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Bdingdon Monastery. 



side, a stone to " John Allambrigge, clerk, sometime chaplain to 

 the Dowager Lady Beauchamp" 1 Some other large blue stones 

 with marks of brasses were likewise removed. On the south side is 

 a fine marble and alabaster monument to Sir Edward Lewis, of the 

 Van, Co. Glamorgan (see above, p. 290), with effigies of himself 

 and his wife, with children kneeling in front. Above is a cherub 

 hovering" over the recumbent figures with a crown of glory in his 

 hand. The lady, by whom it was erected, was by birth a Sackville, 

 married first Edward Seymour, Lord Peauchamp, an eldest son and 

 heir in the Seymour family (in the third generation from Protector 

 Somerset) who, had he not died young in the lifetime of his father 

 and grandfather, would have been the second Duke of Somerset, 

 restored. 



Epitaph. 



Heeee lye the bodyes of the eight wos l . l s* Edward 

 Lewys late of the Vane in the covntie of Glamargan 

 Kn t one of the Gentlemen of the Peivie Chambee 

 to Peince Heney and aftee to King Chaeles : and 



OF THE EIGHT HON B . L . E ANNE LADY BeAVCHAMPE HIS WIFE 

 THE WIDOWE OF EDWAED LoEDE BeAVCHAMPE DAVGHR* 



of Robert Earle of Doeset, by the Lady Maegaeet 

 Howard, sole davghter of Thomas Duke of Norfolke 

 They had issve lyving Fower sonnes, Edward, 

 William, Richard, and Robert and one davghter 

 Anne Lewys, 



He departed this life the 10 th of October 1633. In 



MEMORIE OF WHOME HIS MOVRNEFVLL LADY ERECTED 

 THIS MONVMENT FOR HIM AND HER SELFE WHOE 

 DECEASED THE 25 o[f] SEPTEMBER 1664.] 



In one line along the slab, under the figures : — 



Since Children are the living corner-stone, 

 Where Mariage bvilt on both sides meetes in one, 

 Whilst they survive, oue lives shall have extent, 

 ypon record in them ovr monvment. 



The arms on the shield are Lewis impaling §ackvtlle, viz., Dexter, 



Quarterly. 1. Sable a lion rampant Argent, Lewis. 2. Sable a 



1 From 1641 to 1660 John Allambrigg was Rector of Monkton Farley. In 

 1662 one of this name resigned Whaddon (Wilts Institutions). 



