chauntry chapel of St. Catherine; these windows are also beautified with
stained glass, illustrating various portions of Scripture history. This
chapel is now used as a baptistry, and the ancient stone font, which is
beautifully carved, stands in the centre, on a rich pavement of encaustic
tile. An alabaster slab, against the north wall, engraved with figures
of a warrior and a lady, commemorates Nicholas Stafford, Esq., and
Catherine, his wife, who died in 1643. A white marble monument, recently
erected by subscription, over the door leading into the vestry, remembers
the brave admiral Benbow, a native of the parish. It represents an
obtuse pyramid of black marble, against which leans an oval medallion
bust of the admiral, surrounded with anchors, flags, and cannon, and
below a delicately sculptured representation in bas relief of a naval
fight. In the north transept is placed a most beautiful free stone
monument to the late Rev. J. B. Blakeway, which for elegance of design,
and beauty of execution, has rarely been surpassed in modern times; it is
upwards of 12 feet in length and 16 feet in height, and is divided into
three compartments by clustered buttresses, which sustain richly
crocheted pinnacles. The centre compartment comprises a large pointed
arch canopied and crocheted, the back of which is deeply recessed, and
contains the following inscription in ornamental Roman capitals:—
To the Memory of the Reverend
JOHN BRICKDALE BLAKEWAY, M.A., F.A.S.,
Thirty-one years ordinary and official,
And thirty-two years Minister of this Parish.
This Monument is erected
By the voluntary subscription of his parishioners,
As a tribute of respect for his talents,
Esteem for his virtues,
And gratitude for his long and faithful services,
As their friend and pastor.
He died the tenth day of March, MDCCCXXVI,
Aged sixty years.
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