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MEMORIALS OF RAY : 



IV. 



Edmund Rex obijt A. D. 



Quern theca haec retinet Edmundum suscipe, Christe, 

 Qui vivente patre regia Septra tulit. 



In this church are the following monuments : a tomb- 

 stone on which is this inscription, " Intus est cor Nicolai, 

 olim Wintonien. Episi. Cujus corpus est apud Waverly." 

 This place is guessed to be now a corn-field, about a mile 

 from Winton. A monument with this inscription, " Intus 

 est corpus Richardi Willhelmi conquestoris filij et Beornise 

 ducis." Bishop Pox's monument, with his effigies as a 

 skeleton on it. He altered the roof of the choir, and 

 was a great benefactor to the church; he lies buried 

 under his chapel (which they call his study,) a little room 

 behind the altar. Over this altar the inscription, " O 

 sacrum Convivium, in quo Christus sumitur!" The roof 

 of the choir over the altar is beautified with the History 

 of the Passion, represented in carved work. In the 

 space behind the choir are tw^o stately monuments, one 

 for Bishop Beaufort, who founded the hospital of St. 

 Cross ; another for Bishop Wainflete. Bishop Langton's 

 chapel of curiously carved wood-work, and therein his 

 tomb. King Lucius, his tomb-stone (as is supposed 

 here ;) Lord Weston's tomb, his statue in brass on it ; 

 Dean Mason's, who was also a knight. At the east end 

 of this church is our lady's chapel (as it is there called,) 

 in which they have their morning six o'clock prayers. 

 King Philip and Queen Mary were married here, where 

 Queen Mary's chair is still preserved. This chapel was 

 built by two priors, Silksteed and Hunton ; there are 

 half rebus's for their names carved on the roof. Upon 

 the wall behind the altar stood several statues of Saxon 

 kings and bishops, who had been bmied in that part of 

 the church, with these inscriptions under them : — 

 Kenedelsus Bex," " S. Bitinus Epc." " Egbertus Rex," 

 '^Adulphus Rex," " Eluredus Rex, filius ejus," "Ed- 

 wardus Rex sen." Kinewaldus Rex," " Ethelstanus 

 Rex, filius ejus," SCA Maria, Dominus Jesus, Edredus 



