The Children's Story of Westminster AbbeyTroutbeck, G. E. (Georgina E.)
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The Children's Story of Westminster Abbey
Troutbeck, G. E. (Georgina E.)
Westminster Abbey
Sir Humphrey Stanley, who fought on Henry VII’s side at Bosworth, and
was knighted by him after the battle. Sir Humphrey died in 1505, and is
buried in the Chapel at St. Nicholas.
Sir Giles Daubeny and his wife, who are buried in St Paul’s Chapel. Sir
Giles Daubeny was Lord Lieutenant of Calais in Henry VII’s time, when
Calais still belonged to England. He died in 1508.
Then come some of the great ladies of the Tudor Court, namely:
Frances Grey, Duchess of Suffolk, granddaughter of Henry VII and mother
of the unfortunate Lady Jane Grey, who, as every one remembers, was
Queen of England for twelve days after the death of Edward VI. The
Duchess is buried in St. Edmund’s Chapel, close to some of the
Plantagenets, and on the spot where the altar used to stand.
Anne Seymour, the wife of Protector Somerset, is buried in the Chapel of
St. Nicholas. She was sister-in-law to Queen Jane Seymour, mother of
Edward VI. From what is told us about her she seems to have been both
very clever and very fierce-tempered, and to have made people afraid of
her. She lived on into the days of Elizabeth, and died in 1587, aged
ninety.
In the same chapel is a tablet in memory of Jane Seymour, daughter of
Protector Somerset. She was cousin to Edward VI, and it had been
intended that he should marry her.
Another name of interest is that of Frances Howard, Countess of
Hertford, sister of the Lord Howard of Effingham who defeated the
Spanish Armada. She is buried in St. Benedict’s Chapel.
In St. Paul’s Chapel are the grave and monument of Frances Sidney,
Countess of Sussex. She was the aunt of the famous Sir Philip Sidney,
the soldier and poet. This lady was the foundress of Sidney Sussex
College at Cambridge, which is called after her.
In the Chapel of St. John the Baptist is the enormous
monument—thirty-six feet high—of Henry Cary, Lord Hunsdon, who died in
1596. His mother was a sister of Queen Anne Boleyn, and thus he was
Queen Elizabeth’s first cousin. He was Lord Chamberlain to Queen
Elizabeth, and was always a most devoted servant and friend to her. He
had special charge of the Queen at the time of the Spanish Armada. It is
said that he died partly of disappointment at having to wait a long time
before Queen Elizabeth would make him Earl of Wiltshire. When he was
dying the Queen came to see him, and, having brought the patent for the
earldom and the robes, she had them put down on his bed. But Lord
Hunsdon said to her: “Madam, seeing you counted me not worthy of this
honour whilst I was living, I count myself unworthy of it now I am
dying.”
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