. The environs of London: being an historical account of the towns, villages, and hamlets, within twelve miles of that capital interspersed with biographical anecdotes. ft, under an altar-tomb which he had ereded for himfelf near the communion-table. The following infcription,written by Dodtor Haddon, was affixed to it: Sobrius et prudens, ftudiis excultus et ufu,* Integer, et verx religionis amans, Matthseus vixit-Parkerus, fovera^ ilium Aula virum juvenem, fovit et aula fenem. Ordine res geflit, redi defenfor et sequi: Vixerat ille Deo, mortuus ille Deo eft. >> When Lambeth-houfe was p
. The environs of London: being an historical account of the towns, villages, and hamlets, within twelve miles of that capital interspersed with biographical anecdotes. ft, under an altar-tomb which he had ereded for himfelf near the communion-table. The following infcription,written by Dodtor Haddon, was affixed to it: Sobrius et prudens, ftudiis excultus et ufu,* Integer, et verx religionis amans, Matthseus vixit-Parkerus, fovera^ ilium Aula virum juvenem, fovit et aula fenem. Ordine res geflit, redi defenfor et sequi: Vixerat ille Deo, mortuus ille Deo eft. >> When Lambeth-houfe was purchafed by Scott and Hardy, In thelaft century, the former having pofleffion of this part of the palace,removed the Archbifhops tomb, and turned the chapel into adancing-room . The leaden coffin was fold to a plumber, and theArchbifhops corpfe was thrown into a hole in one of the the Reftoration it was difcovered, and re-interred in the chapel .The fpot is marked by a marble flab, thus infcribed : Corpus Hiftory andTroublesof Archbiftiop Laud, p. Biograph. Brit, article Parker, in the Strypes Life of Archbiftiop Parker, notes. Matthaei. 77/r rn/}/.i///f/ir///r C/m/x//// f.(/////>ff// /f//</tr. LAMBETH. 263 Matthzei Archlepifcopi tandem hie quiefcit. Archblfliop Sancroftplaced the old monument in the corner of the veftibule of the chapel,and caufed the following infcription, faid to have been written byhirafelf, to be affixed to it: Matthcei Archlepifcopi cocnotaphium, corpus enim, (ne nefcias, le£tor,) in adyto hiijus facelli olim rite conditum, a fedlariis per- duellibus, anno mdcxlviii, effrado facrilege hoc ipfo tumulo, elogio fepulchrali impie refixo, direptis nefarie exuviis plumbeis, fpoliatum, violatum, eliminatum ; etiam fub flerquilinlo (proh* fcelus!) abftrufnm: rege demum (plaudente coslo et terra) re- deunte, ex decreto Baronum Anglia?, fedulo quarfitum, et facello poftliminio redditum, in ejus quafi medio tandem quiefcit. Et quiefc
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