her cousins-german Mary and Elizabeth, queens of England; to her niece and daughter-in-law, Mary queen of Scots. This lady, who was very beautiful, was privately married in 1537, to Thomas Howard, son of the duke of Norfolk, upon which account both of them were committed to the Tower by king Henry VIII. her uncle, for affiancing without his consent, and he died in prison: but this Margaret being released, was soon after married to Mat thew earl of Lenox, by whom she had the handsome lord Darnley, father of king James I. whose effigy is the fore most on the tomb, in a kneeling posture, with the crown over his head; having been married some time to Mary. queen of Scots, but in the twenty-first year of his age, murdered, not without some suspicions of foul practices in the queen. There are seven children besides round the tomb of Margaret, of whom only three are mentioned in history, the rest dying young. This great lady died March 10, 1577. Near the tomb just mentioned is a very magnificent one, erected to the unhappy Mary, queen of Scots. A table monument, on which is the effigy of Margaret countess of Richmond, mother of Henry VII. by Edmund Tudor, son of Owen ap Tudor, who married the widow of Henry V. of England, and daughter of Charles VI. of France. The inscription mentions the charities of this excellent princess: such as giving a salary to two monks of Westminster, founding a grammar school at Winbourne, and two colleges, one to Christ, the other to St. John his disciple, at Cambridge. She died in July, 1509. Near this is a figure of uncommon delicacy, to the memory of lady Walpole, brought from Italy by her son Horace, late earl of Orford. She died August 20, 1737, A monument to the memories of George, and Christopher Monck, his son, both dukes of Albemarle; also Elizabeth, duchess dowager of Albemarle and Montague, relict of Christopher duke of Albemarle. At this end is the royal vault, as it is called, in which the remains remains of king Charles II. king William III. and queen Mary, his consort, queen Anne, and prince George, are all deposited. From this aisle is entered the nave of the chapel, where are installed, with great ceremony, the knights of the most honourable order of the Bath, which order was revived in the reign of king George the First, in 1725. In their stalls are placed brass plates of their arms, &c. bang their banners, swords, and helmets. are seats for the esquires; cach knight has three, whose arms are engraved on brass plates. and over them Under the stalls Between the knights' stalls, under a broad pavement, is the royal vault, where their late maiesties are buried, the prince and princess of Wales, two dukes of Cumberland, and the duke of York, prince Frederick William, the princesses Amelia, Caroline, Elizabeth, Louisa Anne, and two infants of George III. the princes Alfred and Octavius. The mausoleum of Henry VII. and Elizabeth his queen, is the most magnificent in this structure. It stands in the body of the chapel, enclosed in a curious chantry of cast brass, admirably designed and executed; and ornamented with statues, of which those only of St. George, St. James, St. Bartholomew, and St. Edward, are now remaining. Within are the effigies of the deceased, in their robes of state, lying close to one another on a tomb of black marble, the head of which is supported by a red dragon, the ensign of Cadwallader, the last king of the Britons, from whom Henry was fond of tracing his descent, and the foot by an angel. There are likewise other devices alluding to his family and alliances; such as portcullisses, signifying his relation to the Beauforts, by his mother's side; roses twisted and crowned, in memory of the union of the two royal houses of Lancaster and York; and at each end a crown in a bush, referring to the crown of Richard III. found in a hawthorn, near Bosworth Field. At the head of this chantry lie the remains of Edward VI. who died in the sixteenth year of his age, and seventh of bis reign. Nn 2 A monu A monument of cast brass, the effigies of Lewis Stewart, duke of Richmond, and Frances his wife, represented as lying on a marble table, under a canopy of brass, curiously wrought, and supported by the figures of Faith, Hope, Charity, and Prudence. On the top a fine figure of Fame taking her flight, and resting only on her toe. He died February 16, 1623. She died October 8, 1639. In this chapel are two coffins unburied, which, according to the plates upon them, contain the bodies of a Spanish ambassador, and an envoy from Savoy. An elegant monument erected to the memory of John Sheffield, duke of Buckingham; on an altar, of the finest grained marble, lies in a half-raised posture his effigy, in a Roman habit, his duchess Katherine, natural daughter of the duke of York, afterwards king James II. sitting at his feet weeping. On each side are enrichments of military trophies, and over all an admirable figure of Time holding several bustos in relievo, the portraits of their children. Over the duke's effigy are inscribed in Latin, sentences to the following import: I liv'd doubtful, not dissolute, I die unresolv'd, not unresign'd. Ignorance and error are incident to human nature. O! thou Being of Beings have compassion on me! For my king often, for my country ever. His grace died in 1720. On the north side of Henry the Seventh's chantry, in a chapel answerable to the south, is a very antique monument, decorated with several emblematic figures in brass, gilt, the principal of which is Neptune in a pensive posture, with his trident reversed, and Mars with his head crushed. These support the tomb on which lie the effigies of George Villars, duke of Buckingham, the great favourite of king James I. and king Charles I. On the right hand of the north aisle, is a lofty pyramid supported supported by two griffins of brass, gilt, on a pedestal of the most curious marble, erected to the memory of CharlesMontague, the first of this family that bore the title of lord In the Halifax, son of George Montague, of Hortou. reigns of William III, and George I he was placed at the head of the Treasury, where undertaking the reformation of the coin, which in those days was most infamously clip-. ped, to the great loss of the public, he restored it to its proper value. For these and other public services, he was first created baron and then earl of Halifax, and died 1715. In this aisle is a tomb to the memory of Sir George Saville, created by king Charles I. baron of Eland, and viscount Halifax, afterwards earl, and lastly marquis of Halifax. He died 1695... Here is also the lofty and magnificent monument of queen Elizabeth, erected to her memory by king James I. her successor. The inscription speaks her character, high de scent, and the memorable acts of her glorious reign. She died March 24, 1602. The bloody queen Mary, whose reign preceded that of queen Elizabeth, was interred in this place. At the farther end is a vault, in which are deposited the bodies of king James I. and his queen, Anne, daughter of Frederick II. king of Denmark, He died 1625, aged sixty-one. Against the end wall is a beautiful altar, raised by king Charles II. to the memory of Edward V. and his brother,' who were murdered in the Tower. The inscription, which is in Latin, gives a particular account of their sad catastrophe. Henry the Seventh's chapel was designed as a sepulchre, in which none but such as were of blood-royal should ever be interred. The chapel of St. PAUL. To the left is a lofty monu ment to the memory of Sir John Puckering, knight, lord keeper of the great seal of England four years, in the reign of queen Elizabeth, in which office he died 1596. Adjoining Adjoining is an antient monument, now pretty much decayed, on which are the effigies of Sir James Fullerton and his lady, with the following quaint epitaph upon a table of black marble: Here lie the remains of Sir JAMES FULLERTON, knight, first gentleman of the bedchamber to king Charles the First (prince and king); a generous rewarder of all virtue, a severe repro1 er of all vice, a professed renouncer of all vanity. He was a firm pillar to the Commonwealth, a faithful patron to the Catholic church, a fair pattern to the British court. He lived to the wel. fare of his country, to the honour of his prince, to the glory of his God. He died FULLER of faith than of fear, FULLER of re solution than of pains, FULLER of honour than of days. In the middle of this chapel is a table' monument, railed in, on which lie the effigies of Sir Giles Daubeny, created lord Daubeny in the first year of the reign of Henry VII. and dame Elizabeth, his wife. He died 1507, and his lady in 1500. A magnificent monument of alabaster, with pillars of Lydian marble gilt, on the table whereof lies the effigy of a venerable person in a chancellor's habit, with four sons and four daughters kneeling on the base. This monument com. niemorates Sir Thomas Bromley, knight, privy counsellor to queen Elizabeth, and eight years chancellor, in which office he died, April 12, 1587. A very stately but plain monument, a half-raised posture, of Sir Dudley Carleton, afterwards made viscount Dorchester, for his eminent services to king Charles I. and his father. 1 Frances countess of Sussex, whose effigy kies in a cumbent posture, with a coronet on her head resting on an embroidered cushion, and her body magnificently robed. This great lady was the wife of Thomas Ratcliffe, earl of Sus sex, lord deputy of Ireland, and knight of the Garter, &c. and daughter of Sir William Sydney, of Pensehurst, knight, By her last will, having outlived her husband, she instituted a divinity lecture in this abbey, gave 50001. towards the building of a new college in Cambridge, now called Sydney |