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female and a child, in the autumn of 1810, in the Wolsey tomb-house, the subject
is rendered still more doubtful.
Beneath the pavement of the choir were interred Henry VIII. Jane Seymour,
his Queen, and King Charles I. In the south aile was deposited Charles Brandon,
Duke of Suffolk, minister, and brother-in-law of King Henry VIII. who died
1541. Behind the altar is a mural monument for Theodore Randue, Esq. Keeper
of Windsor Palace, who bequeathed the sum of £6,400 to various charities, and
died in 1724.
Of the exterior of the chapel, the forms and style of ornament are dis-
played in Plates III. IV. and V. The first represents the western front, which
is nearly uniform in its corresponding parts : consisting of one large compartment
in the centre, two smaller, fronting the ailes, and two others belonging to the
side chapels. In delineating this front, we have shewn the windows of the ailes
in their original style of dressings, the mullions of which have been taken out to
display the new painted glass. Another liberty is taken in this plate, in shewing the
distant entrance gate-way, which cannot be seen from the west front of the chapel,
the view being obstructed by several small cottages or sheds, which are attached
to the S. W. angle. When the great alterations and improvements were made to
this edifice, it is surprising that these disfiguring, ugly, and discordant buildings
were not removed. It is hoped that the persons who have the control of such
subjects, will take an early opportunity to relieve the chapel of these excrescences;
for they not only injure the appearance of that building, but present a mean as-
pect within the walls of this princely castle.
Plate IV. The south west view displays the principal features of the southern
elevation, in its buttresses, pinnacles, windows, parapets, &c. Two parts of the
latter are delineated more at large in Plate VIII. figs. 4 and 5. The pinnacles
appear unfinished, and rather stunted. In Hollar's view (published in Ashmole's
"Institutions," &c.) they are surmounted with armorial supporters, holding flag-
staffs ; which must have given a diversified and picturesque appearance to the
summit. In the annexed view, the modern southern porch, and the buildings
attached to the western end, are omitted.
Plate V. View of the tomb house, eastern transept, or Lincoln Chapel. Over
the latter are two stories of apartments, which are approached by a stair-case, in a
turret rising at the S. E. angle of the choir. The upper tier of windows are square
at the top. This projection appears, from Hollar's print, to have been formerly
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female and a child, in the autumn of 1810, in the Wolsey tomb-house, the subject
is rendered still more doubtful.
Beneath the pavement of the choir were interred Henry VIII. Jane Seymour,
his Queen, and King Charles I. In the south aile was deposited Charles Brandon,
Duke of Suffolk, minister, and brother-in-law of King Henry VIII. who died
1541. Behind the altar is a mural monument for Theodore Randue, Esq. Keeper
of Windsor Palace, who bequeathed the sum of £6,400 to various charities, and
died in 1724.
Of the exterior of the chapel, the forms and style of ornament are dis-
played in Plates III. IV. and V. The first represents the western front, which
is nearly uniform in its corresponding parts : consisting of one large compartment
in the centre, two smaller, fronting the ailes, and two others belonging to the
side chapels. In delineating this front, we have shewn the windows of the ailes
in their original style of dressings, the mullions of which have been taken out to
display the new painted glass. Another liberty is taken in this plate, in shewing the
distant entrance gate-way, which cannot be seen from the west front of the chapel,
the view being obstructed by several small cottages or sheds, which are attached
to the S. W. angle. When the great alterations and improvements were made to
this edifice, it is surprising that these disfiguring, ugly, and discordant buildings
were not removed. It is hoped that the persons who have the control of such
subjects, will take an early opportunity to relieve the chapel of these excrescences;
for they not only injure the appearance of that building, but present a mean as-
pect within the walls of this princely castle.
Plate IV. The south west view displays the principal features of the southern
elevation, in its buttresses, pinnacles, windows, parapets, &c. Two parts of the
latter are delineated more at large in Plate VIII. figs. 4 and 5. The pinnacles
appear unfinished, and rather stunted. In Hollar's view (published in Ashmole's
"Institutions," &c.) they are surmounted with armorial supporters, holding flag-
staffs ; which must have given a diversified and picturesque appearance to the
summit. In the annexed view, the modern southern porch, and the buildings
attached to the western end, are omitted.
Plate V. View of the tomb house, eastern transept, or Lincoln Chapel. Over
the latter are two stories of apartments, which are approached by a stair-case, in a
turret rising at the S. E. angle of the choir. The upper tier of windows are square
at the top. This projection appears, from Hollar's print, to have been formerly