The antiquarian itinerary, comprising specimens of architecture, monastic, castellated, and domestic; with other vestiges of antiquity in Great Britain Accompanied with descriptions . other by six. The chancel is divided from the body of thechurch by small oak pillars and arches, ornamented withcarving. The pulpit is an uncommon relic of antiquity, andof curious workmanship, being richly ornamented with four-teen carved emblematical figures, disposed in the different I pannels round it in two rows, so as to represent the liberalsciences and cardinal virtues. Among the unnoticed, but illustriou
The antiquarian itinerary, comprising specimens of architecture, monastic, castellated, and domestic; with other vestiges of antiquity in Great Britain Accompanied with descriptions . other by six. The chancel is divided from the body of thechurch by small oak pillars and arches, ornamented withcarving. The pulpit is an uncommon relic of antiquity, andof curious workmanship, being richly ornamented with four-teen carved emblematical figures, disposed in the different I pannels round it in two rows, so as to represent the liberalsciences and cardinal virtues. Among the unnoticed, but illustrious dead, lies the Prin-cess Elizabeth, second daughter of Charles the First. Anarched vault was discovered in 1793, and near it a stone,with the initials E. S. upon it, which marked the place of herinterment. The leaden coffin, in which her remains weredeposited, was found in a vault, which was perfectly drywhen it was opened, and the coffin in a state almost new,with the following inscription on it:— ELIZABETH,2d Daughter of the late KING CHARLES,Deced Sept. 8, MDCL. She died a prisoner in the castle of Carisbrooke, where kingCharless family was confined after his
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