London and Its Environs Described, vol. 1 (of 6): Containing an Account of Whatever is Most Remarkable for Grandeur, Elegance, Curiosity or Use, in the City and in the Country Twenty Miles Round ItAnonymous
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London and Its Environs Described, vol. 1 (of 6): Containing an Account of Whatever is Most Remarkable for Grandeur, Elegance, Curiosity or Use, in the City and in the Country Twenty Miles Round It
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London (England) -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800; London (England) -- Gazetteers -- Early works to 1800
73. The monument of William Cavendish Duke of Newcastle is also very
pompous, but is in the old taste. Under a rich canopy of state lie, as
the inscription expresses it, “The loyal Duke of Newcastle, and his
Duchess, his second wife, by whom he had no issue: her name was
Margaret Lucas, youngest sister to Lord Lucas of Colchester, a noble
family; for all the brothers were valiant, and all the sisters
virtuous. The Duchess was a wise, witty, and learned Lady, which her
many books do well testify: She was a most virtuous, and a loving and
careful wife, and was with her Lord all the time of his banishment and
miseries; and when he came home, never parted from him in his solitary
retirements.” This is the English inscription. The Latin gives his
titles and employments; and observes, that for his fidelity to King
Charles I. he was made Captain-General of the forces raised for his
service in the North, fought many battles, and generally came off
victorious; but that when the rebels prevailed (being one of the first
designed a sacrifice) he left his estate, and endured a long exile. It
then gives his issue by his first wife, and concludes with observing,
that he died Dec. 27, 1676, in his eighty-fourth year.
74. On the adjoining pillar is a neat tablet, on which is this
inscription:
Grace, eldest daughter of Sir Thomas Mauleverer of Allerton
Mauleverer in Yorkshire, Bart. born 1622, married unto Col.
Scott, a member of the Hon. House of Commons 1644, and died
Feb. 24, 1645.
He that will give my GRACE but what is hers,
Must say her death has not
Made only her dear SCOTT,
But Virtue, Worth, and Sweetness, widowers.
75. The monument of Dame Mary James is neatly ornamented with an urn,
wreathed and crowned with a Viscount’s coronet, on a handsome pedestal
The inscription observes that this Lady was wife to Sir John James, of
the ancient family of the Lords of Hostrick in Holland, and that she
died Nov. 6, 1667.
76. A magnificent and elegant monument of white marble to the memory
of Sir Peter Warren, done by Roubiliac. Close to the wall is a large
flag hanging to the flag-staff, and spreading in very natural folds
behind the whole monument. Before it is a fine figure of Hercules
placing Sir Peter’s bust on its pedestal; and on the other side,
Victory, with a laurel wreath in her hand, is seated gazing on the
bust with a look of melancholy mixed with admiration. Behind her a
Cornucopia pours out fruit, corn, the fleece, &c. and by it is a
cannon, an anchor, and other decorations. The inscription is as
follows:
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