6S State of Painting from the Reign of 



Ing ; the image 40/. the gilding of the 

 image and its appurtenances, 13/. The 

 glals-painter was to have 2j. for every foot 

 of glafs, and fo for the whole 91/. \s, 10 d. 

 The fcripture-piece on the wall was to coft 

 13/. 6 J. 8^. and the painting of the four 

 images 12/. The whole expence of the 

 chapel and monument, which were not 

 compleated under one and twenty years, 

 amounted to 2481/. 3^. '] d. 



The wealth and fplendor of that family 

 was fo great, that Henry Beauchamp, fon of 

 Richard and Ifabel, was at the age of nine- 

 teen created premier Earl of England, and 

 three days after he was made duke of War- 

 W'ick, with precedence next to the duke of 

 Norfolk and before the duke of Bucking- 

 ham — an a61: of powxr fo deftru6tive of all 

 xho: vanity of nobility and blood, that the 

 duke of Bucking^ham could not diseft it : It 

 occafioned fuch animofit}^, that the king was 

 obliged to qualify his grant, by eftabliiking 

 between the contending parties a rotation 

 of feniority, each to take place alternately 

 for a year, the furvivor to precede for his 

 life the heir of the other, and fo in perpe- 

 tuumi. A fenfelefs jumble, foon liquidated 



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