Where the candlesticks and host formerly stood." Whose effigy, as Malcolm states, "lies precisely Benedict, is the tomb of Frances, Countess of Hertford, Simply by a screen of monuments and their railings.Īt the east end, where stood the altar of St. South transept and the ambulatory, or chancel aisle, Painting two cherubims " cum vultu hilari et jocoso." Instructions as to the number of mural decorations His "Anecdotes of Painting," several of the royal Of the arts." Horace Walpole has preserved, in Of the king, who was strongly imbued with a love Were paintings, long since defaced, done by order Writes Pennant, "must not be omitted he translated those of Sebert into a tomb of touchstone,īeneath an arch made in the wall. To the remains of the founders of the Abbey, which," Originally formed part of an altar decoration, and Three feet in height), which is supposed to have Work (measuring about eleven feet in length by Tomb, under a glass case, is preserved an elaborate Have been at one time richly adorned with paintings, Lower part of the tomb is covered by a plain archįorming a recess, and in the upper part seems to Left of the gate of entrance to the chapels. The tomb of Sebert, king of the East Saxons, whoĭied in 616, and of Ethelgoda, his queen, is on the Queens, that is, five reigning sovereigns-Mary,Įlizabeth, Mary Queen of Scots, Mary II., andĪnne the rest are the consorts of kings. Richard II., Henry V., Edward V., Henry VII.,Įdward VI., James I., Charles II., William III.,Īnd George II. Kings buried in the Abbey are Sebert, Edward theĬonfessor, Henry III., Edward I., Edward III., Three last named are now thrown into one. Round to the north transept, we find them dedicated Side by "Poets' Corner," and following the curve The chapels at the east end of the Abbey ChurchĪre nine in number. Tomb-Shrine of Edward the Confessor-Islip's Chapel and "The Ragged Regiment"-The Chapels of St. Edward's Chapel, or Chapel of the Kings-Chantry of Henry V.-Tomb of Edward III.-The Coronation Chairs-Opening a Royal and Queen-"Steenie" and his Funeral-Cromwell's Last Resting-place-The Old Royal Vault-Monuments to Mary and Elizabeth-The Chapel of St. Nicholas's Chapel-Henry VII.'s Chapel-The Royal Vault-AnĪuthentic Ghost Story-Monument to Edward VI.-The Five Chapels-Tomb of Henry VII. Might burst the bands of the dreamless sleep that wraps the mighty dead!" I stepp'd with noiseless foot, as though the sound of mortal tread Where Tudors and Plantagenets were lying all around "A feeling sad came o'er me as I trod the sacred ground WESTMINSTER ABBEY.-THE CHAPELS AND ROYAL TOMBS.
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