Historical Description of Westminster Abbey, Its Monuments and CuriositiesAnonymous
History
Historical Description of Westminster Abbey, Its Monuments and Curiosities
Anonymous
Westminster Abbey
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. Helen's; but his heart was put in a cup, and
placed near St. Edward's shrine, of the removal of which we have no
account.
Upon a careful perusal of the guide-book to this portion of the Abbey, it
will not be uninteresting to observe that the bodies of six kings, five
queens, two princesses, a duke, and a bishop are deposited in this
remarkable receptacle of the dead.
Before entering the Chapel of St. John, on the right or east side of the
door, is a monument erected to the memory of JANE, daughter and co-heiress
of Sir John Pulteney, and wife of Sir Clippesby Crewe, Knt. She died Dec.
2, 1639, aged twenty-nine.
On the left, or west side of the door, is a monument to the memory of
JULIANA, only daughter of Sir Randolph Crewe, Knt., Lord Chief Justice of
England. She died unmarried April 22, 1621.
Over the door is the monument of the Right Rev. Dr. BARNARD, Lord Bishop
of Londonderry, who died in London, January 10, 1768, aged seventy-two,
and was here buried.
VII.--Chapel of St. John.
[Illustration]
_Begin on your Left._
1. Sir Thomas Vaughan.
2. Colonel Popham, 1651.
3. Carey, Son of the Earl of Monmouth, 1648.
4. Hugh de Bohun, and Mary his Sister, grandchildren of Edward the
First.
5. Carey, Baron of Hunsdon, 1596.
6. Countess of Mexborough, 1821.
7. William of Colchester, Abbot of Westminster, 1420.
8. O. Ruthall, Bishop of Durham, 1524.
9. Thomas Millyng, Bishop of Hereford, 1492.
10. Abbot Fascet, 1500.
11. Mrs. Mary Kendall.
12. Cecil, Earl of Exeter, 1622, and Lady, 1608.
On the left, in this Chapel, is an ancient monument to the memory of Sir
THOMAS VAUGHAN, Knight, Chamberlain to Edward, Prince of Wales, and
Treasurer of Edward IV. On the top are the mutilated remains of a brass
plate of the Knight.
In the recess of this tomb is a bust to the memory of FREDERICK DENISON
MAURICE. Born August 29th, 1805; died April 1st, 1872; buried at Highgate.
"God is Light." "He was sent to bear witness of that Light."--_T. Woolner,
R.A._
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