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WESTMINSTER ABBEY,
217
the margin has disappeared, but Camden states it to have been, in his time,
" Hie jacet Dominus Johannes Esteney, quondam abbas hujus loci, qui obiit 24
" die mensis Maii, anno Dom. 1498, cujus animae propitietur Deus*. Amen."
It is a remarkable circumstance, that, on the 17th of August, 1706, in digging
a grave near Esteney's tomb, his coffin was found. On its being opened, it ap-
peared to be lined with lead, and the body, which was clothed in crimson silk
and other costly habiliments, was seen in an entire state. The natural veneration
generally felt for the dead will, however, be gratified with the conclusion of the
account, that these remains were re-inclosed with becoming care-f-.
GEORGE FASCET+.
He became a monk of Westminster in the year 1474, served several annual
offices of the monastery, and was made prior about the year 1493, from which
situation he was unanimously elected to succeed Esteney in the dignity of abbot,
July 1498§. He enjoyed his eminent station but little more than two years, as he
died about Michaelmas 1500. He was interred in the chapel of St. John the
Baptist, and his tomb is still in good preservation, with the following inscription
in black letters on the ledge next the area: " Hie jacet Georgius Fascet quondam
" Abbas Westmonasteriensis, qui obiit anno Domini-." The year is no longer
legible, and whatever was inscribed on the other side has been taken away.
* It was in the time of this abbot that the queen, mother of Edward V. alarmed at the conduct
of Richard, Duke of Gloucester, retired within the precincts of Westminster Abbey, where she
registered herself, the Duke of York, with all the princesses her daughters, and necessary servants,
as sanctuary persons.
+ Battel's Coll. MS.
$ He is thus named by Willis, and not Flaccet as by Camden. He is, indeed, written Fasset
in a lease dated 1490; but the gravestone must be allowed to determine the genuine orthography.
k Archives of the Church.
Vol. I. F f
217
the margin has disappeared, but Camden states it to have been, in his time,
" Hie jacet Dominus Johannes Esteney, quondam abbas hujus loci, qui obiit 24
" die mensis Maii, anno Dom. 1498, cujus animae propitietur Deus*. Amen."
It is a remarkable circumstance, that, on the 17th of August, 1706, in digging
a grave near Esteney's tomb, his coffin was found. On its being opened, it ap-
peared to be lined with lead, and the body, which was clothed in crimson silk
and other costly habiliments, was seen in an entire state. The natural veneration
generally felt for the dead will, however, be gratified with the conclusion of the
account, that these remains were re-inclosed with becoming care-f-.
GEORGE FASCET+.
He became a monk of Westminster in the year 1474, served several annual
offices of the monastery, and was made prior about the year 1493, from which
situation he was unanimously elected to succeed Esteney in the dignity of abbot,
July 1498§. He enjoyed his eminent station but little more than two years, as he
died about Michaelmas 1500. He was interred in the chapel of St. John the
Baptist, and his tomb is still in good preservation, with the following inscription
in black letters on the ledge next the area: " Hie jacet Georgius Fascet quondam
" Abbas Westmonasteriensis, qui obiit anno Domini-." The year is no longer
legible, and whatever was inscribed on the other side has been taken away.
* It was in the time of this abbot that the queen, mother of Edward V. alarmed at the conduct
of Richard, Duke of Gloucester, retired within the precincts of Westminster Abbey, where she
registered herself, the Duke of York, with all the princesses her daughters, and necessary servants,
as sanctuary persons.
+ Battel's Coll. MS.
$ He is thus named by Willis, and not Flaccet as by Camden. He is, indeed, written Fasset
in a lease dated 1490; but the gravestone must be allowed to determine the genuine orthography.
k Archives of the Church.
Vol. I. F f