Chapter VII: Part 7

"No more the Grecian muse unrival'd reigns;
To Britain let the nations homage pay:
She felt a Homer's fire in Milton's strains,
A Pindar's rapture in the lyre of Gray."

Died July 30, 1771, aged fifty-four, and was buried at Stoke.--_John Bacon, sculptor._

SAMUEL BUTLER.--This tomb, as by the inscription appears, was erected by John Barber, Esq., Lord Mayor of London, _that he who was destitute of all things when alive, might not want a monument when dead_. He was author of Hudibras, and was a man of consummate learning, wit, and pleasantry, peculiarly happy in his writings, though he reaped small advantages from them, and suffered great distress by reason of his narrow circumstances. He lived, however, to a good old age, and was buried at the expense of Mr. Longueville, in the churchyard of St. Paul, Covent Garden. He was born at Strencham, in Worcestershire, in 1612, and died in London, 1680.

EDMUND SPENCER.--Beneath Mr. Butler's, there was a rough decayed tomb of Purbeck stone, to the memory of Mr. Edmund Spencer, one of the best English poets, which being much decayed, a subscription was set on foot, by the liberality of Mr. Mason, in 1778, to restore it. The subscription succeeded, and the monument was restored as nearly as possible to the old form, but in statuary marble. His works abound with innumerable beauties and such a variety of imagery, as is scarce to be found in any other writer, ancient or modern. On this monument is this inscription:--"Here lies (expecting the second coming of our Saviour Christ Jesus) the body of Edmund Spencer, the Prince of Poets in his time, whose divine spirit needs no other witness than the works which he left behind him. He was born in London in 1553, and died in 1598."

BEN JONSON.--This monument is of fine marble, and is very neatly ornamented with emblematical figures, alluding, perhaps, to the malice and envy of his contemporaries. His epitaph--"_O Rare Ben Jonson!_"--is cut in the pavement where he is buried in the North Aisle. He was Poet Laureate to James I., and contemporary with Shakspeare, to whose writings, when living, he was no friend, though, when dead, he wrote a Poem prefixed to his Plays, which does him the amplest justice. His father was a clergyman, and he was educated at Westminster School while Mr. Carden was Master; but after his father's death, his mother marrying a bricklayer, he was forced from school, and made to lay bricks. There is a story told of him, that at the building of Lincoln's Inn, he worked with his trowel in one hand, and Horace in the other; but Mr. Carden, regarding his parts, recommended him to Sir Walter Raleigh, whose son he attended in his travels, and upon his return entered himself at Cambridge. He died the 16th of August, 1637, aged sixty-three.--_Rysbrack, sculptor._

On the left is a monument to MICHAEL DRAITON. The inscription and epitaph were formerly in letters of gold, but now almost obliterated, and therefore are here preserved:--"Michael Draiton, Esq., a memorable Poet of his age, exchanged his laurel for a Crown of Glory, anno 1631.

"Do, pious marble, let thy readers know
What they, and what their children, owe
To _Draiton's_ name, whose sacred dust
We recommend unto thy trust:
Protect his mem'ry, and preserve his story;
Remain a lasting monument of his glory;
And when thy ruins shall disclaim
To be the treasure of his name,
His name, that cannot fade, shall be
An everlasting monument to thee."

This gentleman was both an excellent poet and a learned antiquarian.

Over the monument to Ben Jonson is a window given by Dr. Rogers; it represents David and St. John, the poets of the Old and New Testaments.--_Clayton and Bell._

BARTON BOOTH, Esq., elegantly designed and well executed. His bust is placed between two cherubs, one holding a wreath over his head in the act of crowning him: the other in a very pensive attitude, holding a scroll, on which is inscribed his descent from an ancient family in Lancashire, his admission into Westminster School, under Dr. Busby, his qualifications as an actor, which procured him both the royal patronage and the public applause. He died in 1733, in the fifty-fourth year of his age; and this monument was erected by his surviving widow in 1772.--_W. Tyler, sculptor._

Mr. JOHN PHILLIPS.--The bust of this gentleman, in relief, is here represented as in an arbour interwoven with laurel branches and apple trees; and over it is this motto--"_Honos erat huic quoque Pomo_;" alluding to the high qualities ascribed to the apple, in that excellent poem of his called Cider. He was son of Stephen Phillips, D.D., Archdeacon of Salop; was born at Bampton, in Oxfordshire, December 30, 1676, and died at Hereford, Feb. 15, 1708, of a consumption, in the prime of life.

GEOFFREY CHAUCER.--This has been a very beautiful monument in the Gothic style, but is now much defaced, and is generally passed over with a superficial glance, except by those who never suffer anything curious to escape their notice. Geoffrey Chaucer, to whose name it is sacred, is called the Father of English Poets, and flourished in the fourteenth century. He was son of Sir John Chaucer, a citizen of London, and employed by Edward III. in negociations abroad relating to trade. He was a great favourite at court, and married the great John of Gaunt's wife's sister. He was born in 1328, and died Oct. 25, 1400. This monument was erected by Nicholas Bingham, of Oxford, in 1556.

The memorial window to CHAUCER, immediately over his tomb, is intended to embody his intellectual labour, and his position amongst his contemporaries. At the base are the Canterbury Pilgrims, showing the setting out from London, and the arrival at Canterbury. The medallions above represent Chaucer receiving a commission, with others, in 1372, from King Edward III. to the Doge of Genoa, and his reception by the latter. At the apex, the subjects are taken from the moral poem entitled "The Floure and the Leafe." "As they which honour the Flower, a thing fading with every blast, are such as look after beauty and worldly pleasure; but they that honour the Leaf, which abideth with the root, notwithstanding the frost and winter storms, are they which follow virtue and during qualities, without regard to worldly respects." On the dexter side, dressed in white, is the Lady of the Leafe, and attendants; on the sinister side is the Lady of the Floure, dressed in green. In the spandrils adjoining are the Arms of Chaucer. On the dexter side, and on the sinister, Chaucer impaling these of (Roet) his wife. In the tracery above, the portrait of Chaucer occupies the centre, between that of Edward III. and Philippa his wife; below them Gower and John of Gaunt, and above are Wickliffe and Strode, his contemporaries. In the borders are disposed the following arms, alternately: England, France, Hainhault, Lancaster, Castile, and Leon. At the base of the window is the name Geoffrey Chaucer, died A.D. 1400, and four lines selected from the poem entitled, "Balade of Gode Counsaile."

"Flee fro the prees, and dwell with soth fastnesse,
Suffise unto thy good though it be small;"

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"That thee is sent receyve in buxomnesse;
The wrastling for this world asketh a fall."

This window was designed by Mr. J. G. Waller, and executed by Messrs. Thomas Baillie, and George Mayer, 118, Wardour Street, London, 1868.

EXPLANATION OF THE SUBJECTS.--The Pilgrims are arranged in the following manner:--The Departure from the Tabard, thus:

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.

1. The Reve. |4. The Knight. |7. The Serjeant of Law.
2. The Manciple. |5. The Yeoman. |8. The Shipmanne.
3. Chaucer. |6. The Squire. |9. The Doctor of Physick.

The Arrival at Canterbury, thus:

10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18.

10. The Somptnour. |13. The Monk. |16. The Frankelein.
11. The Pardoner. |14. The Prioress. |17. The Plowman.
12. The Parson. |15. The Nun. |18. The Clerk of Oxenforde.

_Arrangement of Portraits in Tracery._

Wickliffe. Strode.
Edward III. Chaucer. Philippa.
Gower. John of Gaunt.

Above is a neat monument to the memory of John Roberts, Esq., the very faithful Secretary of the Right Honourable Henry Pelham, Minister of State to George II. This marble was erected by his three surviving sisters, in 1776.--_Hayward, sculptor._

ABRAHAM COWLEY.--This monument, though apparently plain, is very expressive; the chaplet of laurel that begirts his urn, and the fire issuing from the mouth of the urn, are fine emblems of the glory he acquired by the spirit of his writings. The Latin inscription and epitaph on the pedestal is thus translated into English:--"Near this place lies Abraham Cowley, the Pindar, Horace, and Virgil of England; and the delight, ornament and admiration of his age:--

"While, Sacred Bard, far worlds thy works proclaim.
And you survive in an immortal fame,
Here may you, bless'd in pleasant quiet, lie!
To guard thy urn may hoary Faith stand by!
And all thy fav'rite tuneful Nine repair
To watch thy dust with a perpetual care!
Sacred for ever may this place be made,
And may no desp'rate hand presume t' invade
With touch unhallow'd this religious room,
Or dare affront thy venerable tomb!
Unmov'd and undisturb'd, till time shall end,
May Cowley's dust this marble shrine defend!"

"So wishes, and desires that wish may be sacred to posterity, George, Duke of Buckingham, who erected this monument to that incomparable man. He died in the forty-ninth year of his age, and was carried from Buckingham House, with honourable pomp, his exequies being attended by persons of illustrious characters of all degrees, and buried August 3, 1667." His grave is just before the monument, as appears by a blue stone, on which is engraven his name.--_John Bushnell, sculptor._

Affixed to the pillar, on the left, is a tablet to the memory of Mrs. MARTHA BIRCH, who was daughter of Samuel Viner, Esq., and first married to Francis Millington, Esq., afterwards to Peter Birch, Prebendary of this Abbey. She died May 25, 1703, in the fiftieth year of her age.

The next monument was erected to the memory of Mr. JOHN DRYDEN, by the late Duke of Buckingham, who valued his writings so much that he thought no inscription necessary to spread his fame.--"J. Dryden, born 1632, died May 1, 1700. John Sheffield, Duke of Buckingham, erected this monument, 1720."--_Scheemakers, sculptor._

Against the screen of the Choir, is the monument of ROBERT SOUTH, D.D., who is represented in a cumbent posture, in his canonical habit, with his arm resting on a cushion, and his right hand on a Death's head. In his left he holds a book, with his finger between the leaves, as if just closed from reading; and over his head is a group of cherubs issued from a mantling, beneath which is a long Latin inscription, showing that he was scholar to Busby, and student at Christ Church, Oxford, and Public Orator of that University; that, by the patronage of Lord Clarendon, he was made Prebendary both of Westminster and Christ's, and afterwards Rector of Islip, where he rebuilt the parsonage-house, and founded and endowed a school. His sermons have a peculiar turn, and are still much admired. He died July 8, 1716, aged eighty-two.--_Bird, sculptor._

Between this and Dr. Busby, a small portion of ANN of CLEVES' monument is to be perceived. She was sister of the Duke of Cleves, was contracted in marriage to Henry VIII., and received with great pomp on Blackheath, January 3, 1539, married to the king on the 9th, and in July following divorced, with liberty to marry again; but being sensibly touched with the indignity put upon her, she lived retired in England, with the title of Lady Ann, of Cleves, and saw the rival who supplanted her suffer a worse fate. She survived the King four years, and died in 1557.

A still more unfortunate Queen lies near this last, without a monument; viz., ANNE, Queen of Richard III., and daughter of Nevil, the great Earl of Warwick. This lady was poisoned by that monster of cruelty, her husband, to make way for his marriage with Elizabeth, daughter of his brother, Edward IV., and sister of the unhappy youths he had caused to be murdered in the Tower, which marriage he never lived to consummate, being slain at the battle of Bosworth Field.

Above is a tablet to Dr. Vincent, with the inscription thus translated:--"Here rests whatever is mortal of WILLIAM VINCENT, who having received his education in this College, returned to it when he had completed his academical studies, and from the situation of Junior Usher, arose to that of Head Master; he was at length exalted to the office of Dean of the Church, for which he entertained the greatest affection: on the subject of his life, his literary attainments, and his moral character, let this monumental stone be silent. He owes his origin to the respectable family of the Vincents, of Shepy, in the county of Leicester; he was born in London, 2nd November, 1739, and died on the 21st December, 1815."

Doctor RICHARD BUSBY.--On this fine monument is the effigy of this learned grammarian in his gown, looking earnestly at the inscription. In his right hand he holds a pen, and in his left a book open. Underneath, upon the pedestal, are a variety of books, and at the top are his family arms. The inscription is very elegantly written, and highly to his praise; intimating that whatever fame the school of Westminster boasts, and whatever advantage mankind shall reap from thence in times to come, are all principally owing to the wise institutions of this great man. He was born at Lutton, in Lincolnshire, September 22, 1606; made Master of Westminster College, December 23, 1640; elected Prebendary of Westminster, July 5th, 1660, and Treasurer of Wells, August 11th, the same year; and died April 5th, 1695.--_Bird, sculptor._

Affixed to the pillars in this cross are two tablets; one to the memory of Dr. ANTHONY HORNECK, who was born at Wettenburgh, in Zealand, but educated at Queen's College, Oxford; was King's Divinity Professor and Chaplain, a Prebendary of this Church, and Preacher at the Savoy. He died of the stone, January 31, 1696, aged fifty-six. The other to the memory of Dr. SAMUEL BARTON, a Prebendary of this Church, and a person of admirable genius and learning. He died September 1715, aged sixty-eight.

In front of Dr. Barrow's monument, lies the remains of that once celebrated poet, Sir WILLIAM DAVENANT, who, upon the death of Ben Jonson, succeeded him as Poet Laureate to Charles I., but having lost his nose by an _accident_, was cruelly bantered by the wits of the succeeding reign. He was a vintner's son at Oxford, whose wife, being a woman of admirable wit and sprightly conversation, drew the politest men of that age to their house, among whom Shakspeare was said to be a frequent visitor. His education was at Lincoln College, where he became acquainted with Endimion Porter, Henry Jermain, and Sir John Suckling. He died in 1668, aged sixty-three.

Not far from Davenant lies Sir ROBERT MURRAY, a great Mathematician, and one of the founders of the Royal Society, of which he was the first President, and while he lived the very soul of that body. He died suddenly, July 4, 1673, in the garden at Whitehall, and was buried at the King's expense.

In front of Dryden's monument, is an ancient stone, on which, by the marks indented, has been the image of a man in armour. This covers the body of ROBERT HAULE, who, at the battle of Najara, in Spain, in Richard II.'s time, together with John Shakel, his comrade, took the Earl of Denia prisoner, who, under pretence of raising money for his ransom, obtained his liberty, leaving his son as a hostage in their hands. Upon their coming to England, the Duke of Lancaster demanded him for the King; but they refused to deliver him up without the ransom, and were therefore both committed to the Tower, from whence escaping, they took sanctuary in this Abbey. Sir Ralp Ferreris and Alan Buxal, the one Governor, the other Captain of the Tower, with fifty men, pursued them, and having, by fair promises, gained over Shakel, they attempted to seize Haule by force, who made a desperate defence, but being overpowered by numbers, was slain, August 11, 1378, in the choir before the prior's stall, commending himself to God, the avenger of wrongs. A servant of the Abbey fell with him. Shakel they threw into prison, but afterwards set him at liberty, and the King and Council agreed to pay the ransom of his prisoner, 500 marks, and 100 marks a-year. Some years afterwards Shakel died, and was buried here in 1396.

Under the pavement, near Dryden's tomb, lie the remains of FRANCIS BEAUMONT, the dramatic writer, who died in London in 1628, and was buried here, March 9, without tomb or inscription.

The new stained glass windows at the south end of the Transept of the Abbey were executed by Messrs. Thomas Ward and J. H. Nixon, 1847: description as follows:--

In the centre of the Rose Window, the name "JEHOVAH;" in the circle surrounding the figures of angels.

In the large circle of surrounding lights are thirty-two separate subjects taken from the principal incidents, miracles, and events in the life and sufferings of our blessed Redeemer.

The height of the figures are nearly three feet. The subjects selected for this circle are as follows:

1. The nativity of Jesus Christ.--_Luke_ ii. 7, &c.

2. Simeon's prophecy.--_Luke_ ii. 25.

3. Jesus reasoning with the doctors.--_Luke_ ii. 46.

4. The baptism of St. John the Baptist.--_Matt._ iii. 13.

5. The preaching on the Mount.--_Matt._ v. 1, &c.

6. Water made wine.--_John_ ii. 4.

7. The money changers expelled from the Temple.--_Matt._ xxi. 12.

8. The woman of Samaria.--_John_ iv. 7.

9. Walking on the sea.--_Matt._ xiv. 29.

10. Raising of Jairus' daughter.--_Mark_ v. 41.

11. The pool of Bethesda.--_John_ v. 4, &c.

12. The Centurion's faith.--_Matt._ viii. 8, &c.

13. John's disciples sent to Christ.--_Matt._ xi. 2, &c.

14. The Magdalen anointing the feet of Christ.--_John_ xii. 3.

15. The Syrophenician woman.--_Matt._ xv. 15.

16. The feeding of the multitude.--_Matt._ xiv. 15.

17. The lunatic boy cured.--_Matt._ xvii. 14, &c.

18. Peter, the fish, and Temple tribute.--_Matt._ xvii. 27.

19. The blind man healed.--_Mark_ viii. 25.

20. Lazarus raised.--_John_ xi. 43.

21. The entry into Jerusalem.--_Matt._ xxi. 1.

22. The tribute to Cæsar.--_Matt._ xxii. 15 and 21.

23. Little children brought to Christ.--_Mark_ x. 13.

24. The young rich man's question.--_Mark_ x. 17.

25. The widow's son restored.--_Luke_ vii. 11.

26. The agony in the garden.--_Matt._ xxvi. 39.

27. Jesus Christ captive before Pilate.--_Matt._ xxvii. 1, 2, &c.

28. Jesus Christ shown to the people.--_John_ xix. 5.

29. The Crucifixion.--_John_ xix. 25, &c.

30. The Resurrection.--_Matt._ xxviii. 1, &c.

31. Appearance to Mary Magdalen.--_John_ xx. 11.

32. The Ascension.--_Acts_ i. 9, &c.

The decorations which surround this circle are scrolages and ornaments of mosaic work on coloured grounds suited to the rest, among which are also interwoven the following symbols:--

1. I.H.S. at the Nativity.

2. The angel, the symbol of St. Matt.

3. The Paschal Lamb.

4. Cherub's head.

5. The pelican, as symbol of the Church.

6. Cherub's head.

7. The lion, the symbol of St. Mark.

8. The triangle, the symbol of the Trinity.

9. The hart, athirst for the water brooks.

10. The ox, the symbol of St. Luke.

11. Cherub's head.

12. The sacramental cup.

13. Cherub's head.

14. The dove descending.

15. The eagle, the symbol of St. John.

16. [Greek: A.Ô.]

In the left quatrefoil, at the corner, are the arms of the Abbacy; in the right the arms of the reigning sovereign; in the head of the arches beneath are figures of angels holding scrolls.

The subjects for the twelve lower windows are selected from the Old Testament, and are as follows:--

1. Noah's sacrifice.--_Gen._ viii. 20.

2. Abraham and the angels.--_Gen._ xviii. 1.

3. Jacob's dream.--_Gen._ xxviii. 12.

4. Joseph interpreting Pharoah's dream.--_Gen._ xli. 25.

5. The finding of Moses.--_Ex._ ii. 5.

6. Moses before the burning bush.--_Ex._ iii. 2.

7. Moses striking the rock.--_Ex._ xvii. 5.

8. Moses with the tables of the law.--_Ex._ xx. 20.

9. David chosen from among his brothers, and anointed by Samuel.--_1
Sam._ xvi. 13.

10. Dedication of the Temple by Solomon.--_1 Kings_ viii. 22.

11. Elijah's sacrifice.--_1 Kings_ xviii. 37, &c.

12. Josiah renewing the Covenant.--_2 Kings_ xxii. 3, &c.

Having thus noticed what is usually considered most interesting in the interior, we will take a glance at the exterior. We have already observed that the form of the Abbey is that of a cross, in which you are to consider Henry the Seventh's Chapel has no part. The south side answered exactly to the north in the original plan, by attending to which, you will be able to form a true judgment of the whole. The cloisters on the south side were added for the conveniency of the monks, and the contiguous buildings are of a still later date.

What will principally engage your attention, in viewing the outside of this building (the new towers excepted), is the magnificent portico leading to the north cross, which, by some, has been styled the _Beautiful_, or _Solomon's Gate_. This portico is Gothic, and extremely beautiful; and over it is a most magnificent window of modern design, admirably executed. The entire height of the north front to the top of the centre pinnacle is one hundred and seventy feet.

The north side of the Church, between the west front and the Transept, is supported by nine graduated buttresses; each has a turreted niche, wherein are placed full length statues of the founders and principal benefactors of this Church.

The towers at the west end were raised under the directions of Sir Christopher Wren, and terminate with pinnacles at the height of two hundred and twenty-five feet. _The Exterior_ length of the Abbey is four hundred and sixteen feet; including Henry Seventh's Chapel, five hundred and thirty feet.

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Having now pointed out what is accounted most worthy of observation in the construction of this ancient Abbey, both without and within it, we shall next say a word or two of--

Henry Seventh's Chapel.

This _wonder of the world_, as it well may be styled, is adorned without with sixteen Gothic towers, beautifully ornamented with admirable ingenuity, and jutting from the building in different angles. It is situated on the east of the Abbey to which it is so neatly joined, that at a superficial view it appears to be one and the same building. It is enlightened by a double range of windows, that throw the light into such a happy disposition, as at once to please the eye and inspire reverence.

An author some years ago, has very highly, and yet not undeservedly expressed the beauty of this Chapel in the following words:--"It is the admiration of the universe; such inimitable perfection appears in every part of the whole composure, which looks so far exceeding human excellence, that it appears knit together by the fingers of angels, pursuant to the direction of Omnipotence."

And here we cannot help taking notice of a most beautiful window that was designed for this Chapel. It was made by order of the magistrates of Dort, in Holland, and designed by them as a present to Henry VII., but that monarch dying before it was finished, it was set up in Waltham Abbey, where it remained till the dissolution of that monastery, when it was removed to New-Hall, in Essex, then in possession of General Monk, and by him preserved during the civil wars. Some years ago, John Olmius, Esq., the then possessor of New-Hall, sold it to Mr. Conyers, of Copt-Hall, who resold it to the inhabitants of St. Margaret's parish, in 1758, for four hundred guineas; and it now adorns St Margaret's Church. Thus it has arrived near to the place for which it was originally intended, but is never likely to reach it. The grand subject is that of our Saviour's crucifixion; but there are many subordinate figures: those at the bottom of the two side panels represent Henry VII., and his Queen, and were taken from the original pictures sent to Dort for that purpose. Over the King is the figure of St. George, and above that a white rose and a red one. Over the figure of the Queen stands that of St. Katharine of Alexandria; and in the panel over her head appears a pomegranate _vert_, in a field of _or_, the arms of the kingdom of Grenada.

_General Admeasurements of the Exterior of Henry VII.'s Chapel._

Ft. In.
Extreme Length 115 2
Breadth to the Extremities of the Buttress Towers 79 6
Height of the Buttress Towers 70 8
Do. to the Apex of the Roof 85 6
Do. to the Top of the Western Turrets 101 6

Of the Monuments in the Cloisters.

There are many persons of distinction buried in the Cloisters, as will appear from the number of inscriptions, many of which are almost obliterated from wear or time; we shall therefore only notice a few of the most particular. The most ancient are in the South Walk of the Cloisters, towards the east end, where you will see the remains of four Abbots, marked in the pavement by four stones. The first is inscribed to the Abbot VITALIS, who died in 1082; and was formerly covered with plates of brass. The second is a stone of grey marble, to the memory of GESLEBERTUS CRISPINUS, who died in 1114. The third is a raised stone, of Sussex marble, under which lies interred the Abbot LAURENTIUS, who died in 1176, and is said to have been the first who obtained from Pope Alexander III. the privilege of using the Mitre, Ring, and Glove. The fourth is of black marble, called Long Meg, from its extraordinary length of eleven feet ten inches, by five feet ten inches, and covers the ashes of GERVASIUS DE BLOIS, natural son of King Stephen, who died 1106. All these seem to have had their names and dates cut afresh, and are indeed fragments worthy to be preserved.

In 1349 twenty-six of the monks of this Abbey fell victims to a dreadful plague which at that period had extended its ravages over great part of the globe, and are reported by Fuller to have been buried all in one grave in the South Cloisters, under the remarkable large stone called Long Meg.

Against the wall is a monument to PETER FRANCIS COURAYER, a Roman Catholic clergyman, born at Vernon, in Normandy, 1681. He was Canon and Librarian of the Abbey of Geneviève, at Paris. He translated and published several valuable works. In 1727 he took refuge in England, and was well received, and presented by the University of Oxford with the degree of D.D. On his dedicating a book to Queen Caroline, his pension was augmented to £200 per annum from £100 which he had obtained before from the court. He died, in 1776, after two days' illness, at the age of ninety-five.

At the end of this walk is the monument of DANIEL PULTENEY, who served the court several years; abroad in the reign of Queen Anne, and at home in the reign of George I. The following is the inscription:--"Reader, if thou art a Briton, behold this tomb with reverence and regret! Here lie the remains of Daniel Pulteney, the kindest relation, the truest friend, the warmest patriot, the worthiest man! He exercised virtues in his age, sufficient to have distinguished him even in the best. Sagacious by nature, industrious by habit, inquisitive with art, he gained a complete knowledge of the state of Britain, foreign and domestic; in most, the backward fruit of tedious experience; in him, the early acquisition of undissipated youth. He served the court several years; abroad, in the auspicious reign of Queen Anne; at home, in the reign of that excellent Prince, George I. He served his country always; at court independent, in the senate unbiassed. At every age, and at every station, this was the bent of his generous soul, this the business of his laborious life; public men and public things he judged by one common standard--_the true interest of Britain_; he made no other distinction of party; he abhorred all other. Gentle, humane, disinterested, benevolent, he created no enemies on his own account; firm, determined, inflexible, he feared none he could create in the cause of Britain. Reader, in this misfortune of thy country, lament thy own; for know, the loss of so much private virtue is a public calamity."

EAST WALK.

Near the iron gate is a tablet sacred to the memory of the Rev. THOMAS VIALLS, of Twickenham, Middlesex, A.M., many years vicar of Boldre, in the New Forest, who departed this life May 7, 1831, aged sixty-two.

To the left is a very beautiful arch, beneath which is a doorway leading to the Chapter House and Library; in front of which was buried Abbot BYRCHESTON, who died of the plague, May 15, 1349; but no stone left to mark the place of his interment.

Against the wall, in the centre of the East Walk, is a monument to the memory of GEORGE WALSH, Esq., with the following inscription:--"Near this place are deposited the remains of George Walsh, Esq., late Lieutenant-General of his Majesty's Forces, and Colonel of the forty-ninth Regiment of Foot, who died October 23, 1761, aged seventy-three.

"The toils of life and pangs of death are o'er,
And care, and pain, and sickness, are no more."

To the memory of JAMES WILLIAM DODD, who for thirty-four years was one of the Ushers of Westminster School, the duties of which he discharged with consummate ability. The Westminsters, his pupils, resident at the boarding-house under his immediate care, have, bewailing his loss, caused this tablet to be erected. He died on the 29th day of August, 1818, in the fifty-seventh year of his age.

Beneath is a monument to preserve and unite the memory of two affectionate brothers, valiant soldiers and sincere Christians: SCIPIO DUROURE, Esq., Adjutant-General of the British Forces, Colonel of the twelfth Regiment of Foot, and Captain or Keeper of his Majesty's Castle of St. Mawes, in Cornwall, who, after forty-one years' faithful services, was mortally wounded at the battle of Fontenoy, and died May 10, 1745, aged fifty-six years, and lies interred on the ramparts of Aeth, in the low Countries; and ALEXANDER DUROURE, Esq., Lieutenant-General of the British Forces, Colonel of the Fourth, or King's own Regiment of Foot, and Captain or Keeper of his Majesty's Castle of St. Mawes, in Cornwall, who, after fifty-seven years of faithful services, died at Toulouse, in France, on the 2nd January, 1795, aged seventy-four years, and lies interred in this Cloister.

In the next arch has been lately erected a tablet, sacred to the memory of WALTER HAWKES, who, serving in the East Indies, and having deserved well during the space of more than twenty-seven years, almost worn out with sickness and wounds, as he was now returning to his native country, being overtaken by a storm in the Indian Ocean, was, together with his dearest wife, the partner of his life and danger, alas! swallowed up, and perished by shipwreck, never to be too much lamented, the year of our Lord 1808. Struck with so sad a fate of his companion, William Franklin put up this stone; for both were King's scholars in this school, brought up in the same studies, together endured arduous warfare.

NORTH WALK.

On the left, near the door, is a marble slab to the memory of JOHN CATLING, who died March 3, 1826, in the seventy-ninth year of his age. He was Verger and Sacrist, successively, of this Collegiate Church under five Deans, the duties of which he performed with the most zealous and undivided attention, for the long period of fifty-two years, respected by his superiors for the fidelity, respectability, and humility, with which he filled the offices, and beloved by all who knew him in private life, for the many virtues which adorn the man. Lady LONDONDERRY was buried underneath it.

A tablet to the memory of HARRIET, wife of the Rev. John Bentall, one of the Ushers of Westminster School. She died August 7, 1838.

The next is an epitaph remarkable for its quaintness, and inscribed to the memory of WILLIAM LAURENCE, in these lines:--

"With diligence and truth most exemplary,
Did William Laurence serve a Prebendary;
And for his pains, now past, before not lost,
Gain'd this remembrance at his master's cost.
Oh! read these lines again!--you seldom find
A servant faithful, and a master kind.
Short-hand he wrote; his flower in prime did fade,
And hasty death short-hand of him hath made.
Well couth he numbers, and well-measured land;
Thus doth he now that ground whereon you stand,
Wherein he lies so geometrical:
Art maketh some, but thus doth nature all."
_Ob. Dec. 28, 1628, Ætat. 29._

A tablet to the Rev. GEORGE PRESTON, A.M., who was several years Under-Master of Westminster School. He died September 8, 1841, aged fifty-two.

Near to this is a tablet lately erected to the memory of WILLIAM MARKHAM, D.D., Archbishop of York, who died November, 1807, aged eighty-eight, and was buried near this spot.

On your left is a tablet to the memory of EDWARD AUGUSTUS WEBBER, a King's scholar, son of James Webber, D.D., Dean of Ripon, and Canon of this Church; who was drowned in the River Thames, June 11, 1833, aged seventeen, and buried near this spot. The inscription is as follows:--"H.S.M. Edoardus Augustus Webber, Jacobi Webber, S.T.P., ecclesæ Riponensis Decani, et hujusce Præbendarii filius natu secundus in amne Thamesi, eversa turbine navicula e quatuor mersis adolicentibus unus periit die 11 Junii, 1833, anum agent 17mo. Alumno suavissimo desideratissimo, id quod parentes miseri perferre nequibant, præceptores condiscipulique tranquam fratrem lugertes ademptum pro more ac pietate Westmonasteriensi exequias reddiderunt."

The last worthy of note in this Walk is that to the memory of WILLIAM EGERTON GELL, Esq., who, after a long and severe affliction, departed this life on the 17th of May, 1838, aged fifty-six years; in him many will have to deplore the loss of a generous and kind-hearted friend. "Comfort the soul of thy servant, for unto thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul."--_Cundy, sculptor._

WEST WALK.

On the left door of the Abbey is a monument, erected by John English Dolben, Esq., "To the memory of EDWARD WORTLEY MONTAGUE, who was cast away, on his return to England, in 1777, from the East Indies, in the twenty-seventh year of his age. In memory of their friendship, which commenced at Westminster School, continued for some time at Oxford, not diminished by the greatest distance, scarcely dissolved by death, and if it please God, to be renewed in heaven.--J. E. D., to whom the deceased bequeathed his books (and appointed joint residuary legatee), erected this monument."

FRANCIS SMEDLEY.--Adjoining the Godolphin monument is a neat tablet to the memory of the above, who was High Bailiff of Westminster for twenty-two years. Born September 15, 1791; died February 25, 1859.

The next is a monument that deserves particular attention, as it commemorates a charity, which otherwise might, in time, like many others, be perverted or forgotten. The inscription is as follows:--"Here rest, in hope of a blessed resurrection, CHARLES GODOLPHIN, Esq., brother of the Right Honourable Sydney, Earl of Godolphin, Lord High Treasurer of Great Britain, who died July 16, 1720, aged sixty-nine; and Mrs. GODOLPHIN, his wife, who died July 29, 1726, aged sixty-three; whose excellent qualities and endowments can never be forgotten, particularly the public-spirited zeal with which he served his country in Parliament, and the indefatigable application, great skill, and nice integrity, with which he discharged the trust of a Commissioner of Customs for many years. Nor was she less eminent for her ingenuity, with sincere love of her friends, and constancy in religious worship. But as charity and benevolence were the distinguishing parts of their characters, so were they most conspicuously displayed by the last act of their lives: a pious and charitable institution, by him designed and ordered, and by her completed to the glory of God, and for a bright example to mankind; the endowment whereof is a rent-charge of one hundred and eighty pounds a-year, issuing out of lands in Somersetshire, and of which, one hundred and sixty pounds a year are to be ever applied, from 24th June, 1726, to the educating eight young gentlewomen, who are so born, and whose parents are of the Church of England, whose parents or friends will undertake to provide them with decent apparel; and after the death of the said Mrs. Godolphin, and William Godolphin, Esq., her nephew, such as have neither father or mother; which said young gentlewomen are not to be admitted before they are eight years old, nor to be continued after the age of nineteen, and are to be brought up in the city of New Sarum, or some other town in the county of Wilts, under the care of some prudent governess or schoolmistress, a communicant of the Church of England; and the overplus, after an allowance of £5. a-year for collecting the said rent-charge, is to be applied to binding out one or more poor children apprentices, whose parents are of the Church of England. In perpetual memory whereof Mrs. Frances Hall, executrix to her aunt, Mrs. Godolphin, has, according to her will, and by her order, caused this inscription to be engraven on their monument, 1772."

The next is a neat tablet, in memory of the Rev. EDWARD SMEDLEY, A.M., Rector of Powderham, and of North Bovey, in the county of Devon, and from 1774 to 1820, one of the Ushers of Westminster School; born Nov. 5, 1750, died August 6, 1825. Also of HANNAH, his wife, daughter of George Bellas, Esq.; born August 21, 1754, died October 17, 1824. This tablet is erected by their surviving children.

"To you, dear names, these filial thanks we give,
For more than life, for knowledge how to live--
For many a rule with holy wisdom fraught,
And works embodying the creed you taught;
For faith triumphant, tho' the lips which told
Its glowing lessons, now, alas! are cold;
Faith, which proclaiming that the dead but sleep,
Invites us home to those whom here we weep."

--_Westmacott, jun., sculptor._

On the left is a tablet with a coat of arms over, and a music-book under it:--"Near this place are deposited the remains of BENJAMIN COOKE, Doctor in Music of the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge, and Organist and Master of the Choristers of this Collegiate Church for above thirty years. He departed this life on the 14th of September, 1793, and in the fifty-ninth year of his age."

ENOCH HAWKINS, Esq., Gentleman of her Majesty's Chapel Royal, and Vicar Choral of this Collegiate Church, who died on the 9th January, 1847, aged fifty.

Upon a tablet that has emblems of music,--"To the memory of JAMES BARTLEMAN, formerly a Chorister and Lay-Clerk of Westminster Abbey, and Gentleman of his Majesty's Royal Chapel. He was born the 19th of September, 1769, died the 15th of April, 1821, and was buried in this Cloister, near his beloved master, Dr. Cooke."

In this walk is erected a monument to W. BUCHAN, M.D., author of the Domestic Medicine, who died in 1805.

A tablet with inscriptions, to Mr. JOHN BROUGHTON, and his wife Elizabeth; she died in 1714, and himself in 1789. Also R. MONK, Esq., died in 1831; his wife CATHERINE, 1832.

"WILLIAM WOOLLETT, born August 22, 1735, died May 22, 1785." The genius of engraving is represented handing down to posterity the works of painting, sculpture, and architecture. A monument with his bust on the top.

Near to this will be seen a tablet in memory of ELIZABETH WOODFALL, younger daughter of the late Henry Sampson Woodfall, having lived many years in Dean's Yard, contiguous to the Abbey, and died 12th February, 1862, at the age of ninety-three.

Having exceeded the bounds at first intended, we shall conclude in the words of an ingenious writer on the subject of this Abbey:--"I have wandered," says he, "with pleasure into the most gloomy recesses of this last resort of grandeur, to contemplate human life, and trace mankind through all the wilderness of their frailties and misfortunes, from their cradles to their graves. I have reflected on the shortness of our duration here, and that I was but one of the millions who had been employed in the same manner, in ruminating on the trophies of mortality before me; that I must moulder to dust in the same manner, and quit the scene to a new generation, without leaving the shadow of my existence behind me; that this huge fabric, the sacred depository of fame and grandeur, would only be the stage for the same performances; would receive new accessions of noble dust; would be adorned with other sepulchres of cost and magnificence; would be crowded with successive admirers; and, at last, by the unavoidable decays of time, bury the whole collection of antiquities in general obscurity, and be the monument of its own ruin."

The Chapter House and Ancient House of Commons.

On the left as you enter the Chapter House is a stone coffin which was found on the removal of the accumulated earth and rubbish which for many years had hidden the lower parts of the buttresses of the north side of the building; some ancient walls of considerable extent were discovered, and about five or six feet below the surface an ancient stone coffin was brought to light. It possesses great interest from its being the only Roman remains yet discovered. One side of it is beautifully wrought, with a sunk panel, having at each end the conventional Roman ornament called the Amazon shield, while the panel itself is occupied with the following inscription, in the best style of the old Roman lettering--

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| MEMORIAE·VALER·AMAN |
| DINI·VALERI·SVPERVEN |
|TOR·ET·MARCELLVS·PATRI·FE[CE]R.|
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from which it appears to show that it is in memory of one Valerius Amandinus, and that his two sons made it to his honour. The lid is wrought with a slight cope, having a Maltese cross, terminating at the foot with a trefoil. There can be no doubt that the coffin once contained the body of this Valerius, which was afterwards displaced for the reception of an ecclesiastic, when the old lid was made in its present shape. The date of the first interment may be ascribed to the 3rd century, while the latter may belong to the 12th century. The skeleton within the coffin is in good preservation, considering the great lapse of time. There was nothing to indicate the rank of the ecclesiastic, for such he probably was; but he must have been a tall man, of great vigour, and barely of middle age.

The Chapter House of Westminster was built in 1250, by Henry III., on the site of the earlier Chapter House belonging to the Abbey, as founded by Edward the Confessor. It was, from its beauty, called "The Incomparable Chapter House." It has been used for three purposes.

I. It was the chamber in which the Abbot and Monks, in the times of the ancient monastery, held their "Chapter," or meeting for discussion and business; their meetings were held once a week. The Abbot and the four chief officers of the convent sat in the ornamented stalls opposite the entrance. The Monks sat on the stone seats round. The culprits, if there were any, knelt to receive their judgment before the Abbot's seat, and were scourged before the central pillar.

II. Almost from the time of its first erection, it was used for the sittings of the House of Commons. The House of Commons came into existence in 1265, and at first sat in Westminster Hall with the House of Lords; but in 1282 they parted, and from that time for nearly 300 years its meetings were held in the precincts of Westminster Refectory (now destroyed), but usually in the Chapter House, which was lent to the Commons by the Abbot for that purpose. The Speaker probably sat in the Abbot's stall, and the Members of Parliament in the seats of the Monks, and on the floor of the house. To the central pillar were attached placards and notices relating to the business or the conduct of the Members. Here were the debates on all the Acts of Parliament, passed from the time of Edward I. till the Reformation. There also were, from time to time, convened other assemblies for special purposes. Henry V., in 1421, summoned a meeting of 60 Abbots and Priors, and 300 Monks to discuss the reform of the Benedictine order; and Wolsey, as Cardinal Legate, in 1523, summoned the convocations of Canterbury and York, in order to be on a spot beyond the jurisdiction of the Archbishop of Canterbury. The last Parliament which is known to have sat here was that which was assembled on the last day of the reign of Henry VIII. It will be seen that this building, from having for three centuries been the seat of the House of Commons, has been the scene of the chief acts which laid the foundation of civil and religious liberty of England, and was the cradle of representative and constitutional government, of Parliament, Legislative Chambers, and Congress throughout the world.

III. On the dissolution of the Ancient Monastery in 1540, the Chapter House passed into the possession of the Crown; from that time the Dean and Chapter of Westminster have held their meetings in the Jerusalem Chamber. In 1547, the first year of Edward VI., the House of Commons was transferred to the Chapel of St. Stephen in the Palace of Westminster, in which they remained till it was burned down in 1834. From that time till 1863 the Chapter House was used as the depository of the public records. During this period it was fitted up with book-shelves, which disfigured and concealed its beauties; its roof was taken down; its windows were filled up; and it was divided into two stories. In 1865, after the removal of the records to the Rolls House, in the 800th anniversary of the foundation of the Chapter House, in the 600th anniversary of the House of Commons, which it had so long sheltered, its restoration was undertaken at the request of the Society of Antiquaries, by Mr. Gladstone, as Chancellor of the Exchequer, and by Mr. Cowper Temple, as First Commissioner of Works, and the requisite sum granted by Parliament for the repairs, which, under Mr. Gilbert Scott, have restored it as nearly as possible to its original state. The roof has been entirely rebuilt. The paintings, which were concealed by the book-shelves, are now disclosed; those at the east end, over the stalls of the Abbot and his four chief officers, are of the 14th century, and represent seraphs round the Throne of the Saviour. Those round the walls were painted in the 15th century, by one of the monks of the convent, named John of Northampton, and represent scenes from the Revelation of St. John, with pictures of fishes, birds, and beasts underneath. The figures on each side of the entrance, representing the Angel and the Virgin Mary, are ancient. The central figure is modern, but represents what was formerly there. The tiles on the floor, covered with curious heraldic emblems, are also now seen for the first time. The tracery of the windows has been restored after the model of the one which had been left uninjured on the northwest side. It still remains for them to be filled with stained glass, according to the original design.

INDEX.

Abbey founded, 3

---- rebuilt and endowed, 4

---- pulled down and enlarged, 4

---- Admission, Hours, &c. of, 2

Aberdeen, Earl of, 54

Addison, Joseph, 28, 101

Agar, Doctor, 69

Aiton, Sir Robert, 20

Albemarle, Dukes of, 24, 30

---- Duchess of, 24

Alfred, Prince, 25

Altar Decoration, 12

Amelia, Princess, 25

André, Major, 91

Anne, Queen, James II.'s Daughter, 24

---- Princess, 25

---- Queen of James I., 27

---- Queen of Richard II., 36

---- Queen of Richard III., 113

Anstey, Christopher, 107

Argyle, Duke of, 28, 104

Arnold, Dr. Samuel, 64

Athelgoda, Queen of King Sebert, 11

Atkyns, Edward, and Sons, 103

Bagenall, Nicholas, 19

Baillie, Dr. Matthew, 45

Baker, John, 71

Balchen, Admiral, 59

Banks, Thomas, 73

Bankes, Cornet W. G. Hawtrey, 53

Barnard, Bishop, 37

---- Major-Gen. Sir H. W., 53

Barrow, Isaac, D.D., 101

Barry, Sir Charles, 80

Bartleman, James, 123

Barton, Samuel, D.D., 114

Bath, Earl of, 32

Beauclerk, Lord, 61

Beaufoy, Mrs., 73

Beaumont, Francis, 115

Belasyse, Sir Henry, 30

Bell, Dr. Andrew, 98

Bentall, Harriet, 120

Bentinck, Archdeacon, 9

Beresford, Lieutenant, 41

Beverley, Countess of, 18

Bill, Dr. William, 11

Billson, Dr., 12

Bingham, Sir Richard, 93

Birch, Martha, 113

Blackwood, Sir Henry, 55

Blair and Bayne, Captains, 51

Blanch of the Tower, 14

Blois, Gervasius de, 118

Blow, John, Doc. Mus., 65

Bohun, Hugh de, and Mary, Grandchildren to Edward I., 38

Booth, Barton, 111

Boulter, Archbishop, 62

Bourchier, Lord, 32

Bourgchier, Sir Humphrey, 15

Bovey, Katherine, 86

Bradford, Bishop, 62

Bringfield, Colonel, 73

Brocas, Sir Bernard, 15

Bromley, Sir Thomas, 31

Broughton, John and Wife, 123

Browne, Thomas, 42

Brunel, I. K., 73

Bryan, Captain, 65

Buchan, Dr., 123

Buckingham, Countess of, 20

---- Dukes of, 27

---- Duchess of, 27

Buckland, Very Rev. W., D.D., 86

Buller, Right Hon. C., 56

Burland, Sir John, 97

Burleigh, Lady, 19

Burney, Dr. Charles, LL.D., 95

---- Chas. Mus. D., 64

Busby, Richard, D.D., 114

Butler, Samuel, 110

Buxton, Sir Thomas Fowell, 63

Byrcheston, Abbot, 119

Campbell, Sir Archibald, 102

---- Sir James, 102

---- Thomas, LL.D., 107

Camden, William, 99

Canning, George, 49

Canning, Lord, 49

Cannon, Robert, D.D., 87

Carew, Baron, and Lady, 19

Carey, Thomas, 38

---- Henry, Baron of Hunsdon, 38

Caroline, Queen, 25

---- Princess, 25

Carteret, Philip, 70

---- Edward de, 70

---- Elizabeth, Lady, 68

Casaubon, Isaac, 100

Catling, John, 120

Cecil, Lady, 18

Chamberlain, Hugh, M.D., 63

Chapel of St. Benedict, 10

---- St. Edmund, 13

---- St. Nicholas, 18

---- Henry VII., 21, 117

---- St. Paul, 30

---- St. Edward (& Shrine), 33

---- St. John, 40

---- Islip, Abbot, 40

---- St. John the Evangelist, 42

---- St. Andrew, 42

---- St. Michael, 42

Chardin, Sir John, 90

Charles II., 24

Chatham, Earl of, 51

Chaucer, Geoffrey, 111

Cherbury, Baron of, 16

Children of Henry III. & Edw. I., 12

Choir, New, 5

Cholmondeley, Viscount & Sons, 71

Churchill, George, 92

Clanrickard, Countess of, 75

Claypole, Elizabeth, 28

Cleves, Ann of, 113

Clifford, Lady, 18

Clyde, Lord, 80

Cobden, Richard, 57

Colchester, William of, 39

Conduit, John, 81

Congreve, William, 84

Cook, Benjamin, Doc. Mus., 122

Cooke, Captain Edward, 43

Cooper, Ensign Lovick Emilius, 53

Coote, Sir Eyre, 55

Cornewall, Captain, 82

Coronation Chairs, 36

Cottington, Lord and Lady, 32

Cottrell, Clement, 89

Courayer, Peter Francis, 118

Courcy, Almericus de, 66

Cowley, Abraham, 112

Coxe, Sir Richard, 100

Craggs, Secretary, 83

Creed, Richard, Major, 92

---- Richard, Lieutenant, 93

Crewe, Lady Juliana, 37

---- Jane, 37

Crispinus, Geslebertus, 118

Croft, William, Doc. Mus., 65

Crokesley, Abbot, 17

Crouchback, Edmund, 40

Cumberland, Dukes of, 25

D'Almade, Henry, 37

Dalrymple, William, 97

Daubeny, Lord, and Lady, 31

Davenant, Sir William, 114

Davidson, Susannah Jane, 44

Davis, Colonel, 75

Davy, Sir Humphrey, 43

Denham, Sir James Stewart, 70

Dickens, Charles, 105

Dimensions, 4, 22, 118

Dodd, James William, 119

Dorchester, Viscount, 32

Douglas, Lady Margaret, 22

Draiton, Michael, 110

Dryden, John, 113

Dudley, William de, 19

Dunbar, Viscount, 69

Duppa, Bishop, 41

---- Sir Thomas, 67

Duroure, Scipio and Alexander, 120

Eastney, Abbot, 41

Editha, Qn. to Edward the Confessor, 34

Edward the Confessor, 38

---- I., 37

---- III., and Children, 35

---- V., 29

---- VI., 26, 28

Edwardes, Sir H., 58

Egerton, James, 76

---- Penelope, 75

Eland, Lady, 39

Eleanor, Queen to Edward I., 34

Elizabeth, Queen, 29

---- Princess, 25

---- of Bohemia, 23

Eltham, John of, 13

Essex, Countess of, 32

Evremond, Lord of St., 108

Exeter, Earl of, 39

Fairborne, Sir Palmes, 90

Fairholm, Sophia, 97

Fane, Sir George, and Lady, 19

Fascet, Abbot, 39

Ferne, Bishop, 17

Filding, Ann, 89

Fire, 4

Fleming, James, 88

Fletcher, Lieutenant-Colonel, 77

Folkes, Martin, 93

Follett, Sir William Webb, 54

Forbes, Benjamin and Richard, 46

Fox, Right Hon. Charles James, 76

Frederick William, Prince, 25

Freke, Elizabeth and Judith, 96

Friend, John, M.D., 84

Fullerton, Sir James, and Lady, 31

Galofre, Sir John, 12

Garrick, David, 99

Gay, John, 105

Gell, William Egerton, 121

George II., 25

---- Prince, 24

Gethin, Grace, 96

Gifford, William, 99

Gloucester, Duke of, 23, 36

---- Duchess of, 16

Godolphin, Earl, 90

---- Charles, and Wife, 121

Goldsmith, Oliver, M.D., 104

Goodman, Gabriel, D.D., 10

Grabe, John Ernest, 99

Gray, Thomas, 109

Grote, George, 99

Guest, General, 59

Hales, Stephen, D.D., 100

Halifax, Earls of, 28, 58

---- Marquis of, 29

Handel, George Frederick, 102

Hanway, Jonas, 57

Harbord, Sir Charles, 89

Hardy, Sir Thomas, 81

Hargrave, General, 89

Harley, Anna Sophia, 19

Harpedon, Sir John, 42

Harrison, John, Rear Admiral, 98

Harsnet, Carola, 88

Hastings, Warren, 56

Hatton, Sir Christopher, 40