. The history and antiquities of London, Westminster, Southwark and parts adjacent. eir allyavnces. Hee dyed the last jvne,ano do mine, 1608. Intravit vt exiret. The deceased and his lady are kneeling opposite to each other,at altars, with a family of five sons and four daughters in the rear,the whole flanked by two Corinthian columns ; the canopy sustainsa model of a ship of war ; the whole is in very good preservation,except the original colours, the monument having been paintedwhite when the church was rebuilt; a warm stone colour has been *os HISTORY OF LONDON. given to it in the last repa
. The history and antiquities of London, Westminster, Southwark and parts adjacent. eir allyavnces. Hee dyed the last jvne,ano do mine, 1608. Intravit vt exiret. The deceased and his lady are kneeling opposite to each other,at altars, with a family of five sons and four daughters in the rear,the whole flanked by two Corinthian columns ; the canopy sustainsa model of a ship of war ; the whole is in very good preservation,except the original colours, the monument having been paintedwhite when the church was rebuilt; a warm stone colour has been *os HISTORY OF LONDON. given to it in the last repair, and the model of the ship and thevarious enrichments gilt.* The same hue has also been given tothe monument of Pemberton. Upon the whole, the recent repairreflects the highest credit upon the parochial authorities ; this, andother instances to be noticed in the course of the work, shew a lau-dable spirit of improvement prevails in the metropolis, which willone day, it is to be hoped, render nugatory the often repeated cen-sure upon churchwardens repairs. Tlueadneedle 1. Altar.—2. Pulpit.—3. Pembertons Monument.—4. Oteewiches Stapers Monument. >. Plan of St. Martin Outwich The old church was an interesting and venerable edifice, as ap-pears in the view above. From the above plan, it will be seen that the church consistedof a nave and south aisle, lighted by five pointed windows on thenorth side, all of which differed in their size and ornaments, andby two at the east end. At the west end was a smalKtower, having*one story above the main building. The nave and aisle, were se-parated internally by arches resting- on clustered columns, andthere was a small gallery across the western extremity. The pul-pit was fixed between two of the windows, on the norih side of thechurch near the east end where the preacher in consequence of thenumerous windows, was constantly interrupted and his voice ren-dered inaudible by the noise of the c
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