England, and buried in the monastery of St. Helens; but his heart was put in a cup, and placed near St. Edward's shrine, of the removal of which we have no account.

Before entering the chapel of St. Erasmus, on the right or east side of the door, is a monument erected to the memory of JANE, daughter and co-heiress of Sir John Pulteney, and wife of Sir Clippesby Crewe, Knt. She died December 2, 1639, aged twenty-nine.

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

Over the door is the monument of the Right Rev. Dr. BARNARD, Lord Bishop of Londonderry, who died in London, January 10, 1708, aged seventy-two, and was here buried.

VII.—Chapel of St. Erasmus.

On the left, in this chapel, is an ancient monument to the memory of Sir THOMAS VAUGHAN, Knight, Chamberlain to Edward, Prince of Wales, and Treasurer of King Edward IV.

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

THOMAS CAREY, second son of the Earl of Monmouth, has a monument in this chapel, erected to his memory. He was Gentleman of the Bedchamber to King Charles I., and is said to have died of grief, in 1648, at the age of thirty-three, for the unhappy fate of his Royal Master.

Under this is a tombstone of grey marble, to the memory of HUGH DE BOHUN, and MARY, his sister, grandchildren to King Edward I.

The next monument is to the memory of HENRY CAREY, first cousin of Queen Elizabeth, created Baron of Hunsdon, in Hertfordshire, in 1558; was some time Governor of Berwick, Lord Chamberlain to Queen Elizabeth, Privy Councillor, and Knight of the Garter; but not being preferred as he expected, he laid the

disappointment so much to heart, that he languished for a long time on a sick bed, at which the Queen being moved too late, created him an Earl, and ordered the patent and robes to be laid before him, but without effect. He died July 23, 1596, aged seventy-two.

THOMAS CECIL, Earl of Exeter, Baron Burleigh, Knight of the Garter, and Privy Councillor to King James, has a large monument in the middle of this chapel, whereon is his effigy, with a lady on his right side, and a vacant space on his left, for another. He died February 7, 1622. The lady on his right side is Dorothy Nevil, his first wife, daughter and co-heiress of the Noble Lord Latimer, who died May 22, 1608; and the vacant space was left for his second wife, Frances Bridget, of the noble family of Chandos but as the right side was taken up, she gave express orders, by her will, not to place her effigy on his left; notwithstanding which, they are all buried together in one vault, as the inscription expresses. She died in 1663.

"Sacred to the memory of the Right Honourable ELIZABETH, "Countess of Mexborough, who departed this life, June 7, in the 66 year of our Lord 1821, aged fifty-nine. Her afflicted husband, "John, Earl of Mexborough, hath erected this monument to her memory, in token of his deep sorrow for her loss, and of his "sincere love and affection."

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

THOMAS RUTHALL, made Bishop of Durham by Henry VIII. He had been a Secretary of State to Henry VII., and was by Henry VIII. made a Privy Councillor, and sent on several embassies abroad. He died, immensely rich, in 1524.

A third ancient monument here, is that of GEORGE FASCET, Abbot of Westminster in the time of Henry VII., of whom we can find nothing material. He died about the year 1500. On this monument stands the stone coffin of THOMAS MILLYNG, Bishop of Hereford, some time Abbot of Westminster, and Privy Councillor to King Edward IV., who died in 1492.

The first on the right, is a monument to the memory of Mrs. MARY KENDALL, daughter of Thomas Kendall, Esq., by Mrs. Mary Hallett, of Killigarth, in Cornwall, who died in her thirty-third year. Her many virtues, as her epitaph sets forth, "rendered her every way worthy of that close union and friend66 ship, in which she lived with Lady Catherine Jones; and in

66 testimony of which she desired that even their ashes, after "death, might not be divided, and therefore ordered herself here "to be interred, where she knew that excellent Lady designed "one day to rest near the grave of her beloved and religious 66 mother, Elizabeth, Countess of Ranelagh." She was born at Westminster, November 8, 1677; and died at Epsom, March 4, 1710.

VIII.—Chapel of Eslip, otherwise Saint John the Baptist.

In this Chapel of Islip there are but two monuments of considerable note; that of JOHN ISLIP, Abbot of Westminster, the founder; and that of CHRISTOPHER HATTON, son and heir of John Hatton, and nearest in the male line to Christopher Hatton, Chancellor in the reign of Queen Elizabeth, whose estate he inherited after the death of Sir William Newport, the Chancellor's sister's son. That of Islip is a plain marble table, and formerly stood in the centre, supported by four small pillars of brass; over which, on the roof, was anciently a fine painting of our Saviour on the Cross, destroyed by the Puritans in Cromwell's time, who were enemies to everything that favoured Popish idolatry, though ever so masterly. Islip was a great favourite with Henry VII., and was employed by him in decorating his new chapel, and in repairing and beautifying the whole Abbey. He dedicated his own chapel to St. John the Baptist, and died January 2, 1510. The tomb of Sir Christopher Hatton is worth notice. The principal figures are a Knight in armour, and a Lady in deep mourning. This lady was Alice, daughter of Thomas Fenshaw, Esq., by whom Sir Christopher had twelve children, and of whom six survived him. He died September 10, 1619.

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

The next ancient monument is of grey marble, to the memory of AYMER DE VALENCE, second and last Earl of Pembroke of this family; he was third son of William de Valence, Earl of Pembroke, already mentioned. He was poisoned June 23, 1324.

The Countess of Lancaster's tomb is seen from the choir, but from this part is hid by the monument of Lord Ligonier; it is canopied with an ancient Gothic arch, the sides of which were decorated with vine branches in relief, the roof within springing into many angles, under which lay the image of a lady, in an antique dress, her feet resting upon lions, and her head on pillows, supported by angels on each side. This monument covered the remains of AVELINE, Countess of Lancaster, daughter of William de Fortibus, Earl of Albemarle and Holdernesse, by Isabella, daughter and heiress of Baldwin, Earl of Devon. This lady married Edmund, Earl of Lancaster, son of King Henry III., but died the very year of her marriage, November 4, 1293.

Opposite on the right is a monument to the memory of General JAMES WOLFE. The subject is the tragic story of the General's death in the very moment of victory. He is represented in the last agonies of expiring heroism, with his hand closing the wound which the ball that had killed him had made in his breast, and falling into the arms of a grenadier, who catches him, and endeavours to support him, while with one hand he holds his feeble arm, and with the other points to Glory, in the form of an angel in the clouds, holding forth a wreath ready to crown him. On the pyramid, in relief, is the faithful Highland serjeant who attended him, in whose countenance the big sorrow at the mournful sight of his dying master is so powerfully and pathetically expressed, that the most insensible human being cannot look upon him without, in some sort, sharing in his grief. Wilton was the sculptor. The inscription carries no marks of ostentation, but simply records the fact, in the following words :-"To the memory "of James Wolfe, Major-General and Commander-in-chief of the "British Land Forces on an expedition against Quebec, who, after "surmounting, by ability and valour, all obstacles of art and "nature, was slain in the moment of victory, on the 13th of "September, 1759, the King and the Parliament of Great Britain "dedicate this monument."

On the floor, is the image of an abbot in his mass habit, curiously engraved on brass, representing JOHN DE EASTNEY, who died March 4, 1498. By the records of the Church he appears to have been a great benefactor to it; he ornamented the grand west window with some noble paintings on glass, of which some little still remains. He gave the screen to the chapel, and presented two images gilt for the altars of St. Peter and St. Paul, and one for the chapter-house. He paid the King £1000, on

account of the merchants, and £3070. to the Court of Rome, due for the confirmation of abbots.

Adjoining to this is a gravestone, that has been plated with brass, for Sir THOMAS PARRY, Knight, Treasurer of the Household, Master of the Courts of Wards and Liveries to Queen Elizabeth. He died December 15, 1560.

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

On the right hand wall, side of Wolfe, is a monument to the memory of Bishop DUPPA, tutor to King Charles II., a man of such exemplary piety, lively conversation, and excess of good nature, that when King Charles the First was a prisoner in Carisbrook Castle, he thought himself happy in the company of so good a man. He was born at Greenwich, and educated first at Westminster School, and then at Christ Church College, Oxford, of which he was afterwards Dean and being selected for the preceptor to the then Prince of Wales, was first made Bishop of Chichester, from thence translated to Salisbury, and after the restoration, to the see of Winchester. He died March 26, 1662, in the seventy-fourth year of his age.—Burman, sculptor.

"Sacred to the memory of JOHN THEOPHILUS BERESFORD, "eldest son of Marcus Beresford, and the Lady Frances, his 66 wife, Lieutenant in the eighty-eighth regiment of Foot, who "died in the twenty-first year of his age, at Villa Formosa, in "Spain, of wounds received from the exploding of a powder"magazine, at Ciudad Roderigo, after he had passed unhurt “ through eight years, in voluntary service, of the greatest 66 danger, for which he received the thanks of the Commander"in-chief. Brave and zealous in his military duties, animated 66 by a strong feeling of piety to God, and distinguished by his " ardent filial affection and duty towards a widowed mother, he "has left to her the recollection of his rising virtues, as her only "consolation under the irreparable loss she has sustained by his "death. Born January 16, 1792, and died January 29, 1812; interred, with military honours, in the fort of Almeida,"Yea, speedily was he taken away, lest that wickedness should "alter his understanding, or deceit beguile his soul."'—Wisdom "of Solomon, chap. iv. verse 11."-Bacon, sculptor.

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Next to this is a monument to the memory of Sir JAMES ADOLPHUS OUGHTON, late Commander-in-chief of His Majesty's Forces in North Britain. The inscription is a recital of his military employments, and a record of his death, which took