Next to the north wall, on the left of the poet’s grave, is that of his wife, who died on August 6, 1623; a Latin inscription on a small brass plate marking the spot. Close by are also buried Thomas Nash, the first husband of Elizabeth Hall, Shakespeare’s grand–daughter, who died in 1647; Dr. John Hall, who died in 1635; and Susannah Hall, Shakespeare’s daughter, who died in 1649. The original lines on the grave of the latter were obliterated some time at the beginning of the eighteenth century, and an inscription to some one else put in their place. The lines were, however, restored in 1836. Witty above her sexe, but that’s not all, Wise to salvation was good Mistris Hall. Something of Shakespeare was not that but this Wholy of him with whom she’s now in blisse. Then, passenger, ha’st ne’re a teare To weepe with her that wept with all? That wept, yet set her selfe to chere Them up with comforts cordiall. Her love shall live, her mercy spread, When thou ha’st ne’re a teare to shed. The stained glass in the east window dates from 1895. The “American” window, presented in 1885, is situated on the north side of the chancel, the subject of which is “The Seven Ages of Man.” The choir stalls are very handsomely carved, and contain grotesques on their misereres. The fine stained–glass window unveiled in 1896 by Mr. Bayard, the then American ambassador to this country, is another gift of admirers of the poet in the United States. The chancel screen, which now occupies a position across the chancel archway, was originally in the nave, and the former screen is placed in the north transept and forms the vestry. In the Clopton Chapel are to be found a number of excellent memorials of the family, one of the finest being one against the wall of George Carew, Earl of Totnes, and Baron Clopton and Joyce his wife. The effigies of the Earl and Countess, which are of coloured alabaster, lie under an arch supported by Corinthian columns. The Earl is in armour, and the weapons and other warlike objects represented on the tomb commemorate the fact that he was the Master of Ordnance of James I. The High Tomb, which is without effigy or inscription, has numerous panels formerly adorned with “latten” shields. It was thought that this tomb was intended for Sir Hugh Clopton, Lord Mayor of London in 1492, from the fact that he left directions that if he died at Stratford he was to be buried there. He was, however, buried in St. Margaret’s, Lothbury. Another interesting memorial placed against the north wall is that of William Clopton and his wife Ann. The recumbent effigies are respectively in armour and in a low–bodiced robe. William Clopton has his head resting upon his helmet, whilst on the head of his wife is a close–fitting hood with a peaked front. The tomb also has upon it effigies of their children, some of whom are depicted as in swaddling bands, indicating that they must have died in infancy.