The Herald and genealogist . Avith the rest until the year 1814, when it was rescued throughthe interference of Mr. S. Warner. On going into the vaults of St. Jamess church, about the year 1814, I discoveredthe monument of Bishop Burnet. Felt considerable regret at finding it in such aplace, and immediately set about to make interest with some of the Board ofTrustees, for the purpose of getting it removed to some more suitable place. Theresult was its removal to the place it now occupies. (MS. Notes on Clerkenwell.) The grave of Burnet was disturbed in 1788. It is related that hiscorpse was fo
The Herald and genealogist . Avith the rest until the year 1814, when it was rescued throughthe interference of Mr. S. Warner. On going into the vaults of St. Jamess church, about the year 1814, I discoveredthe monument of Bishop Burnet. Felt considerable regret at finding it in such aplace, and immediately set about to make interest with some of the Board ofTrustees, for the purpose of getting it removed to some more suitable place. Theresult was its removal to the place it now occupies. (MS. Notes on Clerkenwell.) The grave of Burnet was disturbed in 1788. It is related that hiscorpse was found in a leaden coffin, the outer one of wood being de-cayed. Through an aperture at the top of the coffin the skull andsome hair were visible, (p. 60.) The blue slab which covered thegrave was carried down with others to the vault, and there it stillremains. It bears the arms shown in the annexed engraving, whichwere carved by Mr. Stanton, a stone-cutter, next door to St. Andrewschurch in Holborn,i and this inscription :—. P. 687, from a MS. of Le Neve in the British Museum. But q%i. is not themonument meant ? THE HISTOPtY OF CLERKENWELL. 447 Here lies interred the Right Rev. Father in God, Gilbert Burnet, , LordBishop of Salisbury, Chancellor of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, who departedthis life March 17, 1714-15, in the 73rd year of his age. The. arms of Burnet are Argent, a hunting-horn sable garnishedgules, in chief three holly-leaves vert. We find the following anec-dotes relating to them in Mr. Setons Scottish Heraldry, (p. 118.) A keen dispute for chieftainship between the Burnets of Barns, in Peeblesshire,and the family of Leys in the North, is said to have been decided, about the middleof last century, in favour of the former, by Sir Robert Douglas (author of the Peerageand Baronage of Scotland), to whom the charters of the two families were submittedfor examination. While the Barns coat-armour is blazoned Argent, three holly-leaves vert, and a chief azur
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