The monumental remains of noble and eminent persons : comprising the sepulchral antiquities of Great Britain . nication with the interior of the chapel, theentrance to which is by a door surmounted by a large and richniche ; and at the west end is another rich niche, within whichis inserted a blue marble slab, inscribed to the memory of thelate Right Hon. George Rose. The interior of the chapel ishighly decorated, particularly the roof, which is divided into threecompartments, the centres of each being highly enriched. Thaton the western side with a shield charged with a saltire, andsurrounded
The monumental remains of noble and eminent persons : comprising the sepulchral antiquities of Great Britain . nication with the interior of the chapel, theentrance to which is by a door surmounted by a large and richniche ; and at the west end is another rich niche, within whichis inserted a blue marble slab, inscribed to the memory of thelate Right Hon. George Rose. The interior of the chapel ishighly decorated, particularly the roof, which is divided into threecompartments, the centres of each being highly enriched. Thaton the western side with a shield charged with a saltire, andsurrounded by the garter : the supporters defaced. The easterncontains also a shield, the bearing and supporters defaced; themotto underneath, spes mea in deo est, remains. The centrecompartment is adorned with a religious subject, but this is somuch defaced as to be unintelligible. The floor at the east endis raised for an altar, now destroyed, and above the end is finishedwith three rich canopies, under each of which is a shield ; thaton the south side enriched with the garter, the others arealtogether defaced. 5. SIR ANTHONY BROWNE. 1500—1548. MONUMENT AT BATTLE ABBEY. Anthony Browne was the eldest son of Sir Anthony Browne,Knight, standard-bearer to King Henry the Seventh, governorof Queenborough, and subsequently appointed lieutenant of thecastle of Calais. He was knighted for his gallant behaviour atthe battle of Newark 1487, and seems to have been highly re-garded by his sovereign for his prudence and loyalty as well asvigilance and activity. He died before the 19th of November1506, in which year his will was proved, leaving a widow Lucy,the mother of the subject of the present notice, who was fourthdaughter and co-heiress of John Neville, Marquis Montacute,and widow of Sir Thomas Fitzwilliams of Aldwarke in Yorkshire:this lady died, according to a manuscript pedigree of the Brownes,for we do not remember to have seen the date of her death re-corded in any printed account, at th
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