. Cathedrals, abbeys and churches of England and Wales, descriptive, historical, pictorial . over the Avon. The effigies of William Clopton—clad inai-mour—and his wife lie on another aLar-tomb, whicli was erected about a centurylater than the other. Against the east wall is a huge canojoied monument com-memorating George Carew, Earl of Totnes, Baron of Clopton, and his wife, whowas daughter of the aforesaid William. A long inscription records his honoursand offices. He died without issue in 1629. In the southern transept some Early English work remains, as may be seen * He rebuilt tlie greater
. Cathedrals, abbeys and churches of England and Wales, descriptive, historical, pictorial . over the Avon. The effigies of William Clopton—clad inai-mour—and his wife lie on another aLar-tomb, whicli was erected about a centurylater than the other. Against the east wall is a huge canojoied monument com-memorating George Carew, Earl of Totnes, Baron of Clopton, and his wife, whowas daughter of the aforesaid William. A long inscription records his honoursand offices. He died without issue in 1629. In the southern transept some Early English work remains, as may be seen * He rebuilt tlie greater part of the chapel of the Holy Cross, which still reniaius, close to the site of NewPlace, the hoiibc iu which Shakespeare died. 84i ABBEYS AND CHURCHES. [STllATroUD-ON-AvON. In the vestry. A monuineiit against the west wall also deserves a passing is to the memoy of one Richard Hil, or Hill, a woollen-draper and thrise bailifof this borrow. The inscriptions on his tomb are written in fcmr languages—Hebrew, Greek, Latin, and English. With so nuich learning, it is not very. THE CHANCEL (ISSS). surprising that they fail to tell us the date of his death. This, however, appearsto have occurred in 1593. The writer of his epitaph represents him as a manof singular honesty. Let us hope the proverb is not in this case accurate. From beneath the central tower we pass into the spacious chancel, or ratherchoir, of the church, an unusually good example of somewhat late Perpendicular was erected by Thomas Balsall, who was Dean of Stratford from 1465 to is lofty, and without aisles. On either side are large mullioned windows, Stiutfoki,-on-Avon.] SHAKESlEARtrS TOMJi. 345 divided into two tiers by a transom ; in the two eastern bays tlie lower sta<re wasformerly closed by an imitation of stone, but during- the late restoration it wasagain opened. Here, on the northern side, will be found the well-known muralmonument to Shakesjxvue. A few feet to the south
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