The history and antiquities of the abbey church of StPeter, Westminster : including notices and biographical memoirs of the abbots and deans of that foundation . 3d, Brandon; 4th. Quarterly, Bruynand Rokele. Near the middle of the area, is a low altarTomb, inlaid with Brass, in memory of Eleanordk Bohun, Duchess of Gloucester, wife ofThomas of Woodstock, youngest son of EdwardIII, whose unfortunate end has been related in theaccount of his grave-stone in St. Edwards Lady, after the treacherous arrest and baseassassination of her husband, retired to BarkingNunnery, in Essex, where s
The history and antiquities of the abbey church of StPeter, Westminster : including notices and biographical memoirs of the abbots and deans of that foundation . 3d, Brandon; 4th. Quarterly, Bruynand Rokele. Near the middle of the area, is a low altarTomb, inlaid with Brass, in memory of Eleanordk Bohun, Duchess of Gloucester, wife ofThomas of Woodstock, youngest son of EdwardIII, whose unfortunate end has been related in theaccount of his grave-stone in St. Edwards Lady, after the treacherous arrest and baseassassination of her husband, retired to BarkingNunnery, in Essex, where she passed theremainderof her days in sorrowful widowhood, and died onthe 3d of October, 1399. She is represented aslying under a rich canopy of three divisions, in awidows dress, with a long cloak drawn over theshoulders by a cordon : under her head are twoembroidered cushions. On the buttresses whichappear to support the canopy, are five shields ofarms ; a sixth has been removed. Inscription: <£.? gist ?lttanore Dc Boljun cisnc fillc ct imdcs heirs a lonnvablc tfetcrnouv Atoms. Jpumfvrp nrIMjtin Clomttc oc JpcrrfovD, Dcswr ct DC 0ovham:n- Drairn by J Wjbsinarmswje;)& Ajbikct, VI KM tROM THK CHAPEL OF ST KnMJIISnIff JAMES HEYWOQD M/iRK/JiND. Esq TJtS. & Admirer ScTalrorv m ArUu/uaruin researches. This Plait is rtspeet/iiUy ;rd by y PNt/Ult ST. EDMUNDS CHAPEL. 163 ton ct Concstablc Dcucrletvc, JFcmmc a puissant ctnoble Prince SEljomas Dc iuiloocstofec, ftlj a trcscrccl^lent ct trcpuijjgant scicrnour CotoarO Hop fcnrrlctveputs Ic Conquest tier?, Due dc (Elouccstrc dountcDc#.scr, ct Dc lBuhjinrrl;am, ct €oncstablc IDcnirtctcre£Vc monust Ic tier? iour Dortobt lan Du grace- {D9ill.($.<£C. LXXXXIX. De qui alme Dieux face Mercy. Amen. Arms: engr. on Brass. 1. France and England, quar-terly, within a Bordure, Thos. de Woodstock ; 2. a Bend, cot-tised, betw. six Lions ramp. Bohun; 3. two Bends; 4. Wood-stock: Imp. Quarterly, 1st and 4th,
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