The wonderful village; a further record of some famous folk and places by Chelsea reach . oK >. •d CO m> QZ ouu QZ ->; « w WX o < X THE LADIES OF THE MANOR HOUSE 31 almost entirely to the funeral sermon preachedover her remains by Dr. Adam Littleton in OldChelsea Church on All Saints Day, 1669. It is, of course, an interesting panegyric, deliveredbefore the patron to whom he owed his living, andupon the benefactress to whom he and his churchwere deeply indebted. But it is more than this ;for Littleton was a man of wide learning, the com-piler of the well-known Latin dictionary, and
The wonderful village; a further record of some famous folk and places by Chelsea reach . oK >. •d CO m> QZ ouu QZ ->; « w WX o < X THE LADIES OF THE MANOR HOUSE 31 almost entirely to the funeral sermon preachedover her remains by Dr. Adam Littleton in OldChelsea Church on All Saints Day, 1669. It is, of course, an interesting panegyric, deliveredbefore the patron to whom he owed his living, andupon the benefactress to whom he and his churchwere deeply indebted. But it is more than this ;for Littleton was a man of wide learning, the com-piler of the well-known Latin dictionary, and thechosen successor to Dr. Busby as head of West-minster School; he is spoken of as an excellentpreacher, of singular humanity and sweetness ofmanners, and of blameless and religious life ; andone can well believe that, as his tribute indicates,he had seen and conversed a good deal with LadyCheyne. He speaks of her as a lady of noble breeding,of great courage and loyalty, and of most steadfastpiety ; indeed, if she had any quarrel with thisplace it was the multitude of formal visi
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