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a figure holding a crown in each hand. The intercolumniation over the altar of
St. Edmund appears to have had a painting on it, which has been covered by a
dark wash. Where that is broken red paint is visible, and very imperfect outlines
of figures will appear to a very minute inspection*.
ST. NICHOLAS' CHAPEL.
There are two saints of this name, the bishop and the confessor, whose
anniversary was celebrated on the 6th of December; and St. Nicholas of Tolent,
who had an anniversary on the 10th of September. His altar stood where the
Duchess of Somerset's tomb now is, and possessed the power of granting to its
votaries three years and sixty days indulgence.
The screen has a door in the middle, with pierced arches over it, and on each
side are three ranges of them. The frieze is adorned with shields and roses. The
ascent to this chapel is by two steps.
(135) . Lady Jane Clifford.--This is a heavy, ill-shaped sarcophagus, of
black marble, adorned with alabaster cherubims, with a large heavy label falling
from it, which, contains the inscription.
This lady was the youngest daughter of William Duke of Somerset, and
great-grand-daughter to the Protector Somerset in the reign of Edward VI. She
married Charles Lord Clifford, &c. son and heir of Richard Earl of Burlington,
&c. She died November 23, 1679, aged forty-two years.
(136) . Anne Duchess of Somerset.--This monument is a superb combi-
nation of columns, pyramids, marble of various colours, and ornaments of every
kind. The effigy of this noble lady, arrayed in robes of state, lies on a
sarcophagus beneath a highly enriched Corinthian arch, her head reclining on
* Malcolm's Londinium Redivivum, vol. I. 144,
a figure holding a crown in each hand. The intercolumniation over the altar of
St. Edmund appears to have had a painting on it, which has been covered by a
dark wash. Where that is broken red paint is visible, and very imperfect outlines
of figures will appear to a very minute inspection*.
ST. NICHOLAS' CHAPEL.
There are two saints of this name, the bishop and the confessor, whose
anniversary was celebrated on the 6th of December; and St. Nicholas of Tolent,
who had an anniversary on the 10th of September. His altar stood where the
Duchess of Somerset's tomb now is, and possessed the power of granting to its
votaries three years and sixty days indulgence.
The screen has a door in the middle, with pierced arches over it, and on each
side are three ranges of them. The frieze is adorned with shields and roses. The
ascent to this chapel is by two steps.
(135) . Lady Jane Clifford.--This is a heavy, ill-shaped sarcophagus, of
black marble, adorned with alabaster cherubims, with a large heavy label falling
from it, which, contains the inscription.
This lady was the youngest daughter of William Duke of Somerset, and
great-grand-daughter to the Protector Somerset in the reign of Edward VI. She
married Charles Lord Clifford, &c. son and heir of Richard Earl of Burlington,
&c. She died November 23, 1679, aged forty-two years.
(136) . Anne Duchess of Somerset.--This monument is a superb combi-
nation of columns, pyramids, marble of various colours, and ornaments of every
kind. The effigy of this noble lady, arrayed in robes of state, lies on a
sarcophagus beneath a highly enriched Corinthian arch, her head reclining on
* Malcolm's Londinium Redivivum, vol. I. 144,