A Historical Description of Westminister Abbey its Monuments and Curiosities
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing, LLC
Published: April 16, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 136
ISBN-13: 9781432601782
Subjects: History / Great Britain; Europe - Great Britain - General; History; History - General History; History: World
First sentence: In the Chapel of St. Benedict is an ancient tomb of stone, having formerly a canopy of wood, on which lies the effigy of Archbishop LANGHAM, who, as the Latin epitaph round his tomb sets forth, was Monk, Prior, and Abbot of this Abbey; afterwards elected Bishop of London; but Ely being then also vacant, he made choice of that see; that he was Primate and Chancellor of England; Priest-cardinal, afterwards Bishop-cardinal of Pre-neste, and Nuncio from the Pope; and that he died on the Feast of St. Mary Magdalen, in the year 1376, on whose soul God have mercy, and grant him the joys of heaven for the merits of Christ.