KINGSTON HUNDRED 



RICHMOND 



below is in Roman capitals, and reads: 'Here 

 lyeth buried the bodie of Mr. Robert Cotton 

 gentlema sometime an officer of the remooving Ward- 

 roppe of Bedds of Queen Marie whoe by her Ma* 8 

 speciall choise was taken from the Wardroppe to serve 

 her Ma" c as a Groome in her Privie Chamber al 

 her lyfe time and after her decease againe he became 

 an officer of the Wardroppe wher he served her 

 Ma lte that now is Quene Elizabeth many yeres and 

 died Yeoma of the same office the (date omitted). 

 He maryed one Grace Cawsen, of whom he had issue 

 4 sonnes and 4 daughters.' 



On the north wall are two 17th-century monu- 

 ments. One to Lady Margaret Chudleigh (daughter 

 of Sir William Courtney), first the wife of Sir 

 Warwick Hele, kt., and afterwards of Sir John Chud- 

 leigh, kt., who died in 1628, has two round-headed 

 recesses in which are the kneeling effigies of a man and 

 woman. The other has a round-headed recess flanked 

 by Corinthian columns supporting an entablature with 

 roses on the soffit. In the recess is the kneeling 

 figure of Walter Hickman of Kew, who died in 1617. 

 On the south wall is a small brass inscription as 

 follows : ' To the memory of Margarite y e vertuous 

 wife of Thomas Jay, late of Midds. Esq : in these 

 unhappy warrs his Ma lie5 Comissary Generall for 

 Pvisions for all his Armye' of Horse who had by her 

 Thomas Jay Capt. of Horse whos" short life was 

 beautefyed with many Graces of nature and Rare 

 Pieces of Arte and his end exprest his Loyalty and 

 Courage ; Dame Francis wife to Sir Thomas Jervoyse 

 of ye coun. of South : and Eliza" : Exp : ult Sept. 

 1646.' Over the inscription is a shield with the 

 arms On a bend engrailed three roses impaling 

 quarterly (i and 4) two bars between three towers, 

 (2 and 3) in a border engrailed two cheverons. On 

 the dexter side of the shield is a wolf statant and 

 on the sinister a lion's paw holding a key. 



Also on the wall is a mural monument with the 

 kneeling figures of a man and woman, and underneath 

 their three sons and four daughters. The inscription 

 is to Lady Dorothie wife of Sir George Wright, kt., 

 who died in 1631; in some lines which follow she is 

 described as being by birth a Farnam. There is also 

 a floor slab to Sir George, who died in 1623. 



On the west wall above the gallery is a mural 

 monument of black marble to Lady Sophia Chaworth, 

 relict of Sir Richard Chaworth, kt., and daughter of 

 Robert, Earl of Lindsay, Lord Great Chamberlain of 

 England; she died in 1689. Another monument 

 on the same wall is to Henry, Viscount Brouncker, 

 Cofferer to Charles II, who died in 1687; and a 

 third is to John Bentley, who died in 1660, Elenor 

 his wife, who died in 1657, and Elenor their daughter, 

 who died in 1656, with three portrait busts. Among 

 the late monuments is one on the west wall to 

 Edmund Kean the actor, who died in 1833; it was 

 formerly outside the church. 



There are eight bells ; the first three by Robert 

 Catlin are dated 1 740, the fourth is inscribed ' Lam- 

 bert made me weake not fit to ring, But Bartlett 

 among the rest hath made me sing 1680 ' ; the fifth 

 by Catlin bears the date 1742; the sixth by James 

 Bartlett 1 680 ; the seventh by the same founder, 1 68 1 ; 

 and the tenor by Lester and Pack, 1760. 



The communion plate comprises silver-gilt cups of 

 1630, 1663, 1825, and two of 1871; a silver-gilt 

 paten of 1700 and two of 1871; a silver-gilt 



basin of 1660 ; a silver salver of 1711 and a plated 

 copy of it ; a silver salver of 1 8 1 8 and three more of 

 white metal ; two silver-gilt flagons of 1660 ; and a 

 silver spoon of 1805. The registers are contained in 

 six books, and begin in 1583. They have been 

 printed by Mr. Challoner-Smith for the Surrey Parish 

 Register Society. 



The church of ST. JOHN THE DIHNE, Kew 

 Road, consists of a chancel, north organ-chamber 

 and vestry, south chapel, and a wide nave with west 

 porches. The nave, which is built of white bricks 

 and stone, dates from 1829, and is in a mixed Gothic 

 style ; the chancel, &c. were rebuilt and enlarged in 

 1905 of stock brick and stone. An archway opens 

 into an organ-chamber from the chancel, and an 

 arcade of two bays divides the latter from the chapel, 

 while both chapel and organ-chamber open into the 

 nave. The high altar has a tall triptych of oak with 

 beautifully painted panels, standing on a marble base ; 

 the walls and roof of the chancel are also being treated 

 with a good scheme of colour decoration which is 

 not yet finished. The ceiling of the chancel is a 

 pointed barrel-vault of wood ; a low stone screen 

 crosses the chancel arch. The chapel altar is of oak 

 with a marble top and marble reredos. The nave 

 has a gallery across the west end and half-way along 

 either side ; the ceiling is a flat one of plaster between 

 the cross ties. Below the window-ledge level on the 

 side walls is an excellently painted set of panels of 

 the stations of the Cross. The pulpit is of green 

 oak with decorated panels. The churchyard surrounds 

 the building and has an iron railing on the west 

 side towards the road ; it is planted with trees and 

 shrubs. 



The church of S3". MATTHIAS stands at the corner 

 of Mount Ararat Road in the King's Road. It is a 

 large building dating from 1858 in the style of 

 the 1 3th century, and consists of an apsidal chancel, 

 with organ-chamber, south chancel-aisle, nave of five 

 bays with a clearstory, north and south aisles and 

 porches, and a lofty north-west tower with a tall stone 

 broach spire. The Walls are of squared rubble with 

 Bath stone dressings ; the roofs are covered with slates. 

 An oak rood-screen spans the chancel arch. 



The church of HOLT TRINITT is a stone build- 

 ing of middle 13th-century style erected in 1870, 

 and consisting of a chancel, transepts, north-east 

 vestry, nave with a clearstory, low aisles, south porch- 

 tower, and west porch, the last approached by an 

 asphalt walk from Sheen Park. The roofs are 

 covered with slates. The walls are of square rubble 

 with ashlar dressings. 



CHRIST CHURCH, Kew Road, is a similar stone 

 building dating from 1893 and also of the style of the 

 1 3th century. It has a chancel with vestries, &c., 

 nave with a clearstory of lancets, low aisles, south-east 

 and west porches, and the stump of a future north- 

 west tower. The roofs are tiled. The churchyard 

 is narrow, and paved with asphalt except where 

 shrubs are planted ; it has an iron fence with stone 

 gate-posts on the west side towards the road. 



ST. LUKE'S church, in The Avenue, was built in 

 1890 of stone in the style of the I3th century, and 

 consists of a chancel, south chapel, nave of five bays, 

 north and south aisles, and a west narthex ; provision 

 is made for a future south-west tower. It has good 

 oak furniture and a rich marble font with a tall oak 



cover. 



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