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stored the Stuart dynasty in the per-
son of Charles II. Entering the nave
we find the following gravestoncs in the
pavement: William. Duke of Cumber-
land. the
proud Cumberland prance> Insult ng her slain,
And their hooi: beaten bosunLs trodslen 10 the
plain"
OF the battle of Cullolen: Caroline and
Amelia children OF George H., Queen
Caroline, consort of George H.. whose
remains were placed in the coffin of her
royal lord. At the head of Henry Wis
mausolcum is the tomb of Edward VI.
the short-lived and precocious son of
Henry VIII. and Jane Seymour. We
now come to the tomb Of the royal
founders of this most magnificent chap
el. The rccumbcnt eiligics of the king
and his queen. executed with fine sim
plicity in Gilt bronze. said to be excel
lent portraits. lie side by side as direct
ed by Henry. The black marble has
4 beautifully carved frieZe, and is adorn-
eel with medallions in copper gilt rep
rescnting the NirGin and various saints.
At either end the kings arms are sup
ortcd by brass chcrubs. After the
most indcfptigabIc search the remains
of James |. were located by the side of
Henry by the late Dean Stanley in
1869. We now come to five small
chapcls within the main chapel of
Henry. Inferred here are Tudoric
Stuart, Duke of Richmond and Len
noN. his dutchess, the La belle Stuart
Of Charles lis court, Dean Stanley, a
descendent of Robert Bruce, and An
tome Philippe, brother of Louis
Philippe, afterwards King of France,
who died an exile in England. \ stone
in the central chapel marks "Oliver's
vault" After the restoration the
bodies of Cromwell, Ircton and Brad
shaw were taken up, dragged to Ty-
burn where they were hung and lecap-
itated: the heads afterwards being dis
PLAYED from Westminster Hall. Ircton
was the Protectors s SOn-in-law who
played the tyrant in Ireland. Brad
shaw was president of the tribunal
which condemned Charles |. Other
members of Cromwcll's family and |
some Of his generals were removed at |
the time but their remains were not |
mutilatcd and now rest in one Of the |
grass plats about the Abbey. The |
only exception being the Protectors |
Elvorite daughter, Elizabeth Claypole,
but the inscription was efl:lced from |
her tomb so that monument without |
4 name now marks her grave. \ rath- |
er inron@ruOus monument rises over |
the remains of John Sheffield, Duke of |
Buckinghamshire, distinguished alike
for his political intri@ucs under Charles |
II. and James H. and his literary eff |
forts, being the friend of Pope and
Dryden. In this same chapel is buried |
Anne of Denmark, queen of James |.
The next chapel is entirely filled by |
the hugh tomb erected to George Vii |
liers, Duke ofBuckinham. the powerful |
fivorte of James l. and Charles |.
We now come to the white marble tomb |
erected by James |. over Elizabeth.
The monument is not so striking as |
that Of Mary, Queen of Scots, but the |
recumbent figure of beautiful marble is |
said to bear the strongest resemblance |
to the queen. Beneath the coffin ofthc
Virgin Queen" rests that of Mary |.
inferred without any monument or
other remembrance Before IIenrv's |
tomb stands a black marble tablet in
scribcd to the memory of Edward '.
and the Duke of \ ork who were smoth- |
cred in the Tower Of London by order |
al Richard III. Edward was born in
Westminster when his mother sought
safety there during the wars Of the
Roses in l47O. The remains Of the
two princes rest ina sarcophagus erect
NJ
next write You from Roucn, France.
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