel ; her Body was taken up, and the Coffin being decay’d, it was put ina wooden Cheft, and placd near her Hufband's Tomb at the Eaft-end o£ the Fryers, (as Stow calls it,) where it has ever fince continued to be feen, the Bones being firmly united, and thinly cloth’d with Flefh, like Scrapings of tann’d Leather ; a View fit to reprefent to us the End of Beauty, Greatnefs, and what elfe fublunaty things we boaft: Near which, Cheft on a Tablet, thefe Verfes were formerly legible, written in Henry the VIII’s Time, and as I fuppofe, by Skelton, while he lay hid here from Wool[ey's Fury. . Hic Katherina jacet Francorum fiia Regis; E cin coe e UE Here lies Queen Katherine clos'd in Grave, The French King's Daughter fair, | And of thy Kingdom (Charles the Sixth) The true undoubted Heir. Heres & Regni (Carole fexte) tí, "Henrici quinti thalamo bis leta jugali Nam fic vir duplici clarus bonore fuit : Twice joyful Wife in Marriage match’d, he z To Henry Fifth by Name : ture fuo Anglorum, Katherine jure triumphans Becaufe thro’ her he nobled was, o NE CDM And (hin'd in double Fame ; Francorum obtinuit, jus decus imperii. The King of England by defcent, And by Queen Katherine's Right, The Realm of France he did enjoys Perque dies celebrant quatuor ore Deum, 5 Triumphant King of might. Grata venit letis felix Regina Beitannis, Edidià 4o The Hiflory of Si. Peter's Weltminifter. — VoL Ik Edidit Henricum gemebunda puerpera. Regem; A happy Queen to Englif Men, She came right grateful here ; Cujus in imperio Francus & Anglus erat. And four Days fpace they honour'd God, With Mouth and reverend Fear. Henry the Sixth this Queen brought forth; In painful Labours plight ; In whofe Empire a french Man was; Non fibi nec regno felici fidere natum, Sed patri & matri religione parem. Poft ex Owino Tuddero tertia proles, , And eke an Englifh Wight. Under no lücky Planet born, Nobilis Edmundus te Katherina beat : Unto himfelf nor Throne : 2 ! But equal with his Parents both; Septimus Henricus quo non preffantior alter; In pure Religion. Of Owen Tudor after this Filius Edmundi, gemma Britannia fuit: The next Son Edmund was, 2I; 7237 O Katherine, a renowned Prince Felix ergo uxor, mater, ter filia felix: E neg ? FUA Sep Apri That did in Glory pafs. Aft Avia hac felix terque quaterque fuit. Henry the Seventh, a Britain Pearl, A Gem of England's Joy; A Peerlefs Prince was Edmund's Sonj A good and gracious Boy. LT I j Therefore a happy Wife this was, OTIUM FUGE A happy Mother pure, À Thrice happy Child, but Grandam fhe} More than thrice happy fure. Du Between the Gates of this Chapel, and the Feet of St. Edward's Shrine, alé - moft contiguous to the latter, and partly cover'd with the Step or Afcent of the former, are two Stones of grey Marble, of which that on the South-fide being broader at head than feet, hath fome fmall Remains of a Crofs, which fome- time reach'd to the bottom, but now part of the Top only vifible, and that not much, for after feveral exact Searches I made in this Chapel, I obferv’d it not but cafually by a glare of the Sun: There are likewife the Similitude of Nails fal tier'd with it, upon trial I found it compos’d of a pitchy Subftance, and not to be injurd but by wearing the Stone itfelf, The Writers of our Church have not heeded it, as appears by Keep’s joining it with the other, as belonging to two Children ;. but if 1 may be allowed to conje&ure, I take it to cover the Body of Roger de Wendover, fince no other has yet attempted to affign a Place for his Bus Mat. Wet. rial, This Wendover was Parfon of Bromley in Kent, and elected Bifhop of Ro- POP tbefler, on the 6. Kal. March, Anm. upon the Death of Bifhop Sandford, but Godwin 9* being thought infufficient by Edmund, the Archbifhop, he rejected him, who thereupon appealing to Rome, was receiv’d there and confirm'd; and afterwards Wharton, confecrated at Canterbury, on the Morrow after St. Edward the King, Az. 1238. Angl. fact. 20d inftall’d at Roche/fer, by Simon, Archdeacon of Canterbury; and having fat Mat. Weft. Bifhop twenty two Years, he died at Frakenbam, 4 Id. Octob. 1250. whereupon the King (quia fanttus habebatur) for that he was an holy Man, ordered him to be buried in this Church. That this is highly probable, appears by the ancient Form of the Stone, and the Crofs ufually imprefs'd on the Coffins and Graves of Bifhops and Abbats, and no other, that I have ever yet obferv’d; and this I am well affur'd, that no Bifhop, or Abbat was ever buried in this Chapel, except Fohn of Waltbam, whofe Tomb is fair and vifible ; and Bifhop Courtney of Norwich, who dying fo late as 1415. and being more the Statefman than Prelate, and of a great and honourable Alliance; leaves no room to fuppofe a Stone and Crofs Fun. Mon: of {uch ancient fimple Form to be placd over him. Yet Weaver fays, there lies in the Wall of Bromley Church, a Figure faid to be his Portraiture, but fays, he cannot contradict his Burial here. ApyorniNG to which is another Stone, Mr. Keep fays two, of Marble, laid Children of in the Pavement, under which it is faid were buried Margaret and Jobs, two Lc U^ Children of William de Valence, Earl of Pembroke, mention'd before in the Chapel Dugdale Bas Of St. Edward. But here Mr. Keep was Ítrangely mifinform'd, for Valence had ron. but one Child that dy'd young, (tho’ Milles fays William likewife, but he liv’d long Vollh — ZbeHiflory of St. Per za s Weftminfeer. AT long after, and was flain in France, 7 Edw. 1.) neither is there any likelihood for this Conjecture, unlefs the beforemention'd Tomb of Wendover lying by itis — | taken for thé other. This John was eldeft Son of William of Valence by Foan de Mat. Paris, Monchefey, and dying in his Infancy, his Father procur’d for all fuch as fhould Sportey Cot. devoutly pray for hisSoul, Indulgence for 160 Days. ' a On the South-fide of this Chapel, and with the Feet adjoining to Henry V’s, Q. Philippa, ; a handfome ancient Tomb of black Marble, on which hes the Effigies, in white Alabafter, of Philippa of Heinault, Quecn to King Edward the Ul. the was third Daughter of William Earl of Heinault, and Joan, eldeft Daughter of Charles Count de Valois, younger Son of Philip the hardy King of France. Her Brother was William 4th, Eaxl of Holland and Heinault, who being flain by the Frifons, this Earldom came to her. She was married to Edward the 34, at York, Febr. 25 S Ant. Anno 1327. and crowu'd at Weflminfler, the firft Sunday in Lent following, fhenis. d lived his Wife forty two Years, and bare him no lefs then fourteen Children. odin. Mr. Weaver, from Harding, tells us, that when an Embafly was fent to chufe onep. 510 of the Earl's Daughters, a certain Bifhop amongft them advis'd to chufe the La- dy who had the largeft Hips, as promifing a numerous Progeny ; this the Event made good. She wasa Woman of great Honour and Virtue, anda firm Friend sling.. to England, fhe was, fays Walfingham, Mulier nobilifima «9 Anglorum amatrie $i Vag conftantifima ; ftrenuoully afferting her Hufband's Right to France, notwithftand- ing her clofe Alliance to that Crown ; fhe died the 15. Day of Augu/?, being thelbid. Bleffed Virgin’s Affumption, Asso 1369. 43 Ed. 3. and was here buried, the King pouring vaft Expence in performing her Exequies and ereCting her Tomb. round the Tomb were formerly the Statues in Brafs, and Efcutcheons of the fol: lowing Perfons ; at the Head, of Edward, Prince of Wales, Lewis the Emperor, King Edward the III. Jobs, King of France, and William, Earl of Heinault, tre Queens Father: On the South-fide, of Foan, Countefs of Heinault, the Queen’sChurch near Mother; William, Earl of Heinault, the Queen's Brother; Margaret, Emprefs of Neo Germany, the Queen's Sifter; Reginald, Duke of Geldres ; Eleanor, Dutchefs of Geldres ; Fohn of Bavaria, Earl of Heinaule; Mary, Dutchefs of Britain; Lewis; Duke of Bavaria ; Margaret, Countefs of Pembroke ; Charles of Valois, Son to the King of France ;and Tobu, Duke of Brabant: On the North-fide of Joan, Queen of Scots, Fobn, Earl of Cormwal; foam, Princefs of Wales; Lionel, Duke of Clarence ; Ifabel, Countefs of Bedford, John, Duke of Lancaffer; Elizabeth, Dutchefs of Clarence; Edmund, Barl of Cambridge; and Thonias, Earl of Buck- ingham : Andat the foot, of the Kings of Navarre, Bohemia, Scotland, Sicily and Spain. Ona Tablet near the Tomb were formerly thefe Verfes; Gulielmi Hannonis foboles poftrema Philippi, Fair Philip, William Henald’s Child, : 1 And youngeft Daughter dear, Hic rofeo quondam pulchra decore jacet. OF Rofeat Hue, and Beauty bright, In Tomb lies hilled here; teriny Edwdidss es dfe utet pond Edward the Third, through Mother's Will ? AM Materno {ial nobiliumque fuit : And Nobles good Confent, ! Took her to Wife, and Joyfülly Frater Johannes Comes Mavortius heros; With her his Time he fpent. s E 6 ; His Brother + 7oba, a Martial Man Huic illam voluit confociare "viro. AE ex EH ] + johannes Hei junxit Flandros conjunttio fanguinis Anglis s Did link this Woman to this King; BEML AP ag In Bonds of Marriage right. C HARE In Francos venit binc Gallica dira lues. This March and Marriage thus in Blood, Walling. ; PELO 1A "s id bind the Flemings fure Hift. p. 101. Dotibus bec raris viguit regina Philippa, To Englifh Men, by which they did Forma preftanti, Religione fides i The French Mens Wrack procure. Fecunde 42 The Hiftory of. St. Py Ysi's Weltminiter. /— Vol. II, Fecunde mata eff proles numerola parenti This Philip flowr'd in Gifts full rare) Fu oo et i And Treafures of che Mind, Tnfignes peperit magnauimo[que duces. In Beauty bright, Religion, Faith, To all and each moft kind. A faithful Mother Philip was, Full many a Son fhe bred, And brought forth many a worthy Knight; Hardy and full of dred. Oxonii pofuit fludidfis optima nutrix, Rigineas edes, Palladiamque Scholam; A carefull Nurfe to Students all, DISCE VIVERE At Oxford fhe did found Queen's-Céllege, the, Dame Pallas School That did her Fame refound. King Edy. — ÁDJOiNiNG to this, and between the two Pillars; paralell with the Shriné uL. of St. Edward, is a ftately Monument of grey Marble, having over it a decay'd Canopy of Gothick Work, on which is a Table and Effigy of Copper gilt, repre fenting King Edward the III, tho’ his Corps lies in the fame Grave with Phillippa’s. as fhe her fclf defir’d on her Death-bed; on the Sides of the Tomb were the brafs Statues and Arms of thefe his Sons and Daughters, (of which fome remain )viz- on the South.fide, 1/2. Edward Prince of Wales, 2d. Foan de la Tour; call’d Queen of Spain, Lionel Duke of Clarence, Edmund Duke of York, Mary Dutchefs of Britain, and William of Hatfield ; on the North-fide, were the Statues of Ifabel, Lady of Concy, William of Wind[or, Fobn, Duke of Lancafter, Blanch de la Tours Margaret, Countefs of Pembroke, and Thomas, Duke of Gloucefter 5. of thefe laft the Arms only remain, on the Bafis of the Tomb are placd on large Shields of Brafs, enamel'd, the Arms of St. George and Edward the ILI. on the little Tomb of Margaret, Edward the IV’s, Daughter, which joins to the Head of this Tomb, is placd the Shield and Sword carried before this King in France, the latter of which is feven foot long, and weighs eighteen Pounds, This Edward III. was eldeft Son of Edward V. King of England, who being depos'd and murder'd in the Infancy of this, the Crown was placd upon his Head, At his 14th Year. he Jaid claim to the Crown of France, in right of his Mother Jfabell, Daughter to Philip the IV. and made that claim fure by numerous Con- quefts under his Condu&, and that of his brave Son the black Prince; Scotland he redue’d to allegiance; and aftet the fecond Revolt, took their King Prifoner, France by the Battles of Creffy and Poichers, he fubdu’d, at the latter of which, John their King was likewife taken, fo that he had at Losdon two Captive Kings at once, thefirft of thefe, after 11 Years Imprifonment, was releas'd, the latter died in the Savoy. In his Time England feemd to fhine in her Meridian, Learning was encourag'd ; Gallantry, and that the moft honourable, was practis'd ; theOrder of the Garter inftuted ; the Subjects belov’d, the Prince honoured at home, -and fear'd abroad ; ill after a long Reign, and impair'd Age, the reins of Goverment began to grow flack, the Prince was impos'd upon, and Laicaffer, that ambitions Son of his, clouded all the Letting Glories of his Reign, incouraging popular Factions, and debauch’d the Kings hours with a Woman who had too great an afcendant over him, an imperious arbitrary Favourite; one Perers, who having been chief Walling. Lady to the Queen, was much efteem’d after her Death by the King, not asa HAR P199 iittrefs, which fome (in regard fhe was a Wickliffiff) fay, and particulary Wal- 1 Jingbam, who, with a Heat ufual to him, calls her infanda meretrix verecunda pellex ; but out of refpe& to his Queen's Memory: this Woman was married to Sir William Windfor beforementioned. Thus ended this glorious Sun its Courfe, being upon his Deathebed deferted by all his Favourites, and particularly the a- forefaid Perers, who even took the Rings from his Fingers before his Breath was gone, and lying alone, gafping almott his laft, a Fryer came into the Room and 1nov'd at fuch an Object, had the Courage to approach and bad him Cry pardon ; for FIIIT mS IP) RR Lc, =| Zi ZA | QUT Emm - YF ff ) 2 É TA Aeg eate nho H. (1013); oe 1 E = S : E 2 \j—_—— = e N = i ATE TT A ANT 7 ^ A D AA , p 2 j o ES " Ug (hard lee Mand Hl 2 d : , Wolll The Hiffory of St. Per er’s Weftminfter. Ad for his fins, giving him a Crucifix, the King often kife’d lits Feet, the Tears 22. flowing apace, and was heard to pronounce the Word Fefus, and fo expi- ied, at his Manór-Houfe of Shene, near Richmond in Surry, the twenty fri Day of June 1377. inthe fixty fourth Year of his Age, having reign'd fifty Years, four Months and twenty eight Days; from whence he was brought and buried here, Round the Verge of the brafs ‘Table are thefe Verfes. begin- ning on the North-fide at the foot. On a Table nearit was this Tran[lations Hic decus Anglorum, flos vegum preteritorum, Of Englifi Kings here ly:h the beauteous Flower Forma futurorum, rex clemens pax populorum, Of all before pafs’d, and Myrror to them fhall fue: Fersius Edwardus, regni complens jubileum, A merciful King, of Peace Confervator, Invittus pardus, bellis pollens Machabeum, The Il. Edward; the Death of whom may rué Profpere dum vixit regnum pietate revixtt, All Englifh Men, for he by Knighthood due, Axmipotens vexit: jam celo celice rex fits Was Libarde invi@, and by Feat Martial To worthy Macabein Vertue Peregal, Nexr adjoining and between this Tomb and the back Skreen of the high Altar; King Rich. is another Tomb, not much unlike the laft, being of grey Marble; with empty Gar his Niches on the fides, over it is a Table of Copper, with two Effigies of the {ame ; gilt, large as the Life, being ere&ted to Richard 1I. and his Queen; his Robing 1s wrought with Peafcod Shells open, and the Peas out, but upon what account that devife was us'd, I know not ; over the Tomb is a Canopy of Wood, which has for- inerly been curioufly Painted with the Virgin Mary and our Saviour, ftill vifible; and the Arms of Asne his Queen, vix. quarterly, an Eagle difplay’d with two Heads fable; the Imperial Arms, and Gules a Lyon rampant, quevee forchee argent crown’d Or, the Arms of Bohemia impal’d with Richard Il. vig. quarterly; France, Semee and England, &c. but are fcarcely now vifible. This unhappy Prince, Richard 2d, was Son of that victorious black Prince, and Grandfon to Ed. VIT. laft mention'd, whom he fucceeded in the Throne at his eleventh Year of Age: he was furnam’d of Burdeaux, the Place of hisBirth, which was Amno 1366. He was a Princeof unequal'd Beauty ; and had the excellencies of his Mind equal'd thofe of his Form, he had compleated the Glories his Grandfire began; but hur- tied with the Paffions to which Youth is incident, he involv'd himfelf and the Na« tion in many Difficulties, to which the Faétions about him contributed not a little; of which difadvantages, Henry of Bullingbrook taking hold, ufurp'd the ‘Throne by a canting far-fetch’d Right from Henry II. for conqueft nor refignatis on were not then pleaded: foon after which this haplefs dethron’d Monarch was Imprifon'd, firft in Leeds, in Kent, then in Pontefraét or Pomfret-caffle in York/hires where fome fay he died by Famine : Stow fays they vexd him five Days with cold Aon, and hunger: the continuer of Ingulphus, that he voluntarily fafted five Days and yup, p, gos. Nights, and Walfingbam fays, that for the gricfconceiv'd upon difcovery of the Walt niit late Plot, femetipfum extinxit media voluntaria, Others fay, that Henry IV. Pa gave hints to have him deftroy'd, which one Sir Pierce of Exton hearing; went from Court with eight Men in Company, to Pomfret, and enter'd the King's Chamber arm'd, who perceiving their defigns, put the Table froni him, wrefted a Bill from the Hands of the foremoft, and flew four of the Affailants, but being drove back to his Chair, where Sir Pierce ftood, ‘he with a Poleax ftruck out his Brains: This was done at Pomfret in the bloudy Tower, on St. Valentines Day, Ans 1399. Anno 1. Henry IV. Whereupon his Bedy was embalm'd and enclos'd with Lead, all but the Face, and was brought to the Tower, thence to St. Paul’s Church in London, to be expos'd to publick View for three days, where Service was per- form’d, at which the Ufurper was prefent: From whence it was convey'd to Langéley, and buried in the Church of the Fryers Predicants, the Office being ^2 X perform'd 45 Stow. Walfingham hift. p. 387. The Hiftory of St.Perzr’s Weftminfter; — Vol. Il. perform'd by the Bifhop of Cheffer, and the Abbats of St, Aléaas and Waltham; without any Nobility prefent, or even any crowd, nor any to invite them after- wards to dinner, where he refted for fome Years till Henry V. a Prince of great Humanity reigning, pity’dhis cafe and gave Orders to remove him in State to this Abby, whither he was drawn in a Royal Chair, himfelf and all the N obility attending ; he was interrd near the Shrine 6f hisadmir’d Saint Edward the Confeflor, over whofe facred Afhes the King erected a Tomb of grey Marble, with Niches on the fides; but without any Statues in them, but on the Tomb is a Table of Brafs gilt, and on it, in gilt Copper, large as the Life, the Effigies of this un- fortunate Prince, with his Q. Ane; on the King's Robe are the devices of Peafcods fhells open with the Peas out; over all isa Canopy of Wood asbeforemention'd, Mr, Keep fays, at the Time of Writing his Hiftory,thofe Statueswere remov'd, and alate Writer from him fays, they are not there now: how Mr. Keep, could make fuch a Miftake, when Sandford, nor any other at that Time mention it, I know not; there not appearing the leaft fign of their having been ever remov’d, tho’ there have been but too flagrant ones of their having been injur'd, large Pieces of the Copper being cut out from the Table, and the Arms ftolen, from the fide next the Area, in the holes of which putting my Hands, I could turn the Boards of his Coffin. Round the Verge is this Infcription, an extravagant Proof of the genes rofity of Henry V. by whofe Order it was plac'd there. Prudens et mundus Richardus jure fecundus, Perfe& and Prudent, Richard, by right the fecond Per fatum vidus, jacet bic [ub marmore pictus. Verax fermone, prudens fuit et rationc. Corpore procerus, animo prudens ut Omerus, Ecclefie favit, elatos fuppeditavit. Quemvis proftravit Regalia qui violavit. Obruit bereticos, et eorum ftravit amicos: O clemens chrifte tibi devotus fuit iffe. Votis Baptifte, falves quem protulit iffe. Vanquifh'd by fortune, lies here now graven in (Stone True of his Word, and thereto well refound 3 Seemly in Perfon, and like to Homer, as one In worldly Prudence, and everthe Church in one Upheld and favour'd, and cafting the Proud to (Ground, And all that would his Royal State confound. Hic jacet immiti con(umptus morte Richardus 1399. fuilfe felicem mi[errimum. In the fame Tomb with him lies his Queen, 4zze, Daughter to the Ems peror Charles the 41b, and Sifter to Wenceflaus, Emperor and King of Bohemia : She was crown'd at We/lminfler, by William Courtacy, Archbifhop of Canterbury ; by her the King had no Children, and having been his Wife 12 Years, fhe died the 7th of Tune in the Year 1394. at Sbene in Surry, for whofe Death the King's Grief was, like his other Paflions, fo Extravagant, that he curs’d the Place of her Death, and order'd the Buildings to be demolifh/d : fhe was buried at Weftminfter, in a pompous and folemn manner, and at prodigious Expence. Stain'd with the Blood of the Earl of Arundel, as Walfingham obferves, who never fails affronting this unhappy Prince's Memory, when he can, ufing the weak and bafe Supports of Ufurpation, Perfonal refle&ion and vindication of the leffer and firtt effays of Re- bellion, which were quafh’d, togive San¢tion to the greater more fucceffive and fuccesful ones, under the confequence of which he liv’d, Anna Richardi fecundi Regis Anglise uxoris Epitaphium. Sub petra lata nune Anna jacet tumulata, Dum vixit mundo Richardo nupta fecundo; Chrifto devota, fuit bec facilis, bene nora Pauperibus prona. emper. [ua reddere dana. Turgia fedavit, & pregnantes relevavit, Corpore formofa, vultu mitis; [peciofa Prabens folamen viduis, agris medicamen, Anno Milleno, ter centum, quarto nonageno, Julii. fepteno menfis migravit amano. Hoc jacet Anna loco Britonum redemita corona, Cui vir Richardus jure fecundus erat : Nunquam leta parens, nam fine prole. jacet. Cii. Pater illuftris, grata generoque [uperbus, Forma fragilis. [ Queen WII ee j 1 | 1 | AUI RE TA p P, Y E a e . NN Vol. Ik The Hiftory of St.Peters Weftminitter, 47 This in part tranflated on a Table fometime near, beginning at Hoc jacet Anna, Queen Anne, Richard the Second’s Wife, But all Men’s treafures laft not long, Lieth buried in this Place : They hang but on a twine, Adorned with the Britains Crown, Or flender thread ; death Kings and Queens With whom fhe found much grace. 4 : Doth all catch up in fine. k pe Henle m ig Eus Proud. This Queen was of the Royal Race Of Rome thrice happy Emperoür was Of Romans by decent : And that large Empire had. Of all belov'd, moft dear to moft, Wenceflans, fo call'd by name, Who thus in joyful plight Sent her to London guarded well In Honour relucent. Full liberal and bountiful, With valiant Men of Might. Adorn d with virtues rare : Againft whofe coming Plays were made, No Child fhe had, but iffulefs And Sights and Shews were feen, She lies wichout fuch care. Wich Princely Pomp to gratifie This Noble Virgin Queen. Favour fadeths BETWEEN the Shrine of St. Edward, and thé Tomb of Queen Philipa, under D d alarge Stone, once finely plated with Brafs, with Infcriptions now not legible, lies Duke of Thomas of Wood[lock, Brother to Edward the black Prince, fixth and youngeft 8^ Son to Edx.1II. and Uncle to Richard the Il. He was Born at Wood/fock, then the Palace from whence he tookhis Name the 7th Id. Fan. 13 5 y. In the fiftieth Year of his Father he fat in Parliament as Conftable of England. On the Coronation of hisNephew,Richard II. he was honour’d with the Title of Earl of Buckingham, with an Aunuity of 1009/7. per Aun. fettl’d on him, and the 224 of June follow- ing, he confirm'd him Conftable of Eagland; and in right of his Wife Elianor, Daughter of Humphrey de Bobun, he had the Titles of, Earl of Effex and Nor- thampton.. Of which Eliagor, and her Tomb, fee more in the Chapel of St. Edmond: He was afterwardsadvancd by Patent, dated 6th Aug. 9th Richard II. to the Titles of Duke of Gloucefter. This Gentleman whom Walfingham calls, Vir oprimus @ hif. p. 3032 regis patruw in quo pofita fuere [pes et folatium totius regni comunitatis, was ex- treamly careful over the Affairs of the Kingdom, during the unhappy meafures his Nephew took, but too fubje&tto a Warmth of "Temper, anda froward op- pofition of every thing his Prince defird ; and having once by a combination of the Lords, brought him under, intended ftill to keep him fubje&t to his diftates, which the King, now of ripe Years perceiving, refolv’d to remove from him, fo fevere an obferver and reprover of his AGtions: In order to which, he caus'd him to be furprizd at his Caftle of Ple/bey in Effex, and convey'd to Calais, where he Walfinghata was Smother’d between two Featherbeds, by William Serle, Francis, and iia ae others: "This was done on Sept. 8. 1397. and but one Year before his Nephew 5 the King met with ashard at fate, a Pomfret, and Mowbrey, Duke of Norfolk, the contriver of it, Banifh’d for Life. His Body was convey'd to P/efby, and buried in a College of Canons regular which he had Founded, under a hand. fome Tomb, but afterwards his Body was remov'd and buried in this Place. Upon the Tomb were the Figures of himfelf, Dutchefs Elianor, Ed. HY. and Q. Philipa; with his Brothers and Sifters, as here exhibited. On the South«fide of which, on the Verge was this broken fragment, fome Years fince, but now not legible; ore gift cufeuclex entre les come tu poes icy deoir foit a matyn mydy ou Coyr : priex, a dieu pur falme de luy : quil eu eft de luy mercy meint bome ue....... Wear the foot of Edward I’s, Monument is another Pavement Stone infculp'd with Brafs, andan Infcription, part of which was vifible in Bifhop Godwin’s Time, y... far, but now gone ; on the Plates of which are eight Figures, four on one fide defac'd; mon. 483. by often paffage over that fide, through the Skreen; from the High Altar to St. Ed- wards 48 The Hiftory of St.Perer's Weltminifter. —^ Vol II. ward's Shrine; andthe four others in Gothick Letters, Yobanaes ------ which adorn the Effigy of a Bifhop, in his Mafs Habit, this was laid over Yobs de Waltham, Eithop of Salisbury, agreat favourite of King Richard 11. in whofe Time he was Mafter of the Robes, Keeper of the Privy Seal, and was chofe one of the fourteer Knighton OVEr the Revenues, and laitly, vig. Anno 1391. made Lord righ Treafurer of Ec 2685. gland; he died in that Office, having fupplied it four Years, and that of Bifhop Soils # feven, his Death happen'd Anno 1395. he was much lamented by the King, who Walfingham gave orders he fhould be here buried, as Walfingham obferves, boc Annoi e. 1 3956 Yodo obiit fo: de Walsham, Epifcopus Sarum & regni Thefaurarius qui tanium regi com- NS P. placuerat, ut etiam (multis licet murmurantibus) rege jubente apud Weftmonajterium it inter regis meruit fepulcura, This Waltham {eems to have been a Man of great Spirit, as appears by his oppofing the Archbifhop of Canterbury, who in his Vifita- tion had been oppofed by the Bifhop of Exeter, and after bringing him to Subs miffion proceeded to Salisbury, where this Waltham refus'd him, upon account of a priviledge obtain’d fromPope Boniface, then newly Pope, to exempt his Diocefs from any Metropolitan’s Vifitation, by virtue of any Power granted from the late Pope Urban ; but the Archbifhop, who knew his Metropolitan Power of Vifi« tation independent of the Pope, proceeded to Excommunications and Cenfures; tll Waltham was forc'd to fubmit. M.Paris p. __ UN this Chapel wasinterr’d, the Heart of Hesry de Almaine, Son of Richard 10072 —— King of the Romans, who having been long in Foreign Countries, returning to England, as he paft thro’ Tufcany with Philip, after King of France, was Mur: der d at Viterbo, in the Church of St. Silveffer, while he was hearing Mafs, by Simon and Guido, Sons of Simon de Mountfort, Earl of Leicefler, Anno 1240. The Pi&ure of his Murder the Inhabitants had painted and hung in the Church, on p.4c0. Which Matthew Weflminfler, gives us fome Verfes. His Body was the following pos. ^ Year, vig, on the 3d Id. May 1271. brought to London, and his Heart put in a Cup and plac’d near St Edwards Shrine, his Body was Buried in the Monaftery Walfingham of Hales, The two Murderers were excommunicated by the Pope, and Simon, M vga, one of them, died in the Caftle of Senenfis, a miferable vagabond, the Year follow- pP.40- — ing. “Here alfo lieth interr’d, without Monument or Infcription, Richard Court ney, of the Family of the Earls of Devon/bire, Kinfman to William Courtney, Arche Newcoure bifhop of Canterbury, educated at Exeter-College in Oxford, fixft Prebendary of eh Sneating in St. Paul's, ‘Dean of St. Afaph, Canon of York, Chancellor of Ox- WhactonAn-ford, Canon, and then Dean of Wells; and laftly, Bifhop of Norwich in 1413. a EUN great Favourite of Henry V. whom he attended into Normandy, where he died Godwin de at the Siege of Harfleur, of a Flux, on the 141b or 16th of Sepr. 1415. and being inb brought over to England was Buried near the Shrine of St, Edward. Before we leave thefe Chapels, we muft not pafs over the Perfons Buried in them, tho’ not diftingufh'd by Monuments, yet of equal, and fome of fuperior Chara€ters to thofe that are; I therefore proceed next (after defcribing Henry VII. Chapel) to mention the Vaults and private Interrments, and lead you into the dark and filent Repofitories of the dead, in that and the other Chapels, which furvey, tho’ it lefs delights the Eye, yet will more abundantly entertain the Mind and Imagnation, than that we have before taken. Of the Chapel of Henry VII. and the private Interments, and Vaults there. Havine in the former Vol, mention'd upon what grounds Henry VH. founded this Building. and how he in fome part endowed it, it would be too Vol; If: Tbe Hiflory of St.Perers Weftiminitter. too tedious to enumerate, the many Charterson this occafion, of which are now in being, Books in Blue Velvet embofs'd with Silver remaining in the Old Chap- ter-Houfe of this Abby. — I fhall only in this Place, as I Promis'd, give a De- {cription of the Building. This Miraculum orbis, as Leland calls it, on the out- fide, would yield a moft furprifing view, were it not that the Smoke has pretty much injur'dit, andis adorn’d with fourteen Gothick Towers jutting out in feveral Angles, enlighten'd with Windows,: and cover'd with the moft curious carv'd Work of Portcullifes, Flowers de Lis, &c. and have had a vaft number of Statues placd in Niches round them, but taken away left they fhould fall upon the Heads of thofe who attend the Parliament ; from which Towers, to the fides of the Roof are Gothick Arches. The afcent to the infide from the Eaft-end of the Sacri- ftarea of St. Edward is by Steps of black Marble, being ---, Feet in length, under a ftately Portico, to the Gates opening to the Body or Nave of it: Before you enzer which, you obferve on either hand a Door-Way opening from the Area at the top of the afcent into the fide Iles of this Chapel, for it is compos'd of a Nave and fide Iles, in manner of a Cathedral; the entrance to the Nave from the Afcent is thro’ three noble Portals of Brafs, wrought like Frame-Work, and in every other open Pannel a Rofe and a Portcullis of hollow Work, alternately : Entring thro’ thefe your Eye takes in the moft beautiful and furprifing Profpe&t in the World, the Roof of itis very lofty and wrought with the moft curious variety imaginable, the Windows lofty and lightfome, the Stalls of the Choir of Wainfcote, curioufly carv’d, with Gothick Canopies, and the Seats with variety of Devices ; the Pavement is of black and white Marble, done at the Charge of Dr. Killigre, Prebendary here, as appears by two Plates of Brafs infix’d to the rife toward the Founder’s Tomb. . The Eaft View from the entrance prefents you with the Brafs Chapel and Tomb of the Founder, and round it, where the Eaft-end forms a Semicircle, are the Chapels of the Dukes of Buckingham and Richmond, and the open Spaces and Windows, where is the Tomb of Sheffield Duke of Bucks, and th ie of the Countefs of Richmond on each fide the Inlet to the great Eaft Window. The fide Ifles open to the Nave at the Eaft-end on each fide the Founders Tomb ; at the Eaft-end of the South Ifle is the Royal Vault: And of the other, the Mo- numents of the two Princes Murder’d; the Walls as well of the Nave as of the South Iles are wrought into the moft curious Imagery and contain 120, large Statues of Patriarchs, Saints, Martyrs and Confeffors, plac’d in Niches, under which are Angels fupporting Imperial Crowns, befides inumerable fmall ones; and thefe have been efteem’d fo curious, that Painters, Statuaries, and other Artifans of all Countries have travell’d hither to copy them. The Windows, which are thirteen on each fide above, and as many below in the North and South Ifles, befide the fpacious Eaft Window, jut out into the Gothick Towers vifible without, and have been formerly of painted or diaper’d Grafs, and in every Pain wasa red Rofe, the Badge and Cognizance of the Houfe of Lancafter, or a text f), che initial letter of the Founders Name, and Porteulliffes, the Badge of the Beauforts, crown'd, of which many are ftill vifible. The Roof, which is flattifh on the out-fide, is fupported on Arches between the Nave and fide Ifles which turn up* on twelve ftately Gothick Pillars curioufly adorn’d with Figures, Fruitage and Fos liage. The length of this Chapel within-fide is 99 Feet; the breadth 66 Feet and the heighth 54 Feet. Vaults and Iterments in this CHAPEL The firft, being the ancienteft, is in the South Ile, and near the Tomb of Margaret Dougla[s, Grandmother to King Fames 1, in which that Lady is buried, of whom fce Vol. L, fhe lies in a Leaden Coffin, placd on another; in which K ig 48 50 The Hiflory of St. Pxrgw's Weftminfter. — Vol. If. the Body of Charles Earl of Lenox, Son to the faid Margaret, by Matthew Earl of Lenox: He dy’d Anno 1576. Thefe are all it contains. Upon what occafion it was open'd in Mr. Keep's Time, or whether by communication with the adjoyn- Keep, pir ing Vault he faw thofe Coffins, I know not; but he tells us, the undermoft was much jhaken and decay'd, fo that the Skeleton and dry'd fhriveld Skin, might be fcen. On the fame South-fide of this Chapel, isa large and capacious Vault which King James prepar'd to receive his Mother Mary, Queen of Scots, and his Fami- ly ; from her being laid there, it is commonly call’d the Queen of Scots Vault. And is frequently call’d the Royal Vault, from the many Branches of that Royal Stem which have fince been depofited there. Of which in order. Hz v ry Prince of Wales eldeft Son of King James the Firft, who was born the 19th of Feb. 1593. and after giving great promifesof a Blefling to this Land, died of amalignant Fever the 6th of Nov. 1612. at his 1 9th Year, at St. games's, whence he was drawn ina Chariot and had a Hearfe ereCted to him in this Abby with his SandfordGe. Arms, and this Motto, Fuvat Ire per altum. His Body was inclos'd in Lead, pro- desir portion’d to the fhape of it, and his Heart likewife enclos'd by it fel£, to its Thape, and laid on his Breaft, and under it the Figures 1612. with the Prince's Device, Motto, and a Rofe and Thiftle, with H. P. under it embosd. Sometime after, Ihave reafon to believe, this Body was removd, for upon digging to clean Monk’s Vault, a Corpfe, thus inclos'd, was dug out of the Sand; and from a hole made by the Workmen, iffu'd a black Liquid of intolerable ftench. ErizazzTH Daughterto King James I. married to Frederick Count Palatine of the Rhine, who was afterwards nominated King of Bohemia; but driven by the Emperor both from thofe Dominions and his own. ‘This Lady, after the Reftau- ration of her Nephew King Charles II. came into England. She liv’d with the old Lord Craven in Drury Lane, and died at Leicefter-Houfe, on Thurfday Feb. 1661. Aged 66. and was carried from Somerfet-Houfe by Water, and here buried, her fon Prince Rupert being chief Mourner. On a filver Plate fixt to her Coffin is this In- fcription : Depofitum Sereniffima 49 potentiffime Principiffe Elizabethze Regine Bohemis, re- liée Frederici Dei gratia Bohemiz Regis Archidapiferi (9 principis Elettoris facri Romani Imperii, Filia unice Jacobi, fororis Caroli primi & amite Caroli ejus nomi- nir fecundi Mag, Brit. Franc. (7 Hib. Regum. Qua in edibus Comitir Liceftriz die Jovis 13. Feb. piiffime in Domino obdormivit, Anno a Chriflo nato 1661. «tati [ue fexagefimo fexto. ARABEL Stuart, Daughter to Charles Earl of Lenox, fhe married Mr; William Seymour 2d Son to the Earl of Hertford, but this marriage being confumma- ted without the confent of King James the I. and the being Coufin-german to the King, they were both committed Prifoners to the Tower, where this Lady ended her Life without Hlue, on the 27:5 Day of Sept. Anno 1615. and was buried here in a leaden Coffin without any Infcription; fays Sand. 528. Henry Duke of Gloucefter 4rh Son of King Charles 1. a Prince of Wifdom, and Courage, and Piety, beyond his Years. He liv’da fhort Time after the Reftora- tion, vix. about four Months, and died at Whitehall 1 3:5 Sept. following, much la- mented by all, but particularly by the King, who was never known to grieve fo much upon any other occafion. He was carried from Somer{et-Houfe by Water to the Parliament-Stairs, and heredepofited. His Coffin was of Black-Velvet 5 and on a Plate of Silver this Infcription : Depofitum. Mluftriffimi Principis Henrici Ducis Glouceftrix, Comiti Cantabrigiz, filii quarto geniti Sereniffimi Regis Caroli ( pie [emper memoria ) defuntti, Q9 fratris Sereniffimi Regis Caroli ejus nominis Secundi, Qui in Aula Regia apud Whitehall, die Jovis Decimo-tertio die Septembris, Anno a Chriflo nato 1660. in Domino ob- dormivit s. Atatir [ue vicefimo. Mary 1b | AI Tg | Vind a Wb aan —— a a ee Se Se Vol. IL The Hiflory of St. Pztzws Weftminfter, Mary Princefs of Orange, eldeft Daughter to King Charles 1. fhe died of the Small-Pox, at Whitehall (being invited into England by her Brother Charles 1I. foon after his Reftauration) on the 24th Dec, 1660. a Princefs of great virtue, and a kind aflifter of her Brotherin Exile, fhe was carried by Water from) Somer[ei- Hbu[e, and on her Coffin of Black-Velvet is this Infcription on a Copper Plate. Depofitum Inclitiffime Principifre Marix, Illufpriffimi Gulielmi Principis. Auriaci Relifie, Filie primogenite Sereniffimi Regis Anglie Caroli (pie femper. memori«) ee Sororis Sereniffimi Caroli Regis ejut nominis Secundi, Que im Aula Regia apud Whitehall die Lune Vicefimo quarto die Decembris piffime in Dom. obdormivit Anno, a Chriflo nato MpCLx, ZEtatis fue vicefimo nono. Several Children of King ames, when Duke of York, viz. Curt Es Duke of Cambridge fecond fon of James Duke of York, afterwardsK. James II. died an Infant; On his Coffin a Silver Plate thus Infcrib'd ; as likewife on thofe following : Depofitum Celciffimi Principis Caroli Ducis. Cantabrigie filij Primogeniti Jacobi Ducis Eboracenfis, quinatus 22. die Odtobris 1660, Obiit ia aula Whitehall quin- to die Mail, 1661. James Duke of Cambridge, 2d Sonof King James II. Depofitum Iluftriffimi Prins cipis Jacobi Ducis Cantabrigiz, We, filii fecundogeniti @ haredis potentiffimi Prin- cipis Jacobi Ducis Eboraci, quiim Aula Regia Richmondiz viceffimo die Yunii in Domino obdormivit, etatis {ue quarto, Annoque Dom. 1667. Cuartes Duke of Kendal, his 3d Son: Depofisum Illuffrifimi Principis Caroli Ducis Candaliz, We. filij tertio geniti Potentifimi Principis Jacobi Ducis Eboraci, qui in Aula regia Sti. Jacobi ditfa vigefimo fecundo die Maii in Domino obdormivit, vix annum babens, An. Dom. 1677. Epcar Duke of Cambridge, his 4th Son: Depoftum Illuffriffimi Principis Edgari Ducis Cantrabrigim, 49 filij quarto geniti 42 heredis Potentiffimi Principis acobi Ducis Eboraci, qui in Aula Regia Richmondiw, 8. die Junii is Domino obdormivit, etatis [ue quarto, Anno Dom. 1671. HzNRrETTA, his 3d Daughter: Depofitwm Iluftrifime Domine Henriette filie nata tertie Potentiffimi Principis Ducis Eboraci. Que in Aula regia Sti. Ja- cobi di&a 1 die Menfis Novem. in Domino obdormivit, decem circiter menfium «Latis, Anno Dom. 1669. CATHERINE, his 4th Daughter: Depoftum Illuffriffume Domine Katherine filie quartogenite Potenti(fimi Principis Jacobi Ducis Eboraci, ie Aula Regia Sti. Jacobi dita, quinto die Decem, im Domino obdormivit vix decem men[es babens, Anno 1671. à ANxE Dutchefs of York, Daughter of Chancellor Hyde; and married private- ly to the Dukeof York, a Woman of execellent Sence, and a Soul fuited to her high Station ; fhe died of a lingring illnefs occafion d thro’ weakneffes by Child. bearing, at St. James, March 31/t 1671. Aged 34. Years, and was buried here the 5th of April. CnuanLEs of York, Duke of Cambridge firft Son of the Duke of York, by Mas ry D? Effe his 2d Lady, born 7th Nov. 1677. anddied the 12th of Dec. following. K aTHERINELavra, eldeft Daughter of the Duke, by his fecond Lady, De- pofitum Iluftrifime Domine Katherine Laure ex fecundis nuptiis filia primo-genita Potentilfimi Principis Jacobi Ducis Eboraci, qua in Aula Regia Sti. Jacobi dicta tertia die O&obris obdormivit vix novem men[es babens, Anno Dom. M.DC.LXxv. IsABELLa, his fecond Daughter by the faid Lady. Depofitum Ilufhriffime Domina Yabellz filie fepzimogenite Sereni[fimi Principis Jacobi Ducis Eboraci, 7v. ey conjuge Maria D' Bfte que in Aula Regia Sti. Jacobi dicta fecundo die Martti fex- cente[[imo o&toge[fimo in Domino obdormivit, «tatis [ue anno currente quinto, Anno Dom. 168c. CHAR= 51 52 The Hiflory of St. Peter’s Weftminfter. — VoL IL CHARLOTTA-MamnriA, third Daughter, born 1 525 Aug. and died 16:5 Ofob. following. Rupert, Count Palatine of the Rhine, third Son to Frederick King of Bohemia, remarkable for the {hare he had in the King's Affairs, during the Grand Rebellion, of whom fee much in Chancellor Clarendon’s Hiftory. He died at his Houfe the Corner of St. Fames’s Park near Spring-Garden, 19th No. 1682. and was buried in great State from the Painted-Chamber, the Earl of Craven being chief Mourner, Norroy King at Arms carrying a foreign Princes Coronet on a Cufhion of Black Velvet ; the Coffin was cover'd with Black Velvet; and on a plate of gilt Copper this Infeription. Depofiswm Iluftrifs. Principis Ruperti, Co- sitis Palatini Rheni, Ducis Bavariz, (7 Cumbriz, Comitis Holderneflie, zotius Angli Vice Admiralli, Regalis Caftri Nindeforienfis Conflabularij (9 Gubernatoris Nobiliffimi Ordinis Perifcelidis Equitis, 47 Majeflati Regie a Santtoribus Confiliis, Filii tertiogeniti Serenifjimi Principis Frederici Regis Bohemix, d$. per Sereniffimam Principif. Elizabetham Filiam unicam Jacobi, Sororem Caroli Primi, i9 Amitam Caroli eju Nominis Secundi Magnex Britannie, Francie 9 Hiberniz Regum. Nati Prage Bohemiz Metrop. 7? Dec. Anno wpcxix. Denati Londoni xxix Nov. Mpcrxxxir. "Etatis fue Lx. A Daughter of the late Queen, when Princefs of Denmark, Stilborn. Hic jacet Filia primogenita Iluftriffimi Georgii @ Ann, Daniz Principis, Illuflriffimi Jacobi Eboraci Ducis Neptis, Nata Mortua die Maij 12. Mpcrxxxum. , Lady Mary, fecond Daughter of the late Queen Asne, while Princefs, by George Prince of Denmark. — Depofitum Ilufprifime Domina Maxis, Filia natu Sc- cunde Illuffriffimi Principis Georgii Danix (7 Norvegix, Principis Hereditarij, Gc. Ex Illuflrifima Anna Conjuge chariffima Filia Secunda Serenifiimi Principis, Jacobi Magne Britanniz Regis, (c. Nata Junij 2. mpcixxxv. Obiit Feb. 8. Ztatis [ue fe- cundo, Annog; Dom. MDCLXXXVI. ANNE Sornura, theirthird Daughter. AnnaSophia, filia natu Tertia Ilu- ftriffimi Principis Georgii Daniz 9 Norvegiz Principis Hereditarij, tc. ex Ilifirif- fima Anna Conjuge charifüma, Filia Secunda Sereniffimi Principis Jacobi Secundi, Magnz Britanni Regis &c. Nata Maij 12. Obiit die Purificationis B. M Virginis, Anno Dom. MDCLXXXVI. 4tatis Primo. Anabortive male Child. Depofitum Fetus Mafculi Abortivi, Illuffrifsimi Prine cipis Georgii Dania (7 Norvegix principi Hereditarij, ex Illuftrifima Anna con- juge chariffima Filia fecunda Serenif. principi Jacobi fecundi, Mag. Britannie Reg. ec. OG. 22. An. Dom. MDCLXXXVII. , Wittiam Duke of Glouceffer, a young Prince of moft excellent form and difpofition, died at Windfor of a Fever, occafion’d by exceflive dancing on his Birth-day July 30. 1700. from whence the Body was removed privately, being put into a Coffin of Lead, and plac’d in his own Coach, in which was the Earl of Marlborough and another, in three other Coaches follow'd the Bifhop of Salis- bury his Preceptor, Dr. Willis, Dr. Prat, and two Purfuivants; thus he was carri’d to Thiftleworth, where he was put in a Barge, and thence convey'd by Water to Weflminfler, where he lay in State in the Princes Lodgings, thence being carri'd to the Abbey, was met in Proceffion by the Choir, and depofited in this Vault: The Coffin is of black Velvet, and had. a large Plate thus infcrib/d: Depofitum. Iluffrifmi Principis Gulielmi Ducis Glouceftrie Nobiliffini Ordinis Aurea Pe- rifcelidis Équitis Filii unici Celciffzne Principiffe Aun, per Inchtiffmum Principem Georgium Daniz Hereditarium : Obiit in Caffro Regali apud Windefor, xxx. Die Jalij, M.DCC Anno Atatis Xll. Ineuente. i Lady Mary, another Daughter of the Princefs Azze, born at St. Fames’s in Oétober 1690. and dying foon after was buried here the r4th of the fame Month, : GrORG,, Vol IL. The Hiftory of St.Pztex’s Weftminfter. | 53 Gzonaz, another Son, born at Sion-houfe, Sunday 17th April 1692. died an Hour after Baptifm, and was buried the 18th, read 3 ee , A Stilborn female Child, born at Berkley 23 March 169%. buried next Day : befides feveral Mifcariages, Grorce WirriAM; a Child of the Prince of Wales: On his Coffin this Infcrption: Depofirum Georgius Gulielmus princeps Sereniffimi Principis Wallix filius natus 3. die Novembris, Anno Domini mileffimo Septingenteffimo decimo fep- timo obijt Sexto Februari. 1777. At the Eaft-end of this Ifle is the Royal Vault, of which fee in the former Vol. Richmonds-Vault, fo call’d from being the repofitory of that Title, is on thé tight fide of Henry VH. Tomb, where is a Chapel peculiar to them. Here are two Coffins cover'd, one with Crimfon, the other Black, unburied, according to thé tuftom of Foreigners, whofe they were. In this Vault (befides the Family of the Lenox’s) have lately been buried thefe following: Joun, Earl of Kildare, and Baron Ophaley ; buried Dec. 4. 1797. Watrer, Lord Blastyre in Scotland; buried here Fune 23. 1713. Aged thirty Years. : AE. KATHERINE, Countefs Dowager of Abercorney; deceas’d May 24th 1 7233 Late Duke of Ricumonp, Natural Son of King Charles II. In the North Ifle. Monks-Vault, fo call’d from the burial of that gteat Man, the Reftorer of Monaichy, Religion aid Liberty to this Nation, and defign’d for Him and his 9nd p. 451: Family only. It goes down in a little fide Chapel on the left hand, and is fifteen Feet in length, and feven in breadth ; fothat Mr. Keep, who feldom enquir’d more of this Church, then what the open Monuments told him, is grofly miftaken, in faying it was made to hold but two, him and the Earl of Sandwich, as will appear by the Perfons following, whereof fome have lately been Buried there, W SIODIL ; GEorGE Monk, Duke of Albemarle, THE RESTORER, was Buried here in great Pomp the laft Day of April 1670. and died the 475 Fan. 1699. ANNE, Dutchefs of Albemarle, Widow of the Duke, died Sunday 29. Fans 1699. Aged fifty four Years, and was Buried here the laft of Fed. following. CuristorHeEeR, Duke of Albemarle, Son to the General; and Governout of Jamaica, where he died on the 6th Of, 1688. whence his Body, being cm: balm’d and wrap'd in Lead, was brought into England, and Buried here, A Son of the faid Duke, that died in its Infancy, and was here interr'd, EpwarD MountacvE, Earl of Sandwich, Admiral of the Englif/h Fleet; and Affiftant with Monk in the Reftauration, he was Vice Admiral under the Duke of York, at the Dutch Naval Fight, when the Royal ames was blown up; and in her this Noble Wartior, who refus'd. to fave himfelf, but perifh'd with his Ship. His Body, being known by the George, was afterwards taken up and brought into Harwich, where the Governour caus'd it to be embalm'd ; and the King fent for it and Buried it here at his own Charge, with great folemnity, His Death was on 28:5 May 1672. being Aged feventy four Years. Thefe three were in pieces upon opening the Vault in 1714. at which Time that of MonK's of Lead was firm, but fince by placing another upon itis {quees’d . together. GEonGE, Marquis of Halifax ; whofe Tomb is defcribd in Vol, I. his Coffin is of Lead, E Err 54 The Hiflory of St. Peter's Weftminifter; Vol. Ik ErizanzETH, Lady Ssanbope, Wife of the late Lord Stanhope, and Daugh- ter of the faid Marquis, by Gertrude his Wife. Buried Sepr. 12.1708. Aged thirty five Years. Upon her Coffin is plac’d that of Charles, late Lord Halifax ; whole Monument fee Vol, I. his Titles are infcrib’d upon his Coffin in French. CarHanINE, Dutchefs of Northumberland, Buried 3d of June 1714. Grorcg Fizroy, Dukeof Northumberland, third Son of King Charles Hi. by the Dutchefs of Cleaveland, Buried here the 11th July 1716. Aged fifty one Years. osEPH Appison, Efg; whofe Writings gave him a Character fuperior to all the Honourable Pofts he held, and whole Name is the greateft Character; was Buried from the ferufalem-Chamber, on Friday 26th Tune 1719. the Dean Officiating. He was at his death forty feven Years of Age, and left behind him one Daughter by his Lady the Countefs of Warwick. The next, was James CracGa’s, one of the Secretaries of State, he died of the Small-Pox. And was Buried from the ferufalem-Chamber 2d March 1720. A Smal-Vault, at the Feet of Queen Elizabeth's Tomb, made at the Time that was building for one of King James the Firfl’s Daughters. And another fmall one on the left fide for the other, of whom fee Vol. I. King Ja mEs the Firft and Aw NE of Denmark, his Queen, reft in a Vault by the old Duke of Bucks Tomb, eight Foot ten Incheslong, four Foot fix Inches wide, three Foot high. Under the great Eaft- Window of this: Chapel, is a large Vault call'd by the Regiftery of this Church, Ormond’s, from its having been the place of Sepulture for feveral of that truly Noble Family. I likewife find it call'd O//ver's, for here it feems the Carcafs of that Wretch was repofited ; till after the Reftauration it was remov'd to a place more fuitable to the Merits of the Owner. But left we pollute the place by repeating his Name, fee more of his Burial and Remove, among füch Carnage where he may with more juftice and decency be mention’d — What number of Burials have been here, or what Removals is uncertain, but fo far as I can gather from account of the Regifter, I find the following Perfons. Eriza. BUTLER, Duchefs of Ormond, married to that famous and ever memorable afferter of Monarchy and the Church of England, at once againft the equally dangerous Rebels of England and Ireland, whole remarkable Cou- tage, exemplary Piety, and unfhaken Loyalty, will make even the Name of his Family efteem’d by all who either have or value any of thofe Excellencies, The Dutchefs died in her Houfe in St. Fames’s Square, on the 26th of Fam. 1685, Ja. Borer, Eail of Offory, eldeft Son of the aforefaid Duke and Dutchefs, and Father to james Butler, the prefent Duke ; he was Privy Counfellor to King Charles the II. and Knight of the Garter. Richard BoteLer, fecond Son of the aforefaid Duke and Dutchefs of Ormond, Earl of Arran in Ireland, and Baron of Weffon in Huntingtonfbire in England ; which laft Title was conferr'd on him, for his fervice againft the . Rebels at Carickfergus, and im the Dutch Fight under the Duke of York. He died 26th Fan. Anno 1685. whether thefe three were remov'd to Kilkenny, af- terwards to the burial Place of their Family, I know not. Mr. Keep mentions only the Earl of Offery, as lying here in his Time, and but three others viz. Charles, Earl of Doncafter, Son to Fames, Duke of Monmouth, by the Lady Anne, Daughter to the Earl of Buclugh m Scotland; born 24th Aug. 1672. he died oth Feb. 1673. Aged one Year, five Months, fifteen Days. : CHARLES Volk The Hiftory of St. Pt er’s Weftminfter. 5e Cuanrzs Fitz CHanmLEs, Earl of Plymouth, Natural Son to King Charles YT. Sandford. p. by Mrs. Catharine Peg, born in 1658. he died of a bloody Flux at Tangier in Keep p. 104 Africa, while it was befieg’d by the Moors, on 17 October 1680. aged 23 Years. Man, Dutchefs of Southampton, Daughter to Sir Henry Wood, Kt. and pj; married to Charles Fitzroy, eldett natural Son to King Charles M. She died with- odin out lffue, Anno 1680. and was buried here the 16:5 of that Month, ‘Thefe three i laft were the only ones, when Mr. Keep wrote, befides which are thefe follow- ing interr'd. Lord Francis Scot; fourth Son of James Duke of Monmouth, by the Lady Anne Scot, he was born Asno 1678. and dying Auno 1679. in Dec. was Buried here the 8:5 of that Month. Lady CHARLOTTE Scor, eldeft Daughter of the faid Duke; died young and was Buried here the 5th of Sept. 1683. Lady ANNE Scor, fecond Dughter, born 17:5 Sept. 1675. and dying in the Tower of London in the beginning of Aug. 168 5. was Buried here the 1315 of the fame Month. Lord Gronce Scot, and Lady Anne Scor, Children of the aforefaid Dutchefs of Monmouth, by her fecond Hufband Charles, late Lord Cornwallis, who both died young. JAMes, Earl of Doncaffer, fecond Son to James Duke of Monmouth, born 234 Máy 1674. afterwards Earl of Dalkeith, and Knight of the Thiftle, Father of the prefent Earl of Dalkeith, by the Lady Henrietta Hyde, fecond Daughter of Lawrence, Earl of Rochefter; he died at his Houfe in Albemarle-[lreet, on Wedne[day 14th March 170; and was buried here the roth of the faid Month; aged 30 Years. Cuarxes Scot, fecond Son of aforefaid Earl, born 2§th March 1700. and died a fortnight old, on the 4th of April, and was Buried here on the 515. Cnuanrorrz, Countefs of Yarmouth, Natural Daughter of King Charles IT by Elizabeth, Vifcountefs Shannon, married to William, Nifcount Yarmouth, died the 28th Fuly 1684. ErizaseTH, Countefs Dowager of Devon, died 16th Nov. 1689. fhe lies at the Eafl-end of the Vault, in a Goffin jappan'd over. Tuomas, Earl of Offory, Son to the Duke of Ormond, died 26th Feb. 169%. ‘Aged three Years, and is the uppermoft Coffin on the right hand at entrance. "Lord Somerset, third Son of Charles, Marquifs of Worceffer, died 1315 Dec, 1704. and was remov'd 3 1f of July 1712. Anne, Daughter to fames, Duke of Monmouth, Buried 1705. Lord Joun Fitzroy, Son to the Duke of Northampton, Buried in 1908. at which Time there were in all fixteen large Coffins; and eleven lefs. Wirtzam, Earl of Portland, Vifcount Woodflock, and Baton Cirenceffer, Dec. 34 1709+ Aged fixty one Years. CanoLiNA, Daughter of Duke Scomberg, 22d June 1710. Aged twenty three Years, Mary, Dutchefs Dowager of Devon, Daughter of the old Duke of Ormond; died 6th Aug. 1710. Henry, Earl of Bath, died the 14:5 of May 1711. and was buried the 24th. Aged twenty Years. Bucene, Cavalier de Savoy, on his Coffin this Infcription : The Body of Eugene Cavalier de Savoy, third Son of his Highnuefs Lewis Thomas de Savoy, late Count de Soiffon, deceas'd Feb. 2 5th 17::. in the 20th Year of his Age. Curves, Marquifs of. Harwich, Son to Duke Scomberg; OG. stb 1313: Aged twenty four Years, Ww. HLIZA3 56 The Hiftory of St.Putex’s Wefhminfeér. Vol. II. & ELi24. SrAN LEY, Daughter to the Earl of Derby, May 1. 1714. aged 17 ears. | Lady Axwxz $cor, Daughter of the Earl of Dalkeith, Octob. 18. aged 19. Cuartorrs. Countefs de Auverquerque, Thurfday, Decemb, 9. 1714. aged 34 Years, Mary, Dutchefs of Argile, January 19. 17:5. aged 35. ErizazrTH, Countefs of Derby, Daughter of Lord Offory, died July 5.1717. buried the 12th. Lady EwELiE Mary Nassau, Daughter of the Earl of Grantham, buried September s. 1717. aged nine Years three Months. Lady Martua Mawszr, Wife of Thomas Baron of Morgan, died Fune IO. 1718. aged 49 Years, JaMes Scot, Efq; fecond Son to the Earl of Dalkeith, died Feb, 2 vote and buried the 17th. Duke Sco MBERg, aged 79 Years, buried by the Dean. Countef DE Nassau DE AUVERQUERQUE, died 21ff Fam 1 522. buried here the 2 7:5. OHN SurrrrELD, Duke of Buckingham, onhis Coffin a plate thus infcrib’d : The high, puiffant and mofl. Noble Prince John Sheffield, Duke of Buckingham, Earl of Mulgrave, Baron Botterwick, ‘and Knight of the moft Noble Order of the Garter; departed this Life Feb. 24th 1721. in the 73d Year of his Age. Three of the Duke’s Children, Yohn, Robert and Henrietta Maria, taken from St. Margarets, Church and reinterr’d here on the 27th March following. , Lord Vifcount Urwin. On his Coffin this Infcription: The Right Honourable Richard, Lord Vifcount Urwin, deceas'd Monday April 10th 1721. is the thirty fourth Year of his Age. j Lord Gron óg MaNnons, fecond Son of the late Duke of Rutland, died Dec. 16th i721. Aged feven Years. í Marquis of LorHaiN, buried 6£b March 172. out of the Jerufalem- Chamber. On his Coffin this Infcription : The Right Honourable William Kerr, Marquifs of Lothain, Earl of Antrim, Vifcount Bryans, Lord Jedburg, More- fatt and Newbottle, and Knight of the moft Noble Order of the Thiffle; deceas'd Feb. 28th 172!. Aged fixty one Years, In the fame Vault, lies Buried Kar # ERIN E, Dutchefs of Bucks, his firft Lady, Aged thirty eight Years, — — Joun Cuurcuiz, late Duke of Marlborough. On his Coffin: Depofiium Iluftrifimi Johannis Ducis de Marlborough, Marchionts de Blandford, Baroni Churchil de Sandridge, Baronis de Ayniouth in Scotia, Principis [acri Romani Im= perij, Oc. Equitis ordinis prafcelidis qui obiit decimo fexto die Junij 1222. Anno E tatis 73. Ina {mall Vault fufficient for one, which I take to be that in which E//za: beth Cleypole was buried, lies Sir JOSEPH WILLIaMson, Kt. a Clergyman’s Son, born in Cumberland, Under-Secretary to Secretary Nicholas, afterwards to Henry Earl of Arlington, Clerk of the Council in 16 71. Clerk of the Papers, Member of Parliament for Thetford, Plenipotentiary to Holland and Germany, Principal Secretary of State and Privy Counfellor, “In 16 78. he was, by the Commons, fent to the Tower, and the fame day releasd by the King ; but finding the Com- mons troublefome and vexatious to him, he refign’d his Office of Secretary 1678, he was Prefident of the Royal Society. Private Interments in other Cuarers, In tb: Chapel of St. BENEDICT, — Lies Buried Dr. JouN Srorswoob, Archbifhop of St. Andrews in Scotland, and Lord Chancellor, a long experienc’d and d IN HAC CAPELLA JACET \Gopus Reverende udmedum in CHRISTORt INICOLAI MONCK, 5.77: Profelioris:Qu/ erat = Collegy Etonenfis cliin Propyfituas, Epascopus Lofled Herefordientis;ac Adr? GEORGI IMONCK Duces Albemarli: ts de Torrington 35 et BarcnisMONCK de Potheridgge tom: Devonize | 15 Frater amartifiinis B. um 2| JummasssF 1661, Atatis he alg EUERES, tn perennern Aut fid Dor memorizin hoc Marmor pe fyfite 17. m dde gu um! Gh apella S “ Ldmuruts Ute: Lg almonafleriinfis YR Vol. If. The Hiflory of St. PEvE ws Weftminifter. 58 and faithful Minifter to King James, and Charles I. {oon after reading the Litur- gy (at the tilling the Riot upon which he was prefent) he was fo violently purfu’d by the Kirk Party, that he fled to Londoz, and having given his Sovereign a true notion of that Party and Nation, died foon after in a good Old Age, Anno 4640. He hath publifhd a fair and juft Hiftory of the Affairs of that Kingdom, and has for that been efteem’d, the trueft Hiftorian that Country has producd. He was a Perfon of fingular Integrity, great Wifdom, and ex- emplary Life, for which, till the new uproars, he was much reverenc’d for many Yeats: In the firft Volume, he is barely mention’d in this Chapel; but not nam'd, I being doubtful concerning him. In St. EDMUND's. In this Chapel is now ere&ting a fine MBnumenc, being a pyramid of the fineft Marble, for Bifhop Monk, as here exhibited, ereéted at the charge of his Grandfon Chriffopher Rawlinfon, Bíq; of Carkhal in Lancafbire; of which excel- lent Prelate fee Vol, I. the Epitaph is thus tranflated. ; ; * Iw this Chapel, lies the Body of the late Reverend Father in Chrift N1c Ho» “nas Monx, D.D. who was fometime Provoft of Edton-College, afterWards ** Bilhop of Hereford: The moftendear'd Brother to the moft Noble George Monk, ** Duke of Albemarle, Earl of Torrington, and Baron Monk of Poiberidge; and ** was the chief and moft fuccefzful Affiftant with him in that glorious Reftaurati * on of King Charles M. and the Church of England. He died 11th Dec, * 1661. clofing, alafs! too haftily, his courfe, at the opening of his 5 1/7 Year. : ** Chriffopher Rawlinfon, of Carkin the County of Lancaffer, Efq; his moft “ regardful Grandfon, and the only Sürvivig Heir to his Farnily, hath * to the lafting Memory of his moft worthy-Anceftor, devoutly erected this * Monument 1723. In this Chapel, near William of Valence’s Tomb, was buried, without ANY Keep p. 3, Monument or Infcription, Humpurey Bouncuizm, Lord Cromwell, Son to Henry, Earl of Effex, who was flain at the Battle of Bargei: Mr. Cambdén, by miftake for another, afcribes to him a Monument in this Chapel; bearing that Name, as Mr. Keep fays. Gronat Bripeman, Keeper of the Palace at Weffminffer, died 1580. and his Wife 1590. MancaR vCrirrorp, Daughter to Henry, Earl of Cumberland died 1 $96. Henry, Earl of Stafford, and Baron Stafford. On his Coffin: The Right “ Honourable Henry Stafford Howard, Earl, Vifcount and Baron of Stafford ; obiit * die Aprilis 27. 17 19. ZEtatis fua 72. Requie[cat in pace. On each fide of hii € are leaden Coffins, Chapel of St. N CHOL AS. In which, befides thofe mention’d in the 1/7 Vol. are buried in a Vault in the middle of it, call'd Villars's, thefe following. Honourable ELYZABETH GRANVILLE, Daughter of Charles, Lord Lan[down; died 18; Sept, 1689. Aged twenty five Years. | BRIDGET HERBERT, Daughter of fames Herbert, E{q; April 13th 1692. Aged eleven Years. à i Thefe were the leaden Coffins ;. befides which were two or three wooden ones broken to-pieces Anno 17 13. not unlikely, Sir George Villiers; Lady Norris; 1645. and there was the Leaden Coffin of the Lady Mary Beaumont, Mother to the great Duke of Buckingham, that was ftab'd by Felton. Lady ANNE CHARLOTTE Bacenar, Buried 13th March 175. on het , y BansARA FrgrtDiNO; Wife of Bafil, Lord Vifcount d Apri] 2. 1641; M Lady 59 The Hiftory of St. Per zx s Weitminifter. Vol. II. Lady ARCHIBALD HAMILTON, wasinterr'd here on the 4th of April 1719. which Coffin fill’d the Vault. Before I leave this Chapel, "tis to be noted, that Bifhop Sprats Coffin joins the Foundation, and to anfwex the hight of that, a Brick Wall was built on his left hand, and at 18 Inches above the Coffin lid was laid thick Plank. The Infcription on his Plate, was thus: Thomas E- pifcopus Roffenfis bujus Ecclefie Dee. obiit 20. Maij. 1713. Chapel of St. PAUL. DEVEREAUX, Earl of Effex, and General on the Rebel’s fide, againft King Charles Y. and for fome Time the darling of the Prefbyterian Faction, afterwards being much flighted by the Army and Independents, he refign'd his Commiffion, and in a retir’d difconfolate manner ended his Life, on the 14th Sepr. 1647. as fome fufpected, of Poifon ; thÉtwo Houfes of Parliament, fo call’d, at- tended his Funeral, towards which, they order'd 50007. to be paid. He was Pompoufly buried the 224 Oéob. following, and a Hearfe ere&ted for him in the South-Crofs, which was afterwards by Cromwell’s Soldiers defac'd, his Effigics hack’d to pieces, and his Spurrs and Atchivements torn down. EZEKIEL, Baron of Spanheim, Embaffador from the King of Prufia, and Refident here nine years; famous for Medal-learning, and his Books Ze preffantia a ufu numifmatum antiquorum. He died by diflodging a Stone, thro’ means of a violent vomiting, on the 2075 Nov. 1710. inthe 81/7 Year of his Age. Lady ELIZABETH, Baronefs of Spanheim, Wife to the beforemetion’d, buried here 19th Fan. 150i. ANNE FERRERS, Widow of Joba Ferrers, Efq; buried in a Coffin of Leadthe 5th May 1715. Aged 90. Years, Sir HENRY BELLasysE, Amgo 1717. Andat Lady Spanbeim's Head lies MARY BELLASSYSE, Chapel of St. JOHN BAPTIST. Lord Vifcount RaNELAGH, died 745. 5th 1711. and was buried here on the sth following, Aged feventy one Years, And near him his Lady. RosERT, Earl of Scarídale, in the Lord Huntington’s-Vault, buried Fan. the th 190%. ion w, Earl of Cherbury, on the left-fide Lady Ranelagh, buried 16th Fan, 1713. ISLIP’s, or the Chapel of $t: ERAS MUS. At the entrance of which, was fometime buried, ANNE, Dutchefs of York, fole Daughter to John Mowbray, Duke of Norfolk. Married to Richard, Duke of York, Son to King Ed. IV. and Brother to ( and murther'd in the Tower with) Ed. V. fhe was married to him at his third Year of Age. Mrs, JANE Harrow. The Right Honourable, the Earl of Farmoutu, kill'd in the Dutch Wars, on board the Duke of York's Ship, by one fatal Shot, which at the fame Time flew the Lord Muskerry, and the Honourable Mr. Boyle. The fhatter’d ruins of this brave Man, were afterwards interr'd here Anno 1665. St. JOHN EVANGELIST. Near the Tomb of Burroughs lies another brave Soldier of the fame Name, vig. Sir Joun BuRRovGHs a famous Englifb Officer under the Duke of Buckingham in King Charles the Firft's Time ; he was, in the Ile of Rhea be- fieging the Citadel of St. Martins, flain by a Mufket-fhot from thence, as he was viewing the Works, on the 2oth of September 1627. 1 : Sir Vol. 1T. The Hiftory of St. PETER s Weftminfler. 60 Sir EDWARD SPRAGUE, another brave Man, as famous at Sea as any it has carry’d ; he was by King Charles IL. appointed Envoy in the Affairs of the Netherlands to the Conftable of Caflile. He was in the famous Durch Fight 1673. where finding his Ship difabled, and going to another in order to board Van Tromp, with the Earl of Offory, the Boat he was in was fhatter’d to pieces and he drown’d in the Sea. It was faid, when he left the King, he told His Majefty he would bring Tromp alive: or dead, or perifh in the Attempt, which happen’d accordingly : His Name was long formidable to the Dutch; and one of their Writers has lately given. him the Character of the braveft Admiral England ever had. Joun, Duke of NewcafHe on the left-hand of the Earl of Oxford, Aug. 9. 1711. of whom hereafter. Mr. Keep fums up thefe ancient Burials in this Chapel, vix. Thomas the firft Lord Wentworth ; Richard Knevet, Efq; one of the Gentlemen Penfioners to Queen Elizabeth, who died on the firftday of November, Anno 1559. Sir Edm. Rogers, Knight, Comptroler of the Houfhold to Queen Elizabeth, who died Anno 1568. William Rogers his Grandfon, Anno 1593. Sir Tames Crofts, Kt. Comptroller of the Houfhold likewife to Queen Elizabeth, who died Anno 1590. Elizabeth, the Daughter of Sir Fobn Fortefcue, Kt. who died May 21. 1597. The Chapel of St. MICHAEL. In this Chapel is faid to have been buried Sir WirriAM TrussEL, Kt. a powerful Statefman in the Times of Edward YI. and III. in the fifteenth of the former’s Reign he adher’d to Thomas Earl of Lancaffer, and in his twentieth was banifhd. He attended Queen Ifabel into England, with other Malecontents, and Dugedale’s was appointed, in the Name of the People, to depofe Edward Il. which he im- vos pudently did, by renouncing his Allegiance to him. After the murder of that King he was made Efcheator-General on this fide Trent ; but being ftill medling he oppos'd his Brother-Rebel Mortimer, and was forcd to fly; but after his Fall, vix. the fourth of Edward VI. was reftor’d to his place: He was Contt. of Beaumares in Anglefey, Corümiffioner to treat with France, the oth of Edw. II. and had 1000 Marks given him. In 13 Edw. III. he was'Admiral of the Royal Navy, was in an Expedition in Flanders and Scotland, and in the 15th was fum- mon’d to Parliament as Baron ; he was Embaffador to France 20 Edw.llL and was one that fate with Thorpe, Chief Juftice, on the Trials of the Earls of Fife and Montetb, When he dy d is uncertain. Since his Time thefe following have been buried here, via. Sir HucH Vaucuan, Kt. with Anne his Wife, who was the daughter of Henry Earl of Northumberland, and Widow of Thomas Hungerford. Sir THomas WHARTON, Kt. afterwards Lord Wharton, who married the daughter of Robert Earl of Suffex, and was buried here Anno 1572. Evizasetu, the Wife of Sir Fobn Boorm, Kt. Secretary to Queen Mary, fhe died on the twenty fecond day of use, Anno 1576. In this Chapel alfo was buried Ag ABELLA, Vifcountefs of Dunganon, 1409. The Chapel of St. ANDREW Es The Lady Anne WALPOLE, buried from the Ferufalem-Chamber, Aug. 16. 1722. fhe died the fifth of that Month, aged 64. In the ARE A are thefe buried following. Epwarp, Earl of Ferfey, Mafter of the Horfe to Queen Mary, and Prefi- dent of the Houfhold, died Aug. 26. 17 11. and was buried Sep;. 4. aged 56 Years. He lies over-againft St. Jobs Bapriffs Chapel: — — í Henry Sr Á ———————MÁÁÁ — SA 61 Lhe Hiftory of St. Petews Weftntinfét; — Vol. IL Henry Gex, Son of the Reverend Dr. Gee, eleven Foot within the Gates, at the head of Brown the Monk's Tomb, buried April 9. 1689. There is likes wife buried there another of his Children, Sir Ep warp Vi LLIERSs; Kt. on the left-fide joining the Earl of ger[ey. EDWARD, Earl of Clarendon, Lord Chancellor o£ England, and the moft ex: ' cellent Hiftorian of the late Times, who for his fitm Religion, unfhaken Loyalty; fincere love of his: Country, unbiafs'd Integrity, and univerfal Humanity and Munificence, was (after ferving the martyr'd Father in his AftiGion, condu&- ing the exil’d Son and reftoring him, preferving his Coüntry's Privileges after the Reftauration, and mitigating the juft difpleafure of the King againft the Rebels) by that very Prince*he had feiv'd, that Country he:had preferv'd, and thofe Fations he had with lenity endeavour'd to moderate; rewarded with Ba- nifhment.in his old Age. He died of the Gout at Rhoa in Normandy. Epwarp Hyp, 3d Son of the Chancellor, Student of Chriff-Church in Oxon: died.of the Small-Pox, on the 10 of - - -- 1564, aged 19 Years. , Lady Hype, Daughter of Lord Hyde, buried in Lead, Nov. 2d 1709. neat the former. Henry, Earl of Clarendon, Son o£ the Chancellor, Nov. 4b, Aged feventy two Years ;. in.the fame Place, Lady HENRIETTA Hype, July the stb 14 10.in Lead, at the foot of the fame Stairs, Laurence, Earl of Rocbefler; another Son of the Chancellor, died’ May 24 1711. and was buried in Lead the sor) following, between his Daughter Hen= rietta and Henry, Earl of Clarendon, his Brother ; aged 69 Years, Ep warp, Lord Clifton, died.12,. Feb, 14713, and was buried on the 26. follow- ing, on the left-fide of the Chancellor, Lady Crirrox, buried 52h Aug. 1722. out of the Ferufalam:Chamber. She lies adjoyning the Lord Clifton. On her Coffin-plate, is this Infcription: The Right Honourable, and moft Noble Lady, Theodofia, Barone[s Clifton, of Leigh- ton Bromfwold, died July the 3 oth 1722. inthe 26th Year of ber Age. Ep Warp, Earl of Clarendow, Son of the Chancellor, was buried at the foot of the fame Stairs, near his Father, ina Leaden Coffin; there remains room for no more in that Place, ° Axtuur, Earl of Torrington, died 22d.0f April $7.16. aged fixty feven Years, and lies in. the. South. of the Area, ‘ Roszxr, Lord Bifhop of Sarum, near the Graves of Cranfield, Earl o£ Middlefex. ANNE Buxarr, Daughter of Sir Allan Buxhall, Knight; Lieutenant of the Tower, one of Haules Murderers, She was married to Sir Fobn Beverly, Knight ; and dying Anno 1416. was buried near St. Edmond’s Chapel-Door, and near her, the faid Sir 7obn Beverly, her Hufband. Y Goutb- Sti Temporis Hiftoriam meditanti fa iari. obrepens Keb T ‘tml ath Eus it H.$.E. MATTHAUS PRIOR Arige Vir Eximius Serenifsimis a Hog ooames quibus vcumsidatus fh TEE I n fari iq MARLE, Editionis usdatopecer » pope e pepe fine Puerusm Schda i 4 Bett ts, Jue p ge d eas Colas Pacem Rt SWICKI optimis Scientus i Rina Witte deni es mire ups stein idus. uia] 18 aa praxim Legationem. lo. Natus ita. tutus A Vatum. || ses Elie ies. chore sealh saa potu Sed Lia T SECRETARIUS penc ung Honorgbiliconféf Earum. “arm erm Studia nde: s (eemon in. ‘licifSimar memorize Regina vicum. XIV.Gallis re Wü usAnnol72. De pace Stalulienda (Pace etiamnum Durnte J'en oap . [ | | J \ D 29 | | 8 d SSS Sea Vol!L The Hiflory of St.Pevrer’s Weltminfter, bt. South-Crofs: P UR beginning this Survey being at the Door entring this Church into the South-Crofs, one fide of it, inour way, hath already been defcrib’d; xeturning therefore, we proceed on the other fides, till we enter the North-Ifle, @c. And in this Cxmitery of Men of Learning, who honour this Pile ( tho* without Tombs to point them out) more then the fplendid and, more magnifi- cent Monuments of Dead Greatnefs, or Living Vanity, I fhall be the more particular, and fhow them at one view, that the Reader may with the greater res - verence enter this part of the Church, and contemplate the better upon what a variety of Literature he treads at every ftep, and raife from hence a plain Proof, that this Church affords great Characters with no Monuments, and great Monu- iments with no CharaQers. __ . Firft then in our way, as we pafs by Dryden’s Tomb, the Pavement adjoyn- ing as you go into St. Benediét’sChapel, covers the Afhes of Francis Bea ve Mont, the Dramatick Writer, who affifted John Fletcher, in compofing that Number of Plays that go under their Names, Hewas much complimented by the Poets of that Time, as Cuftomary, to which, and his Plays, I refer the Reader to know moreof him. Hedied in London, the beginning of March 1615. and was buried here the 9:5, without Tomb or Infcription. Near Chaucer’s Tomb, was buried Nicho. Briana, who erected that Monu- ient over him, a Gentleman equally valuable for his knowledge of Poetry, Hiftory, and the Municipal Laws, he Publifh'd a Book intitul’d, De venationibus rerum memorabilium, (from which Bale has borrow'd much) and other miícella- neous Pieces, Poems, @c. He died in Weflminfter, in December 1559. and is Sree OfG fuppos'd to be here buryd; nor is it improbable, fince in his Life he buried his ' IET Daughter Rachel here, a Child of four Years old, as appears by this Infcription; : vifible in Mr. Cambden’s Time, but now gone; rene em Unica que fueram proles fpe[que. alma parentum; Hoc Rachel Brigham condita fum tumulo. Vixi Annos quatuor, menfibus tribus. diebus quatuor boris 15. Near the Tomb of Mr. Spencer, and over the door afcending the Lead, is late- ly ere&ed a neat marble Monument Ne. 93. with a Bufto in Relieve, of white Maré ble, in Memory of Bex Jounson, the firft who regulated the Engli/h Stage, after the manner of the Ancients. ‘This Gentleman was the Son of a Clergy man in Weffminfler, and was educated in the College belonging to this Abbey, while Mr. Cambden was Matter of it, whofe Care over him he gratefully ac-ryigiám, knowledges. After his Father's death his Mother married to her fecond Huf N°. band a Bricklayer, and taking him from School forcd him to work at her Huf- band's Trade; during which time, ‘tis faid, he work'd upon feme Buildings in Lincoln's-Inn, with his Trowel in one hand and Horace in the other; but his Mafter Cambden taking pity that fuch excellent Parts fliould b& loft, recom mended him to Sir Walrer Raleigh, whofe Son he attended in his Travels, upon his return they parted, and Mr. fobnfon went to Cambridge, where he was e» le&ted into St. Fobn’s College ; his flay here was uncertain, but afterwards coming to London, and eager to try his natural bent to Poetry; he applied ^then.Oxor. T vr x: e N = 3 E hime Vol. I. pag 18, 6e The Hiflory of St. Peter’s Weftminfter. Vol. IT, himfelf to a private Booth or Playhoufe, call’d the Green-Curtain near Shore- ditch, ox Clerkenwel, but he made poor progrefs there: Afterwards, with the advantages of politer Converfation he attempted a fecond time, and fucceeded Ío wellas to gain the prime Character amohg the Dramatick Writers of that Time. He left the World in his 63. Year, Anno 1637. viz. the 16th of Auguff and was three Days after buried inthis Abby, in the North lle, under the Ancient Efcutcheo of Robert de Roos, over whofe Tomb one Young, afterwards a Knight in King Charles II. Time, of great Milton in Oxfordfbire, placd a Stone, which coft eighteen Pence, ahd on it this Infcription : O rare Ben. Johnfon. Which Stone is {till remaining. There was, ^tis faid, a confiderable fumm of Money gather'd among the curious Men of that Time, for erecting a Monument or Statue over him, but the Rebellion breaking out prevented it. Pafling hence to the South-Weft Angle of this Crofs, over five or fix ancierit Stones ftrip’d of their Brafs Plates, and only known by Conje&ture, of which hereafter, near the entrance into the Veftry, or that now usd as fuch, lies buried, without memorial infcrib'd, Sir Roper? SrAPY LTon, a remarkable Poet in the Time of King Charles Y. whofe Caufe he follow'd, and for. whom he fuf- fer'd in thé Times of Ufurpation; upon King Charles IT. being reftor’d, was made one of thé Gentlemen Ufhers of tlie Privy-Chamber, he wrote feveral Comedies, tranflated Juvenal and other Pieces, and died 11th 3uly 1659. In the corner adjoyning to the Wanifcot-partition of which Veftry, and a- gainft the Weft-Wall of this Crofs; is a Monument of white Marble, rais'd to the Memory of Dr. Outram, which fee IN 94. The infcription in Englifh is thus: Near this Place lies William Outram, D. D. bora in Derbyfhire, Fellow of Frinity and Chrift-College i# Cambridge, Canon of this Church, and Arch- dedcon of Leicefter, a deep and fimifh'd Divine, in all re[petks, a nervous and ace curate Writer, an excellent and conftant Preacher, firft in Lincolnfhire, afterwards at London, and at length at St. Margaret's Weftminfter, where be fmiffd bis courfe of Life with great applaufe and no lefs fuccefss but in fo great labours and intentue[s of Mind he being fo enflam d with the fludy of Scripture and the Holy Fas thers, grew much diffemper'd with the Gravel, with which being long afflitted, and at length worn out, he ended his Life with the utmoft compofure of Mind, Aug. 23. Anno Dom. 1679. having compleated his 54th Year. After a long and religous courfe of Life, and forty two Years of Widowhood, here refts Jaws, Wife of Dr. William Outram, who for a well regulated Life, piety to God, fincerity to Friends, charity to the Poor, was efteem’d by Heaven, dear to many, admir'd by all. She died Oétober 4. 1721. Ona Graveftone; Gutiztmus OuTRAM, ST. P. bujus Ecclefie Canonicus; gana Outram Obiit 4th Octobris 1721. On a Graveftone on the right fide theother ; H.E. Depofitum Reverendi ade modum in Chriffo patris Epw A &D1 WETENHAL S.T. P. primo Corrugienfis An.20. Deinde Kilmorienfis &@ Ardaghenfis An, 14. in regno Epifcopi Hibernia Ob. Nov. 12. An. Dom. 1713. Matis [ue 78. i. e. Here liesBuried the late Reverend Fas ther in Chrift Edward Wetenbal, D.D. firft Bifhop of Cork in Ireland twenty Years, afterwards of Kilmore and Rofs fourteen Years, He died the 1215 Nov. 1713. aged feventy eight. In a Grave near was buried his Lady, who died the 185b April 1414. and on her Coffin was laid Ropert Friznp, a Child, Son of Dr. Friend, Prebend of this Church, and Mafter of the School, which Child died 4050 1722. 3 Oi be Jane seu (93 G4 SA Tsaacus BARROW S:EF. Regi CAROLO IA SACRIS. ||VirpropeDivins etver? Magnus fi quid Magni habent [Pietas Probitz litio par-Modeftia| | Mores fanctisimi undequaque et fuavitsi Geometrie Frofefsor Londini: Grefhamensis- PraceeLinguce ct Mathefeos apudCantabrigienfesfuo Cathedras Omnes Ecclefiam Gentem ornavit. | Collegium $.S,Teinitatis Prefes illuftravic, JactisBibliotheca: vere RegieFundamentis | auxit, (| OF pes, Honores et univerfum vite ambitum, -]| Ad Majora natu $non contemplit fed reliquit fecul [Deum quem. A teneris coluit cum psimis imitatus eft} | |Faucitsimis egendobenefaciendo quam plurimis, Etiam pofieris quibus vel mortutts concionari non definit weteraet poeni lajora exScriptis peti pafsunt. = Abi, Lector, et zemulare . I bye Die Maj Ai Dom: MDCEXXVIE etat fuextyr]l| Monumentum hoc Amici pofuére. — MMMM TEM TT uinum OM 700. CC V te ato Vol.IH. The Hiflery of St. PEtzx's Weftminfter. 65 On the left fide adjoyning Dr. Outram, on a Blue Graveftone; Hic fitusef? Tuo» Mas Cu1FFINcs, fereniffimi Caroli fecundi a teneris amnis in utraque fortuna fidits affcecla ac proinde. a regiis cimeliis primo conflitutas. Vir notiffimi candori 49 probitatis. Obiit vx. Id. April, Anno Dom, 1666. 2. e. Here lies Thomas Chiffinch, afaithful Page of the ferene Charles II. in either Fortune, afterwards made a Man of known candor and probity. He died the 6th Id. April 1666. Near the feet of which, diftingufh'd by a {mall white Stone a foot fquare, and thus infcrib'd: Orare Sir Witt1am Davenant. Lies that once noted Poet, he was Son of ohm Devenant à Vintner at Oxford, where he was born in Feb. 160;. his Father being then Mayor of that City, his Mother was a Womano f good Wit and agreeable Converfation,. which occafion'd a refort of the Polite Men to their Houfe, among whom Shakefpear is faid to take up his Lodging free quenly. His Education was in Lincoln-Collegé; after leaving which he became firft Athen. Oxon; fervant to Frances, Dutchefs of Richmond, and next to Folk Lord Brook, after" P29* whofe death he took to writing Plays, and grew accquainted with Endymion Por- ter, Henry Fermain, and Sir Fohn Suckling. This Sir William was Poet Laureat to King Charles I. upon Ben Fobnfon’s death, but had the misfortune to make no graceful appearance. in that Station, having loft his Nofe by an odd accident fot which he was cruelly banter’d bythe Wits of that Time. In the Year 1641 hé was accusd of feducing the Army againft the Parliament, upon which he was feizd at Feverfbam in Kent; but being afterwards bail’d he fled into France. In 1643. he was Knighted at the Siege of Glouceffer ; but the King’s Caufe de- clining he went again into France, at which time he wrote his Gondibert ; aftex- wards being taken at Sea by the Parliament Ships, he was committed Prifoner to the Hle of Wight, thence remov'd to the Tower of London, in order to be tryd for his Life by the High Court of Juftice, but at Milron's Interceflion he efcap'd. At length having liv’d to fee the Stage flourifh after the Reftauration, he died in his 63 Year in his Houfe in Little-Lincolns-Inn-Fields, Anno 1668. and was two days after buried in this Place; whence his Antagonift May had not long bea fore been remov'd. He was fucceeded as Laureat by Mr. Dryden. Next is a Monument of white Marble, fee N. 95 with a Bufto for Dr. Isaac Barrow, Head of Trinity College, Cambridge. He travell'd into feveral Coun« tries, and learn'd many Languages; in 1660 chofen Greek Profeffor of that Unis verfity, and two Years after Geometry Lecturer in Grefbam College: In 1672. elected Mafter of Trinity. Sce his Life before his Works publifh'd by Archbifhop Tillotfon. ‘The Infcription on his Monument is in Englifb, viz. Isaac Barrow, D.D. Chaplain to King Charles II.] He, born for greater Ends, defpis'd not, but A Man well nigh Divine and truly Great, refign'd to the World. If Piety, Honefty, Sincerity, great Learning, | God whom from his Childhood he had ferv'd; and as great Modetty, He in the ftri&teft manner imitated, Stri&nefs of Life, in all refpe€ts, and fweetnefs in wanting little, of Temper, have ought of Greatnefs; and doing good to many, and even to Pofterity, Geometry ProfefJor- of Grefham College in London, to whom, even dead, he now preaches. and of Greck and Mathematicks at Cambridge, | What farther and more excellent you would know And was an Ornament to all his Places, hisChurch| concerning him may be found in his Writings. and Country. Reader, go thy way and imitate him. He adorn'd Trinity College, while Head of it, | He died the 4th,of May, 401677. aged 47 Years! and much enlarg d the Royal Library there. Wealth, Honours, and the general purfüits of Life, His Friends erected this Monument; Between the Bafis of Dr. Barrow’s Monument and the range of Pillars, lies buried another famous: Mathematician, vix. Sir RopeRT Murrey, Kt. Secres tary of State for Scotland, and Privy-Counfellor for that Kingdom to King Charles Il. He was one of the Contrivers of the Royal Society, and firft Prefident of it; and, fays a late Writer, while he liv’d, he was the Life and Soul of that pe à AE OR egi CLE FUR PUERTAS as 66 The Hiftory of St: Peres Weltminifter. — Vol It Buruet of Body. He was fkill'd in Chymiftry, and a great admirer ofthe Rofy-crufians, oe ‘and had a Genius like Peiriski, as defcrib’d by Gaffendus : He was well vers’d in kn Oxon PXperimental Philofophy ; and being a great Favourite with King Charles M. Val. 2.255. and having a Pavilion in the Garden at Whitebal, he died there fuddenly, on the 4th of July, 1673. and was buried here at the King’s expence. On a Graveftone farther Eaft; and fome diftance from the Door of St. Blafe’s Chapel, lies Wittiam Burwasy, Ef{g; died November 8. 1716. in the 33d Year of his Age. On a Graveftone adjoining, T; Car, obiit 7th die Funij, Anno Domini 1412 ZEtAt. 53. Near thefe under a {quare ftone lies Parr, the Ne/lor of our Land with thig Infcripton : Thomas Parr of the County of Salop, Born in Anno 1483. He lived in the Reigns of Tew Princes, viz. King Edward IV. King Edward V. King Rié chard I. King Henry VII: King Henry VIII. King Edward VI. Queen Mary; Queen Elizabeth, Kiang James, and King Charles; aged 152 Years, and was buried here Nov. 15. 163 5: On the right-fide of which Stone is Mr. Rowe, the late Poet Laureat; bui tied five Foot below the Pavement, on Friday Dec. 19.1718. of whom fome mention was made in the former Volume. Before the Door going into the hither Veftry, lies buried CristopHed Sutton, fometime Vicar of Raneham in Effex, Parfon of Caflon in Hamp/hires of Woodrifing in Norfolk, of Murley Bromley in Effex, and laftly, of Granworth in Norfolk ; and, for his florid and excellent Preaching, made Prebend of this ÁthenOxos.Church by King Fames I. This Gentleman preach'd Mr. Cambden’s Funeral VoH-PA$* Sermon, he publilh'd feveral ‘Tras of Divinity, and, dying in May or June 1629. was here buried, having bequeath'd five Pounds to the Gentlemen of the Choir. The next Monument we meet with, is, adjoining North to Dr. Barrow’s, of white Marble, to commemorate Dr. TrieLet, fometime Prebend of this Church. This Gentleman was born near Oxford, and educated in the College of Chrif?-Church in that Univerfity, where he was efteem’d a Wit, a good Grecian, and a Poet. In the Year 1645 he was made Prebend of Preffon in the Church of Sarum, and had likewife a Benefice, but being fequefter’d in the Rebellion, he taught School at Dublin in Ireland, where he was when King Charles was Beheaded; he afterwards remov’d to Hays in Middlefex, where he taught till the Reftauration, at which time he was made Prebend of this Church, and of Fenton in the Church of York: See the Monument and Infcription, N. 96. which is thus tranflated : ] Here vefleth the Reverend Dr. Thomas Triplet of Oxfordfhire; Prebendary of this Church, Who having for qo Years approvd himfelf for Piety and Devotion to God; and uncommon Knowledge of the Greek Language, Munificence to Men of Learning, and Charity to tbe Poor, and with innocent Chearfulne[s in Converfation made himfelf dear to all Men; Pa[s'd. from this Life to a better on the 18th of July, à Anno Dom, 1670. Next adjoining is a Table Monument of white Marble for Sir RicHARD Cox, Kt. Tafter to Queen Elizabeth, and King James I. to the latter of which he was Steward of the Houfhold, a Man commended in his Epitaph for his Re- ligion; Humanity, Chaftity, Temperance, Friendfhip, Beneficence, Charity, Juft« nefs, ex apro Ox Oden ois Prebendarius hujus Ecche : uipoftquam ad annum etatis septuag:elimrum. Pictate & cultüs assiduitateDeo, Gaece linge per: Anonvulorari,Doi Lat reritate,s eo ontiny&Benefice entidEorenis Morin iunioci va-luc unditate, Omnibus. Garin se prabuisset, ab hac vita admelioreme onmnigr A D'G7o QVI FIDE ANTIQVA, ET OPERA ASS: IDVÀ BRITANNICAM ANTIQVITATEM INDAGAVIT, SIMPLICITATEM INNATAM HONESTIS STVDIIS EXCOLVIT, DieJulij 18° ANIMI SOLERTIAM CANDOREILLVSTRAVT! GVILIEIMVS CAMBDENVS AB ELLZA- -BETHA R.AD REGIS ARMORVM. (CLAREN TIL TITVLO)DIGNITATEM § EVOCATYVS \ HIC SPE CERTÁ RESVE G1 CHRISTO §,E. Sud dr OBILT AN DNI 1023:9-NOVEMBRI$ AETATIS SV TAZ : ur ToT TTA NT S homes i Zt A P J. Cole Scie. b enm C. aml de, 72 LY. 1 ! -HVIC TAM. COLENDO NOMINI lj QVEM GALLIA REIP-LITERARIAE BONO |PEPERIT.HENRICVS IV.FRANCORVM. REX INVICTISSIMVS LVTETIAM LITERIS SVIS EVOCATVM BIBLIOTHICAE SVA\ PRAFECIT, CHARVMQ,DEINCEPS DVM VIXIT: HABVIT . EIN E0Q,TERRIS EREPTO JACOBVS MAG .BRIT. MONARCHA REGVM DOCTISSIMVS DOCTIS INDVLGENTISS.IN ANGLIAM ACCIVIT. DOCTRINAM AETERNVM MIRABITVR H.$.E.INVIDIA MAJOR . OBIIT X-(rERW.IN XPO VITA ANHELANS FALIVLOMDCXIV. AT LV. iis VIRO OP'T-IMMORTALITATE DIGNISS. TH.MORTONVS EP.DVNELM. IVCVNDISSIMA, QVOAD FRVI LICVIT CONSVETVDINIS MEMOR EFR.S.P. c.v. MDCXXXIV. Qyvr NOSSE VVLT CASAVBONY | SUPERFVTVRAS MARMORT BT PROFVTVRAS POSTERIS ; MVNIFICE FOVIT.POSTERITASQVE OB | ae J. Cole Seite - CMM ar lai i Vol. I. The Hiflory of St. Pevers Weftminifter. 69 nefs, (jc, He died a Batchelor, aged 60. on the 13th of December 1623. The Epitaph follows : Deo Optimo Maxis. To the Great and Good God. Here refteth inthe Lord Richard Cox of Porters, Kt. Hic in Domino requic[cit Richardus Cox de Portes, |. Third Son of Thomas Cox of Beymonds in the Eques aurat : Filius County of Hertford, Efq; Tertius Tho. Cox de Beymonds, Com. Hertford Arm.| Servant in the Royal Palace for many Years, In hofpitio Regio per multos Annos Oeconomicus, Fidelitate, | & approv'd for his Fidelity, Diligence & Prudence, a Diligentia & Prudentia probatus, Tafter to Queen Elizabeth and King ames, Regine Elizabethz a Didz, item & Regi Jacobo, | to the latter of which he was, at length, made cui tandem fatus est Magifter Hofpitii digniff. Steward of the Houfhold, a Man of pure Religion, Vir, Religionif. cultu morum Comitate, Corporzs caftitate, focial Behaviour, chaftity of Body, affectuum Temperantia, lgprim fpectatus ; temperate in his Defires, loving to his Friends, Erga bene meritos amore, [uos bencficentia, pauperos ca- benificent to the Poor, vitate, omnes equitate clarus s Anno eAitatis 69. charitable co all, juft in his Dealings. Celebs, pof quam fe vite melimi multa vigilantia, c In the 6oth of his Age, being unmarried, | devotione Preparalfet, Deo placide animam reddidit after having prepar'd himfelf for a better Life, 15 Decemb. 1623. by much Vigilance, Selfdenial, He chearfuliy refign’d his Soul to God Johannes Cox de Beymonds, Armig. Frater fecundus i the 13th day of Decemb. 1623. : Fratri e TefF amento Heres, Amoris boc Monum. pofuit. Fobn Cox of Beymonds, Efq; 2d Brother and Heirs Deus non est Mortuorum, fed Viventium, hath, as a teftament of his Love, erected this Monument. At fome diftance from the Bafis of this Eaftwaxd, is a large Stone of grey Marble, with an Infcription round the ledge, in Saxon Characters, the manner of it is very ancient, but the broken Letters by no means to be connected. At fome diftance Haft, lies ------.. HAnsTALL, B.D. On a Grave[lone adjoining North; Dame Mary SrxEEL, Wife of Sir Rich. Steel, Kt. Daughter and fole Heirefs to Fonathan Scurlock, Efq; ef the County of Caermarthen, died December 26. 1718. aged 40 Years; léaving Iffue one Son and two Daughters, Eugene, Elizabeth, and Mary. On a Graveftone adjoining North : Hic jacet Guliclmus Craig, 4. M. hujus Ecclefie Prebendarius, obiit; Yo; die Febr, 1720. On another near the Weft-Wall : “ Here lieth the Body of Joun OssarpsroN, * of Leland in the County of Lancafler, Efq; Page of the Bedchamber to King « Charles M. He died the 1ft of March 1666. and was buried the 3d day of * the faid Month, aged 55 Years, And near it, againft the Weft-Wall, adjoining to Cox's Mouument, is one of white Marble erected, in honour of that profound Scholar and admirable Critick, Issaac CasAUPoN, here reprefented, N. 97. with its Epitaph. He was Library-Keeper to the King of France, afterwards invited by King games 1. into England: His Writings and Character are univerfally known. He died 1614. aged 55... This Monument was erected by Dr. Moreton, Bp. of Durham. ISAAC CASAUBO SN. Invited him to England & munificently encourag'd, Ye Men of Learning rife with refpect and whom Poftericy will ever admire for Learning. To this fo venerable Name Here he lies fuperior to Envy, Whom Gallia produc’d for the good of the learned | Breathing out his Soul in Chrift he enter'd into World : Eternity, on the Kal. of Fuly 1614. aged 55 Years. And Henry IV. the powerful King of France call'd | To this moft excellent Man, weli worthy Immortal. from his Studies, Thomas Moreton, Bifhop of Durham, pleas'd And made Keeper of the Royal Library at Pzra,| — with the memory of his Converfation ere&ted, and while he liv'd ever efteem’d him. He that weuld know Cafaubon, let him not read After his murder, King ‘ames, Monarch of Great- Monuments but Books, Britain, the moft Learned of Kings, Superior to Marble and more ufeful to Pofterity. And moft indulgent to Learned Men, O Near 70 The Hiftory of St.Pever's Weftminifter. Vol. I: Near the Corner going into the South Ile, is a Monument of white Marble with a demy Effigy ; as fee before, N. 98. with the Infcription thus in Exgli/b. WILLIAM CAMBDEN, And illuftrated his Pleafantnefs of Humour with Who Illuftrared the Britifh Antiquities, Candour and Sincerity, lies here quiet, by ancient Truth and indefatigable Induftry, in hopes of a certain Refurrection in Chrift, And adorn’d his innate Simplicity with He died the 9th of Novem ber 1623. ufeful Literature, Aged 74, Years. Of this Father of our Antiquities, take this Account: His Father was one Samplon Cambden, Citizen and Painterflainer of London, in which City this Wil- liam was Born, in the Old Baily, on the fecond of May 1551. his firft Educa- tion, i. e. of Reading, was in Chrif?-Church-Ho/pital, then newly founded, after- wards at St. Paul’s School, whence he was fent to Magdalen-College in Oxford, Anno 1566, where he was a Chorifter, there meeting with difappointment, he was remov'd to Broadgates, now Pembroke-College ; afterwards he grew in favour with Dr. Goodman, Dean of this Church, and in 1575. he was made Mafter of the School of this Abby, about which Time he profecuted his fearch into An- tiguities, incited thereto by Dr. Goodman; in 1588. he was made Prebend of Iifarcomb in the Church of Salisbury, which he kept till his Death; in March 1593+ he was made Head Mafter of Weftminfter-School ; in 1596. he was made Richmond Herald, and the next day Clarencieux King at Arms. Anno 1619, bes ing then dangeroufly ill he founded his Hiffory Leéture in Oxford: In Auguft 1622. he fell from his Chair and never recover’d, dying at his Houfe at Chif- felbur[f] in Kent, on Sunday the oth of November 1623, about four or five in the Morning, whence he was carried to his Houfe at We/fminffer, where he lay in State fometime, and was thence brought to this Church in folemn manner, the Heralds and many of the Nobility attending, where he was interr'd, after a Sermon preach'd by Dr. Suttom, Prebendary of this Church. His Monument was defacd in 1646. when the Hearfe and Effigies of Robert Earl of Effex, the Parliament General, were cut in pieces and defacd. In this Crofs are two Tablet Monuments affix'd to the Pillars, the firft to Dr. Barton, Prebendary of this Church, who died 1715. aged 68. The Infcription is thus : Prope banc Columnam depofite Near this Column lies funt exuvie Mortales, The mortal Remains of SAMUELIS BARTON, S.7.P. SAMUEL BARTON, D.D. Hujus Ecclefue Collegiate Prebendarii. Prebendary of this Collegiate Church. Qualis erat, paucis difce, Vir ingenio, What he was, learn in few Words, Eruditione, Probitate, Pietate, A Man of remarkable Genius, Learning, Denique baud. fucato, tam erga Honefty and Piety, Ecclefiam, quam erga patriam And laftly, an unfeign'd love Amore praftans. for his Church and Country. Objit xviii Kal. Septemb. Anno Domini He died 18. Kal. of Septemb. 1715. M.DCC.XV. c£tat. lxviii. Aged 68. The other for Dr. ANTHONY Hon Nox, born at Wiemberg in Zea- land, and educated at Queens-College, Oxford, King's Divinity Profeflor, Pree bendary of this Church, and Preacher at the Savoy. He died 1696. aged 56 Years, The Epitaph thus: eterne Memoria To the lafting Memory of ANTONII HORNECK, ANTHONY HOKNFCK, DD. S. Th. Profeffiris Regia Maj. a Sacris-hujus Ecclefie| Chaplain to the King,and Canon of this Church, Canonici, Viri inter primos. dotti, c eruditi, AMan of the firft Rank for Learning & Education Sed qui potiffimum but chiefly Flagrantiffimo in Deum zelo & Religione ; For remarkable Zeal to God and Religion, Vite Santlimonia s Holinefs of Life, gravity of Manners, Morum Vol. II. "Morum. gravitate, bumanitatis Officiis, in fingulos. Egenos, prafertim C agrotantes fedulo Impenfís ; Sacris Concionibus apud St.Mariam le Savoy, per xxvi. Plus minus annorum curriculum Indefinenter & indefe[Je ad populum babitis ; Scriptis Prifcorum faculorum pietatem, & a[ceticam feveritatem, Mire redolentibus atque per ora bominum paffim The Hiftory of St. P x v xx's Weftminfter. Deeds of Humanity to feveral in Diftrefs, And in Sicknefs. Indefatigable Pains in Preaching at St. Mary Savoy 26 Years. Sermons which wonderfully abounded with that primitive Piety, and ftri@ Severity, and finooth florid Oratory, Was famous far and near, and procur'd him 71 Volitantibus, longe lateque inclaruit, ac ingentem Sibi apud bonos omnes famam Comparavit. Maximis quos in exequendo munere exantlaverat Fraélus Laboribus, in Nepbritidem incidit, Letbalique calculo vifceribus pertinaciter Adburefcente, Candidif[imam animata Celo reddidit. Prid. Calenn, Febr. Anno Sal. MDCXCVI. etat, fue LVI. great Fame from all good Men. Worn out with great Pains, Which he went through, in difcharg of his Duty. He fell ill of the Stone, And dy’d of that Malady, Refign’d his moft pure Soul to Heaven, the laft of Fanuary 1696. Aged 56. On a Graveftone at the foot of the Pillar: Sub hoc marmore ( venerandi fepuls chris indice ) noviffimam Domini adventum, preftolantur. — Mortales exwvie, Ans thonij Hornick $. Th. P. cetera viator difce ex vicind Tabella. gu3»"5mm MAINA npa xy" On a Graveftone near the former: Ricguamgp Lucas, D. D. Prebendary of this Church, died the 29th of June, A4. D. 1715. in the 67th Year of his Age. On a Graveftone: Here lieth the Body of SamurL Botton, Doctor in Di- vinity, Chaplain in Ordinary to His Majeffy Charles Il. and Prebandary of this Ca- thedral Church, deceafed the 11th of February 1688. On a Graveftone adjoyning to the partition of the Choir: “Here lieth interr’d * theBody of Major Henry Carr, one of the Gentlemen-Ufhers, and Daily Wai- “ ter toKing Charles 1. and King James II. he married Venetia, fole Daughter and “ Heir of Edward Carrew, Efq; by whom he had Iffue one Son Henry, and four * Daughters, viz. Elizabeth, Anna Sophia, Anna Maria, and Carew. He defcen- “ ded from that Right Honourable and Ancient Family of the Earls of Aucram, * 3 pious Chriftian, faithful Hufband, tender Father. He chang’d this Life “ for a better the 25th day of August, Anno 1690. ZEtatis [ue 38. Refurgam. Thefe are all the Monuments and Graveftones now vifible in this Crofs ; for thofe relating to the Abbats I fhall refer to their Lives, and {hall proceed to mention fuch other Perfons of Character here buried, vi. In the Chapel of St. Blafe, lies buried Owen Tupor, third Son of Omen sanafora Tudor, and Q. Catharine, Widow to Henry V. died a Monk of this Convent.¢ Mr. Keep, by Miftake, calls him Edmond, Sir James ALLEN, faid by Keep to be a great Commander in the Nether. lands. Wittiam Heywoop, D.D. Chaplain to Archb. Laud, afterwards to King Athzn.Oxon Charles Y. ReCtor of St. Giles’s, and Canon of the fifth Stall in this Choir, eje&t- ed by the Long-Parliament Commiflioners, imprifon’d in feveral Prifons, and in the Ships himfelf, Wife and Children expos'd to great Want, and forc’d to teach a little School in Wilshire for Bread, till at the Reftoration he had again his Preferments, and ended his Days in perfect Peace and Happinefs. Hewasa good gacharahit Scholar and a good Preacher; and dying in Fuly 1663. he was buried near the bot» 4""^ 1663: tom of the Pulpit-Stairs, And near him, JOHN — | | | | 1d 1 wy 79 The Hiftory of St. Pevir’s Weftminfter. —.. Vol. IT, Joun Hevwoop, 4. M. Fellow of Oriel-College, Son of the Do&or, died February 22. 1688. aMeEs Lame, D..D. Prebend of this Church, and Rector of St. Andrews Holborn, a great Matter of the Oriental Languages, of which he left four Trea- tifes, three in Arabick and one in Syriack, late in the Bodleian Library. He died 1664. and was buried near the fame place. — . . WartiaM HirrHen, Doctor of Mufick, Gentleman of the King's Chapel, Founder of the Mufick Le€tures in the Univerfity of Oxford ; buried. tlie firft of August, 1624. in this Crofs. Lampert OssarpsTONE, D.D. Mafter of Weffminfter-School, a great Man in School-Learning, but unhappy ina virulence of Temper,which, by Dean Wil- liams’s infligation, he exprefs'd againft Archb. Laud, in fuch manner that he was fentenc’d to ftand in the Pillory, to pay 5coo / and ftrip'd of his Spiritualities ; but he fled, and was afterward by the Parliament reftor’d to his Prebendary ; but.dif- liking their Proceedings, livd retir’d, and dy'd in October 1659. and was buried near the Poors Table. FaaNcrs Dun AN T Di Bnirvar, D.D, and Prebendary of this Church, was buried Fan. 29. 170% nine Foot below the Pillar with Dr. Horgeck's Monument. Dr; Bra&cg, Prebendary, died Fuly 4. 17 10. aged 63. near St. Bennet’s Cha- pel, at the Feet of his firft Wife, and a fecond Wife of the Do&tors. Toeobore Gunter, Efq; died on the 22d of Fan. 1713. ón the left fide Mr. Burnaby. The Reverend Mr, James Sag TR ENS, Prebendary, on, Sept, 5. 1713. The Right Reverend Cuartes HeNcuMAN, Lord Bilhop of Londonderry, was interr’d here Decemb..5.1713. aged 65. Joun Lester, Efq; 8th of March 1712. on the right-fide Horneck, aged 79 Wealse ' ; Honourable Madam Jane BERKLEY, Tune 25. 1718. aged 77 Years. Baron ScuLENsEno, buried from Ferufalem-Chamber, on his Coffin was af- fix'd a Plate with this Infcription: Fredrict Willielmi Liben, Baronis de Sculen- berg, Denati in Palatio Regii 3 ‘fan. An. 1720. ZEtatis 37 Several ancient Monuments there are, but the Plates and Infcriptions being tora off, there is no naming them, therefore I proceed to The South Ile. N which, between the corner of the South-Crefs and entrance into the Cloyfter, is à curious Monument of fine Marble, in memory of So ura, Countefs of Anandale, which Lady was buried under.a broken Stone near the Poors Table: The Monument fee N. 99. with the Epitaph thus tranflated : * Sacred to the eternal Memory of the moft rare Matron, the Lady Sophia * Fairbolm, Maxchionefs of 4nandale, born in Scotland, whofe elegance of Senfe * and Bebaviour contended for Preference, with an excellent and beautiful * Form of Body: Renown’d for the Praifes of the Mother and the Wife, fo * diligent a Governefs in her Family, that fhe fuftain'd the weight of her Fa- ** mily Affairs with a manly Condu& equal to it; adorn’d with fuch and fo * many Virtues, that fhe hnifh'd a Life admir'd by all, by a Death as univer- * fully lamented. This Monument, as a Token of Duty and Gratitude, is * erefted by her afflicted Son James Fohnftoune, her eldeft Son, Marquis of « Anandale. She died Dec. 13. Anno Dom. 1715. aged 49. Here alfo, by dire&ion of the aforefaid Marquis, are buried the Reliques of the Lord WirLiAM JouNsroUN, his dear Brother fecond Son of the aforefaid Marchi- one[s, who died Dec, 24. 1721. aged 26 Years. Op- m ES Lectifsimze Matron D. SOPHI& EATRHOLM AN NANDIA, Marchionifsze, SCOTIA ortze: Cujus ingenij morumq, elegantia cum eximiá corporis forma certabatMatrislxorifq laudibus inclytze;tam diligentis autemMatrisfamilias, oblatam rerum dotnefticarum molem animo virili etnegoti parifuftimuerit Tot denique virtutibusornateut vitam funin omnium cum admiratione morte omnibus deplorata finiverit: Monumentum hoe,qnalecungq,pietatis gratiq; animi indicium, moerens pofuif IAC:IO:fil.naemax. ANNANDIAL "Marchio. Obijt 13? Dec. Anno D£fi. 1716. tatis 49. Hic etiam jufsu ejufdem MARCHIONIS reconditafunt reliquizD. GULIELME IOHNSTONE fratris fui Charifsimi, et filijnatu fecundi dictze Marchionifsre Qui Obijt 24? Dec.1721, AnnoZÉtatis 26. = = Sree eres DIDIIÜDÜITIITIITEDIBTUITIZLITIPUCITTETHIEUEEEITIERTIETEUUII mI ATT iii WAR li MA TIT (100) e MAS KNTDE, S. Hyjulce heciehprnebendarive, Jn Gndlinum parte huie mam oppofita. SAND |Cumquinque ex end s : elaboravit ididafcalus preci Quam Provinciam, jf Doctrinse füblidis pai A xiditus, inftructa maniftrn feaplinis jPhüree quii edem ii sinfuper Lauttbbue | quae virum Donum commrendaniVirtute Sinctmonmniaberatitatern , i Comimtem, Bengvolentam Candorem,Pidem,, min tevenos Benieniatém addlidera -Douecin, p. dis ano Domini Tta o Charts Más: ALICIA eta, fecundis illi nup! HocMonumentumn ia Poftir, In eodem Tumido JECfuos aliquando cineres depofiurg, mmn: TITTEN immi €— ETT ToT a LNT "riri LATE CONFECTVS PLACIDE DOMINO) JE ompora rr nr xim MARTHA 84-. OMONNMNTYM TOSVIT. DW! MORTIS TEESE VYTA NATALIE UST mM TM oT TTT | | 2. Coe Seid. Deo O. M. Supremzm Magy fates Lutte OA tl; THOMA. RICHARD SOND zz £Z. gutter id ure, damnum canilempronary per Nolam. adiens Tribunal Murau. Mepofitere; A ege Carolo erectus: Lapiraviet _— ile Anne chat. ratto 63A . Turis Municy omnergradis ecanyolavit, Conventéi tert Cratnar ann. Jacobi Rega 27&22. Thomas Richardion. / urcuskiguer auratBursoriee aot, . Protociutor axtttetz Patre eeomparalile E Fort civiles f certum. placilorime vocarnt) Loaf itil . 1 $ £ |: j 4 " Near this place lyes al! that is mortal. of LIZABETH and JUDITH, daughters of RALPH FREKE of Hannington im Wilt - fhire Efq3 by CECILIA his wife,Daughter of SCTHOMAS COLEPEPER of Hollingbourn. in Ke ty § Self- denial, She dyed Aprill 75714. aged 69 years . " UDITH was$wifeof ROBERT AUSTIN, of S3 enterden 3n KentEsq.and Y motherofa verv cot fiderable and hopefull family in thatCounty. She dyed 19. May 1716.aged 64Year ‘They wereBoth greatExamplesio heir S Belk of Daughters the Belt of wives stheBelt of, mothers. Bum ‘rancesLadyNarton widdow of S" George Norton of AbbotsLeigh in Som erfedhire, their mournfi:ll filter, has in iheyear of 8 ourLord 1718.erected dis monument of HerLove,Sreconfends theImitation of th Virtue of her dear fifters to their D efcend- | ants for ever . S| Which f? Lady Norton has ordered byher =] will herExeeutor to bury her-ncar this place - byherDaughterLadyGethins monumen: &$ CH: Vol lI The Hiflory of St. Perzr’s Weftminfter. 7 Oppofite to which is an ancient Monument of Marble and Alabafter gilt, repredenting a Warrior lying at length on a Quilt, as fee N. 100. The which Statue is a Reprefentative of Wittiam Tuynne of Borevile, Efq; a po- lite Gentleman, a Traveller, and a brave Soldier in the Reign of King Henry VIT, by which Prince he was, in the Year 1546. made Receiver of the Marches, The latter part of his Life was {pent in Retirement and Devotion in this Church, whither he conftantly repair'd Morning and Evening. His Brother was Sir Fohn Thynne, Secretary to the Duke of Somerfet, from whom defcended that unhappy Gentleman, of the fame Name, of whom we thall fhortly fpeak. The Epitaph is thus : : * Here lies William Thynne, Efq; Brother of Sir ohn Thynne, Kt. defcended * from the ancient Family of the Bortevilles, who in his Youth travell’d to * moft Parts of Europe, fought againft the Scots at Mufcelborough with un- * daunted Courage: At length, enfeebld with Age, he went to fleep in the * Lord, 14th day of March 1584. — Sobu Chamberlain of Prefflbury, Efq; to ** his moft dear Kinfman, hath ere&ted this Monument. ** Chrift is my Life, and Death is my Gain, Phil. 1. The day of Death is the < Birtb-day of eternal Life. On the Weft-fide of the Cloyfter-door, on a fmall oval Tablet fixd to the Wall: * Near thefe Steps lies the Body of Mrs. ANN Wr M vs; Daughter of “ Dr. Lodowick Wemys, fometime Prebendary of this Cathedral; and of Mis. “Jane Barcrave his Wife, who departed this Life the 19th day of Dec, in the 67th Year of her Age, 1698. Oppofite to which Cloyfter-door and againft the back of the Choir, next to Thynne’s, is a large and noble Monument, N. 101. of black Marble, on which is the Effigy of a Judge in his Robes, with a Collar of Sfs, reprefenting * Sir Tuomas RicHáàmDsoN, Kt. Speaker of the Houfe of Commons in “the 21ft and 22d Years of King Tames, Chief Juftice of the Court of Com: * mon-Pleas ; and laftly; by King Charles I. made Lord Chief Juftice of Ezgland. * He died 1634. in the 66th Year of his Age. ‘This is the fubílance of his Epitaph, This is that Judge Richardfon who, to pleafe the Faction of his Time, iffu'd out an order againft the Ancient cuftom of Wakes, and order’d every Mi« nifler to read it in his Church, This incroachment on the Ecclefiaftical Authority, was complain’d of by the Bifhop of Bath and Wells, and a Certifi- cate’ was fign'd by feventy of the ableft Clergy of the Diocefs, to prove the An: tiquity and Inoffenfivenefs of thofe Diverfions, which being fent, a Bifhop res ported it at the Council Table, where Richardjon was fo feverly reprimanded, that he came out complaining he had been almoft choak’d with a Pair of Lawn- Sleeves. This Step was the means of the Book of Sports; fo fatal to that good unhappy Prelate, Next to this Weftward and divided from it by one of the Pillars, is a hand: fome Monumentof white and vein'd Marble, on which are two Buftos in relieve reprefenting Jup1tH and ErizaszTH Faraxe, of whom, fee their Chara: ters in the engrav'd Infcription N*. 102. And next, another bearing the Effigy of a Lady kneeling, erected for the Lady Grace Geturnm, Niece to theaforemention'dtwo Ladies. She was'fam’d for exemplary Piety, and endow'd with good Sence. ‘There is extent a {mall O&ta« vo Volume of Devotions, Written by her, before which isPrinted the Cut of this Monument ; Mr. Congreve has a copy of Verfes in commendation of her: RN BAS P M m Op: The Hiflory of St. P rer’s Weftminfter. Vol. II. Oppofite to thefe againft the South- Wall, is a large and lofty Monument of Varios colour’d Marble, as remarkable for the valuable Materials, as the heavy de* lign of it, erected for Sit CroupEstv Swovet, Kt. of which, as well as the Hpitaph, take a fine Account from Mr. Addio. ^. — 0 Sir Cloudefly Shovel’s Monument has very often given me great Offence : Inftead of thé brave-rough Englifh Admiral, which was the diftinguifhing & Character of that plain Gallant Man, he is reprefented on his Tomb by the * Figure of a Beau, dréfs’d in-a long Perriwig, and repofing himfelf upon Vel- vet Cüfhions; under à Canopy of State; The Infcription is anfwerable to the Monument ; for inftead of celebrating the many remarkable A@tions he had . perform’d in. the Service of his Country, it acquaints us only with the mian- ner of his Death, in which it was impofliblefor him to reapany Honour. The Dutch whom we are apt to difpife for want of Genius, fhew an infinitely great- ter Tafte of Antiquity and Politenefs in their Buildings and Works of this Na- * ture, than what we meet with in thofe of our own Country. ‘The Monu- ments of their Admirals, which have been erected at the publick Expence; & reprefent'em like themfelves, and are adorn'd with roftral Crowns and naval * Ornaments, with beautiful Feftoons of Sea-weed; Shells and Coral. He was buried here on the 22d of Decemb, 1707. at the foot of his Monu- ment, his right-fide joining the Foundation. On a Table near it: To the Glory of the Lord of Hofts. Here under refteth Sir RrcHarp Brine Ham, Kt. of the ancient Family of thé Binghams, of Bingham Melcomb in the County of Dorfet, who from his Youthwas train'dup in military Affairs and ferv’din the Time of Q. Mary at S..Quintins, in the Weftern Ifles of Scotland, and in Britain, in the Time of Queen Elizabeth, : at Leith in Scotland, in the Ile of Candy under the Venetians, at Cabo Chrio, and the famous Battle of Lepanto againft the Turks, in the Civil Wars of France, where the Romans and Irifh were vanquifh’d. After he was made Governour of Connaught, where he overthrew the Irifh Scots, expell'd the traiterous Orourke, fuppreffed divers Rebellions, and that with fmall Charges to Her Majefty, maintaining that Province in a flourifhing eftare, by the fpace of thirteen Years: finally, for his good Service, was made Marfhal of . Deland, and General of Leinefter, where at Dublin, in an affared Faith in Chrift, He ended this tranficory Life, in the Nethorlands, the roth of Fan. Am Dom. 1598. and at Smerwicks eZEtat. 70. This is done by Sir ‘fobn Bingley, fometime his Servant. Near which, and againft the fame Wall, is a handfome Monument of vein'd marble, as:before reprefented, with its Epitaph, N. 105. erected to Dr. Knipe, Mafter of Weftmiafter: The Infcription is thus tranflated into Englifb : THOMAS. KNIPE, D.D. Prebendary of this Church, gave direction his Body fhould lie in that part of the Cloyfters oppofite to this Monument, where AN N E his Wife, With five of their Children were buried, For the fpace of fifty Years he, in the School of Weftmin/ter labour'd for the Promoting Piety and Learning, and for fixteen Years was head Matter there, Which Province He. happily adminifter'd being deeply acquainted with the helpsof Learning practis'd to indefatigable Induftry, and made up of the moft humane Sweetnefs; From hence he fupplied the Univerfity with Youth vers'd in the beft Difcipline ; Many of which are now Ornaments in the Church and State: And more there are who now give earneft of being hereafter fo. To thefe Praifes he added, thefe other Virtues, which fpeak the good Man, as Piety and Munificence, Socialnefs and Benevolence, Candor and Sincerity, and ready Bounty to thofe in Diftrefs. He enjoy'd a firm Health and long Age, attended with all:the other Comforts of Life, till decaying gradually, by a.lingring Diftemper, which at length violently encreafing upon him he died, belov’d by the Poor, his Scholars, Friends, Relations and Wife 8 Id. Aug. Anno 1711. aged 73. To this her dear Husband, Alice, his fecond and mott afllicted Wife, hath erected this Monument, One day intending her Afhes fhall reft in the fame Tomb. Oppos'd a = : ! —— ae : (104) ; P go | | | Mei | ME 1 | 4 S. LOUDESLY SHOVEDL Kn : JT. i hina A ores Ca at lle Fle ! The jult rewards x | thfull Services: Hewat eis Com | i s] aded, by the ! ! MEN ! M 1 s \ Wie ] a peipecull yithe ose : M | nd e was d Mn | MI M 1 H 1 Dp 1 1 | ] | D m i ray mM i. MMM i| I 3 | - | || NN JE E | um EU t B2. * L- E Emm r | MEE MMT "Tm W HAT TIER DONO | | JEDonling delin. . I: Cote Seulp . Ss [55] M (106) ll l MM z Shamus Onn OM id Vol I, The Hiftory of St. Peren’s Weftminiter. 83 Oppos'd to Dr. Kuipe, and plac'd againit the back of the Choir, between the fecond and third Pillars from the North-Weft Corner of it, : is an ancient Monument of Marble and Alabafter gilded, and the Effigies of a Judge at length, in fcarler Robes, leaning on his left Arm, which fee N. 106. erected to fig- nify the burial of Tuomas OWEN, Efq; near it: This Owen was born at Candover in Sbrop[hire, educated in Broadgates-Hall, Oxon, ftudied the Law at Lincolns-Inn, was Lent-Reader of that Houfe, after created Judge of the Common Pleas, and not, as Sir William Dugdale fays, of the Kings-Bench ; which Place he faithfully difcharg’d for five Years: He hath publifh’d Reports in that Court, printed 1656. It is to be obfervd, that Roger Owen, his Son, hereafter men- tioned, was a Knight much commended by Cambden, being a ftrenuous Vindi- cator of the Clergy in Parliament, 11 ac, I. and died in a diftracted Condition, univerfally lamented, Anno 1617, ont Sacred to the Triune God. Expe@ing the 2d Coming of Chrift our Redeemer, under this Tomb lies THOMAS OWEN, Efq; Son of Richard Owen, by Adery, Daughter and Heir of Thoras Orel, of the County of Sz/op, Efq; Who from his Youth inftru&ed in the Study of The municipal Laws of England, So profper’d in Induftrious application, Readinefs and Judgment ‘That he was firft chofen Serjeant at Law to Queen Elizabeth, afrerwards one of the Juft.of the C. of Common-Pleas, Among whom, when he had fat five Years he 29th of May, with fingular Integrity, Equity, and commendable 1 Prudence : And by Sarab his Wife, only Daughter and Heir of Humphry Baskervile had five Sons and as many Daughters. And married Alice his fecond Wife, who furvives him, He devoutly flept in Chrift the arft day of Decemb. in the Year of our Redemption 1598. Roger Owen, his moft affli&ed Son, hath, as a Proof of his officious Duty, and Regard to the Memory of this beft of Fathers, erected this Monument. The Souls of the Righteous are in the hand of God. Againft the South Wall of this Ile, almoft oppofite to Owen’s, and adjoining South to Kaipes, is another Monument, as rich for Marble and mean in De- fign as that of Sir Cloudefley Shovel’s, (which fee N..107.) but erefted to the memory of a niuch greater man, wiz, Mr.Stepney, a Gentleman equally converfant with the World of fine Letters, and that of Bufinefs, of whofe Character learn more in the Infcription Here lies interr'd, GEORGE STEPNEY, Efg; For his ready Genius, knowledge of Learning, Sweetnefs of Temper, Experience of the World, Acquaintance of Great Men, Elegance of Language, Stile, and Life, Eminent Stations he held, of Britain and of Europe, much celebrated in his Time, On one fide the Pilafters of the Bafis. GEORGE STEPNEY, defcended from the honourab.Family of the Stepneys of Pendegraft in Pembrokelhire, was born at Weftminfter, An. Dom. 1663. ele&ed into the College of St. Perer's Weftm. 1676. and to Tinity in Cambridge 1682. made Commiffioner of Trade 1697. died at Chel/ey, and attended by a great concourfe of the Nobility, was here buried 1706. ; which in Enzglifb is thus : And to'be ever celebrated to Pofterity. He conducted feveral Embaffies With that Integrity, Application, and Facility, that he ever difcharg'd che Truft reposd in him, by thofe Auguft Princes, William and Anne, And generally exceeded even Expectation. After a length of Honours, which he pafs'd through in a fhort fpace of time, after a narrow Life, but extenfive Fame, He calmly breath'd out his Soul co higher Regions, 1 On the other. fide. GEORGE STEPNEY was Envoy to the Elector of Brandenburg, Anno x692. Emperor of Germany, Anno 1693. Elector of Saxony, Anno 1694. and 1695. Mentz, 5 ] Ele&ors of. 41/75 Cologne, 1696. Palatine, 1697. Landtgrave of Hef, Congrefs of Francfort, | fecond time to Elector of Brandenburg, 1698. King of Poland, 1699. fecond time to the Emperor of Germany, 170r. States of Holland, 1706. Mr, Mr. Stepney’s Leaden Coffin lies clofe to the Foundation, and on it a Plate thus infcrib'd : Hic depofüi jacemt cineres Honoratiffimi Georgii Stepney, Avmigeri, Sacre regie majeftatis Legati Extraordinavii Plenipotentiarii ver{us Ordines Generales Belgii, nec nonin Collegio Comercii C- Indiarum Confitarii, qui ex bac vita dece[fit- decimoquint die Septem: Anno Dom. 1707. & fue etatis Quadragefima Quarto, Upon his Coffin lies another, containing the Body of his Sifter FraNceg The Hiflory of St.Peren’s Weftmirifter. Vol. If. Hete lies the Afhes of the Honourable George Stepney, Efd; Plenipotentiary*ind Embaffador Ex- traordinary from his Prince to the States of Ho/- land, and Commiflioner of Trade and Plantations, ve died the 1 sth day of Septemb. 1707. aged 27 ears. Stepney, who died the 13th day of March, Anno Dom. 1 718. aged 59 Years, and was buried by the Dean on the 23d of the fame Month. On the left-fide Mr. Stepney lies, in a Leaden Coffin, fix Foot deep, and clofe to the Foundation of the two Pillars by Owen’s Tomb, Joun Mzruvsw > Efq; fometime a Mafter in Chancery, afterwards Lord High Chancellor of Ire- land, and laftly, Envoy Extraordinary to the King of Portugal, in which Country he died, the 13th day of Fuly 1706. and was buried bei the i7th of Sepremb, 1708. On his Coffin is his Coat of Arms, and the Letters % M. He was Fa- ther to the prefent Paul Methuen, Efq; Upon his Coffin lies another Leaden one, containing the Remains of Isa nz r Metuven, his Daughter, buried April 29. 1711. aged 29 Years. Thefe three laft have no Grave! nes nor Infcriptions, Againft the back of the Quire, between the’ firft and fecond Pillar from the Weft Corner, is a Monumental Table, on which is a Man's Figure in white Marble in a dying Pofture, and at his feet a. Cherub weeping, efteem’d a very fine Piece of Modern Statuary, and on the fide of the Table in Relief fome Ruffians {hooting a-Gentleman in his Chariot; this Figure reprefents, and the Relieve points to us the haplefs End of Efquire Tuynwe, of Lozeleate in the County of Wilt/bire, a Gentleman who had ferv’d in feveral Pariiaments, and was pretty much againft the Court Party in King Charles’s Time. Having 100001. per Aa. left liim by an Uncle, he was fecretly married to the rich Heirefs of Northum- berland, a young Lady, and Widow. to the Earl of Ogle. The noife of this Lady’s Fortune, among many others, encourag’d one. Count Comimgsmark, a German Lord to attempt her: However Efquire Thynie’s Marriage was manag'd, the Lady being difpleas'd, thought fit to go over into Helland before it was confummated, or they had ever been bedded; upon this a Suit at Law was in- tended, and Coningsmark thought, upon this Difference, if he could remove Thynne, he fhould bid fair for his Prize, and having fent him two Challenges, which Taynne anfwer'd after a.ftrange manner, by fending fix Ruffians into France to kill him and his Second, Captain Uratch, but they efcap’d by killing two of them, as the Count faid. However, if it were fo, he more bafely and barbaroufly turn’d his own Weapons upon him ; for on Sunday Night the 12th of February, as he was going in Palmal, near the Hay-market, in his own Coach, three Men on Horfeback affaulted him, and one of them, by difcharg- ing a Mufquetoon into the Coach, mortally wounded him, and they all made their efcape. Coningsmark was taken at Gravefend, and try'd, but by foul Play, as was thought, clear'd, the other three were executed. This was, by fome, imagin'd a juft Reward for his Perfidy, in having, at the Duke of Monmouth’ requeft, debauch'd a young Lady of Character, bafely deferüng her ; whence came the Saying, That he bad. efcap'd this danger, if he had either married the Woman he had lain with, or lain with the Lady he bad married. This murder made a great Noife, and for that Thyme, who was a bufy ftirring Gentleman, had prefented a Petition of Complaint and Uneafinefs of the Gentry, it was imme» (103) PBX IDowlting delin: 2. Cole Seulg Vol Il. The Hiflory of St. Peter’s Weftminfter. 8i immediately conje&ur'd, the Papifts and the Duke of York had done it ; fo mean handles did the Faction "ufeat that time, There was an Epitaph defign’d at that time but prohibited, Affixd to the Pillar at Thynne’s Feet, is a T'able-monument of white Marble, with this Infcription : ¢ at ; Near this Place lieth the Body of FAMES executing the Office of ford High Admiral; K ENDAL, Efq; He, was firft chofen a Mem- | Some Years before his Death-he retir’d from all ber, of Parliament in the Year 1684. and ferved | publick Bufinefs, excepting only his Service in in moft of the fucceeding Parliaments. He was | Parliameat.. He died at Cafehaltox in Surry the five Years Governor of Barbados ; and foon after ; roth Day of July 1708. in the 6rft Year of his his return to England, was.appointed by His Ma- | Age. jefty King William, one of the Commillioners for N. B. Mr. Kendal’s Coffin of Lead joins to the Feet of Mr. Stepney’s: Almoft. oppofite to this, and direCily. to Efq uire Thynne’s, againtt the Soutl Wall, between the third’ and fourth Pillars fon the door defending to the Eaft Cloyfter, is a Monument of various colour’d Marble, as here repref fented, NN. 109. ereCted for Admiral: CHURCHIL, Brother to the late Duke of Mar thos rough : The Epitaph in Engli/b is thus : Dp, 5. E GEORGE. CAURCHIL, ‘ad Son of Sir Winftum Churchil, Kt. of Darfetfbire, .and worthy Brother of obs D. of Marlborough, from his éarly Youth train'd to Military Affairs, vas renew'd, and ferv'd with great Honour by Sea and Land, he was chofen one of the Admirals, | he daily manag under King Charles IL. and King Fames XL. | and of the Council to the moft High At length, when undc: 'd and adorn’d. iappy Reignof Q. dane; the War againtt che French (thofe eybuleae Foes to E. 2 tain) He was for the {pace of twenty Years Prince of Denmark, : Gentleman of the Bedchamber ffimo of Great-Britain; tothe moft Serene Prince George of. Denmark, s Mafter of all his to whom his Integrity, Obfequioufnefs and Virtue, renderd him dear and valuable. In the Time of K. Willizm’s Reign, when the French Navy was defeated and burnt by the Englifh at la Hogue, (a Day for ever memorable ) he behav'd himfelf with that Vigour of Soul and Bravery as became an Englifh Officer. Soon after he was, by that Prince, which he happily ma till the broken Power of France quitted the Seas. afterwardsadhering to that beft of Pri incesto hislaft, he then perform’d all che Offices of a grateful and generous Soul. At length broken with Toil and Difeafes, amidft the Embraces and Tears of -his Friends, -Dependants and. Serva ants, whom his Humanity, Services and Liberality; made grateful, devoted and faithful; (who was a true Judge of Merit ) { to him, made one of the Commiffioners of the Admiralty, he, being unmarried, : In which Station, | died Ilke à pious, calm, and chearfal A Man, the Sea-Affairs which he was Mafter of, the 8th of May, 1710. aged $8 Years. N. B. His Body lies at the entrance by the Gates: of the Choir, in the Grave with Mrs. Seymour : And on his Graveftone ; Depofitum Georgii Churchil; Ar migs qui obiit. 8 Mai-w pec x, : /Erat. Lvs Wefbward of the-aforementiond Monunient is a Table one of white Marble, with this Infcription : Near this Place lieth the n of Captain WILLIAM FULIUS, late Commander of His Majefty’s Ship the Colchefer, who departed this Life the d of Offer 1698. aged 33 Years. And on the Weft of that, divided from it by a Pillar, a handfome one of white Marble between Pyramids oe black, -adorn'd with telieve, as fee N. Pro. for Sir PaLmes Farrzown Es, as fee by the Infctiption, and Epitaph'written by Mr; Dryden. At the bottom of this 'Fomb is Fulitis’s Grav eltone, and adjoining On the left fide that, another with this Infcription; iy Q Here 89 The Hiflory of Si. Pever’sWeltminfter, Vol. IL hthe Body of HE NRY CORNWAL Daughters of Sir Sobn Williams, Bart. and by her -Caftle in thé County of Hereford, | left Iffue two Sons Falters and fames, and one iofe firft Wife was Margarita Laurentia Daughter, named Afary, married co the Honour. } of Middleburch in Zealand ; by whom [able “Henry Berkely, Efq; Brother of the Right | flue y, his eldeft Son and Heir, now * Honourable James, now Earl of Berkeley. He de- | iving, and am Henry, who dyed an Infant. | parted chis Life the 22d of February, 3716. inthe | To his fecond Wife he had Sufanna, one of the | 64th Year of his Age. And now that wema y the better difpofe the Plates at due diftance, which at the Weft-end of this and the North Hle ftand clofe, and fome of filent Characters; Lhall take in regularly the Graveftones,not only in this'Ifle, but thofe in the Nave | or Body of the Church that lie oppofite to the Monuments on this South fide o£ | ittothe middle, and likewife thofe on the North fide of the Nave, when I come to that Ile, of which take one oppofite to Fairborne’s Monument at the head of Admiral Churebil’s Graveftone with this Infctiption. Here lies interr'd the Body of Dame CO N- | ter of Hemy Hook, Efq; Lieutenant Governour of STANTINE HARDY, Wife of Sir Thomas Plymouth, and departed this Life the 2875 of April, Hardy, of the Ifland of Ferfey, Kt. fhe was Daugh- | 1720. in the 88/5 Year of her Age. Near her and by the Gates entring the Choir was buried J^zNrro Borces de Caflro, Envoy from the King of Portugal: he died the 4th, Nov. 1720, and was buried the oth, The next Monument in the South Ile is next Fairborn’s, and between the fame Pillars, it is a Table one of white Marble, to commemorate Major Ca x D, who was flain and buried at Blenbiem. See the Tablet and Epitaph, N. r1y.- Near this Part of the Hle is a Tablet of white Marble, affix'd high againft the Wall bearing this Infcription, Here lies the Body of Mrs. BRIDGET RAD- great Indifpofition both of Body and Mind, oc- LEY, the moft defervedly belov'd Wife of Charles cafion'd by his juft Sorrow for the lofs of her. Radky,Efq; Gentleman Ufher, daily Waiter to | She chang'd this Life fora better the 20:5 of Nov, His Majefty ; which Place he parted withal, not | 1679. being able to do the Duty of it, by reafon of his | On her Graveftone this, Mrs. Bkipcet Raprry died Nov. 1679. On another. ^ Here lieth interr’d the Body of Sir WILLIAM DOBS ON, Kt. obit 9 Odobris, Anno Dom. 1679. And near it, one for Sipwey BAGENAL; the Infcription intirely oblitera- ted, asare indeed moft of the others, by the Feet of Paffengers, This Bage- nal died 1684. ' Next Creed’s, is a ftately Monument of black and white Marble for Sir CHARLES HAnsgOARD and CLEMENT Correret, whofe Characters and Fate learn from their pathetick and moving Epitaphs, In the Nave oppofite to it on a Graveftone for Efq; Smitu and his Son, whofe Monument fee next but one ; FOHN SMITH, Efq; late of Beauforts-Buildings. — Here alfo lies his Grandfon, the Honeur- able FOHN BOURKE who died the 28th of Dec. 1719. aged three Years, fix Months and three Days. On a Graveftone in this South Ile Exuvie JUDITH ISHAM, Filie Do- Here lie the Remains of FUDITH ISHAM, mini foftniani Ifhàm, Baronetti, que obiit 18 die Daughter of Sir Fu/tinian Tham, Baronet, fhe Maii, 1679. died the 18th. of Aday 1679. On the one fide the aforefaid Monument of Harboard and Cotterel, is a Bufto and Inf{cription, which fee N. — . for Sy pnp Y-Earl of Godolphin, he was Member of Parliament in. 1661. Groom of the Bedchamber to King Charles YI. Commuflioner of the Treafury 1679, in 1684. Secretary of State, and foon a after To the Memory Of che Honoured Major Richard Creed ,who attended His late Majefty King William the third In all his Wars during his Reign; every where Signalizing Himfelf;and never more Himfelf, Thàn whén he look'd an Enemy: in the Face. At the Glorious Battell of Blenheim A. D.1704. He commanded one of thofe Squadrons y began y Attack; In two feveral Charges he remain'd unhurt, Butin the third, after many wounds receiv'd, Sall Valiandy fighang,He was fhot chro 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, Here Erects this Monument; placing it near another, Which Her Son(when living)ufd to look upon with pleafure , For the worthy menton itmakes of that Great man Edward Earl of Sandwich, To whom he had the Honour to be Related : And whofe Heroic Virtues He was Ambigous To Imutate . He was the Eldeft Son of Iohn Creed of Oundle Efq;ác Elizabeth his Wife only Daughter of S*Gilberc Pickering Baronet of Tichmarfh 1n S Northamptonfhire- Mor Pane Creed. JOE at ———————————MÁM— À—À Ó i * MA I n DERE HEU j | TRA i) " il WF i P | t ! SrFCHARLES HARBORD Kw | | Ei CLEMEN RB eue id == third Son of 5* Cuaries HARBORD - E : uH ES : RE Ke‘ his Mapesir's Surveyor GENERAL/| | tM'of the l li Dd and Firft Lmurexant of the RoxALz [t 4 JAMES, under the Most NOBLE. and| IurrsTRi0us CAPTAINE,EDWARD EARLE|: of Saxpwiem Vice ApMRALL of Ex: affe: : 1 ‘g 3 Mas | | 1 " ] | ] to [ave himlelfe,as inci 3 : Eum B i | ! out of t Love to that Wo from. Bs j ! of i 1 i ! [ 1 i | M TIT | l | MAE E mous I — —— — = mu nma ImEITITNTMS z EE r = —— = ) Y | i "E i | JE. C iG hene Coltvll es " | ! E- : : S Charles Varta ih eer. BYE Earl of conor Rig CRS, e Be Great B ‘if nf ef Minifte 7: ee * p “eign of Queen. ee 1 as “Nine Glorious Y TN: 2. HT. Ge wed int he TB € A od, 61 A 2 ero, fe fep. Agen = 2, as Busted near 5) ae s \ v d 7 Memory IN Ber, V vet the ulm ul I Ni I e. Affection and TR AS DA iar CS LA ob ape Dough es d Jl t Ni Aa Law pan P. 7. bale o V/A uu PCI S / eal Meee UN 3 |/ Rector Ecclefize de Chartham; | | Nee non Vicarius Ecclefiz deMinfter| Jin Infilà Thanato in Dizcefi Cantuarienti f, Reverendifsimo ac Sanctifsimo Preefuli / | Withelmo Archiepilcopo Cantuarienf ||. A Sacris Domefticis: jQui multa ad augendam et ilhuftrandam, Rem Literariam, Multa-pro Ecclelia Chrifti, Conferipfit: Phra moliebatur. ||| x01: && nc: em d: || ahi hene: || oe3:one63-053:n93:: ANN and of MARY his Wife || [ihe truly lovingsas truly beloved | Wife of SAMUEL MORLAND Kn! & Bart died February 20” | AmnoDomini 167 gr | Daughter of GEORGE Frrpisc-Effj| | Atatis xrx° I » PUO SUA m Nynuovevanr rig 077« xeadrgre paxsooupras |d| Aude» ee Ko Ncn,xai Merger opddsa, ||) TIPPAYN TMA "wenyen2is932 0023 sipootiope ausos ocovepitas AN etatis Or pp éxovres Ernie; ||| | TGv yas'xexoumpeveon évXatgq7 Avadsaow mseve rat mgo0d0xd. i CARORA. Daughter of RoGER HARSNETTER| andofCAmoLAdhis Wife, | SW truly loving(§ as truly beloved) |wifeof SAMUEL MORLAND Kntágbai! Bare-a fecond Son Octob 47 died. October 10* Anno Domini 1674 Btatis xxur. e At 706 LH lili Ng E Men 7 Vharton o Cato 5 4 7 na | Aarsnet. D Cole Site. WUD Ck (a4) 5 MM crc Hic juxta inhumatus jacet JOHANNES SMITH Armiger,deLondino in Adi eaufon Profapia SMITHORUM Lincolnienfium oriundus, qui obijtvidulij ci cexvurSuperfttes reliquit duas filiasquarum ANN. natuauaximanupfitprimüm HU GONTPARKER Arm igerofilionatumaxin Domini HENRICI PARKER Heningtonizin ComitatiWarwicenti , Baronetti cigs plures peperitLiberosdein Honoratifsimo MICHAELI i Domino DUNKLLIN, lilionatu maximo Honoratifsimi Comitis CLANRICKARDLEe-regno Hibernia, ex quofiium filiamque reliquit Superftite, Hid etiam Sepultus eftHonorabilisJOHANNES "BURKE, Filius natu maximus predictorum Domini Domina‘gs DUNKLLIN qui objjt | xxvirDecnccexix MARIA. altera fiia predic tiJOHANNIS SMITH rmigeri nupfitDomino EDVARDODISBOVERTE de Longford in. Agro Wiltonienfi Baronetto,&nufla prole Superftite Decefsit. I:G: AmcH. wi CHE uan . Vol. II. The Hiflory of St.PE£ze xs. Weftminifter. .after Commiflioner of the Treafury ; and the fame Year created Baron of Ri- alton in. Cornwal by King James Il. he, was made Lord Chamberlain to the Queen, and Commiffioner for executing the Office of Lord High Treafurer, After the Revolution he was firft Commiflioner of the Treafury, and foon after Lord Treafurer. His Coffin lies near the corner of the Choir, and on his right-fide Sir Wirttam Gonorruriw his elder Brother, buried Sepr. 3.1710. aged 63. On the other fide Harboard's Monument is an old fafhioned one for the Lady Gir Fo x D, a Perfon of excellent Qualifications, Sifter to the famous Sir William Temple, and Companion with him in his foreign Embaffies, This feems to have een defign'd by Sir William in his Life time, as fhould feem by the Epitaph for the Lady Girrorp long furvivd him; the Tomb is chiefly of black Marble, and in Gold bears this Infcription. To Himfelf and thefe moft dear to him To his moft belov'd Daughter. Dorotuy Ospoury. To his moft loving Wife. And Marrua GrirrFORD his beft of Sifters, This Monument was erected at the Care of Wiliam Temple of Moor Park In the County of Surrey, Bart. Sibi *fuifaue charifimis, Diletliffmze filia. Dosorgzz OszounN. Conjunttiffime conjugi. E:Martua GIFFORD Optima forori, Hoc qualecumque monumentum poni curavit William 'Temple Ze Moor Parke In agro Surrienft Baronettus. pire Med epe e ae i Bu ( 1679 I4 Dina Temple 1679 I4 Do. O. »,231694( ., )66 Dorothy Osbourn’ 5. 1694 66 fen QOIS IPTE EAE || Widiaks Tévple CPE 658 8850375 Mar. G. \ 1722 84. Martha Gifford 1722 84, Divided from this by a Pillar is'one of black and white Marble for a Lady of Sir Samuel Morelands ; {ee N° 115. The next, being one of the jufteft and moft beautiful in this Church, is a Pis ramid and Altar of finely yein’d Marble, and on the Altar a Lady veil’d, weep- ing and refting her right Arm on a curious Bufto in Relieve, under all, on a Table of white Marble, the Infcription : which fee with the N. 114. and is thus englifh’d, Near this Tomb lies buried FOHN SMITH, | able Earl of Clanrickard in the Kingdom of Ireland, Efq; of London, in Beaufort Buildings, defcended from | by whom fheleft a Son and a Daughter furviving, the Smiths of Lincolnfhire, who died the 6th of | Herealfo lies the Honourable JOHN BURKE, Fuly, 1718. he left two Daughters, of which | eldeft Son of the aforefaid Lord and Lady Dws- Aune the eldeft married firft to Henry Parker, Efq; | killin, who died 28 Dec. 1719. 244 R Y, another eldeft Son of Sir Henry Parker of Hennington in the | Daughter of the aforefaid Fobn Smith, Efg; mar- County of Warwick, Bart. to whom fhe bare mae | ried to Edward Desboverie of Longford in Wilt{hire, ny Children a fecond Time to the Honourable | Bart, and died without Iffue. Michael Lord Dunkillin, eldeft Son of the Honour- N. B. The Latin Infcription is injudicioufly paragraph;d upon the Tomb, and by ill luck copied by the Engraver from it. On the Weft fide this, isa Monument of black and white Marble for another Lady of Sir Samuel Morelands. Near this, vix. four foot from the Pillar near the laft Monument is a Gtave- ftone thus infcrib'd, Here lies the Body of Sir JOSEPH TREDENH AM, Kt. who died April 2«. 7797. in the 6575 Year of his Age. He was buried the *-:^ Next No) m 95 The Hiftory of St. P&vés Weftminller. — Vol It. Next we pafs by the Gates opening to the Eaft Clovfter, and on the other P yi pening yiter, fide is a Tablet bearing an Bfcutcheon, and this Infcription ; Here lieth the Body of PEERS GRIFFITH, | child to Sir William Griffith, Chamberlain of Norib Efq; Son and Heir to Sir Ree Griffith, and Grand- | Wales, who died the 1875 of Avgu/t 1628. Between the third and fourth Pillars from the Cloy fter Gates Weftward, .is a Table Monument of white; which fee backwards, and N. 116. with tlie Infcription thus tranflated : Here lies HENRY WHARTON, À. M.! moft Religious Prelate, 7 , Archbifhop of Presbyter of the Church of England, Reétor of Canterbury, who, for the it > and illuftration the Church of Chartham, and Vicar of the Church y of Learning, and for the Church of Chrift, wrore of Minfter in the Ifle of Thanet, and Diocefs of | much and intended more. He died the 4d df Canterbury, Chaplain to the moft Revérend and March, A. D. 1694. aged 3x Years. B This wondrous and furprifing Gentleman, to whofe Example and Labours the Worlds of Piety and Learning are fo much indebted, was Son of Mr. Edmund Wharton, lately Re&or of Saxlinghan in Norfolk, and of Gonville and Caius. College in Cambridge. After he left the Univerfity, and was recommended to Dr. Cave, with whom he refided, and had a great hand in that laborious and ufeful Work, Hifforia Literaria in 1687. he went into holy Orders, and foon after being recommended to the Lord Arundel of Trerice, to be his Chaplain and Tu- tor to his Son, his Excellencies making him very confpicuous, the good Arch- bifhop Sancroft of Canterbury prevail’d with Lord Arundel to part with him, and took him to be his own Chaplain, tho’ not twenty three Years of Age. About this time the Difputes between the Church of Rome and us growing high, he vie goroufly oppos'd the former, by his Confutation of the Speculum. Ecclefiaflicum, printing the Rüle of Faith with a learned and elaborate Preface of the Celibac of the Clergy, Enthufiafm of the Church of Rome, Tranflation of Monfieur Dellon's Hiftory of the Inquifition of Goa, and revis’d and fitted feveral othet Pieces in that Controverfy for the Prefs. After fome continuance with the Arch- bifhop he gave him the MSS, of Archbifhop Ujber’s Dogmatical Hiftory of the Holy Scripture, which he digefted and publifh'd with a large Supplement ; the fame Year the Archbifhop gave him the Vicaridge of Minfler in the Ile of Thanet, and not long after the Rectory of Chartham, and conferrd on him Prieft’s Orders, And now being fo provided for, he fet about that great and ufeful Work, the Anglia Sacra, in which he preferv'd fo many ancient Pieces relating to our Church as mutt for ever make his Memory dear to the learned World. His other Works were an Edition of Bede’s Commentaries on Genefis, and Song of Habakuk, Ade helm’s Book of the Praife of Virginity, correéted and revis'd, the Life of Cardj- nal Pool, Difceptation between the Embaffadors of England and France in Council of Conftance, Mx. Strype's Hiftory of Archbifhop Cranmer, and, which he accounted the happieft Tafk ever impos'd upon him, the Papers of Arch "ifhop Laua’s re- lating to liis Trial and Troubles, were by Archbifhop Sancroft, upon his Death-bed, commited to his Care, with a Charge to publifh them, which he did; and which one, who being defpis’d, defi pifes all others, fays, * Was fo weak that Mr Whar- * ton was one of his greateft Enemies, as Heylin was by publihing his Life, This learned Gentleman left feveral MSS. and intended much for our Ego]; fh Hiftory. He wasa Perfon of no lefs Piety than Learning, and of the firmeft Prin ciples. This candid and good Man fo ftriftly plied him to his Studies that no. thing could difengage him, and tho’ he had by Nature and Temper a ftrong Con. 5 ; ftitution, yet he laid it all out on his Studies, but the entire Ruin of it wag haften'd by a Vomit mifapplied, which breaking a Veffel he languith’d four Y under a Confumption, and died fo young as at thirty one E HM = ee | j I ni : : : Je the (na)ANerze Sle. Li | "a ] | Li || ii |: d a a P | a | mai | | } | Bi EU TETTTTRUITETTERETTITEDUTG WENT m SDonling deliv. SE A OT esc Vol. If. The Hiflory of St. Perers Weftminifter. Death even Foreigners regretted, as appears in the Act. Erudit. printed at Leip- fick, 1696. But if Foreigners paid him this Compliment, much more did his Countrymen, who buried him in a very folemn. manner, the King's Scho- lars being ordered to attend his Funeral, at which were prefent the Archbifhop of Canterbury, Dr. Tillotfon, and other Prelates, together with vaft Numbers of the Clergy ; and the Quire in Proceffion fang the Anthems upon this Occafion, composd by Mr. Purcel, the Lord Bifhop of Rocheffer performing the burial Service. On his Graveftone is this Infcription : Henry Wharton, A. M. obiit 5. Mayrh, Anno 1694. Near this is a Monument of white and black Marble, for Sir Lu wrzx Rosinson 3 which fee N. 117. with the Epitaph thus tranflated. Near this | and who, but that he fleeps in Chrift, would Lies buried the mortal Part of I long lament him. Sir LUMLEY ROBINSON, Baronet, He died the óth of dug. 1684. aged 36. of Kentwel-Hall in the County of Suffolk, Anne, Heir of Fobn Lawrence, Efq; for his Integrity of Life, by whom he had Thomas and Anne, now furviving; ufeful Learning, | hath, to the beft of Husbands, and untimely Death, erected this Monument. efteem’d by all that knew him, | On a Graveftone near it. Here lies the Body of Sir LUMLEY ROBINSON, who departed this Life Fune 6. 1684: Near the Confiftory Court, and under the bay Window looking from the Ab- bey Houfe into the Church : ELIZABETH ATTERBURY, Wife to| 1716. aged 17. was buried 4:5 of Ofob. follow- Francis, Lord Bifhop of Rocheffer, the died the 2675 | ing, in the Area, two foot from the Door of St, Day of April, 1722. aged 56 Years. And ELI-| Edmunds Chapel, and being remov'd 24 May, ZABETH ATTERBURT,, Daughter to the | 1722. was depofited here. Bifhop andhis Lady, who dying 29:5 Day of Sepr. | Near the Corner of the Spiritual-Court is buried JusriN1AN IsHaM, a King’s Scholar, on the 21/2 Fam. 1713. Qu, how related to Sir. Fuftinian before- mention'd. North Ifle. The firft Monument is almoft joining to the Belfry, of black Marble, as ex. hibited IN. 118. for Penztope Nerpuam, Daughter of the Lord Kilmurray, and Wife to Randolph Egerton, Eíq; died 13. Kal. April 1670. PENELOPE, and now Member of Parliament for Staffordfhire, among many Daughters, the moft belov'd | whofe unfhaken Fidelity to both the Charles’s of Robert Lord Needham Kings of Great-Britain, Vifcount Kilmurray, and remarkable Actions, Pofterity fhall relate, and Helena fole Heir of ( whom fhe never made uneafy till her Death.) the ancient Family of Dutton of Dutton Here, near the Arms of the Egertons in the County Palatine of Cheer, | illuftrious Barons of Malpas, and Wife of the moft afflicted together with her Infant Son Randolph, RANDOLPH EGERTON of Beteley,in defir'd to be laid, Chefhire, late Major General in Caroline, | fhe died in Child-bed the 1975 of April Anno 1670, On a Graveftone adjoining, Ra NDoLeH EcErton of Betteley in Stafford/bire, Efq; Major General of Horfe to King Charles Y. and eldeft Lieutenant and Lieute- nant Colonel of His Majefty Charles YI4's own Troop of Guards, under the Com- mand of his Grace Tames Duke of Monmouth ; firft married to Penelope, Daughter of the Right Honourable Robert, Vifcount Kilmurray, of the Kingdom of Ireland and now to Elizabeth, Daughter and Heir of Henry Murray, Efg: one of the Gentlemen of his Majefty's Bedchamber to King Charles 1. by Anne Vifcountefs Banning, obiit 20, Octob, 168 1. R Near 98 99 Tbe Hiflory of St.Pevex's Weftininifter. Vol. Ih Wear it a Table Monument of white Marble for James EcER Now, Son of the faid Major Egerton, by his fecond. Wife ; it bears this Inícription. Meac this Place lieth interr’d the Body of | Elizabeth Egerton’: he died che x3tb of Apri in the 4 4MES EGERTON, Efa; only Son of Ma- | 10:5 Year of his Age, 1687. jor General Egerton and the Honourable Mrs. On his Graveftone : Jacobus Egerton, Armiger, obiit Apr. 13. Anno Dom. 1687. tatis fue 9-10. Next is a white Tablet, (mark'd in the Plan 119. but omitted for more se- markable ones) it is for Mag rTH& Price, Wife of Gervafe Price, Efq; Serjeant of the Office of Trumpets, and Gentleman of the Bows to King Charles 11. She died the 7th of April 1678. ‘The Infcription follows : (prout Sepulcbrale fanum liquitar) Martha, (as appears by the Graveftone) Facet hic prope bumata Near this Place lies buried Uxor Gervafii Price, Armigeri, Adartha Wife of Gervafe Price, Efg; qui Sacre Regia Majeffate i who ferv'd King Charles 24 Caroli Secundi : in the double Capacity of duplici mumere infervit [ Serjeant of the Office of Trumpets, ut Tubarum Officii director, | and Gentleman of the Bows, & arcuum prafetius, | She died the 7:5 April 1678. Obiit illa 7. die Aprilis, A. D. MDCLXXVIHI. On a Graveftone near it : * Here lieth che Body of GERV AS PRICE, | of this Life the rith of Sept. 1687. in the $9: Ef; near his Wife. Martha, [^o he follow'd out | Year of his Age. On another adjoinining to the right fide: Here lleth the Body A4artha, the Wife of Gervafe Price, Eíq; Serjeant of the Office of Trumpets to King Charles If. and Gentlemen of bis Bows. She died the7+h Day of April, 1678. in the 38:5 Year of her Age. Next is an honorary Monument for Heneace Twispen, Son of Sir Wil, Twifden, Bart. kill'd at Blaregenies, under the Duke of Argyle, Anno 1705. aged 29 Years, The Hpitaph in Englifb thus : Sacred to the Memory of | and the: utmoft Duty to God and his Parents. In the Army, for undaunted Courage, and Frances his Wife, | unwearied Patience in Fatigues, who in that bloody fight and am unfhock'd Soul amidft the view of Danger. at Blaregnies in Heinaulr, | Adorn'd while he, as Aid de Camp with fo great and fo many Virtues to the moft high and couragious Prince | private, civil and military, Fobn Duke of Argyle, | he left the melancholy regret for him then leading the firft Wing of the Confederates ; to all who were never injurd by him, Army | but the moft troubled by far he fell bravely fighting. ; to him who mindful, He was a Son not degenerate of his moft pleafant Alliance, from the beft of Parents, and daily. Addition of good Offices, nor a Soldier unworthy fuch a Leader. ' hath to this his ever lamented Friend, At home | erected this honorary Marble, he was remarkable for his extraordinary Temper a fimall Monument and Benevolence, | of his great Love. Integrity and Modefty, He died An, Dom.1709. aged 29. Years, untainted Fidelity to his Friends, | On the one fide the laft, is a fmall Table Monument of white Marble for Jostan TwispEN, Brother of the faid Heneage, as follows: FOSITA TWISDEN, FOSIAH TWISDEN, Guliélni Twifden, Baronetti, Son of William Tawifden, Bart. € Francifce Uxorzs, and Frances his Wife, Filio satu. Nono. | who, in an Expedition, Qui in exercitu Britannico Centurio being Captain at the Siege of the Caftellum de Agremont Caille of Agremonts "bem infulas in Flandria Or?sz- FES 121 104 LOU - 7 A to his Row TALL Gis SS, PRINCE GEORGE of DENMARK. Aide de Camt 4 Gentleman of the Horfe,to his Grace y Duke of /MARLBOROVGH, (he Victorious General of her M ajefty's Forces beyond ¥ Sea) who,while he was Remounüng his Lordupon a frefh Horse, his former Fayling under him,had his Head fatally shott by a | Ds. Ball in¥ Battell of Ramelies,on Whitfunday $| I "day of May in y Year of our Lord 1706.and. of his | [se 50 and So acd ene iously ended his deu | Ns Courage Vertue. and true Piety, (of which thus Church was often a witnefs) live, grow, \\spread,both here & abroad, for ever. his Monument was Erected Hn y! his mournfull,& Equally.lovemg $; NNbeloved widowCLEMENCE // , SBRINGFEILD, 17062 ee CE Are a orb | Games : Lp WG A ec JE Nettle - —————————————————ÓÓÓ upremum : dui. - ee TREE e. J. Cole Seif. Tm a 2d c: EE Ld - uS 8 xt if : B nm que Hrs 2 ü 5 e a p a === : "Near this Hace lyes the Body of M“Mary BEAUF oy, the only Daughter Heir of S-HrxRY Beauroy of Gry/ép] E i ear /f277t 7:6 by dieHono: CHARLOTTE LANE eldeftDaughter us E of GEORGE Lord lZ/Cezee£ Lan/lorcush ls now Y Widow ELADY BEAUFOX; who cauf'd. thisEffieies to be made &Erected at herawn chargein Memory of her dearveughlers lofs of whom She fhall (while She lives) very auch Jament. ead, who eve thou axvt,let the fight of this Tombe aa Eimprin: an thy Mind, thatYoung &Old without diftinction Eleave this world,and. therefore fail not to fecure Y next ObytJuly y 312:1705 . TTT AN Vol. II. The Hiflory of St.Perer’s Wéftminfter. 104 Oppugnans near Life in Flanders, Grande Plumbea ittus cecidit, was flain by a Canon-Shot, A.D. MDCOVIII. e£tat. fue xxiii, Anno 1708. aged 23 Years. Cadaver in Caftra referri, His Body was carried into the Caftle & cum militaribus honoribus, | and buried with thofe military Honours Quos optime merit, he well deferv’d, Fuvenus forti[fmus | by the Care of that brave Youth; fepeliri. curavit his Brother Heneage Twifden, Heneagus Frater, | Who, alas! furviv'd him not long. Heu! non din fuperffes. On the other, a like Table-Monument for Joun T wisprw, another Bros ther, with this Epitaph: JOHANNI TWISDEN, | FOHN TWISDEN;, Gulielmi Twifden, Baronetti, i Eighth Son of William Twi[den, Bart. & Francifcz, Uxoris, Filio natu Of avo. l and Frances his Wife, Qui in Nave Pratoria, who in the Admiral’s Ship, Cujus erat Pronaverchis, of which he was Lieutenant, cum Cloudefleio Shovel, with Sir Cloudefley Shovel, Britannice Claffis Prafetto Admiral of the Bririfh Fleet, Naufragius Perit. | perifh'd by Shipwreck, An. Dom. MDCC VII. etat. fue xxiv. | : An. Dom. 1707... Aged 24. Ne optimi Fuvenis Memoria | Left'the Memory of this excellent Youth, cum Corpore. fimul obrueresur, | fhould at once perifh with his Body, Cenotaphium boc i this Cenotaph fhall for ever witnefs Multas ei fuiffe Virtutes, the many Virtues he had, Magnam de eo [pem Parentes concepiffes | and che great Hopes his Parents ^ In omne e/£vum teffetur. conceivd of him. Next is a Monument of white Marble for Colonel Baincriztp, which with its Epitaph fee N. 121. On a Graveltone near it : ELIZABETH MEEKE, the fecond Wife of Aathony Mecke, Efq; died the 1675 of Feb. 1711. On another near the Head of them, for ADr1a Lucy, Niece to Martha Price. ADRIA LUCY ex antiqua & mbiliLucy-[ ADRIA LUE€Y of the ancient Family of orum familia im comitatu Warwicenfi, & Maria | Lucy in the County of Warwick,and Mary Mayers Mayers, Londinenfis, ac meptis Martha Price, que of London, and neat to Martha Price who lies near juxta jacet, Virgo fexdecimus, obiit 19. die Junii } her; the died a Maid 19 fuse 168r. aged fixteen MDCLXXXI. Years. Wear which lies Mary Lucy buried here in 1708. E Regio: Adjoining to Bringfield is another military Monument of excellent Wotkman- fhip, and one of the greateft Pieces of Sculpture in the Church, erected to the Memory of another brave Man who fell in Battle, vix. Brigadier KILLIGREW, flain at the famous Battle at Almanza in Spain. The Monument fee N.122. with its neat, modeft Epitaph, bold, pathetick and clos’d, inftead of the fram’d, Cha- racter of a Friendfhip, Piety and Duty, with that of a brave Soldier in which the others are neceffarily included He fought for bis Country twenty four Years. Next is a Monument of Marble, with a Lady kneeling, and Cherubs crown- ing her, erected to the Lady Mary Bravrov, whofe Pofture points out to us, her Practice, and the Epitaph very modeftly, inftead of dwelling on the Praifes of the Dead, clofes with an excellent Advice to the Living, for whofe Inftru&tions; it feems, and not out of Oftentation, this was’erected ; fee it N.123. This young Lady was buried on the 19th of uly, and lies clofe adjoining Ben Fobn{on’s Feet: Next 105 Tbe Hiflory of St. Pever’s Weftminfter. Vol. II. Next is anold monumental Pedeftal of Touch, on which is the Effigies of a Lady in the Elizabeth Drefs, kneeling; which fee backwards two Plates N. 124. placed there for Convenience: The Engli/h of the Epitaph is thus : In hope of a Refurre&ien here lies $ ANE STOTEVILLE, Daughter of Thomas Stoteville of Brinkley in the County of Cambridge, Efq; married firft to Edward Ellis of Chefferton, in the County of Cambridge, Eíq; to whom fhe bare fix Sons and three Daughters, afterwards married to Orhowel Hill Dr. of Civil Laws and Chancellor of the Diocefe of Lincoln, whofe Widow the died 27 April 1631. aged 78. Virtue [urvives Death. Next is a double Monument of white Marble, being two Oval Tables between three wreath'd Pillars; on the firft this Infcription : Fuxta vequie[cunt certa [pe Refurrectionis, Cineres THOMAS MANSEL, Filii natu maximi Baffei Manfel, de Britton Ferri, In agro Glamorgan, Armigeri, Duxerat uxorem Elizabetham, Filiam & Heredem Richardi Game, de Penderin in comitatu Brecon, Armigeri, ex qua [u[cepit unum filium Thomam € duas Filias, Mariam ¢& Elizabetham, obiit 13 die Decemb. Anno Sal, M DC XXXIV. & zat. fue 38. Near this Place lie, in certain Hopes of a Refurre&ion, the Afhes of THOMAS MANSEL, Eldeft Son of Bafs Manfel of Britton Ferri in Glamorganjhire, Efq; he took to Wife Elizabeth, Daughter and Heir of Richard Game, of Penderin in Brecknock{hire, Efq; by whom he had one Son, Thomas, and two Daughters, Mary and Elizabeth, He died the 13th of December 1684. Aged 38 Years. A | On the fecond the Infcription is in Englifh, for WirtiaM Morgan; which fee engrav'd in the Plate, N. 125. Againft a Pillar, on a Tablet of white Marble, this Infcription : Near this Place lyeth the Body of EDWARD HERBERT of Swanzey, in the County of Glamorgan, Efq; who was lineally defcended from Sir George Herbert of Swanzey aforefaid, Kt. firft Sheriff of that County fince the Union of the Principality of Wales (vix.) in the Year 1542. The faid Edward | Married Elizabeth, the eldeft Daughter of Philip Herbert, Efq; and died the 18th day of Decezber, | Anno Dom. 1715. in the 23d Year of his Age, leaving Iffue by the faid Elizabeth, one Son, Thomas Herbert, Efq; Aged two Years at the Time of his deceafe. N.B. He was buried the 24th of September in a Coffin of Lead, at the foot of the Pillar adjoining to his Monument ; and on the Graveftone : Here lies the Body of Edward Herbert of Swanzey in the County of Glamorgan, Efq; he died Sept. 18th in the 2 3d Year of his Age. And near it another thus Infcrib/d : Here under is buried the Body of EDWARD MANSELL, eldeft Son of Sir Edward Manfell of JParram in the County of Glamorgan, Bart. : who died the 2oth day of Fune 1681. In the zgth Year of his Age. Next is a large one of white Marble for Ropert and Ricuagp CHOL- MONDELEY, Sons of the Lord Vifcount Cholmondeles 5. which, with its In- fcription fee N. 126. and is thus in Englifb : Here lie buried two Sons of the moft Noble Lord Robert Vifcount Cholmondeley, Of which Robert his 2d Son not 14 Years of Age, but a moft promifing Youth, of maiden Bafhfulnefs, but of manly Difpofition was a King’s Scholar and noble Ornament of this College, His commendable Advances in Latin, Greek, and Hebrew Letters, he fo honour'd with a generous Difpofition, that you might perceive him defcended from the ancient Family of the Cholmondleyes. He died F¢.4.in the Year of our Redemption 1678, Richard, the other Son, and fourth by Birth, gave füch proofs of a fine Genius, That one might eafily know him to be the Brother; he died Nor. Fun. in the Year of our Lord, 1680. On = (125 ES Ze Wp ly reatu Trata Buren " £ = - iri i de Britton ferr. A liam Morgan fe cond foun, Ji Agro Glamorgan // of William Morgan. wr res | of Tredegar UCT AL UOT CHL Eliabetham Uto et I Hil the County of Monmouth bas rage Lei GENS At Cames [l| Efqj: CS ped EER Allin ye tot day Se s C n February. oneThoufand ||) | M a, fete Werrec277e e Let Exodo EG. ‘Hund ed Highty three, / ’ the nineteenth year É ofhis // D. Coe rtp. 126 107 .THOME X ivixGgray tis, Baroneth Vice -Connitis | de TEVIOT, Baronis Tavingiton | DePEE xx | IQuiTn Batavia erantiqu: [Gyan aghionbrumG Genie ih Sco | ma adolelcentia intei |Weathess ot ad yarise ‘Militze'Titulos Il Cum gloria evectus: | Regnante tindem WILIELMO 3° ||(Subqno adhue principe AVRIACO | | Diu et fortiter: militalset ef quem | In Britanniam Tribunus Militum | . Comitatus fuerat) [Exercituum Locum-tenens G Copiarum in Scotia Imper | Tormentorum. belli prece | EraSancüoripus Regni Conltitul Dum Motibus Civilibug atdebat Scot | Praelio cum Hoftibus ad Speam fluvium'}| z Feliciter Commilso, legno pacem et Regnum — | Eg OO pace gn | Ob qua preclara facinora, AGralo Principe inter Regni Proceres adicitus elt. liro De patria tam bene Merito, Hoc Monumentum |ALEXANDER LIVINGSTON Miles Baronettus| }|||||||[ Beater unieus, et Hares, | Il txtrui Jufsit | ObijtLondini Januarij 14.1710 | tatis 60. [Io the: femory call lay iS of their moft [s J Beloved Son — esum de CARTERET| Gentleman, | le dward deCarteret| 4 |)(K.GentlemanVther of] i33! ||the Black Rod &Firft id a Fi IIGendeman-Ufher daily || NEES OPERI pELET, E aiterin Ordinary to | | z Quorum Alter. pim pf T T the King) his Fa en Lalit etta qt pur nane / | &DameEiazABETHhis| | dir eater a M ei arit || Mother; have cavfed this Pepin, gy, Pptesco Coll [Monument tobe erected | j UE Lhonius er Nobile His Body licth under | |! Laudabiles and Alerts Stone beneathHe die Y 30: Day of Oct 1677. aged. | 7 Years sndoMonthan Me j Latinis,Crecis Hebraic Bono POI astris tired Hox. ronan et wae Farrel E isplutis 16]0- pecimine 1 [17757 agnoscas ] Zratfem i — 4 Ob iit Non Jun An! Dm 7. = = : 1680. J e ETE Mater dj rer WO CI dro te liner Cpt) ptt CY. Be, ul pM We 774 Can aL RP UAE UE pipa tomar rdiet etie aa ein nee Pe aai Me Adm M uda d Britt er ET dr nda fe inal oo Mp Brave, Ludicgous, 2 Exper ened p DU act Port Malin. ORE P of opem. "1A. = LE ELE And, A, [72772 277 WA ll HA HUI l UUW J. Cole Sculp - RE a a i tera Rari Uy 129 (128) ii - an Um " M.S. | TO THE MEMORY OF HENRY PRIESTMAN ES?* COMANDER IN CHI OF A SQVADRON OF SHIPS OF WAH,IN THE REIGNE OF KING CHARLE; N 3I?^A COMMISSIONER OF THE VAVY,AND ONE OF ‘THE COMMISSIONERS TOR EXECUTING THE OFFICE OF LORD HIGH ADMIRAL OF NGLAND IN THE REIGN WM THE TIC: BUTTER T TIT M tl J. Cole S.culp - Vol.U. The Hiflory of St. Pevxx s Weftminfter. — 110 On a blue Graveftone : | Here lie interr’d the Bodies of ROBERT and RICHARD CHOLMONDLEY, Sonsto the Right Hon. Robert Lord Cholmondley, 1682. Oppofite to this on the North fide of the Nave near the third Pillar from the Choir, is a Graveftone thus infcrib'd : $ Here lies the Body of Mrs. C4 T H. HYDE, who died Feb. 22. 1706. P. M. S. Sacred to the Pious Memory of Gas 1: T. Qui Deo Principi & Amicis [emper fidus, Ecce jacet GILBER TUS THORNBURGH, Aalicus Olim Terreftris, nunc Caleftis. Tn pofterum non dicendum eris, Exeat aula G. T. : Here lies GIL BERT THORNURGH, who was always Faichful to his God, his Ptince, and his Friends, formerly an earthly, now a heavenly Coutrier. It fhall be no more faid in the Age to come, Qui voler effe pius Who would become Good muit leave the Court, Cum illic tanta reluxerit when fuch fhining Piety as his fhall appear there? Pietas He died the 6th of OZober Obiit die Menfis Octobris 6, Ani, Dom. 1677. aged 56, ‘Anno falutis 1677. eEtatis 56. On his Graveftone : in the 56:5 Year of his Age. Mark the perfeét Man, and behold the upright, For the end of that Man is Peace. Pfal. 37. 37+ Hereliesthe Body of GILB. THORNBURGH, E{q; |' Gentleman of the Collar co the King, Who died the 6:2 Day of Ob. 1677. . Next which is a Roftral Column of curioufly vein’d Marble, with the Prows of fome of the Galleys fhamefully broken; ereted to Admiral Baker, which with a fhort bold Epitaph engrav’d on it; fee N. 127, Oppofite to which in the Nave, thirteen foot from the Choir lies Sir Ra tun DzravaAL, buried 23. ‘Fan. Am 1706-7. Next to Buker’s is one of black and white Marble, with Naval Trophies, and on a Pyramid a Bufto of Henry PritsTMan, Commiflioner of the Admi- ralty ; which fee with its Epitaph, N. 128. Next which is a handfome Monument for Tuomas Levinaston, Lord Teviot, who died Fan. 14. 1710. aged 60 Yeats, See it Engravd, with its Epitaph; N. 131. In Englifh thus: Sacred to thé Memory of THOMAS LEVINGSTON, Kt.& Bart | Vifcount de TEVIOT, Baron LevingSton of Peebles. and General of the Scorch Forcés, Matfter of the Ordnance, and Privy Councellor. While Scotland was inflam’d with civil Broils; he happily engag’d the Enemy at the River Spee ; by that means fecuring Peace to his Country, and Who, born in Holland, defcended from the ancient Family of the Levizg foni in Scotland. From his Childhood being converfant with Arms, and with Glory advanc'd to feveral military Titles, wasat length in the Reign of William III, (under whom, while Prince of Orange, he had long and bravely fought, and whom he attended into Britain, as a Colonel of Foot.) Made Lieutenant General in the Army, it) the Nation to the King, for which brave A&ions; he was by his grateful Prince; added to the Nobility: To this great Man, fo well deferving of his Country, Alexander Livingston, Kt. and Bart, his only Brother and Heir, ere&ed this Monument. He died at London, Fan. 14. 1710; Aged fixty Years. This - iit The Hiftory of St. Peters Weftnünfet. Vol. If. This Graveftone is at the Entrance of the Choir, and on it this Infcription : THOMAS VISCECO MES TEVIOT, obiit 14. Fan. 1710. etatis fuze 6o. _ At his Head lies ELiZABETER Freaks; beforementioned; and in the fame Grave, JuDiTH AUSTIN. Next is a monuniental Pedeftal fupporting a Figure of Time, in his Right Hand a Scroll with Sapphick Verfes, and over all a Bufto reprefenting Mr. Puirie Car- TERET, Son of the Lord Carteret; and King's Scholar of this College; the Vers fes in Englifb axe as follows : 1 I. Why do the tuneful Chorus join On the foot of the Monament. . In monrnful Songs, regret thy faté, à The fleeting Joys of thee and thine, i And Pleafures of too fhort a date ? : The Honourable-Youth, Why my too hafty Scyth upbraid, PHILIP.CARTERET, And wail the cruel Wound it made? : : ta. Second Son of the Lord George Carteret. See what a worthlefs thing is Bloom, ¥ Behold my Boy the poor Reward, Baron of Hatenes, But I, obfequious at thy Tomb, : Will ever ftand a watchful Guard ; Scholar of this College, In letterd Marble fhew thy Nam e, and And tell the World thy. matchlefs Fane: Ripe for the Univerfity, Thy fpotlefs Piety in Youth, died March 19. For Learning thy untoil’d defire, Thy Manners ftri&, and ancient.Truth, M DCC X. Shall make the Age to come admire. The future wondring Youth while I relate, Aged 19. Fird at thy worth, fhall ftrive to emulate. Néxt is a Monument of black and white Marble, adorn'd with Foliage, Fruis tage, and with this Infcription : To the Memory of their moft beloved Son, His Father; and Dame Elizabeth his Mother; EDWARD CARTERET, Gentleman, have caufed this Monument to be erected = (Son of Sir Edward de Carteret, His Body lieth under the Stone beneath 5 Gentleman-Ufher of the Black-Rod, He died the thirtieth Day of Odober, and firft Gentleman-Ufher, Daily-Waiter 1677. in Ordinary tó the King ) ; Aged feven Years and nine Months. He lies under a Graveftone adjoining fides with that of Philip’s, and beaxs this Infcription : ; Here lieth the Body of Edward de Carteret, Son of Sit Edward de Carteret, Gentleman-Ufher of the Black-Rod. In the fame Grave with Philip Carteret, and upon his Coffin, lies his Mother Dame ErizasetH Carteret, Widow of Sir Philip de Carteret ; the was buried on the 29th day of March, Anno 1717. being y: Years of Age. — But there is no Infcription to denote her being there, On a black Marble’ Graveftone under the Monument : Honorabilis Philippus Carteret, Obit Mart, xix. MDCCX. e4tatis fue xix. Near which, without any Infcription, lies Sir C Han res pe Carteret, Bart. Lord: of Oiien and" Sork; and Bailiff of Ferféy; he died the 3d day of june, 1715. Aged 34 Years; and was bured the 8th of the fame Month. On ——— — | I , (129 Zo. TUNE BEL AE m i — Mg | HANE | 5 \ Dy 4 | | | | ] ’ | {| | | i | "m | | | 3 1 ! \ | i { \ ] | | i | bd | | H | 1 a | | | | P | | |; |^ E | - L| | i) | : 1 E Honorabilis Tuvenis i | Punaeevs CARTERET Domini | Gorey CARTERET Baronis de Hannes : : | Filius natu minimus hujus Coleg: 72 l | Alumnus Academic jam maturus obijt f | Marty Xi. MDCCX . i | ! BE | M | MI | ) | | | | JI Cele tp . hU eg . Vh al | T E: Wer — 7 E - ———— C-—E eee €— Or RU" ua e (132) ; Ag ii Near this, Lies the R* Hon : ble |RoBERT LORD CoNSrABLE, E ViscouNT DUNBAR, who departed this Life; Nob’ the 23°Anno Dom: 1714. in the 64^ Year of his age. I Denting etus - J Cole Seule Vol]L The Hiffory of. St. Perer’s. Weftminfter. On a Graveftone under Philip Carteret’s Monument : Here lieth the Body | Who died Sept. 19. An. Dom. 1681. of MARGARET STRADLING,« And alfo the Body of the faid George Stradling, Wife to Dr. George Stradling, Prebendary | who depasted this Life, of this Church, 1 April 18. 1688. Next Carteret’s is a marble Monument for the Lord Dunsar ; which fec N. 132. Near which is one of black Marble, reprefented, with its Infcription, N. 133. erected for Dr. Peter Hevyrin, and is thus englilh’d : Near this Place lies in all which he fhew’d himfelf a the mortal Part of ftri& Affertor of the Church and Monarchy, PETER HEYLIN, D.D. no lefs in cheirafllictedthan flourifhing eftate, Subdean and Prebendary of this Church, and at the fame time a Man truly memorable, a bold Antagonift againft endu’d with excellent Qualifications, the rebellious and fchifmatick Fa&ionsz and with a Memory fürprifingly retentive, defpifing their Envy, to which he added an unwearied application with an undaunted Refolution. to Studies, While he intended more of the fame nature, which ceas'd not after his Sight was decay'd, Death impos'd Silence on him, he wrote much and on various Subjeéts, unable to filence his Memory, which are now publick, he died, Aged 63. and deliver'd very uncommon Arguments, on the 8th of May, 4. D. 1662. in a very curious Stile ; His afflicted Wife erected this Monunment, This Gentleman was born at Burford in Oxfordhire, Nov. 29. 1599. educated in Hart-Hall, Oxon, Fellow of Magdalen-College, recommended to Archbifhop Laud when Bifhop of Bath and Wells, Chaplain to the Barl of Danby, and Chap- lin to the King, 1629. He was made ReGor of Hemingford in Huntingdon[bire, and Nov. 1. 1631. Prebendary of Weftminfter, to the great diffatisfaction of Dean Williams ; foon after the King gave him the rich Parfonage of Houghton, in the Spring, in the Bifhoprick of Durham; he was afterwards ReCtor of Southe warnborough in Hampjbire, and Jultice of the Peace for that County, Clerk of the Convocation in 1642. being then profecuted by Williams, Prynne, and others, he left all and follow'd the King to Oxford, where he wrote Mercurius Aulicus; in 1643. he was fequefter'd by Parliament. and his Books and valuable Library fold. Archbifhop Laud being beheeded, his Hopes were entirely blafted, and he with his Family were much reduc'd: He left Oxford and refided fome time at Wincheffer, but that being betray’d he efcap'd in difguife, and repair’d to Minfler Lovel in Oxfordfbire, where he turn’d Farmer fix Years, and in that time compos’d his Book of Geography: After the Reftoration he had his fore mer Preferments, but was reckon'd of too warm a Temper for a See, and ne» ver rofe higher than to be a Subdean of this Church. He had an excellent Me- mory, folid Judgment, and ready Wit, and exprefs’d himfelf with a world of Facility ; he had an undaunted Courage, and equally lafh'd Popery and Purita« nifm; and I know not whether his unbiafsd Integrity, rather than his extra- ordinary Heat, did not prevent his rifing, by having Enemies in both thofe Pars ties, which fo ftrongly prevail’d after the Reftoration. He wrote, befides his Geography, the Life of Archbifhop Laud, the Hiftory of the Reformation, one of St. George, and many others. — He died on Afcenfion-day, Auno 1662. and was buried before the Subdean’s Stall. On a Graveftone : Here lieth the Body of WALTER MORTIMORE, Gent, who departed this Life the 8th Day of Zuguf', Anno Dom. 1684. in the 38th Year of his Age. Next 115 116 The Hiflory of St:Pet ex's Weftminifter. Vol. II, Next Heylin’s is a handfome one of white Marble for C. Wirriaxs; AN. 134. thus tranflated : CHARLES WILLIAMS Publick Liberty ; Of Caerleon, : | towards the Poor, thofe efpecially of his in the County of Monmouth, Ef; Neighbourhood, devoutly Liberal. died the 29th of Auguft, An. Dom. 1720. to his Friends generoufly munificent; LXXXVII. particularly to him who He was truly a Chriftian, j out of a grateful Soul, a ftrenuous Defender of the Church of England, | erected this Monument. & lover of his Country and defender of ONES On a white marble Monument affix'd to a Pillar near the Choir, for Sir Tuo mas Duppa; which, with its Infcription, fee N. 15 5. Next is a Monument of black and white Marble for Efquire Le Neve, fee N. 136. Next one for Mr. Purcet, which fee engrav'd. At Mr. Purcel's Feet lies buried Mrs. Purcer, his Wife, who furviving him ten Years, was buried here the 14th of February 1606. without any In- {cription over her. On a Graveftone : Hic jacet Here. lies ANNA RADCLIFFE, ANNE RADCLIFFE, Georgii Equitis Aurati Conjux, Wife of Sir George Radcliffe, Kt. & Francifci Trappes, Equites, Aurati Filia, Daughter of Sir Francis Trappes, Kt. € Comit. Ebor. | of the County of York ; Obiit Anno 1659. j the died Anno 1659. e/Etatis $8. Maii 13. Í on the 13th of Aday, Aged $8 Years. Near which is Sir Thomas Duppa’s Grave; and not far diftant, on a Grave- ftone, this Infcription : Here lies the Right Honourable Lord C OU R C E 7. Between the two laft Pillars is a white marble Monument for Dr. BLow F fee it with its Epitaph, N. 138. His Graveftone isin the middle of the Ile. xr 3c age: 2b BeBe US Bo Be EM BGS Sie Se Be Soke Q Beto sc RES aite S Seite ke Sitexts ee ML ah ORE AN AGO $e [| (| (7 (| 0 0 NP PELE EEE TEE EE EE BREET OREN BRIG BR ag iE EEE et ZAG North-Crofs. N tlie South-fide againft the back of the Vettry is an ancient one of a Gentleman lying at full length in a tufted Gown, rail’d in with Iron, for Sir Tuomas Husket3 fee N. 139. with the Epitaph ; thus englifh’d : Sacred to the memory of a Man as of deep acquaintance with the Law, THOMAS HESKET, Kt: fo of fingular integrity of Life. defcended of the ancient and honourable Family of Julian his moft affliated Wife, the Heskets in the County of Lanca/ter. out of her love and Duty Attorney of the Court of Wards and Liveries, to her moft dear Husband, and one of the Council appointed erected this Monüment. for the North ; 1 He died 15th Odfob. 1605. On 127 Here lyeth the Body of RICHARD LE NEVE Esquire; Who after several Engagem NES for his Mages Ges service wher eit hee behav'd himself with honour ‘& applause; being appointed Commander of his Majesties ship the Edgar, was vnfortu- nately Kill'd m the flower of his age, being but 27 yeares old; after hee had. S1gnaliz'd his valour to admira&on in that sharp engagement with theHollanders which happen'd on the un of Augus £1673, % Cole Soule - 1/5 y ^ i] 4, y , 7 Here lies the Body ZI / // SF IOKN BLOW Doctor in MUSICK / Who was Organist, Composer and _ Master of the Children of the Chapel Royal,for the fpace of. 35 Years; In the Reigns of \ KCharles the 2“K James the 2 KwWilliam and Q Mary and 1 | Her prefent Majelty Q° ANNE: " |||, Andalfo Organist of this Collegiate Church) \ i “about 5 Years. h Il W He was Scholar to; excellent Mufician || A \ ‘And most of the Eminent Masters in Mufick Ging = died Octob:¥ (^izos.iny 6d" year of his ) ny WPS NN His own Mufical Compofitions , Wy and Master to the famous M*H.Purcell, / 2 bee D'Christopher Gibbons x Efpecially his Church-Mufick ) cha are a far nobler Monument” Vy fohisMemory, . Y RNany other can be raed SSSfer Him: Bi SS — — » B Aene 157) ( 159 ) 5 119 M Ii | M : TA HENRY PURCELL Es, NN ae Ih i Who left this Life | | M = Where only his Harmony ; : tuu TM can be exceeded. d TEMA zm Obijt er: die Novembris ¢ \ i ARI (^ Anno #tatis fue Ae dus i i i | I \ Annoq,Dom: 1695, W | ag a MN | Bn" IP (5 EH | E | ^ | { " i x pg [ | 1 ' D bl i i | | 1 í 31 i | ine E |! i inm i à iii T iu a I VD M J. ane voee - Le 120 KapQSCEg S SACRED 4 — 8 06 = lt theDear Memory of her Toving BrotherS"6izarerLorr) lof Starkpoole in the County ofPembrook Bars' Ondly Son | S| of&SZoxv Lon Bart: decealed by the Right Honourable Daa i} sana one of the Danghtiers of dhe Right Honourable JoEN | rd Holles late Earle of Clare Who Changed dhislaife for a.) [better on the xix day of Septeztiber Mbcxevirinyxxvmt year | geDAME FLIZABETH LAMPRELL Widdow and Relict lof S ALEXANDER CAMPBELL late of Caldet in the Kingdom] of Seofland K*Hath Dedicated his Monument. | TRITT m UNI |i jill IW HT JOE Set. 4 72 - ) D SGM rl Mort ur. * | Vol. Ul. The Hiftory of St. Peter’s Weftminfter, 121 On a Graveftone near the door entring the Quire : MARIA, MARY, | the moft beloved Wife of Thomas Willis, Dr. in Phyfick, and Daughter of Samuel Fell, D. D. and Dean of Chrift-Church in Oxford, valuable for Piety, Prudence, and fweetnefs of Manners, of all, Uxor chari[J. Tho. Willis, M. D. decnon D. D. Sam. Fell, S. 7. P. & Ecclefie Cathed. Chrifti, Oxon. Decani, filia : Foaming, fi qua alia Pietate, Prudentia, Se Morum. fuavitate infigni, fummo omnium, "Ac imprimis marito, cum defiderio, & letlu, Obiit In vigilia Omnium Sanctorum, Anno Dom. 1670. Famque hic conditur, Fefti illius auroram. expectans ezEternam, In eadem etiam humo Katherina eorum filia, fepulta fuit but chiefly of her Husband. She died lov'd and lamented, on the Vigil of Al-Saints, Anno Dom. 1670. and is buried here, expecting the eternal day-break of that Feftival, In the fame Grave was buried their Daughter Katherine, on the day after Michaelmas, Poftridie S. Michaelis, Anno Dom. 1667. Auno 1667. Againft the Skreen of St. Fobn’s Chapel, isa Monument of white Marble for Sir Girpert Lorrt, Bart. as exhibited, N. 140. On a Graveftone adjoining the Bafis; Dame ErizaApeETH CAMBELE, Wis dow, A.D. 1713. At the head of it Sir Gilbert Lort’s Graveftone ; and at his Head; on a Graveftone, is this Infcription : On a Graveftone adjoining the left fide. Here lieth the Body of Here lieth che Body of Sir THOMAS NEVILE, Bart. Dame SBRAH NEVILE, who was Gentleman of the Privy-Chamber | the Wife of Sir Thomas Nevile, Bart. to King Charles Il. and King Tames IL. who departed this Life the 17th day of Odober He died on the 25th of Feb. 1711. | in the Year of our Lord 1710. in the 87th Year of his Age. in the 6oth Year of her Age, On another adjoining left of that ; | And on the fame Stone, under it. FOHANNES RICHBELE, Armiger. Here lieth alfo interr'd the Body of Obiit, April 4. 1714. Mrs. MARY RICH B E L E, his Sifter, etatis fue 19. who departed this Life the 6th of November 1721; at 31 Years of Age, Near that of Lort, on a handfome Monument, being an Urn wreath’d and crown'd with a Vifcount’s Coronet; on a Pedeftal of vein'd Marble, is this In» {cription : ; M. S. and Wife of his Sacred Majefty King Charles T. Here lieth interr'd the Body of Cof bleffed Memory) Dame MART FAMES, by whom he bad Iffüe one Son, late Wife of Sir 7obn "fames, Knight, named Fobn, and one Daughter, named Elizabeth, defcended of the ancient Family of who died in their Infancy. the Lords of Hoffrick in the Province of The faid Mary Fames Holland, and Daughter of Sir departed this mortal Life on the Robert Killigrew, Knight, fometime Vice- | fixth day of November, Chamberlain to Mary, late Queen of England, in the Year of our Lord 1677. On a Graveftone near the middle of this Grofs ; Si HENRY DE VIC, Bart: and anne Charlotte de Vie, and Chancellor of the Noble Order of the Garter. | married to John Lord Frefhiville, Baron of Stavely He departed this Life Novemb. 20. 1672. in the County of Derby, He was married to Margaret Carteret, Who caufed this Stone to be Bere laid the Daughter of Sir Phil.Carteret of the Ifle of Fer/ey. to the Memory of her dear Father, - N. B. This de Vie was of the Ifle of Guernfey, and was Refident at Bruxels neax twenty Years for Kiog CharlesI, — ^ TATUR AN Here lieth the mortal Part of | by whom he had Charles de Vic, Bart; T Adjoining to The Hiflory of St. Pever’s Weftmintiter. Vol. II. Adjoining on the left-fide of it, on a Graveftone-: Hic fitus ef DIDACUS SANCHEZ, De Ribar de Viera Hifpanus, Ex equeftri Galaciorum irpe creatus. Obiit. Anno Dom. 1557. 16, Kalend. Junii, Divi; Philippo & Mariz Regibus, Here lis DIDACUS SANCHEZ, de Ribar de Viera in Spain, defcended from a Noble Family in France. He died Anno Dom. 155 7. on the 16 Kal. Fane, inthe Reign of Philip and: Mary. On a white marble Monument fix’d to a Pillar near ‘Se. Michael's Chapel, is this Infcription ; GRACE, eldeft Danghter:to Sir Thomas Adauleverer, of Allerton Maulevérer, in York(hire, Baronet, Born in the Year 1622. Married unto Colonel Thomas Scot, a Member of.tbe Hon. Houfe of Commons 1644. | | Bur Virtue, Worths and Sweetueft, Widowers. and died the 24th of February 1645. He that will give my Grace but what is bers, Muft fay ber Death hath not Made only her dear Scot, Ex terris, Next it, and. placd where was the Screen to St. Michaels-Chapel, is a ftate- ly Monument, .as exhibited, with its Infcription N..151.. erected to the Loyal Dike and Dutchefs of NeweafHe : tranflated : Here lies that renown'd Heroe, WILLIAAU:CAVENDISH,Kt of the Bath, and Baron Og/e, in Right of his Mother, Vifcount Adon:field, and Baron Cavendi{h of Bolesover, Earl of Ogle, Earl, Marquis, and Duke of Newca/tle upon Tine, Lord Lieutenant of. the. Counties of Nottingham and Northumberland, " Firft Lord of-the Bedchamber to the King, Guardian to. Prince Charles, Privy Counfellor to the King, and Knight of the moft Noble Order of the Garter. A Nobleman, who fhowing abundant Fidelity and Courage to the King’s Majefty, at che beginning‘of the Grand Rebellion, was defervedly made Capt. General of thé Forces rais'd in the North of the Kingdom. In feveral Battles, E (where he generally came off Victor) The Lati? Infcription on the. Tomb is thus and in defending the City of Yuk againft the Scots, he gave Proofs, in-all refpedts, of his Integricy and unfhaken Courage ; for which reafon, when the Rebellion grew ftrong, (being one of the firft defign'd a Sacrifice,) he kfc his Eftate, and with great Refolution endurd a long Exile. He firft married Elizzberh, only Daughter and Heir of 7 Baffit.of Blare in the County of Sz; ford, Efq;. who bare him Sons, Charles who died without Iffue, -and Henry, Heir.of the Honours ; Daughters, Fane, married to Charles Cheyney of Chelham, Bucks s Elizabeth t0..Fobn Eatl of Bridgwater, -. and Frances to Oliver Earl of Bolingbroke. He died the 27th of December, in the Year of Redemption 1676. and of his Age the 84th. Againft the North Wall of this ‘Crofs, on a ‘plain’ Table ‘of black Marble, is this Infcription + THOMAS BLAGGE,, Armig. in agro Suffolcienfi Nobili & antiqua Familia, vir "egregii animi C corporis dotibus . qitibus-artes honeftas adjutixerat, clatus militia, & domi Regibus Carolo Primo & Secund. fidus imprimss & gratus, a quibus utri{que; inter honoratior cubiculi Minifteria adlettus, utilem opetam navaverat ' "praecipue in Bello Arci Wallingfordienfi impofitus quam ceteris\pené omnibus expugnatis diu fortiter tenuit, nc nifi Rege jubente e prafidio exce[fit, nec minora pertulit Regiscau[aydiu foras in exilio jattatus, {ape in Patria captions, fide fue obftinationem ubique fingulari exemplo: app. ob hoc [ub Regis feliciffimo reditu cobortis (Hipatorum Tribunatu. © Prafetlum Tarmuthe & Prefidi Langarenfis donatus, «jota: fperare fed immatura morte interceptus, Principem [uum cui im adver fis conftantiffime adbeefcvat jam muneratorem futurum in fecundis deferuit : Obiit Chriftiane, Pie, 14. die Novemb. Anno falutis 1660. eEtatui [ue a7e THOMAS BLAGG, Efq;-defcended of an ancient and noble Family-in tlie County of Suffolk, a Perfon endow?d with great excellencies of Mind andBodvy. to which he added the ufeful Parts ; 2 Famous in War and in Peace; 1 trufted and efteem'd among the firit by K. Charles]. & II. by both whom he was nominated into the honourable attendance in the Bedchamber. He did great Service in War, efpecially when Governour of the Caftle ot Wallingford, which after the others. were even all taken, .. ,he Jong and brifkly held out; nor would withdraw the Garifon till the King commanded him. He fuffer'd very much Ikewife for the King's Caule while in a long exile. Often taken a Prifoner in his Country, he in everry place fhew’d an extraordinary Exampléof obftinate Fidelity. For which Merits, after the King’s happy Refiauration he was made Colonel of a Troopot Guards, and Govemor of Yarmouth, and the Garifon of Langerfort. He died, greater Honours waiting for him had not untimely Death prevented. And he left His: Prince (to. whom in his Troubles he firmly adher'd) now in his Profperity, —' and when he was in a Condition to Reward him. _ He died devoutly and as a Chriftian, Now.4. 1665. inthe 74th Year of his Age. Againft (st ) P9 ‘Diem Obijt xxvzDeez fala 5 fia sanos TIERE TUNI d ETT Qm J Donting deliv. fy Here lyes the Loyall Duke of Newcaflle,and his Dutches his second wife bywhome he had noe ifsuesher name wasMargarett [s Lucas yongest fister to theLordZucas of Colchefter,anoble familie; for alltheBrot! nd all the Sifters virtuousThis jy dy, which her manyBookes)>. Toueing& carefull wife). ux: wag with herLord all thetime of his baniflunenté miferiesswheal (755% hecame home never parted from him inhis folitary retirements/& à 2 is i Wrirremevs CA i Vicee:MaysreiinrBare Cavey etnuxdeNovo-castnofip CAnoxo prin Virquifi EE ‘one in agro EE 15 Caxorvar fine prole del on heredem: du « CAROLO CHENEY de Cr wr com:de E HinpcivArren, ae EnANCESCAM Ontvrno Comiti Borswiaroesya enuptas,fititavit, d E ü E J. Cole vale E | | | | | | | | | 124. "em I UTI TSE IST PA UTIMUR Sohn Holles [77 ihe af er) Wy "Wt Ve : JG rode E Vol... . Tbe Hiftory of St: P x v ex's. Weftminifter. 12$ Againft the fame Wall, on one of Alabafter, with a fmall Bufto, this In- fcription : | int Rabe ei git M. S. GULIELMLSANDERSONI, egit aurat. |. of WILLEAM SANDERSON, KG Regie Camere Generofi ordinar. Gentleman of the Bedchamber to the King, viri a Man famous for his Family, à natalibus, ab eruditione, ab imvicla [uos ergaPrincipes | Learning, untainted Fidelity to his Prince, fide a fcriptis, a candore, his Writings and Integrity ; clari, he wrote in Englifh, (among other Pieces) foripfit inter alia inque lucem. emifit vitarum Matiz, and publifh’d the Hiftory of the Lives of Scotorum Regina Jacobi & Caroli Primi, Magne | Mary Queen of Scots, "fames and Charles the Firft, Britannie Regum Hifforias Kings of Great-Britain. idiomate Anglicana : After great Hardfhips fuftain'd under the | Sacred to the Memory puff varias clades fub nupera perduellium tyranideacceptas, late Tyranny, of Rebels, post diuturmos labores | after daily Fatigues at home and Abroad domi peregreque fortiter exantlatos, (bravely overcome), vite bujus umbratilis fatur plufquam after a full length of 90 Years of this nonagenarius, animi tamen integer, tranfit ad | troublefome Life, meliorem. (haying ftill his Underftanding perfe&) Julii xg. Anno Chriftianorum 1676. | he went to.a better, 15 july, Anno 1676. Conjuge optimà de [e merito quorum L. Annos | To her moft deferving Husband, with whom for 50 Yearshe had liv'd very amicably, Bridget, Daughter of Sir Edward Tyrrel, Kx. and. Mother of the Maids of Honour | to the moft noble and ferene Queen Catherine, hath with Tears erected this Monument, concorditur Vixerat Brigetta Edwardi Tyrelli, Equ. Aurat. filia, Virginumque nobilium Sereni[. Catherinz Regine’ Ancillantinys ut "vocant, Mater. M. P. On a Graveftone : H. M. After L Years Cohabitation In Marriage, Dame Bridger his Wife, Here lies interr’d, | Mother of the Maids of. Honour to the The Body of Sir William Sanderfon, Kt. Queen Mother, and to her that now is, Gentleman of His Majefty’s Privy-Chamber, | who died Fan.17+h 1681. Aged 89. Deceafed Fuly 15. 1676. Aged 90. And Againft the Weft-Wall, is a fmall Oval Table of white Marble erected in Memory of WitLiAM Jouwsow. Mufarum C charitum delicia, Sacred to Memor f that deligh f the Moles asd Y N " e 1 H es GULIELMUS JOHNSONUS sT.P.| T DUM Oxo HNSON, Dib ab cleemofynis Carolo. Secundo, " _Sub-almoner to King Wade Ke it Elie eesti, lives e, |) RN MEME Se boc tandem in portu quie[cit anima cum Deo, dv tenditt He se Ih this PAS , 147K 1: " bi 7 d 3 eujus ehgium- erat. Deus. Nobifourn. and his Soul with God, whofe Saying was, GOD WITH US. If you would {ee his Pi&ure confult his Book, Denatus erat Anno etat. [ue 57. falurs 1666. He died in the 57ch Year of his Age, Mart. 4» of our Salvation 1666.Marcb 4. Imoginem ejus fi velis illias librum confule. On a Graveftone near the Font : Here lieth the Body of | Carver in Ordinary to King Charles IT. CLEMENT SAUNDER S, Efg; K. Tames IL and to his prefent Majefty Son of Sir William Saunders of Eaft-Haddon, and | K. William II. He departed this Life on the roth fometime of Cortesbrook in the C.of Northampton, Kt. | of Ang. 1695. In che 84th Year of his age. Againft thé Skreen of St. Andrews Chapel is erected: a. moft magnificent Monument for the late Duke of Newca/fle; which fee, with its Indcription, N..142. A SUR 126 The Hiflory of St. Pere xs Weftminfter. Vol. Il, 3393389: 52 93 WE is DOT pis | Su RE Monuments and. Graveftones CH os.Yy5 TERS In the Eaft-Ambulatory. N a Stone of grey Marble at the Stairs : VS oe es Hic jacet. THOMAS NURSE, M.D. Here lies THOMAS NURSE, M.D, Fide Spethator, hoc [pettaculitm Spectator, fo judge of this Spectacle, Fudica, fed ut tu Fudicaberis. as you expect to be judg’d. Difcede & Cogita. | Go your way and reflect. OP. Anno Dom. 1668. He died Aniso Dom. 1668. Menfis Iun. die 39. eZEtatis fue 69. | roth of Fume, Aged 69. Though he kill me, yet will I truft in him. Our Father is dead, nor was he in the Sedition of fob xiii. 15. Corab, which was ftirred up againft che Lord, Pater nofter mortuus eft, nec fuit in [ditione Core, | Numb. xxvii. 3. que concitata est contra Dominum, Numb. xxvii. 3. Quando Dathan & Abiram contra Dominum rebella- | When Dathan and 3d Fuly 1663. lamented by all Ingenious Men that knew him, and was buried near the Lower-Door, going into the Cloyfters. Sir Wittram Warren, General of the Parliament Army in 1642. in which he perform’d great Exploits againft His Majefty, afterwards fuffer'd un- der Cromwel, and liv'd quietly after the Reftauration, died in 1668. and was buried in the Body of the Church, near the corner of the Choir. The learned Archbifhop Usner died and was, by Oliver Cromwel’s Orders, magnificently buried in this Church during the Ufurpation, 2 Perfons Vol JL — 4e Hiflory of St. Pei ex’s Weftminfter. PELE ESE 98887873 "m de Perfons removd after Burial. Liver CRowwELL, the Arch-Rebel. He died of an Ague the third of C) Sept. 1658. His Body, for the Stench, was buried privately; on Feb. 26. After which a Coffin was laid to reprefent him in State, with his waxen Effigies; at Somerfet-Houfe; his burial Shew was at fuch an expence, that the fecond fhadow of him, his Son Richard, could never difcharge it. Ina open Chariot was his Effigy crown'd, carried in the moft Solenin manner, and depofited here, where he continued fometime; having a fumptuous Tomb erected for him; where the late Duke of Buckingham’s now ftands, Of his removal hertafter. That Infamous Wretch Br a ps HW, Prefident of the Mock-Court of Juftice; where he impudently infulted and gave Sentence of Death againft his Sovereign. He was a dark Melancholy mifcreant, and as well qualified to kill his Prince or his Father in private, as to give Judgment in Publick. He died in defpair, i. e. that he fhould do no more Mifchief; for in other refpeéts he was infernally infatuated ; his Soul went to its Place the 1875 Day of Nev. 1659. and left his wretched Carcafs in the Dean’s Houfe here, which was made a prefent to him for his good Services. Thence it was brought into this Church and buried the 22d following ; the Reftauration following foon after there was no Monument for him. Henry I&ETÓN, Son in Law to Cromwel, who, in the Time of the Re: bellion, rais'd himfelf in the Army, Deputy under Cromwel in Ireland, where he fell ill on the 16th of Nov. 1650. and died there the 26%) of the fame Month; - and in 1651. being convey'd to England his Carcafs landed at Briffol, thence was pompoufly cónvej'd to London, where it lay in State in Somer[et-Houfe ; the Motta on his Hatchment being, Dulce eff pro patria mort, which, fays Wood, an old Cava- lier, thus Englifh’d, It is good for his Country that he is Dead. He was buried in Henry VIL. Chapel on the 6th of Feb. following, Dr. Owen Preaching his Sermon. Afterwards a ftately Tomb was erected over his Grave with his Effigies and his Wivestheréon, His Body was after the Reftauration, taken up with Cromwell’s and fhar'd the fame fate and reinterriment, his Tomb and Trophies being intirely remov d. After tlie Reftautation of King Charles II. his Body, with that of Cromivel, was taken up, on Saturday 26 'an.1660.and on the Monday Night following weredrawn in two feveral Carts from We/fminfter to the Red-Lyon in Holbourne, where they continuedall Night; the Corps of Brad/baw; which being buried but little more than a Year, was green and flank, therefore was not taken up till the Morning following, and then was carried in aCart to the Red- Lion, and tlie Day following bee ing the Day of the Royal Martyrdom, they wére drawn to Tyburt on three Sledges; where they were pull’d out of their Coffins and hang'd on the feveral Angles ori Aa thé 143 bend - j : AT Dar pbs be The Hiflory of St. Peters Weftminfter. Vol. IL. the Gallows, where they hung till the next Day Sunfet, at which Time they were taken down, had their Heads cut off, and the Trunks thrown into a deep Hole under the Gallows, which ferves for the Monument of their Grave and Merit, Their Heads were fix'd on Weftminffer-Hall. Er1za.CromweEtt; Mother to Oliver, Daughter of Sir Richard Steward, Kt. died at Whitehall 18th Nov: 1654. and was buried in Henry VIL. Chapel. Afterwards, at the Refturation, taken up and buried with others in St. Maré garet’s Church-Yard. Eriza. Crzvsorr, Daughter to Oliver, died 7th Auvguft 1658. and was buried ina Vault made purpofely for her in Henry VII. Chapel, and removd, with Her Mother. Wittram T wissr, D D. fometime Chaplain to Elizabeth Princefs Palatine Daughter to King James I. and Rector of Newbury in Berkjhire, a Famous difpu- tant m the Arminian Controverfy in 1641. He fided with the Rebels, was one of the Affembly of Divines, and Prolocutor to them: He died in 1645. and was buried on the 24th Fuly near Dr. Outram’s Tomb in the South-Crofs, and on the 14th Sept: 1661. was taken up with May, Mar/hal, Gc. and buried with them in a Pit at the Back-door of the Prebends Lodgings. Isaac DonrzsrA Us, a Dutch Man born, firft a Schoolmafter, afterwards Dr. of Civil Law at Leyden ; coming into England, was entertain'd by Fulk, Lord Brook ; he afterwards was afliftant in drawing the Charge againft King Charles I. after which the Rebels fent him Embaffador to Holland, he arriv’d at the Hague in May 1649. King Charles, then in exile, refiding there ; which Impudence of his fome Loyalifts refenting, went to his Lodging, where he Suppd with many in Company, there one Colonel Whitford Stab’d him in feveral Places, pull'd him down to his Feet and cut his Throat, This happend the 6th of May, and was never truly difcover'd. This the Parliament refenting much, caus’d him to be brought over and buried Magnificently in this Church the rath of Fune following. Colonel Ep wanp PopruaM, whofe Monument is defcrib’d inthe firft Vol, and preferv'd by the Interceflion of his Wife's Friends, yet his Body, by the Kings Order, was taken up and carried by his Friendsinto the Country, This Man had been Admiral of one of the Parliament Fleets, and died of a Fever at Dover 19th Aug. 1651. and was buried here the 14th Sepremb, following. Colonel RicuHarp DzAN, (a meer Seaman, from a common Mariner taifed to be a bold Officer) Admiral for the Commonwealth, was kill’d in a v-fight between the Englifh and Dutch, by a Cannon Shot from the Rear-Ad- | of the latter, on the third of une 1653. Colonel HuMpuRyY Maxwonrn, one of Oliver's Council, interr'd in Henry the Seventh’s Chapel, with great Pomp, on the 26th of December 1654. Colonel Bosca WEN, a Cornifh Man. Sir Wriu1am Constante Of Flamburgh in Yorkjbire, Colonel of a Rez piment of Foot, Governor of Gloucefter, and a Judge againft King Charles I. died the 15th of Tune 1655. and was buried in Henry the Seventh's Chapel the 214t of the fame Month. Colonel Vol IL. The Hiftory of St. Perens Weltminfter: Colonel JouNn MErpnuw, a Scot, kill'd at Ailresford in Hampfbire SrgPHEN Marsuat, Preacher, buried in the South Ifle, Nov. 23. 1655. WirLiAM Strona, fometime Fellow of Catherine-Hall in Cambridge, Rector of More-Chirchele in Dorfetfbire, Minifter of St. Dunflans in the Weff, one of ihe Affembly of Divines, and Preacher of the Gofpel (fo call’d) in this Abbey Church in the Time of Cromwel’s Ufurpation; where he was buried on the Ath day of July, 1654. Obadiah Deom[day Sedgwick preaching his Funeral Ser- mon; after the Reftautation he was remov'd, with Mar/bal, We. Tuomas May, the Tranflator of Lucan, and Author of many other Pos etical Matters, was fometime a great Favourite of King Charles the Firfts and his Queen, but not rewarded as he expected, grew a Malecontent and fided with the Rebels, who made him their Hiftorian : He died fuddenly in his Bed, being choak’d, as fome fay, by the Strings of his Night-Cap, as he turn’d himfelf, being a fat unweildy Man, Anno 1550. and was buried where Dr. Triplet’s Tomb is, in the South Crofs, where was a TableeMonument, and an Infcription inferted in the Athena Oxon. His Body was taken up and reinterr’d with Marfbal, ic. after the Reftauration. WirLrAM Strope, ‘Member of Parliament for a Borough in Devonfbire, for his Fury call’d, The Parliament-driver ; he was one of the Five Members demanded by King Charles the Firft. He dy'd in 1643, and was buried in Pomp near Mr. Pymm. RospertT BLAkK E, the famous Englifb Admiral, who had given füch Proofs of his Courage as will never be forgotten. He was made Admiral by the Re- bels in 1649. was a formidable Enemy to Prince Rupert and the King's Fleet, reduc'd Scill| to the Parliament, routed Vasa Tromp and the Dutch Fleet near the Ile of Wight, was a Terror to the Spaniards after the Fight at Santha Crux, in 1657. and a Curb to the Moors after the attempt on Juni. After his victorious Fight at Sancta Crug he died of a Dropfy in Plymouth-Sound, Aug.17. 1657. his Bowels were there buried in the Church, and his Body fheeted in Lead whence it was brought to Greenwich, and thence in a Barge cover'd with Velvet, and Streamers, and a vaft Attendance of the Privy-Council, Mayor and Aldermen, Officers of the Army, We. attending, was brought to this Abs bey and buried in Henry the Seventh’s Vault, and on the 12th of Septemb.166%, and then (among others unwarrantably buried there in the Ufurpation) taken up and buried in the Church-yard.. He was a brave Man, and wanted nos thing to make him Immortal but a legal Power to fight under. ; Dennis Bowp, one of the Council of State; and Attendant on Cromwel in every thing but his Death; which happen'd four Days before him, viz. the 3oth of Auguf? 1658. on that windy Day, the rougheft known, at which time Cromwel lying ill, the Report was, of the Devil's coming in that manner: But Wags of that Time turn'd it into a Proverb; That Cromwel not being pres par he gave Bonn for bis future appearing. He was buried here, and three Years after dug up with others, and buried in a Pit in St. Margaret’s Churche yard. PYM My 146 The Hiflory of St. Pzvzw$ Weftminfter, Vol. Ih. Clarend. Pym, a Cornifh Gentleman, fometime Clerk of the Exchequer, and a long TA I- time Member of Parliament, but noted moft for his unhappy Warnith in the Long One, and his Fury againft the Eatl of Stafford, a Man otherwife of good Reputation, and reckon'd, in regard to Religion, moderate enough, but by de- grees engag’d himfelf defperately againft the King ; and, fays Lord Clarendon, No Man had his Head or Hand deeper in the Miferies of the Nation than he. He died, when he had juft made the Flame, of a Diftemper call’d Morbus Pea diculofus, as Lord Clarendon fays, but Rufbworth denies it, and fays,his Body was upon that Rumour publickly exposd to many, in December 1643. and was buried here, Stephen Mar[bal preaching his Funeral Sermon ; he was buried under Windfor’s Stone, on the South-fide of the Sacriftarea, and afterwards taken up and buried with the others beforementioned, by an Order from King Charles Il. to the Dean, in a Pit in St. Margaret’s Churchyard, near the Back-door of one of the Prebendaries, on the 12th and 14th of September 1661, with feveral Women and Men of no notice, — — ze 1 Perfons A Berc-rney, Catherine Counte/s, Dowager of Abrahal, Elizabeth Addifon, Mr. Agard, Mr. Arthur Aglionby, William, E/z; Aiton, Sir Robert ' Allen, Sir Frances Sir James Allingreth, John Almaine, Henry dé Alphonfus —— Amundifham, William Anandale, Marchionef of Andrews, Sir Francis Anna Sophia, Daughter of the Fr. Embaff. Anne of Cleve Anne, Wife to Richard II. Richard II. James I. Dutchefs of York. Anne Sophia, 3d Daugb. of the late.Ann Apfley, Allen Dame Frances Sir Samuel Afton Atcliffe, William Atterbury, Elizabeth, Lady zo tbe Bifhop Elizabeth Aveline, Counte/s of Laneafter. Auftin, Judith. Auverquerque, Charlotte Counte/s of Countefs de Naffau Aylmer Catherine. B Baber Stephen. ES Bagenal, Lady Anne Charlotte. Sidney, Bagnal, Nicholas, Baker, Admiral. Bamfter, John. Bargrave Adrs. Jane Barr, Eleanor Counte/3 of, Daugh. to K.Ed.1. Barrow, Dr. Ifaac. Barton, Dr. Samuel Bath, Henry Earl of Beaufoy, Lady Mary Beaumont, Lady Mary Beaumont, Francis the Poet Bedel, William and bis Wife. Behn, Ars. Aphara Bellafyfe, Sir Henry Berner, Sir James, Ke. Berkley, Honourable Madam Jane Benary, Sufannah Betterton, Aér, Thomas and his Wife. Bill, William Bilfon, Dr. Thomas Bingham, Sir Richard Birch, Dr. Martha. Blagge, Thomas, Efz; Blagrave, Thomas and his Wife. Blanche de la Tour. Blantyre, Walter, Lord. Blount, William Blow, Dr. —— Elizabeth, Wife to the Dr. John = Blockley, John Bohun, Duchefs of Gloucefter Names of Perfons buried in this Church. Voll. Vol.II. VoLLV.II. $3(& Bolton, Dr. Samuel 7x | ae Richard — 136 128 Bi Boorn, Elizabeth : 60 127 BiBofcawen, Colonel. — 144 128 B Blake, Richard, Admiral. 145 ibid S Bourchier, Sir Humphrey a 19 E Lord and his Lady. 18r 141 E3Bourgh, Sir John —— 71 Bi Bourke, Hon. John 89 141 [E Bond, Dennis —— 145 48 & Braddock, Elizabeth 132 107 | EPOD George 38 15 E Brigham, Nicholas —— 6x 72 Eb Bringfield, Colonel. I04. 130 i Brival, Dr. Francis Durant di 72 144 fx Drocas, Sir Bernard 118 23 i Bromley, Sir Thomas 186 45 Eb Broughton, 44r. James 128 23 Rebecca. 128 167 54 ig Brown, "Thomas —— 139 Stee Brown, Jdefferof Weftminfter-School. 14K $2 E Bradfhaw. — 143 19 Bi Braharfen, Roger 14r ibid Ef Bulmer, Mary = 136 ibid jj; Burleigh, Lord Treafurer, and his Lady: 138 137 44 Burnaby, William, Ef; | 66 141 Bj Burroughs, Sir John $9 98 Bi Sir John 7 |ibid BK Busby, Dr. —— 93| 23 10 Lm Mrs. Ellen. 136 rrt 3 Bunflower, Thomas and bis Wife 1A4I 56 B Butler. — 79 ibid ' Elizabeth, Dutcbe[s of Ormond. $4 I4I James, Earl of Offory. ibid & Richard, Earl of Arran. ibid 135 ü Thomas, Earl of Offory. ibid 58 [E Buxhall, Anne 6x 89 144 ÉÉ Cathan, Peter - -— I4I IIO EE Cambridge, James, Duke of $t 130 Bi Charles, Duke of [2: 78 Edgar, Duke of 2: 14x Ki Charles, of. Yotk, Duke of gr 65 gx Campbel, Dame Elizabeth I2I 70 [eCampien, William 7o $5 ti Carr, Major Henry 71 ro4 ErCar, T —— 66 149] $8 kx Carew, Nicholas, Bar. and his Lady. 132 6x B Carter, Anne 79 Bi Carteret, Afr. Philip E 126 fe Edward — ibid 59 EF Sir Charles de idid 72 Bi Dame Elizabeth idid 138 Ei Cary, Henry Lord Hunfdon. 188 140 ii Cary, Thomas 188 139 [jj Cafaubon, Ifaac 63 Eoo pi Catharine, 4th Daughter of King James I} "n 19 fx Cecil, Lady 129 VE Thomas, Earl of Exeter 188 72 Bi Chapman, feveral of that Family. bs 89 3i Charlotta Maria, Dangbrer of King James. sz 122 Ei Chaucer, Geoffry — 83 132 & Cherbury, John Earl of 59 108 B Chiffinch, Thomas 65 53 &j Cholmondeley, Robett, Lord Vifcount rog 135 c Robert azd Richard nio 116 Kj Churchill, George 88 130 John, Duke of Marlborough. 56 ibid Xj Clarendon, Edward, Earl of 6r r4r Clarendon, Henry, Earl of 6x 123 Claerndon, The Names of Perfons buried in this Church. Vol. Vol.II. VolLLVAL. $3 à us e i | 6r @Eltham 167 rcr) Bas aera 127 Effex, Devreux, Earl of $9 Clark, Cip DS 129 @Evans, John — Un 137 eypole, Elizabert 144 % Eugene, Cavalier de Savoy. 55 SI) Role, gneabea Mary bis Wife 130 #3 Euremond, Vern et GA 8o A. unn bis Wife. 258. s bo eds 53 & Fairborne, Sir Palmes i d. John — 37 Lady Jane 129 zu 1 DUE TEEREIG 2, ; ; 6r $8 Fairholm, Sophia, Aarchionefs of. Anadale. ; Clifton, Edward, Lord and his Lady. d E: de ses ris : I Falmouth, the Earl of 59 ae Interments there ee f rane Lady Elizabeth 133 ^ E 3 Ferrers, Anne $9 : ; 1 , Ann: CE von Bhs [rss Beto, Dr. Bil of Cheller WM "eq enge lost hele) r44 $9 Field ache we Conftable, Sir William ee 93 Fielding, Lady Barbara 147; $8 Cook, John, Eig; 137 SS Firebrace, Dzme Mary 132 CORSHOISNERE 128 Ei Fitzharding, John, Vifcount and lis Lady 18 Goes heh Efi 89 $3 Fitzroy, LordJohn, Son toD. of Northamton. 55 OR , C 89 GiFoliot, Rebecca 14 Cotrinpion DE A28 A Gi Ford, Roger Abbat of Glaftonbury. dude dd 2 d Courcey, Lord Courtney, Richard Cowley, Abraham Cox, Sir Richard Cranfield, James, Earl of Middlefex. Lione], Earl of Middlefex. Cranfield Creed, Major Crew, Jane John Juliana Crofts, Sir James Cromwel, Oliver Elizabeth Crouchback, Edmund D Dalton, Margaret Daubney, Sir Giles Davenant, Sir William Davis, Anne, David and Walter Dean, Richard Derby, Countefs of Elizabeth, Costes of Delaval, Sir Ralph Devon, Elizabeth Counte/s Dowager of Mary, Duchefs Dowager of Dobfon, sir William Dolben, Catherine Doncafter, James, Earl of Dorfet, Thomas, Earl of Doriflaus Ifaac Doughty, Dr. John Douglafs, Margaret Douhley, Thomas Dryden, John Dudley, Bifhop of Durham: Drayton, Michael Dunganon, Arabella, Vifcounte/s Duppa, Dr. Bifhop of Winchefler. Sir Thomas Durdans, Sir Oliver E Edgworth, Elizabeth Editha or Egitha, Wife to Mr. Edward. Edward, Saint I King III King V King VI King Egerton, James Randolph, Ez; Eleanor, Queen to Edward I, Eleanor Elford, Mr, Richard Elizabeth, Queen Daughter to King James I, Queen to Henry Vil. Ellers, 4s. Anne Elticus, Bifhop of Durham. rtefcue, Elizabeth 18 116 & 48 && Fox, four Sons and Daughters of Sir Stephen : 89 Sx Thomas, Eja; 134 99 89 I$ 1j 15 & Gawen, Mri. Anne 6o (3 John, Em ig Freake, Judith and Elizabeth nd, Robert »Flrances, Duchefs of Richmond 160 Froft, Mr. John. q G Si Gavan, Mr. John Anne [C Gee, Henry = rs 6r 5.3 ibid 78 [4 + | Gloucefter, Henry, Duke of 59 3) 6, & William, Duke of $z 130 & Godfrey, Sir Edmand-Bury 27 144. $ John TI I3o9 | B Godolphin, Sidney, Earl of 89 147 E : E 130 56 t Godolphin, Anne 4 IIO @ Golofre (or Holofre,) Sir John 2r $5 18 Goodall, Frances 2 132 $5 % Goodman, Dr. Dean of Weftminfter. in 89 93 Goodwin, John 142 " 5 Gouland, adr. Richard 133 95 $$ $5 Gouvernet, Efte la Tour de x8 141 $5 Gouvernet, Efter March, de E- 144 $$ Granville, Honourable Elizabeth $ 14 S Gregory, John and Elizabeth 122 150 & Griffith, Peers 95 136 (S Gunter, Theodore, Efa; Ue go] 6r S. i E 140 aq Hall, William 1: 80 $5 Hallifax, George Marquis of 3 6o $5 Halfey, Lewkoner 136. IO 116 140 & Hamilton, Marquis, bis Som 147 S Lady Archibald 39. & Harboard, Sir ¢ 89 89 í olt ; "nelir 140 C e ; a . 69 arles, Adarquis of 55 illiam’ i I4 William vu 169 on, Sir Chriftopher 160|99 & Mrs. Jane e 98 (8 Haule. -— 59 2 &Henry IT. 93 33 $5.1 " 3 i$ Henry VI. bis Son 104 34 zlrag «& Henry V. j OPERI GE VIE», 36 170 S Prince of Wales 54 T go ig Henrietta, rhird Daughter cf. K. ames 1T] 2. 154 m Henchman, Charles :jhop of Londonderry. x 129 2 Heither, William Dr, of Adu/ick p 140 32 Herbert dn The Names of Perjons buried in this Churob, VoLI. VoLIT. VoLIV.l. Herbert, Bridget | | 58 & William, Efi | 19 Lord of Cherbury 128 2 Lort, Sir Gilbert I2I Edward, E/9; N rog P Lothain, Marquis of $6 Honourable Colonel Philip 136 E) Lucas, Dr. Richard 7E Lady Mariamne 139 EL ucy, Adria 104. ket, Sir Thomas Irróc M ylin, Dr. Peter E, E Mackworth, Humphrey 144 pu E Willliam ——— 2: EM. Thomas as 136 obn, 4. M. andeville, Sir Geotirey 1490 Holland, Dr. Hugh Mannors, feo George 56 Holles, Francis — [ur Manfel, Edward and Thomas 10$ Eois d. George 130 B s pu d Morgan $6 olmes, Bridget 133 && Margaret, of Yor! 29 Hooper, NS 25 B Marlborough, John, Duke of $6 Horneck, Dr. Anthony | 2 ®) Marfhal, Stephen 145 Howard, "Charles, Son of the E. of Cailifte] 192 Mary, Olen of England. 174 arl of Berks 142 “Duce "of Scots. Ist] 50 f 18j Vs Lady, pi Daug. of thelate Q. . Anne. E rey, Pelham 127 8 Lady, another D. of the lateQ. Anne $2 ford, Walter —— 141 f$ Daughter of King James — 167 Hyde, Edward 61 Duichefs of Richmond, 154 Lady 61 S Maud, or Matilda, the Good 26 Lady Henrietta 61 eS May, Thomas 14j Mrs, Catharine rio zt Methuen, John, E/q; and Mabel | 84 I B) Mecke, Elizabeth |104 Jaeneto, Borges de Caftro 89 B Meldrum, John lias James I. King of England 166 B Middcfes, James Cranfield, Earl of 2r James, Dame Ma I2I ionel, Earl o 22 p William > —— 142 S Anne, Cou S of | 22 Jennings, m Em 2 126 ij Milling, [X Coffin 91| Mrs. Elizabeth ee ohun, Lad 1471 Jerfey, Edward, Earl of 2 E Monk, qf 154 $3 Da pone n 3. 5 ens: Duitlels d f Ape npo ohn, Som o; lenry 1] 107 ifvop of erefor Iz $ Johnfon, Ben b a ^| 6 P Eu Duke of Albemarl | jg Dr. William 125 oor, Elizabet I2 P a his Wife, and, 135 Bohn m d ES m 94. ohn their Soa. orris, feveral Children of Francis, 4i | 1139 Johnftoun, Lord William 72 B Morgan, William | rog Jones, v n 9 au Ba d of | $6 rs. Cecilia 12 ortimore, Walter 11$ Ireton, Henry 143 3 Mountague, Charles Ear] of Halifax 174] l(àbel là, Daughter of King James II. i: P Edward. Earl of Sandwich 53 lfham, Judith Murrey, Sir Robert 65 Juftinian 38 Tr Julius, Captain William 8 B Naffan, Lady Emelie Mary $6 K Needham Penelope 98 Katharine, Queen of Henry V. 39 Ej Neile, Dorothy. 127 Laura, Daughter of King Jamesll. $1 35 Nevile, Sir Thomas 125 Daughter of Henry IL 107 gerendis John Duke of 6o Kendal, Charles, Duke of $51 E Duke and Dutcbefs of 122 James Efa; 88 E Duke of 125 Ars. Mary 188 5) Newman, 44r. Ifaac Tae Em 2 poe #4 § Noc, Boy, : 7 &igheley, Adr; Jane 128 $$ Norris, Sir Francis 7 Kildare, John, CURE 53 3 Northumberland, Catherine Dutchefs. cfi $3 Kildare, Cowntefs of 104 is] George Fitzroy, Duke ofi ibid Killigrew, Brigadier 104 gs Novo Caftro, Sir Fulk de 104. Kirk, George, Efq; —S 129 g Nurfe, Dr. Thomas 126 Knevet Richard, Ef; 60 B [6] Knipe, "Dr. Thomas. — 79 B Orange, Mary Princefs of $x 1 Mrs. Anne 135 Bi cbaditones Dr. Lambert 72 Knolles, Lady 4 112 23 dnos 94 ® Outram, Dr. William 2 Lamb, Dr. James 72 § Owen, "Thomas, Ea; 83 Langham, Archbifhcp $9 Oxenham, Ar. John 133 Lawrence, William 135 ex Oxford, Anne Countef of 139 : Lawrence, John 130 S P ] qs Mr. Henry m i5 Palmer, Mes —— 130 Legat, Thomas, E/7; oS ames, Clerk I4I Le Neve, Elquire j d 4 B parker, Mr. Roger — 127 Lenox, Charles, Earl of jo 5 JH Thomas ——— —— 66 Lefter, John, E/q; 72 gjParrey, Sir Thomas ——— T Levingflon, Thomas, Lord Teviot. TIO c, Patridge, Adr. James — 127 Lifter, Michael and Jane 126 pres I21 Littleton, John 132 EyPeters, Mrs. Mary Ls 129 Lloyd, Evan, E Efa; 128 esPeverel, "Thomas, Sub.Prior I4I Longford, Humphrey 5 = Peyton, Sir Thomas - 18 Longvill e, Dame Catherine 88 Philippa, Queen to King Edward HI. 4X Elizabeth E B Philip: Lhe Names of Perfons buried in this Church. / Vol. I.Vol. tb. Vol.LV.il; T os, Mr. John —— 82 Ey Archdeacon of Rochefter. ——=F Plymouth, Charles Fitz Charles, Ear of | | 55 x Stafford, Henry Ear] of 45 a Pomeroy, Mrs. Mary AR | 130 3 Stanley, Elizabeth Da. to the Earl of Derby. Po Popham ————— ——118813 Sir Humphré — — Portland, William Earlof ———: : | E Stanhope, Lady Elizabeth —— Hr 53 Price, Gervas, Efg; and | 99 Steel, Dame Mary ——— ds re 142 az Stepney, George) (8/73) m 83 IIO * ranc es. — IUE 84 79 x Stonere, &7r William GIÁ 141 5 CDU |" topes, Catherine —— Com memi 127 1, Mr. and Mrs. — 116 toteville, Jane ——— 105 ymme 145 tradling, Margaret ..—— are 115 & Strode, William — 145 116 Strong, William SA 149 Sp m Stuart, Lewis Duke of Richmond 160 59 xx Efine, Son of the Duke of Richmond. 161 2, % Arabella so ; Thomas 130 eR Charles, Earl of Lenox. ———i1 Redma ne Dr. John msi cmm Tij: x Suffolk, Ducbefof.— ——— es si Nae RD I. King H A — i i 44 x Suffex, Francis Countefs of cá | 180 icha cay I. —— cd DES Sutton, Chriftopher —À —À 66 1, Sr s ——— Ó ox i John and Mary — s 3 Tanner, Robert | —— m 130 Richmond, Margaret 'Counte/s of — ——— 1481 ® Taylor, Littleton — —— Richmond, late Duke of, Son to K. Charles HI. | 53 xx Temple, Diana and Sir William —À 94 Riggs, Frances and Elizabeth ——— yy) oe Teviot, Thomas Lord Vifcount — III Roo Fumpurey —————- 15 x Thompfon, John azd James 130 Rochefte Minen M of ie | o: z TREE eee id is ae 1c x erber — —— Rogers, Sir Edward and William — ! 6o * Thynne Thomas Efg —— 'à Romain, "Thomas SUEDE EXEC nid olive SES Voc e ee E: Ro ay 1 77 — juo| &Tinchare, Elizabeth —€— 130 Rows Nicholas VS Stredenham, Sip Jotepir ^ $4 2 x Tredenham, Sir Jo — Rupert, Count Palatine of the Rhine m 52 3X Triplet, Dr. hn p M Psi d —— III E: deuil; UR William eee —| 6o ohn, Lord come — 2! xx ludor, Owen —— — Francis, an Infant = ——— ibid ES * "Elizabeth — — 28 Ruthale, Bibop of pe 189 xx Tuffnel, Captain Edward — 128 E ohn — St. Jobn, Lady Catherine ———— ba * dug Elizabeth —— n Salifbury, Lord od 141 xt Tuffton, Richard, E/y; —— Sanchez, "Didacus ——— qu E j ERIE zh —— IET is Sanderfon, Sir William —— 125 € Twif, Villam — — —— 144 Sa rd Mr. James — 72 « T'wifden, Heneage and Jofiah —— 99 Sarum, Robert Lord Bifbop o, — ores ohn — Saunders, Clement, Eg; d [c ES 2 V E pum Eugene Cavalier of — 55 i Valence, William of, Earl of Pembroke. Ig Seariaals) Robert Earl of _ 59 = Athelmer, Aymer de —— II Schomte Dae. SI re UB gE Vaegetocdor eme Y ^ ven ? 2 E cad alence Earl of Pembroke. Chile Margene 55 x Vaughan, Sir Hugh and Anne bis Wife 60 Scot, Grace 5E n: Vault. Ro a ee Is th id IS ITn xx Aut, Royal, and urtals there. ) rey AEN RE =a 55 m Vere, Sir Horrace, and with bim lies bis Bro] 9* |. ; y C harlotta — E ther Sir Frances —— Page ——— xx Vic, St. Henry de —— esee TulE e j 3eorge —- E Villiers, Sr George —— 149 58 5 ei E —— p a _ Duke of Buckingham. sae pe ae anne EE 5 Urwin, Lord Vifcount —— 6 yee! Dm —— ibd = Ufhen EAE w i * Sculenburg, Baron ———— ——| "na z Walby, Archbifbop of York — te wae —— 6 s Waldron, Reb ee ao Selby ; —— e» ir Willi dec E Seymour, ATEM —— 112 E Nude Dey aah, — —— s pe Leagues sitar oo M E , , Jo ——— Tr h $ — Shaw, John and Elizaberh | 129 ES Wells, John Lord — [429 Sheffield, Due of Bucks. —— 161| 49 X Wemys, Mrs. Anne ——— d Katherine, bis 2d Lady D.of Bucks|164| 56 x* Wentworth, Thomas Lord ——— iid Shoreditch, Sr John 90 xx Wendover Roser ae. d p e Shovel, Sir Cloudefly — 19 x* Weft, Elizabeth eos — a Shrewfbury, Talbot Zar! of 122 x Wetenhal, Dr. Edward bbilL ETC ml Slaughter, Captain George —— | 130 2 Wharton ME A M qu aed oe Smith, John, £g; — cu ; 89 X ‘ sir Thomas — a "Thomas, 4. M. 137 3 Whicher. Mr. G E — ED 6d John, Mafter of Mufick. 128 2 Whittle Sackville ^. — 7 ru Somerfet, Lord, Son to the Marq. of Worcefter. 55 = Wild, George | 130 Dutchefs of eat 6 3 Williams, Charles VETE A Somerfet, Anne Dutchefs of 129 E3 Williamfon, Sir Jofeph ——— HE Sophias ae to King James I. 169 " 3 Willis, the Wife of Dr. Thomas — D Southcoat, William WUE’ fi in $ wide Jom ref joda igs TH rid Southampton, Mary Datchefs of T 55 3: Winchefter Winifred Marchi pS jJ: Spanheim, Lady Elizabeth, Baronefs of 59 E Woodroof, Edward E HERI 139 . cer, E * 7, " 3 nd eet Poet E = Woodftock, Thomas of, Duke of Gloucefter stu » HJ Eoo rod Dy IBRMFOR EU of St. Andrews. 56 X Yardley, Elizabeth 3 — 135 Sprague, Sir Edwar —— 65 3: Yarmouth, Charlotta Cozztefs o; = 5 Sprat, Bifhop of Rochefler —— 144 * York, Anne Dutchefs of sc > ABBATS WESTMINSTER. ORTHBRIGHT: FTER Sibert by the Advice of his Uncle Ethel- 604 ved had founded this Church, he placed over it ; an Abbat Orbrithus, or Ordbright, who received Benediction from Mellitus Bifhop of London; 2t me, Cove which Time St. Gregory the Great, was Bifhop of lib. Rome, St. Auguftine Axch-Bifhop of Canterbury, and Ethelbert King of Kent. This Orthbright prefided as Abbat for the Space of 12 Years, and dying the 13th Day of fanuary 616, was buried in his Monaftery ; after whofe Death the Church was govern'd by Priors, till the Time of Orbright the zd: The Reafon of which Change feems to be this, not long betore this Abbat’s Death, Ethelbert died, B and ü The Lives of the Abbats of Weftminfler: Vol. Il. BedeFea, 224 his Son with thofe of Sebert revolting to Paganifm, Melitws Bifhop Hit Lit. Of London fled, and the Chriftian Church was long clouded in thofe Cap.5- Parts. GERMANUSs. 616. After the Death of Orthbright the Government devolvd on Germa- nus, who had been Prior fome time under him ; he govern'd the Church many Years, but the N umber of Years is left blank in the J//s. the Diforder of the Church, and its being fcatter'd preventing particular Notice of his Death, he was buried in this Monaftery. ALDRED: To him fücceeded Aldred, but the Time of his Commencement is equally doubtful, with the Death of the laft, as is likewife the Number of Years he prefided over this Church : which, however, are faid to be many. He died in the Year of our Lord 675, in the laft Year of the Reign of Cadwallor the laf Britifh King, and in the Reign of Sebba and and Sighere Kings of the Ba/t-Saxons, and of Theodore Arch-Bifhop of Chou in which Year St. Erkenwald was confecrated Bifhop ot Lon- don. He was buried in this Monaftery. In his time, viz. 649, Segebert I5b.IIL and his Brother were converted to Chriftianity, by the Perfwafions of Of- Cap. c win King of Northumbria; after which Cedda was fent to convert the People of this Province, and built Tilbury on the Thames Side in Effex, making it his Bifhop's Seat ; fo that the Priorfhip both of Germanus, and Part of this Aldred’s, feem to be only titular, they leaving their Church when Melitus fled from London, and this later returning to it, under the calm Weather of Cedda’s Miffion, when Chriftianity was re- ftord: But indeed thefe early Priors feem to have been only Rectors of the Church, which was very inconfiderable many Years after this; how- ever, by being reftord, we have the Time of this Prior’s Death handed down. Sy WAR D. 675. Syoard fuccecded him ; and fate 10 Years Prior wanting fome Days. He lived in the Times of Dona, Agatho, and Leo Popes, and of Ecfrid King of Northumbria; in whofe Time was the Diffention between that Prince and Wilfred Arch-Bifhop of York, and the famous Council at Straen/hall, and Hatfield. He died the Year before St. Cuthbert was confecrated Bi- fhop of Landisfarn, and the Death of Sigher King of the Ea/t-Saxons, and two Years before the Confecration of fohn of Beverly to the Church of Haguftald, viz, in the Year 684. and was buried in this Monaftery. OsmMuUND. 6). uae him fucceeded Ofmund, in whofe Time died Cadwall King of the . Eaft-Saxons at Rome, and Theodore the Arch-Bithop, and Benedict the Abbat, the latter of. which founded Gyrwy and Weremouth, the fuft Ab- bies of the Benedictines in England, about which Time the Humour of a Monaftick Life prevailed much; for Ethelred King of Mercia was thorn a Monk at Bardeney Abbey, and was afterwards Abbat there ; Uu ate ikewife Vol. —— The Lies of the Abbats of Weftminfter. iii likewife Offa King of the Eaft-Saxons, and Kendred King of Mercia at Rome, and Ina King of the Weft-Saxons, relinquifhed his Kingdom and went to Rome. This Ofmund died euo 705; having fate 21 Years, and was buried in. this Monaftery. SELRED. Selred is mention'd as fucceeding Ofmund, but I find fuch Difparity 726. in the Time, that either there was another between them, whofe Name is now loft, or an Interval, or elfe the Dates are mifplacd. This Selred livd in the Time of Cuthbert King of Weft-Saxons, Ethelbald King of Mercia, and Ceolulph King of Northumbria, and of venerable Bede the Hiftorian, and Neothelm Atch-Bifhop of Canterbury. He died Anno 744. af- ter prefiding over this Church near 18 Years, fo that his Succeffion was 2.1 Years after the Death of Ofmund, this Selred was buried in his Mona- ftery. OnGAR Orgar was next Prior of this Church, in whofe Time flouri(h'd Offz, 744, the great King of Mercia, who among other Aéts of Munificence, was a remarkable Benefaétor to Monafteries , but whether his Bounty to this was during Ordgars time I am doubtful: . He died A.D. 765, af- ter almoft 22 Years governing this Monaftery, and was buried in it, BriTHsTAN. ‘Brith{tanus fucceeded him, and govern'd this Church for the Space of 765: 20 Years inthe time of Offa aforeíaid, and dying in the Year 785, was buried in this Monaftery. OrtusBricntT II. Abbat. Afer the Death of Birthftan facceeded Orbrith, ot Ordbright, and in 7851 the ancient Records of Chichefter, Alubrith, in whofe time Offa took particular Care of this Church, being the only Prince fince Sebert the the Founder, who had once regarded it in near 200 Years. The Dona- tions of this Prince fee in Voll. by which Acquifitions of Wealth fhe began to make a confiderable Figure. — This Prince likewife built Cells for the Monks, which were then I fuppofe Auguftines, and as fome fay, depofited the Regalia here, and founded a Frec-School; which was no more then the Papal Injunctions requir’d, that every conventual Church {hould have a.School adjoyning. Thus enrich'd and edified, her Prior rcaffum'd, or perhaps firft took the Name of Abbat ; for the former Orth- bright fceras to be crowded in for fake of ancient Title, and I fee no Rea- fon but that, why they fhould be fo exact in the Day of his Death ; but to return, this Orthbright is mentioned in a Charter of Edward Confeffors, M&. Cot as holding Lands here of old time, before the Dani/h inroads, in which t?^ Bb: Particular I miftook the Account in the firft Vol. by faying the Time of his Living was doubtful, but take it here rectify'd. How long he prefi- ded as Abbat here, I am not certain, but he was removed to the Bifhop- rick of Sealfey in Devonfhire, being the 5th Bifhop of that Sce, in which he died (fays the JMS. of this Church) 4. D.794. in the laft year of .., Offa's 794 The Lives of the Abbats of Weltminfter. . Vol; It, Offa’s Reigns but if we may credit the Catalogues of Bifhops in that See, Ofa or Bofa was Bifhop in 790, and Alubrith his Predeceflor between Sig- ka and him, viz. between 783 and 790, without any Time fixd for his fitting in that Scc. ALEWIUS. Aifeius called by fome, but falfly Alfwinus, fucceeded Orbright, but then it muft be at fome Diftance; and isíaid to have govern'd. this Church with great Honour for 24 years: He is particularly mentioned in the old Martyrology. Being remov'd from this Abbey, he was confecrated Bifhop of Fountain, where he died on the 10 Kal. Feb. 820. Árnwrivs IL. To him fucceeded another of the fame Name, who is mentioned in a Charter of King Edgar's ; he liv’d in the Time of Egbert the great King of Exft-Saxons, in the Times of Theologild and Coelnoth Arch-Bifhops of Canterbury ; and having been Abbat 17 years, he died 5th Kal. A. pril, A. D. 837, and was buried in this Monaftery. ALGAR Algar was next Abbat, in whofe Time the Danes made their inroads in the Reigns of Erbelulpb, and Erhelbald, and Ethelbert, at which Time St. Edmund, the King, fell a Sacrifice to their Fury, who having likewife driven Burthred out of his Dominions, over-run the Kingdom of Mercia. And in the 4th year of his being Abbat they came to Lon- don with five: Ships, committing all Manner of Hoftilitics; and deftroy- ing the City, (as fome fay) or as others, that they pillag'd it, tho’ AL Weftminfter. increafes their Fleet to 350, but mentions nothing of their Attempt on London, only that after the Defeat of Bertulf, they march'd into Surry. However, it is very probable, that the Places adjoining to London felt their Rage, and among them this Monaftery ; for Edward the Confeffor mentions the Danes Incurfions, and Injuries to it, nor is their room to doubt it, when Anno 872, viz. in the 26 year of this Abbat, they came to London and winter'd there, and Huntington mentions Alfred's repairing London, Anno $86, having been ruin’d and difpeopled by the Danes, and the Londoners had deferted it, till now by the Safety of Alfred's Congquetts, they return’d to their Dwellings ; all but füch as had been led away Captives: So that no doubt. this Abbat, and the reft of his Convent fled and were fcatter’d abroad, except fuch as perifh’d by their Fury, when their Church and Monaftery felt the Effects of it; but being happily rcftor d, he ended his Days in an advanc'd Age, after a dan- gerous and troublefome Government of 43 years, on the 14 Kal. Jul Anno Dom. 889, and was buried in this Monaflery. It is to be obferv'd, that between the Death of Alwyus, and the Time allotted for this Aj- gar, was the Space of nine years by the Computation of the Monks of this Houfes fo that either. the Danger apprehended from the Danes at Alwyus’s Death, prevented. another's accepting it, orfome Miftake muft be in che Computation ; which firft I. rather think, becaufe his Death is faid to be in the 19th of Alfred, which was about the Time 89 or 9o. This Vol IL —— The Lives of the Abbats of Weftminfter. v This Algar recovered his Lands belonging to this Church a fhort timé before his Death, after Alfred had expell’d the Danes; for I find him mention'd by King Edgar in his Charter as holding Lands here in quiet Poffeflion. EADMERUS. Edmerus, ot Eadmerus facceeded him, in whofe Time this Abbey flou- 889; rifhd, under the Government of that wife and learned Prince Alfred, who enrich'd it with Lands, granting to this Ezdmerus and his Convent (as I fuppofe) Lands at Wennington in Effex, and is {aid to enrich it by Gifts. Eadmerus govern'd his Church as is faid 44 Years, and di- ed 4 Kal. September A. D. 922, which again difagrees, making it but 34 Years from the Death of eZlgzr. He was buried in this Monaftery. ALFNOD, Alfnodus was next Abbat; and liv'd in the Times of Edward the Elder, 922. and Athelftan ; in whofe time the Abbey was in Peace and quiet: He go- vern'd it for the Space of 17 Years, and dying e4nno 939, was buried in this Monaftery. And here it is to be obferv’d, that the Affairs of this Abbey till his time are fo dark, for two Reafons, the firft the Ignorance of the Times; the fecond, the Damfh Difturbances ; and "tis, I fuppofe, for this Reafon too, that from Erkenwald till Dynftan, who began to rife in the Time of this Alfmodus, the Affairs of the See of Dudes are not once mention d, fave that Bede takes Notice of one Waldhere in his BedeEcek Time: So that for near 300 Years there is only a bare Succeffion of Names, Hi without even the Times they liv'd in; much lefs, then, is it to be expec- ted, that this fmall Convent, a Part of, and then in fubjection to, that See, fhould be more remark’d for its Affairs; ALFRIG Aifricus was, upon the Death of Alfnod, plac'd over this Convent, who 939. not fitting long here, was remov'd upon this Occafion ; the Weft-Saxons having been long harrafs’d with Wars, the Churches had been long fcat- ted and ungovern'd; whereupon Plegmzund Arch-Bifhop of Canterbury Maz Wet call'd a Council, in. which a Divifion of Bifhopricks was made, and onc fixd at Credyton, now Kyrton in Devonfhire, and Werftan plac’d over it Anno 905, who, fays Hooker, fettled at Tawton, and afterwards remo- ved here, but wrongly, for-he was kill'd the year after his Confecration : Him fucceeded Putta, then Eadulph, after Ethalgar, and then this e/l- fric ; he fucceeded in that See by Intereft of the Benedictines, as I {uppofe, who had lately been plac’d in this See at Exeter, in a Monaftery tound- ed by King Athelftane. But here feems fome Doubt of his Succeffion, aswell as Name; for eAlfnod, the before mention'd Abbat, dying 939, this fucceeded him, and fate, fays my Author, but a few Years, thefe by Computation muft be four Years, and the Name either miftaken in my MS. or in Godin's Catalogue of thofe Bifhops, for Ethelgar was Bithop IO Years, which was three Years after 4lfric’s Abbatthip, to which Ethel- gar or Algar is (aid to fucceed at Credyton, which Algar is undoubted- ly the fame with this Alfric or none; for Alfiwold Succetlor to Algar died 972, fo that Algar, i. e. Alfric, Nee elected Bifhop after being three Years at Vi The Lives of the Abbats of Weftminfter. Vol. Ii. at Weftminfter, and fate 10 Years, differing from my Author in three or four Years, both of Death and Government, who makes the latrer 17 Godwinde Years, and places the former e4£gzo 956 ; whereas Godwin, and indeed Mat Wert Mat.Weftminfter places eAlgar’s Death e/4nto 952, and makes. Eifwold fuc- p.189. n. ceed him; but which is in the Mittake, mye4uthor or Godwin, is uncertain. 39. Fleet. M. Wet. p. -196- n. 31- Thid, Flect. 980. This Prelate died. e/4770 972, and was buried in his Church at Credyton. W LSINUS. After the Remove of Alfric or Alfwold to Kyrton, i. c. from the Year 942, this Church had no Head over it, and the Monks were fcatter'd and difpers'd abroad, and the Building and Place entirely deferted and neg- lected, occafion'd perhaps by the Hatred Edwyz had conceiv’d againft the Monks and placing Seculars in their ftead. At length upon Edgar's gain- ing half his Kingdom, and the Death of Brithelme Bifhop of London, Dunftan facceeded him, who inftantly fet about reforming this See, and influenc'd the King to do the fame throughout his Dominion, which was by turning out the fecular Clergy, and reftoring his favourite Monks to’ their Convents. And this Abby being in his Diocefs, he began with that; and for the better Reception and Maintainance of them, he built 12 Cells, and gave Houfes, and Gifts, influencing Edgar the King to do the fame; which Gifts, as Paddington, Hendon, Hamftead, &c. {ce in the firft Vol. The Monks thus tranflated, he nominated to them an Abbat, one UU/fius, or as Fleet calls him Wiinus, Ingulphus, VV itius, and Mat. Weftminfter St. Witivs. He was born in the City of London, much belov'd by Dunftan the Bifhop, was a Monk of this-Convent, being fhav'd by the Hands of St. Dunflan himfel& while he was Bifhop of Worcefter, {ays Fleet. The firft year -of Dunftan’s being made Bifhop of London, he receiv'd his Be- nediction, viz. Anno 958, otras Diceto fays, 962, two years after eAlfric or Algar’s Death in the See of Kyrton. Fleet fays, at this time he receiv'd the Government by Deputation, (ad bujus loci regimen deputatus) but it was fome Time after, «iz. in the Time ot Ethelred, that he was made Ab- bat, (edbbas bujus loci ordinatus eff) fo that he was firft thorn Monk by St. Dunftan, and govern'd as Prior only, till by Time and Acquaintance with a Monattick Life, he was qualified for a higher Station. And this appears plainly by an ancient Charter of King Erhelred to this Monaftery, in which he fays, Hoc notum fore cupimus, quod beata memoria Dunfta- nus cuidam fideli €9 probato monachoWlfio «vocabulo, quam quaft filium pu- va dilectione amavit, lud. monafterium ad regendum regulariter comiffit, €9 nos poftea. Abbatem illum conftituimus, i.e. ‘Be it known, that Du: * flan. of Blefled Memory committed the Care of that Monaftery (i.e. * Weftminfter) to a. certain faithful and approved Monk named Whfius; * whom he lov'd with a fincere Love, as tho’ he were his Son.’ If fo, my Scruple concerning Dun/fan’s naming an Abbat is over; but here is another Inftance which contradicts Etbelred's conftituting him Abbat, for Ingulphus produces a Charter, and likewife an Excommunication on Ac: count of Medehamftead, where this Monk figns by the Name of Wins, and Wlfius, and Wifinus, Abbas Sancti Petri extra London; and this be- fore Ethelred’s time, viz, 966, and in the Reign of. Edgar. And Ralph de Diceto Dean of St. Paul's fixes Dunftan’s Confecration to the See of London, and Wifine’s Benediction to the Abbey of. Weftminfter, in the Year 962: So that among the various Accounts, I leave the Matter ftill ; ; doubtful Vol IL The Lives of the Abbats of Weftminfter. vii doubtful and proceed in general, that after he had been, as fays Fleet, and indeed the Charter it felf, a few Years, he was by the King made Bifhop of Shurburne ; and here again is a moft furprifing Contradicti- on, and a very intricate Knot to undo. Matthew Weftminfter makes Whfius fucceed Alfred in the Sce ot Sherburn, Anno 940, as does likewife DePretit: Bilhop Godwin; who, at the fame time, allows he was made Abbat of Weftminfter by Bifhop Dunftan, then of London ; but by this Computati- on, Dunjtan could be but 22 Years old, and confequently unfit for a Bifhop: Befides in 940 Edrzund the Elder was King, and Dunjtan but a Youth in his Court, whereas 958, 18 Years after, Dun/tan (according to M. Wett fome) was made Bifhop of London, or more likely as “Diceto fays in 962, me x which fquares both with che Hiftory and Charter; and indeed Bifhop,;e. — Godwin {eems quite out in his Succeffion of the Bifhops of Sherburn, by following Matthew Weftminfter, or elfe all the Croyland Story feems to. be forg'd ; for the Succeflor of Alfred in that See, Aelfwold, is by them faid to dye 940, whereas Anno 966, he figns in Ingulphus a Charter for that Abby, but the Charter, as well as Time, agreeing with the Charters and Time of Weftminfter, feems to reconcile all, (but the firtt of Wifius or Wifius, figning Abbat) and proves Matthew, and Bifhop Godwin miftaken be- ond all Contradiction ; the latter of which has forgot the Predeceflor of Wifine in the See, i. e. Werftan, who fign'd 966 as Bifhop of Sherburn, togutgh, to the Croyland Charter; But waving any further Enquiry, the. Time of p. 45- his being Bifhop here appears moft evident, by the Conttitutions of or- daining Monks in the Church of Sherburn, written by Wiffine Bifhop thereof, e4nno 998, by King Ethelred’s Order, which may be feen in the e A. Cotton Library. To proceed then, this Wijius thus elected, after the Pa-"^ tern of his Patron, having ejected the fecular Clergy and plac’d Monks in their room, ftill govern’d both Monafteries, and kept fo tender a Care over both, that his whole Time was fpent in vifiting them alternatly, in- fomuch, faysmy Author, that both Monafteries feem’d as one Flock un- Sporley: der one Paftor. There was a clofe Friendfhip and Correfpondence conti- nued between this Prelate and all others of the Monaftick Order, and particularly with Alfric Abbat of St.eAlban’s, of which are remaining Proofs in a Letter of the former to the Abbat, fubfcrib'd Wiffine Bifhop of Sherburn, which is now in the Cotton Library. He was remarkable for Sanétity of Life, as all are faid to be of his kind by the Monkifh Wri- ters, for defending 'em, and on his Death-Bed, it is faid, he cried out {udden- Mast: ly, I fee the Heavens open, and eus Christ ftanding on the Right-Hand $e Ge& of God ; and inftantly died, according to Bilhop Godwin 958, which was ie P the Year he is faid by Matt. Weftminfter to be made Abbat of this Church. So that Fleet with much more Juftice and Reafon, as before-prov'd, places his Death the 6th Jd. january, Anno 1004, in the 26 Year of Ethelred’s Reign. He was buried in the Church of Sherburn; at whofe Tomb was perforn’d many Miracles, as is faid: Here he refted 12 Years, at the sportey. End of which, he was elevated and infhrin’d with great Singing and Re- joicings in the Church of Sherburn. His Shrine was on the right Side of the high Altar, where were put up daily Prayers. eWLalmsbury {ays, De Get Y . 1 * . gon ^ > Pe | [. Do, ifs that in his time they preferv'd his Staff and Veftments, fignifying Bp res e [94 Humility. See much of him and his Miracles in Tinmouth, Capgrave, &c. ÁLDSIUS. viii 1004. Sporley. The Loves of the Abbats of Weltminfter. Vol. II. ALDSivs. Upon the Death of Wfinus, Aldfius, an Englifh Man, fucceeded by the general Choice of the Monks, in whofe time the Daves invaded and {poil- ed England, mutdering Alphege the Arch-Bifhop of Canterbury, and burn- ing and plundering all the Monafteries in their Way. Xanute ot Cnute likewife with a great Force befieg’d London in the 12th Year of his Time, when this Abbey, then too near a Neighbour to it was miferably ha- vock'd, but foon after reliev'd by K. Edmund. This Aldfius purchasd for 100 Mancufes of Gold two Houfes of King Ethelred in Berwyc ; he died the Year after King Edmund, viz, Anno 1017 on the ath Kal. of April, having been Abbat 14 Years, WuzrzsNoTH After the Death of Aldfius, which happen'd upon the Ufurpation of Kanute or Cnute the Dane, the Monks attempted not at fo dangerous a Juncture to venture upon a frefh Choice, thinking it more advifeable to fecure this new and foreign Monarch’s Favour by fubmitting the Election to him. Czute, who wasa wife and genetous Prince, in Comparifon to his Country-men, {elected to his Council many of the Clergy, and feem’d, (together with his Marriage of Emma Ethelred’s Widow) much to fix his Security upon their Intereft. Of thefe, fays Weftminfler, the Benedictines were his Favourites. At which Time in this Monaltery was a Monk of great Wifdom and fine Elocution, call'd Walnoth, to whom the King took an extraordinary liking ; this Man, therefore, the King recommended to the Convent, who unanamoufly elected him Abbat; and pleasd with the Man’s Converfation, the King came frequently to vifit him, and con- fulted him in all his Affairs, allowing him the utmoft Freedom and Fami- liarity of Speech, for he was a Man of 3 gg Sincerity. The King, upon his Account, prefented this Church with many Reliques, of which fee a Catalogue in the firft Volume. In his Time Xanute died, and Ha- old his Son, the latter of which, as is before-mention’d, was buried in this Abbey, and the fame Year dug up and thrown into the Thames, be- ing firft beheaded. This Abbat was in great Favour not only with Cnute, but his two Succeflors; fo that during the ‘Danifh Oppreffions, he, by his Intereft preferv'd the Church and Monaftery from any Fury that might endanger it; for which he was univerfally lov'd and efteem’d. He liv'd to fee King Edward, and in him the Saxons reftord ; of which Prince he gain'd Lands to this Abby, in one of the Charters, for which he is call'd Fideliffimus ay f &c. In his Time Ulfine the Monk is faid to have his perfwafive Vifion of St. Peter, upon which King Edward undertook to rebuild the Church; but JW/ulgotb liv'd not to fee its Splendor and Magnificence, for he dy'd the Year the King was engag’d in that Defign, Flor. Wig. viz, 19th of Odfober, A. D. 1049, when he had fare Abbat 32 Years, p. 226. Sporley. whofe Soul, fays a Monk of this Convent, being endow'd with fuch and fo great Ornaments and Virtues we prefume to place among the Col- lege of Saints. He was buried in this Convent. Epwyrn. The Lives of the Abbats of Weftminfter. ix Epwyn. Upon the Death of Waulnoth, the Monks, at the Requeft of Edward the Confeffor, made choice of Edwyn an Englifhman, and Brother of their Convent. He had been brought up there, and encreasd in Vir- tue and Learning, as in Years: bare an extraordinary Character, and for his fingular Piety was a Favourite of St. Edward, who frequently fent for him in his private Hours, andin his laft, as fays the beforequoted Mfs. * And then he took him to Almighty God, and alfo he fent after the Ab- * bot of Weftminftre and toke him the Ringe in the Honor of God, * and Seinte Marie, and of St. John the Evangelifte, and the Abbor un- * derfonged the King with moche Reverence, and put hit among here * Relikes at Weftmiftre, and there hit is unto this Time, and evermore * fhall be.’ In his Time the Church was | rebuilt, folemnly confecra- ted, and plentifully enrich’d, at the Confirming Charter, of which he fubfcribes as. Witnels ; and in his 17 Year, Edward the Confeffor was bu. ried inthis Abbey, to whofe Tomb this Edzwyn went every. Day out of Love Sporley. and Devotion to his Mafte's Memory. After Herald’s fhort Reign, he liv’d to fee the Norman Conqueít and Slavery; but felt noggghe Rigour of the Conqueror, who paid his firft Devotion after coming to London in this Church, and richly prefented it with Altar-cloths, €9'c. as afore- mention'd among the Benefactions to this Abbey. This Edzwyn exchang’d Wind[or with the Conqueror for Lands in Effex, which eMath. Paris al- ludes to, {peaking of him, Multa ei (Regs {c.) conferens donativa eius coronatione apud Weft. and by fuch Actions ftood perfectly well with ‘the Conqueror; which occafions eMath. Paris to call him, Curialis nimus £5 Toit. Ate aulicus, novo regi familiaris, too much of a Courtier and Favourite to b: St Al the new King. The fame Author taxes him with making Ufe of that Power to ^ withftand Juftice, and bear out Opperffion, and gives this Inftance. Some Time before the Norman Conqueft, the Abbat of St. Alban’s, at the carneft Requeft of the Abbat of Westminster, leasd to him the Man- nor of Aldenham in Hertford/hire (a woody Place, and infefted with Robbers) for 20 years, upon Condition, that he fhould fecure the Road- ways to Paffengers, and make good what Loffes they fhould fuftain by Thieves; for which he was to pay as Rent roo Shillings per Anum, and four Oxen; and in cafe of Neglect to forfeit his Leafe, or at the 20 Years end to refign it; buthe, defirous to poffefs a Wood near Alden- ham, which for the pleafantnefs of it was call'd Brudette, quaft prudietti, mov'd Suits againft the Abbat, claiming it as his own; and having tird * him out would not refign at the 20 Years end, and it continued lone * in the Hands of his Succeffors".— I find this Edwyn figns toa Confir- mation Charter relating to the Abbey of Ramfey: He dyed the 2d Year Reyner. of William the Conquerors Reign, and of his Abbatfhip the 19th, - on the 12¢h Day of Fune 1068, and was buried in the Cloyfters, where he refted till Henry III, rebuilding this Monaftery, remov’d his Body with three others, viz. Athelgoda, Hugolin, and Sulcardus, and buried them all Sporley. together on the South Side as you enter the old Chapter-houfe, and placd over them a Marble Tomb with this Infcription: e 0 0 0 Y ^ ^ 9 won D Iffe X The Lives of the Abbats of Weltminfter. Vol. IT. Affe locellus babet bis bine Cadavera claufa, "Uxor Seberti, prima tamen minima, De fratto capitis Tefta claret Hugolinus A Clauftro noviter huc tranflatus erat ; eAbbas Edwynus €9 Sulcardus Cenobita Sulcardus mejor eft, Deus affit cis. GALFRID. 1068. Upon the death of Edwyn fucceeded Galfrid, or Geoffry a Norman, Sporey. who came with the Conqueror from Normandy, where he had been Ab- bat of St. Peter de Gymeges. Of this Man remains nothing but a bad Cha- racter, and Account of his ill Management; for which after being cor- rected by Wiliam the Conqueror, and Lanfranc the Archbithop of Canterbury, he ftill perfifted in his irregular Courfes, and therefore was deposd: whereupon with great Shame and Dudgeon he return'd to Nor- mandy to his former Monaftery. When he dy'd we know not. I find this Galfrid in 1072. figning an Inftrument relating to the Superiority of Canterbury York. ViTALIS. Galfrid thus deposd, King Wiliam put in another of his Creatures that attended him from Normandy, viz. Vitalis, who had been fome Time Abbat of Berneges in Normandy, a Man of extraordinary Learn. ing for that Age. The Annals of Waverly Abby place his Nomination un- Am. Wa- der the Year 1076 four Years after Galfrid’s Depofition, but I believe verly. p. ER 4 MUN A Hes 155 without any Rule for fo doing. There is a grant of William the Con- queror to this Abbat of the Lands in Worcefterfhire, {uch as he can prove Sporley. Wulftan the Bifhop and the Abbat of Evefham, and Rambald the Chan- cellor gave to the Church of Weftminfter; and now {peaking of Wulftan brings to my Mind that famous Miracle wrought about this Time by St. Edward upon Account of that Bifhop, and this Digreffion will the ‘bet- Mat. ter be as happening the very Year Vitalis was chofen Abbat. | This Wul- NU ko JP fince forhis Holinefs cannoniz’d, was educated a Monk, and led fo Alured {trict a Life, that in his early Years, he was cftecm'd to be a holy Man; Rival, & after being Abbat, and then Bifhop of Gloucefter, he was remov'd to Worce- ffe by St. Edward the Confeffor, in which Sce he continued till after the Con- queft, when a Synod was aflembled, partly to punifh the married Clergy, partly Symony, having an Eye upon Stygand the Archbifhop, and in great Meafuré to purge and fift the ignorance of the Englifh Clergy, which at that Time indeed was very great: But chiefly by gecting Bifhops and Abbats, to. make room for preterring the new come Normans ; and among the reft was held one in this Church, Anno. 1074. by Lanfrank the Archbifhops at which Synod, Wulfian was íummon'd as a moft illiterate and foolifh Man, and unfit for the Station he held ; a very Ideot unacquaint- ed with the French Language, and uncapable either to inftru& the Church, or -counfel the Kings and therefore Lanfrank, by the King's Order, de- manded his Paftoral Staff, and Ring; but he, unmov'd in Countenance, grafping his Staff; made Anfwer: * I know, my Lord Archbifhop, that I * am intirely unfit for, and unworthy fo high a Station, being undeferv- * ing of the Honour, and unequal to the Tasks however, I think it un- * reafonable Vol IL Lhe Lives of the Abbats of NW eftminfter. reafonable you fhould demand that Staff which I never received from * you; yetin fome Meafure I fübmit to your Sentence, and will refign * jt; but think it juft to make that Refignation to King Edward, t who conferrd it on me’. This faid, he went out of the Synod crofs the Church to the Tomb lately erected over the Body of that Religi- ous King, and ftanding before it faid, ‘ Thou knoweft, O Holy King, * how unwillingly I took this Office, and even by force, for neither the * Defire of the Prelates, the Petition of the Monks, nor the Voice of the * Nobility prevail’d, till your Commands obligd me; but fee, a new * King new Laws; a new Bifhop pronounces a new Sentence ; thee they * charge with a Fault for making me a Bifhop, and me of Aflurance for * accepting of it: Neverthelefs to them I will not, but to thee I refign * my Staff". This faid, he raifed his Arm, and laid the Staff upon the Tomb, which was of Stone, and leaving it, went array'd as a Monk, and fat a- mong them in the Chapter-houfe: In fhort, the Meflenger who was fent for it, found it adhere to the Stone, and by no Means to be taken thence: The News brought, the King and Archbifhop both went thither and found it truc, nor could difengage it, till Wulftan being fent for, it readily fub- mitted to his Touch. This remarkable Story had early Grounds, and no fiall Authority, if we may believe the Annals of Burton eAbby ; for King fobm urges it to Pandulphus the Popes Legate, as a Proof of the right of the Englifh Kings to nominate Bifhops. The Story, thus related by Paris, is not mention'd by Florent. Worcefter, and indeed that of his keeping his Bifhoprick is very differently related; but enough of it, and to return: In the time of this Abbat, Salcardus, the famous Hiftorian, flourifh'd, and wrote his Book of the Foundation and Charters of this Church, which Book is dedicated to this Abbat as follows, ‘ Venerabili * viro & fempcr dei fervo, Domino Abbati Vitali Monachorum minimus © frater Sulcardus falutem cum devoto famulata & obfequio &c’ Vitalis pre- fided over this Abbey the Space of 9 Years, and dying on the 1975 Day of June, A. D. 1082, was buried in the South Cloyfter of the Church, where Sporley. his Tomb was of white Marble and plain, almoft even with the Pave- ment; whereon, fays Keep, have been brafs Plates, which are torn away, and fo is the Tomb ; for if Mr. Keep could fee it, it was more then Ican (tho’ led by others, I have miftaken it in the Chapter of Anniverfaries for that of Humez,) Nor indeed was that Cuftom fo early, for the Epitaphs were either cut in the Stone, on the Coffin, or on Lead, and laid on the Breaft of the Corps: the Epitaph upon him was as follows, Qui nomen traxit à vita, morte vocante, cAbbas Vitalis, tranfit hicque 4acit. on which Tomb, on his Anniverfary was placda rich Carpet work'd with Gold; large wax Candles of two Pound cach, €9'c. as, fee in the Firft Vol. and Chapter of Anniverfaries. In his time, as is before mention'd, liv’d the famous Chronographer Sulcardus, or more properlcy Sulgardus, a Man of excellent Character, and much efteem'd by Edwyn the Abbat, Ed- ward the Confeffor, and Vitalis; he wrote a general Chronology now loft, Chartularies of this Abby, Sermons, Epittles, and other Tracts, See of his Tomb and Epitaph, in the Life of Edwyn beforemention’d. GILBERT. kii 1082: Sporley. The Lives of the Abbats of Weftminfter. Vol, Tf, GILBERT, Gilbert ot Giflebert, furnam’d Crifpinus or Crifpin, was chofen Abbat upon the Death of Vitalis. This Gilbert had been formerly Monk of Beck Harlewyn in Normandy i and was at the Mediation of William the Conqueror, the Archbifhop Lanfrank and feveral Norman Nobility cho- fen by the Monks of this Convent. He was a Man of great Defcent, being from one of the nobleft and ancienteit Families in Normandy, to which Nobility, befides a confiderable Acquifition of Learning, he had the added Character of a Perfon of excellent and great Piety ; the Means of King Williiam’s Kindneís for him, were not only in regard to his Ane ceftors, having been of neareft place in Councils of the Dukes of Nor- mandy ; but William, the Father of this Gilbert, was a fingular Favourite of his, of whom Walfingham makes particular mention. ‘Our Abbat was a Man of excellent Learning, afound Theologift, and ready difputant, having for his Inftructer Anfelm, the Archbifhop of Canterbury. He travell'd while a Monk here, and improv'd himfelf by that means, vifiting the Univerfities of France, fecing Italy, Rome, and Germany ; in which Coun- tty, at the City of Mentz, he met with a Few, excellently vers'd in the old Law and Hebrew Language, with whom he had a long Difputation, which he afterwatds reducd into Method and publifh'd with. this Title, Of the Faith of the Church againft the Jews, dedicated to A. B. Anfelm, A Copy of which is in the Cotton lib. Titus D. XVI. 2. at which Time he was not Abbat, being ftil'd in his Book Procurator Coenobij. He was foon after elected Abbat, and having a great reverence for the Memory of Edward the Confeffor, he remov'd his Body into amore eminent Place j the manner of which, with the Circumftances wherein he found the Body, being very curious, take from Z4lure Rival. as follows, * There beine * (fays he) a difpute held about this time in the Convent, concerning the incorruptibility of this Virgin King, the Abbat Gilbert Crifpin ap- pointed a Day wherein to expofe thofe facred Remains, and call'd toge- ther feveral honeft and religious Perfons ; among whom was Gun- dulphus Bifhop of Rocheffer, and in the 36 Year after his Interment, they applied themfelves to this Tomb, and opening the Sepulcher or Tomb- ftone in which his Coffin was clos'd, there iffüed out fuch Aromatic Odours as fill’d the Church with their Fragrance: In the firft place the burial Cloths were clean and fubftantial, next, unfolding his Veftments, they found his under Habit and Ornaments in the fame State. The ftretch’d out his Arms, bent his Fingers, and found the whole Body found and flexible; they next examiine the Flefh, which was firm and pure as Chryftal, whiter than Snow; but when, after a long furprize, none durft venture to touch his Face, the Bifhop Gundulphus laid his Hand upon the Forehead cloth, and ftroking it over his Face drew it over his Beard, which was as white as Froft, furpriz’d at this, he attempt- cd to draw a Hair from the Beards but that adher'd ftridtly; for which being gently reprov'd by the Abbat he own’d the Fault, which ex- *: cefs of Love occafion'd ; after this they preferv'd the Grave-drefles, and * clothing him a new, rc-inter'd him." In the time of this Abbat 7j]. liam the Conqueror held a Council in this Monaftery, at which Coun. cil, Gilbert being prefent, he with his Brothers, petition’d the King fer a Charter of Liberties, which the King ar the farther Interceffion of the Lx LOVE AAA OA UL c err WEE a were gt ak e | L5 : fo p12. tele va Che ttr | QU Sati t be that of an. Hune M RR E Tay. Vol. IF. The Lives of the Abbats of Wettminfter. xiii Archbifhop Lanfrank, and for the Love he bare this Gilbert (as the Words of the Charter are) granted. In which Prince’s Time I find him at Wizd-p,. pre: a ALS 2d » 2 d Jor, figning as Witnefs to a Charter for Croyland. And in Agno 1118. he fafisCont; was fent to Theobald Earl of Blois, together with Geoffry Abbat of roy. Ip&lpbi- land. Yn {peaking of which, take this Character of him, with the other" 9^ from Petrus Blefemfis : Dirextt €9' ambos Francia gemtos €9 mutritos, ambos in feptem liberalibus artibus. infignes doctores, fen{u celebres, (ento ve- verendos prafato domino meo chariffimos, €9' omnibus Belgia Francia notiffi- mos €9 amatos. I likewife find this Abbat vifiting the Hofpital of ‘St. james, where is now the Palace, which of old Time was fubject to this Convent, which Vifiration was the Wednefday after St. Fohn Baptiff, Anno. aS ? , 2 d ».. , Cotton lib: 1100. This Giflebert, after a long Life of Piety and good Deeds, died Titus.A.s. the fixth Day of December, 4. D. 11145 having governed this Church 32 Years. He was, fays Fleet, of fo great Sanctity and Humility, that no Prelate of that Age equall'd him. His Anniverfary was celebrated the 7th Day of December. His Grave was in the South Walk of the Cloyfter, at the Feet of the Abbat Vitalis aforefaid, under a black Marble Stone ; the middlemoft of the three in the Cloyfters, with his Image uponit, as if in a Stone-coffin, with his Paftoral Staff, but no Mitre; that being acquir'd afterwards: Round which Tomb (Jn eadem tumba marmorea Sculptum) was Fleet M: this Epitaph not legible in Flezt^s Time, and much lefs now. in Cottilib. Hic Pater infignis, genus altum, virgo, Jenexque Gifleberte gaces, pp via, duxque tus. Mitis eras, juftus, prudens, fortis, moderatus, Doctus quadrivio, nec minus in trivio. Sic tamen ornatus nece (exta luce Decembris Spiramen calo, reddis €9' offa. folo. He wrote Homilies on the Canticles, on I{aiah, Feremiah ; on St. 7 erom’s y tana; Prologues to the Bible, of the Fall of the Devil, “of the State of the Church, Epiftles to eAnfelm, a Treatife againft the Sins of Thought, Word and Deed. Thefe are what have been afcribed to him, befides which, not mentioned, there are in Being, in the Cotton Library, fome Epiftles in AAfs Vetpstian of this Abbats by Way of Dialogue; to prove the Proceffion of the Holy rimi Ghoft, from the Father and Son. His Anniverfary was 7th Id. 5De-;;, co: cemb. : fuetud. — In his Time, «iz. 1092, flourifh'd Warnerus or Warner Monk of this Abbcy, a Man of Piety, Learning and Eloquence ; his Works were thefe. Collections of the Times, Homilies (which Boffon of Bury entitles moft lear- ed) and Flowers of the holy Fathers, of which the latter is till extant, and was printed at Ba/fil, 1494. HERBERT. Upon the Death of Giflebert, the Monks chofe Herbert a Norman, fome-1114. time Almoner of this Abby to fucceed him ; which Election, Stmeon pla-¢. eo ccs 1121. This Herbert, Henry the firft names in his Charter for fecuring the Lunclm: Abbey Lands in London. He confirmed the Nunnery of Kilburne, then? nie lately erected, which had been an. Hermitage of one Godwin, and placd ^" ^ therein three Nuns of Queen 4auds Bed-chamber, referving the Power of Juri(diction and Vifitation. I find nothing further concerning him, but that he iV The Lives of the Abbats of Weftminfter. — Vol. IT, le — he died September 3. Anno 1140. 5th of King Stephen, when he had go. vern'd their Church 26 years, he was buried in the South Walk of the Cloy- fter, under the plane Pavement, before the 2d Seat (Scamnum) 1 füppote, the refting Seat round the Cloyfter, beyond the Belfry Door, 7. ¢,in ‘the old Cloyfter, before Henry the 3d rebuilt it, towards the Door of the Re- fe&ory, on the Eaft Side of the Cloyfter, with this Epitaph. Abbatis noftri corpus jacet hic Hereberti Vivat poft obitura. (piritus ante Deum GERVAISE. Upon Herbert's Death, King Stephen mov'd the Convent, to make choice of one Gervaife de Bloys a Norman, and Baftard Son of the King, being begotten on the Body of a Gentlewoman in Normandy, named Da- Lavic Abb: meta : He islikewife call’d Gerum by Matthew Paris. This Man, out of ti. Albani : ; 4 ah fe p73 Devotionto St. Edward, endeavour’d his Canonization, and fent one Of- Fler, — Pert de Clare, a learned Monk of this Convent, to Rome, to folicite it, but in Vain. Inhis Time, I find the Archbifhop of Canterbury fetling a Dif- pute between him and one William of Winchendune, in Relation to. ordain- ing Parfons to the Church of Winchendune. This Abbat influenc'd his Fa- ther to do feveral good Deeds for his Abbey ; but then on the other Hand, he himfelf miferably impoverifh'd it, making away the Lands to his Mo- ther, and Relations: So that (fays Paris) He left nothing for his Sncceffor. I have in the firft. Book of the former Volume givena particular Account of thofe Alienations, as I find it in ancient M{s relating to this Church. For thefe unjuft Proceedings, the Monks complained to the Pope, who if- fu'd out a Bull for his regulating both his Life and Government : By which Writing it fhould feem, that he had confifcated fome of the Jewels of the Church, and had a Defign to ferve the Regalia in the fame Manner. I fuppofe the ill Character he bore, occafioned the Pope to refufe his Defire of canonizing St. Edward, or elfe he was himfelf (o greedy of Money, as to keep the prevailing Argument back. It plainly appears, that he was an unjuft, infolent, arbitrary Man, prefuming too much upon his Birth, and miferably oppreffing the Monks ; keeping the Tithes due to the Abbey, and expelling feveral of the Convent ; exercifing himfelf after a military Man- net, not refiding at his Abbey, but acting as a Soldier or fine Gentleman, herding among Laymen, and flighting his own Order. Fleet fpeaking of him fays, He acted very illbecoming his Birth or Station. And Matthew T INTE Paris fays, he was Clarior genere quam moribus, and. charges him with mif- Se Alene applying his Churches Revenues, for which Reafon (quia res loci illius je ps7. — veniliter diffipavit) he was depofed, and dying Auguft Anno Dom. 1160, Johannes in the 6th Year of the Reign of Henry the 2d, was buried in the South nas Walk of the Cloyfter, undera little black Marble Stone (not. under that great modern one, which Mr. Keep hasfüppos'd to be it) and at the Feet of Ab- bat de Humez,; it wasa plain Stone, lefs at Feet then Head, and lay on Fless — theleftSide Giflebert’s. The Epitaph on it was this. : De Regum genere Pater hic Gervafius ecce Monftrat defuntius, mors rapit omne. genus. I find Vol. IL. The Lives of the Abbats of Weftminfter. XV I find this Gervaife an Arbitrator, with others in a Difpute between the Bi- fhop of Rochefter, and the Monks there, concerning the Mannors of Lam- beth and Kendenham, which were adjudg'd to the Monks. In his Time flourith’d Ralph eAlm{giver, Monk of this Church. He wrote and left be- hind him Homilies on the Gofpel ; Homilies on the Epiftles ; the End of the Sinner. He died the fame Year with Gervaife. LAURENTIUS. Laurentius facceeded him, a Normanby Birth, and Doctor in Divinity ; simco fit Monk, and Prior of Durham (as fome fay) and afterwards Monk of Dunclm. St. Albans, and laftly he was received here. ( Monachatum in Capello eect Wefim.) The Occafion of his leaving Durham was, a Difference about Fiere i : ; ; : Math. Par. electing Hugh Pufar for their Bifhop; upon which Election, Henry invit.Abb. Murdac, Bithop of York, excommunicated the Convent concerned in P.8% r7 the Election, and ftill perfifting in an abfolute refufal to confecrate ^" their elect Hugh, they appealed to Rome with his Electors; among which wasthis Lawrence, then Prior, but he, not caring for the Fatigue of füch a Journey, drop'd them when they came to St, Albans, and betook him- felf to that Abbey, whence he was removed to Weftminfter, and preferr’d to:be Abbat; which was 3 or 4 Years after his Excommunication : Thus the continuer of Simeon: Yet this Lawrence is by (ome, and I think juftly, faid to be confounded with that, he of Durham dying in his Return from France ; and, indeed, Fleetifays nothing of it, which he would have done, had his former Station been fo remarkable ; and Paris mentions his having been educated, and many Years refiding in the Monaftery of St. Albans. (Ex gremio bujus Ecclefia affumptus eft) At the time when Lawrence took the Government of this Church, he found it miferably impoverifh'd by his Predeceffor Cervai[e ; who had ftripp'd not only the Abbats Houfe, but even made away with the Church Veftments : Upon which Lawrezce makes Ap- plication to Robert the Abbat. of St. Albans, who lent him to the Value of 200 Marks, viz. in Horfes, Furniture, Veftments, €9c. upon which Oc- cafion he is feverely tax'd with Ingratitude and Injuftice, as wrongfully de- taining Lands from that Abby, and having Intereft with the King, vexing the Convent by continual Suits. Thofe Lands were near the River A/ar- ford, and at Landruge : The Abbat Lawrence likewife engag'd the King on his Side, alledging, thatas Gera, being of the Blood Royal, had fold his Lands, fo the King ought by his Favour and Support, endeavour to make up thofe Loffes to him. — Another difference was concerning a difpute for Aldenham, between one Robert Tailboys, this Abbat, and the Abbat and Convent of St. Albans, of which fee the particulars in Matthew Paris, who warmly cenfures him. He wasa great Favourite of Mand the Emprefs, and of Henry the 24, by yi«c which Means he procured the Repaifation of the Monaftery, and new Leadingthe Offices lately burnt and ruinous; and recover'd the Pofleflions in Gloucefterfhire and Worceffer[hire ; taken from the Monaftery in the Commotions between the Emprefs and King Stephen. To this Abbat, Alu. red, Abbat of Rivaux, dedicated his Hiftory of the Life of St. Edward the Confeflor, which Dedication begins in this Manner: Dilecfo ac diligendo €9 intimis vilceribus amplectendo venerabili patri €F domino dompno Law- rentio Mat. Paris invit.Abb, xvi Fleet. ; Mat. Paris in vit. Abb. St. Alb. p. 65. ib. p. 82 Knighton lib. 1. cap. 16. The Lever of the Abbats of Weftminfter: Vol. IL ventioWeftmonafterienfis Abbati, frater Alridus fratrum qui [unt in Rivalle inutilis fercous, debitam in Chrifto dilectionem. | | find this Abbat delegated with three Bifhops, to meet at the Caftle of Wincheffer, to hear and fettle a Difpute between the Bifhop of Lincoln, and the Convent of St. Albans: the former requiring folemn Proceffion and Vifitation, which the others de- nyd; at which Meeting, coming to no Refolution, a Synod was füm- mon'd by the King, to be held in the Chapel of St. Katharine in this Ab- bey, where Lawrence opened the Affair in Latin, and vindicated the Privi- leges of the Abbey, thé Succefs of which fee in Matthew Paris’s Hiftory of the Abbats of St. Albans. i It was in this Abbat’s Time, and upon his Application, that Edward the Confeflor was infhrin'd, at which Ceremony the Abbat affifted, making Copes of his burial Clothes, and preferving the miraculous Ring, as mention’d inthe Donations. He likewife; upon Application to Pope Alexander the 3d, ob- tain'd for himfelf and his Succeffors, the Ufe of the Mitre, Ring and Gloves, but liv'd not to wear them. In the Time of Ralph, Abbat of St. Albans, I find him giving Refuge to one eAleumus, Prior of that Convent, being perfe- cuted by that Abbat, under his Protection, who became a Monk here, where he liv'd comfortably fome Time, for Lazwrence andhe had been for many Years intimate at St. Albans, and at length was preferr'd to be Prior of this Convent of Weftminfter. Not long after he was in hearing a Contro- verfy between the Monks of St. Albans, and Bifhop of Lincoln. And notwithftanding the differences betweeri that Convent and the Abbat with this Lawrence; yet I find him, upon fome Exigences, efpoufing the caufe of that Abbey, and that he continued his Vifit and Familiarity there ; for I find him on Sunday Night, in Ocober 1166 at St. Albans, anointing the Abbat. Robert, then dying of the Pleurify ; and at his burial with Gilbert Foliot, Bifhop of London. As to his Character (fetting afide what we have related, he was efteem’d a Man of Piety, Generous, and much ads vantag'd his Monaftery : He is likewife (aid to have been of good Learning ; but at prefent, there remain not, I think, any Writings of his as a Proof; but tis highly probable, that he was eminent that Way, as appears by King Henry the 14's Requefting him to write the Life of Edward the Confeffor ; which fays Matthew Paris, he accordingly performed, collecting it from ancient Tracts ; and having written it in an elegant Stile, prefenting it to the King: Yet Knighton íays, he intended it only. Fleet mentions Sermons and Homilies, which he publifh'd for the Saints Days, and other Feftivals, which were in Being in his Time, as appears by quoting one on St. Peter, ad «vincula, which begins thus: Mifit Herodes vex manus ut affligeret quof- dam ecclefia. Herodes hereditarium crudelitatis eff nomen, folo auditu borro- vem importat. And another on the Feaft of St. Mary Magdalen, begin- ning thus. Intravit Maria in domus Symonis, ibique fe proftravit ad pedes Do» mint. De Maria Magdalene ip[a (ubveniente locutor. verborum beati Grego- rij immemor effe nequeo 9. At length having governed this Church for the Space of 16 Years, he refigned it and his Life together, the 11th Day of eApril, 1176, in the 12th Year of the Reign of King Henry the 2d, and was buried in the South Walk ofthe Cloyfter; but under what kind of Tomb I know not, nor how to Point it out, for that with the Mitre, faid by Keep and others to be his, belongs to another Abbat, as I. fhall provehereafter. The Form of his Tomb Fleet does not tell us; fo that I believe itmifplacd, or broken at the rebuilding the Church by Henry the Vol. II. The Lives of the Abbats of Weltminfter. | xvii the 34, but the Epitaph prefery’d, and. once cut in the Stone ledge of it was as follows. Clauditur hoc tumulo vir quondam clarus in orbe, Quo praclarus erat hic locus, eff €9. erit. Pro meritis vita dedit illi laurea nomen, Detur et uita laurea pro mtritis. Of his fumptuous Anniverfary, confirm’d by the Pope Lucius, See in the Chap. of Anniverfarys in the I. Vol. of this Work. In his Time liv'd Of- bert de Clare, Prior of this Church, who procurd the Cannonization of St. Edward; a Man remarkable for his Learning, of which his Epiftle to Henry Bifhop of Wincheffer, on that Occafion; and a Collection of o- thers, fome of which to Adelida, Abbafs of Berking, of Chaftity ; now in Vitellius the Cotton lib. are Proofs. SU WALTER. j Mat. Paris , Upon the Death of Lawrence, the Convent proceed to Election and made Hitt y. choice of Walter, then Prior of Wincheffer ; and had been for the {pace of Mir five Years: Of which new Abbat. our Hiftorians take not much Notice; y. 151. ». only that he, by Application to Pope Alexander the 34, procur'd to him. 4% felf and his Succeffors, the ufe of the Dalmatick Pall and Sandals, Upon his gie. Preferment to this Place, he received the Mitre and Gloves from the Bifhop of London, which his Predeceflor Lazrence had procur'd ; and went miter'd Rad. de into the Affembly of the Bifhops ; but not long after there grew Dudgeon Dire. between the Pope’s Legate and this Walter, (the former not being receiv’d in fuitable Manner to his Character) whereupon he fufpended him from the ufe of the Mitre, and the Prior William Poffard trom entering into the Choir. He is faid to have written the Lives of William, and Henry Bifhops of Lincoln, which Book Rudburn quotes in his Works: After having govem'd this Church for the {pace of 14 Years, he died on the 27:b Day of DEN e September, being the Day of St. Cofmus and Damian, Anno 1191. accord- 55,77 ™ ding to Fleet; but more juftly in the Year 1190, asWeftm. and Paris fay, and in the 2d Year of Richard the 1. and was buried in the fouth Walk of the Cloyfter, under a plane Stone, near the firft Bench from the Steeple ; Fleet: of which, as well as his Tombftone, there remains nothing, the Infcription on it was as follows: Hic eft qui panfas Dictus Walterus Abbas, Ex alys fueras nec alienus eras. For whofé Anniverfary was aflign’d the Mannor of Paddington, to find Torches at his Tomb €9c. as in the Chapter of Anniverfarics, WiLuiaM PosTArpD. By fome, for what Reafons I know not, call’d Poffzrd, Prior of this 1191. Convent fucceededs but I find his Election was not tiil fome Months af Mk u- ter, tho’ a late Writer computes it in November 1191. whereas his Elect- 16. ion was on Wednefday the 234 of Tune, being the Vigil of St. John Bap- tfl, at which Election was prefent the King's Juftices and Bifhop of ber F 9n; xviii The Lives of the Abbats of Weftminfter. — Vol. ff. don, who inftantly gave him the Benediction, before the high Altar in the Cathedral of St. Pauls, and the Convent receiv'd him in Proceflion, ha- ving a {plendid Entertainment in the Refectory ; at which was prefent the Rad.de Bifhop of London and others. He goyern’d this Abbey 10 Years, in the Dic. — gift of which Time, he disburthen'd it of a Debt of 1500 Marks of Sil. ver, for which the Convent ivere bound ; and having done other good Of. fices to it, dy'd on the 5th of May, eAnmo. 1201. ot according to Mat. Weftm. 1200. in the 2d Year of the Reign of King es and was buri- pps ein the fouth Walk of the old Cloyfter, before the Belfty, on whofe Tomb was this Infcription : Poftarum Wilielmus Facet in tellure [epultus, Hic pater & Paftor qui fuit ante Prior. His Anniverfary was obferv'd the 2d Id. of eWay. PaPiLLON. ior. Calld likewife by Matthew Weftm. and Fleet, Ralph de Arundel, was Mat. — born, (fays Diceto) in the City of London, elected Abbat, the King and Ay Sean. Archbifhop prefent, onthe 11th Kal. of September following his Predi- 4 Ceffor’s Death; of whofe Character and Actions, Hiftorians fay little but that he had Quarrels with the Court, and carried it with a high Hand over his Convent, which at length prov'd his downfal; for (upon Appli- 1b.p- 272 cation ofthe Court, it is likely) the Pope's Legate, Nicholas Bifhop of Mat. Pais Taculum came to the Convent, on the Thurfday after Michaelmas, 1213. P- 250. and continued there 18 Days; enquiring of, and confulting with the Convent, concerning their Grievances, and the Manner to redrefs them ; and thence going to Eve/ham, he deposd the Abbat Norreys, who had govern'd there 23 Years; and the following Year he came again, and ftaid 23 Days, and then by his Legantine Power deposd this Papillon, in order to execute which Power Nicholas Abbat of Waltham was {ent ; who, on the Morrow after St. Vigcen?'s Day, brake his Seal in the Chap- ter Houfe: In this, Fleet and Mat. Weftm. differs the firft making the De- pofition at the Legatesfirft Vifit. viz. in 1213, the latter at his 2d in 1214. His Seal thus broken, he was 14. Days after degraded ; but the Legate and Abbat of Waltham allow'd him a Support, affigning to him for that Pur- Flect, pofes the Mannors of Toddington and Sunbury, which Affignment was af- terwards confirm’d by the fucceeding Abbat; referving to the Convent the Church of Sunbury : Where this Papillon ended his Days; or how long he furviv'd this I know not, but he died the 14th of February, and was buried in the Nave of this Church, and, asIfüppofe, without cither Tomb or In- fcription. This was the firft Abbat who was buried in the Body of the Church. HuMEz. 1214. Papillon deposd, on the Day after the Invent of Holy Crofs, was cho- Mat. fen in his place, Wiliam de Humet, or de Humez, Prior of Fontain, We" and Monk of Cadomen; who on the 4th Kal. June, the Day after Paris. p. St. Urban, being Trinity Sunday following, recciv’d Benediction from a8. the Hands of Wiliam de St.eMary, Bilhop of London; in the third Rad. de d NEA 2 1 1 : Dicto. Year of whofe Time, Henry Ill. began the new Chapel of St. Mary in Fleet. this Church, and 7obm Abbat of Fontaim was confecrated in it Bifhop of Ely, Vol IL. The Lives of the Abbats of Weftminfter. xix Ely, and the Year following Buftace de Fauconbridge, then Treafurer of the Exchequer, Bifhop of London; and the fame Year Panelulphus, the turbu- lent Legate of Rome, lay’d by his Lezantine Power in this Church, at the command of Pope Honorius, Anno.1219. This Abbat Humez, was ap- pointed Arbitrator, together with the Abbat of Waltham, and Prior of the holy d7/iy near London, to fettle a Difpute between the Bifhop of Lincoln, and the Abbat and Convent of St. Albans; concerning the Jurif- diction of fome Cells belonging to that Monaftery, and ordaining the Vicar of Luiton; which matter was the fame Time comprimis'd in the Chapter- houfe of this Abby. Anno. 1222: Fauconbridge, being poffe(sd of the See Mat. Paris of London, began to have an Eye upon the Abbey of Weftminfters in- MIT tending to bring it into Subjection, and to that Purpofe fends this Abbat Alb.p.130 and the Convent, requiring of them Proceffion, Procuration, Vifitation, "3^ and all other Juriídiction whatever; to which the Abbat reply'd, ‘ That * being by former Bulls, Royal (and other) Charters of his Predeceffors * exempted, they could fhew no Submiffion to his Power; upon which t Fauconbridge appeals to the Pope, who referr’d the matter to Stephen Te gere * Arch-bifhop of Canterbury, the Bifhops of Winchefter and Salisbury, Tho- t mas Prior of eZMerton, and Richard Prior of Dunftable, who declar’d L Weftminfter free from all manner of Jurifdiction of the Bifhop of Lon- * don; and ordain’d, that the Church of Stages, with its Appertenances, Ib. p. 316. * fhould belong to Weffminfter, and the Church and Mannor of Sunbury * to the Church of St. Paul’: This Agreement, Mat. "Paris, (by miftake) makes Anno. 1223. This Abbat died onthe 12th Kal. May 1222. in the Ib. p.316. 6th Year of Henry III, after prefiding here 8 Years; and was bury’d in Mat. the South Walk of the Cloyfter, at the Head of Gervaife de Blois, un- Wetm dera Marble Tomb, with his Image on it in Pontificals. The Tomb ect is ill Vifibles it is the weftermoft of the three, and has been hitherto gie. {aid to be that of Vitalis: Round it. in Saxon Characters was this Infcription: Ortus ab Humeto Will. bic venerando, Prefuit iffe loco nunc tumulatus humo. BeERKYNGE. The Succeffor to Humez, was Richard de Berkynge, Prior of this Church, xe. who the fame Year, viz. on the 14th of the Kal. of Ocfoler, xeceiv'd Benediction in this Church, from Peter Bifhop of Winchefter : Soon after his Election, happen’d a very tragical Affairs which eAZat. Paris relates thus: ‘On St. fames's Day the Citizens of London and Surburbians kept Sports of Manhood, as Wreftling, €c. near Q. Matild’s Hofpital, at which place the Citizens gain'd the better; whereupon the Baylyffe of Weftminfter appointed another Trial of Skill to be on the Feaft of St. Peter ad Vincula, ax Weftminfter. Mat. Weft. fays, at the Hofpital of St. Lames’s, whither the Citizens repaird : After playing fome Time, the Baylyffe and others, being privately arm'd, fell to fighting ; and wound- ed feveral of the Citizens: Who running into the City, rang the com- mon Bell, affembling the Citizens, who all refolv'd to revenge the Fact; but Serle the Mayor of London, being a Difcreet and Prudent Man, advisd them to apply themfelves to the Abbat, and if he would punifh the Offenders and procure the City Satisfaction, it would be fuflicient. But one Conftantine Fitz, Arnulf, being a hot Fiery Man, advisd them * to c ecxmee ce e 4e - eme XX P. 384. Lib. Con- fuetud. Mat.Paris. P. 570 Mat.Paris. P. Gos. The Lioes of the Abbats of Weftminfte£, — VoL Ih to hear no Propofals, but inftantly to revenge themfelves by pulling down the Abbats and Baylyff’s Houfes ; upon which Word given, they all rufh out of the City with a hortid Uproar, pulling down many Houfes, and crying Conftantine, the Joy of the Mountain, the Joy of the Mountain; God affift us and our Lord Lodowick. Berkyage upon this a few Days after gocs into the City, to Philip Dawbeney, one of the Kings Council to make complaint of thefe Injuries ; of which the Citizens having Intelligence, furrounded the Houfe, took away 12 of the Abbar's Horfes and beat his Men unmercifully ; Dawbeney cn- deavourd, but to no Purpofe, to pacify them, while he was intent up- on which, the Abbat got out at a back Door of the Houfe, and made his Way to the Thames; where taking Boat, he with much Dif- ficulty efcap'd their Hands, who follow'd and threw Stones at him in great abundance, Hubert de Burgh chief Juttice, hearing this, came to the Tower and fent for the Mayor, €9'c. enquir'd into the Authors of this Tumult; upon which Conftantine and two others were hang’d, the firft offering 15000 Marks for his Life, but to no purpofe: And then the Juftice entering the City, after a barbarous Manner, causd the Feet or Hands of the Offenders to be cut off. _Anno. 1233. This Berkynge and his Convent withftood the Vifitation of the Pope, when he fent to make enquiry into the Abbeys of the Benedictines, as did the Abbat of Bury and others. In his Time flourifh'd one Robert de Gras a Monk of this Convent, chofen Prior of Herley, a Cell to Weftmin- fier, in the County of Bucks; afterwards Abbat of Evefham, and nominated to be Bifhop of Litchfield and Coventry: But dyd in Gaf- coy at Ryola, before confecration: A Difcreet and Wife Man; at whole Death, (fays Weft.) the King griev'd exceedingly. His Anniverfary "was obferv’d in this Church e4nno. 1242. There happen'd a Difpute between this Abbat Berkynge and Robert Bifhop of Lincoln, a turbulent Man, con- cerning the Jurifdiction of the Church of Hefwel, the Bifhop turning out the Monk who was Rector by force, and deny'd the Abbats right of prefenting; but the Abbat firenuoufly oppos'd him, till at length the King interpos'd in this Difference fo, that it was agreed that the Church fhould belong to the Abbat, and the Vicarage to the Bifhop. About the Year 1245, when the Pope call’d a general Council, he upon the Kings Interceffion excus’d this Berkynge from coming, for that, he with the Bifhop of Carlifle werethe King's Deputies or Regents of England when he went abroad: Which Letters of excufe fee in Mat. Paris under that Year. Berkynge was a great Counfellor and Favourite to this King Henry the 3d, and ‘tis not unlikely put him upon his Bencfactions to this Church, procuring from the King their great Charter of Liberties: He is like- wife a witnefs to Magna Cartas and was a confiderable Man in the State, being not only Privy Counfellor to the King, but Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer, and Lord Treafurer of England: Take his Character from MatthewParis, who fays he was Vir prudens, liter atus, €F religiofus ; ;. €. aDifcreet Learned and good Man. And Matthew Weft. records him as of Pious Memory, and calls him, Vir prudens @9 competenter lite- vatus €F multis moribus Decoratus, i. e.a Wife and Learned Man, and em- blifh'd with excellent Qualifications. He much advantag'd this Church and encreasd the Revenue to the additional Income of 300 Marks, en- riching it with many Prefents, and procurd many Advantages to 5 a ength ~ ^ PE mW I cq c Le. m. i POR VR HUE WIEN ee dS Vol. II. The Lives of the Abbats of Weftminfter. xxi length having govern'd it the Space of 24 Years, he gave way to Fate on yw, the 234 Day of November 1246, in the 13th Year of the Reign of Hen- dis x 7y III. and was buried in the Virgin Mary’s Chappel, then newly erect- Paris p. ed, before the middle Altar, in a Tomb of Marble very neatly embelifh’d: Aw. Wa: upon the Foot of which I find were continually burning two Wax Tapers verly 24 of onc Pound and half each, for which he aflign’d 24 s. of Land call’d costs Eagrave. His Tomb, when Wiliam de Colchefter was Abbat, for what lib. Conf- Reafon I know not, was taken down, perhaps being in the way, and a flat oe vr Stone of Marble even with the Pavement laid in its Place, by Friar Comb a the Sacrift, which continuing till Henry VIL pulld down that Chappel, it was remov'd and placd in the Arca at the Foot of the Steps afcending to Henry 7th’s Chappel, where it ftill continues, being a large giey Stone, formerly plated with Brafs, having a Ledge of Brafs round it; the Tomb {till fhews the Form of a miterd Abbat, but the Brafs is ftol'n away, as alfo that round the Ledge, on which was this Infcription, Richardus Barking Prior eft, pof? inclytus: Abbas, Henrici Regis prudens. fut tlle Minifter. Hujus érat prima laus, infula rebus opima ; Altera laus aque Thorp cen{us, Ocham decimaque, Tertia Mortone caftrum fimili ratione ; Ex Regis quarta de multis commoda charta. Clementis fefto mundo migravit ab ifto. M. Domini, C. bis XL. Séxtoque fub. anno, Cui detur «venia, parte pia virgo eMaria. In his Time liv'd Roger Black, Monk of this Convent, and D. D. of Oxford ; he wrote feveral Sermons, and died Anno 1241. Cro cK ESLEY. Upon Berkynge’s Death, K. Henry III. having a great Refpect for Richard de Crockefley or Crofsley, Atch-Deacon of Weftminfter, recommended him yw; paris: to the Monks; who fearful to difoblige the King, as being his Favourite, p-719. i and left he fhould defift from building their Church, elected him on the a ju Day of St. Edmund the Archbifhop, to which the King affented the 25th 1246. of March following. And for that his Election was on this Day, he built in Honour of the faid St. Edmund a Chappel fo call’d, at the North Porch of the Church, which has been fince pull'd down. And the King, pleas’d at his Favourite’s Promotion, procurd for him the Li- berty, that when he celebrated Mafs in his Pontificals, he fhould at finging Agnus Dei, give folemn Benediction to the People. The Year after his Elec- tion the King fent him Embaffador with Jj. eMan(cl, who was then Prior of Beverley, to Almaine to the Duke ot Brabant, to treat of a Marriage yy, between Edivard the Prince and the Duke's Daughter ; but for fome fecret Reafons they return'd Back, having {pent their Money and Labour to no Pur- pofe. In 1235 he went to the Lateran Council with Wiliam Abbat of St. Alban’s. Anno 1247. the King again fent this Crofsley, together with eManfel, upon a fecond Embaffy to the Duke of Brabant, concerning the aforefaid Marriage, but to no Effect. G Anno M. Paris. xxii Weftin. M. Par. 767- Tb. p. 772: Ib. 783. M. Paris, 817. lbid. The Lives of the Abbats of W eftminfler. Anno 1249, was a great Difcord between this Abbat and his Convent, to the Scandal and Difgrace of all black Monks, which, fays Paris, infec. ted the whole Kingdom, and Religion in general; the Reafon of which was by him fet down among others in [ib. additament. but the Place be- ing now loft, we muft remain in the dark. However it was made up at the King’s interpofing the following Year at the Feaft of St. Edward. In the fame Year, upon a Difference between the Bifhop of Lincoln, and the Sheriff of Rutland, on account of a beneficd Clerk ex- communicated, the King procured papal Letters to reftrain the Power of the Clergy, which Letters were directed. to Crofsley, and dated the 7 Id. March. The fame Year he entertain’d the Friars Predicants, then late- ly arriv’d in England. And about this Time Crofsley had influenc'd the King to grant him and his Convent feveral Liberties, which .clafh’d with the Charters of London; at which the Mayor and Commonalty waited to intercede with the King, but were fternly repulfsd. After this they went to Earl Richard, and the Earl of Leiceffer, with their Complaint, who fharply rebuk'd the King, and curs’d and abusd the Abbat in fuch Manner, as was a Shame, fays Paris, to his Dignity, and a Scandal to repeat, and fo the Abbat’s Meafures were fruftrated ; what they were I know not. Another Inftance of this Abbat’s Influence over the King was, his procuring Charters for the Manor of Aldenham, which, fays ‘Parés, this Monaftery had wrongfully detain'd from the Church-of St. eAlban's. The latter End of the fame Year, viz. in Lent, Crofsley went privately over Seaat the King’s Commands ; the King intending fhortly to follow, to vifit St. Edmund's Shrine at Pontiniac ; and by that Means compenfate in fome Meafure for his leaning to the Legate Otho, and vexing that good Archbifhop out of his Kingdom and Life; but Earl Richard oppofing it, Cro[sley with a View of Pride, refolv'd not entirely to lofe his Labour, and therefore attempts to be the Pope’s Chaplain, of which the King hear- ing, he fell into great Wrath ; and from that Time Crofsleys Intereft with him declin'd daily. Crofsley, thus abroad, continued a confiderable Time at the Court of Rome, at great Expence, and by his Elocution and Addrefs gain'd a great Influence over the Pope, and was made one of his Chaplains; at which Time he endeavour'd to difanul the Grant of Berkynge, that the Abbat and Convent fhould have their Goods feparately : Which coming to the Ears of the Monks, they fent feveral of them to the King, who with many Tears laid their Ufage before him: To whom the King with an Oath anfwerd, By G— he [ball never have his Ends; and much enrag’d, paufing a little, he fpake with the utmoft Agony, in allufion to the Text of Scripture, Pamitet me feciffe bominem. Crofsley {oon ‘after comes over to England,being much involv'd with Debrs he had contracted in his Stay there, which had been fo long, and his Intereft fo great, that every one believ'd he would continue there alto- gether. However, he landed in England, and thence with a large Reti- nue of arm'd Men cameto his Convent; thinking by Force to bring them to a Compliance with his Meafures. Afterwards he went to Windfor, the Court being at that time there, where he fang Mafs in his Pontificals before the King: After Service he went to pay his Duty, and produced many Letters of great Men abroad, to defire him thar he might have the fole and abfolute Government of his. Monaftery, and reunite the E- ftates thereof into one Right and Interefts at which the King, who had drank I Vol. iT. The Lives of the Abbats of Weltminfter. xxii drank deep Averfion to him, turning a fide Look, full of Scorn and Paffion, beftow'd upon him a plentiful Crowd of Names and Reproaches ; adding, that he had promoted him without the leaft Merit, and unadvi- fedly had joyn'd him in his Council: And how, íays he, can I rely upon your Fidelity, who endeavour to oppre(s and trouble your Brothers and an- tient {ocial Commoners. Manfel Prior of Beverley,a Man of great Power, and Crofsley’s Friend, with many others, endeavour’d (but in vain) to mo- derate the King’s Anger, for he inftantly difcharg’d him the Council, and forbad him his Prefence, &9'v. The Abbat, fearing further Danger, agreed to leave the Affair to Arbitration of Earl Richard, and John Manfel ; but the Ib. 820: Affair ended not here. However, the King’s Difpleafure lafted not long at this height, but abated in fhort time; for I find the fame Year, that the King going his Nothern Expedition directs the Bifhop of Ely and Crdfsley to keep St. Edward's Feaft in a fumptuous Manner, both in the Church and Y^ 83% his Palace ; and the Year following I find him preaching a very moving and pathetick Sermon in this Church, before the King and Nobility, to incite them to a Crwifado; which Sermon was preach'd at the King’s ex- prefs Order. In which Year, the Difference between him and his Gonvent was adjufted, by means of Richard Earl, and john Manfel; and three Manors, which the Abbat had wrongfully kept in his Hands, were order'd to augment the Hofpitality and Alms of the Convent. But this Award, the Abbat complain'd of as unjuft, and threaten’d to appeal from it ; at which the King, even mad with Anger, pourd out Oaths and Execra- tions, calling him opprobrious Names, not fit to be mentioned, and a- busd him in a moft unfeemly manner, for that he had immeafurably wrong'd and aggriev'd that his favourite Convent ; and the King, to make fome amends for the Damages the Convent had fuftain’d, granted them his Charters for difpofing their Abbat's Goods on a Vacancy, which be- mat-wer fore time were taken into the King’s Hands. The King likewife fearing p 357. — the Abbat fhould get a Trick of appealing to Rome, now fo intimate there; in his Rage had it publickly proclaim’d by a Cryer through Lon- don, that no Perfon fhould lend the Abbat any Money, nor take his Note or Seal, which Proceedings made him look miferably defpicable; and oc- cafion’d every ones Wonder, who heard of them, to think that the Abbat, late the King's greateft Favourite, fhould fo fuddenly be {candaliz’d and c- ftrane'd. from him. Anno 1252. Henry 3d. granted his Charter of Returns of Writs and Fines, and Goods of Vagabonds and Criminals. Anno 12.56. 1 find the Abbat in fome Meafure reftor'd to favour; for Paris e this Year, in the Beginning of June, he went over Sea with Ruffano clect in of Salisbury, upon ‘private Negotiations of the King’s ; and the fame Year the continued Difference between this Convent and the Church of Ib. 926: St. Albans, concerning the Manor of Aldenham, was made up. The lat- ter End of the following Year Crofsley returns from his Embaffy, which was to Rome, having fuffered much by the Treachery of the French and Danger of the Way ; and now the Secret of that Journey was found to be the mighty Affair of the Kingdom of Apulia, with which Bait the Court of Rome caught this fhallow Prince, and his vain-glorious Son, im- poverifh'd England for an airy Title, and made the King the fame Time a Property and a laughing Stock to the whole World. The fame Year he was fent a fecond time to Rome with the Bithop of Worceffer, the Elect of Wine "xiv Y he Lives of the Abbats of Weftminfter. Vol. IT. Winchefter, the Earl of Leiceffer, €9'c. tamediate the Affairs between France and Eggland, at that Time ripe for a Wars but the King of France rcfer'd Paris. p. coming to Terms, till his Parliament was ended; the reft therefore returning m home, the Abbat went to France, to attend the King’s Motions. Soon at- ter his Return, the King calls a Parliament, to whom he repeated his ufual Requeft for Money, who unanimoufly refusd to raife him any Supplies ; whereupon he fends for Crofsley, and by fair and inveigling Arts, {0 infa- tuated the Man, that he fet his, and the Gonvents Seal, to a writing Obligato- ry for 2500 Marks; thereby giving a Precedent for other Monafteries, to be flece'd : For Paffeleve Arch-deacon of Lewis, a Creature of the King’s, and moft avaricious Extortioner, taking this fair handle, gocs to Waltham, (where I think he had a Seat, and lies buried) and fhewing the Abbat's and Convent of Weftminfter’s Letters, requir'd thatA bbats Compliance in the fame ' Manner; but was utterly refus'd the ; Abbat alledging, * That Weftminfter * had fuch peculiar Obligations to the King, as might perhaps carry them * to fo extravagant a Compliance with his Neceflities: But for his Part, nei- * ther he, nor his Convent would concern themfelves with it: Thence he went to the Abbat of St. Albans, who anfwer'd him in the fame manner; fo that this Example of Crofsley’s had not its expected Influence: This as it was one of the worft, fo was it of the laft Actions of his Life; for the fame Year, the King calling a Parliament at Oxford; Crofsfley attended ; and was, with others, nam’d by the King to mediate the Difterence between him and the Barons; whence attending the King to Winchefter, he died of Poifon, given to him and others of the King’s Friends; as William de Clare, who inftantly died, and Gilbert Earl of Clare, who with the lofs ee of his Hair and Nails fcarcely efcap'd Death. This happen’d on the 15th tas, Of the Kal. of Ayguft, 1258. Fleet lays the 271b of July, (but falfly, as Knighton. will appear) in the 47th Year of Henry lI; after he had govern’d this P *45 Convent 12 Years. Thus died this great Man, whofe Life was continual hurry, and whofe Station that of the higheft; and yet, what is ftrange, to think, fo confiderable an Actor as he was in that troublefome Time, fo little has he been remember’d, that I think, none of the Hiftorians, ci- ther of this Abbey, or his Order, feem to have known any Thing of him, mentioning barely the Time of his Election and Death; and onc or two inconfiderable Incidents, not knowing even the Place of his. Burial, and which, but for the e4fs. of fome of this Abbey not long after him, had till now remain'd a Secret. He was carry d from Winchefter, and very honourably (fays ‘Parz) buried in his Convential Church at Weftminfier. The place of his Interment, was, fays Fleet, in the Old Chappel of St. Eg. mund, near the North Door ; but that Chappel being decay’d, and pull’d down, his Body was remov'd to the Chappel of St. Nicholas, and laid under a little plain Stone before the middle Altar: But as if Fate had de- creed the Man to have no Reft, even in his Grave ; the Body fome Years after, viz. in Henry VPs Time, was taken up, upon what Occafion I know not, at which Time his Body was (cen in a Stone Coffin by the Convent, firm and frefh, drefs'd in his Veftment in which he faid Mafs. Wherehe was repofited afterwards, I am uncertain, tho’ I conjecture, that Flaccets Tomb being finifh’d and convenient for that Purpofe, and be- ing likewife one of his Succeflors, they placd it there, and that it is the Stone VollL The Lives of tbe Abbats of Weftminfter. — XXV Stone Coffin now vifible, in which was notlong fince, they tell us, à Bo- dy found , but upon Search I could find nothing, but the disjointed Boards of an inward Coffin. This Man was undoubtedly, admirably qualify'd for the high and eminent Stations, in which he appear’d, being, to ufe the Words of one near his Time: Vir quidem elegans facundus. juris utri[que M:Paii peritus, Canonici fcilicet. €9' Civilis, regi [pecialiffimus, in cujus etiam obfe- uio magnos €F multos, tam in tran[marimis, quam in cifmarimis partibus, labores libentur conjumpferat fumptuofas, to which I may add from the fame Author, in another Place; erat ulique tam voce quam corporali elegan- tia vir defideriorum. And Knighton calls him vir utique nobilis F dif- Lib. Coni cretus. d à His Anniverfary was obferv'd 16 Kal. Auguft, for which he affigned ipo cud Lands, as mentioned in the Chapter of Anniverfaries. I find after his goa ip, Death, a Demand made by the Abbat of Chertfey, upon Richard de Ware, Titus As. Abbat of this Church, for 10 Marks, on the Anniverfary of Richard de Croke fley late Abbat, which was moderated by a Writing from the Abbat of Waltham, dated at Waltham, in December 1267. The Epitaph on his Tomb was this. Verjus fam Wintonia polis de Crokefley Richardo ‘Mortee amar, dedite €F locus ifle capit. P. LEvEsHA™. Upon Crokefley s Death, the King four Daysafter, iz. 21/f July, 1258. Newcourt granted the Cuftody of the Barony of the Abbey of Weftminjfer, to Adam **” de Eafton, and two Days after, viz. 234 july, granted his Licence to chufe another ; upon which was chofen Philip de Levefham ox Lewfham, wa. Paris fo call'd from a Village near Greenwich in Kent, his Birth-place s who p. 972. at that time was Prior of this Convent ; but he being a very fat corpulent Man, defir'd to be excus'd, as chufing rather to continue in his former Sta- tion, than undertake a fatigueing and dangerous Journey to Rome for Ho- nour or Dignitys but being prevail'd upon to except it, the Convent fent to Rome to have his perfonal Appearance excus’ds which with much Ap- plication and more Money they effected: And returning Home found him dead; his Death happen’d the latter end of Odfober: Fleet fays, he went to Rome, and died in the Way ; where he was buried, I know not. R. Wan E. After Lew/ham’s Death, the Abbey (fays Fleet) continu'd vacant for two Years, from 17th uly, 1258. i. e. from Crokefly's Death; for the laft was but titular, in which he is right, for I find one Hubertus de Boreham, pre- fented by the King to the Church of Stevenage, belonging to We/tminffer, in eAuguft 1259. the Abbey being vacant; and likewife in February fol- lowing, the King prefented another to the Church of Morden for the (ame Reafon, But by this two Years vacancy, muft be underftood the time the fucceeding Abbat was at Rome for Confirmation, for the King, the 1ft of December following Levefham’s Death, granted his Licence to the Convent to chufe; who thereupon, made choife of one Richard de Ware or Warren, which the King confirm'd the 15¢h of the fame Month; where- upon going to Rome, he continu’d there two Years, and in his i H chas XXVi Rymer Fod. Fleet. The Lives of tbe Abbats of Weftminfter. Vol. II chas'd the fine Mofaick of St. Edward’s Chapple and the Altar. Being efta- blift'd, he fet about regulating this Monaftery, and in order thereto dire@ed Wiliam Haljeley, who was then Sub-prior of the Church, to draw up and collect the ancient Cuftoms and Ufages of this Convent, in four Volums, which were finifh'd e/47uo. 1266. the three firft I fear are loft, but the fourth Part, being a fair 7Mfs. on Velome in Folio, is in the Cotton Liberary; it treats of the Duty of the Abbats and other Officers, and was kept as the moft valuable, which appears by this Note prefix’d. viz. Pars quarta 69 tribus alijs partibus idcirco feperatur, €9 perfe Ieitur in conclavi ponitur, quia fecretiora noftri ordinis in ip[a continentur. At the End of it are thefe Verfes following, Hoc opus accepit in calis qui dominatur Et nomen praftat auctori quod mereatur Secum regnare poft finemortis amare : Vel fic, Inter Sanctorum turbas regnare fuorum Finito libro frt laus €9' Gloria deo. This Abbat was a confiderable Favourite with the King, and was ho- noured with the Dignity of Lord Treafurer of England, and was eAnno. 1271. fent by him Ambaffador to the King of France: He was a good Patron to his Convent, disburthening it of a Debt of 600 Marks, procurd to himfelf the full Jurifdiction of the Hofpital at St. James's, €9c. and dying the 2d of December, 128 3, was buried before the high Al- tar, near his Mofaick Pavement, and at the Foot of Ayner de Valence’s Tomb: For his Anniverfary was afign'd the Mannor of Keldon ; his Tomb- ftone bare this Infcription, in Hlee?’s Time, (but was remov'd, upon fet- ting up this new Altar-piece and the place pav'd with Marble.) Abbas Richardus de Ware, qui requiefcit Hic portat lapides, quos hic portavit: ab urbe. WaALTAR WENLOCK. After Warren's Death, the King by his Grant, dated December 8, 1283, regni 12° committed the Cuftody of the Barony of Weftminfter to Malcome de Harlow, and the 11b of the fame Month, granted Licence for the Con- vent to proceed toa new Election, who accordingly on the 7 igil of the Circumetfon,: elected Walter de Wenlock; this the King confirm'd the 224 of Fanuary, and rcftor’d the Temporalities the rozb of une following; in whofe Time, wiz, Anno. 1290. was a Difpute between this Abbat, and the Prior of Winchefter, with the See of Canterbury, concerning the Coro- nation; and the Abbey was upon that, put under Interdiction, in fomuch, that Ano. 1290. when Queen Aljanor was buried, the Archbifhop would not officiate for that Reafon: Upon the death of which Queen, Edward I. affign'd to this Wenlock for her Anniverfary 12 Mannors, as Stow fays, and from him Weaver ; but by miftake, there being but 6 Mannors and feveral Hamlets, viz, the Mannors of Briddbroke. in Effex, Wefterham, and Edulinebrugge in Kent, Turvefton in Bucungham[hire, Knolle and Grafton, with the Hamlets of Alfpathe, Buleys, Hulverlee, Witlakesfeld, I Kyne- VoL TL — The Lives of the Abbats of W eftminfler. xxvii Kynewalds bey, Notehur ft, Langedon and Didington in Warwick[hire : In which Year I find Abbat Wenlock deputed by the Abbat of Glowceffer, to prefide jointly with the Abbat of Chert{y at Abingdon, over a Con- vention of above 30 Abbats and Priors, mect on account of the Foun- dation of Gloucefter College in Oxford, by Gifford, of which fee far- ther in Reyer ; and about the fame time the Fryers Minor, who had now gain’d great Ground, miferably infefted the Monks of Weftminfter, and Worcefter, (as St. Hildegard had prophefied s fays Mat. Weftm.). the Pope who had been of the Order fupporting them, as did likewife the Arch- bifhop of Canterbury ; but dying foon after, their Malice was fruftrated. To this Abbat, and his Church, and Convent, Edward |. prefented a large Piece of the Crofs, adorn’d with Gold, Silver and Jewels, which was brought him by a Secretary of the Prince of VV ales, and cal'd. St. Neots Grots ; being brought from the holy Land into that Country, by a Prieft fo cal- led. In Anno. 1 304. happen'd a fad Affair, in Relation to the Monks ; for 4 Thief breaking into the King's Treafury, which was in the Cloyfters, ftole thence a great. Sum of Money, which being difcoverd, 12 Monks were caft into Prifon upon Sufpicion, where they continued fome time, but the Year following, viz. 1305. the King came on Lady-day to Weftminfter to return Thanks to God and St. Edward for his Triumph over the Scots, and being concern’d at his rafh confining them, gave Orders inftantly to dif- charge them ;_ but Walfingham obferves, the Perfons fo directed to dif- charge them, detain'd them eight Days longer out of pure Malice. The (ame Year Pope Clement V. granted to this Abbat, and the Abbat of Wal- tham, the Appropriation of the Churches of Sturre and Kenynton: About which time, viz. 1308. by Confent of the Abbat and Convent, the Bo- dy of King Sebert was tranflated into this Church, from the old one which himfelf had founded, (as Walfingham fays) and when they open'd the Tomb, they found his right Arm {ound in Flefh, Skin, and Bones to the middle of his Arm, after almoft 700 Years burial; for this fafhi- onable Miracle, we have only Walfingham’s Authority, who liv'd long af- ter : Some Authors fix this Removal in 1383. in Richard Il's Time ; but be it when it would, none of the Legenders of that Time mention it, nor was it preferv'd, as undoubtedly it would have been, with the fame reverence, as the Arms of his Contemporaries King Ofwald, @Fc. for then Sporley the Monk, would undoubtedly have exhibited it in his Inven- tory of Relicks here, which he has not; but Walfingham wrote late, and had Room for Invention. Not long after this Miracle, happen'd what the Monks call a Judg- ment in their Favour ; for one Sir obn Blackwell, who wasa great Ene- my to this Church, (I fuppofe for fome Law Differencies between him and the Convents) being prefent at the Coronation of King Edward II he was trampled or crowded to death in this Church, without the Hap- pines of the lait Viaticum. This Abbat was much favourd by King Edward J, to whom he was Treafurer, and Privy-councellor ; for I find him foon after Wallies Execution, conven'd in Council at the new Temple London, to confult the Affairs in Scotland, which Council lafted 20 Days, the refult of which, was a Peace wich that Kingdom. He govern'd this - Convent with great Prudence, and much enrich'd it in his Life, by dif- creet Management, and at his Death by Legacies of his Plate, €9'c. and having fat 24 Years and fix Days, he died at Midnight, in the middle of fecond Mafs on Chrifimas Eve, Anno. 1307. In his Mannor Houfe of Piry- xxviii The Lives of the Abbats of Weftminfter. Vol. Hf. Newcourt repert. Piryford in Gloucefter fhire ; he was buried on the South fide of the Mo. faick Pavement of the high Altar, near the Door going to St. Edward’s Chapple, and at the Foot of Seberts Tomb: His Tomb, Fleet defcribes not, but in Weavers time it was vifible plated with Brafs, and was late- ly remov'd at fixing this Altar-piece, the Epitaph was this. Abbas Walterus jacet hic fub marmore tet£us ; Non fuit aufterus fed nirtis famine rectus. To this Year 1307, I think 1 may juftly fix the Time of Mat. Weft. commonly call'd Florilegus, tho’ fome make him to live 1377, his Hi- {tory concluding there, but that was continued by other Hands. He was a Monk here, and collected his Flowers of Hiftory in three Books, of which thofe near his own Time are Copies of Pzrds (tho? fome think they were both oblig'd to Wendover ;) Weftm. fcems to have taken great Pains in this Work; but while he treadson Paris’s Heels, fhows neither the Learning, Language, nor plain open Integrity of him. He is faid likewife to have written a Hiftory of Weftminffer, and another of St. Edmonds-bury ; his Hiftory is continu'd down by Merimuth to 1380. Ricuarp Supnznr, or de KipinerTon. Richard de Kydington was upon the Death of Wenlock, chofen, to which the King affented 23 of February following, and wrote to the Pope to con- firm him. Thus elected, he went to Rome, during which Vacancy, viz. 6th of November, 1308. the King prefented fohn deWodeford to the Church of St. Bride; four Years after he return’d; whereupon the King, by his Letters Patents, dated 25¢h of April 1311, rcftor'd him his Temporalities. This Abbat is by Fleet call’d Sudbury, from his Birth; but I find him in the Deed, for his Suceffors Confirmation, call'd of Kidington. 'Thereis no- thing remarkable concerning him, the troublefome Times perhaps pre- venting it: He dy'd the 9th of April 1315. and. was buried before the high Altar under the Pavement, where the Pafchall Wax-candleftood; there was Over him a Stone of Gray Marble, formerly plated with his Effigies in Pontificals ; of which Mr. Weaver makes no mention ; 1 fu ppofe it was firft defac’d by Time or Injury ; and at paving the Choir, entirely taken away. ^ I find one Wiliam Sudbury, Monk of Weftminfter, who wrote of the Pro.. petties of the Saints. W. de Cun THINGTON. The King certify'd of Kidington’s Death, granted Leave fora new E. lection, by Letters dated April 21//, whereupon they chofe William de Curthington; call'd alfo, Carthington, and Curlington, and in an an- cient Writing Curtlington, to which the King affented, by Letters dated fume 11th 1313. and recommended him to the Pope for Confirmation ; where- upon taking with him Robert de Reby and fobn de Wanteing Monks, he went to Rome: but the Papacy being vacant he applied himfelf to Wil- lam Deacon, Cardinal of St. Nicholas in Tulliano, and lay'd his Vouchers of Election before him, and protefted to the Validity of it: This was done in the City of lentia, on the 12th of July 1315, but his ftay muft bea Year longer, for on May 16 1316, the King prefented to Lala an I Pecle- Vol. IL The Lives of the Abbats of Weftminfter. xxix Peclefham Vicatidge. What this Abbat was remarkable for, Iknow not ; for he is no where mention'd,. that I find but by Fleet, who tells us he rebuilt the Manor Houfe of Jfip, where St. Edward the Confeffor was born, and rebuilt the Church of Sutton near Gloucefter, and left Money for high Mafs in this Church; and laftly, that he died on the 1175 of September 1331. Anno. 7 Edward UW. and was buried in the great South Crofs, right front- ing the Altar of St. Benediéfe, near the Tomb of Sir John Shorditch, and un- der a Lamp that hung there as yougo to the Veftery. His Tomb-ftone had his Image in Pontificals, and is ftill to be difcover'd, being near Cambden’s Monument, inthe middle of the Weft Ifle of the Crofs, and has the Stone of Shorditch near it; which is a large broken one, with the Places of two Efcutcheons, In the 1/7 Vol. I thought it near Dryden's Monument ; but upon the niceft Examination, am affur'd this is his Tomb; and {quares with Fleet's Difcription, you may ftill fee the Shape of a miter'd Abbat where the Brafs-plate was: His Epitaph was this ; Free eft Abbati Willielmi, tumba [ciatis Quem mors amovit &F Curthingtonia fovit, In Mortis portu. (e Chrifti corpore pavit, Hic expiravit Wilhelmus Confeffue ab ortu: , In his Timeliv'd Robert de Reading a Monk of this Convent, who wrote Annals, from the 28th Year of Edward I. 4. e. ab Anno. 1299. to the Year 1325 ; afterwards continu’d by others to 1369. There are two fair Copies of this, one in the Cotton Library ; another in that excellent one of the Rt. Honourable the Lord Harley. And Richard Cirencefler Monk of Weftmin- ff: 1348. travell'd to moft of our Libraries, and colleéted a notable Hiftory, from the coming of the Saxons to his Time, which was 1348 ; it is divided into two Parts ; the firft call’d The e9Mirrour of Hiftory, the o- ther 4 fecond Part of the Chronicle of the Englifh Saxons ; to which fome add an Epitome of Chronicles. Tuomas HEXLETr. Two Days after Curthington’s Death, viz, the 13th of September, 1333. the King had Notice, and granted Licence to re-elect. The Convent there- 1333 fore chofe Thomas Henley, to- Which the King affented the 30rh of the fame Month; and reftored his Temporalities the 29th of pune, 1334. The Year following, viz. the 7th of Fune, 1335. he obtain’d Leave of the King to abfent himfelf for feven Years, to ply his Studies in the Uni: verfity. I find nothing of him remarkable, but that he gave a fine Paf- toral Staff to the Convent. This Henley, I find prefiding over a provincal Chapter of the Benedic- Reyer — tines, held at Northampton on Lady-day, 1340; together with the Abbat SP ss: of St. Maries at York, at which time he according to Ufage declares the Abbats and Priors, who were abfent Contumacious, and enjon’d them Pe- nance, and in 1343. at the fame Place, he fent his Prior as Proctor; at which Chapter Henley was again nam'd as Prefident and Deputy: He died at Ox- ford in Gloucefter College, on the 29th of October. eAnno. 1344: and was 1^ 5* brought hither and buried in the lower Pavement, before the high Altar, with this moft ftupid Infcription on his Tomb : Hic XXX: 1344- 1549. "Thorn ad. n. 1366. The: Lives of the Abbats of Weftminfter. Vol. TI, Hic Abbas Thomas jacet afpicito Petre pater Roma memor efto fui rogo Thome, Fratres. Fure regens (acramvitam {cio degens Ayxilians vere genti quam «vidit egere ; Q uos fanctos fervit monachos boc femper adivit, Aique fibi tales monachos fecit (peciales, Rex €F magnates laudant ejus. bonitates. Nunc jacet orbatus Thomas fub marmore tectus; Sit precor. electus €9' Janctis Sociatus Octobris fato deceffit menfe gr abato: Anno milleno ter centeno {cto pleno Corde, quadrageffimo quarto {epelfet in ymo. Simon de BucHESTON. Upon Notice of Henleys Death, the King, on the 4th of November; 1344. granted Licence for a new choice, which fell upon Simon de Bu- cheffon ; this the King affented to, November 15th, 1344. and reftor’d his Temporalities on the 234 of March following ; fome time after which he made Application to the King, for Leave to abfent himfelf from his Convent, and to ftudy in the Univerfity for three Years, which the King granted him the 6th of Augu/t, 1345. I find nothing more of him, but that he was buried in the Eaft Ambulatory of the Cloyfter, before the Inter- locutory of the Chapter-houfe, under a little Stone of black Marble, the Stone is ftill vifible, lefs at Feet then Head, and the Feet reaching crofs the Cloyfter, towards the Door going to the Library: The Epitaph when vifible, was thus : De Bucheftona Symon verus Abbas Preminet ex merito noftre perpetuo, fam precibus, fratrum jubens carm. patribus almts Felix iffe pater floreat ante deum. Simon LANGHAM. To Buchefton fucceded §. Langham, or Lanham (according to Thorn) to whom the King reftor’d his Temporalities on the 16th of Sep. 1349. of whom, although mention,has been already made we fhall repeat what is con- cerning him, except his Epitaph, that thefe may be intire and of a-piece. He was firft Monk here, and afterwards Prior, and laftly Abbat, and after continuing fo about 11 Years, was promoted to the See of London, but (as fome fay, out of Covetoufenefs) preferr'd to it the lefs honourable See of Ely, to which he was cle&ted before he receiv'd Confecration for that of London ; foon after which he was made Lord-Treafurer, afterwards Lord- Chancellor of England, by means of which Advantages he grew wealthy ; tho’ others fay, that he opprefs'd his Diocefs, and extorted it from them. He was from this See promoted to the Archbifhoprick of Canterbury 1366. upon the Death of Simon Y/clep, to which he was elected on the Vigils of St. Nicholas, and receiv’d his Pall in St. Nicholas Chappel by the Hands of the Bifhop of Bath, November the 4th 1366. and was enthroniz’d 3 2 the Vol IL The Lives of the Abbats of Weftminfter. Xxxi che Feaft of our Lady following; he compos a Difference in his time be- tween the Londoners and their Clergy about their Tithes, allotting out ofevery Neweourt! Pound yearly Rent one half Penny, or out of every Houfe of 10s. a Year a Farthing, befides Oblations and Tithes : Stow fays he allow'd every Prieft but 31.65. 8d. whichmade many of them to fteal. He fat Archbifhop not much above two Years, being made Prieft-cardinal of St. Sextus, by Pope Ur- ban, VI, which done without the King’s Knowledge, he feiz’d his Tempo- ralis. The Arch-bifhop refign’d his See, livd privately at Oxford, till he had leave to go over Sca; to poflefs which Title he left his Sec and went to Avignion, where he was (oon after made Bifhop-cardinal of Praneffe by Pope Gregory XI. who likewife impower'd him to receive the Profits of o- ther vacant Promotions as Adminiftrator, for fo they intituled him; by which Power he was Arch-deacon of Taunton, and Treafurer of Wells: He died at Avignion, Fuly 224 1376. of a Palfie, wherewith he was taken fuddenly as he fat at Dinner ; and was buried in the Church of the Houfe of the Carthufians, whofe Houfe he had founded ; and was (as he in his Will or- derd) three Years after remov'd to this Church, and. buried near the Al- tar of Benedi, under a Tomb of Alablafter with an Epitaph old e- nough to be written for him, but Lam fure it could never be on his Tomb, no Signs of Injury being round it, faving this, the ancient wooden Cano- py was beat down lately: See it Vol. I. and his Tomb ; and likewife his Bounty to this Church. He is faid by foceline to be a Man of great Knowledge, of a generous Spirit, and manag'd all his Stations with Judg- ment and Honour; he wrote a Book of Cuftoms, and fome Sermons, moe tion’d by Pits, of which no Judgment can be form'd: In his Time liv’d fobz Wilton Monk of this Houfe, a Man faid to be of great Learning and Piety ; his Works are contemplative, as appears by their Side in Verfe and Profe, viz. The Clock of Wifdom : Of Gods Benefits : The Sting of Compaffion , and fome Homilies. He liv'd about 1360. Cotton And laitly, an continuer of Readings Annals after eMeriomuth, to the Lhe Year 1367. He is written, Johannes R. Mon. Westm. Ass Nicuonas LirrTLiNGTON: To Langham fucceeded Nicholas Littlington, at the fame time the for- mer was nam’d to the See of Bly, he was (I'm inclin'd to think) Executor or Truftec of his Predeceffor's Will, and by that Means deliver’d to this Con- vent that vaft Quantity of Plate mention'd Vol. I. He built the Hall in the Abbey-houfe, the “Ferufalem-chamber, the South and Weft Cloyfters; the Kitchen-Buttery , Sacriftan’s-Houfe, and Celerers-Office, with the Tower and. Water-mill, and a Granery, now the College Dormitory, and new pav’d the Cloyfters; his other Gifts are beforemention’d, except the two Books of the Coronations, mark'd AN. and L. the Letters of his Name not unlikely prepard for that moft fplendid Coronation of Richard II. at which he affifteds in his Time happen'd that Violence upon Schakell and Haule, who had fled to Sanctuary : I find nothing remarkable of him farther, he died the Day of November 1386. and was buried in the ‘Chappel. of St. Blaze in the South Crofs of this Abbey, and infculp’d in Brafs on his Tomb, was this Infcription, j Haccé XXXil The Lives of the Abbats of Weltminfter. Vol. IL Hacce domo Ductor INicholaus erat quoque structor, Et fibi tunc cello fedem construxit €F edem. M. femet, C. ter erat annus, (ex octuagenus Cum perit isfe Abbas divino flamine plenus. Quinta dies, fit ei requies in fene Novembris, Detur ei, pietate Det, merces requie. — emen. WirLniAM of CoLEecHESTER Newcourt. William of Colchefler was cle&ted Abbat, after the 1245. of December, 1386. to which the King affented the 21/2 of Jam) following: The time he died is uncertain, but his Tomb is vifible in St. John Baptists Chap- pel of white Marble, as fee Vol. I. This has been only conjectur'd to be his, but I think it plain beyond all Conjecture ; for tho’ there be no Infcription, yet the Pillow he reft’s on and his Miter are thus powderd Qt, de €, fig- nifying William de Golechester ; other Infcription there is none. Ricaunp HarounpDeNn. Walfingh, Richard Harounden is next nam'd, of whom we know nothing cer- tain; but during this interval of Darknefs ; I find the Year before the De- pofition of Richard II. the Abbat of Westminster attending Richard II. into Ireland, and after his Return, appointed with others to go to him in the Tower, concerning his Refignatión; and foon after concern'd at his Ufage, join'd with the Dukes of Exeter, Surrey, and -Anmarle, €9c. the Bifhop of Carlifle, and principally the Abbat of Weftmingter, had an uncommon Averfion to Henry IV. for that when the Earl of Darby, he had declared the Clergy had too much, and the King too little; but I rather think, out of a true Loyalty to releafe their captiv'd Sovereign; but this being difcover’d, and feveral executed ; the Abbat fled from his Mo- naftery, and dying of an Apoplex, efcap'd publick Execution: This Hz- rounden, Y take to be the Man whom the Monks privately buried with- out Tomb or Infcription ; nor do we know in what Part of the Church they laid him probably, for Fear; but as I am not certain, I leave it doubtful, Georce Fracczr. George Flaccet, who muft neceflarily fucceed upon the Death of thé former, viz. 1402. but this is doubtful, and yet very probable, for ’tis certain an Abbat died at this Time, fo that I take Flaccet to come in up- on the fame: I know nothing material of him, or any Tranfactions in his Time, fave that there was a Difpute Ayno. 1410, between the Abbat and the Rector of Sheperton, which was adjufted by the Bithop of Loidon. Hen. IV. taken with an Apoplex in the Church, was brought to his Houfe, and dyd in the Ferufalem Chamber: This Man liv'd I think, till 1414. and dying, was buried in a plain Tomb, but curióufly arch'd over it with Freeftone ; having the Letters C. E. in a Cypher upon it, in St. John Baptift’s Chapple, which fee in the Survey : The Writters fay the Infcrip- tion is torn off for lucre of Brafss but if they had look’d again, they would find on the , outer Ledge next.the Area, in black Letters this Infcription: Georgus Flaccet quondam Abbas WestmonaSterienfis objit Anno. WILLiam Vol IL The Lives of the Abbats of Wettminfter: xxXiit WIPbELBIAM l1; After the Death of Flaccet, which thofe who have toucd lately on this Subject, fix not the time of, they have been fo much in the Dark asto place Richard Sudbury for his Succeffor, who is no more than that Keddynton beforemention’d ; and at the fame time omit one WirLraM, Abbat at this Time, whofe Sirname I find not, unlefs they have mifplacd Colche- fers and then Newcourt grofsly miftook the King’s Patent of Affent to his Election: But certain it is, that füch an one there was, who fucceeded Flaccet, for Anno. 1414. William Abbat. of Weftminfter, was by Henry Waiting, Vl. in the fecond Year of his Reign, appointed to go with the Bifhops Hift. p. of Bath, Sarum, and Salisbury to the known Council of Conftance, from Reger which Time I find no further Account of hirn, till his Death, which was Fed®, 12 Years after; for Azno. 1426. being appointed to prefide over a gene- Tae a ral Chapter of Benedictines at Northampton, where it feems he and the 16». Abbat of Reading always prefided, or their Priors: He being fick could Pe not appear, and died while that Chapter was held. At which time he was chargd for that: Per unius Anni [patium unumdefuis Scholaribus non licentiavit Stadium exercere, unde tanto fuftius meruit {pectaliter annota- ri quanto in ecclefra exempta €9. regalium infignium repofitorio Paftor eft effectus, cujus dignitates ea ratione qua ad profectum €9: honorem. Religions, tendere digno[cuntur ferventiort debuiffe €F zelo ad implere. crip. 72i Joun EasTNEY. Upon the Death of this William, john Eaftney, Ubelieve fucceeded him, tho’ by Newcourt and others from him, placd lower ; of whofe Character or Abilities nothing remains, except what appears by his publick Acts of Munificence to his Church, in which he causd to be made a Skreen to the Chappel. of St. John Evangelist, and likewife built the great Weft Win- dow, or (which I rather believe ) prefented to adorn it, a large Quantity of curioufly painted Glafs, whereof little remains. He likewite built one of the lower Windows, and prefented two Images gilt for the Altar of St. Peter and Paul, which I take to haye been near the Veftry Door ; and prefented an Image for the Chapter-houfe, on the Vigils of thofe io Saints. He paid the King 1000/. upon account of the Merchants of the Staple ; and as fome fay, but I believe upon miftake, paid the Court of Rome 30701. due to it for Confirmation of Abbats: He dy'd the Month before Edward IV. viz. the 4th of May, 1438. having govern’d nine Years, and was butied in the Sacraea, on the North fide, near Valences's Tomb; and has a Monument adjoyning to the Skreen of St. fohn Evangelis?s Chapple, with his Effigies in Brafs, in a Mafs Habit on, a Label from his Mouth, In dno confido Fehu meo. And round the Verge, this piece of a bro- ken Infcription, menfis May. His Body was not long fince, upon breaking up a Grave difcover'd, lying in a Cheft quilted with yellow Satten, he had on a Gown of Crimfon Silk girded to him with a black Girdle; on his Legs were white Silk Stockings, and over his Face, which was black, a clean Napkin doubled up and laid Corner-wife ; the Legs and other Parts of the Body firmand plump: This I think is the exact Account I had from that good-natur'd communicative Gentleman, Mr. Battle) late Re- gifter of this Church. K EDMOND XXXV The Lives of the Abbats of W eftminfter. Vol. If. Mé&. Ant. Wood. Reyner. Ib. EpmMonp Kinrow. Edmond Kirton, D. D. defcended from an ancient and illuftrious Fami- ly of the Name of Codilbic; was educated probably at Glouce/fer-Hall in Oxford, then a College fer a-part for the Benedictine Monafterics ; to the Library of which he after gave Books, of which fome are now in the U- niverfity, with his Name prefix’d: In this College he was B. D. in the Year 1426. at which Time I find him preaching before a general Chap- ter of Benedictines at Northampton ; for his Oratory was remarkable, in {o- much, that his Epitaph informs us he preach'd before Pope Martin: At the beforemention’d Chapter, he is call'd Prior, Student at Oxford, and was appointed a Vifitor of the Benedictine Monaftery's; here he likewife ex. hibited Letters from the Chancellor and Regent of Oxford, for a Subfidy, for building new Divinity Schools; and inform’d them, that the Abbat of of St. Albans, had almoft rebuilt the Monks Veftry, near the Chappel at Oxford, upon they rofe and thank’d him; and then fecondly, he mov'd them, that they would rebuild the Chappel there, Ja/fly, complain'd of Abbats not fending Students there. I find this Chapter in return, Defire of the Chancellor and Regent to create him Doctor in thefe Words: Us Edmundus Kirton, Monachus Weftmon. Studens €9 Prior, qui nedum, Le- gitimo curfu. fecundi ftudiy, verum etiam [amo aique prolitico regimine fui gregis utrobique virtuale ve|plendet, ad apicem faftigiy Doctoralis ; ut bra- «ium vecipiat digniffime poft Labores Veftra | dignetur. difcretio paternalis. He died the 3d of Odfober, 1466. and was buried under a ‘Free-ftone in St. Andrews Chappel; which fee Plate 69. with this Epitaph: Paftor pacificus, fubjettis Vir moderatus, Hac ub Marmorea Petra veque[cit bumatus Edmundus Kirton, bic quondam qui fuit Abbas Bis denis Annis cum binis connumerandus ; Sacra Scriptura Doctor probus, immo probatus 5 Illuftri ftripe de Cobildic generatus. Coram Martino Papa propofme ifle; Ob quod multiplices Laudes Habuit. €9 Honores. Qui obiit tertio. Menfis, Octob. An. Dom. 1466. Tuomas MILLING. Thomas Malling facceeded, who from his Youth was of this Monaftery ; from whence he went to Gloucefter College, or Hall in Oxford, where he erew familiar with the Greek Tongue, (fuch as that Novelty then was) and expert in all Learning, for which he is mention’d in fome Notes of a learned Student here, as an Ornament of, @7c. Leland likewife commends him for his Literatures and fays, that he wrote many Things, of which I believe there are none extant at this Time. Returning to his Monaftery, he became Abbat, and a Favourite at Court, by Reafon, that when the Scales turn'd upon Edward IV. after his Coronation, the Queen took Sanc- tuary here, and by him handfomely receiv'd, and was lodg'd in his Hout? ; where being deliver’d of her firft Son, Edward VY. the Abbat, tho’ at fo dangerous a Juncture, ftood Godfather, which fome have taken for an Honour done him; whereas, it was rather cafe of Exigence: However, this recommended him to the King’s Favour, who honourd him with a privy VokIL The Lives of the Abbats of Weftminfter. xxxiv privy Counfellour s and after being Abbat there eight Years he made him Bithop of Hereford, of which Temporalities he had Reftitution the 15th of Auguft, 1475, in which See having continued 17 Years, he dyd e4nno 1492, and was buried in the midft of the Chappel of St. John Baptif?, in this Church, where in Cambden’s Time, he lay, and a flight Monument for him againft the Wall, where *Popham's ftands ; but I find no Infcription which had there been, Mr. Cambden would have given it, tho” it was not his Bufinefs to remark Stone Coffins, as Mr. Keep fuppofes he would had that upon Flaccet, by him, faid to be this Abbats, been vifible there in his Time. f Joun Isurp. Was next Abbat, who began his Government at a troublefome Juncture: For at the firft he had the fame dangerous Gueft with his Predecetfor, viz. Queen Eliz,abeth, who with her younger Son and Daughters, fled to his Houfe for a Sanctuary againft the Protector’s Malice; which Flight, gave him great uneafinefs, yet fo cautious was he, that I dont find he ftir'd-ig De- fence ofthe Holy Church, when threatned fo feverely at that Time ; howc- ver, this recommended him to the Favour of the Queen and Princes, and confequently to that of Henry fcventh, for whofe Caufe 'tis not unlikely he affifted the Defign of his Marriage with the Princefs Elizabeth, being concerted in his Houfe, tho’ the weak minded Queen was afterwards di- verted from it. During the Queen’s Stay here, this Church and Mona- ftery was inclosd like a Camp, and ftriétly guarded by Soldiers, under oné ‘Neffield ; and none were fuffer'd to go in or out without fpecial Permiffion for fear the Princeffes fhould convey themfelves over Sea, and baulk Richard the Uld’s Defigns. After Henry the feventh came to the Crown, he grew a Favourite and Councellor, and when the King founded his mag- Cont nificent Chappel, he laid the firft Stone of it, and by his Example repair d xi M and beautified the Church, and added in Niches along the Buttrefles, the 4 1485 Statutes of Kings that had been Benefactors ; he likewife defign'd a lofty Tower and Lanthorn, with a Chime of Bells, to be placd over the midit of the Crofs, but che Pillars were too weak to fupport it, wherefore the Bells were hung in the weftern Tower, where they remain. He founded the Chappel call'd by his Name, (and dedicated to St. Era[mus,) as appears by the Rebuss mention'd in Voll He likewife built the Dean’s Houfe and Offices to the Monaftery, and dying the fecond of January, 1510. 2. Henry the VILL was buried in his Chappel, whofe Tomb fee Voll. P: WirLLiAM BENSON 0f Bosrowxw Of whom we know little ; but that he with 17 Monks of chis Convent; furrender’d his Abbey to Henry the VIII who converting it into a Dean- ary, made him Dean thereof: He died 1549, and was buried in the South- Crofs, as you go to the Reveftry ; his Tomb is remaining; but the Brafs- Plates, the Figure Canopy and Infcription torn away. In his Time flourith’d Thomas Gardener, Monk here, who wrote a brief Abftract of Englifh Hiftory, from Brutus to his Time, which is now in the Cotton-Library. Tuomas TuounLhsY Bisnop. During Boffon’s Deanery, viz. 1540, King Henry made Wefminfter a Otho.C Bifhop’s See, and made Thomas T. hirlby Bifhop thereof ; this T birlby VE whom. XXXVI AthenOx. Vol. I. p. 217. Ib. p. 161. Godwin de proeful, AthenOx, Vol. I. p. 590. The Lives of the Abbats of W eftmidfter. Vol. ff. whom Mr. Wood by mittake, call’s John, was Dr. of Civil and Canon: laws ; or as others fay, Divinity, ana fometime Fellow of Trinity College in Cambridge, and afterwards Arch-deacon of Ely, He was fo extravaeant a Dilapidator, that the Bifhoprick was ten Years after difolved by Edward VI. and Thirlby remov'd to Norwick ; and four Years after to Ely by Queen Mary, who made him a Privy-councellor: But being after her Death a Recufant, he was fent to the Tower, and difplacd by Act of Parliament : Soon after which the Queen remov'd him to Lambetb-Houfe, where he, and Bifhop Tonftall, were kindly and re{pectfully treated by the Arch-bifhop, and there he {pent his Life in Eafe and Happinefs, for ten Years, and dying 1570. was buried in ‘the Chancel of Lambeth Church, under a Stone of Marble, at the Head of Bifhop Tozffall, with this Inícription : Hic jacet. Thomas Thirlby, olim Epifcopus Elienfes. qui obijt 26 die Au- gufli, eAnno. Dom. 15770. Ricuarp Cox. Richard Cox (the Deanery being refettl'd, became Dean after Tonftall’s remove) was born in Buckingham/bire, at a place call'd Whaddon; edu« cated at Exton, thence elected to Cambridge 1519, and was Scholar of King’s College there, and commenc'd Matter of e4rts; thence he re- movd to Oxford, and was made Junior Canon of the Cardinal College in December 1525. Hence, upon Sufpicion of Lutheranifim, he remov d, and became one of the Matters of Ezton School, here he continu’d fome Years : And in 1537. commencd D. D. and became Arch-deacon of E- | ly. In 1543. he was made Dean of Ofzey, then newly ereéted a Cathe- dral, and upon removing that See to the Cathedral Church, became Dean there. In 1547. he was chofen Chancellor of Oxford, where his Wife refided with him, the firft Inftance of that kind, which gave great Offence; of which Mr. Wood makes a fad detail; before which, vz, 1544. he was Preceptor to King Edward VI. for Philofophy, Morality, and Divinity, at fix Years of Age, who afterwards gave him a Canonary at Windfor, and made him one of his Privy-councel; and upon Thrilby’s remove, Dean of this Church, and Almoner: But upon Queen Mary's coming to the Crown, he fled to Frankfort^in Germany, where he vindicated the En lifh Liturgy ; in compiling which, he had a Part againft Job. Knox and others. Upon Queen Elizabeth's Acceflion he came over, and was nominated for the Weftminfter Conference, and fhortly after elected to the See of Nor- wich, the 22d of. Tune 1553 ; but the Queen's Mind changing, made Bi- fhop of Ely, and'confécrated the 2157 of December, 1 559. Mr. Wood (unhappy enough in that Refpect) gives him a mean Charecter, founded up- on Trifles, as fcafting his Family with potted Venifon, and I know not what; but it appears, he was a good Scholar, had a Hand in colleét. ing the Grammer after Lilly Robinfon, 9 c. and publith’d two Orations, print- ed in Peter Martyrs Works, He is faid to have been a good Poet; but unlefs he had left us better and larger Proofs of it, than the Lord's Prayer in Meter, at the end of the finging Palms, we can form no very great Opinion of him as fuch. Leland praifes his Faith and Integrity, in a Co- py of Verles to Thomas Legh of Abbingdon, publifh'd in Encomiys tro- phos. He fat Bifhop 22 Years, in which Time it is ftrange he had no better Remove, and dying the 22d of Fuly, 1581. was buried in the Cathedral Church of Ely, near Bifhop Goodrick's Monument, Hucs Voll. — The Lives of the Abbats of W eftminfler. XXXvul Hucu WEsTown. Hugh Weston upon Dr. Cox s Flight was made Dean Anno. 1° Mary. He was born at Borton Novery in Liecefterfhire, was Student at Baliol Col- lege in‘Oxford, and afterwards Fellow ot Lincoln College; where he ftudi- ed Phyfick, he wasafter Proctor of the Univerfity, and Rector of Lincoln College, and in 1540. D. D. Margaret Profeflor, Rector of St. Butolph Bifhop's-gate, London, Axch-deacon of Colchefter, and Rector of Cliff in Kent: Atterwards Dean here, and Prolocutor of the Convocation; being re- mov'd from Weftmin/fer he was made Dean of Windfor, 1556; but the Year following being taken (as it is faid) in Adultery, he was depriv'd by Car- dinal Pole Arch-bifhop of Canterbury, whereupon endeavouring to go to Rome to clear himfelf, he was feiz'd and imprifon’d in the Tower of Lon- don, where he died. He is much commended by Leland, and as {currilouf- ly and rediculoufly treated by Bale. He publifh'd an Oratio ad clerum, 1553. and his Difputations with Cranmer, Ridley, and Latimer, in the Divinity School at Oxford. He died in the Tower in December 1568. and was buried before the Image of the Crucifix, in the Church of the Savoy Hofpital in the Strand: By his Will he made in the Tower, the 2675. of November 1558. he beftow'd his Effects on Pious Ufes, was very exact a- bout his Funeral, and left Money’s for Dirige and Mafs, by the Mafter and Fellows of Baliol College, by the Rector and Fellows of Lincoln College, by the Chaplain of the Univerfity of Oxford, by the Pricft at Z/lip, near Ox- ford, and by the Prieft of Borton-novery, in Liecester (hire. Joun FecxENHA™. John. Feckenham, fo call’d from his Birth-place Feckenbam-fotteft in Wor- tein: cefter(hire, where his Parents, who were poor Cottagers, refided ; his right Reynerus. Name being Howman.. When a Boy, the Parifh Prieftthere, difcovering in ee him an aptitude to Learning, inftruéted him much, and with the Perfua- Angl fions of fome others, got him admitted into Feckenham Monattery at E- ae vefham, a Houle of Benedictines ; where having been fome time, he was ‘AthenOx. at the Age of 18 Years fent. to ftudy at Oxford, at Gloucester-hall a Col- lege for that Order, where was an Appartment for this Abbey. Not long after, Evefham Abbey being among the fmall ones diffolv'd, the 17th of November, 1536. He fubfcrib'd among his Brethren to the Re- fignation, and had allow'd him 107. per An. Penfion; or as others fay 100 Florins: After this Diffolution, he return'd to his Studies at Oxford, where he was in 1537. and was then Senior Fellow there; and not long after, was entertain d as Domeftick Chaplain to the then Bifhop of Wor- cefter, Dr. Bell, who dying three Years after, Dr. Bonner, Bifhop of Lon- don took him, with whom he continu'd ten Years, viz. to the Year 1549. who being then depriv'd, | Feckenham was confin’d in the Tower of rc London ; as ome fay, by Mr. Homes's means, whom Reyner calls Pfeudo- y. 233. epifcopus Wintonienfis the Reafon whereof was his refufing to adminifter the Sacraments, according to the then Liturgy, tho’ Stapleton, who is not much to be depended on fays, * Cranmer occafion'd it, upon Account. of ‘ Feckenbam's defending the Obfervation of Lent, and his denying * Juftification by Faith only , and that Cranmer cited him to Lambeth on * that Account, and appeals to the Regifter there’. The fame Stapleton L men- xxxviii The Lives of the Abbats of Weftmintter. Vol. il. Wood faft. Oxon. Vol I. p. 714. Anno. 1556. Dews Journal. Cotto lib. Reyner p. 23 Se mentions his folemn Difputation with Mr. Hooper, Bilhop of Worcefter, who fays, he was thoroughly fatisfy'd with his Reafoning, as himfelf own'd; but by this we may juftly doubt this Writer, for Hooper was a Man not eafily íatisfy'd in any Refpect, much lefs with fo dire& an Opponent to that Opinion, for which he afterwards fufferd, and carries with it an Air of high Improbability. But notwithítanding, Reyner takes it from him, Wood in his Athena trom Reyner, and a late Plagiary from them both, without bogling at the Abfurdity. However, Feckenham was rc- manded to the Tower, and continued there till Queen Mary came to the Crown, who not only difcharg'd him, but made him her Chaplain, ‘after- wards Dean of St. Paul's, in which he was fucceeded by Dr. Cole, And laftly, Abbat of this Church: He was Difputant 1559. againft Cran- mer, Ridley, aad Latimer, at Oxford , and in 1556. had Drs Degrees at Oxford, without Exercife, and being abfent, the Enfigns of his Degrees were fent him. During which Time he was reckon’d a Man of great Mo- deration, and no {mall Friend to the Princefs Elizabeth, who did not forget it after fhe came to the Crown, by offering him any Church Pre- ferment, but he rcfusd ic: His Difputation with Lady jane Gray, you may fee, but not depend on the Manner, in Mr. Fox,” who is wonderfully civil, in pafling him by, without blackening , on the other Hand, Pitts is incredibly fond of, and lavifh in his Character, and does not forget to give a plentiful Share of ill Language to Queen Elizabeth and her Mi- nifters, With as much Reafon, perhaps, as he commends Dr. Storey, whom he fays, Feckenham prepar'd to die for the Faith, but, as appears by his Execution, very lamely. But to return, upon the Death of Queen Mary, Queen Elizabeth fent for Feckenham, with Intent to confult and rc- ward him; he was then planting thofe Elms which are now in the Prebends Garden, and (which they of his Church feem to commend him for) would not go till he had done what he was about : Saunders fays, but I believe without Authority, that he was on that Interview, offer’d the A. Bifhoprick of Canterbury, but refus'd it. Stapleton is infufferably hot upon the Queen's ingratitude, but has forgot to mention the Abbat’s Heat in oppofing her; for in the Parliament call’d in the firft Year of her Reign, he was the only Abbat prefent, and protefted, and {poke exprefsly againft every thing tending to that Reformation. On Thur{day, the 9th of March, 15 59. eAnno. Y. Eliz,abeth, he was diffenting to a Bill for vefting the Lands in the Lord Rich. OnWednefday the 15th, to the Provifoes concerning firft Fruits and Tenths. On Saturday the 18th, to the Bill for reftoring the the Supremacy. On Wednefday the 22d to the Bill for affüring Lands of the Bifhoprick of Winchefter to Patentees of Edward VI. and on Wedne[day the 5th of April, he was nam'd with the Duke of Norfolk, Earl of Rut- land, Lord Rich, Lord North, and Lord Haflings of Loughborow, | con- cerning a Bill for Leafes, to be made by fpiritual Perfons : Two Days af. ter he diffented to the Bill, for the Queen's taking temporal Poffeffions upon voidance of Arch-bifhopricks, or Bifhopricks. On eAonday the 17th ot April, to the Bill of Supremacy, a fecond Time ; and likewife when it paf$d, at which Time he made an elaborate Speech againft the Bill: He diffented likewife to the Bill for annexing religious Houfes to the Crown, during all which, he was the only Abbat that far in Parliament, and took the loweft Place on the Bifhop's Form. For this ftrong Oppofition, in the 2d Year of the Queen's Reign, he was confin'd Prifoner in the Tower, where he wrote againft the Oath of Supremacy; which Dr. Hora, Bifhop of Win- VolIL = The Lzves of the Abbats of Weftminfter. XXXIX Winchefler anfwerd; whofe Book Reyner calls, librum impium plenum- que mendaciyss this Piece of Feckenham, is printed in Reyner : From the Tower, he was removed to the Cuftody of Dr. Horn, where he was generoufly and handfomely treated, but if we believe Stapleton, Reyner, €9'c. they tell us the contrary, quo inciviliter €5 perfide more miniftro- rum novi evangelii traéfatus [mit : He was again remitted to the Tower, and foon after by the Queen's Indulgence, thence to the Mar- fhalfea, where he had more Liberty and Air. Soon after he was difcharg'd, and liv'd privately in Holbourn, where he built an Aquadu&t: Some time af- ter the frequent Attempts upon the Queen's Life, and the reftlef$ Spirit of fome of that Church, oblig’d them to ftrict Confinement; and then (to- gether with Dr. Oxenbridge, Dr. Watfon, Bithop of Lincoln, Dr. Young, &c.) he was confin'd Prifoner to Wisbich Caftle in Cambridg-fbire, where he ended his Days 1585, in great Piety and Devotion. Mr. Cambden fays, he was Reg. Eliz a learn d and good Man, liv'da long while, did a great deal of good to Anno the Poor, and always folicited the Minds of his Adverfaries to good Will. 5? He built a Stone Crofs at Wisbich, and did other publick Acts He wasa fhort Man, of a round Vifage, frefh Colour, affable and pleafant ; and tho’ I cannot go fo far as Reyner, to call hima Martyr, yet I can’t gather, but what he wasa good, mild, modeft, charitable Man, and a devout Chriftian. He lies buried, I think, in Wsbich Church. Wiptiitam Brirr. William Bill, upon Feckenbam’s remove, and the Alteration of this Church to a Deanery, wasnominated Dean thereof, as appears by the Patent for that purpofe. This Dr. Bi, had in King Edward's Time, been Ma- gutes fter of Trinity College in Cambridge; but by Queen Mary being e- H. Camb. jected, he was by Queen Eliz,abeth reinftated, to which he had additional- ne ae ly conferred on him, the Provoft-fhip of Eaton College, and was made great Almoner to the Queen. See of him and his Epitaph, Vol. I. Vide Epit. Ricaarp NEAL. Richard Neal, 5D. D. Son of a Tallow Chandler, born in Xing- pini Ox, Street Weftminfter, and educated in this College: Thence elected to St. Vol. Lp. John’s in Cambridge ; afterwards taught School, and became Chaplain to 7** Sir William Cecil, Lord Burleigh, and his Son, Sir Robert, afterwards Earl of Salisbury, who from fome Steps, gave him, Anno 1590, the Vica- ridge of Chefthunt in Hertford[hire ; where Theobalds, then the Seat of that Earl, and afterwards the Palace Royal was ícituated. Afterwards he was D.D. both in Cambridge and Oxford, and made Mafter of the Savoy, Dean of this Church, and Clerk of the Clofet to King james, and Charles the Firft, which occafion’d Burton's Envy, with that of “Prynne and Baft- wick. In 1608, he was confecrated Bifhop of Rocheffer, and kept this Deane- ry in Commendam two Years. After he was remov'd to Litchfield and Co- ventry; thence to Lincoln, in 1631; thence to Winchefter, on Dr. An- drew's Death: While he was in which See, the Commons and Oliver Cromwell among them, charg’d him with being a Papift, and encouraging Arminians, which occafioned great Difputes in the Houfe. He was laftl made Archbifhop of York, in which See he dy'd the 31ft of Ocfober 1640, three Days before the Meeting of the Long-Parliament, and was buried in I his Athen. Oxon.Vol. 1- p. 606; The Lzves of the Abbats of W eftminfter. Vol. II. his Cathedral of St, Peter's, asfome fay, or as Wood in this Abby Church. He ftrongly oppofed the Scors, who then ftruggled for Places; and was an affectionate Subject to his Prince, an indulgent Father to his Clergy, a bountiful Patron to bis Chaplains, and a true Friend to all who relied on him GrzoRcGE Mounricne. George Mountigne, born at Cawood inYork/hire, educated at €) een’s College in Cambridge, and Lecturer of Grefham College in London; tollowed Dr. Neale in his Preferment, of Matter of the Savoy, Dean of Weftminster, of Litchfield and Coventry, in 1610; Bifhop of Lincoln, in 1617 ; thence tranflated to London, in 1621 ; to Durham, in 1627; and laftly, to York, 1628, after which Inftallation, he lived not long; but dying aged 59 Year, fix Months, and two Days, was buried in the Chancel of Cawood Church in York/hire, where againft the North Wall is his Marble Bufto in Sleeves, imitative of his Habit, and a large Infcription under it. Rosznr Tounson. Robert. Toun[on, D. D. educated at Cambridge in Queens College, of which he was afterwards Fellow. He was Anno 1620 made Bifhop of Sa- lisbury, dyd within a Year after, viz. May the 15th, 1621. as Mr. Wood fays, in a mean Condition, leaving a Wife nam'd Margaret, and 15 Chil- dren behind him. He was buried on the South Side of the Sacriftarea, over againft the Door of St. Edmund's Chappel in this Church; but without any Signal of the Place. Joun WirnriaMs John Williams, born at Aberconway in Caernavanfhire, educated in St. obn's College in Cambridge, and Fellow of the fame: Afterwards Chan- cellor Egerton entertain'd him as Chaplain. He was foon after Rector of Waldgrave in Northamptonfhire, and of Dinan and Grafton ; Refidentary in, and Prebend of the Church of Zzzcolz, and Chanter Prebend of Peter- borough, and had a Donative in Wales, Prieft-Rector of the Savoy, and Chaplain to King Fames the Firft; and on September 10. 1619. preferred to the Deanary ot Salisbury’ upon which he refigned the Savoy, which was given to the Archbifhop of Spalato. Soon after this he grew a great Favourite of George Villars, Duke of Buckingham, who procured him to be made a Privy Councellor, and Dean of this Church: 1620 the Year fol- lowing, he was made Bifhop of Lincoln, and Lord Keeper of the Great Scal, and held his Deanary Jz commendam. After this Preferment, he behav'd him- felf-nnot fo grateful to his Benefactor as was expected: So that foon after, King Charles the Firf's Acceffion to the Throne, he was remov'd, and at the Coronation, fet afide from that great Office due to the Deans of J/e57- minster. Upon Archbifhop Laud’s rife, (which fay fome, was through Wili- am's Interett) he daily declin'd, but not without very great Malice cxprefs'd to that Prelate, whom he feem'd to contemn much. In the firít Year of that Princes Reign, «iz. on the 25th of October 1625, the Great Seal was taken from him, and he removed from the Council, and his Parliamenta- ry Writ refus d, upon which he retir'd, and fided with the Puritans, ee 2 whom Vol IL The Lives of the Abbats of Weftminfter. whom he took upon him to talk of Things and Perfons, without a flrict regard to Veracity ; and wrote a Book againft Innovations, as he ftil’d them, in which (fays Chancellor Hyde,) there was much good Learning, and too little Gravity for a Bifhop: He, during his difgrace, let fall fome Ex- preffions concerning the King, for which being tried in the Star-cham- ber, and endeavouring by unfair Methods to mend his Caufe, which Bi- fhop Hacket, who ’tis evident writt for him, feems to deny, but the con- trary is elfe undoubted : Upon this he was find in the Star-chamber 10000). fufpended Ab officio & beneficio, and imprifon'd in the Tower during the Kine's Pleafure: After this (ome Papers being found in his Seat at Bugden, fent by Mr. Ofbald/tone Mafter of Weftminfter School; the Bifhop was a- gain fin'd 8000/. for divulging fcandalous Libels againft Privy-councellors. After a confiderable Confinement, he was upon the Arch-bifhop of Canter- burysfallreleasd. (Rufhworth, I think mentions a very odd Dream this Pre- late had in the Tower upon that Occafion;) the Party then thinking his fevere Ufage would engage him in any Meafures: But the Writer of his Life fays they were difappointed, for he was on the contrary, very warm againft their Proceedings, infomuch that fome faid they had conjur'd up a Spirit they could not lay, and the King was fo affected with this feeming Since- rity, that he gave him a private Audience, and revers'd all Orders made a- gainft him ; by this means did this artful Statefeman enable himfelf to doe the more mifchief, for the Earl of Strafford being brought to his Trial, Bifhop Wiliams, without confulting the Bench of his Order, wav'd their Priviledge upon that Occafion, as Lord Clarendon tells, which Bifhop Fiacket denies ; and givesa learned and laboured Speech to defend their right on that Occafion, the Chancellor being of Character in the Houfe at that Time, is rather to be depended on; for Bifhop Hacket being then only a Parifh Rector, feems to have had no other way of knowing things, but from the Bifhop himfelf, who is unhappily charg'd by the Chan- cellor of reporting Things of himfelf, and forming Difcourfes with an Air of Confidence, which had not the leat Foundation in reality. But to return, the Earl being fhamefully and illegally condemn’d, the King’s Averfion to fign for his Execution was palliated by a Piece of moft un- chriftian Policy; that the King had a double Confcience and might charge the Publick, one with what was a Sin againft the private one, this has by fome been chargd upon Arch-bithop "U/fer, but Bifhop Hacket fays it was the joint Oppinion of Ufher, Morton, Williams, and Potter ; and that the Diftinétion was the Matter of fact, and that of Law, and that he fhould leave the latter to his Judges, and the fame Perfons tells us, that he Williams with the reft, would have gone thro’ Fire and Water to have fav'd him ; how far this is to be depended on more than the Chancellor, who fays he wrote his Hiftory by the Kings Order, and had his Materials from his Mouth or Letters, I leave to the Publick. A few Weeks after this, he was tranflated to the Arch-bifhoprick of Tork, as fome fay, to oblige the Puritans, as others to quiet his Spirit : Upon the Cry of No Bifhops he was in- fulted by the Mob, to the Houfe; his Robes tore off his Back, and he well nigh murderd upon which in heat he return’d to the Dean's Houfe. He here fent for what Bifhops were in Town, and drew up a Pro- teftation againft the Proceedings of the Houfe, till they could come (ate- ly thither, upon which rafh Proceeding, he with them was committed to the Tower, afterwards when the King was at Oxford, he xd to im xli xlii The Lives of the Abbais of Weftininfter. Vol. I. him; whiere the King gave him a Commiflion ; and going into Wales he repair'd his Caftle of Aberconvey, and fortify’d it for the King's Service, but upon fome doubts of his Fidelity, or rather by ill concerted Coun- cills, there was another Governor fent, and he after a great Expence, in a manner thruft out; whereupon he retird to ‘Penryn, where he had a Houle, and fortifyd that, and made it a Garifon for the Parliament ; and procuring fome Forces from Mitton, a Parliament Colonel in thofe Parts he went againft Aberconwey Caftle and took it from the King by Force, which he kept till his dying Day: After the King’s Death he grew very ‘melancholy, and retird at Night ufually to an old Chappel to pray by himfelf; and at laft ended a Life of ftrange Viciffitude, in the Houfe of the Lady MofPyn at Glodded near eAberconwey, on the 25th of March, 1649. : Joun Eanr. John Earl, born in the City of York, Anno. 1601. educated at Jer- ton College in Oxford. In 1631. became Chaplain to Philip Earl of Pembroke, who gave him the Rectory of Bifhopfton in Wilt/hire, and Chaplain and Tutor to Charles Prince of Wales. 1642. created D. D. and nam'd one of the Affembly of Divines, but refusd to fitt with them. In 1643. he was made Chancellor of the Cathedral of Salsbury, but outed of all for his Loyalty. After the Battle of Worcefter he was at Roan in Normandy; made Chaplain and Clerk of the Clofet. After the Re- ftauration, Dean of this Church ; and e&//zzo. 1662. made Bifhop of Wor- ceffer, thence tranflated to Salisbury, ez4mmo. 1663. He was in his early Years reckon'd a good Poct, and in his latter an excellent Preacher, and throughout the whole, a moft religious, mild, good Man: He among J. m) other Pieces tranflated the "uw seca, and Mr. Hookers Book of Eccle- Hooke. 24stical Policy into Latin; which laft Writer he refembled, in a pious, peaceable, and primitive Temper. He dy'd at Oxford when the King and Parliament were there, in the Time of the Plague, being then lodging Atho, 12 Univerfity College, on the 17th of November, 1665. and was buried Vol. 2. p. before the high Altar in Merton College-Church, on the 25th, being at- 2526 tended to his Grave from the Publick Schools, by an Herald at Arms, and the principal Perfons of the Court and Univerfity. Joun Dorszwx. Fohn Dolben was born at Stanwick, in Northamptonfhire, of which his Father, Dr. William Dolben was Rector: He was educated at the School of this College, and thence elected Sudent of Chrif? Church Oxford, from Weftminfter School, e4nno. Dom. 1640. aged 15 Years. Here he was when King Charles I. was there, and bore Arms for him, and was made firft an Enfign, and afterwards a Major in the King's Army ; his Majefty’s Caufe declining, and Oxford being furrender’d, he return'd to Chrift Church, and took the Degree of e4. M. but was the Year following ejected by the Parliament Vifitors; he afterwards married a Niece of Dr. Gilbert Shel- don's, and Daughter of Ralph Sheldon lately Warden of cll Souls Col- a f; lege, with whom he liv'd during the Ufurpation, and aflifted Mr. fobs Fell, in his private Chappel. After the King’s Reftauration he was in- ftal'd Canon of Chriff Church, afterwards Archdeacon of London, Clerk I of VoLIL ©The Lzver T the Abbats of W cftminfler. of the Clofet to the King, and Dean of VVeitminsSter, in 1662. — Attet- wards (viz, 1666.) he fucceeded Dr. VVarner, in the Scc of Rochester, and kept this Deanery in Commendam. Afterwards he was made Almo- ner to the King. And /45//y, upon the death of Dr. Stern, Arch-bifhop of York, he fucceeded in that See, Anno. 1683. Laftly, he dy'd at Bi/hops- Thorp, of the fmall Pox, onthe 11¢h of eApril, in the Year 1686. and was buried in the Cathedral there. Tuomas SPRAT. This Gentleman was Son of a Clergyman, born in the County of Dor- fet, in the Year 1636. His Education was in Wadham College in Ox- ford, of which he was afterwards Fellows during his Refidence here, he wrote many Pieces of Poetry, of which fome were afterwards publith’d ; and going with the Tide then, one of them was upon the death of Crom- vell, at the fame time that Mr. Waller and Mr. Dryden did the fame. Soon after the Reftauration, when the fine Letters were encourag d, he began to be diftinguifhed for the excellency of his Parts, by George Villars Duke of Buckingham, who was both a Mafter and Admirer of them: By the Duke he was fometime entertain'das Chaplain, where he had the Happinefs to become acquainted with the Refort of learned Men, who were Vifitors to the Duke; and amongft the reft, with Mr. Cowley the Poet; whofe Writ- ings in the Pindarick Way (fo call'd at that Time) he nearly imitated, in his excellent Poem on the Plague of Athens. This Friendíhip between them continu’d long, even in Mr. Cowleys Retirement at Chertfey, whither he frequently went to vifit him, and was one of the cheif of thofe few Mr. Cowley admitted to his Leifure; upon Mr. Cozvley’s death he wrote his Life in a very curious Stile, and is I think, the firft Specimen he pub- lith’d of Englifh Profe, to which he had then lately wholly applied him- felf, and for which he was afterwards fo juftly admir'd: And now his Chara- €tcr every Day grew more confiderable, and reaching the Ears of King Charles I. to whom Mr. Sprat was recommended by the Duke of Buck- ingham’s means: The King, as a fingle Inftance of his Intentions to promote him, placd him immediatly under his Eye, in this his Royal’ Collegiate Church of Weftminfter, wherein he was nominated on the 224 day of February, Anno. Dom. 1668. And very quickly after made him a Canon of his Royal Chappel of Windfor. At length he was upon Dr. Dolben’s Advance to the See of York, Anno. 1683. made Dean of this Church, and foon after, wiz. 1684. confecrated to the Sce of Rocheffer, with Liberty to hold his Deanery in commendam. Anno. 1686. he was ap- pointed to fit in the Ecdlefiaftical Commiffion upon the Bifhop of London; but, convinc’d of the Illegality, he afterwards declin’d acting in it. Soon after the Revolution he fel! under the Malice of fome wretchedly defien- ing Men, who made Ufe of the vileft Engines, and the darkelt Means to take away his Life for high Treafon : The Wretches that {wore againft him were Stephen Blackhead, and one Robert Toung, a pretended Prieft, but a common and moft notorious Cheat, who counterfeited the Bifhop’s and other Hands to an Affociation, and convey'd counterfeit Papers in- to his Houfe to confirm it, which were miraculoufly difcoverd in a Flowet-pot in the Chimney, from whence it took the Name of the Flower-pot Plot: A Relation of this wicked Contrivance, the Bifhop wrote and publifh’d in two Parts, printed in the Savoy, Anno. 1693. and lately reprinted xliv The Lives of the Abbats of Weftminfter. — Vol IL reprinted, which low and intricate Subject, he has manag'd in a manner that fhows what a Command | he had of Stile and Language ; and could: equally turn to, Mafterly and low Subjects. He publith’d a Hiftory of the Royal Soctety, which for the Language and Manner, has been uni- verfally admir'd: And likewife an Account of the Rye-boufe Plot, with other Pieces, in which he has univerfally acquir'd the Character of the great- ett refiner and Mafter of our Language.. He wasa Gentleman of no lefs Elegance of Life than Stile, which made his Converfation coveted and ad- mir'd by our greateft and moft polite Men. In his Converfation he had an Eafinefs like that of his Writing, which at the fame Time rais'd Refpect and Love: He was a Gentleman of great Humanity, and no lefs Charity ; the Ghannels of which prevented that Tide of Wealth to rife high, which continually flow'd in upon him; he had a peculiar Regard to the Col- lege School, and was the Means of fixing Dr. Friend, the prefent Mafter and Ornament of it there, under whofe happy Conduét, that Genius which always prefided there, and produc’d fo great and many Ornaments of our Church and Kingdom, {till promifes us continual Supplies; when Stations in either fhall be ready to receive them. But to return, this excellent Pre late, after a long Life of 77 Years, died purely of Age, on the 20th of e/May, Anno. Dom. 1713. and was buried in this Collegiate Church, in the Chappel dedicated to St. Nicholas: where has fince been erected a handfome and curious Monument of vein’d Marble affix'd high, againft the Wall, at the Charges of Dr. Friend the Phyfician ; and a curious Latin Infcription, thowing his Excellencies: The Monument is engrav'd and print- ed in the firft Volume of this Work. P. 143, to which refer the Reader. He was füceeded in both Honours, by Francis eAtterbury, D. D. Dean of Chrifl Church, a Gentleman, whofe’ Controverfial and other Writings for Accuracy, Solidnefs, Strength of Argument, and Happine(s of Language, have made him famous, as a Church-man s and whofe excellent Tafte of the fine Letters, familiarity with ancient and modern Writers, fublime Fancy, nice Judgment, elegance of Stile, and manner in Converfation, have, and will diftinguifh him throughout all the learned Part of Europe. OF St. PsrER WESTMINSTER. B O O K III. CHAP I Continuance of the ancient Affairs. N the firft Volume of this Work, having tracd Qj the Original and Rife of the Church, and her ac- quird Wealth till the Difolution. I proceed to give an Account of her more glorious, tho' lefs glaring Condition fince ; and for that, the hurry of that Performance; occafion’d my omitting fome Ufages wotth Remark. I fhall, in begining this fecond, clofe up the firtt Part of her Hiftory, in Relation to her Government, Cuftonis, and Changes. à And firft, of the ancient Officers in this Abbey. Among whom the AsBaT, whofe Authority was greateft, requires our firft Notice: I find very little Ground to believe his Power or Character very remarkable, any more than his Abbey, till the Time of Eur who being a great Fa- vourer of the Monks, endow'd his Friend 7/7 /f/fme with many Privileges , al- together 2 The Hiflwy of St. P & v E ws Weftminfler. Vol, If, áltogether unknown to his Predeceffors : But his fhort ftay gave way but for his Suceffors to add to them; which Wlnoth in Cnute the *Dane's time did, who (fays one) procur'd great Privileges. Nor was this Abbey lefs fuccef- ful under Edwyn, who was Favourite of Edward the Conteflor, who rais'd her to her higheft Glory ; ’twas then that this Church and her Abbat out- vid any other in Dignity, being made independent of any Epifcopal Power or Vifitation, the Popes excepted; and this Wiliam the Con- queror ftill enlarg’d. Lawrence fometime after, attempted the Pall and Ring which he procur’d, but left the firft Ufe of them to his Succeffor.. In Hen. IId's Time Abbat Berkyng, a great Statefinan, procur'd their great Char- ter of Liberties, and of Writs, and Amerciaments. Abbat Crokefly, Lord Treafürer, and his Favourite, procur'd the Power of folemn Benédi&ion; and thus by Degrees, they accumulated fuch Honours, that in Henry IV's Time, Walfingham obferves, {peaking of St. Albans: Ut Albanenie propter. Protomartyris noftri eAlbam nobile co loci. Martyrium, facra{que e- tiam ibi recouditas Reliquias canobium Reliquorum femper princeps, babes eft ita pofterioribus {aculis Weftminflerienfe maxime eminebat. They generally being near the Court, were, Favourites, and affifted at the Births, Coronations, and laft Anointings of fcveral of our Princes: In Conventions of this Order, they generally prefided, In the Lift of Ab- bats they took the fecond Place, and were Barons in Parliament, where Feckenham, the laft Abbat was the only one that fat and voted violent] againft the Change of Religion in the Beginning of Queen Elizabeth's Reign. As to their Power in other Cafes, they had the return of Writs, Power of Amerciaments, Trial of Crimes in their Mannors, Exemption from Attendance on the Sheriff, or at County Courts, with all thofe Pri- viledges mention’d in the Benefactions. Of their Government, may be feen a large Account in lib. Confuet. Of the Prior. Next the Abbat was the Prior, an Office mention’d very early in the Lives of the Abbats; yet I believe of no longer Standing than from the Time of Edgar, when he placd Regulars in this Church. Of which Pri- ors no one has given us as yet any Account, neither the Monks of this Houfe, or any Writer fince: But rather then be altogether in the Dark, take this thé beft Account I can gather from Hints {catter’d throughout feveral Writers, and difpos'd in the beft Order I can. GisLEBERT Crispinus afterwards Abbat, was Prior 44776. 1080. Oszert de CrLanz, or Stoc-clare, a Perfon of great Learning, who procured the Canonization of Edward the Confeffor. He was Prior in the Times of Herbert, Gervaife and Lawrence Abbats : He placed Nuns in the Cell of Xillburn, and dy'dabout Anno 1170. See of his Writings in the Life of Lawrence Abbat; befides which he wrote the Lives of St. Edward St. Ethelbert, and St. Edburga. 1170. | ArouiNus, Monk and Prior of St. Albans, fled from the Perfecution of Mat. Pov the Abbat Ralph, to this Monaftery, where he was receiv'd by Laurence, San&i Al- the Abbat, who had been his Familiar at St Albans. He continued fome bani p. 65. Years Vol. IL The Hiftry of St. Put ER’s Weftminfter. 3 Years Monk here ; and having brought this Convent to ftict. Difcipline by Example, wasraifed to be Prior. The Time of his Death I know not. WirLtaM Postarp fucceeded him about mmo 1170. He was after- Ralphde wards Abbat. Deceto. p. Wet Epwarp, whether he fucceeded the other I knownot ; but fuch an one 258. Ifind to have been before Abbat Ware's Time. When he died is uncertain ; Lib. Con- : : 4 ; 4 fuetud. in but he-was buried in this Church, where I find his Anniverfary was celebra- Cap. An- ted. nivers. Rosert, Prior, lived about the Year 1200. The Time of his Death 1b. is uncertain ; but he was buried in this Church, where his Anniverfary was celebrated VI. Id. of December, on which he affigned 100s. to the Keeper of St Marys Altar, to relieve 100 poor. Roser II Prior of this Church, from whence he was remov'd and 15; made Abbat of St. Edmmunds-bury in Suffolk. His Anniverfary was celebrated here on the XVI Kal. October. Ricuarp Berxyne was Prior here Anno? 1223. and thence elected Fleet & Abbat. i vid Epis taph. To him fucceeded one whofe Name I can no where find, but he died 1223. 1247. and was for his fingular holinefs of Life buried in the Virgin Mat Paris Mary's Chappel, then building. Bae Maurice fucceded next, and was remov'd from being Precentor of 1247. this Church: He wasa bold Man, and oppos'd the Popes Innovations in his Mafters Abfence ; and during all Croke/ley's foreign Expeditions governd the Monaftery with, great Care, and briskly made Head like- wife againft the Abbat’s Defigns on his Convent, The Year of his Death I know not. Prrer de Levesnam fucceded him, and was elected. Abbat. 1258. Tuomas Henty is the next I find, elected. Abbat. Simon Lancuam fucceded, and was chofen Abbat eAnno. 1349. 1333: NicmoLas Lirriineron fuceeded him as Prior and Abbat. 1349. Epmonp Kirton remov'd to be Abbat 1444. 1430. Joun WratTInG Prior, fucceded. I find him living e4yno. 1444. 1450. Joun FLEET was Prior here, in the Reign of Henry VI. he wrote a Hiftory of his Monattery , and feveral Homilies. The time of his Death is doubtful, as are his Succeffors Names; the latter Part. of this Church being the darkeft, as appears on Account of the Abbars. Of othr OFFICERS. The next Officer was the Sub-prior, who is likewife call'd the Priot of the Cloyfter, an Office under the Prior, and Affiftant to him ; then the third and fourth Priors, who are likewife call’d Exploratores Claustri, à whofe Lib. Con- füetud. Tbé EHiftory of St. P& T &n's Weltminfter. Vol. II, whofe Bufinefs it was to look after that Province; next the Matter of the Novice’s 5 then the Cantor, who inftruéted the Novices in Church finging, under him was another call'd the Swccentor. Thee Officers immediately belong'd to the Church, whofe Duty and Inftruétions are largely fet down in the fourth Part, Lib. Confuetud. of this Abbey. But we mutt not omit dwelling on the laft, his Bufinefs being chiefly to keep the Church clean, and the Books, Veftments, and Oinaments of it, and to ap- point the Places of burrial, alfo to provide Lights for the Charch upon proper Occafions: which Office, giving us the ancient Face of Worthip here, I fhall enlarge upon and mention what Lights were provided by him, in the Time of Henry III. In the old Presbitery, 4. e; the Sides of the Choir, were formerly kept burning feven Candles Day and Night; but in Abbat Ware's Time they burn'd but five. One large Wax, one before the Altar; and hanging at that two Lamps Night and Day. One on each Side the Altar at the Tomibs of Queen Edith and Queen Maud on all Feftivals, and on E- ditb's Anniverfary there was placd a large Lamp before the Altar, and three before that which King Henry III, gave Feet to. One Lamp before the Altar of the holy Crofs One before the Altar of St. Paul. One before a Crucifix where Devotee’s went up and down Steps to kifs it's Feet. One before the old Altar of the Blefled Virgin «Mary. One before that of the holy Trinity. One before the Altar of St. Benedig Two in the Choir at Evening-fong, and one at the Weft Door of the : Choir, four at four Corners of the Choir; and on Feftivals he provided likewife over the great Altar three Figures of Saints, each holding four Tapers, two in the right Hand and two in the left, which three Figures, I find elfewhere to be of the Virgin Mary, St. Fohn, and St. Katherine. Round two Iron Candlefticks fet before the Altar, were plac’d feven Ta. pers two upon (‘Pedones) broad footed Candlefticks, on the right Side the Altat, and two on the left, and three upon the like Candlefticks before the three Figures. At the Altar of St. Andrew, and S. Lazw. rence, Silver Candlefticks were plac'd in the Windows over them: This Account will give an Idea of the ancient Face and Appearance of this Church : and the Worfhip in it, when dreft’d up according to the fhowy Devotion of thofe Times. _ He likewife provided Lights for the Chappel of St. Katherine, then the fecond in the Church, of a large extent and usd in moft Confecra- tions of Bifhops, Convention of Councils, 69v. but now demolith’d, viz. four Tapers upon every Feftival, on the Altar there, becaufe it was the fecond Altar in the Church. Another Officer peculiar to this Church, was the Keeper of the: Altar of the Virgin Mary; an Officer appointed here before King Henry IIL rebuilt her Chappel ; the firft Officer I find was Ralph de Gloucefter, the next was Yohn de St. Paul, Prieft ; and next Richard Crofsley, after- wards Abbat: This Officer was chofen always in the Veftry by the Chap- ter, Inhis Charge (befides much Plate and Jewels) was kept the «mira- culous Zone or Girdle of the Virgin Mary, of fo great Virtue to for- ward Conception, that while Crofsley held this Place, he was fent for and orderd to attend upon the Queen Elianor with it for that Purpofe, while fhe was in Gafcomy. This Keeper’s Bufinefs likewife was to fec the lights kept in, and provided for the Lady Chappel, viz, on the c I an Vol. IL The Hiftory of St. Puter’s W eftminfter: and Purification of the Virgin eZMary 20 Lamps and 50 Tapers, to be placd in tlie Hands of Statucs of Saints. In this Chappel hung a Lamp Night and Days and afterward Ralph de Gloucester hung two there, up- on an Iron Rod, which Henry III. 1emov’d, and orderd a Wax Taper to burn inftead of them. Laftly, there was a Keeper of St. Edwards Shrine, and the Reliques placd near it, where Henry V's Tomb now is. Thefe were thé Church Officers. The Officers for the Convent were, first, the Cellerer, who was the fe- cond Obedientiary, whofe Care was to provide Drink for the Monks at their ordinary Meals; and the Pitances and Cups of Charity, €gc. oa ublick Occafions, and to Strangers; and Likewife Bread and Privifions. Under his Mannagement were the Cook, the Baker, the Hoftler, and the Gardeners this Place of Ce/lerer was of a great Account, and generally one of the moft eminent Monks held it ; he had likewife under Cellerers, as Cellerarius curia, and Cellerarius coquina, €9c. from which I find him diftinguifh'd by the Title of Magnus Cellerarius. Next was the Chamberlain (Camerarius) who had the Care and Manage- ment of the Beds and Lodging of the Monks, and had under him Ser- vants or Affiftants. I find one John Fitz, John, ordering by his Will, that the Cellerer give to the under Officers (.secretario Camert) one Gal- lon of Wine on 15 Feftivals. The (Vestiarius) is by fome rekon'd the fame Office with the former ; but here I find it diftinct, his Bufinefs was to provide Cloathing and Shoes for the Monks ; and he had the Care of the Landry, for wafhine the Veft- ments; he had others under him, call'd Servi Vefliarij, who had Wine given them as before. The Infirmarius, or Keeper of the Infirmary was one of the Houfe, who provided for the Sick Monks, and had the Care and Infpection of thofe in the Infirmary. To which add the Phyfician of the Infirmary, who was a Layman. The Refecforian had the Care and Charge of the Dining Hall, and to fee the Tables were provided regularly. The Almoner had the Care and Charge to diftribute the broken and. re- fufe Victuals and other Relief to the Poor; for which there was a Place fet apart near the Abbey, call’d formerly the Almonry, and now corruptly the Ambrey. Befides thefe were the Subfacrista, the Subcellerarius, the Porter of the Convent, €9c. The particular Bufinefs, Employment, and Power of all which Officers, may be feen at large inthe fourth Part of the Z4gcient Conffi- tutions of this Abbey; thefe principal Officers had chiefly their feperate Lodg- ings and Offices on the South and Eaft Side the Cloyfters. Thus have I given a fhort Account of the ancient Government of, and Officers relating to this Abbey ; I fhall clofe up this Account with a Lift of Anniverfary’s, usd here in the Time of Henry IU. as I collected it out of the ancient Book of Anniverfary’s, and have difposd it in the Method of a Kalender. [e Ancient The Hiftory of St. Peren’s Weftminfler. Vol. TI. Ancient ANNIVERSARIES *z 7] VI fa: V id x L^ LÍ V. Kal. Feb eodem die. IL Won. February. VIL. Id. February II Non. March Non March III 7d. earch VI Kal. eApril XII Kal. May X Kal. Ma VI Nom. May H 74. May XI Kal. june | RD of the N: for Epwas g ch he affien'd. 30 s. minster ; for whi P HucoriNz, Chamberlain to Edward the Con: baits ICHOr. Ropert de Marcuots Ef Íq; to Henry II. who lov'd the Convent, and left 30 Marks. For all the Abbats and Brothers of this Convent, their Parents and Benefactors. Hueu Bifhop of Lincoln, for which he affign'd Lands a tum for two Pitances, a Cup of Cha- rity and 8s and 44. to be diftributed to the Poor, Prior of Herley left Land near the Church at Moreton, to find one Pitance and tos. for the Poor. Witiiam Treafurer of England. Emma the Queen; fc. Mother to Edward the Confeffor. Henry of Almain. WILLIAM Bifhop of London, to be faid in Albs, he affign'd eight Marks tor 8 s and 4d to be diftributed to 100 Poot, and for two Pitances and a Cup of Charity. Lawrentius Abbat of Westminster, for which was affign'd fix Marks from Wand{worth, and 18 from Batt erfe Ca. Wittiíw Humet, or de Humex,, Weftminfter, aos affien'd from Denham. if ? D Abbat of ETHELRED the King. Maup or Maritp, the good Queen 275 af- fing d for one Pitance ad Cup of Charity. Wittiam Postarp Abbat of this Church 405 affigri'd for two Pitances. Master Hucu de Beverly. Isapetta the Queen, Mother to Henry MI fot ich the King affign’d 100s outof the Treafury. 2 Roper Vol. II. Id. fune XII Kal. ful) XVI Kal. e4uguf XVI Kal. September XIV Kal. September VUL Kal. September IH Kal. September Ill Now. September V ld. September XVI Kal. October V Kal. October II Id. October XV. Kal. November IV Kal November IV Non. November Il 74. November XV Kal. December XVI Kal. December IX Kal. December VI Kal. December The Hiftory of St. Pet &w's Weftminfter. Rozert Maxpucz, for which was affign'd qos in the Mannor of Ham/lep. ViTALIS Abbat of this Church, celebrated | in Albs. Á Ricwarp Crockesty, Abbat of this Church, | Raymonp Earl of Provence, Father to Queen Elianor ; for which the King affign’d 100s out of | the Treafury. Rosert Chaplain of Benfleete, for which the Mannor of Benfleet was aflign’d. Gervase Abbat of this Church; to be cele- brated in Albs. And. Buckerel ; for which he affign'd two Marks of Rents in the City. HERBERT Abbat of this Church. WirLiaw, iff King; and Maud the Emprefs. Rogert Abbat of St. Edmunds, and fometime Prior of this Church. Watrer Abbat of this Chnrch. For all thofe who were flain at the Battle of Haftings. For thofe who fell in the Battle of Haffes- down, Grecory of Stanes, fometime Monk of this Church ; for which was affign'd 52 s. in the Village of Weftminfter and eAldenham in Hert- ford [htre. For all Faithful deceas'd. Rosert Tatesois fometime Monk of this Convent. For Pau Abbat of St Albans, and all thofe de- ceas d in that Convent. Henry the 3d King of England, for which were affignd the Tiches of Feringes, and Chappel of Padefwic, and for Tapers round his Tomb, and rol to the Poor, Ricuagp de BeRKyNGE, Abbat of this Convent, in eAlbs 8s and 4d to the Poor. Joun the Sacriftan. GILBERT The Hiflory of $t. PET E R5 Weftminfter. Vol. If. VII dd. December Gigert Abbat. VI Jd. December Rosert, Prior of this Convent. 100; affign’d for 8s and 44 to 100 Poor yearly, IV Jd. December Ricuarp de Gras Prior of Harl. XIV Kal. famuar) EciTHa or Eprrg the Queen; at which the Prior faid efpecial Mafs. Befides thefe, and fince that Time, I find Edward I, giving Orders to the Abbat and Convent to pray for the Soul of Fohn Warren Earl of Surry. And for the Soul of one Southcoat, was Mony left by Dame Kathe- vine Riplington his Widow. Sir Giles Dawbney, buried in Sw Paul's Chappel; whofe Tomb fee in the former Volume; left Money to maintain two Chantry Prieft’s, in this Church to fing perpetually. Henry V, had Mafs and Requiem every Week, on that Day of the Week whereon he died; and 11s given to the Poor, and on his Anniverfary 20/ to poor People: There was daily Mafs for him in the Chappel, over his Tomb, which was dedicated to the Virgin; and in this Chappel, hung a Copy of Verfes on Parchment, which I have feen in an Old eJ4fs. in the Cotton Library; they begin thus : Henrici miffe quinti fant bic Tabulate, &c. Sr et elle rere dodo CHa Pr Of the CoRONATIONS, I Iron Vol IL — The Hiftory of St. PETER Weftminfter. 3. Iron one, one gold Crown (coronam optimam) one golden Comb and Spoon: Alfo for the Queen's Coronation a Crown and two Rods ; alío for the Communion on that Day, one Chalice of Onix bound round, with a Paten of pure Gold; qua omnia Reliquiis preciofis habeantur, of thefe we fhall treat hereafter. We have but few Inftances of Coronations elfewhere, butupon extra- ordinary Occafions ; as Henry the 3d was crown'd at Gloucefter, quoniam Knighton Weftinonafterium ubi locus eft ex con[uetudine regia coronatione deputatus, «à Anno. €9 confecrationi, tunc ab inimicis fuis fuit obfefum; which are the very Nacwer Words likewife of Matthew Weftm. fed in anno quarto fequenti. apud Weft- v. HY monafterium, eff iterum coronatus : Yer afterwards when. Henry 345 Son Seu was crown'd at Winchefter, they made heavy complaint of it, as a high :9.. W Breach of Priviledge: And when Henry 34. was crown'd at Worcefter, that Day the Abbat of Weffminster, and the Prior of Canterbury appeal’d to Rome for the Liberties of their Churches; the firft for the Place fake, the latter for the Arch-bifhop’ Right of crowning. Additional to the Honour, were thefe Advantages to the Church, viz. the Offerings made to St. Edward, the Hangings, the Throne, €. to which add the Precentors Fee which was one Mark of Gold, Precentor cuts: Weftmon. babet unam markam auri in die quo, vex portat coronam apud Hen. Tit, Weftmonafter. and the Convent 100 Symmels, and one modicum vim,” as appears by the aforefaid Charter. The particular Ornaments, which have been us'd on this Occafion ; and the varying of them were as follows : Firfj the Crown, an Ornament, tho’ long usd inthe ]Wefferg Em- ire, from Charles the Great ; yet not by our Englifh Kings, ’till the Time of King eAthel/tan, as Geoffry Monmouth tells us; and Edward his Succef- for, (fays Ethelwerd) was crown'd Stemmate regali; yet the firft ufe of them was only Fillets, as in the Coins of Adulph King of the Eaft- Angles, Anno. 1164. and of Offa King of Mercia ; afterwards King Ecbert, Anno. 800. becoming abfolute Monarch, wore a ftellated Crown, yet Mr. Sel- den obferves, that in the Coins of Alfred and his Succeffors, to William the Conqueror, they only wore the Fillet Diadem ; except Edred and E4- mund Ironfide, whofe were pointed and pearl'd : Edward the Confeffor is the firft reprefented with a Crown rajs'd with Flowers-de-lis, thefe relate to the Coins from whence thefe Regal Ornaments may be well judg’d: But to fhew the feveral forts, we may better gather from the Account of feveral Coronations; and firft, in the Coronation of Richard I was carried Coro- Mat. Paris nam auream mirifice gemmatam ; which doubtlefs was different from that P :5- plain one of St. Edward. Yet Brompton calls it only coromam auream, and mentions two ufed then, of which the Jevior corona he wore at Dinner. Henry the IlId. was crown’d Serto, with a gold Circle, for that gu. King Jobn had loft the former in the Sea sat which Time was an Edict to wear p. 1158. Chaplets for one Month, to make the Coronation known, for Lewis was ihe then in England : Thofe were occafional Crowns: yet, there was doubt- ~~ lefs an imperial Diadem abfolutely neceflary on this Occafion, as appears by the laft Inftance, which not improbably was that King fob gave to Pandulphus the Legate. Edward the Firft added to the Regalia, the Scotch Crown, €9'c. ‘But in his Son’s Coronation, I find no mention made of any other usd, than St. Edward’s, which he gave to Gavefton to car- ry. In Richard the Seconds time were many Crowns, and it is one of the Articles againft him that he carried the Ctowns and Regalia into Ireland. D Henry Selden; andford. The Hiftory of St. Pe v E ns Weftminfler. Vol. IL ] y the IVth, when dying, ordered the imperial Crown to be fet by his Bed-fide, which his Son Henry the Vth, thinking him dead, took by way of Toffeffion : Thefe were low Coronets, radiated and mixt with Flower-de-luces or Leaves. Henry VI. was the firft that .had the Diadem arch’d, which till continues: This imperial arch'd Diadem was that which Richard IIl. for greater Security carried with him to Bofworth, and which being found in a Thorn, was placd on Henry VII's Head. Thefe Diadems feem to have been different ones, but. the ancient imperial Diadem was that which was preferv’d in the Abbey, and faid to be King e4lfreds, as Sir John Spelman,inthe Life of that Prince informs us. * In the arch’d Room in * the Cloyfters of Weftminfter Abbey, where the ancient Regalia of this King- dom are kept; upon a Box (which is the Cabinet to the ancienteft Crown) there is (as I am inform'd) an Infcription tothis Purpofe ; Hac eff prin- cipalior corona, cam qua coronabantur Reges lfredus, Edvardus, Sc. and the Crown, which were worthy obferving, is of ancient Work with Flowers, adorn'd with Stones of fomewhat a plain fetting.’ Here it continu'd till the Grand Rebellion; when Anno. 1642, Harry eMartin, being com- miffion’d by the Parliament, broke open the Cheft, which was Iron; took it thence and fold it with the Robes, Sword, and Scepter of St. Edward and other Regalia. After the Reftauration, King Charles II. had one made like it, it is very richly embelifh'd with Pearls, and Diamonds, Rubies, €%c. with a Mound and Crofs at top; it has four Flower-de-luces and fout Crofles on a Rim of Gold, fet with Jewels, and the Cap is of purple Velvet, turn'd up with Ermines; This is preferv'd in the Tower of London: The Story of Blood’s ftealing it is known. There is likewife a Crown of State, and others occafional made, kept with it. The next is the Scepter, a very ancient Enfign of Kingly Power, both among the Greeks and Romans, by which they fwore in the moft folemn Manner, which Homer calls uéyre3p the great Oath. It among the feos fuppofes Kingly Government; it has been in all Ages and Places an En- fign of Power; and Spiritually alludes to its being a Weapon to oppofe the Wicked and protect the Good ; this of St. Edward was deftroy’d with the reft. The prefent Scepter is of Gold, the Handle plain, and the upper part wreath’d ; in length two Foot nine Inches and a quarter, and of the fame Thicknefs as the former: The Pomel at the Bottom en- rich'd with Rubies and Emeralds, and {mall Diamonds; the Top riferh into a Flower-de-luce with fix Leaves, whereof three are upright, and the other three hanging down ; all enrich’d with precious Stones: Out of the fame Flower-de-luce iflucth a Mound, made of an Amethyft, garnifh'd with Table Diamonds ; and upon the Mound, a Crofs wholly cover'd with precious Stones, with a large Table Diamond in the Centre. The Scepter with the Dove was Edward the Confeffors, as exhibited in his Seal; I find it firft diftinguifh’d at the Coronation of Richard I. tho’ it ismark’d on the Seal of Henry I. this fignifies Mercy and Clemency : It was us'd by Stephen and Henry lI. on their Seals, but omitted on that of Richard l.. Richard ll. he affam’d it on his Seal, for St. Edward was his Patron, and Edward IV. usd it in Regard to him: Richard II. usd it too; this Scepter was deftroy'd with the reft. The prefent on made at the Reftauration is of Gold, in length three Foot feven Inches, and three Inches in Circumference at the Handle, andtwo Inches and a quarter a- bout the Top: The Pomel garnifh’d with a Circle or Fillet of Table Dia- 2 monds et LEE ^ Vol. I The Hiftory of St. Pur E ws Weftminfter. II monds, and in feveral Places with precious Stones of all Sorts; and the Mound at the Top embellifh'd with a Band or Fillet of Rofe Diamonds; upon the Mound is a fmall ferufalem Crofs, whereon is fixd a Dove, with Wings expanded. There have been divers other Scepters, if we conjecture from the Seals, as with Flower-de-luces by Henry U. Lillies by Richard 1. and fohn, €c. as likewife the Hand of Juftice and Clemency usd by Edward UI. being a Rod of Ivory, with an Ivory Hand at top expanded. The Queen’s Scepter with the Crofs, alfo of Gold, adorn’d with Dia- 1». monds and other precious Stones , is in length two Foot ten Inches, with a Mound and Crofs at the Top, iffuing out of a Flower-de-luce , very like the King’s, in all the Embellifhments thereof, only fmaller, and not wreath'd, nor altogether fo thick. The Queen’s Ivory. Rod has been an ancient Ornament, as appears by 15. she Seal of Elianor Queen to Edward I. that at prefent is a Rod or Scep- ter of white Ivory; in length three Foot one Inch and half, whereof the Pomel and Garniture is Gold, as is alfo the Mound and Crofs at the Top, only the Dove at the Top of the Crofs is ennamelled. with White ; the Circumference at the Bottom about two Inches, and at the Top about an Inch and half: The Mound or Globe with the Crofs is another an- cient Ornament fignifying Royal Dignity, and is on all Seals from E4- ward the Confeflor downward, the prefent one was made with the reft. St. Edward's Staff is in Length four Foot feven Inches and an half, it is Sandford: a Staff or Scepter of Gold, with a Pike or Foot of Steel, about four Inches and a quarter in length; anda Mound and Crofs at the Top: The Gar- nifhings are alfo of Gold, and the Diameter is about three quarters of an Inch. The Eagle of Gold is a curious Piece of Antiquity, it contains the Oil with which our Kings were anointed ; of which take the following Le- gend, St. Thomas Becket being at Sens in France, the holy Virgin appeard to Thomas Becket, then in Exile at Sens in France, and gave him aStone- vetlel of Oil enclos'd in a Golden -Eagle, which Veffel is call’d in fome Ms. eAmpulla, and bid him give it to Wiliam a Monk, to carry to TES tavia and hide it in St. Gregorys Church under a great Stone, where it (hould be found for the Ule of profperous Kings; this was by a holy Man in France given to Henry III. Duke of Lancaffer in Edward I's Time. Richard l. found it among fome Jewels and endeavourd to be anointed with it but was difuaded by Arch-bifhop e4rundel, which Arch- bifhop afterwards anointed Henry IV. with it. There is a long Difcourfe in the Cotton Library, concerning this eAmpulla of Oil. The Spoon I take to be thatSt. Edward gave, it is likewife of Pure Gold, Vitellius: with four Pearls in the broadeft Place of the Handle, andthe Bowl of the E x. 14. Spoon finely chac'd both within and without ; by the extreme thinnefs there- of, it appears to be very ancient. Thefe are now for their Security preferv'd sandsord. in the Tower, and upon the Coronation brought to the Abbey the Morn- ing before and thence carried in Proceffion by the Dean and Prebends to Weftminster Hall. The others as follow are kept here in the Church, viz. The Dalmatica, or open Pall call’d the imperial, it was flower'd with Eagles of Gold intermix’d with Rofes, Flower-de-luces and Crowns; but is now made of rich Brocade, or Embroidery of feveral Sorts, and lin'd with Silk; it is fomewhat fhap'd in imitation of the Roman Toga, having when fpread open the upper fide ftrait and the reft femi-ovular, pointing to a ae the ig The Hiftory of St. Peter's Weltniinfter, Vol. IL 33 the ftrair Side falling on each Side the Neck, compofe thé two fore- be "fides and the reft falls in a. Train behind, which {weeps about a Foot on the Ground, this is faften’d to the Neck before, with a rich Gold Clafp. The Supertunica or clofe Pall is ufually of the fame Stuff, with Sleeves coming ftrait to the Arms; it is in Length a Yard and half, more or lefs, and divided into two Skirts by a flit behind, it is lin'd with rich Sandford, Silk; to this Veft is belonging à rich Belt of the fame, wherewith the Sword is ufually girded. The Armil is of rich Brocade about an Ell long and three Inches broad, with Ribands to tye it below and above the El- bows. The Colubiam Sindonss is form'd like the ancient Surplice without Sleeves, made of Lawn or Cambrick ; this is firft put on after anointing. The Buskins are of the like Brocade, coming half way up the Leg. The Sandals have double Straps coming over the Feet, and one behind cach Heel, of Brocade aforefaide. Thefe are continu'd in the Abbey. The Coronation Chair is of hard Wood, fix Foot feven Inches high; in breadth at the Bottom 38 Inches, in depth 24, from the Seat to the Bottom 25, the Breadth of the Seat within fide 18 Inches, and the Depth 18, at nine Inches from the Ground is a bottom Board, fupport- ed by four Lions; and under the Seat is the Prophetick Stone, common- ly cal'd. Zacol's Pillar; it is oblong 22 Inches long, 13 Inches broad, and 11 deep; of a blucifh Colour vein'd with Red: The Scotch Writers tell us that the Stone was firft at Brigantia in Spain, and was the Throne of Gathelws the Scotifh King : Simon de Brech the King brought it into Ireland 700 Years before Chrift , and from Ireland King Fergus re- mov'd it into Scotland 370 Years afterwards; and Kenneth A. D. 850: it at Scove, and occafion'd to be cut in it this Diftich: Ni fallat vatum Scoti. bunc quocumque locatum Invenient lapidem, regnare tenentur. ibidem. Mac Wet. And enclos’d it in a wooden Chair, where it continu'd till Edward I. brought P4304 it with other Spoils and offer'd. it at St. Edward’s Shrines but the Chair now in being is not that of Kenneth, as Mr. Selden feems to intimate, for that was not the Trophy, but the Stones the fatal Marmor, as Boethivs calls it, which was the Throne, together with the Golden Scepter and Crown. King Edward prefented to St. Edward and this Church, and causd it to be fix’d in a new Chair, with intent that it fhould be for the Church ufe, and for a Mafs Priefts to which Harding alludes, {peaking of it: He fent it forth to Weftmintter for eAye, To be there in a Cheir cleanly wrought For a Mas Prieff to fit in when he ought. And Walfingham more plainly {peaking of Edward's coming to Scone and feizing the Regalia, Sublato Lapide, quo reges Scotorum tempore Coro- ‘nationis folebant utt. pro Throno, tranftulit illum ufque Weftmonafterium ; jubens idem fieri celebrantium cathedram Sacerdotum. Whether it has been fince then usd upon the Coronations, or at what time applied to that Purpofe is, I believe, doubtful; but the Chair Richard Il. is painted in, in the Choir, feems copied from it. There formerly hung a Tablet of Parchment near this Chair with this Infcription, Ypodgim 82, Rex X Vol. IL Zhe Hiftory of St. PETE n’s Weftminfter. Rex Edwardus l. cum devittis Scotis triumphator 1297. reduiffet, foeptrum &F coronam, Regum Scotia, una cum folio in quo Scotorum Reges inaugurati folebant in Ecclefra Weftmonafterienfi Deo obtulit: Si quid babent veri vel Chronica, cana fide(ve Clauditur hac Cathedra mobilis ecce lapis. e/4d caput eximius. Facob quondam Patriarcha Q wem pofuit cernens numina mira poli ; Quem tulit ex Scotzs (polians quaft victor honoris, Edwardus Primus, Mars velut armipotens. Scotorum. domitor, nofter validiffimus Hector, Anglorum decus, €F Gloria militia. gt CHAP nb Of the SANCTUARY. ; HE peculiar Regard which all Nations have paid to Places of religious Worfhip, firft directed Criminals or Perfons o- ? therwife unhappy in their Circumftances to fhelter them- felves there, as under the Protection of the prefiding Deity. Wa» At length what Religion firft prompted, Policy cftablifh'd, and it was thought convenient to encourage fuch Securities and fecures the Awe of Religion by temporal Punifhments; and therefore fome of the greateft Founders of Empire erected Buildings to that Purpofe, of which the Ephefians were the firft ; and Cadmus who founded Thebes, afterwards. Her- cules otdain'd that the Temple of Pity at e4thens fhould be an Afylum; and Herodian obferves, that in Egypt there remain’d in his Time a Tem- le facred to Hercules, from whence it was Sacriledge to force any Perfon, which the Word ovreSe fignifies ; and fometimes, tho’ there was no Tem- ple erected, yet the Place being facred to any Deity was equally fecure ; thus the City of Trezene was inviolable, for that the Ifland of Caluria, in which it ftood, was dedicated to Neptune, as alluding to the Security the Sea gave them; other Places of Refuge we find mention’d, as feveral in E- gypt facred to Ofjris, and in Syria to eApollo, and in Cyprus ederias c- rected one to Venus Paphia, his Son Amathus to Venus Amathufia, and "Teucer, fovi Talaminio, whichwere likewife fach, with many others. Ro- mulus, to people his Eftablifhment, made: his 4fylum between two Woods before building the City of Rome, of which Virgil, lucum ingentem. quem Romulus acer Afylum vetulit : And this was a Recourfe of all the Out-cafts of the Earth, where he likewife erected a Temple to Pity; and from this political, rather than religious View, began the greateft of Empires, which being eftablith’d, {uch religious Places and Temples were fet apart by the , Senate for this Purpofe; which only, and no others, were Secure: Thus TEM T E Neate y à says the eAfylum Junonis in V irgil ; and afterwards great Men indulg’d fuch particular Places with thofe Privileges as they thought proper: Thus L: Scibio and L. Sylla after their Conquefts, the one of Antiochus and the o- ) ’ i ther 13 Au Exod. Chapt. 21. The Eiftory of St. PET E (7 Weltminfter. — Vol, IT, ther of eMithridates, made the Temple of Diana Leucophrinag an Aly. lum; and Caefar the Temple of Jupiter among the eAphrodifians, and of Trivia among the Stratonians for their withftanding the Parthians, €§¢. Polydore Virgil, who of the Original of moft things takes the leaft Notice of this, unluckily enough tells us that the Chriftians copy'd from Romulus and notfrom the Mofaick Inftitution. I muft own a Very unhappy Origi- nal, but if you'll compare the Character Tacitus gives of the former, and that very juft one the Ufurper Richard gives of the latter, you muft own the Copy extreamly like the Original Tacitus’s Words are thefe : Crefce- bant entm Gracas per urbes. Crebre{cebat enim Gracas per urbes licentia atque impunitas Ala ftatuendi: complebantur Templa. peffimis lervitiorum : eodem {ubfidio obarati adver{um creditores, Jufpectique capitalium criminum receptabantur. Nec ullum atis validum imperium erat coercendis feditioni- bus populi, flagitia hominum ut carimonias deum protegentis. That they were unlike the Mofaick Inftitution is too evident, for the Cities of Refuge a- mong the Fes were only fer apart for unhappy Perfons, who had ac- cidentally fhed Blood, where the Umbrage of the Levites fhelter'd them, and the time limited was that of the high Prieft’s Life; but if it was wil. ful Murder, then the Avenger of Blood was to take them thence : And in other Cafes, or in different Places, there was no other Security: Thus Fob was {lain when he held the Horns of the Altar, which was authoriz'd b God himfelf ; * i£a Man come prefümptuoufly upon his Neighbour to flay * him with Guile, thou fhalt take him from mine Altar that he fhall dic," and e/thalia was lead out of the Temple to receive the Rewards of her Treafon; which plainly thew, that the moft facred Place Was no Security for thofe who {candaliz’d the Religion worfhip'd there. Having fhewn the original and nature of thefe Securities among the Heathens and Jews, let us next take a View of the Chriftian Sanctuary, and particularly in England, in which feting afide the fabulous Stories of Malmutius, (whofe Laws call'd the Malmucina, fay's Brompton, continu'd tothe time of St. Edward) and Lucius’s Privileges, tho’ the latter gain'd fo much Credit, that Dr. Goodman Dean of this Church alledg’d in Par- liament, the Privilege in Westminster dctiv'd from him: And come to the Saxon Laws for fecuring thefe 4f ‘ylums; and firft, we fhall find in the Laws of Ina, King of the Weft Saxons, a Provifion for fuch as fled to Churches; likewife the Laws of Alured, €9'c. are full of fuch Securities. Thefe Sanétuaries generally included the Church Yard, the Parfon or Vicar's Houfe or Court-yard ; as fome of the Greek Princes granted Sanctuary two Miles round their Temples, in procefs of Time thefe Privileges were particularly, and in a larger manner fecurd to fome Places where the Church contain’d the Bodies of Saints, to which whoever fled and touch'd them were fecure from Violence ; thus ZfrpelfZage granted them to the Church of Beverly, fo in the Church of Haguflald ; and Matthew Paris mentions St. Edmunds-bury, and St. Albans as an. cient Sanctuaries fuperiour to others in his time; but afterwards feveral other Places procurd to their Churches the fame Privilege ; for not long after, that of St. Martins-le-Grand in London was inviolable; and at the reftraining thefe Cuftoms by the Act of Henry VIL we find thofe of Wells, Weftmnfter, Manchester, Northampton, Norzwich, Tork, Derby, and Launcefton. Thefe Privileges, if infring’d, were look'd upon as Acts of the higheft Sacrilege, and when the Hiftorians would reprefent an Enemy to I holy VollL — The Hiftory of St. Per er’s Weftminftet. is holy Church in his blackeft Colours, they charge him with fomething of this nature, of which take two or three Initances. Thurffan Ab. bat of Glaftenbury order’d three of his Monks to be kill’d and laid un. Mat Paris der the Altar, infomuch that their Blood ran down the Steps, (7. e, gra- P^ 1: di,) thefe were efteem’d very facred, which A&t of his is call'd Turpe fcelus, and he was banifh’d for it. Henry IL fay all the Writers of that time, moft flamefully injur'd Sanctuary. King Fob had it laid to his charge as a main Article of Tiranny, aud when Hubert de Burgh Earl of Kent cícáp'd Prifon and fled to Sanctuary the King was 15. ». 558. feverely cenfur'd for fuffering him to be fore’d thence and carried ‘back, and the Bifhop of Szlasbury excommunicated all that were concern'd in that Action; many more Inttances might be given to prove that thefe Violations never were but by Arbitrary Princes, or an unruly Rabble. of the firft the Inftance of Arch-bifhop Beckets murder is fufficient, as was the voluntary Penance of the King, and the wretched End of the Affat. fins of the latter; the Inftances of Arch-bifhop Sudbury drage'd from the Altar in the Tower Chappel, and beheaded by Tjler’s Rabble ; and Ab couth Bifhop of Salisbury taken from the Chappel of Edenden, and mur- der'd by his. Tenants. I could give other Inftances, but refer them till we come to fpeak of this Sanctuary in particular ; but itis not to be omitted that memorable Regard Edward IV. paid to Religion, who, after the Battle of Shrewsbery, hot with the Encounter, purfuing his Enemies to the Church, whither they had fled tor Sanétuary, with his Sword drawn, was ftopt by the Prieft habited and holding the Sacrament, who forbad him Entrance till he had promis’d fafety to thofe within it; a bold Demand in the one to make, and a brave one in the other to erant. Thefe extraordinary Advantages continued till the time of Henry VII. when the Pope iffü'd out a Bull in Favour of that Prince upon Symnels Rebellion, to this Purpofe, viz; Firfl, That if any Perfon, regifter’d asa Sanctuary Man, fhould (ally out of Sanctuary by Night or otherwife, and commit Ttefpafs, or an- noy the Country, and retreat in again; ‘in füch a Cafe the Perfon was to forfeit the Security of that Place for ever. Secondly, That notwithftanding the Perfon of a Sanctuary Man was protected from his Creditors ; yet his Goods out of the Sanctuary fhould lie open to Seifure and Law. Thirdly, That if any Perfon took Sanctuary for Treafon, the King might appoint him Keepers to prevent his Efcape. In the time of Henry VIIL this Privilege was again regulated, for by Act of Parliament in his 32d Year, all Sanctuaries except Parith Churcnes, Church-yards, Cathedral Churches, Hofpitals, and Collegiate Churches, and Chappels defign’d to Churches, were taken away; but with this Exception, wz. Wells, Weftminfter, Manchester, Northampton, Norwich, Tork, Derby, and Launceston, which were ftill to enjoy their ancient Privileges; and foon after Manchefter was ditfolv'd, and West Chefter appointed in the Room of it, But this Safety extended not to any Perfons, who were guilty of wilful Murder, Rape, Burglary, High- way, Houfe-breaking, or Treafon; and in other Cafes this Privilege was allow'd but for 40 Days; and then the Coioner fhould caufe them to abjure the Realm. .. As to Number, no Place might fhelter more than 20 Perfons at one time ; and if the Sanctuary, upon any Perfon’s entering his Name, wasfull , yet neverthelefs he fhould be skreen’d from Arreft, and the 16 The Hiftory of St. PETER Weftminfter. Vol. I; 27% Hea- the Magiftrate fhould pafs him from Place to Place, till he cameto the next. ry M ' As for füch as were admitted, it was provided by a former Act that they fhould wear Badges, and if found out of the Bounds without one, to forfeit the Privileges. Such Perfons likewife were not fuffer'd to carry a Sword, Knife, or other Weapon, except a Whittle for Diet, and then on- ly at Meals. Their Hours likewife were limited, for if they were abroad before Sun-rifing, or after Sun-fetting, they were for the firft time im- prifon’d in the Sanctuary two Days, for the fecond fix Days, and for the third to lofe the Privilege: But avoiding thefe they were fafe by an Act of Richard IL. That whoever arrefted any Perfon within the Limits of Sanctuaries, fhould be imprifon’d during the King's Pleafure. Thus have I touch'd flightly, as much as this Work would permit, on Sanctuaries in general: Now to this particular one, which fay its old Writers was the ancienteft; and made by Laczs, into which Error Dr. Goodman fell; but I believe Edward the Confeflor was the firft that pro- curd any Privileges that Way, more than what other Churches had ; and this appears by the Bull of Pope Leo, and his own Charter, which limits it; and this was fo ftri&tly preferv'd, that we have not one Inftance of injury offerd it till the Time of Richard Il. when the Cafe of Hawle and Schakel made fuch a Noife in the Land, of the firft, who lies in the South Crofs, mention has been made already, I fhall here add what was the Confequence of that barbarous Affaffination: Hazvle's being mur- derd in the Choir was inftantly complain’d of to the Bifhop of Lon- don, by this Convent, who inftantly excommunicated all concern'd in it, except the King, his Mother, and 7ohg Duke of Lancafter, and the Matter was fo aggravated in Parliament by the Bifhop, that Schakel was reftor’d to Sanctuary, and foon after to the King’s Favour. The next Inftance was in the Cafe of Tre/ilian the Lord Chief Juftice of the King’s Bench; who in the fame Reign had taken Sanctuary here, (and I think I have fomewhere read, it was at an Apothecary's over the Gate- way to it) he was dragg'd hence by the difcontented Lords and hang'd at Tyburn the fame Day; but upon this the Abbat made fuch Complaint, that Thomas of Woodftock Duke of Gloucefter, and Sir Tol Cobham, for Violence. done to Sanctuary, ask'd the Abbat’s Pardon and Abfoluti- on. In the Reign of Henry VI. Eleanor Cobham, Wife to Thomas of Woodftock Duke of Gloucefter, a Woman of no extraordinary Character, tho’ I think, Mr. Fox has made a Confeffor of her in his Kalen. Body was thrown up by. St. eMary Overjes, and I think buried there Thomas Barret Efq; a famous Wariour in France, under the Duke of Bedford, took Sanétuary at this Church, and was taken thence and hewn to pieces about the fame Time: After the famous Battle of Barzet, Fobn Lord Wells took Sanétuary here, but was entic'd thence by Edward IV. and beheaded. : I But Vol. Ii. The Hiftory of St. PET E n’s Weflminlter. But the moft remarkable Cafe, was that of Elizabeth, Queen to Fd: ward IV. who had been twice driven hither for Shelter ; firft, when Hen. VL bad fair for recovering his Throne, and at that Time the was deliver’d of Edward Vth. in the Abbat’s Houfe: The fecond Cafe was upon her Husband’s Death, when fhe fled hither with her youngeft Son, which oc- cafion’d great Difputes concerning the Legality of it ; at this Time the Protect: or mov d, that a Meflage might be fent by the Arch-bifhop of York, requiting the Queen to deliver up her Son, otherwife to enforce him thence, but the latter part was ftrongly objected to by the Bifhop ; ‘for that God would be * highly difpleasd, if the Privilege of that holy Place fhould be infring'd; which had been preferv'd fo long, and which had been fecured by fo ma- ny Popes and Kings, and which holy Ground St. Peter in his own Perfon hollowed ; for Proof of which (and that a very weighty one too) they kept in that Abbey St. Peter's Cope, which might then be fcen ; and from that Time till now (continues he) no King was ever fo wicked as to violate it, nor Bifhop fo prefumptuous as to confecrate it’: And to this anfwered, the Queen's Words, ‘That no Tyrant had * ever been fo devilifh to break it’. The Duke of Buckingham on the o- ther Hand inveigh'd ftrongly againft it, when allow'd to any, but fuch ^^ n n n n as by Sea-chance, or other, fhould be involv'd in Debt ; or when Com-' petitors were for a Crown, to have a Place of Refuge for either fide, ac- cording to the Chance of the War: But urges, that Thiefs, of which thofe Places were full, or wilfull Murderers, of which there were two Nefts, viz, the one at the Elbow of the City, the other in the Bowls, (meaning this, and St. eMartins-le-Grand) thould have no Advantage, unlefs they would fuppofe that God and St. Peter were the Patrons of wicked Courfes. The Nature of thefe Places he thus farther aggravates : * Now (fays he) Spendthrifts and Extravagants run in debt upon the View of thefe Places; rich Men run hither with poor Men's Goods; here they live high, build Houfes and bid their Creditors go whiftle; hi- ther Mens Wives come, having plunder’d their Husbands, and then fay they beat them, Thieves bring ftollen Goods hither and fell them, and while they enjoy the Privilege fpend the Money, and here caball and fix their next Defign, which might be remedied, and yet Sanctuary not abusd; and charges the Pope and Prince that fecur'd them with be- ing moré piteous than politick’. This Argument being the beft View of thofe Places, I fhall purfue. This Sanctuary being as beforemention'd among othets lirnited by the Statute of Henry VIII: I fhall confider the State and Condition of it fince, and the Practice usd. confequent to that Act, which ftill was the fame in Cafes of Debt as before, viz. Security upon delivering up their Effects upon Oath to fome Church man, till they could be diftributed a- mong their Creditors; of which isan Inftance, in Henry VIth time, the Cafe of e4. R. a Haberdafher who exhibited a Bill in Chancery againft Foiter Atch-deacon of London, for wrongfully detaining from him Goods deliverd upon this Account, which Bill is in Mr. Stow’s Sutvey. And thus after the Act of Sanctuaries, viz. in December, 1558. one Geffray Rainman brought to the Abbat Feckenham nine Cloths, the Owner whereof was one Thomas Bradey Clothier, whereupon the Lords of the Council fent a Letter to the Abbat to deliver thofe Cloths, taking Bonds of him to be anfwerable to fuch as fhould by Law claim them. ^ ^"^ n ^ ^ n After i7 18 Stow. Dew’s Journal. The Hiftory of St. Put E ^s. Weftminfter. Vol. II. After Queen Elizabeth came to the Crown, this Sanctuary {till con- tinu'd; but was brought under Regulation, and an Oath adminificrd to fuch as fhould claim it, to this Purpofe : Firft, That they claim'd it not for Fraud, but only for Safety, till they could pay their Debts. Secondly, That they fhould give an Account of all their Debts and their Effects, and fhew how they came behind Hand: Tj hirdly, That tho’ they were not able to fatisty their Creditors, yet they would labour by all Means to do it as foon as poffible. Fourthly, "That they fhould at- tend daily Prayers. Morning and Evening in the Collegiate Church. Fifthly, That they fhould behave themfelves honeftly and quietly, and a- void all fufpected Houfes, unlawfull Games, and lewd Company. Sixthly, That they fhould wear no Weapon, nor be out of their Lodging before Sun-rifing or after Sun-fet, nor go out of the Precinct without the Dean's Leave, if prefent, or the Arch-deacon’s in his Abfence. Seventhly, That they fhould be obedient to Mr. Dean, the Arch-deacon, arid other Officers during their Stay. Eighthly, That if they infringe the Articles afore- faid, or be difcoverd of making a falfe Certificate, that notwithftand- ing their Admiffion to Sanctuary, they fhould claim no Privilege of it. à; The Manner at that Time of their Admiffion (fays Stow) was thus: Firft the Arch-deacon was to declare to them, what a Danger it was before God to defraud any Man wittingly of his Goods, the which was againft his Laws, which willed every Man to pay, faying Reddite omnibus, i.c. Render to all eMen. And alfo againft the Law of Nature, which faith, Hoc facias alteri, E90. i.e. Do. that to another which you would have another do to you : And what a Rebuke it was to any Man to claim Sanctuary, and a Difcredit to his Occupying for ever ; and to advife him therefore to remember thefe Premifes, and to return before he were known openly. ' Then after this, Knowledge fhould be given to their Creditors of them that were inthe faid Sanctuary ; or elfe, if they came unfent for, immediare- ly the faid Sanctuary-men fhould be call’d before the faid Dean and Arch-deacon to hear their Demands ; and if any of the faid Creditors could certainly prove, that the faid Privilege Men had brought in with them Money or Wares, they fhould be fatity'd thereof prefently. And if the Creditors did lay unto their Charge, that they had more Mo- ney, Debts, and Wares, than they would confefs, ftraitway they fhould be committed to Ward for a certain Time, to make them confe(s the Truth of the fame, if it might be; and thereupon to make an End. And then, if they could not make them confes more than was before confefs'd, to travail from Time to Time, to make them agrees and if any of them would not be order'd accordingly, then to punifh him. And finally, if it were poffible for them, to bring in fome honeft Per- fons to juítity of their Decay. his was then the Ufage here, and the Privilege was upon thefe Con- ditions preferv'd, as appears in the Cafe of Hampton and Whitaker, who betook themfelves here for Debs, and the Opinion of Judge Dyer and Sonthcot in the Star-chamber confirm'd it to them: But not long after an Attempt was made in Parliament to take it away, as appears by the Journal, as follows, viz. Monday 7th Octoler, 8th Elizabeth, A Motion was made in the Houfc to take away Sanétuary for Debt, that of Weft- minfter not excepted ; upon which Dr. Goodman, then Dean, alledg’d the 2 Exemp- Vol IL The Hifory of St. PE Ew; Weftminfter. Exemption of his Church; whereupon a Day was appointed to hear him on Fryday following, at nine of the Clock, and to attend with Coun- cil to fhew Caufe why it fhould be excepted. Thur{day 10th following, upon Motion made by Mr. Dean, he was allow'd further time, till Wednefday the 16th following. Wednefday the 16th following, the Dean finally appear’d with Council, viz. Mr. Edward Plowden ot the middle Temple, and Mr. Ford a Civilian; the Dean himfelf made an Oration in Defence of it, and al- ledg'd divers Charters from King Lucius and other Chriftian Kings; and Mr. Plowden alledg'd King Edwards Grant, dated eAnno. 1066. with great Reafons in Law and Chronicle; and Mr. Ford allede'd from di- vers Chronicles and Stories in Law, whereupon the Bill was commit- tedto the Mafter of the Rolls and others to confider thefe Reafons, and perufe the Grants, €5°c. Thurfday, 31/8 October, the Mafter of the Rolls made his Report, and the Houfe ordered the Bill to be engrofs'd. Wedne(day, 4th December, the Bill was read a third time, and dafh’d up- on a Divifion of the Houfe 60 againft 71. The Places thus privileg’d formerly, are known by the Name of the broad, or great, and little, Sanétuary, the former lying open to St. Mar- garet's Church Yard, and the little Sanctuary comes into Kings-ftreat neat St. Margaret’s Church. ) Pesce a sect cea ae cca crane ces eae ney CHA P. “ly, Of the modern State of this CuuRcnH. CE) me) in that Year, William Benfon, to Be CS fürrender'd it into the King’s Hands, at which time fhe had ac- quir'd fuperior Wealth to any other in England; the Plate, Jewels, and Veftments, and Offerings to St. Edward, muft needs have amounted to im- menfe Value, if we may judge by the Eftimation of them, even many Yeats before; for fetting afide the Prefents and Gifts of Offz, Canute, Ed- ward the Confeffor, and Wiliam the Conqueror: Matthew Weftm. tells 19 us, that Henry lll. gave this Church donariaRegalia, vel potius. imperia- y, a lia in pallis, gemmus €9. vafis mirificis qua oculos intuentium in admiratio- nem, €9 corda moverunt ad fiuporem, ita ut inter omnes eccleffas cijalpinas, €9, ft fas eft dicere, tranfalpinas ecclefia Weftmonaft. thefauro Regali copio- fa abundaret s. and in another Place, that he made a Golden Feretery for St. Edward, and offerd it, vafa cariffima impretiabilia, admiratione digna, cum gemmis € fericis pannis praclara. Afterwards Edward prc- fented the Scotifh Regalia; Edward IL. Plate of great Value, and the two fucceeding Princes were profufely liberal in Prefents of chat Nature , and laftly, Henry VII. ftill added; befides which, was the Plate of Abbat Langham, and others: Of this Plate and thefe Veftments I have as yet p with 2G The Hiftory of $t. PET E ws Weftminflet. — Vol. IT, with no Inventory; but in a Ads. in the Cotton Library of Church Plate deliverd to Henry VIII 1 find mention'd a fair Monftrance of Silver gilt, parcel of the Stuff that came from Weftmanfter, weighing four. {core and ten Ounces; and even the Veftments Langham gave were worth 437/. 3s. 4d. of which one coft 100 Marks: and his Gifts in all were worth 39541. 13s. td. to which add thofe of Littlington: Other Parti- culars I find not, but this thews plainly, that he feiz'd the Treafury of this Church promifcuoufly with others. ‘As for her Poffeffions, which were very large, of which moft have been mention'd, and others were after- wards givén by Edward lI. Richard ll. and Henry VI. Fc. they would require too much Space for this Work to particularize : The Roll in the Augmentation Office being a very large one, I fhall, in the beft Manner I can, give a fhort Summary of fuch Particulars as may raife an Ideaof them, in their modern Names; thofe in the Charters being before exact- ly copy in the Benefactions, of which although fome were fold or ex- Chang d for others, yet ftill the Value of them continu’d to the Church; they wereasfollows: ———— iu. Lands and Houfes in Weftminfter, Paddington, Knights-bridge, Ham- flead, Hendon, Stanes, Sunbury, Tuddington, Kingsbury, Brantford, Hanwell, Feltham, Halford, Eccleford, Fenton, Sheperton, Lyteington, Greenford, Han- worth, Chelfea, Upphalford in Middlefex ; Briddebroke, Wynington, Keldon, Hamme, Inger ftone, Feringes, Wokendon, Wanftead, Stratford, Canvey lle, Tilbury, Chefterford, Sapsworth and Molefham in Effece ; Aldenham; Afh- well, Hollwell, Cadwell, Cowell, Evel, Datchworth, Watton, Stevenadge, Exfthampftead, Wheathamftead, Eygate, Wormley in Hertford hire ; ~Amer- ham or e4gmondefham, Turrweftone, Denham, Burnham, Chippenham in A pp Burnham in Bucks s Peckworth, Sudbury, Thorp, in Suffolk ; Persford, Per- ton, Derhurft, Perfore, Sutton, Morton-hendmer [b, eMortonfolet, two Mannors of Landon, and of Chadleigb, and of Hardwyck, and the Hamlets of Wallton, eApperley, Whitfield, Trin €) cors, and Hauregge in Gloucester fhire ; Merton, Batterfed, Wand{worth, Chillington in Surrey; Land at Le[nefs, Mannors of Westerham, Edulnebruge and Lodenham in Kent ; Ifip, Lang- ton, and Feriam in Oxforfhire, Roceland in Hamp|hire ; Land in the Parith of Windfor, Ledcomb regis, Chadleworth, Stanford, and Steventon in Berkfhire ; the Hundreds of Offord and Chughy in Huntingtonftire; Mannor of Bérlingham in Worcefter fire; Mannot of Tykbull in Torkfhire ; the Mannors of Xnole and Grafton, and the Hamlets ‘of eAlfpathe, Bul- leys and Hulverly, Witaker field, Kumaldfey, Nothchur ft, Langdon, and Didington in the County of Warwick; befides which, Lands of ancient Names, ícatterd in feveral Places, and in lef quantities wz, Blecken- ham in Hendon, Loyer flea, Berwick, Tottenhal, Perham, Raby, Over flea, Totings, | Éaflbamflead, Tacewell, Tithur ft, eMapledoreftead, Keyne, and Lacedon, l'vemy, Cricklade; Mannor of Wheatly, Land at Cur. berington, Bulby, Pecklefham; Land at Warenham, Todeham, | €9c. of the chief Part of which and their Doners may be feen in the firft Part of this Work: And many others there were in leí; quantities in the City of London, and elfewheres all which being feiz'd in the King’s Hands, he affign’d the major Part of them to his new erected Bifhoprick here, which being diffolv'd, many of them were fettled in the See of London ; feventeen were given the Duke of Somerfet, to Prevent his pulling down the Churchs and a large Part ftill continue to this Deanery. I In VolIL The Hiftory of St. PE v E n&^s Weftminfler. Inthe City of London, this Abbey claim’d at feveral times the Ad- vowfon or Patronage of the following Churches, wiz. St. Brides in Fleet- fireet, Sx. Clement befides Eaftcheap; St. james Garlick-bith, St. eVMartins _Ludgate, St. Magnes by London Bridge, alternately .with the Prior of Ber- amondjey, St. Matthew Friday-ftreet, St. Nicholas Flefbamels, alternately with the King: St. iban Wood-ftreet, Bow Church; (for fuch I take ic: The Church of Newerke fignifies from the arch’d building, then lately brought over by the Normans,) the Deanery of St. Martins-le-Grand (an- nexd to it by Henry VIL) and with it thefe Churches under it’s Patro- nage, viz. St. Nicholas cole Abbey, St. Alphage eAlder[gate, St. Anne within Alder(gate, and St. Katherine Coleman of thefe St. Matthew Fri- day-ftreet, St. Martins Ludgate, St. Magnes, St. James Garlick-hith, St. Alphage, St. Anne's within Alder{gate, and St. Katherine Coleman, | after fome Revolutions, were by Queen Mary given to Dr. Bonner Bifhop of London, in which See they continue. Other Churches andChappels at feveral times in their Gift, were thefe, St. Margaret Weftminft. Wand[- worth and ‘Batterfea in Surrey, St. Mary at Maldon, the Church of Stevenage, the Church of Morden, Chadleworth in Berkjhire, Standford, Turweftone and Denham in Bucks ; Goodmancefter in Huntington [hire ; fouth Benfleet, Keldon, Sapsworth ox Sabridgeworth and Winnington in Effex: Maoreton-hendmerfh, and Sutton in Gloucefter {hire ; Tuddington, Greenford, Hendon, Hampftead, Brentford, Stanes, Sunbury in Middle- fexs IH flip in Oxforfhire ; Holwell, Afhwell, Wheathamstead, Afb(el, in Hert- ford hire ; Roteland in Hamp[bire ; Winchendum, St. Bartholomew in Sud- bury in Suffolk, and the Church of Thorp in that County; St. Mary de 2I Bellan, Bully, Ockham, Strengfham, Hameldone, Eppingham, Horley, and, Belcona, and feveral other Donativesand Chappleries where they had Lands, of which fome were difpos’d or exchang’d for others, fome continu'd to the Deanery, but the greatett Part was annex’d to the See of Lon- don. There were, befides Churches, thefe Cells following, wz. Herly in Buckingham hire, and Kilbourn Nunnery in Middlefex. The Value of this Monaftery, at it’s Diffolution, was 3977/. 6s. Ad. *. per Annum; of which ,3033/. 17s. Od. 5. was clear; a prodigious Revenue for thofe Days, and fuch as no Monaftery had. The Convent refigning, Henry VII, in Regard it was immediately tinder the royal Patronage, preferv’d it, from the general Deftruction, and inftead thereof made it a College of Secular Canons under a Dean, appointing Benfon the laft Abbat, (that refign'd) Dean thereof s in which Inftitution I find among other things enjoyn'd, that the Dean and Chapter give r00/. in Alms yearly, and 40/. to repair Highways: But fuddenly changing his Mind, he, a Year after, altered it to a Bifhops See, and. Dec. 19th 1540 Thomas Thirlby was confecrated Bifhop thereof; but he caufing many Dilapidations was remov'd to Norwich, and the Church was a- gain fubje&t to a Dean, and Dr. Cox inftituted Dean thereof: About which Time Dr. Ridley being confecrated Bifhop of London, and feveral Lands added to his See, I find King Edward VI. excepts from his Jurifdiction this Abbey of Weftmnfter, the Church of St. Margaret, Pad- ington, St. Giles in the Fields, St. Martins-le-Grand, Wormely Ferynges and St. Mary at Malden, belonging to this Abbey. While it continu'd Cathedral, the Dean and Prebendaries kept feveral Houfes and kept Re- dence only for 21 Days three ea of the Year, and 24 one quist: x The Rhym. foed. a The Hiftory of St. P & r ER’s Weftminfter. Vol. II. ‘The Dean, if he was abfent one Day of his Refidence, paid ros. if he came not at all, he had only the Corps of his Deanery, which was 40/. Every Prebend forfeited 1s. for every Day omitted of his Refidence, and if wholly abfent, had but the Corps which was rol. Queen eZI4ary coming to the Throne, fhe and King Philip, by Letters dated at Croyden the 7th of September, in the third and fourth Years of their Reign, rcftor'd the Monks; and on the 28th of Ocfoler following, Dr. john Fecknham, who had been Dean of St. Paul's, and 14 Monks, took the Benedictine Habit in this Church, where the Abbat was inftall’d ; but the Revenues could not be in any Meafure reftor'd , yet fuch asthe Dean and Canons had, were refign’d into the Hands of Cardinal Pool, for reftoring, or rather new founding a Benedictine Convent in the ftead ; but fhe dying foon after, and Queen Fliz,abeth fucceeding to the Crown, fhe by Patents, dated the 22d of May, in the fecond Year of her Reign, again erected it into a Collegiate Church, under the Government of a Dean that fhould be: a Prieft; and 12 Prebendaries, that fhould be fo likewife : And by her Letters directed to Matthew Parker, Arch-bifhop of Canter- bury, nominates Dr. Bill Dean, her Almoner, and the Prebendaries. The Queen likewife inftituted a College, or School, after the Manner of thofe at Eaton and Winchefter, of 40 Scholars, govern'd by an upper Matter, and Ufher, or fecond Mafter; thefe were term'd. the 9een’s Scholars: And whereas, whenit was a. Deanery in Henry VIII's time, the Scholars had 35. 6d. 4 allowd them, and boarded any. where; coming only daily to School for Learning: Thefe were collected into onc Body, and a Part of the old Abbey Offices fet apart for a Dorter or Dormitory, which was then call'd a great Chamber, provided for them by Dr. ‘Bill and the Prebendaries; they had likewife their Commons in the Dean's Hall, and two Yards of Broad-cloth for a Gown: there was likewife a Houfe provided for them in the Dean's Clofe, in cafe of Sicknefs, and another at Chefwick. As for the Dean and Prebendaries, who formerly divided their Provifion Money, and dicted at large, they were by Dr. Bill's Regulations oblig’d to keep Commons together with the Dean in his Hall, where were two (quare Tables, one for himfelf, and whom he invited, and the other for the rc- fident Prebendaries; which two Dr. Goodman united for faving Charges. There was alfo appointed a Mafter of the Chorifters, who had. a Houfe and 41. per ednnum allow'd him, and 31. 6 s. 4d. for each ot the 10. Chorifters with Livery, and one Bufhel of Wheat weekly. The Minifters, and Singing Men, and Organifts had Houfes and Sallaries appointed, as likewife other Officers, and 12 poor Soldiers, which Method has fince been much alter’ds tho’ Dr. Goodman endeavour'd to have Bil’s Orders enacted ; what they were may be feen at large in Mr. Stow’s Survey. But while this Regulation was doing here, the Church of Rome were not want. ing of Hopes to recover this Place ; and therefore when King James T. came to the Throne, they took Care of a freth Inftitution of Monks for this Places for which End one Sebert or Sigebert Buckly, who had been a Monk here, and was then the only furviving one of this Abbey ; fcvcral Eng- lifh Students, in Jtaly and Spain, made Intereft about 1603. with Pope Clement VIL. to erect an Englifh Miffion, which the Pope granted the (ame Years and foon after that of Doway, and another at Dieulwart in Lorain, were fct apart for them; and Buckly receiv'd feveral of Mount-caffino into this Congregation: The Management and Particulars relat- 2 Vol IL The Hiftory of St. PE T E R&'7 Weftminfter. 23 relating to this Eftablifhment may be feen at large in Reyner's Apof. Bened. in eAnglia. But I return to my intended Hiftory of the Build- ing. ‘After this Inftitution, I find the Beauty of the Church, and in a great Meafure the Ornaments, fuch as were decent, were preferv'd, which gave offence to feveral nice Perfons ; and among the reft one john Hardyman D. 9D. Prebendary of the third Stall, fetting about a thorough Reforma- tion, brake down the Altars in the Church, and Ornaments, and much defacd others, for which being complain'd of to the Queen's. Ecclefiafti- cal Commiffioners, he was depriv’d eme. 1667. When Dr. Williams was Dean, he founded the Library, at which Time the Spirit of Faction and Deftruétion began to rage again ; this Building was threaten'd with Deftruction from the incens’d. Rabble, who attempted. fc- veral times to break in ; -but by the Care of the Dean, who placd Guards ma- ny Days within fide for Defence, they were repulsd ; but it was not long after that they gratify'd their Fury; when a Troop of Soldiers were let loofe into the Church, who committed all manner of Outrages; break- ing the Organs, putting on the Veftments, and baiting one the other a- bout the Church, drinking, {moaking Tobacco round the Altar; and in fhort committing whatever Havock enlarg’d Diforder and Malice could prompt them to. The Church fuffer'd not more in lofs of her Decency and Ornaments, - than of the great Ornament and Decency of her Government, which (dif- folv'd, and the Church Lands fold and confifcated,) the Church was usd in common, there being a Morning and Afternoon Lecturer ap- pointed to preach here; and here the Parliament reforted on their Fafts, when they fought the Lord. concerning. Mifchief, and prais'd him for their Succefs in it, while the Preachers infulted the Athes of their dead Mon- archs, and fpirited them to deftroy their living Sovereign ; and during thefe miferable times of Rebellion under the Parliament, and afterwards under Cromwell, the Pulpit here was continually fill’d with the grave Hypocrify of the firft Preachers, and the mad and blafphemous Extra- vagancy of the latter. After the King’s Murder, the Parricides, as a Reward, beftow'd the Deanery Houfe on Brad fhaw their Prefident, where he died, and whence his Carcafs was brought and buried in this Church, as were likewife thofe of Cromwell, Fc. depofited; but. upon the happy Reftauration, that of Epifcopacy attended it, and this Place recover d her former Glory, with- out any Alteration, faving that of numbering the Prebendarics Stalls: And in this Refpect fhe is greater, for that her Deans have for two Succef- fions been Prelates, and are thereby privileg’d, as her ancient Abbats were, with a Seat in the Houfe of Lords, Of whofe Power and Office I fhall next fpeak. The Dean may now be faid to enjoy allthe Honour, Power, and Pre- togative the former Abbats did, and therefore is ftill by fome accounted an Abbat: He is under no Ecclefiaftical Jurisdiction whatfoever, and his Church is ftill fo privileg'd, that the Bifhops fign their Proteft againft in- fringing it, before they meet here in Gonvocation: He is nominated by the King, and is immediately under no other Perfon: At the Coronati- ons he affifts ufually in the higheft Offices, now that of crowning ; ; whereas the.Abbats only fprinkled the holy Water at that Ceremony. Nac uie By his Refidence near the Court he generally is mix’d wich the Affairs of it. Wt The Hiftory of St. PE v E js Weftminfler. Vol. II. it. As to his Power, it is Civil as well as Spiritual, being always in Commiflion of the Peace for Weffminster; and he with the Chap- ter have the Civil or Ecclefiaftical Jurisdiction within. the City and Liber- ties of Westminster, and likewife in St. Martins-le-Grand in London. formerly a famous Deanery, afterwards annex'd tothis Abbey: In which Places, as well as where they have Donations in Effex as beforementi- on'd, they are exempt from the Bifhop of London's Jurisdiction, or that of Canterbury. But in the Civil Government they a& not themfelyes but make Choice of a Reprefentative, call'd the High Steward, ele&ed by them, which Honour is for Lifes arfd at his Death a new one is = lected by the Chapter, at which.Time the Dean fits as High Steward till the Election is over: There is likewife a deputy Steward, and a high Bayliffe, honourable Pofts; and other Officers, which relating to the Government of that City, I fhall omit. Charta Regis EDG ARI. egnante Somino noscpo lesu Chrifto inpeppecuum. —fego feADGARVS Dei Gratia Anglorum Rex, omnibus Epifcopis Abbatibus Coe Cotton lib, /| mitibus "vice comitibus Centenariis ceterisq; agentibus noftris Domi cx. - E . . = 2X As aU prefentibus fcilicet & futuris Salutem, Dignum & Conveni- SMS ens eft Clementi principali inter ceteras aCtiones illud quod ad Salutem Anime pertinet. Et quod pro Divino amore poftulator pio auditu, Sufcipere & Studiofe ad cffe&um perducere quatinus de Cadu- cis Rebus prefentis feculi, que nunquam fine inquinamento & erumpna poflidentur peccatorum, Emundatio & vite eterne fecuritas ad quiratur juxta preceptum Domini Dicentis. Date Elemofinam & omnia munda funt vobis, Ergo dando Elemofinam juxta hoc ipfius Di&um oportet nos, Mercari peccatorum neutrorum emundationem, ut dum Ecdeíüs Chrift impertimur congrua Beneficia & Juftas bonorum Virorum petitiones ef- ficaciter audimus Retributorem Dom. ex hoc habere Mereamur. Icrruk poftquam Dona Dei & Paterna Succeffione in Regnum Anglorum Inthronizatus & Confirmatus fui, ubi vidi Ecclefias Dei jam peccatis exi- gentibus quam crebris Barbarorum irruptionibus dirutas, & maxime Sanctam & Apoftolicam vitam, id eft Monachicum ordinem per omnes Regni mei provincias funditus deperiffe : graviter Dolens & Confilium a Sancto Spiritu accipiens Dunfbano Archiepifco & Athelwoldo Wintoni- enfi Epifcopo hoc Negotium indixi, ut omnia Monafleria que intra Ter- minum totius Anglie, fita funt fupra vel infra circumirent ac Reedif- ficarent, & poffelliones que ad fiscum redacte erant de ipfis Monafle- ris vel ab aliis fecularibus poteftatibus pervafe ubicunque Chartis vel Teflimoniis Recognofcerentq; mea auctoritate freti; ad integrum reftitue- rent. Et tanquam dicente mihi Domino, a Capite incipe imprimis Ec- clefiam Domini & fpecialis Patroni ac proteCtoris noftri Petri que fita eft in loco 'Terribli qui ab Incolis Tormeje nuncupatur, ab occidente feidelicet Urbis Lundonie, que olim id eff Dominice Incarnationis Anno D. C. Ilto. Beati Adeberti hortatu primi Anglorum Regis Chriftiani deftru&o prius ibidem abhominationis Templo Regum Paganorum a Sa bertho pre divite. quodam fub Regulo Lundonienfi nepote videlicet ipfius A Regis La APPENDIX. Regis conftrudia eft & non ab alio fed ab ipfo San&o Petro Apoftolo- rum principe in fuum ipfius proprium honorem dedicata dehinc ab Of fa, & Kenulfo Regibus celeberimis poffeffionum, privilegiis & variis orna- mentorum fpéciebus vehementer fuerat ditata, & in qua fedes Regia & Locus etiam Confecrationis Regum Antiquitus erat hanc precepi ut ftudiofius Reftruerent, & omnes poffeffiones ejus Readunarent & ipfe de meis indominicatis Terris aliquanta abdidi, & Carthis atque. Legitimis Tefübus Corroboravi. Deinde fuccedente Tempore Confilio habito intra ipfam Bafilicam, prefidente me cum Filio meo Eadwardo & eodem Ar- chiepifcopo venerabili Dunffano, & univerfis Epifcopis & Baronibus meis fecutus exemplum majorum meorum, Renovavi addidi & corroboravi, Carthas & privelegia ejusdem Loci, & ad Apoftolicam fedem legenda, & Confirmanda tranfmifi atque Legitima conceffione in hunc modum aftipulata Recepi. JOHANNES Epifcopus Urbis Rome fervus fervorum Dei, Domino Excellentiflimo Eadgaro filio fuo Regi Anglorum Salutem & Apoftolicam Benedidionem, Quia Literis fue Celfitudinis Fili Cariffime, nobis inno- tuifti de Monafterio fcil Petri fpecialis patroni fui quod ab antiquis Ang- lie Regibus a poteftate Lundonice fedis Epi’, cum concilio pontificum e- jufdem Patri» fuerit ereptum & abhinc fub Regimine Regum vel Cla- rilfimorum Abbdtum femper difpofitum & poftulati a nobis, ut Privi- legium Epifcoporum de eodem Monafteriis fa&ui, noftro privilegio im- mo magis Apoftolorum Ptintipis Roboraremtis auctoritate, Libentiflime fe- cundum tue Benevolentie petitionem facimus Audloritate fequidem Beati Patri Apoftolorum Principis, qui poteftatem ligandi atq; Solvendi a Dmo. accepit cüjufq; nos vicarii exiftimus, Stabilimus, ut ipfe Locus Regum pre- ceptis & previlegiis apoftolicis fultus per omnia Tempora fine Repititione cujuscunq; Limdonice Urbis Epi aut alicujus Indiciariz poteflatis vel cu- juscunq; prepotentis, Hominis cujuscunq; ordinis vel dignitatis fit fed fem- per ficut preoptat & expetit Benevolentia fua ratus futuro Tempore per- imaneat. Venerabiles igitur ejufdem Loci fratres idoneos ex fe, vel ex qua voluerunt Congretatione Abbates five Decanos fibi per Succefliones eligendi ex auctoritate hujuffce Romane fedis & noftra ficut. poftulafti amplius habeant poteftatern, & ne impediantur Apoftolica audtoritate prohibemus neque per violentiam extranea perfona introducatur nifi quam omnis con- cors Congregatio elegerit. Preterea illi Loco quicquid contuletur vel col- latum eft vel conferetur, Divina noflra auctoritate. roboramus Prevelegia vero poflefhonum & dignitatum Cariffimi Fratris noflri venerabilis Duz- fiani aliorumq; fidelium ibidem indulta, nec non & privilegia veftra ad honorem Dei pertinentia que ibi inftituere volueris Gratanti affetu an- nuimus confirmamus & confirmando in perpetuum rata inviolataque fta- re Decernimus, & infractores eorum eterna Maledictione Dampnamus, obfervatores autem hujus firmitatis, Gratiam & Mifericordiam a Domino confequi mereantur Caufa igitur infrationis noflri previlegii ad pofteros noftros perveniat Dat. Ravenne Nono Kal. Feb, cognofcat ergo Magnitu- do feu utilitas veftra quam Decernimus & in perpetuo manfurum jube- mus atque conflituimus ut pro Reverentia Reliquiarum Gloriofiffimi A- poltoli Petri, & pro quiete Monachorum ibidem Deo Famulantiam, Honor & Laus eidem Ecclefie habeatur & obfervetur, id, efl. ut quif- quis Fugitivorum pro quolibet fcelere ad prefatam Bafilicam Beati A- poftoli fugiens, precindum ejus Intraverit, five Pedes, five Eques, fi- ve de Curia Regali, five de Civitate ceu de villa, ceu cujuscunque Conditionis APPENDIX. conditionis fit quocunque Delido facinoris, contra nos vel fucceden- tes Reges Anglorum, vel contra alium quemlibet fidelem {cilicet Eccle- fiz Dei foris factus fit, Relaxetur & Liberetur & vitam atque Membra abfque ulla contradi€tione obtineat. Preterea interminamur divina auctori- tate & noftra, ut neq; nos neq; Succeffores noftri neq; quilibet Epifcopus vel archiepus nec quicunque de Judiciaria poteftate in ipfam fanctam Ba» filicam vel Immanentes in ipfa, vel in Homines qui cum fua Subftantia vel Rebus ad ipfam tradere vel Devovere fe voluerint nifi per voluntatem Abbatis & Monachorum ullam nunquam habeat poteftatem fed fit hec fancla Mater Ecclefia peculiaris patroni noftri Beati Petri apoftoli libera & abfoluta ab omni invafione vel inquietudine omnium hominum cujufcunque ordinis vel poteftatis effe videantur. in Maneria vero vel curtes prefate Bafilice, ubi & ubi in quas cung; Regiones vel Pagos in Regno noftro quic- quid a Die prefenti ipfum Monafterium pofidere & dominari videtur, vel quod timentibus Hoftibus per Legitima Cartharum inftramenta ibidem fuit Con- ceffum vel in antea erit additum vel Delegatum, nec ad Caufas audien- dum nec ad Fidejuffores Tollendos nec ad Freda vel Bannos exigendum & ad Manfiones vel paratas faciendum nec ullas Redibitiones requirendum infra Immunitatem fan Petri ingredi vel Requirere quoque Tempore prefumitur fed quiequid ex inde Fifcus nofter exauctare poterat omnia & ex omnibus promercedis noftre augmento, fubintegra & firmiffima Im- munitate Concedimus ad ipfum fanétum Locum in perpetuo Confirma- mus. Concédo etiam & Confirmo omnes Libertates & Donationes Terra- rum que a predictis Regibus feu alijs ficut legitur in antiquo Telligra- pho Libertatis ante me donate funt fcillicet Game pinincune Mopdune penvune Albenham Bleccenham lopeprlege quas tamen venerabiles Dunftanus a me una cum predi€to Loco emerat Nec non & Libertates atque Emptiones quas idem Dunflanus me concedente ab optimatibus meis mercatus eft & quas etiam coram Legitimis Teftibus figillo fuo & anulo Epifcopali ibidem in ufum Fratrum prefate Ecclefix in perpetuam perftrinxit pofleffionem, Nos itag ad Laudem Nominis Domini & ad honorem Sancli Petri Terras que hic Karaxantur ibidem Donavimus Hollewelle, Decewrthe, Wattune, Cillingtune, Hec igitur {upradiGa Rura cum omnibus ad fe pertinentibus & cum Ces nobio quod Stana vocatur & omnibus fibi pertinentibus Scil. Tudintun, Hal- geford, Feltham, Eclesford, prifcis Temporibus ad eandem perhibetur Ecclefiam Sani Petri pertinere ficut legitur ut Diximus in antiquo Telligrapho Li- bertatis quam Rex Offa illi Monafterio contulit quando Ecclefiis per uni- verfas Regiones Anglorum recuperativa Privilegia Wifiredo archiepo hortante fcribere juflit, Quod Cznobium Stanenfe jam olim Regular Monachorum Examine pollebat, poftea vero hoftili quadam expeditione Fratribus - Dif perfis folo tenus eft Diruta hanc itaq; eandem Libertatem prefate Ecclefix fandi Petri principis apoftolorum Concefli cüi Locus predictus qui Tem. plum fuerat dudum Apolinis, Dei providentia nec mirabiliter ab ipfo Clavigero eft Confecratus ac Dedicatus, Quatinus ab omni feculari fit liber in perpetuum Servitate, & ne quis prefentium vel magis futurorum abiget que fit illa Libertas quam amibiliter & firmiter Concedo, omni modis cun@a illius Monaflerii poffeffio nullis fit nunquam Gravata honeribus, nec expeditionis, nec pontis & arcis edificiamine, nec Juris Regalis Fragmine, nec ^uris apprehenfione, & ut omnia fimul comprehendam, nil debet exfolui nec Regi nec Regis prepofito, vel Epo vel Duci, vel ulli homini fed om- nia Debita exfolvant jugitur qui in ipfa Donatione fuerunt ad fupra- didum fauC&tam Locum, fedm. quod ordinaverint Fratres ejufdem Ceno- AU bii, 1 Johan. 15. ^ Papa. ACP. PEON. D EX. bii, obfecramus etiam omnes fucceffores noftros Reges & Principes per fan@am & individuam trinitatem & per adventum Jufti Judicis, ut quem ex munificentia Antecefforum noftrorum ipfe Locus videtur effe Ditatus nullus Epifcoporum vel Abbatum, aut eorum Ordinatores, vel quelibet Perfona poffit quoquo ordine de Loco ipfo aliquid auferre, aut aliquam poteftatem fibi in ipfo Monafterio Ufurpare, vel aliquid quafi per Com- mutationis Titulum abfque voluntate ipfius Congregationis vel noftrum permiffum minuere, aut Calices, aut Cruces, ceu indumenta altaris vel facros Codices, Aurum, Argentum, vel qualemcunq; Speciem ibidem Col- latum anferre, vel alias deferre prefumat, fed liceat ipfi Congregationi quod fibi per reCam delegationem | collatum eft perpeti pollidere & pro Sta- bilitate Regni noftri jugitur exorare, quia nos pro Dei Amore & Re- verentia Sancti Apoftoli & Adipicenda vita eterna, hoc Beneficium ad Lo- cum ipfum terribilem & Sanétum cum confilio pontificum & illuftrium Virorum noftrorum, Procerum Gratiffimo animo & integra voluntate vifi fuimus preflitiffe, eo videlicet ordine, ut ficut Tempore predecefforum me- orum ibiden Chorus pfallentium per Turmas fuit inftitutus ita Die noctug; in Loco ipfo Celebretur, fi autem quis piam hanc noftram Aucloritatem vel Im- munitatem infringere voluerit & alios ad hoc conduxerit unusquifq; pro feipfo Libras V partibus Sancti Petri perfolvat, & ut Dictum eft quicquid exinde Fifcus nofter ad partem. noftram Íperare poterat in Luminaribus vel ftipen- diis monachorum feu & Elemofinas pauperum ipfius Monaflerii pereni- tur per Noflra oracula ad integrum fit Conceffum atq; indultum. & at hec auctoritas noftris & futuris Temporibus circa ipfum fanctum locum perenniter firma. & inviolata: permaneat, vel per omnia "Tempora illefa cu- ftodiatur atque. Confervetur, 8¢ ab omnibus optimatibus noflris & Judi- cibus publicis & privatis melius ac. certius credatur manus noftre fubfcriptioni- bus fubter eam Decrevimus roborare & de Sigillo Noftro Tuffimus figillare Sig- num + Eadgari incliti & fereniffimi Anglorum Regis Signum ry. Edwardi ejusdem Regis filii Signum #thelredi Fratris ejus. OIN Chrifli Nomine ego Duftan ac fi peccator Dorobornenfis Ecclefie Ar- cheipus hanc Libertatem Sancte Crucis agalmate Confignavi ac Deinde fecun- dum apoftolici: Johes preceptum | obfervatores hujus Libertatis auctoritate qua perfruor a peccatis fuis abfolvi Infractores vero perpeti, Maledixi, nifi Refipfiscant, & Tertribus annis a Liminibus fce. Ecclefix Sequeflrati Pe- nitentiam Agant, + Ego Ofwoldus Eboracenfis Archepifcopus. Impofui ‘ Ego Elfitanus Luddinenfis Ecclie. Epus’, Adquievi + Ego Athelwoldus Wintonienfis Eccle. Epus’. Corroboravi > Ego Alfftanus Rofentis Eccle. Epus’. Suppofui * Ego fcwyus Dorecenfis.Eccle. Epus'. Imprefli Ego Allfeagus Liced.feldenfis Eccle: Epus. Confolidavi + Ego Aithelfinus fcire barnenfis Eccle. Epus’, Commodum Duxi + Ego Wulgarus Wiltunienfis Eccle. Epus’. Confirmavi " Ego Athulfus Herefordenfis Eccle. Epus’. Ovanter Divulgavi B Ego JEthulgarus Ciffenienfis Ecde. Epus'. Adnotavi + Ego Sigarus Wellenfis Eccle. Epus'. Gaudenter Conclufi "E Ego #luricus Cridenfis Eccle. Epus’. Amen Dixi {criptis " Ego Sigarus Ailemhamenfis Ecclie. Epus’. Configillavi, atq; cum pre- Archiepifcopis & Epifcopis, Abbatibus, Luminibus accenfis violatores hujus munificentiz Dignitatis immo Apoftolice Tranfgreflores hujus Decreti in in perpetuum Excom. APPEN DEX: nifi Partitulatam Penitentiam Refipifcenda pe- ragant. x Ego Tolemerus Abb. Ego Alfere Dux. x Ego JElfric Abb. Ego Marchere Dux. % Ego Kineward Abb. Ego Orlac Dux. % Ego Ofgar Abb. Ego Byrhtnod Dux. :;- Ego Athelgar Abb. Ego Ofred Dux. % Ego Sideman Abb. Ego Fordwine Dux. % Ego Foldbright Abb. Ego Fridelaf Dux. % Ego Godwin ^ Abb. Ego Anulf Dux. % Ego Leofl. Abb. Ego Alfreg Dux. »& Ego Thimer ^ Abb. ' Ego Aldred Abbas Confenfi, & Regis fuisq; precipientibus hanc Libertatis fingraphamfcripfi Anno Dominice Incarnationis Dcccc?. Lxviii?. Indid. Idus Maii Anno xii. Regni Regis Fadgari. » Ego Thured — Pbr. D ultimum itaque una cum Rege » Ego Leoffa Pbr. & fiiliis ejus, nos omnes Confra- ; Ego Witaln —— Pbr. tes X Coepifcopi, & cum tota hac populofa » Ego Athelbeald Pbr. finodo ejusdem Loci,onmes futuros Abba- % Ego Wlfgeat —Pbr. tes, decanos atq; prepofitos conteftamur 4. Ego Beremund Pbr. verum etiam, in nomine patris & filii & ^r Ego #thelfige Pbr. Spiritus Sancti prohibemus quatinos facros ‘ Ego Wineman Pbr. illius Ecclie, Thefauros non diftraant neq; »^ Ego Ofwardus Pbr. Terras ceu Redditus, vel Beneficia ipfius cum fuperdidtis & cum alis C. vii. probris ImfraCbores hujus firimtatis Ex- vel parentum fuorum ufibus flolide ex- pendant neque a Servis Dei que pro illis ibidem habetur Subtantiam fubtrahendo minuant, Quod fi aliquis. prefumpferit comunic. illum ficut violatorem atq; Tranfgreflorem hujus noftri decretiimmo Apoftolici, ante fammum Judicem cum venerit feculum Judicare per ignem refponfurum fuper hac re invitamus. Charta five Diploma prima Edvardi Confefforis. N Nomine Sanéte & Individux Trinitatis, Ego Edvardus Ethelredi Re- E. Mis. Sul- gis filius gratia Dei Anglorum Rex, futuris perpetuo me regibus mS SS omnibus dignitatum gradibus,omniumquzztatum hominibus falutem & hujus rei notitiam. Ícire vos volo, quoniam tempore avorum meorum, patrifqQue mei, multa & gravia bellorum pericula afflixerunt gentem Anglorum, tam fuis quam extraneis concitata, adeo ut inde periclitata fit hereditaria Regum fncceffio, magnumque interftitium inter fratrem meum Edmundum, (qui pa- tri meo mortuo fuccefft) neque habitum fit, invadentibus regnum Sueg- no & Cnutho filio ejus regibus Danorum, ac filiis ipfius, Cnuthi Ha- raldo & Hardicnutho, a quibus etiam alter frater meus Alfredus crudeliter B eft AYP) RIEZN HDI TX eft occifus, folufque ficut Joas occafionem. Athalim, fic ego crudelitatem eorum evafi, Tandem refpectu mifericordie Dei poft plures annos, Ego Edvardus ad paternum regnum reacceffi, & co potitus fine ullo bellorum labore, ficut amabilis Deo Solomon, tanta pace & rerum abundantia abun- davi, ut nullus antecedentium regum fimilis mei fuerit. in gloria & di- vitis. Sed gratia Dei, non me, ut affolet, ex opulentia, fuperbia & cons temptus invafit: Imo czpi cogitare cujus dono & auxilio ad Regni cul- men evafi; quoniam domini eft Regnum, & cui vult dat illud, Et quia mundus tranfit, & concupifcentia ejus, qui autem totum fe fubdir Deo feliciter regnat, & perpetualiter dives eft: Itaque deliberavi ire ad limina fublimium Petri & Pauli, & ibi gratias agere pro collatis beneficijs, & exorare, ut eam pacem firmaret Deus mihi pofleris meis. Preparavi ergo, & dinumeravi expenfas neceffarias itineri, & honorabilia dona, que ferrem fants Apoftolis. Sed quavis fuper hac re moror habebat optimates meos, utpote, memores ma- lorum que fub alijs regibus pertulerant, ne tanto domino, & pio patre Rege ab- fente, regnum noviter fedatum aliqua turbaretur hoflilitate ; & metuentes illud, quod & fandus Ezechias, ne fi forte in via, aut egritudine, aut alio incommo- do deficerem, hzreditariis regibus carerent, maxime quia nullum habebam filium, Itaque tandem habito confilio rogabant me, ut ab intentione defifterem: polli- centes fe fatisfacturos Deo pro voto meo, tam in miffarum & orationum ab- latione, quam in eleemofynarum larga diftributione. Sed cum obnixe contra- dicerem, tandem utrifque placuit ut mitterentur legati duo ab utraque parte, E- dredus & Hermanus Epifcopi, & Abbates Wulfricus & Elfinus, qui Apoftolico meam voluntatem & votum, & illorum petitionem indicarent, & fecundum ejus fententiam, quam mihi mandaret promifi me omnia faturum. — Factum eft ergo quod volumus, & venientes Romam legati noftri ex voluntate Dei, invenerunt col- lecam fynodum in eadem urbe: cumque expofuiffent meam voluntatem & fuam petitionem, coram ducentes & quinquaginta Epifcopis, & alia multitudine fanCctorum patrum; tunc Apoftolicus ex confilio fand fynodi hanc epiftolam fcripfit. LEO epifcopus fervus fervorum Dei, dilecto Filio fuo Edvardo Anglorum Regi, Salutem & Apoftolicam benediétionem. Quoniam voluntatem tuam laudabilem Deo gratam cognovimus, gratias agimns ei per quem Reges regnant, & Principes jufta decernunt, ^ Sed quia prope eft Dominus omnibtis invocantibus eum in veritate, & {ani Apoftoli cum fuo Capite conjuncti unus Spiritus funt, & pias preces xqualiter audiunt; & quia conftat pe- ricitari regionem Anglicam et tua difceflione, qui frono juftitiz feditiofos ejus motus cohibes: ex auctoritate Dei, & fan&torum Apoftolorum, & fanc Íynodi, abfoluimus te a. peccato illius voti pro quo Dei offenfam times, & ab omnibus Negligentijs & iniquitatibus tuis, ea Proteflate ufi, quam Dominus in beato Petro conceflit nobis, dicens: Quecumque folueritis fuper terram, foluta erunt & in colis, Deinde precipimus tibi fub nomine fanQm obe- dientie & Penitentiz, ut expenfas, quas ad iftud iter paraveras, pauperi- bus eroges, & conobium monachorum in honorem S. Petri Apoftolorum prindpis aut novum conftruas, aut vetuftum emendes, augeas, & fufficen- tiam vi&tualiam fratribus de tuis reditibus conftituas: quatenus dum illi affidue inibi Deum laudaverint, & fan&is augeatur gloria, & tibi indul- gentia. Cui loco quicquid contuleris, vel collatum eft, vel conferetur, ut ratum fit, Apoftolica autoritate przcipimus, & ut femper Habitatio monacho- rum fit, & nulli laice Perfonz, nifi Regi, fubdatur: & quzcumque Privi- legia ibi conftituere volueris ad honorem Dei pertinentia, concedimus, & ro- buftiffima. auctoritate confirmamus, & infraClores eorum xterna maledictione APPEBENOD1X. dammamus. Hxc & alia Apoftolica mandata cum referrent nobis legati, inte xea revelavit B. Petrus cuidam probabilis vite monacho inclufo, nomine Wul- fino, voluntatem fuam effe, ut reftruerem locum qui dicitur Weftmonafteri- um, quod a tempore S. Auguflini primi Anglorum Epifcopi inftitutum, mul- taque veterum regum munifientia Honorarium; propter vetuftatem & fre- quentes bellorum tumultus pene videbatur deftructum. Cumque mihi hanc vifionem, & ego meis retuliffem, & Apoftolica litera veniffent: Contuli vo- luntatem. meam voluntate Die, & cum totius Regni ele&ione dedi me ad. re- ftruétionem ejusdem loc, Itaque decimari precepi omnem fubftantiam meam tam in auro & argento quam in pecudibus & omni genere poffefonum ; & deftruens veterem, nouam a Fundamentis bafilicam conftruxi, & conftru&tam, dedicari feci quinto calendas Yaauarii, In qua collocavi ipfo die Reliquias, quas Martinus Papa, & Leo (qui eum coronavit) dederunt Alfrido Regi & quas ipfe a Carolomanno Rege Francorum fibi impetravit, cujus filiam pater ejus Athelwolfus rex, poft mortem prime. conjugis, duxerat uxorem: quaque ab ipfo ad fuccefforem ejus Athelftanum, demde ad Edgarum, ad ultimum ad nos pervenerunt: Silicet duas partes crucis Domini, & partem unius cla- vi, partemque tunicz ejus inconfutilis, & de veftimentis fanéte Marix, & reli- quis Apoftolorum Petri, & Pauli, Andrez, Bartholomai, Barnabe, & aliorum Plurimorum fanétorum. Et quinque capfas aliis fanCtorum Reliquis plenas. Et flatui, ut quicnque reus Majeftatis Regix, vel cujuflibet alterius offenfz, ad locum, in qua paufant ifte relequiz, confugerit: ejus rei, & membrorum, ac vite impunitatem confequatur. EODEM die renovavi confirmavi & emendavi Privilegia que famofiffimus- avus meus Eadgarus,patruufq; meus Deoamabilis Rex & Martyr Gloriofus Eadu- vardus ejufdem Eadgari filius, & fanGifimus pater Dunftanus Cantuarienfis Archiepifcopus, ac piiffimus Rex Ethelredus pater meus, illi loco contulerunt meam quoque Auctoritatem adjeci. Augmentans decreta utilia admonitione ve- nerabilium ArchiepifcoporumStigandi & Ealdredi & aliorum optimatum meorum viz, ut locus imperpetuum ab omni Seculari Servitio fit liber, & fccundum beati Benediti traditione, poft obitum Abbatis ex eadem congregatione eligatur alter quidignus fiteliorfum veronullus nifi Culpas promerentibus inibi inveniri nequi- viret qui dignusfit, tali Officio fungi. Quod fi invenerit quod abfit poteftatem habeant de alio noto & familiari loco abbatem eligendi cujus vita fapientia & Religione clarefcat Laicorum autem vel Clericorum nemo ipfius loci domi- nium ufurpare prefumat. —Poffeffiones vero qux ibi a quibufcung; donata funt, non Abbas non alia qualibet Perfona licentiam habeat vendendi vel extraneis dandi, fed Regum munimine deinceps locus ipfe tueatur ipfeque Abbas Regi Soli Serviens commiffum fibi gregem Spirituali & temporali paftu abundantur foveat. Concefli etiam & confirmavi donationes quz ab eifdem Regibus ante me donatz funt, hocelt, circa ipfum Monafterium xvj hidas & dimidiam in Hes andune xx. in Heamftede v. in Greneforde xij & unam virgam. in Hanawelle viii. in Scepertune viii. in Sunnabyri vij. in Caldenham x. in Decewyrthe vi, & unam virgam. in Wattune vi. & dimidiam. in Hollewelle vj & dimid in Hamme ij. in Wintune vi. in Kynlevedene v. in Fentune vi. in Mordune x. in Aewelle ij. in Werenham vij. in Shillingtune uj. in Cillingtune uij. nec non & illas quas optimates mei pro tempore addiderunt fcilicet. Leofceld, Mulefham, um omnibus ad fe pertinentibus. Agelricus Kylewendun, cum omnibus ad fe pertinentibus, Wlfwinus Mapulderfted cum omnibus ad fe pertinentibus. Guthmundus Kynlovedene, & Raeine & Lacedune cum omnibus ad fe perti- nentibus. Alfricus Waenftede, cum omnibus ad fe pertinentibus. — Atferef- werte Lygetun cum omnibus ad fe pertinentibus. Ingul£ Paclefham cum om- nibus viii ASP PEON DT X. nibus ad fe pertinentibus, Atfere, Leofne cum omnibus ad fe pertinentibus. Toftig Cleigate cum omnibus ad fe pertinentibus. Alfwine, Gottun-Aegete cum omnibus ad fe pertinentibus. Wolf{tanus, Deneham, cum omnibus ad fe pertinentibus. — Siwardus dimidiam hidam in Agmodefham & unam in Weo- dune. Leoffide Lundonia duas Hidas & dimidiam in Wurmelea, Poftremó ego ipfe per fpe retributionis aternz, & per remiflione delictorum, meorum & per animabus Patris mei & Matris mex & omnim parentium meorum, & ad laudem Omnipotentis Dei pofui in Dotalitium & in perpetuam Hereditatem fuper Altare, varia ornamentorum genera quibus Ecclefix ferviretur, vel in quo- tidianis vel folennibus, Minifteriis & ad Ufus fratrum ibi Deo Servientium de meo jure quod mihi folo competebat abfque ullius reclamatione vel contradi&i- one ifla, Imprimis Langtun cum omnibus ad fe pertinentibus. Giftllepe cum pert. Stana cum pert. Windlefores cum pert. Wheat-Hampfted. cum pert. Stithenaece cum pert. Aeffewelle cum pert.Denecum pert.Suthburhe cum pert.Per- tun cum pert. Roteland cum pert. poft mortem Edgithz: Regina Cingifmeae Per- fcoran cum pert. Deorhyrfte cum pert. We, Charta five Deploma Secunda Edwardi Confefforis, MS Cotton W N Nomine fande & individue Trinitatis: Propter eos qui juftitiam Dei gard. Tis B. contemnunt,& fuam voluntatem conftituere, quoniam juftitia Dei non funt ese fubje&i, procurandum eft his, qui Ecclefiarum dei Privilegia conftituunt, ut multiplices chartas, & multitudinem teftium acque maledictionem congerant : quibus eti non femper, tamen aliquoties peffimorum hominum impia prote- ruia, & perniciofa prefumptio tutius propellatur, retundatur, ac. reverberetur nec non fortiflimo defenfionis robere funditus eradicetur. Qua propter ego Edovardus Dei gratia Anglorum Rex notum facio ommibus füturis poft me feculi generationibus, quoniam precepto Leonis Pape propenetentia & re- miffione peccatorum meorum renovavi, melioravi bafilicam fandi Petri, que fita eft propemeenia principalis Anglorum urbis Londoniarum, & ab occiden- tali ora ejufdem urbis dicitur Weftmonafterium: que adificata quidem fuerat fub Mellito Londoniarum primo Epifcopo, focio & contemporaneo primi Cantuarie Archiepifcopi : & peripfum beatum Petrum angelico famulante fer- vitio fancte crucis impreffione, & facri chrifmatis perunctione dedicata: Sed per frequentes incurfiones barbarorum, & maxime Danorum, qui patre meo Ethelredo vivente irruptionem in Angliam fecerant, & eo mortuo, cum fra- tre meo Edmundo dimidium regni amicitiarum pa&ione tenuerunt,fratremque alium. Alfredum miferabiliter interemptum enecaverunt) neglecta penitus, & deftrudta videbatur. Cum ergo renovaffem eam & multa Privilegia regie Po- teftatis & Apoftolice auctoritatis per beatum Leonem Papam in ea conflitu- iffem: defuncto ipfo Leone, & confirmato in cjus loco Nicholao, placuit mihi renovare melorare & confirmare confuetudines & donationes Pecuniarum, quas anteceffores mei Reges fando Petro inftituerunt propter devotionem fummam, quam habuit femper Anglorum gens erga eum & ejus vicarios. Ita- que propter hoc negotium & alia quam plura, lefos mifi Romam Epifcopum unum Alfredum, & duos electos ad ordinaridum epifcopos Glifonem fcilicet, & Walterum, APPENDIX Walterum, ut a Domino Papa facrarentur. Venientes autem Romam ab. Apoftolico Nicolao honore, quo decebat fufcepti, invenerunt ibi ad fynodum con- gregatam multitudinem magnam Epifcoporum Abb, Monachorum, & Cleri- corum ceterorumque fidelium. Cumque audiente Synodo fux legationis cau- fam perorarent, hujufce modi Epiftolam Domino Pape obtulerunt. SuMMO univerfalis ecclefiz Patri Nicolao, Edvardus gratia Dei Anglorum Rex debitam fubjectionem & obedientiam. Glorificamus Deum, quia curam habet fuz ele&tz ecclefix, quoniam in loco boni predecefforis vos optimum fuc- cefforem conftituit. Qua propter juftum judicamus apud vos, velut ad foli- dam petram, acciere, & probare omnes bonas actionesnoftras, . & veltram no- titiam atque focietatem in bono habere: Quatenus eas donationes & privilegia, que obtinuimus apud predecefforem veftrum, renovetis & augeatis nobis, videli- cet, ut quod ille injunxerat nobis fub nomine obediente & pxnitentix, propter votum, quo voveram ire Romam; & in remiflionem omnium peccatorum me- orum, conftruere coenobium monachorum in honorem Apoftoli Petri, ratum faciatis: & privilegia poffellionum & dignitatum ejufdem loci confirmetis, re- novetis, & decernatis. Ego quoque pro modulo meo augeo, & confirmo do- nationes, & confuetudines pecuniarum, quas habet fanctus Petrus in Anglia, & ipfas pecunias colle&tas, cum regalibus donis, mitto vobis, ut oretis pro me, & pro pace Regni mei, & continuam ac folemnem memoriam inflituatis totius gentis Angliz coram corporibus Apoftolorum Sanctorum. His igitur literis a fummo Pontifice fufceptis, cum feliciter ad votum fuum omnibus peractis a Roma redierent: confulente fantla fynodo tranfmiffam a Domino Papa mihi tu- lerunt Epiftolam. NIcoLaus Epifcopus fervus fervorum Dei, Glonofiffimo, ac pijílimo, omnique honore dignillimo, fpeciali quoque filio noftro Edvardo Anglorum Re- gi, vilitationem omni modam, falutem mellifluam, & benediCtionem Apofto- licam, Omnipotenti Deo referimus grates, qui veftram prudentiffimam excel- lentiam in omnibus ornavit & decoravit, erga B. petrum Apoflolicis confentire cenfuris, Literas igitur veftre nobilitati tranfmittimus, & per eas fan@orum Apoftolorum focietatem & noftram damus; orantes mifericordiam illius, qui eft dominus omnium, & Rex fuper omnia Solus, ut ipfe vos participem faciat ex omnibus (fiqua funt coram Deo) bonis operibus noftris, & fratres nos ac So- cios in fuz dilectione conftituat in omni tempore, amplius, & non minorem partem obfequii noftri vobis in fuo regno reconfignet, quam nobis metipfis pro- venire optamus. Erimus etiam deinceps pro vobis fine dubioorantes aflidue, ut ipfe Deus fubjiciat hoftes & inimicos, qui contra vos voluerint infurgere, & confirmet vos in paterno folio, & propria hzreditate; ac B. Petrus dit vobis cuftos & adjutor in omni tribulatione. Claret enim Anglorum Reges pro reverentia & devotione quam exhibuerunt béato Petro, gloria & honore floru- iffe: acipfius patrocinio famofos triumphos obtinuiffs; cujus B. Apoftoli meri- tis veftro defiderio & voluntati omnipotens Deus praftet effectum, & confir- met vobis paterni regni imperium. & tribuat pacis incrementum, & poft prz- fentis vitz decurfum perducat ad zternum permamentis glori imperium. Re- novamus ergo, & confirmamus, & augemus vobis privilegia veftra, fcicilicet ut abfolutus fitis ab illo voto, quod timebatis, & ab omnibus aliis peccatis & inquitatibus veftris, auctoritate illius, qui me licet indignum fuz fancte praéffe voluit Ecclefim, Propterea illi loco, quem fub nomine fanclz Pznitentix con- ftruendum, & meliorandum fufcepifti, quoniam (ut fertur) primam antiquitus confecrationem a B. Petro accepit, cujus licet indigni, vicarii fumus ; & quia Regia antiquitus fedes eft, ex auctoritate Dei, & Sanctorum Apoftolorum, at- que hujus Romanz fedis & noftra concedimus, permittimns, & folidiffime Cc confirmamus, APPUEUWODIX confrmamus, ut amplius in perpetuum regix conftitutionis & confecrationis locus fit, atque repofitorium regalium infignium, & habitatio deperpetua mo chorum, qui nulli omnino perfonz, nifi Regi, fubdantur: habeantque potefta- tem fecundum regulam S. Benedicti per fucceffiones eligere ex fe idoneos Abbas tes, neque introducatur per violentiam extranea períona, nifi quam concors congregatio effe przelegerit. Abfoluimus etiam eum locum ab omni Servitio, & Dominatione Epifcopali, ut nullus Epifcopus illuc introeat ordinaturus, aut pracepturus aliquid, nifi ex petitione & confenfu Abbatis & Monachorum. Et habeat idem locus liberum procinétum, id eft, ambitum & cemitorium mortuorum circa fe, abfque Epifcopali vel cujuflibet refpeCtu, vel exactione: & omnia, quz ad libertatem & exaltationem illius loci ad honorem Dei perti- nentia per noftram auctoritatem accedere poffent, hilari & promptiffimo volun» tate concedimus, Poffeffiones autem, quasantiqui Reges, feu quicunque alii homines, vos quoque & veftri Barones ad eundum locum contuliftis, & char- tas quz ex eis faCtz funt, divina & noftra auCtorirate roboramus, & ratas, & ftabiles effe decernimus; & infrattores earum, vel invafores, aut diminutores, aut difperfores, venditoresetiam, aterna malediCtione cum Jud. proditore dam- namus, ut in beata non habeant partem refurrectione; Seda B. Petro Apoftolo fe judicandos fciant, quando fedebit cum fuis coapoftolis judicans duodecim tris bus Ifrael. Vobis vero, & pofteris veftris regibus, committimus advocationem & tuitionem ejusdem loci, & omnium totius Anglix ecclefiarum, ut vice no- ftra, cum confilio Epifcorum & Abbatum conftituatis ubique, que jufta funt: Scientes pro hoc vos recepturos dignam mercedem abeo, cujus regnum & ipi perium non definet, neque minueturin feculum. — alere, HANC igitur Epiftolam Apoftolici privilegii placuit inferere huic noftre con- firmationi, ut fecundum quod fancto LEont prius placuerat mihique praceperat, concordante ad hoc fucceffore ejus NICOLAO, & eadem, aut majora mihi przci- piente, Sciant omnes future generationes, me pro voti pradicti abfolutione, peccatorumque meorum omnium remiflione, & zterne vite remuneratione, & pro animabus Regum tam fuccefforum quam predecefforum meorum, & omni- nium parentum meorum, & pro pace ftabilitate regni mei, & profperitate to- tius Anglorum populi, loco illi omni modam libertatem quantum ad poteftatem terrenam concellifle : & quod illi de ecclefiaftica, hoc ego Regia libertate flatuo. Ejus igitur amoris ftimulo, & fide pleniffima ac devotiffima fuffultus, cujus largiflua miferatione in cathedra regali promotus fum; cum confilio & decreto Archiepifcoporum, Epifcoporum, Comitum, aliorumque omnium optimatum profpiciens, hoc ipfi ecclefie & habitantibus in ea, five pertinentibus ad eam, u- tile fore, non Solum in przfenti, fed in futuro elegi fanciendum, atque perpeti flabilimento ab omnibus firmandum; ut pro Chrifti honore & amore, & pro reverentia fummi Apoflolorum Principis Petri, cujus patrocinio meipfum com- mifi, & pro devotione & veneratione fanCtarum reliquiarum quas eidem loco contuli, beatorum videlicet Apoftolorum, Martyrum, Confeflorum, & virgi- num; ut omnipotens Deus per iftorum fuffragia fan&torum, depulfis cunctis adverfitatibus cum pacis, & honoris fui ftabilitate, ac perpetue tranquilitatis fublimatione locum cuftodiat, difponat, protegat. Et pro magnifica dignitate five regali excellentia ipfius ecclefiz, & pro quiete monachorum ibidem Deo fa- milantium, tantus honor eidem ecclefiz, habeatur in perpetuum & obfervetur, ut neque nos, neque fucceffores noflri, neque quilibet Epifcopus, nec quicun- que de Judicaria poteftate in ipfam fan tam bafilicam, vel in manentes in ipfa, vel in homines, qui cum fuisterris, quibufcumque fubftantiis ad ipfam tradere, vel devovere fe voluerint, nifi per voluntatem Abbatis & fuorum monachorum, ullam unquam habeant proteftatem. Sed fit hac fanla. mater Ecclefia peculia- ris ae APPENDIX ris Patroni noftri Domini & magni Apoftoli ter beati Petri, libera & abfoluta ab omni invafione vel inquietudine omnium hominum cujuscumque ordinis vel po- teflatis effe videantur, Praterea aliud conftituto atque in perpetuum confirmo, ut quifquis fugitivorum de quocumque loco, pro quacumque caufa, cujufcun- que conditionis fit, ipfum fan&tum locum, vel procinétum ejus fugiens intrave- rit inmunis omnino hanc plenam libertatem confequatur Wc, Hane igitur char- tam mez donationis & libertatis in die dedicationis przdiCtz ecclefiz recitari jufli coram Epifcopis, Abbatibus, Comitibus, & omnibus optimatibus Anglie, omnis que populo audiente & vidente, & fecundum Apoflolici Leonis, ejufque fuc. cefforis Nicolai conftitutum, excommunicari feci eos, qui decretum noftrum ins fringerent, vel infringi permitterent, quantum in ipfis effet. Quifquis autem fuccefforum meorum hanc donationis libertatem firmiteratque inviolabiliter cus flodierit, xterna coronetur claritate, califtifque regni plena perfruatur felicitas te. Siquis vero, (quod abfit) deftruere voluerit, vel hujus noftri decreti contras diGtor, Coanulfor, & temerator extiterit, cum JUDA traditore xterno anathe- mati fübjaceat, nifi Deo & beato fuo Apoftolo Petro digna posnitentia fatisfaces rit, Ut ergo hec auctoritas, noftris & futuris temporibus circa ipfum fanctum Iccum perenniter firma & inviolata permaneat, vel per omnia tempora illefa cus flodiatur, atque conferverur, & ab omnibus optimatibus noftris & indicibus publicis & privatis melius, ac certius credatur, manus noftre fubfcriptione fub« ter eam decrivimus roborare, & idoneos teftes annotare, atque figillo noftro juf- fimus figillare. Ego Edvardus Dei gratia Anglorum Rex hoc privilegium juffi componere, & compofitum cum figno Dominice crucis confirmando ims pref.» Ego Edgitha Regina omni alacritate mentis hoc corroboravi > Ego Stigandus fanctz Metropolis Ecclefie Canturiz Epifcopus confirmavi, — Ego Eldredus Archiepifcopus Eboracenfis Ecclefix confignavi. >} Ego Williel- mus Epifcopus Londonienfis Ecclefiz ad omnia fufcripta confentiens fubfcripfi. 2 Ego Hermanus Epifcopus confenfi & fubfcripfi. . » Ego Wlfinus Epifcopus confenfi & fubfcripfi. P Ego Walterus Epifcopus confenfi & fubfcripfi, — Ego Leofricus Epiicopus confenfi & fubcripfi. "E Ego Guifo Epifcopus con- fenfi & fubfcripli. > Ego Wulftanus Epifcopus confenfi & fubfcripfi. - Es go Scivardus Epifcopus confenfi & fubforipfi. Ego Godwicus Epifcopus confenfi & fubfcripfi. + Ego Agelfius Epifcopus confenfi & fubfcripfi. — Ego Edwinus Abbas confenfi & fubfcripfi. ^ Ego Agelwius Abbas confenfi & fubfcripfi. + Ego Leofricus Abbas confenfi & fubícripfi. + Ego Balde- winus Abbas confenfi & fubfcripfi. 4 Ego Wulfwoldus Abbas confenfi & fub» fcripfi. 4 Ego Edmundus Abbas confenfi & fubfcripfi. ^ Eoo Rembaldus Regis cancellarius relegi & figillavi. > Ego Ofbernus Regis capellanus. >} Ego Petrus Regis capellanus. + Ego Robertus Regis capellanus. ^ Ego Ha- raldus Dux. * Ego Edwinus Comes. > Ego Guth. Comes, >: Ego Leof- winus Comes. > Ego Markerus Comes. p Ego Efgarus Minifler. ^ Ex go Bondius Minifter. »% Ego Wigodus Miniflex. + Ego Adnothus Minifler. X Ego Wulfricus Miles. Ego Scivardus Miles. + Ego Colo Miles. + Ego Wulfwardus Miles. Omnes confentientes fubferifimus. Stabilita apud Weftmonafterium quinto Calendas Januarii, die fanCtorum Innocentum. Anno dominice incarnationis Millefimo Sexagefimo Sexto, indiCtiones tertia. Anno Regni Edvardi nobiliffimi & clementifhmi Regis vigefimo quinto. Eeo Alfgea- rus Notarius ad vicem Rembaldi Regiz dignitatis Cancellarii hoc privilegium fcripfi, & fubfcripfi in Dei nomine faliciter, Amen, Bulla [o Met. um [ane Ms. Cott. lib Claudi- us A viii. ACPCPIEONGD I. X. Bulla Innocenti papa Gervafio Abbati. NNOCENTIUS Epifcopus ServusServatorum Dei dileGtis filiis Gervafio Abbati I & fratribus Cenobii Sandi Petri Weftmonafterium Salutem & Apoftolicam Benedi&tionem, ficut difponente Domino in Apoftolice fedis Officio prefidemus Ecclefix, ita eadem aucloritate neceflitatibus Sanctorum pia debemus follicitudine providere, Perfe&e namque Caritatis bonum eft interdiffidentes pacern compo- nere & inter difcordantes pacem reformare, ut quemadodmum Patres in Dei populo dicimur, ita effe bonz operationis ex patientia comprobemur. Unde ti- bi dile& in Domino fili Gervafi Abbas Au&toritate Apoftolica mandando preci- pimus & precipiendo mandamus, ut ad murmurationes compefcendas & ad con- tumeliofas Monaftici Ordinis reprimendas injurias. "Terras & Redditus in ma- nus fratrum tuorum Weftm'. Cenobii Monachorum colloces & per confilia eo- rum quam exteriora quam interiora bona diffrenfes. Ecclefias vero & Deci- mas que fine confenfu fratrum male diftra&te funt recolligere & fecundum pro- feffionem a te factam canonice fatage difperfa congregare Profeffas autem Eccle- fiz tibi cooperatores cohabitatores efficias & extraneos Monachos a Confilio tuo & Secreta familiaritate repellas, — Militarem praterea manum & Laicorum Con- ventum procul a Limitibus Monaftice arceas Difcipline. Quia injuftum & in- decens eft Ordinem facrum & extraordinariis fubjacere Libertas, enim Sara in fervitutem Agar non debet per tranfire Perfonam, vero tuam Abbatis nomine dignam fac& Officio, utin Chrifti paupertate vita tibi placeat Monaftica, & que Ecclefiaftici juris funt a feculari in Chrifto filii qui prefato Monafterio ad regu- larem Militiam eftis profeffi, inter eft ut Abbati vero Canonicam exhibeatis obe- dientiam, ut ipfe Abbas vefter fed in Ordinem fuum regularem in opibus exhi- bite in San&a Converfatione viventes, ut de vobis Mater vera Romana gratu- letur Ecclefia & odor Fame vere ad nos ufque redoleat converftaione religiofa. Regalia quoque gloriofi R. Edwardi que apud vos habentur Infignia ita in eodem Monafterii intacto & integra decernimus obfervari, ut nulli fas fit cujufque Ordinis aut Dignitatis ea diftrature vel vendere aut extra eundum facrum. Lo- cum abfque communi omnium Fratrum affenfu in aliquos ufus prorogare. Siquis autem contra hzc temere venire attemptaverit indignationem oninipoten- tis Dei & beatori Petri & Pauli Apoftolori ejus incurrat Amen. Dat Lateranen- fi 5o- Idus Decemb. De APPENDIX. xiii De Capite Sandi Benedict, Abbati G conventui Weft- monaftlerii liberato. EX omnibus, ad quos Ws. Salutem, Sciatis quid, de Gratia noftrà fpe- 4... f cidli, dedimus & conceffimus, dile&tis nobis in Chrifto, Abbati & Con- od Tan, ventui Weftmonafterii Caput. fan&i Benedicti Abbatis & Confefforis & illud eis ‘+P 93 extra» Thefaurariam noftram liberari fecimus, fibi & fuccefforibus fuis imperpe- tuum poffidendum. ITA quód idem Caput, in Ecclefia Abbatiz predict, quz eft Capella noftra, inter ceteras Reliquias ibidem, abíque eo quod abindé quoquomodo elongetur, recondatur perpetud remanfurum. NOLENTES quod idem Abbas, fue fucceffores fui przdicli, prztextu Re- ceptionis aut Pofleffionis Capitis illius, per nos vel Haredes noftros occafionen- tur, impetantur, moleftentur, in aliquo feu graventur. IN Cujus We. TESTE Rege apud Weftmonafterium quinto die Julii. Per Breve de privato Sigillo. Po NCMO NEL LH PME a ETT TUTTI Do ee ememcr US Diploma Inflaurationis Abbatia. Weflm. AY. 4°. Phil. & Mary. EX & Regina omnibus ad quos, (9c, Salutem. Cum Monafterium Sanghi Petri, Weftmonafterii Situm, ordinjs Sandi Benedidi, quod ab onm antiquiflimo tempore per przdeceffores noftros Reges fundatum & dotatum Tr«&- 2m fuit, in nuper preteritorum temporum calamitate penitus diffoluuum & ex-* F ?* tindtum ; inibi poftmodum collegium canonicorum fecularium inflitutum & e- reum fuerit. Nos fummis defiderüs expetentes, ut hujufmodi Ecdefix San- & Petri Sancti olim Monafterii, inquo infignia regalia affervari, & Reges i- nungi & confecrari folent, & corpora multorum regum przdecefforum noftro- rum prefatorum tumulata exiftunt, remotis ab ea decano & canonicis feculari« bus inibi fervientibus, Abbateque & Monachis ordinis ejufdem Sandi Benedicti introdu&tis de flatu, in quo nunc reperitur feculari, tranfeat in eum in quo an- tea erat, regularem inibique Monafterium Monachorum, qui fecundum regu- lam ejufdem Sandi Benedidi, aliaque ejufdem ordinis flatuta & confuetudi- nes vivant, & altiffimo inferviant reftituatur reftauretur, feu denovo eriga- tur; cui cumque ceffioni & refignationi de & fuper Ecclefia fan&ti Petri prxfa- ti cum annexis, Juribufque & pertinetiis fuis univerfis & omni juri collegiis in ea introduéto per decanum & canonicos capitulum inibi fervientes in manie bus Reverendiffimi in Chrifto Patris Domini Reginaldi Poli Axchiepifcopi Can- D tuarienfis Xiv ÁPPENDIX. tuarienfis Sancliffimi Domini noftri Papx & fedis Apoftolice ad nos, & Regna noftra Angli: & Hibernis & quzcumque loco eisdem fubje&a, & ad partes adjacentes de latere legati confanguinei noflri chariffimi, & ejufdem Collegii Ecclefiz fandti Petri prefati, extinctioni fupreflioni, & diffolutioni, ac mona- fterii & ordinis regularis fani Benedicti in eadem Ecclefia reftitutioni intro- duGioni refturationi feu de novo ereCtioni, per eundem Reverendiflimum Domi- num legatum feu quos libet alios ad id fufficienti facultate munitos faciendum & celebrandum, pro eo jure quod in Ecclefia & collegio przdictis ad noftram regiam coronam {peCtat & pertinet motu proprio noftris Regibus, ad omnipo- tentis Dei & gloriofe Virginis Maris & Beati Petr, totiufque curiz caleftis laudem, & gloriam, ac’ divini cultus augmentum confentimus noftrum qux confenfum przflamus Omniaque fique funt impedimenta, quo minus premifla fieri, & executioni demandari fuumque debitum finem &effe&tum fortiri pof= fint, per quafcunque Regni noftri leges, flatuta & ordinationes cujufcunque tenoris illa exiflant quz hic haberi volumus propremiffis ac fi de verbo ad ver- bum inferta forem introducla, eifdem motu & fcientia peritus & Omnino tollimus & abolemus in cujus rei, 4?c, Teflibus Rege & Regina apud Croydon, 7 Die Septembris Annis Regnorum Philippi & Mariz Tertio &- Quarto. Littere. Elizabetha Regina de Nom: Decan. & Pre- bend. in Ecclefie Collegiata. Weftm. de nove extruda five reflaurata. uw EGINA, 47c. Reverendiffimo in Chrifto Patri Matheo, permiffione R divina Cantuarienfi Archiepifcopo totius Anglix primati & metropoli- tano, ac Reverendo Patri Gilberto Bathon, & Wellen. Epifcopo & Williel- mo Maye Decano Ecclefix Cathredalis Londinz, falutem. Cum nos alias, fcitum nuper monafterii beati Petri Weftmonafterienfis, ac locum & ecclefiam ipfius, in quodam collegium five ecclefiam colligatam, de uno Decano Prefbitero, ac Duodecim Prefbiteris Prabendariis omnipotenti Deo imperpetuum defervituris, ordinaverimus creaverimus, erexerimus & fundaverinus, NECNON, dilectum nobis Willielmum Byle {acre theologis Profefforem ac elfemofinarium noftrum, ejufdem collegii five ecclefia: collegiatz decanum, Ac Reverendum Patrem, WILLIELMUM Epifcopum Ciceftren. primum & przfentem Prefbiterum Prebendarium. Ac Humfredum Perkins, facrz theologiz doctorem, tertium Prefbyterum Prebendarinm, Ac Johannem Hardyman, factz theologis do¢torem tertium Prefbite- rum Prebendarium, Ac Johannem Cheyney, facrz theologiz baccalaureum, fextum Prefbiterum Prebendarium, Ac Ricardum Alvey, facra theologis baccalaureum quintum Prefbiterum Prxbendarium. AG A PUP EAN Da Ac Edmundum Skamler, facrz theologiz baccalaureum, fextum Prefbite- rum Prebendarium Ac Alexandrum Nowell, artium magiftrum feptimum Prifbiterum Prz- bendarium. WiLLIELMUM Latimer, artium magiftrum, octavum Prefbiterum Prz- bendarium. RICARDUM Ryne, artium magiftrum, nonum Prefbiterum Prebenda- xium. “WILLELMUM Downehame, artium magiftrum, decimum Prefbiterum Prebendarium, Ac Willelmum Yonge, Prefbiterum, undecimum Prefbiterum Prxbenda- rium. : Ac Gabriel Goodman, artium magiftrum, duodecimum Prefbiterum Prz- bendarium. ; FECERIMUS & ordinaverimus, eofque Decanum & Prxbendarios Deca- num & Capitulum collegii five ecciefiz collegiatx beati Petri Weftm. predicte imperpetuum vacari & nuncupari etiam fecerimus, eifque collationem, | infü- tutionem & invefturam ejufdem contulerimus, creaverimus ordinaverimus ac donaverimus, prout per literas noflras patentes, gerentes datam xxi die Maii, anno regni noflri fecundo, ad quos vos referimus, plenuis liquet & appa- ret. VoBIS igitur conjunCtim & divifim committimus & mandamus, quatenus eundem Willelmum Byll, vel ejus Procuratorem legitimum, in realem, actu- alem & corporolem dicti decanatus five dignitatis decanalis, juriumque & per- tinentium fuorum univerforum Poffeffionem. NECNON dictos Willielmum Epifcopum Cicefttren. HuMFREDuM Perkins, Johannem Hardiman, Ricardum Cheyney, Ricar- dum Alvey, Edmundum Skamler, Alexandrum Nowell, Willielmum Laty- mer, Ricardum Ryne, Willielmum Downeham, Willielmum Yonge, Ac Ga- brielem Goodman.. RESPECTIVE Prebendarios antediclos, vel eorum Procuratores legitimos feu Procuratorem legitimum, in realem, aCtualem & corporalem Poffeffionem, | ea- rum refpective Pexbendarium przdictarum, cum earum juribus & pertinentiis univerfis, inducatis & inftalletis, ac induci & inflallari faciatis, ipfofque Deca- num & Prabendarios fic inductos & inftallatos, auctoritate noftra defendatis, ftallaque in choro locaque in capitulo Decano & Przbendariis ejufdem collegii five ecclefia collegiatz jure ab antiquo ufitato, eifdem Decano & Prabendariis, affignetis. IN cujus rei teftimonium, We. XV xvi APWREN DIX. An Explanation of the Obfolete Words in this Work. Msc | n. l. hyda and hida, A quantity of Land fuflicient to employ one Ib. ro. Ib. r1. Plough the Year round. MANCuSES. In Latin Manca & Marca, and by the Saxons Mancus and Manes, thought by Some to be of the Value of our Mark, viz. 13s. 4d. and to be Pieces of Weight rather than Coin, after the Norman Conqueft they were call'd Marks, and were of Silver and Gold, it appears by thePipe-Rolls in Hen, 2ds. Time, that One of Gold was of the Value of ten Silver Ones. Thora va- lues the Silver at 25. 62. but Bp. Nicholfon at 15. only. Roomscot. Call'd likewife Peter Pence, was an elimofinary Contribution of one Penny a Houfe to the Pope. Sacc. Is the Power of Judging Caufes and taking Finesand Americamentts of his Tenants and Vaffals, by the Lord or Owner of any Place within his Mannor. Socc. The Power of holding Courts by the Lord in his Barony, and of trying Caufes. TOLL. The Liberty of buying and felling within the Precinéls of a Mannor, or elfe Tribute or Cuftom paid for Paffage, likewife for Exemption, from that Tribute, THEAM. The Power granted to a Baron over his Tenants or Villians, and their Generations, Poffetlions, «7. SAmIT. Red. i. e. Sattin. SYMNELLS. A finer Sort of Bread than ufual, as White Bread. GASTELLA. or WASTELLA: Waftelbread, another fine fort of Bread, di- ftinguifh’d from the former by Hoveden, who fays the King allow'd David K, of Scots while in his Court, fo much of one and the other, BRACHINELLA. Cups of Ale. ’ CARUCATES. A Plough-Land; the fame with Hyde. FRANKPLEDGE. Was the Antient Power of holdinga Court Leet, in which every Freeman became bound with Sureties at fourteen Years of Age for his Truth to the King, 49v. HusTINGS and FouLKMOTES. The Word Huffings fignifies a Court from the Saxon. This Court is the principal Court in London, and held before the Mayor and Aldermen. Foulkmotes lignifies a general Affembly of People, and in Edward's time was ufed for a Parliament, in this Place it fignifiesthe general Court or Affembly of Londoners in their Guild. INFANGTHEOF. Here in Edward Confeffors Time, it fignified the Power of trying Thieves taken in the Mannor or Liberty of any one. GRITHBREC. A breaking the Peace from the Saxon grith Peace and brich a Violation. HAMSEKEN. A Power granted to Lords of Mannors to hold Pleas. FORESTALL. Is Stopping or Affaulting a Paffenger on the Highway.