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and Leon, quarterly, and those of Ponthieu, hanging on vines and oak trees; and round the copper verge is embossed this inscription in Saxon characters: Icy gist Alianor, jadis Reyne d'Angleterre, femme a Rex Edward Fiz. That is, Here lies Eleanor, formerly Queen of England, wife of King Edward the First. It is remarkable, the body only of this Queen lies here interred, and her heart in the choir of the Friars Predicants, in London.

In this chapel you will likewise observe a large plain coffin of grey marble, composed of seven stones; four make the sides, two the ends, and one the cover. This rough, unpolished tomb enclosed the body of the glorious King Edward I. of whom we have just been speaking. He was son of Henry III. and born at Westminster, June 17, 1239, named Edward, in honour of St. Edward, his father's patron and predecessor, and afterwards Longshanks, from his tall and slender body. He is called Edward I, because he was the first of that name, after the Conquest. He died July 7, 1307, after a reign of 34 years, and a life of 68. This tomb was opened in 1774, by permission of Dr. Thomas, then Dean of Westminster, granted to the Society of Antiquaries, a deputation of whom, with the Dean, attending the process. The body was perfect, having on two robes, one of gold and silver tissue and the other of crimson velvet; a sceptre in each hand, measuring near five feet; a crown on his head, and many jewels, quite bright: he measured six feet two inches.

Just by this tomb' is a large stone, plated with brass, to the memory of John Waltham, the twenty-sixth bishop of Salisbury, anno 1388. He was Master of the Rolls in 1882, then Keeper of the Privy Seal in the year 1391, and died Lord High Treasurer of England to Richard II. in 1995.

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Near that of Henry III. is a small monument, covered with a slab of black Lydian, finely polished, in memory of Elizabeth Tudor, second daughter of King Henry VII. who died at Eltham, in Kent, Sept. 14, 1495, aged three years, from whence she was removed in great funeral pomp, and here buried.

Here is likewise another table monument, in memory of Margaret, daughter of Edward IV. by Elizabeth Woodville, his Queen, which has part of an inscription upon it, shewing her name, quality, and age, being only nine months. She died April 19, 1472.

Next to this chapel is that of Henry V. parted from it only by an iron screen, on each side of which are images, as large as life, guarding, as it were, the staircase ascending to the chantry over it. Here you will see the magnificent tomb of that glorious and warlike Prince, Henry of Monmouth (so called from the place of his nativity). This Prince was guilty of great extravagancies in his youth, and is said, with Sir John Falstaff, to belong to a gang of sharpers; yet, upon his advancement to the crown, made a most excellent King, and by the memorable battle of Agincourt, acquired to himself and the English nation, immortal glory. He died in France, in the 34th year of his age, and the tenth of his reign.

Near this tomb lay enclosed, in an old wooden chest, the remains of Catherine his Queen, which are put under ground. She was youngest daughter of Charles VII. of France, and being of extraordinary beauty, the King, upon casually seeing her, was so enamoured, that he swore to the Duke of Burgundy, that he would either have her in marriage, or he would drive the King of France out of his kingdom, and him from his dukedom; which resolution being entered upon, the mar

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riage was consented to, and celebrated by the Archbishop of Sens, in the church of St. Katherine, at Troys. She died January 2, 1457.

From the very curious chantry over King Henry the Fifth's chapel, the inward part of Edward the Confessor's shrine can be seen, where in an oaken chest the remains of him are enclosed. There are in the same place an helmet, shield, and saddle, which it is firmly believed were used by King Henry V. at the battle of Agincourt, and brought here (as customary) at his funeral.

The next is an ancient tomb of black marble, to the memory of Phillippa, third daughter of William Earl of Hainault, and Queen of King Edward III. with whom she lived forty-two years, and bore him fourteen children. Harding tells us that when an embassy was sent to choose one of the Earl's daughters, a certain English Bishop advised to choose the lady with the largest hips, as promising a numerous progeny. She died Aug. 15, 1369; and the King, her husband, bestowed a profusion of expence in performing her exequies and erecting her tomb, round which were placed, as ornaments, the brazen statues of no less than thirty kings, princes, and noble personages, her relations,

Adjoining to this is the tomb of Edward III. which is likewise very ancient, and covered with a Gothic canopy. On a table of grey marble lies the effigy of this prince, though his corpse was deposited in the same grave with the Queen's, aċcording to her request on her deathbed. This toinb was surrounded like the former with statues, particularly those of his children; and at the head of it are placed the shield and sword carried before him in France. The sword is seven feet long, and weighs 18 pounds. He died June 21, 1377, aged 64.

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to the memory of Richard II. and his Queen: over which is a canopy of wood, remarkable for a curious painting of the Virgin Mary and our Saviour, still visible upon it. This Richard was son of Edward the Black Prince, and grandson of Edward III. above spoken of, whom he succeeded at eleven years of age. He was murdered on St. Valentine's day, 1399. In the same tomb lies his Queen, Anne, daughter of Charles IV. and sister of Wenceslaus, Emperor and King of Bohemia, who brought him neither dowry nor issue. She died at Shene, June 7, 1394, after being married twelve years.

Between the shrine of St. Edward and the tomb of Queen Phillippa, under a large stone, once finely plated with brass, lies the great Thomas of Woodstock, Duke of Gloucester, uncle of the before-mentioned Richard II. and murdered by him he was brother of the Black Prince, and sixth and youngest son of Edward III. He was murdered Sept. 8, 1397.

In this chapel was interred the heart of Henry d'Almade, son of Richard, King of the Romans, brother of Henry III. He was sacrilegiously assassinated in the Church of St. Silvester, at Viterbo, as he was performing his devotions before the high altar. Simon and Guido Montford, sons of Simon de Montford, Earl of Leicester, were the assassins, in revenge for their father's death, who, with their brother Henry, was slain in the battle of Evesham, in fighting against their lawful sovereign. The picture of this murder the inhabitants had painted, and hung up in the church, where we are told it still remains. This murder happened in 1270, and in the year after the body of Henry was brought to England, and buried in the monastery of St. Helens; but his heart was put in a cup, and placed near St. Edward's shrine.

In this chapel, in a handsome wainscot press, is the effigy of Edmund Sheffield, Duke of Buckingham, who died at Rome, Oct. 30, 1735, and was buried in Henry the Seventh's chapel, Jan. 31, 1736. He died at the age of nineteen years, nine months, and nineteen days, and was the second and last Duke of this noble family.

The most ancient of the chairs were brought, with regalia, from Scotland, by King Edward I. in the year 1297 (after he had overcome John Baliol King of Scots, in several battles), and offered to St. Edward's shrine. The stone under the seat is reported to be Jacob's pillow; the other chair was made for Queen Mary II. At the coronation, one or both of them are covered with gold tissue, and placed before the altar, behind which they now stand.

Along the frieze of the screen of this chapel are fourteen legendary sculptures, respecting the Confessor. The first is the trial of Queen Emma; the next the birth of Edward; another is his coronation; the fourth tells us how our Saint was frightened into the abolition of the Dane-gelt, by his seeing the devil dance upon the money-casks; the fifth is the story of his winking at the thief who was robbing his treasure; the sixth is meant to relate the appearance of our Saviour to him; the seventh shews how the invasion of England was frustrated by the drowning of the Danish King; in the eighth is seen the quarrel between the boys Tosti and Harold, predicting their respective fates; in the ninth sculpture is the Confessor's vision of the seven sleepers; the tenth how he meets St. John the Evangelist in the guise of a pilgrim; the eleventh, how the blind were cured by their eyes being washed in his dirty wa-, ter; the twelfth, how St. John delivers to the Pilgrims a ring; in the thirteenth they deliver the

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