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churches, with buttrefles, pinnacles, fpires, Src. and gene¬ 
rally made of filver gilt, which the French call vermeil. We 
have ltrong reafon to believe that fotneof them, preceding 
the asra of elegance in Gothic architecture, were rather 
prototypes than imitations of religious piles. Sr. Dunflan 
in England, and Sc. Eloy in France, were celebrated 
Ihrine-rnakers; and have refpeCtively retained to this day 
the privilege of patronifing in both countries the companies 
of aurifabri, “ovfevres,” or goldfmiths. 
The (brine of Roger Niger, biffiop of London in the 
thirteenth century, was alfo in high repute; a vilit to it 
was frequently enjoined in the indulgences given for the 
rebuilding of this church.—Henry Lacie, the great earl of 
Lincoln, an eminent commander under Edward I. parti¬ 
cularly in the Wellh wars, was buried in that part of the 
church of his own building, called the New Work. He 
died at his houfe in town, called Lincoln’s Inn. He was 
armed in mail; his body covered with a fhort gown ; his 
legs crofted, for he had either the merit of vifiting the 
Holy Land, or (which would entitle him to a right to that 
attitude) made a vow to perform that expiatory pilgrimage. 
Sir John Beauchamp, conftable of Dover caftle, warden of 
the cinque ports, knight of the garter, the fon of fir Guy 
Beauchamp, earl of Warwick, had his tomb there alfo; upon 
which occafion Stow has the following obfervations: “ This 
deceafed nobleman (by ignorant people) has been errone- 
oufly mis-termed and faid robe Humphrey the good duke of 
Gloucefter, who lyeth honourably buried at St. Alban’s in 
Hart ford fli ire, twenty miles from London. In idle and fri¬ 
volous opinion of whom, fome men (of late times) have 
made a folemn meetingat his tombe upon St. Andrewes day 
on the morning (before Chriftmaffe), and concluded on a 
brea'kfalt or dinner, as alluring themfelves to be fervanls, 
and to hold diverfity of offices, under the good duke Hum¬ 
phrey. Likewifeon May-day, tankard-bearers, watermen, 
and fome others of like quality befides, would ufe to come 
to the fame tombe early in the morning, and (according as 
the other) have delivered ferviceable prefentations at the 
fame monument, by (trewing herbes and fprinkling faire 
water on it, as in the duty of fervants and according to 
their degrees or charges in office; but, as Mafter Stowe 
[this is taken from the edition in 1633 long after Stow’s 
death] has difcreetly advifed fuch as are fo merrily difpofed, 
or limply profeffe themfelves to ferve duke Humphrey in 
Pauls, if punifhment of lofing their dinner daily there bee 
Hot fufficient for them, they fliould be fent to St. Alban’s, 
to anfwer there for their difobedience and long abfence 
from their fo-highly well-deferving lord and mafter, be- 
caufe in their merry difpofition they pleafe to call him fo.” 
This may lead to the explanation of the old proverb about 
duke Humphrey’s dinner. 
That accompliffied knight, the ill-fated fir Simon de 
Burleigh, lay here in complete armour, under a molt ele¬ 
gant gothic arch. He is faid to have been the firft perfon 
beheaded on Tower-hill. See the article England, vol. 
vi. p. 603.—Here was depofited, in 1468, (fevered from 
her hufbnnd the great John Talbot, who was interred at 
Whitchurch in Shropfhire,) Margaret countefs of Shrewf- 
bury. A monument was defigned by the friendlhip of 
erne John Wenlok, at the expenfe of a hundred pounds ; 
but, from l'ome unknown caufe, the infcription only was 
executed. 
William earl of Pembroke, an adlive charaffer in the 
reigns of Henry VIII Mary, Edward VI. and Elizabeth, 
with his firft countefs Anne, (fifter to Catharine Parr, 
queen to Henry VIII.) dying at Baynard Caftle in 1551, 
was interred here with vaft folemnity. The portraits of 
Anne and her lord, in painted glafs, are (till extant in the 
chapel at Wilton. The earl followed her in 1569. They 
lay beneath a magnificent canopy divided into two arches; 
at their head, kneeling, was their daughter Anne lady Tal¬ 
bot ; at their feet, in the fame attitude, their fons Henry 
earl of Pembroke, and fir Edward Herbert, of Pool, i. e. 
Powis Caftle, anceftor of the earls of Powis. 
That great and honeft man, fir Nicholas Bacon, lay here 
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recumbent; and, not with Handing- he was a gownfinan, 
was fingularly clad in complete armour; beneath him were 
his two wives, in gowns and (hort ruffs.—Sir Philip Syd¬ 
ney, the delight of the age, the moft heroic and virtuous 
character of his time, had no more than a board with a 
moft wretched infcription of eight verfes, to record a fame 
which nothing can injure. His remains were brought here 
on January 16, 1586, with the utrnoft; magnificence. There 
was a general mourning for him ; and it was accounted 
indecent, for many months, for any gentleman to appear 
at court, or in the city, in gay apparel. The partiality 
of an individual may miftake the qualities of a friend ; 
but the teftimony of a whole nation puts his merits beyond 
difpute.—The memory of the great Walfingham alfo refis 
on his own deferts. He died fo poor, that his friends were 
obliged to depofit his remains by ftealth into their grave, 
left they fliould be arrefted, from a miftaken notion of right. 
See p. 360. “By accident was left, in an old book ot le¬ 
gends which Ipurchafed,” fays Pennant, “an ancient ma- 
nufcript liftofftatefmen in the reign of Elizabeth, configned 
by the writer to the pains of hell, for their zeal againft 
the catholics. The ill, Leicejfer, all in fire, died 1588 ; 2d, 
Walfingham, the fecretarie, alfo in fire and fames-, he died 
Ap. 6, 1590. No wonder, fince he could contrive to get 
the pope’s pocket picked, when his holinefs was alleep, of 
the keys of a cabinet, by which he made himfelf mafter 
of an original letter of the firlt importance, which proved 
the favingofourifland from the machinations of its enemies.” 
The monument of doctor Donne, the wit of his time, 
was of acurious defign; the corpfe was reprefented (land¬ 
ing in a niche, and wrapped in a ftiroud gathered about 
his head ; with his feet retting on an urn. Not long be¬ 
fore his death, he dreffed himfelf in that funebrial habit, 
placed his feet on an urn fixed on a board exaftly of his 
own height, and, fhutting his eyes, like a departed perfon, 
was drawn in that attitude by a (kilful painter. This 
gloomy piece he kept in his room till the day of his death, 
on March 31, 1631; after which it ferved as a pattern for 
his tomb. See vol. vi. p. ax. 
It may not be improper, here, to take notice of the ce¬ 
lebration of divine fervice, the obfequies, anniverfaries, 
and chantries, particularly belonging to this cathedral. 
As to the firll, Richard Clifford, bifliop of London, in 
1414, with the confent of the dean and chapter, ordained, 
that from thenceforward it fliould be altered from the old 
form, and made conformable to the church of Salifbury, 
and other cathedrals within this kingdom. The perform¬ 
ance of obfequies for great perfons deceafed was, however, 
retained as a peculiar privilege of this cathedral, from 
whence great profits arofe. “Indeed, the (late and order 
obferved on thefe occafions,” (ays Dugdale, “ was little 
inferior to that ufed at the funerals of thole great perfon- 
ages; the church and choir being hung with black, and 
efcutcheons of their arms; their horfes fet up in won¬ 
derful magnificence, adorned with rich banner-rolls, &c. 
and environed with barriers; having chief mourners and 
afliftants, accompanied by leveral biftiops and abbots, in 
their proper habits; the ambaffadors of foreign princes, 
many of our nobility, the knights of the garter, the lord- 
mayor, and the feveral companies of London, who all at¬ 
tended with great devotion at thefe ceremonies.” This, 
author adds a lift of emperors, empreffes, and kings whofe 
obfequies were performed in this cathedral. 
As to anniverfaries, thofe of the converfion and com¬ 
memoration of St. Paul, the confecration of the church, 
and the canonization of St. Erkenwald, were the prin¬ 
cipal. The anniverfaries of the confecration -and ca¬ 
nonization, were celebrated at the public expenfe; but, 
there were other anniverfaries, of a private nature, pro¬ 
vided for by particular endowments, as that of fir John 
Pounteney, lent, who had been four times lord-ni3yor of 
London, and affigtled annual falaries to all who bore office 
about the church, together with an allowance of 6s. 8d. 
to the lord-mayor, 5s. to the recorder, 6s. 8d. to the two 
Iheriffs, 3s, 4d. lo the common crier, 6s. 8d. to the lord- 
mayor’s 
