By the Rev. J. Ward. 



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to this is a Latin inscription on a brass plate to the memory of 

 Edward, Lord Beauchamp, eldest son of Edward, Earl of Hertford, 

 by Lady Catherine Grey : he was buried on the 21st of July, 1612. 

 The inscription runs thus : — 



"Bellocampus eram, Graia genetrice Semerus, 

 Tres habui natos, est quibus una soror." 



Near to Sir John Seymour's monument is another of marble, com- 

 memorating the decease of Frances, daughter of Robert Devereux, 

 Earl of Essex, and widow of William, second Duke of Somerset. 

 For other inscriptions in the Church, also for a very interesting 

 collection of extracts from the Registers of the parish, the reader 

 is referred to Nichols's Collectanea Topographica et Genealogica, 

 vol. v. p. 20. 



In 1854, when the eastern portion of the chancel was excavated 

 for the purpose of making a vault for Lord Ailesbury's family, 

 several of the graves of these noble personages were found. The 

 Elizabethan monument, above mentioned, was taken down and re- 

 erected, but no coffin was discovered beneath or very near to it. 

 A remarkable leaden coffin was however met with about 5 feet in 

 front of the marble monument of Frances, Duchess of Somerset, 

 which most probably contained the body of Queen Jane's father. 

 It was of a plain form, and of heavy lead, the head end being 

 somewhat wider than the foot. Upon the top eight strong iron 

 handles had been soldered, probably for the convenience of lifting 

 and conveying it from Easton. No traces of Wood were observed 

 surrounding it, and it appeared to have been disturbed at an early pe- 

 riod ; for a small hole about three inches square had been cut out 

 above the breast of the deceased. No grave or coffin was found 

 beneath the slab of John Seymour, which together with the brass 

 inscription to Edward Lord Beauchamp, has been placed against 

 the north wall of the chancel. 



The brick grave of Frances Duchess of Somerset was at some 

 distance from her monument and in the north-east angle of the 

 chancel, the foot of it coming close up to the east wall. It con- 

 tained a leaden coffin of large dimensions, and also a drum-shaped 

 cylinder of lead, about eighteen inches high, in which her heart 



