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ter and inheretrix of Thomas de Monthermer, in whose right he held divers lordships
and manors, and was summoned to Parliament as a Baron of the Realm from the 31st
of Edward III. to the 13th Richard II. 1389, in which year he died. His will was dated
the 20th March, 1388, and directed that he should he buried in the cathedral church
of Salisbury, between two pillars, or, in case he should die in London, in the cathedral
church of St. Paul, where he was baptized. He ordered that a black woollen cloth
should be laid over his body, covering it and the hearse on which it rested, the ground
underneath to be spread with cloth of russet and white, of which every poor man attend-
ing his funeral should have enough to make himself a coat and a hood. That on the
day of his funeral the lights should consist of hve tapers, each weighing twenty pounds,
four mortaries, each of ten pounds weight, and twenty-four torches, to be borne by as
many poor men in russet and white. That the emblazonments about his herse should
consist only of one banner of the arms of England, two of the arms of Montacute,^ and
two of Monthermer; by the last the hve tapers were to be placed.^- That there should
be a plain tom!) made for him, with the image of a knight thereon, bearing the arms of
Montagu, or Montacute, and having a helmet under his head. He was interred in the
Lady Chapel of Salisbury Cathedral, and his tomb still remaining shows that the direc-
tions of his will were pretty closely followed. Under his head is his helmet, having a
grifhn for crest. His surcoat quarters. Argent, three lozenges in fess Gules, for Monta-
cute ; Or, an eagle displayed Vert, for Monthermer.
Details. Plate I. 1. Ornament on the girdle. 2. Figure as originally painted. Plate II. Profile. 1. Part
of the wing of the grifhn, &c. 2. Lace of the caniail, passing through loops on the basinet. 3. Gauntlet en-
larged. 4. Hilt and part of the scabbard of the sword, round which is twisted the belt.
* The shield of Montacute may to this day be observed on a buttress of one of the buildings in the Court
of Carisbrooke Castle, Isle of Wight. The gateway, and many other parts of that fortress, are evidently of the
time of Richard the Second, and William Montacute, Earl of Salisbury, in the 9th of that King's reign, had
a grant of the Isle of Wight, Carisbrook Castle, and the royalties on them dependent.
t Of the disposition of these tapers and mortars, or mortuary lights, at funeral solemnities, an excellent
idea will be acquired from the print of the funeral of Abbot Islip, published by the Society of Antiquaries,
in their Vetusta Monumenta.
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and manors, and was summoned to Parliament as a Baron of the Realm from the 31st
of Edward III. to the 13th Richard II. 1389, in which year he died. His will was dated
the 20th March, 1388, and directed that he should he buried in the cathedral church
of Salisbury, between two pillars, or, in case he should die in London, in the cathedral
church of St. Paul, where he was baptized. He ordered that a black woollen cloth
should be laid over his body, covering it and the hearse on which it rested, the ground
underneath to be spread with cloth of russet and white, of which every poor man attend-
ing his funeral should have enough to make himself a coat and a hood. That on the
day of his funeral the lights should consist of hve tapers, each weighing twenty pounds,
four mortaries, each of ten pounds weight, and twenty-four torches, to be borne by as
many poor men in russet and white. That the emblazonments about his herse should
consist only of one banner of the arms of England, two of the arms of Montacute,^ and
two of Monthermer; by the last the hve tapers were to be placed.^- That there should
be a plain tom!) made for him, with the image of a knight thereon, bearing the arms of
Montagu, or Montacute, and having a helmet under his head. He was interred in the
Lady Chapel of Salisbury Cathedral, and his tomb still remaining shows that the direc-
tions of his will were pretty closely followed. Under his head is his helmet, having a
grifhn for crest. His surcoat quarters. Argent, three lozenges in fess Gules, for Monta-
cute ; Or, an eagle displayed Vert, for Monthermer.
Details. Plate I. 1. Ornament on the girdle. 2. Figure as originally painted. Plate II. Profile. 1. Part
of the wing of the grifhn, &c. 2. Lace of the caniail, passing through loops on the basinet. 3. Gauntlet en-
larged. 4. Hilt and part of the scabbard of the sword, round which is twisted the belt.
* The shield of Montacute may to this day be observed on a buttress of one of the buildings in the Court
of Carisbrooke Castle, Isle of Wight. The gateway, and many other parts of that fortress, are evidently of the
time of Richard the Second, and William Montacute, Earl of Salisbury, in the 9th of that King's reign, had
a grant of the Isle of Wight, Carisbrook Castle, and the royalties on them dependent.
t Of the disposition of these tapers and mortars, or mortuary lights, at funeral solemnities, an excellent
idea will be acquired from the print of the funeral of Abbot Islip, published by the Society of Antiquaries,
in their Vetusta Monumenta.
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