XIII. Puritans and Cavaliers in the Abbey XIV. Chaucer XV. Spenser, Addison, and the Poets’ Corner XVI. Garrick, Doctor Johnson, and Sheridan XVII. The Musicians in the Abbey XVIII. Wilberforce and his Fellow-Workers XIX. Pitt and the Statesmen’s Corner XX. Lawrence and the Indian Heroes XXI. Dickens, Browning, and Tennyson XXII. A Last Wander Around *LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS* Henry VII.’s Chapel . . . . . . Frontispiece Vaulting in Henry VII.’s Chapel The Confessor’s Funeral, from the Bayeux Tapestry St. Edmund’s Chapel Picture and Tapestry in the Sanctuary The Confessor’s Chapel Tombs of Edward I. and Henry III. Entrance to the Chapter House The Coronation Chair Pyx Chapel Tombs of Richard II. and Edward III. Henry of Lancaster Crowned at Westminster Henry V.’s Tomb Plan of Tombs in the Chapel of the Kings Gates of Henry VII.’s Chapel Plan of Chapel of Henry VII. Tomb of Queen Elizabeth Interior, Looking East Jerusalem Chamber Prince Rupert Oliver Cromwell Chaucer’s Tomb Poets’ Corner Dr. Samuel Johnson George Frederick Handel David Livingstone Charles Darwin William Pitt, First Earl of Chatham Rt. Hon. Warren Hastings West Transept Lord Tennyson The High Altar ERRATUM. Page 99, line 1, for 1388 read 1399. [Transcriber’s note: the above erratum has been applied to this text.] *PART I* *WITH KINGS AND QUEENS IN THE ABBEY* [Illustration: VAULTING IN HENRY VII.’s CHAPEL.] *THE STORY OF WESTMINSTER ABBEY* *CHAPTER I* *IN THE MISTY PAST* "Without the walles of London, uppon the river Thames, there was in Times past, a little monasterie, builded to the honour of God and St. Peter, with a few Benedict monkes in it, under an Abbote serving Christe. Very poore they were, and little was given them for their reliefe. Here the king intended, for that it was near to the famous citie of London, and the river of Thames, that brought in all kinds of merchandizes, from all partes of the worlde, to make his sepulchre: he commanded that of the renters of all his rentes the work should be begunne, in such a sorte, as should become the Prince of the Apostles." These are the words which gather up the early story of Westminster Abbey.