The Arizona sentinel., 1892-12-10
THE TOMB OF KINGS.
St. Georges Chapel and It's His
 tOric Contents.
Its Erection Was Begun Over Five Hum dred Years Ago and It Has Been the Resting Place of Many
 Deceased Monarchs.

St. Georges chapel is so intimately interwoven with the joys and the sor- rows of the royal family that a short historical account of the same as the burial place of English kings may at the present moment interest our read CTS. The chapel as it now stands was commenced in the reign of Edward " (1474), Bishop Beauchamp and Sir Regi- nald Bray being the architects. But two chapels, built on the same site by Henry l. in the twelfth and Edward III in the fourteenth century, preceded it. From an architectural point of view its vaulted roof, with richly carved pen dentives, is a grand specimen of Tudor work, like those in the chapels of the seventh Henry at Westminster Abbey and of Kings college, Cambridge. It's beautiful west and east windows be- long to a slightly earlier period On either side of the choir are ranged the richly carved stalls of the knights of the garter, with their banners pendent above, each knight having his helmet, lambrigain, crest and sword; the me mentoes of the dead being their ar
 
 or in immediate proximity to it, are buried the remains of several of the kings of England. Here is the tomb of Edward ". inclosed by "a range of steel gilt cut excellently well in church work" not by Quintin Matsys, but by Master John Tresilian, smith. On the arch above hung this kings coat of mail covered oven with crimson velvet and thereon the arms of France and England embroidered with pearls and gold interwoven with rubies. This trophy of honor was stolen by Capt Fogg in 1642, who also robbed the treasury of the chapel of all the rich altar plate.
 Here rests Henry VI, removed hither from the abbey of Chertsey, and fast beside him the once famed Edward sleeps," together with his wife, ''Dame Elizabeth Widvile." Henry VIII. was laid here when the life departed from his body by the side of the only woman he ever seemed to love-Jane Seymour. The tombhouse at the eastern end, magnifcently restored and decorated during the present reign, was built by his father, but was abandoned for the yet prouder structure of Westminster. There his favorite, Cardinal Woolsey. began to rear himself monument of almost regal splendor. This, however, was left incomplete and untenanted at his death. Its bronzed adornments wore s-'i s-F the sa-coI 'agus was at .-st ..-v, a \. lauIs to receive the re-aa- .a -f Nelson. Tn the same -a.-.t .s lIe--. .-- T-.I ls th. coffin where in i5 laid body King Charles, brought ..il.. 0n and carried s..st .ssiE u.a. the flakes of
 t.- sr... E- lsr bn the pail, to .. Laid al resi- -sc low desecrated chapel. For long time the exact burial place of the ill-fated king was unknown, but the London Queen in the year 1913 caused search to be made in the spot designated by Evelyn. The coffin was found and opened in the presence of the prince regent and the duke of Cumberland. Beneath the chapel George III. constructed a vault for his family, and there he rests with his wife and several of his family, in- cluding the two sons who followed him upon the throne. For a time the body of the prince consort was laid in the royal vault, but was afterward removed to the magnificent mausoleum which has been erected in the park of Windsor.