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WESTMINSTER ABBEY. 257
f composition was Archbishop Neile, that whether he were of a larger or more
*' public soul, or of a more uncourtly conversation, it were hard to determine."
GEORGE MONTAIGNE.
When the deanerv of Westminster was vacated bv the translation of Neiie
to the see of Litchfield and Coventry, it was conferred on Montaigne, at that
time one of the king's chaplains. Cawood Castle, in the county of York, was
the place of his nativity; and he had been fellow of Queen's College, Cambridge,
one of the Gresham professors, and master of the Savoy, previous to his being-
appointed the dean of this church. He is described as being endowed with an
apt and ready wit; and is said to have obtained the favour of James I. by the
brilliance and pleasantry of his colloquial talents.
No remarkable circumstance appears to have occurred relative to this church,
during the period of his administration of it; which concluded December 14,
1617, on his advancement to the bishopric of Lincoln. He was translated to
London July 20, 1621; in the [year 1627, to Durham; and, in October, 1628,
he was finally ]3romoted to the archbishopric of York, which he enjoyed but a
short time after his installation, and was buried in Cawood church. His busto,
in marble and in episcopal robes, is placed against the north wall of the chancel.
His tomb displays this inscription*:
Quatuor antisfes qui prrefurt urbibus, arce
Hac satus est in fans, hac satus arce senex.
Nec mera provexit geminorum gratia regum,
Sed merilum, Minimis par ubicunque locis.
* Willis's Survey of Cathedrals.
Vol. I. L l
f composition was Archbishop Neile, that whether he were of a larger or more
*' public soul, or of a more uncourtly conversation, it were hard to determine."
GEORGE MONTAIGNE.
When the deanerv of Westminster was vacated bv the translation of Neiie
to the see of Litchfield and Coventry, it was conferred on Montaigne, at that
time one of the king's chaplains. Cawood Castle, in the county of York, was
the place of his nativity; and he had been fellow of Queen's College, Cambridge,
one of the Gresham professors, and master of the Savoy, previous to his being-
appointed the dean of this church. He is described as being endowed with an
apt and ready wit; and is said to have obtained the favour of James I. by the
brilliance and pleasantry of his colloquial talents.
No remarkable circumstance appears to have occurred relative to this church,
during the period of his administration of it; which concluded December 14,
1617, on his advancement to the bishopric of Lincoln. He was translated to
London July 20, 1621; in the [year 1627, to Durham; and, in October, 1628,
he was finally ]3romoted to the archbishopric of York, which he enjoyed but a
short time after his installation, and was buried in Cawood church. His busto,
in marble and in episcopal robes, is placed against the north wall of the chancel.
His tomb displays this inscription*:
Quatuor antisfes qui prrefurt urbibus, arce
Hac satus est in fans, hac satus arce senex.
Nec mera provexit geminorum gratia regum,
Sed merilum, Minimis par ubicunque locis.
* Willis's Survey of Cathedrals.
Vol. I. L l