. The baronial halls, picturesque edifices, and ancient churches of England. xternal aspect is peculiarlyvenerable, covered with Ivy-trees, the growth of centuries. The interior (where, it issaid, no religious service has been performed since the Reformation, the family havingadhered, through all changes, to the old faith,) is without pews, and contains manyrichly-sculptured Monuments. Among them is a superb Tomb of marble and colouredfree-stone, to the memory of Margaret, Countess of Bath, and her three husbands;the first of whom was Sir Thomas Kytson—the citizen-founder of Hengrave—who diedS
. The baronial halls, picturesque edifices, and ancient churches of England. xternal aspect is peculiarlyvenerable, covered with Ivy-trees, the growth of centuries. The interior (where, it issaid, no religious service has been performed since the Reformation, the family havingadhered, through all changes, to the old faith,) is without pews, and contains manyrichly-sculptured Monuments. Among them is a superb Tomb of marble and colouredfree-stone, to the memory of Margaret, Countess of Bath, and her three husbands;the first of whom was Sir Thomas Kytson—the citizen-founder of Hengrave—who diedSeptember 13th, 1545, aged 55 years. The other principal Tombs are in memory of SirThomas Kytson, the younger; Sir Thomas Darcy; the Bourchiers, Earls of Bath; theCornwallys; and the Gages. Altogether, there are few of the Baronial Mansions of England so little spoiledby time—so comparatively uninjured by modern taste and injudicious Hall is a fair, and, in some respects, a unique example of the domesticarchitecture of the period of its 4
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