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of our said Monastery for the tyme being, about and upon the finisshing and p'fourming of the premisses from time to tyme, as nede shall require, by th' advise, comptrollement and on sight, of such persones as we in our life, and our Executours after our decesse, yf they be not doon in our live, shall depute and assign, without discontynuyng of the said works, or any parte of them, till thei be fully performed, finisshed, and accomplisshed. And that the said Abbot of our said Monastery for the tyme being, be accomptable for th' employing and bestowing of the said some of V,Mli, upon the said werks, to us in our lif, and to our Executours after our decesse for such parcell therof as shall reste not. accompted for before that, and not emploied nor bestowed upon the said werks after our decesse, as often and when soo ever we or they, shall call hym thereunto, as it is more larg❜ly conteyned in the said Indentures. And in case the said V,Mli, shall not suffice for the hool perfourmance and accomplisshment of the said werks, and every parcell of them, and thei be not p'fitely finisshed by us in our life daies, we then wol that our Executours from tyme to tyme as necessitie shall require, deliver to the said Abbot for the tyme being, as moch money above the said V,Mli, as shall suffice for the pe'fite finisshing and perfourmyng of the said werks, and every parte of them; the same money to be emploied and bestowed upon the p'fite finisshing and perfourmyng of the said werks, by the said Abbot for the tyme being, by the foresaied advise, ouersight, comptrollement and accompte, without desisting or discontynuyng the same werks in any wise, till they and every parcell of theim as before is said, be fully and p'fitely accomplisshed, and perfourmed, in maner and form before rehersed."

"Also we wol, that our Executors, except it bee performed by ourself in our life, cause to be made for the overparte of the Aultre within the grate of our Tombe, a Table of the lenght of the same Aultre, and halfe a fote longer at either ende of the same, and v fote of height with the border, and that in the mydds of the overhalf of the same table, bee made the Ymage

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Ymage of the Crucifixe, Mary and John, in maner accus➡. tumed; and upon bothe sids of theim, be made as many of the Ymagies of our said advouries, as the said table wol receive; and under the said crucifixe, and Ymagies of Mary and John, and other advouries be made the XII Apostels: all the said table, crucifixe, Mary and Jolin, and other Ymages of our advouries and XII Apostellis, to be of timbre, covered and wrought with plate of fyne golde. Also we geve and bequethe to the Aultre within the grate of our said Tombe, our grete pece of the holie Cross, which by the high provision of our Lord God was conveied, brought and delivered to us, from the Isle of Cyo, in Grece, set in gold, and garnisshed with perles and precious stones; and also the preciouse Relique of oon of the leggs of Saint George, set in silver parcell gilte, which came to the hands of our Border and Cousyn Lewys of Fraunce, the tyme that he wan and recovered the Citie of Millein, and geven and sent to us by our Cousyne the Cardinal of Amboys Legate, in Fraunce the which pese of the holie Crosse, and legg of Saincte George, we wol be set upon the said Aultre for the garnisshing of the same, upon al principal and solempne fests, and al other fests, after the discrecion of our Chauntery Priests singing for us at the same Aulter. Also we geve and bequeth to the same Aulter, if it be not doon by our self in our life, oon Masse booke hand written, iii sutes of Aulter Clothes, iii pair of Vestements, a Chales of gold of the value of oon hundreth marcs, a Chalece of silver and gilte of xx vnces, two paire of Cruetts, silver and gilte of xx vnces, two Candilstikks silver and gilte of c vnces, and other two Candilstikks silver and gilte of LX vnces, and iii Corporacs with their cases, VI Ymages, oon of our Lady, an other of Saint John E angelist, Saint John Baptist, Saint Edward, Saint Jerome, and Saint Fraunceys, every of them of silver and gille, of the value of XX marcs; and oon paire of Basons silver and g e of the same value, a Bell of silver and gilte of the value of iiil. vis. viiid, and a Pax brede of silver and gilte, of the value of iiii mares. Also we bequethe to the high Aultre

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Aultre within our said Chapel of our Lady, called our Lady Aultre, the grettest Ymage of our Lady that we nowe have in our Juellhouse, and a Crosse of plate of gold upon tymber, to the value of cl. and to every other Aulter being within our said Chapell of our Lady, bee thei of the sids of the same, or in any other place within the compasse of the same, two suts of Aultier Clothes, two paire of vestiments, two Corporacs with their Cases, oon Masse book, oon Chalice of silver and gilte, oon pair of Cruetts silver and gilte, oon Bell silver and gilte, and two pair of Candilstikks silver and gilte, oon of them for the high Aulter, and th' oder for the Aulter of our said Vacle of blessed memorie King Henry the VIth and we wol that the said vestiments, Aulter Clothes, and other ornaments of our said Aultres, be so embrowdred and wrought with our armes and cognisaunts, that thei may by the same bee knowen of our gift and bequest. And as for the price and value of theim, our mynde is, that thei bee of suche as apperteigne to the gifte of a Prince; and therefore we wol that our Executours in that partie, have a special regarde and consideration to the lawde of God, and the welthe of our soule, and our honour royal. Savyning alwaies, that if we in our daies by our life provide the said Vestiments and Ornaments that then our Executours bee not in any wise charged with theim after our decease. Also we wol, that our Executors yf it be nat doon by our selfe in our life, cause to be made an Ymage of a King, representing our owen persone, the same Ymage to be of tymber, covered and wrought accordingly with plate of fyne gold, in maner of an armed man, and upon the same armour, a Coote armour of our armes of England and France enameled, with a swerd and spurres accordingly; and the same Ymage to knele upon a table of silver and gilte, and holding betwixt his hands the Crown which it pleased God to geve us, with the Victorie of our Enemye at our furst felde: the which Ymage and Crowne, we geve and bequethe to Almighty God, our blessed Lady Saint Mary, and Saint Edward, King and Confessour, and the same Ymage and Crowne in the forme afore rehersed, we

wol be set upon, and in the mydds of the Creste of the Shryne of Saint Edward King, in such a place as by us in our life, or by our Executours after our deceasse, shall be thought most convenient and honourable. And we wol that our said Ymage be above the kne of the height of there fote, soo that the hede and half the breste of our said Ymage may clierly appere above and over the said Crowne, and that upon booth sides of the said table, be a convenient brode border, and in the same be graven and writen with large letters blake enameled thies words, REX HENRICUS SEPTIMUS, &c. &c."

We now enter The Chapel of St. Edmond, rich with several valuable remains of antiquity, and many memorials of departed greatness.

St. Edmond was Archbishop of Canterbury; and the anniversary held at his altar, was on the 16th day of November, the indulgence granted to those who attended it at mass is not known. A wooden screen divides it from the aisle; the ascent to it, and to that of St. Nicholas, is by a single step, and another leading into the body of the chapel.

The Tomb of William de Valence, Earl of Pembroke, whose character doth not come down to us very clear of serious aspersions, and who was slain in France in the year 1304, stands on the right side of the door; it is an altar-tomb of stone, with four quatrefoils, and as many shields on the sides, and little panels with leaves at the ends, a broken wooden sarcophagus, with his effigies of oak lies on it, the right foot broken off. This was once plated with gilt brass; the cushion is enameled with little golden circles on a blue ground; in them a quatrefoil of light blue, and on them a red cross. Between them are diminu Strangers have rubbed the

tive shields, Gules, three Lions Or. cushion, and in those places the colours, rich beyond description, are nearly perfect. His vest has small shields spread on it; but they appear to be all broken off except one; the marks where they have been are still visible, and many of the nails left in; the sword hilt is enameled with a blue ground, and fan

ciful gold ornaments with roses, &c. the colours of which are perfect. The shield is of enamel, and contains Barry of ten, Argent and Azure, an Orle of martlets Gules, almost in the state when first made. A broken border of shields buried in dust remains on the side next the screen, traces of enameled lozenges, of blue and white, and the lions may be discovered with great difficulty between the legs. Almost all the traces are stripped off from the sarcophagus, and the arches, which once enclosed statues, are nearly broken away. Thus his tomb, originally uncommonly splendid, is rendered even more wretched than many of its neighbours. Prayers offered up at the remains of Valence would have procured one hundred days indulgence soon after his interment. Now the only indulgence his effigies receives is from the kindness of the dean's respectable verger, who some time since carefully nailed down the corners of the broken brass.

The alabaster monument of John of Eltham, Earl of Cornwall, on the eastern side of the door, is shamefully injured; but what remains of the decorations and statues are beautifully spirited; the effigies cross-legged: it had originally a canopy of three arches, and must then have ranked among the richest in the church. The effigies is less injured than almost any other in this chapel; the statues are some of them gone; only two remain perfect on the north side; but on the east side three are perfect. At the west end are three statues; the middle has the head broken off; two of the shields remain in a perfect state. He was second son to Edward III. and died at the age of 19, in the year 1334.

Near it is a little altar-tomb, with diminutive effigies of William of Windsor, and Blanche of the Tower, children of Edward III.; the latter died in 1340. The feet of William are sawn away, by some wicked or stupid person. In the corner is a slab of stained marble, more curious from that circumstance, than worthy notice from any elegance in the ornaments or richness in the colours; it is inscribed:

"In this chapel lies interred all that was mortal of the most illustrious and most benevolent John Paul Howard,

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