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Over the communion table is a copy of the Holy Lamb, 

 by Rubens, in the Wilton collection : over which are the 

 King's Arms. 



Over the chimney is a very curious antique Shrine, brought 

 from Antwerp by the late Thomas Astle, Esq. 



Part of the Cedar Wainscot was bought out of a Spanish 

 prize, by the Earl of Bath, to fit up the chapel at Stowe, 

 near Kilkhampton, in Cornwall, from whence it was brought 

 by Lord Cobham, who purchased it, to the place which it 

 at present occupies ; the remainder came from the chapel 

 at Bulstrode, the seat of the late Duke of Portland. The 

 cedar was worked by Michael Chuke, the carvings by 

 Gibbons. 



The ceiling is after the pattern of that at the Chapel 

 Royal at St. James's. 



On the left of the passage is 



THE BILLIARD ROOM, 



hung with a collection of Portraits of the Temple and 

 Grenville families. The billiard table is illuminated by 

 four lights at the four corners, hanging from the ceiling.— 

 Amongst the pictures are the following : — 



John Temple, Esq. of Stowe; son of Peter Temple, who 

 built Stowe in 1560. 



Richard Grenville of Wotton, born 1586. 



Edward Grenville, by Cornelius Jansen, 1622. 



Elizabeth Spencer, heiress of the Spencers of Everton, 

 wife of John Temple of Stowe. 



