Historical Description of Westminster Abbey, Its Monuments and Curiosities — John Shaqi
Historical Description of Westminster Abbey, Its Monuments and CuriositiesAnonymous
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Historical Description of Westminster Abbey, Its Monuments and Curiosities
Anonymous
Westminster Abbey
Also a black marble slab which covers the remains of EDWARD GEORGE EARLE
LYTTON BULWER LYTTON. Born 25th May, 1803; died 18th January, 1873.
1831-1841, Member of Parliament for St. Ives and for Lincoln; 1838,
Baronet of the United Kingdom; 1852-1856, Knight of the Shire of the
County of Hertford; 1858, one of her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of
State, Knight Grand Cross of St. Michael and George; 1866, Baron Lytton of
Knebworth. Laborious and distinguished in all fields of intellectual
activity, indefatigable and ardent in the cultivation and love of letters.
His genius as an author was displayed in the most varied forms, which have
connected indissolubly with every department of the literature of his time
the name of Edward Bulwer Lytton.
In this Chapel lies interred Abbot CROKESLEY, who died July 18, 1258.
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 October 4, 1631.
III.--Chapel of St. Nicholas.
[Illustration]
_Begin on your Left._
1. Lady Cecil, 1591.
2. Lady Clifford, 1679.
3. Countess of Beverley, 1812.
4. Duchess of Somerset, 1587.
5. Westmoreland Family, 1618.
6. Baron Carew, 1470.
7. Nicholas Bagenall, 1688.
8. Lady Burleigh, 1589, and the Countess Oxford, 1588.
9. Dudley, Bishop of Durham, 1483, and Lady St. John, 1614.
10. Daughter of Christopher Harley, Ambassador of France: her heart in
the Urn, 1665.
11. Lady Ross, 1591.
12. Marchioness of Winchester, 1586.
13. Duchess of Northumberland, 1776.
14. Philippa, Duchess of York, 1433.
15. Sir George Villiers, and his lady, Countess of Buckingham, 1605
and 1632.
16. Sir Humphrey Stanley, 1505.
On the left, as you enter this Chapel, 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.
Next 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 Dungarvon, who died Nov. 23, 1679, aged forty-two.
On a small tablet is this inscription, with the motto--"_Esperance de
Dieu_. ISABELLA SUSANNAH, wife of Algernon Percy, Earl of Beverley, died
Jan. 24, 1812, aged sixty-one."
On a gravestone in front of this monument, engraved 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.
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