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
Ft. In.
Length of the Nave 103 9
Breadth of ditto 35 9
Height of the Nave to vortex of the Vaulting 60 7
Length of the Aisles 62 5
Breadth of ditto 17 2
Entire Breadth of the Chapel 70 1
Height of West Window 45 0
Breadth of ditto 31 0
_Entrance Porch or Vestibule._
Extent from North to South 28 4
Breadth 24 9
SOUTH AISLE.
[Illustration]
1. Lady Margaret Douglas, 1577.
2. Mary, Queen of Scots, 1587.
3. Margaret, Countess of Richmond, 1509.
4. Lady Walpole, 1737.
5. General Monck, Duke of Albemarle, 1670.
In front of this Monument is the Old Royal Vault, containing Charles
II., 1685, King William III., 1702, Prince George of Denmark, 1708,
and Queen Anne, 1714.
Here is a handsome monument, on which lies a lady finely robed, to Lady
MARGARET DOUGLAS, daughter of Margaret, Queen of Scots, by the Earl of
Angus. This lady, as the English inscription says, had to her
great-grandfather, Edward IV.; to her grandfather, Henry VII.; to her
uncle, Henry VIII.; to her cousin-german, Edward VI.; to her brother,
James V. of Scotland; to her son, Henry I. of Scotland; to her grandson,
James VI.; having to her great-grandmother and grandmother, two Queens,
both named Elizabeth; to her mother, Margaret, Queen of Scots; to her
aunt, Mary, the French Queen; to her cousins-german, Mary and Elizabeth,
Queens of England; to her niece and daughter-in-law, Mary, Queen of Scots.
This lady, who was very beautiful, was privately married in 1537, to
Thomas Howard, son of the Duke of Norfolk, upon which account both of them
were committed to the Tower by Henry VIII., her uncle, for affiancing
without his consent, and he died in prison; but this Margaret being
released, was soon after married to Matthew, Earl of Lennox, by whom she
had the handsome Lord Darnley, father of James I., whose effigy is
foremost on the tomb, in a kneeling posture. There are seven children
besides round the tomb of Margaret, of whom only three are mentioned in
history, the rest dying young. This great lady died March 10, 1577.
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