Bernard — Richard Talbot^ Archhl^hnp and Chancellor. 2'29 



happily the oiiginal stone matrix, and two sketches of the monument executed 

 in the seventeenth oentuiy, liave sui\ive(l. TSy tlie aid of these, and by llio 

 liberality of Viscount Iveagh, it was found possible in the present year (1919) 

 to restore this beautiful monument very exactly, and it has now been replaced 

 over the archbishop's grave in the choir of St. Patrick's Cathedral.^ 



The inscription, in rude hexameters, has been restored. It reads as 



follows : — 



"'J'albot Kichardus latet hie snb marmore pressus 

 Archi fuit praesul huius sedis reverendae 

 Pavvos canonicos qui fundauitque choristas 

 Anno milleno G quater quater X quoque nono 

 Qnindeno Augusti mensis mundo ualedixit 

 Oniiiipoteus Dominus cui propieietur in aeuum." 



On one side of the monument the choristers are represented, and on the 

 other side are four minor canons. The Foundation Charter contemplated six 

 minor canons, but there were never more than four, as there are now. They 

 are represented as offering a prayer for tlie Archbishop, whieli is inscribed on 

 a scroll. 



Tlie Archbishop carries, not the metropolitan cross, but a simple pastoral 

 staff.- It is a curious coincidence that, at the time of his death, the cross was 

 found to have been pledged' for five marks to a tailor in Nicholas Street, 

 Dublin. It was released by the prior and convent of Christ Church, by 

 direction of the new archbishop, Michael Tregury, the dean and chapter of 

 St. Patrick's refusing any responsibility for its safe keeping ; and whenever 

 we hear of the cross again, it is always in the custody of the Christ Church 

 authorities. It might be conjectured that some jealousy as to this, or some 

 old quarrel about the erection of the metropolitan cross in St. Patrick's, pre- 

 vented it from being represented on the Talbot brass, were it not tliat it is 

 found on the monument to Archbishop Tregury in St. Stephen's Chapel in the 

 Cathedral. It is, at any rate, noteworthy that it had been pawned in Talbot's 

 time, either by himself or by the convent of Christ Church, showing tliat the 

 Chancellor-Archbishop did not use it very often. 



Another interesting peculiarity of the Talbot brass is that the Arciibishop 

 is not wearing the pall, although we know tliat he received it from the Pope. 

 In fact, he is not portrayed in his full pontilical habit, as Archbisliop Tregury 

 is, the reason not being apparent. 



' Tho monument, and the circumstances of its recovery, have been fully described by 

 Dr. H. J. Lawlor in hi^i v.iluable uiemnir on the ^lonumeiits i>f (hi' Pie-Rr/nrmittioii Aivh- 

 bishops of Di(hlin (Proc. Roy. See. .Vjitii^unrios of Irel.and, Derember, 1917). 



^ See Lawlor, /. c, for a discussion of this feature. 



2 LUier Albtis of Christ Church, no. 5. 



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