The appearance of the chantry when first finished, with all its rich colour and profuse gilding, must have been very rich. Some have thought it too elaborate and overweighted with ornament, but we may well call it one of the most glorious specimens of its time. Among the heraldic decorations are to be found the chevrons of the Clares, and the arms of the deceased Earl. On the outside are to be traced the arms of the royal ancestors of Isabelle, of the Clares, and of the Despensers. The arms upon the chapel are given in "Neale's Views of Tewkesbury" as follows: On the side of the chapel next the choir, over the door-- 1. France and England, quarterly, King Edward III. 2. Castile and Leon, quarterly, and Peter, King of Castile and Leon. 3. France and England, quarterly, Edmund of Langley, Duke of York. 4. France and England impaling Castile and Leon--for Isabelle of Castile, Duchess of York. 5. Clare quartering Despenser (Thomas Despenser, Earl of Gloucester). 6. Clare quartering Despenser and impaling France and England (Constance, the mother of the foundress of the chapel). On the side next to the aisle--in the basement or lowest portion and in the first division, three angels bearing shields--(1) as 1 above; (2) destroyed but presumably as 2 above; (3) as 3 above. In the second division, two angels bearing shields--(1) as 4 above; (2) as 5 above. In the third division, two angels bearing shields--(1) France and England quarterly in chief. The arms on the fascia and over the door are, in each compartment, three: 1. The royal arms of England. 2. The arms of the Clares, Earls of Gloucester. 3. Clare impaling England (Isabel, Countess of Gloucester, and John, afterwards King of England). 4. Despenser (Hugh, Lord Despenser). 5. Despenser impaling Clare (Eleanor, Countess of Gloucester, wife of Hugh, Lord Despenser). 6. Clare and Despenser, quarterly, impaling Burghersh (Sir Edward Despenser, K.G.). The iron railings were probably removed as being an inconvenience when the ugly rows of pews, which took up the whole of the choir and presbytery, were placed in the chancel in 1796. The Lady Isabelle, after completing this tomb, married the cousin of her first husband, who was also a Richard Beauchamp. He died in Rouen in 1439, but his body being brought home by his countess, was buried in the noble Beauchamp Chapel at Warwick, which is a further development of that at Tewkesbury. She died in London in the same year on St. John the Evangelist's Day, as the inscription on the Warwick Chapel sets forth, and at her own request was buried at Tewkesbury, in the following January. All traces of her handsome marble tomb have disappeared, but the site of her grave was identified at the restoration of the choir in 1875. The site is marked (8) in the plan.