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built during the reign of Edward I . It is a low , unadorned edifice , surmounted with a small bell-turret at the west end of the roof . It is lighted by five windows on the south side , and one over the altar . The interior consists of a nave , chancel , and north aisle ; the roof is ugly , plain , and modern . In the extreme north-west corner is a richly-ornamented altar-tomb , oh which , lie the effigies of Sir Richard Cholmondeley , Lieutenant of the Tower in the reign of
Henry Till ., and his wife . The knight is in full armour , and round his neck is the collar of SS ., and the red and white roses as a pendant . His head is supported by his helmet . The dame is dressed in a long flowing robe , and wears a very peculiar head-dress / terminating in a point . This tomb is of alabaster . In the north aisle are incisions in the stones , showing that brasses have been let into them , but none now remain . There are two other monuments in alabaster and
painted , close over the side of the altar , to the memory of Sir Richard Blount , and Sir Michael , his son , both of whom held the post of Lieutenant of the Tower during the reign of Elizabeth . " These monuments , " said the reverend lecturer , " show the low state of art in those days . The figures sculptured on these monuments represent the deceased , their wives , sons , and daughters , kneeling in the attitude of prayer . The males are dressed in armour , painted black and gilt ; and
the females , in dresses of the period , also painted ; all wear round the neck the large Elizabethan frilled / collar . '' There are other monumental tablets ( mostly modern ) , but the above are the only ones which merit attention , and these only on account of the heraldry and costume . This chapel has been used as the buryingplace of the illustrious dead who upon the neighbouring parade-ground , then
called the green , have paid the penalty of the so-called law for their loyalty or misdeeds recorded in the dark pages of England ' s history . Here Gerald Eitzgerald , Earl of Kildare ; Fisher , Bishop of Rochester ; Sir Thomas More ( prior to his re-interment at Chelsea ); Anna Boleyn ; Katharine Howard ; Lord Rochford and his countess , whose baseness and prying brought him to the block ; and the venerable Countess of Salisbury , found a resting-place from their troubles . Here also Cromwell , Earl of Essex , Thomas Seymour , the Protector Somerset ,
John Dudley , Guildford Dudley , Lady Jane Grey , Thomas Howard , Philip Howard , and later , James duke of Monmouth , son of Charles II ., returned to that dust whence they had originally sprung . All these lay in the aisles and near the altar ; and immediately under the gallery were buried the headless trunks of the rebel Lords Kilmarnock , Balmerino , and Lovat , whose leaden coffin-plates arc now exposed to view under a glass-frame . The chapel is at present used by the garrison and the persons who live in and about the Tower . The public are admitted to divine service , which begins at half-past ten every Sunday morning . ( jTo be continued . )
Knights Templar.
KNIGHTS TDMPLAEu
VVk have received a circular letter purporting to emanate from ( the Supremo Grand and Royal Encampment of the Masonic Knights Templar , & c , H . R . D . M ., K . D . S . H ., from time immemorial , of England and Wales , " which , in other words , means , a manifesto of tho Baldwyn Encampment , in opposition to tho
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
London And Middlesex Archaeological Soci...
built during the reign of Edward I . It is a low , unadorned edifice , surmounted with a small bell-turret at the west end of the roof . It is lighted by five windows on the south side , and one over the altar . The interior consists of a nave , chancel , and north aisle ; the roof is ugly , plain , and modern . In the extreme north-west corner is a richly-ornamented altar-tomb , oh which , lie the effigies of Sir Richard Cholmondeley , Lieutenant of the Tower in the reign of
Henry Till ., and his wife . The knight is in full armour , and round his neck is the collar of SS ., and the red and white roses as a pendant . His head is supported by his helmet . The dame is dressed in a long flowing robe , and wears a very peculiar head-dress / terminating in a point . This tomb is of alabaster . In the north aisle are incisions in the stones , showing that brasses have been let into them , but none now remain . There are two other monuments in alabaster and
painted , close over the side of the altar , to the memory of Sir Richard Blount , and Sir Michael , his son , both of whom held the post of Lieutenant of the Tower during the reign of Elizabeth . " These monuments , " said the reverend lecturer , " show the low state of art in those days . The figures sculptured on these monuments represent the deceased , their wives , sons , and daughters , kneeling in the attitude of prayer . The males are dressed in armour , painted black and gilt ; and
the females , in dresses of the period , also painted ; all wear round the neck the large Elizabethan frilled / collar . '' There are other monumental tablets ( mostly modern ) , but the above are the only ones which merit attention , and these only on account of the heraldry and costume . This chapel has been used as the buryingplace of the illustrious dead who upon the neighbouring parade-ground , then
called the green , have paid the penalty of the so-called law for their loyalty or misdeeds recorded in the dark pages of England ' s history . Here Gerald Eitzgerald , Earl of Kildare ; Fisher , Bishop of Rochester ; Sir Thomas More ( prior to his re-interment at Chelsea ); Anna Boleyn ; Katharine Howard ; Lord Rochford and his countess , whose baseness and prying brought him to the block ; and the venerable Countess of Salisbury , found a resting-place from their troubles . Here also Cromwell , Earl of Essex , Thomas Seymour , the Protector Somerset ,
John Dudley , Guildford Dudley , Lady Jane Grey , Thomas Howard , Philip Howard , and later , James duke of Monmouth , son of Charles II ., returned to that dust whence they had originally sprung . All these lay in the aisles and near the altar ; and immediately under the gallery were buried the headless trunks of the rebel Lords Kilmarnock , Balmerino , and Lovat , whose leaden coffin-plates arc now exposed to view under a glass-frame . The chapel is at present used by the garrison and the persons who live in and about the Tower . The public are admitted to divine service , which begins at half-past ten every Sunday morning . ( jTo be continued . )
Knights Templar.
KNIGHTS TDMPLAEu
VVk have received a circular letter purporting to emanate from ( the Supremo Grand and Royal Encampment of the Masonic Knights Templar , & c , H . R . D . M ., K . D . S . H ., from time immemorial , of England and Wales , " which , in other words , means , a manifesto of tho Baldwyn Encampment , in opposition to tho