. Walks in London . s chaplain, Nicholas Barnard, preached his funeral ser-mon in the Abbey on the text, And Samuel died, and all theIsraelites were gathered together. ] Sir John Puckering (1596), who prosecuted Mary, Queen of Scots,and became Keeper of the Great Seal under Elizabeth. The monu-ment was erected by his widow, who added her own statue; theireight children kneel below. Sir Henry Belasyse of Brancepeth (1717), linealy descended froniBelasius, one of the Norman Generals who came into England witkWilliam the Conqueror and was knighted by him. The monumentis by Scheemakers. • There ar
. Walks in London . s chaplain, Nicholas Barnard, preached his funeral ser-mon in the Abbey on the text, And Samuel died, and all theIsraelites were gathered together. ] Sir John Puckering (1596), who prosecuted Mary, Queen of Scots,and became Keeper of the Great Seal under Elizabeth. The monu-ment was erected by his widow, who added her own statue; theireight children kneel below. Sir Henry Belasyse of Brancepeth (1717), linealy descended froniBelasius, one of the Norman Generals who came into England witkWilliam the Conqueror and was knighted by him. The monumentis by Scheemakers. • There are fine pc traits of Dudley Carleton and tis wife, by ComclJus Jabsesbin iiie National Portrait Gallery. SHRINE OF ST, ERASMUS, 28s The entrance to the next chapel, or, more properly, theShrine of St. Erasmus^ is one of the most picturesque bits in the Abbey, dating from the time of Richard II. It is alow arch supported by clustered pillars. The shield on theright bears the arms of old France and England quarterly,. Shrine of St. Erasmus. viz. semee of fleurs-de-lis and three lions passant gard-ant, and that on the left the arms of Edward the is Sanctus Erasmus in black (once golden) letters,and over this an exquisitely sculptured niche with a mould-ing of vine-leaves. The iron stanchion which held a lampstill remains by the entrance, and within are a holy-water a86 h^ALKS IN LONDON, basin and a bracket for the statue of St. Erasmus (a Bishopof Campania martyred under Diocletian), with the rayswhich once surrounded the head of the figure still remainingon the wall. Near the entrance is the little monument ol/anef wife of Sir Clippesly Crewe (1639), with a curiousrelief representing her death. Through this shrine we enter the Chapel of St, JohnBaptist^ of which the screen is formed by tombs of bishopsand abbots. In the centre is the tomb of— Thomas Cecily Earl of Exeter (1622), eldest son of Lord Burleigh,and his first wife Dor:thy Nevile. The vacant space on
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