The next is a most magnificent monument, to the memory of EDWARD TALBOT, eighth Earl of Shrewsbury, and his lady, Jane, eldest daughter and coheiress of Cuthbert, Baron Ogle, whose effigies in their robes lie on a black marble table, supported by a pedestal of alabaster. He died February 8, 1617, in the fifty-seventh year of his age.

In front of this is the gravestone to the memory of EDWARD, Lord Herbert, Baron of Cherbury, in England, and of CastleIreland, in Ireland, who died Dec. 9, 1678, aged forty-six.

On the right is the ancient monument of WILLIAM DE VALENCE, lying in a cumbent posture on a chest of wainscot, placed upon a tomb of freestone; the figure is wood, covered originally with copper gilt, as was the chest on which it lies. In the year 1296, he was slain at Bayonne treacherously. His body was afterwards brought to England, and honourably buried in this chapel, and an indulgence of one hundred days granted to all devout people who should offer up prayers for his soul.

On the floor of this chapel is a tomb, on which is a lady in a widow's dress, with a barb and veil, cut in brass, round which is an inscription in old French, importing that ALIANER DE BOHUN, daughter and heiress of Sir Humphrey de Bohun, Earl of Hertford, Essex, and Northampton, and wife to the mighty and noble Prince of Woodstock, Duke of Gloucester, Earl of Essex and Buckingham, son of Edward III., lies interred here. This lady, who was the greatest heiress in England, was deprived of her husband by the cruelty of his nephew, Richard II., who, jealous of his popularity, most treacherously betrayed him by a show of friendship; for coming to visit him at Plashy, a pleasant seat of his in Essex, and staying supper, in duty he thought to attend his Majesty to town; but at Stratford was suddenly surrounded by an ambush of armed men, who privately hurried him on board a ship, and carried him to Calais, where, by the King's order, he was stifled between feather beds. After this melancholy accident, his lady spent the rest of her days in the Nunnery at Barking, and died October 3, 1399; from whence her remains were brought, and here interred. The Duke, her husband, was murdered in 1397.

MARY, Countess of Stafford, wife to the unfortunate Viscount Stafford, beheaded in the reign of King Charles II., on Tower Hill, has also a monument near the above. She was lineally descended from the noble personages just mentioned, and from the Barons and Earls of Stafford, and was daughter and heiress to the noble house of Buckingham. Lord Stafford was beheaded December 29, 1680; the Countess died Jannary, 1693.

Against the wall is a monument to the memory of MARY,

Countess of Stafford, and of Henry, Earl of Stafford, her son, who died abroad in 1719, and was buried in this chapel.

In this chapel are likewise interred some other persons of less note than those already described; particularly HENRY FERNE, D.D., Bishop of Chester, which he lived to enjoy but five weeks, dying March 16, 1662.

There is also an Archbishop buried here, as appears by a very antique figure in a mass habit, engraven on a brass plate, and placed on a flat stone in the pavement, over the remains of ROBERT DE WALDEBY, who, as appears by the inscription, was first an Augustine monk, and attended Edward the Black Prince into France, where being young, he prosecuted his studies, and made a surprising progress in natural and moral philosophy, physic, the languages, and in the canon law; and, being likewise an elegant preacher and sound divine, was made Divinity Professor in the University of Toulouse, where he continued till called by Richard II. to the Bishopric of Man, from whence he was removed to the Archbishopric of Dublin; but not liking that country, upon the first vacancy he was recalled, and advanced to the see of Chichester, and afterwards to the Archbishopric of York. Such is the history of this great man, who died May 29, 1397, as gathered from an inscription formerly very legible, but now almost obliterated.

On the right, on leaving this Chapel, is a fine bust of RICHARD TUFTON, third son of Sir John Tufton, Bart., and brother of Nicholas E. Thanet. He died Oct. 4, 1631.

III.-Chapel of St. Nicholas.

On the left as you enter this Chapel, is a monument on which a long inscription in English is fairly written, setting forth the descent and marriage of Lady Jane Clifford, youngest daughter of the Duke of Somerset, and wife of Charles Lord Clifford and Dungarvan, who died November 23, 1679.

On the same side, is a monument erected for Lady CECIL, a Lady of the Bedchamber to Queen Elizabeth, and daughter of Lord Cobham, who, having married Sir Robert Cecil, son of William Lord Burleigh, Treasurer of England, died in childbed two years after, viz. in 1591.

On a small tablet is this inscription, with the motto-" Espe66 rance en Dieu. ISABELLA SUSANNAH, wife of Algernon Percy, Earl of Beverley, died January 24, 1812, aged sixty-one."

On a gravestone in front of this monument, engraven on brass, is the figure of Sir HUMPHREY STANLEY, knighted by Henry VII. for his gallant behaviour under his cousin, Lord Stanley, at the Battle of Bosworth Field. He died March 22, 1505.

But what will chiefly excite your admiration, is a most magnificent temple erected to the memory of ANN, Duchess of Somerset, wife of Edward, Duke of Somerset, brother of King Henry VIII.'s third wife, Queen Jane Seymour, and uncle to Edward VI., and some time Regent during his minority, but afterwards disgraced; accused of treasonable and felonious practices against the King and Council, tried by his peers, acquitted of treason, but condemned of felony, in levying armed men contrary to law, for which crime he was sentenced to be hanged; but in respect to his quality, was beheaded on Tower Hill, January 22, 1551. She died April 16, 1587, at Hanworth, aged ninety.

Next to this is a stately monument to the memory of Lady ELIZABETH FANE, daughter of Robert, Baron Spencer, of Wormleighton, and wife of Sir George Fane, of Buston, in Kent, remarkable, says her inscription, for her ancient descent, but more for her own virtues. She died in 1618, aged twenty-eight.

Beneath this, is an ancient monument, placed over NICHOLAS Baron Carew, and the Lady MARGARET, his wife, daughter of Lord John Dinham, and, it is thought, mother of Sir Nicholas Carew, beheaded in Henry the Eighth's time, for holding a correspondence with Cardinal de la Pole. He died December 6, 1470; she December 13, the same year.

In this Chapel are two pyramids: the largest erected to the memory of NICHOLAS BAGENALL, a child of two months old, overlaid by his nurse, the 7th March, 1688; the other to the memory of ANNA SOPHIA HARLEY, a child of a year old, daughter of the Hon. Christopher Harley, Ambassador from the French King, whose heart, as appears by the inscription, he caused to be enclosed in a cup, and placed upon the top of the pyramid. She died in 1601.

Next to this is one of the most magnificent monuments in the Abbey, erected by the great Lord Burleigh, to the memory of MILDRED, his wife, and their daughter, Lady ANN, Countess of Oxford. On this tomb is a Latin inscription, explaining the figures, and setting forth their respective virtues and accomplishments, particularly those of Lady Burleigh, who, says the inscription, was well versed in the sacred writers, and those "chiefly of the Greeks, as Basil the Great, Chrysostome, Gregory, Narianson, &c." She gave a scholarship to St. John's College, in Oxford, legacies to the poor of Romford, where she

was born, and to those of Cheshunt, where she lived, and left money at both places to be distributed every other year to poor tradesmen. She died, after being forty years married, April 4, 1589, aged sixty-three. Her daughter Ann married at fifteen, Edward Vere, Earl of Oxford, and died June 5, 1588, seventeen years after, leaving three daughters.

Next to this is a monument to the memory of WILLIAM DE DUDLEY, alias SUTTON, son of John, Lord Dudley. He was Archdeacon of Middlesex, Dean of Windsor, and, in 1476, Lord Bishop of Durham. He died in 1483.

Lady St. JOHN lies in this recess. She was daughter of Sir William Dormer, of Bletsoe. She died on the 23rd March, 1614.

Another stately monument, to the memory of Lady WINIFRED, married first to Sir Richard Sackville, Knight, and afterwards to John Paulet, Marquis of Winchester. The Latin epitaph imports, that she was descended of illustrious parents, and married, first, a gentleman of an ancient house, whose ancestors where renowned before the Conqueror's time; that her second husband was of noble blood; and that being severed from both by death, her soul would rejoice in Christ for ever. She died in 1586.

Over the last is an ancient monument to the memory of Lady Ross, daughter of Edward, Earl of Rutland. She died April 11, 1591.

Next to this is a very elegant monument to the memory of the late Duchess of NORTHUMBERLAND. The figures on each side are Faith and Hope; and those above are two weeping Genii over her urn, mourning for her loss. The inscription, after reciting her Grace's illustrious descent and titles, concludes with her character, who, "having lived long an ornament of 66 courts, an honour to her country, a pattern to the great, a pro"tectress to the poor, ever distinguished for the most tender "affection for her family and friends, she died December 5, 1776, 66 aged sixty, universally beloved, revered, and lamented. The "Duke of Northumberland, inconsolable for the loss of the best "of wives, hath erected this monument to her beloved memory." -Read, sculptor.

Against the screen is a Gothic monument, with the effigy of a lady in robes, very antique. This lady, by the inscription, appears to be PHILIPPA, second daughter and co-heiress of John Lord Mohun, of Dunstar; married first to Sir William Fitzwalter, Knt., secondly to Sir John Galofre, Knt., and lastly to Edward Plantagenet, Duke of York, who was slain at the battle of Agincourt, 25th October, 1415. She died in 1431, without issue.

In the middle of the chapel is a fine monument to the memory of Sir GEORGE VILLIERS, who died January 4, 1605, and his lady, MARY BEAUMONT, created Countess of Buckingham in 1618. She died on April 19, 1632, aged sixty-two, whose son by the favour of King James I. was advanced to the dignity of Duke of Buckingham, and afterwards in the third year of Charles I. stabbed by Felton, because he had, by his measures, brought upon himself the public hatred.-Stone, sculptor.

Near this tomb was buried a son of the Marquis of Hamilton, who died in 1638. The Marquis himself, after a life of strange vicissitudes, being engaged in the long and bloody civil war during the reign of Charles I., was at length, after the murder of his royal master, cut off by the usurper; and, together with the Lords Capel and Holland, fell a sacrifice to the policy of those unhappy times, when none were suffered to live who had courage to oppose the prevailing faction.

Near the before mentioned tomb is intered- ELIZABETH, Countess of Derby, wife of William Stanley, Earl of Derby, eldest daughter of Edward de Vere, Earl of Oxford, granddaughter of Lord Burleigh, who died in 1626.

In this Chapel lies interred ALGERNON SEYMOUR, Duke of Somerset, who died February 7, 1750.-Also FRANCES, relict of the said Duke, eldest daughter and co-heiress of the Honourable Henry Thynne, who died July 7, 1754.-GEORGE, Lord Viscount Beauchamp, who died of the small pox in France, September 11, 1744, who was their only son, is likewise here interred.

As you leave this chapel, you tread upon the remains of that great and learned antiquary, Sir HENRY SPELMAN, who, dying at a very advanced age, was buried at the door of this chapel in 1641.

On leaving this chapel, and facing you, there is affixed to the corner of Henry the Fifth's monument, a bust with Latin inscription, to the memory of Sir ROBERT AITON, Knt., who, in the reign of James I., was in great reputation for his writings, especially in poetry. He died in 1638.

On the left of the doorway of the Chapel of St. Nicholas, is a monument, erected to the memory of Sir THOMAS INGRAM, Knt., Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, and Privy Councillor to King Charles II. He died February 13, 1671.

For the sake of regularity, in viewing every place, that none may escape observation, as soon as you ascend the steps, enter in at the door on the right-hand side, which is the south aisle of Henry the Seventh's chapel.