Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1910-05-23
BURIAL PLACE
OF EDWARD VII.
Features Of Albert Memorial
Chapel at Windsor Castle.
ORIGINALLY BUILT BY HENRY III.

UUIUIVHIll UUtll VI I1lVl1I ILL.,
Structure Where Body Of Great Brit.
aims Late Monarch Will Be En-
torbed 10 Remarkable For Its Beau.
~ and oraee-Lons Known as "woI-
ssy's Tomb House."
The Albert Memorial chapel at Wind
sor castle. England. where the body Of
the late King Edward VII. of Great
Britain will eventually be buried, was
SO named by Queen Victoria as me-
mortal to the prince consort. 1t was
built by Henry ILL.,, who dedicated II
to his favorite saint. Edward the Con
fessor. The building Is remarkable for
its beauty and grace. and n great deal
Of Henry Ills work still exists In the
lower section of the walls, but the
Henry VII.
Henry VIII. gave the chapel. still un-
finished. to Cardinal Wolsey, and 1t
was known as "Wolseys tomb house"
for many years. The great cardinal
engaged the Florentine sculptor Bene-
dettO to construct for him u magnifi-
cent tomb of marble and gilt bronze.
with recumbent efiigy ut the top.
The rich bronze work Of wOlsey's
tomb was ripped Off and melted by
order Of the commonwealth In 1912.
the metal being sold. In 1905 the black
marble sarcophagus. shorn OF Its
bronze ornaments. was moved from
Windsor and placed as monument
over Admiral Nelson's grave In St.
Paul's cathedral.
MausoIsum For Royalty.
Although "Wolsey's tomb house
was rooted in and used for holding
mass by James H.. the stone vaulting
was not completed until recent times,
when the entire chapel was reftted by
Sir Gilbert Scott. under command OF
Queen Victoria and renamed. Its in
terror walls were then lined with cost.
~ marbles and the whole magnificent
ly decorated. In this chapel are the
tombs of Prince Leopold. the Duke of
Albany and the Duke of Clarence. the
elder brother Of the present king of
Great Britain, while also In the chapel
is a cenotaph to the prince consort.
st. Georges chapel. Windsor, where
the kings body will be placed tempo
rarily. ranks next to Westminster alb
hey as a mausoleum for royalty. al
though Edward w. was the first of
the kings o. England to be buried
there. He 1t was who built the pres
ent chapel in 1873 after raZing almost
to the ground the earlier chapel on the
same spot, which had been completed
and filed with stained glass by Ed.
ward III. in 1868
Edward ". left directions on his
deathbed that magnificent tomb
should be erected over his body. with
an efligy of himself in silver. All that
now remains of this once costly monu-
ment is a part of the wrought iron
grille which formerly surrounded the
tomb. said to be one of the most elab-
crate and skillfully wrought pieces of
lronwOrk in the world. This grille was
afterward removed from the north
aisle to the north side of the sanctu-
airy.
Fine Example Of Architecture.
The next king to follow Edward ".
into the mausoleum in st. Georges
chapel was Henry WILL. who ordered
that his body should be laid beside
that Of Jane Seymour in a wonderful
bronze and marble tomb. That tomb
was never completed. and what exist
ed Of its metal work was probably
melted down by the commonwealth
for no trace of 1t now remains. In
| the same vault which contains the
| bodies of Edward w.. Jane Seymour
and Henry VIII. lie the bodies of Hen
ry VI, Charles L.. George III. and his
| queen, George ~. the queen of Ed
ward ~, the Princess Charlotte. VIII
liam ". and his queen, the Duke of
Kent and other members of the royal
family.
The Chapel of st. George Is one of
the finest examples of perpendicular
architecture in England and Is consid
cred finer in design than the other roy
al chapels, notably Kings college. al
Cambridge. and that Of Henry VII. at
Westminster. The nave Of st. George
was vauted about the year 1890, but
the choir groining was not completed
until 1907. The hanging pendants
from the fan vaulting of the choil
mark a later development of style
which forms strong contrast with
the severer lines Of the earlier nave
vault.
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