THE MONUMENTS AND REGISTERS OF LOCAL CHURCHES. 295 
and assist in the services of the said chapel, which latter clause 
saved the bequest from confiscation on the suppression of religious 
houses by King Henry VIII, while the fabric of the chapel was 
handed over to the Corporation, the priest of St. Nicholas acting 
as their chaplain. As the private chapel of a municipal corpora- 
tion, one would expect to find the sacred building filled with 
memorials of deceased mayors and worthy aldermen; but such is 
not the case—the monuments are few and modern. ‘There is 
a mural monument in memory of Gertrude Hawkins, wife of 
Captain Edward Hawkins, r.n., who died 21st June, 1823, and 
her husband, who died 30th 
April, 1829. The arms on 
this monument are, Sa. on 
waves of the sea in base vert, 
a lion pass. arg., the tail 
coward, over the lion’s head 
jive annulets of the third. 
Crest, A moor’s head couped 
below the shoulders sa., vested 
arg., side face. These arms 
are a variation of the coat 
borne by Sir John Hawkins. 
Another tablet commemorates 
Edward Hawkins, who died 
in January, 1813, aged 93 
years; Mary his wife, who 
died in May 1814, aged 72 
years; and their daughter, 
Anne, who died in December, 
1777, aged 4 years and 6 
months. <A third tablet re- 
cords another member of this 
family, Elizabeth Hawkins, widow of Edward Hawkins, Captain 
R.N., who died 4th January, 1864. An inscription within an 

arched canopy in the wall forming an altar tomb records the 
death, on the 9th October, 1839, and in the 42nd year of her age, 
of Anna Eliza, wife of the Rev. William Hawkins, L1.B., together 
with their daughters, Jane, born 9th and died 13th October, 1839, 
and Emily Caroline, who died 8th October, 1841, aged 5 years. 
In the Register are a few entries relating to this family. 
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