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140 HISTORY OF
"" for King Henry VII. which plott was afterwards disliked hy King Henry VIII.
" and altered according as it now stands." This tomb, according to Stow, was
not finished till 1519, which was the eleventh year of that king. It was made,
adds the same author, by Pietro Torregiano, a Florentine sculptor, for which he
received a thousand pounds for the whole stuff and workmanship*. The follow-
ing persons are also mentioned, in the manuscript to which reference has been
just made, as having been employed under that celebrated artist: Laurence
Ymber, kerver, for making the patrons, or patterns, in timber; Humphrey
Walker, founder; Nicholas Ewer, copper-smith and gilder; John Bell and John
Maynard, painters; Robert Vertue, Robert Jenings, and John Lebons, master-
masons.
The following curious instrument, in the possession of the Church of West-
minster, describes the particulars respecting the tomh of Henry VII. as under-
taken to be executed by Torregiano, misspelt Torrysany in the indenture.
Agreement betxvcen the Executours of King Henry the Seventh and Peter
Torrysany, respecting a Monument to be erected by the latter for that Monarch.
" — — — — — — — — — — of our Lorde God M.D.XVI. and in the
" — — — — — — — the viii, bitwene the Right Reverend Father in God — —
— — — — Thomas Bisshop of Duiiesme, John Bisshop of Rochester, the Right
" — — — — — surer of Englonde, Charles Erie of Worcester, the Kinge's — _
" — — — — of the Kinge's Benche, Robert Reed, Knyghl, Chiefe Justice — —
" — — — — — — — ourer of the Kinge's Householde, John Cutt, Knyght, vndir
" — — — — — — — — — tament and laste wille of the late Kyng of most famous
" — — — — — — — — — John Islepe, Abbot of Westmr- on the oon plie; and
" — — — — — — — — the other ptie: Witnisseth, that it is covenanted — —
" — — — — — — — bitwene the said plies, in maner and forme following :*
* P. 499.
+ This part of the indenture is torn off.
"" for King Henry VII. which plott was afterwards disliked hy King Henry VIII.
" and altered according as it now stands." This tomb, according to Stow, was
not finished till 1519, which was the eleventh year of that king. It was made,
adds the same author, by Pietro Torregiano, a Florentine sculptor, for which he
received a thousand pounds for the whole stuff and workmanship*. The follow-
ing persons are also mentioned, in the manuscript to which reference has been
just made, as having been employed under that celebrated artist: Laurence
Ymber, kerver, for making the patrons, or patterns, in timber; Humphrey
Walker, founder; Nicholas Ewer, copper-smith and gilder; John Bell and John
Maynard, painters; Robert Vertue, Robert Jenings, and John Lebons, master-
masons.
The following curious instrument, in the possession of the Church of West-
minster, describes the particulars respecting the tomh of Henry VII. as under-
taken to be executed by Torregiano, misspelt Torrysany in the indenture.
Agreement betxvcen the Executours of King Henry the Seventh and Peter
Torrysany, respecting a Monument to be erected by the latter for that Monarch.
" — — — — — — — — — — of our Lorde God M.D.XVI. and in the
" — — — — — — — the viii, bitwene the Right Reverend Father in God — —
— — — — Thomas Bisshop of Duiiesme, John Bisshop of Rochester, the Right
" — — — — — surer of Englonde, Charles Erie of Worcester, the Kinge's — _
" — — — — of the Kinge's Benche, Robert Reed, Knyghl, Chiefe Justice — —
" — — — — — — — ourer of the Kinge's Householde, John Cutt, Knyght, vndir
" — — — — — — — — — tament and laste wille of the late Kyng of most famous
" — — — — — — — — — John Islepe, Abbot of Westmr- on the oon plie; and
" — — — — — — — — the other ptie: Witnisseth, that it is covenanted — —
" — — — — — — — bitwene the said plies, in maner and forme following :*
* P. 499.
+ This part of the indenture is torn off.