A HISTORY OF NORTHAMPTONSHIRE 



Lord Spencer being carved under the sculp- 

 tor's superintendence by Richard Hargravc 

 for £i^, and that of Lady Spencer by John 

 White for ^^15. 



Sir John Langham, died 167 1, and Mary 

 his wife. Cottcibrooke. 



These white marble effigies lie upon coarse 

 platted mattresses on a handsome tomb of 

 black and white marble, with coats-of-arms 

 on the north and south sides of the monu- 

 ment. Sir John Langham is habited in an 

 alderman's gown faced with fur, and wears 

 his own hair. The moustaches are carefully 

 brushed upwards in a series of small curls, 

 and a wart sculptured on the right side of the 

 face indicates a faithful portrait. The lady, a 

 daughter of James Bunce, wears a coverchicf, 

 a stomacher, and a gown embroidered at the 

 bottom ; in the right hand she holds a rose. 

 The fine condition of the monument, which 

 is probably from the workshop of John Stone, 

 is attributable to the original iron railings still 

 surrounding it. 



Edward Gorges, Lord Dundalk, living 

 1634, and Katherine his wife. Maidwell. 



The stone effigy of Lord Dundalk is in- 

 teresting as an example of civil dress. This 

 consists of falling band, doublet with slashed 

 sleeves, trunk hose fastened by points or ties 

 finished with fancies or aglets. He has yellow 

 nether stocks or stockings with white tops 

 and carefully wrinkled boots. The lady, who 

 was widow of Edward Haslewood and 



daughter and heir of Sir Robert Osborne, 

 wears a coverchief, a gown with slashed 

 sleeves, and the scarlet mantle of a peeress 

 lined ermine. In the time of Bridges the 

 monument stood in the chancel ; it was sub- 

 sequently removed to the outside of the east 

 end of the chancel, and protected to a certain 

 extent by a framework of glass. Thus it 

 remained until I 891, when it was taken back 

 to its original site in the chancel. The 

 monument consists of a semi-circular recessed 

 arch containing the effigies, which lie under a 

 canopy with a broken pediment, supported by 

 two Corinthian columns. 



Sir John Germaine died 17 18, and Lady 

 Mary Mordaunt his wife. Lowick. 



These white marble effigies are good ex- 

 amples of a bad style — of the d^gr'ingolade of 

 monumental art. He is shown in a suit of 

 armour, which it is doubtful if he ever wore, 

 and a full-bottomed periwig. The lady, 

 dressed in a low and loose gown, has naked 

 feet, holds a palm branch in her left hand, 

 and, like her husband, is shown lolling with 

 the right elbow on a cushion, which in her 

 case is further embellished and supported, in 

 the odd taste of the time, by a human skull. 

 This queer monumental production — so 

 strangely contrasting with the dignified monu- 

 ments of early times — is probably the work 

 of Francis Bird, a greatly abused and indus- 

 trious sculptor, much employed for want of a 

 better by Sir Christopher Wren at St. Paul's 

 Cathedral. 



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