. A walk in and about the city of Canterbury, with many observations not to be found in any description hitherto published . west wall of it, the epitaph of the Rev. Gierke; and in another, on the south side,that of Mrs. Priscilla rotherl)y ; also of EdwardBenson, esq. auditor to tiie dean and chapter ofthis cathedral; of Mr. Jesse White, surveyor tothe dean and chapter; and of Susannah Piercy,and Thomas Piercy. 232 To which I shall add from Mr. Somner, that in the year 1299, on September 9, Robert LordArchbishop of Canterbury celebrated the nuptialsolemnites between our Sovereign Lord
. A walk in and about the city of Canterbury, with many observations not to be found in any description hitherto published . west wall of it, the epitaph of the Rev. Gierke; and in another, on the south side,that of Mrs. Priscilla rotherl)y ; also of EdwardBenson, esq. auditor to tiie dean and chapter ofthis cathedral; of Mr. Jesse White, surveyor tothe dean and chapter; and of Susannah Piercy,and Thomas Piercy. 232 To which I shall add from Mr. Somner, that in the year 1299, on September 9, Robert LordArchbishop of Canterbury celebrated the nuptialsolemnites between our Sovereign Lord EdwardKing of England, and Margaret, sister of theKing of France, in the entrance^- of the churchtoward the cloister, near the door of the Martyr-clom of St. Thomas, The two leaves of the Martyrdom door, joinedin one, make that which opens into the Frenchchurch. The verses on them, before mentioned,were pretty legible till lately, when they werewhitewashed over. 12 That marriages were usually celebrated at the church door, appearsfrom Chaucers Desaription of the wife of Bath : Husbands at the church door bad she En
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