The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1892-06-07
THE TOMB OF KINGS.
It's Erection Was Begun Over Five Hum
dred Years Ago and 1t Has Been
the Resting Place of Many
Deceased Ionarchs.

st. Georges chapel is so intimately
interviewer with the joys and the sor-
rows of the royal family that short
historical account of this same as the
burial place of English kings may at
the present moment interest our read
ers. The chapel as it now stands was
commenced In the reign of Edward ~.
(1474), Bishop Beauchamp and Sir Regi-
pald Bray being the architects But
two chapels, built on the same site by
Henry I. in the twelfth and Edward Ill
in the fourteenth century, preceded 1t.
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 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
mortal bearings. In St. Georges chapel,
or in immediate proximity to it, are
buried the remains of several of the
kings of England. Here is the tomb of
Edward Nv. inclosed by "a range of
steel gilt cut excellently well in church
week." not by Quintin Matsys, but by
Master John Tresilian, smith. On the
arch above hung this kings coat of
and thereon the arms of France and
England embroidered with pearls and
gold interviewer 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 'sfast
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 hnt 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. It's bronzed adornments
were sold and the sarcophagus was at
last conveyed to st. Paul's to receive
the remains of Nelson. In the same
vault as Henry VIII. is the coffin where
in is laid the body of King Charles,
brought hither from London and carried
stealthily by night, as the flakes OF
winter snow fell silently on the PAIL to
be laid at rest in the now desecrated
chapel For long time the exact
burial place of the Inflated king was
unknown, but the London Queen in the
year 1918 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 vault
for his family, and there he rests with
his wife and several of his family, in
GLIDING the two sons who followed him
upon the throne. For time the body
of the prince consort was laid in the
royal vault, but was afterward removed
to the magnificent mausoleum which
-i.as been erected In the park of Windsor.