. Cathedrals, abbeys and churches of England and Wales, descriptive, historical, pictorial . nners Sutton, of Canterbury; James HenryMonk, of Gloucester; Thomas Turton, of Ely ; John James Stewart Perowne, ofWorcester. James Duport, professor of Greek at Cambridge, and Thomas Nevill,master of Trinity, were also deans here. John W^illiams, the famous Bishop ofLincoln; John Pocklington, the author, of Sunday no Sabbath, persecuted by theParliament and deprived of his i^referments; John Bridgeman, Bishop ofChester, are among the prebendaries. On the west wall of the cathedral hangs a very quaint
. Cathedrals, abbeys and churches of England and Wales, descriptive, historical, pictorial . nners Sutton, of Canterbury; James HenryMonk, of Gloucester; Thomas Turton, of Ely ; John James Stewart Perowne, ofWorcester. James Duport, professor of Greek at Cambridge, and Thomas Nevill,master of Trinity, were also deans here. John W^illiams, the famous Bishop ofLincoln; John Pocklington, the author, of Sunday no Sabbath, persecuted by theParliament and deprived of his i^referments; John Bridgeman, Bishop ofChester, are among the prebendaries. On the west wall of the cathedral hangs a very quaint portrait, with someverses painted on the wall beneath. This is a copy of a pictui-e of Richard 180 CA 1II ED R AI J CM URCHES. [PBTERnOUOCOU. Scarlett, sexton, who died in 1594, at the age of ninety-eight. In the verseswe read:— ** He had interd two queenes within this place,And tliis townes householders in his lives spaceTwice over. The two queens were Catharine of Arragon, the first wife of Henry VIIL, andMary of Scots, his sisters grand-daughter. The former was interred in the north. VIEW FllOM THE SOUTH-EAST. clioir aisle in 1536; the latter in the corresponding position in the south choiraisle in 1587. At one time handsome hearses were over both these tombs. Anaccount has been preserved of a so-called miracle wrought at the hearse of QueenCatharine; and, curiously enough, the Westminster tomb of Mary of Scots hasbeen made the scene of miracles. For the divorced wife of Henry VHI. asimple table monument was erected. Some persons who defaced it wereimprisoned until the damage was made good. There is no need to reject thefamiliar story that the minster itself is her noblest monument, being spared,when others were sacrificed, because it had become her burial-place. The actualmonument was repaired at his own cost by one of the prebendaries, John Taylor,who held a stall from 1685 to 1726. It is said that he cut the inscription withhis own hand. All has now been wholly removed,
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