Monuments in the cathedral
The ACCOUNT of MONUMENTS and GRAVESTONES,
throughout this church, has been purposely reserved to
mention them in this place altogether, that the description of the fabric might not be interrupted by the recital of such a number of them; many of them in the
nave and martyrdom had been curiously and richly inlaid with ornaments and inscriptions on brass, but all
of them have been long since defaced and the brasses
purloined from them.
Mention has been made before, that on the new
paving of the nave a few years ago, the several gravestones and tombs in it were removed elsewhere; (fn. 1) the
antient ones, especially of the archbishops and the
priors, to make good the pavement of the sermonhouse, and the modern ones to the lower south wing or
cross isle. For the inscriptions on the several brasses
throughout this church, we are principally indebted to
Weever and Somner, as we are to Battely and Dart
for the later memorials, each of whom have respectively preserved the memory of such as remained in
their times; (fn. 2) from them we learn that of those in the
nave the lowermost gravestone in the middle space being one of a much larger size than usual, having been
richly inlaid with brats, with the portrait of a bishop in
his robes, and an inscription likewise, was for John
Bokingham, bishop of Lincoln, who died in king Richard II.'s reign, about the year 1397, having resigned
his bishopric and become a monk of this priory, where
he died. (fn. 3)
Some little distance higher was an inscription in
French, with the figure of a knight in armour, and
shields of arms, for Sir William Septvans, who died in
1407. (fn. 4) Near it was an inscription in Latin, with the
figures of a knight and his wife, with their shields of
arms, for Sir William Septvans, who died anno 1448,
and Elizabeth his wife, daughter of Sir John Peche,
and these verses,
Sum quod eris, volui quod vis, credens quasi credis.
Vivere forte diu, mox ruo morte specu
Cessi quo nescis, nec quomodo, quando sequeris.
Hinc simul in cælis ut simus quoque preceris.
Not far from thence an inscription in Latin, with a
figure of a man and shield of arms, for Odomar Heng
ham, esq. who died in 1411. (fn. 5) Nearer the south side
an inscription in Latin on a large grey stone, with the
figure of a knight and his shields of arms, for the most
noble Sir John Guildford, one of the counsellors of
Henry VII. He died anno 8 Henry VII. 1493.
Near the above an inscription in Latin, with the
figures of a man in long robes, and a woman and shields
of arms, for William Bruchelle, five Brenchley, formerly justice of the common pleas, who died in Holborne, in the suburb of London, in 1446, and Joane
his wife, who died in 1453. (fn. 6)
Not far from the above, an inscription in English,
and figure of a man in a long gown, for Edm. Haut,
esq. who died in 1488.
Nearer the north side, an inscription and figure of a
knight with shields of arms, as follows:
Thomas Fogge, jacet hic, jacet hic sua sponsa Johanna,
Sint celo cives per te Deus hos et Osanna;
Regni Protector Francos Britones superavit
Nobilium rector sicuti Leo Castra predavit
Et quoq, Militiam sic pro patria peramavit
Ad summan patriam deus hunc ab agone vocavit. (fn. 7)
In the north isle of the nave was an inscription in
Latin, and the figure of a priest in his long robes, for
Master Richard Willeford, once chaplain of the chantry
of Arundell, who died in 1520. Another for Robert
Clifford, esq. brother to Richard Clifford, bishop of
London, who died in 1422; and another for Sir William Arundell, justice of our lord the king.
At the upper end of the nave, between the pillars,
were three large handsome raised tombs of Petworth
marble, all richly inlaid with brasses; the one on the
north side having had the portrait of an archbishop in
his pontifical dress, for archbishop Islip, who died in
1366; the lower one on the south side having a like
portraiture and ornaments on it, for archbishop Wittlesey, who died in 1374. The tomb above this last,
having had an inscription and portraits of a man in
long robes, and a woman, for William Lovelace, fergeant at law, and high steward of the liberties of
Christ-church, and of Anne his first wife; he died anno
1576.
At the upper end of the middle space near the steps
leading to the choir, there were several large gravestones of marble, which had been laid over priors of
this church, and two over archbishops, as appeared by
the marks remaining on them, each having been richly
ornamented with brasses, having their portraits in their
pontifical habits, shields of arms, &c. (fn. 8)
Weever mentions (fn. 9) a monument erected here to the
memory of that valiant knight Sir William Molineux,
of Seston, in Lancashire, who at the battle of Nauarret
in Spain, was made knight banneret by Edward the
black prince, anno 1367, under whose command he
served likewise for a long time in the wars of France,
whence returning home, he died in Canterbury, anno
1372, and was buried here; but even the place
where the monument stood has been long since unknown.
John Monins, esq. of Swanton, by his will proved
in 1568, directed to be buried in the parish church of
Waldershare, and that there should be bestowed towards the rearing of a convenient tomb of stone, in the
sheere church of this county, as a monument of him,
the sum of 100 marcs.
Somner mentions several gravestones in the nave of
this church, the particular places of which are unknown; these were of the prebendaries Myllys and
Gardiner, formerly monks of this priory, and named
prebendaries in the foundation charter of this church;
of Thomas Hoo the younger, of Canterbury, anno
1407; of alderman Dobbs, anno 1580; of the lady
Crook, wife of Sir Gerard Crook, anno 1579; besides which, he says, there were several others, which
being mostly of mean and obscure persons, he did not
think them worthy to mention.
To the above may be added, the memorials on
gravestones of Adrian Saravia, prebendary of this
church, and his first wife Catherine D'Alliz; he died
in 1612; his monument will be mentioned hereafter;
of John Sandford, prebendary, who died in 1629; of
one for Nicholas, John and Nicholas Sympson, grandfather, father and son; the first and the last of them
both S. T. P. and prebendaries of this church; the
one died 1630; the other in 1609. The son being
bred a merchant, on the raging of the civil war, retired
into the country, where he died in 1680.
Dart has added these more modern ones, since defaced, and removed with the others. In the south isle,
before the chapel door of the Nevils, surrounded by
antient defaced gravestones, a blue one for Jacob de
Prez, D. D. obt. 1717. Some gravestones over several
children of Herbert Randolph, esq. and one for Elizabeth, daughter of John Best, esq. and widow of Herbert Randolph, esq. obt. 1697.
In the north isle a stone and inscription for the three
daughters of Dr. Thomas Green, archdeacon and prebendary; another for Sarah, wife of Matthew Griffith,
D. D. chaplain to king Charles I. and daughter of
Richard Smith, D. D. chaplain to queen Anne; one
for Walter Knight, A. M. minister of the gospel, afternoon lecturer on the Lord's day, in this place; another for Robert, son of Robert, the only son surviving
of Dr. Isaac Bargrave, late dean of Canterbury, obt.
1659, æt. five years, and lies amidst the ashes of his
father, brothers John, Isaac and Henry, and his sister
Jane.
Farewell, sweet boy, and farewell all in thee,
Blest parents can in their best children see;
Thy life to wooe us unto heaven was lent us,
Thy death to wean us from the world is sent us.
Also for Isaac Bargrave, his brother, obt. 1663. Memorials for several of the family of Sprakeling; one
for Dr. John Aucher, prebendary, obt. 1700; for Nicholas Wooton, organist, obt. 1700; for Francis Barton, esq. obt. 1639; for John, son of Christopher Allen, gent. of Borden, obt… In the middle space,
a gravestone for Nathaniel Herring, esq a native of
Jamaica, obt. 1716; for Theodorus Beacon, M. D.
and his unmarried daughter Elizabeth; he died in
1729.
The modern gravestones, of later date, which were
removed to the south cross isle, were mostly in memory of the several prebendaries and of their families;
the former of which will be taken notice of in the
account of them, in the further part of this work
hereafter.
There are some few mural tablets against the sides
of the nave, viz. against the north wall for Thomas
Sturman, auditor of this church, who died in 1632,
which being almost obliterated, was replaced by Dr.
John Bargrave, vice-dean, in 1679; for Orlando Gibbons, of Cambridge, organist of the royal chapel to
king Charles I. who came to Canterbury, to attend the
solemnity of that prince's marriage with queen Henrietta Maria, but died here of the small-pox, on Whitsunday, 1625. (fn. 10) The monument has his but on it; for
Wm. Gardiner, prebendary; obt. 1544; (fn. 11) for Adrian
Saravia, prebendary; he died in 1612; the inscription
on his gravestone has been mentioned before; for John
Turner, S. T. P. canon of Lincoln, and prebendary of
Canterbury; he married Sarah Tucker, a clergyman's
daughter in Suffolk; he died in 1720; for Richard
Colfe, S. T. P. prebendary, who died in 1613; a very
handsome monument for Sir John Boys, having his
effigies habited in his doctor's robes, in a reclining posture, lying on it; he was of the family of Fredville,
and was bred to the law, he was steward to five archbishops of Canterbury; assessor in the court to three
wardens of the five ports, recorder of the city of Canterbury, founder of Jesus hospital in the suburbs; he
married two wives, first, Dorothy Pawley; secondly,
Jane Walker, but left, no child; he died 1612, æt. 77;
underneath are the figures of his two wives and of an
infant lying in swadling cloaths, on a tablet between
them; at top are his arms between those of his two
wives. This monument being much abused in the
great rebellion, was repaired by his relation Grotius
Boys, son of Geoffry, of Betshanger; (fn. 12) at a small distance is a mural tablet for Dr. Thomas Boys, of Fredville, who married the daughter of Richard Rogers,
S.T.P. dean of Canterbury, and suffragan to the archbishop; and likewise for Elizabeth, second daughter
of Sir William Boys, M. D. great-grandson of the
aforesaid Thomas Boys; she died in 1722.
Against the south wall, an oval tablet of white marble for John Porter, esq. of Wandsworth, in Surry;
he died in 1764; he married Catherine, daughter of
lieutenant-general George Sutton, by whom he left
one son and five daughters; at the top the arms of
Porter, three bells and a canton, and at bottom Requiescat in Pace; (fn. 13) another like tablet for Richard Cope
Hopton, esq. of these precincts, who died in 1786;
and further an elegant monument of sculpture, in
white marble, executed by Rysbrack, for John Sympson, esq. the only surviving son of John Sympson, of
the profession of the law, the first born of Nicholas
Sympson; he studied the liberal arts, and particularly
physic, at Merton college, Oxford; he died in 1748.
At a little distance eastward from this monument is
an antient one against the wall, the letters of which are
much defaced by time; at the under part of it there
has been seemingly the effigies of one or more persons.
The following is the inscription on it:
He thats imprisoned in this narrow room,
Wer't not for custom needs nor verse, nor tomb;
Nor can from these a memory be lent
To him who must be his tombs monument.
And by the virtue of his lasting fame,
Must make his tomb live long, not it his name;
For when this gaudy monument is gone,
Children of th' unborn world shall spy the stone
That covers him and to their fellows cry,
Tis' here, tis hereabouts BERKELEY does lie,
To build his tomb then, is not thought so safe
Whose virtue must outlive his epitaph. (fn. 14)
On the outside of the south wall of the nave, but with
a door opening into it till lately, stood Nevil,s chapel,
formerly Brenchley's chantry, and fitted up by dean
Nevil, about the year 1600, as a place of burial for
himself and his relations, as has been already taken no
tice of before. In this chapel were two handsome monuments; that on the east side consisted of two compartments; under one arch of it was the effigies of
dean Nevill, in his habit, kneeling at a desk, who was
buried here in 1615; under the other arch, that of his
brother 'Alexander Nevill, habited in armour, in the
like posture; he was the eldest son of Richard Nevill, esq. by Ann Mantel, daughter of Sir Walter Mantel; he died in 1614; opposite was the monument of
Richard Nevill, esq. and Anne his wife, the dean's fa
ther and mother, and Thomas Nevill, his uncle, erected
in 1599 by the dean; but the dates of the death and
age of the dean, and the age of his brother Alexander,
who died in 1614, are on their monument left blanks,
as having probably been erected in their lives time,
and not inserted afterwards; Richard Nevill, abovementioned, was born in Nottinghamshire, whose father
and elder brother were Sir Alexander and Sir Anthony
Nevill, he spent the decline of his life at Canterbury,
having married Ann, daughter of Sir Walter Mantel,
and the lady Margaret, (who after Sir Walter's death,
married Sir William Hault, and lastly Sir James Hales)
they were all buried in this chapel. (fn. 15)
In the lower south wing or cross isle, are several modern mural monuments, viz. of William Kingsley,
archdeacon and prebendary; he died in 1647, and of
Damaris his wife, who survived him, and died in October, 1678; another for the famous and learned Meric
Cafaubon; both he and his father Isaac Casaubon having been canons of this church; he died in 1671; one
for John Castilion, S.T.P. dean of Rochester, and
canon of this church, who died in 1688; against the
principal pillar are two monumental compartments,
one for Mrs. Frances Holcombe, wife of Samuel Holcombe, S.T.P. and prebendary, daughter of George
Hetherington, gent. of London, and Susan his wife,
of the antient family of Wilmer, in Yorkshire; of four
children she bore, Frances, Samuel and Ann Survived;
she died in 1725; the other for Samuel Holcombe,
S.T.P. above-mentioned; he died in 1761; this
monument was erected by his children Samuel Holcombe, A.M. prebendary of Worcester, and Frances;
another for Miss Jane Hardres, only daughter of Sir
Thomas Hardres, king's forjeant at law, and Philadelphia his wife; she died in 1675.
At the corner between the south door and St. Michael's chapel, is a mural monument for John Battely,
S.T.P. rector of Adisham, and canon and archdeacon
of this church and diocese; he died in 1708. On the
other side of the entrance into the above chapel,
against the corner pillar, is a marble monument of two
compartments, for Herbert Randolph, A.M. eldest
son of Herbert Randolph, esq. of this city, and Mary
his wife, daughter of John Castilion, dean of Rochester.
He married Catherine, daughter of Edward Wake,
S.T.P. prebendary of this church; and after her
death, Mary, daughter of Nathaniel Denew, esq. He
was first of Christ church, in Oxford, and then fellow
of All Souls college; afterwards rector of Deal and of
Woodchurch, and a six preacher of this cathedral.—
Dart says, that in this isle were gravestones for Elizabeth, widow of Thomas Hayman, and Thomas their
only son. She died in 1615; he in 1634; for Mrs.
Jane Hamand, rest obliterated; for … Crisp, citizen
of London, obt. 1632, æt. 21; for Catherine, widow
of Nicholas Drake, esq. who had by her former husband, William Kingsley, five sons and one daughter,
descended from the Tothills, in Devonshire, and was
the youngest of thirty-three children, of William Tothill, and survived them all. She died in 1622. For
Jane Ansell, widow, daughter of Robert Moyle, esq.
of Buckwell, obt. 1632. Near St. Michael's chapel,
for William Belk, S.T.P. prebendary, obt. 1676;
for Thomas Belk, S.T.P. prebendary, son of the former, obt. 1712. A small stone for Ursula Horsmonden,
obt. 1682. These gravestones have all been removed
from their places, and have been intermixed with those
removed from the nave, on making the new pavement
there and placed here, as has been already noticed
before.
Adjoining to the east side of this isle, is St. Michael's, otherwise called the Somerset chapel, entirely
filled with sculptured monuments, all which are entire
and well preserved, owing to their not being erected
to the memories of churchmen; almost a sure destruction to them, in the time of the great rebellion.
In the middle of this chapel is a beautiful and sumptuous raised tomb or monument of alabaster, on which
lie, in full proportion, the effigies, excellently sculptured, of Margaret, daughter of Thomas, and sister and
coheir of Edmund Holand, both earls of Kent; beside her lie her two husbands: on her left John Beaufort, marquis of Dorset and earl of Somerset; and on
her right Thomas Plantagenet, duke of Clarence; (fn. 16)
round the edge of the tomb were these two verses in
brass, now worn away:
Hic jacet in tumulo Thomas Clar. nunc quasi nullus;
Qui fuit in Bello Clarus nec clarior ullus.
The mural monuments are; on the left or north
side, one for lieutenant-colonel Prude, slain at the siege
of Mastricht, in the Belgic wars, in 1632. On it is his
effigies clad in armour, kneeling on a cushion on one
knee; and underneath these verses:
Stand soldiers ere you march, by way of charge
Take an example here, that may enlarge
Your minds to noble actions. Here in peace
Rests one whose life was war, whose rich increase
Of fame and honor from his valour grew,
Unbegged, unbought; for what he won he drew
By just desert: having in service been
A soldier till near sixty from sixteen
Years of his active life: Continually
Fearless of death, yet still prepar'd to die
In his religious thoughts: For midst all harms
He bore as much of piety as arms.
Now soldiers on, and fear not to intrude
The gates of death, by th' example of this Prude.
He married Mary, daughter of Sir Adam Spracklin,
and had by her four sons and three daughters. His
surviving son Searles erected this monument.
Next to this, eastward, is another monument,
adorned likewise with much sculpture, for Sir Thomas
Thornhurst and his lady. He was son of Sir Stephen
Thornhurst, employed in the Dutch, German and Spanish wars, as a general, and was slain in the expedition
against the Isle of Rhee, in 1627; by Barbara his wife,
one of the coheirs of Thomas Shirley, esq. he had
three children, Barbara, Anthony and Cecilia. On it
are their effigies, his, clad in armour, in a reclining
posture, holding his shield of arms in his left hand;
hers, lying at full length beside him, having a book in
her right hand. Underneath are the figures of their
three children; above them all is a tablet with these
verses:
Stay gentle reader, pass not slightly by,
This tomb is sacred to the memory
Of noble Thornhurst; what he was and who
There is not room enough in me to show,
Nor his brave story out at length t' explain
Both Germanies, the new found world and Spain,
Ostends long siege and Newports battle tryed
His worth; at last warring with France he dyed.
His blood sealed that last conquest, for black Rhee
Gave him at once a death and victory
His death as well as life victorious was
Fearing lest Rhee (as might be brought to pass)
By others might be lost in time to come
He took possession till the day of doom.
Eastward of the above is another handsome monument, for lady Thornhurst, sometime the wife of Sir
Richard Baker, of Sisinghurst, by whom she had two
daughters, the lady Grisogone Lennard and the ladyCicely Blunt. She died in 1609; on it is her effigies
lying at full length, her head reclining on her right
hand, and in her left a book; above is that of a man
kneeling, with his hands joined and uplisted, he is clad
in armour with his sword and spurs on. Underneath
her figure, on one side the base, is that of dame Grisogone Lennard; on the other, that of dame Cicely Blunt,
both kneeling in the full dress of the times.
The next monument still further eastward, is that of
the lady Dorothy Thornhurst, daughter of Roger Drew,
esq. of Dentworth, who after the decease of Dr. Hippocrates d' Otten, a celebrated physician of the illustrious family of Otten, in Holsatia, married a second
time to Sir Stephen Thornhurst, and survived him.
She died in 1620; on it is her effigies, kneeling, her
hands joined and uplisted as in the attitude of prayer,
as large as life, elegantly carved in alabaster; before
her is a desk, with a book lying open on it. On the
base of the tomb are these verses:
Si Laudata Venus, Funo, si sacra Minerva,
Quis te collaudet fœmina? talis eras;
Te Te magnaninam, pulchram, Doctamq; Cadentem,
Et talem tantis Dotibus urna teget?
Spiritus astra ferit, sic inter Sidera Sidus,
Cœlicolam receipt Cœlicolumq; Domus.
At the east end, a handsome one of white marble,
for Miss Anne Milles, called the Beauty of Kent, having her bust carved in white marble on it; she was
daughter of Samuel Milles, esq. and Anne his wife.
She died unmarried in 1714, æt. 20. On the pavement
below is a remarkable antient tomb of stone, coffin
shaped, having a cross carved on the top, for archbishop Stephen Langton; only the head part of it is
within the chapel, the wall of which crosses the middle
of it, by which it appears that the old chapel, in which
it was first erected, was of a larger extent than the present one. (fn. 17) Next is a mural monument, being a cenotaph, for Sir George Rooke, who lies buried in St.
Paul's church, in Canterbury. On it is placed his bust,
dressed in a large full curled wig, after the manner of
Sir Cloudesly Shovel's, in Westminster abbey. He was
son of Sir William Rooke, knight, and vice admiral
of England. The French flying from the fight in
1692, he in an open boat, amidst the fire of great and
small shot, in the presence of so many French, a deed
scarce credible, having first prepared the fire ships,
burnt thirteen ships of war near La Hogue; afterwards
the difference between the Swedes and Danes being
composed, he by his advice left the north in peace and
returned southward, where a whole fleet of the enemies
convoying ships, were either burnt or taken at Vigo.
He safely brought to England the galleons, ships of
immense burthen, laden with treasure; and with the
utmost integrity lodged the spoils in the public treasury. He took Gibraltar with the fleet in fewer hours
than a regular army afterwards in vain besieged it
months, and with the same career of success, his navy
being much inferior in strength, he put to flight the
whole French fleet, which, though well provided,
dared not to hazard a battle. He retired after all to
his paternal seat near this city, where he died in 1708;
he married three wives; first, Mary Howe, of Cold
Berwick, in Wiltshire; secondly, Mary Lutterell, of
Dunster castle, in Somersetshire; and thirdly, Catherine Knatchbull, of Mersham Hatch, in Kent; by
therine second of whom he left George, his only son.
On the south side a mural monument of alabaster,
for Sir James Hales, who being appointed treasurer in
the expedition to Portugal, and returning from thence
died in 1589; for Alice his widow, who died in 1592;
and for Cheney Hales, their only son, who was
snatched away by an untimely death. Richard Lee,
esq. the surviving husband of the said Alice, erected
this monument. On it, is sculptured a ship on the
seas, on the side of which two men are putting down
a man in armour, with his hands joined and uplisted,
into the sea; underneath which, on the shore, is an
elderly man with a beard, in a long loose gown and
hood over his head, kneeling on a cushion, his hands
joined in the attitude of prayer, before a stone desk,
on which lies a book open; in the back ground is a
small chapel and a few trees about it. On the side of
the desk is a shield, being the arms of Lee, impaling
those of dame Alice Hales; in a compartment underneath, is the effigies of a youth in a cloak, kneeling on a cushion before a stone desk, on which is a
book open, his hands joined in the attitude of prayer.
Next to this, in the corner, is a handsome one,
with military trophies, for brigadier Francis Godfrey,
groom of the bedchamber to prince George of Denmark, and a colonel in the army. He died in 1712.
There are two small brass plates fixed to the walls
of this chapel; one against the north wall for prior
Richard Oxinden, who died in 1338; the other
against the south wall for prior Robert Hathbrand,
who died in 1370. On each are engraved their figures;
they were both buried in this chapel.
At the entrance of this chapel, upon a gravestone,
are the arms of Musgrave, and an inscription to the
memory of Mary Musgrave, descended by the mother from the noble family of the Whartons; she died
in 1623, æt. 19; and near the foot of the duke of
Clarence's monument, a gravestone for Sir Edward
Master, eldest son of Jacob Master, esq. of East Langdon, who married Ethelred Streynsham, eldest daughter and coheir of Robt. Streynsham, esq. of Ospringe,
who having been married forty years, and become the
father of fifteen children by her, died in 1648.
In the opposite or north cross isle, commonly called
the martyrdom, against the north wall is the monument of archbishop Peckham, (fn. 18) under an arch, which
has been adorned with carving and gilding; this is of
stone, but the effigies of the archbishop, lying at length
in his pontifical hat it, is of oak wood, entirely sound,
near five hundred years old It is not fixed to the
tomb, but lies fastened to a slab of the same wood,
none of which has seemingly ever been painted. The
upper part of the mitre is wanting; (fn. 19) he died in 1292.
Next to this, against the same wall, is the monument of archbishop Warham, of beautiful gothic
stone-work; on which is the figure of the archbishop, lying at full length in his pontifical habit; the
brasses of the coats of arms on the base of the tomb,
have been purloined. He died in 1534. This beautiful monument has lately been thoroughly cleaned
from the white-wash which covered it, so that it now
displays all its original beauties and perfect elegance
of gothic architecture; and for the future preservation of this and the other monuments in the martyrdom, the dean and chapter, at whose expence this
improvement has been made, have inclosed the whole
with an iron railing.
Against the east wall, where was formerly the altar
of St. Thomas Becket, close to the passage into the
undercroft, is a mural monument, for Alexander
Chapman, S. T. P. on which is his bust in white
marble. He was archdeacon of Stow, in Lincolnshire, and prebendary of this church; he died in
1729. Near the cloister door is a mural tablet, for
the Rev. John Clerke, A. M. born at Witney, in
Oxfordshire, and lastly, rector of the united parishes
of St. Mary Bothaw and St. Swithin, London; who
after a short stay at the deanry here, whither he had
retired on account of his health, died in 1700. His
widow Rebecca, daughter of George Hooper, gent.
of Worcestershire, erected this monument. At a small
distance from this is another, for Priscilla, daughter
of Thomas Fotherbye, esq. wife of William Kingsley, gent. She died in 1683.
At the entrance of this isle is a gravestone, over
John Bargrave, S. T. P. canon of this church, who
died in 1680; and further in it another, for James
Jefferies, S. T. P. canon likewise of it, who died in
1689; and one near archbishop Peckham's monument, for Dr. Charles Elstob, a prebendary of this
church. On the pavement are several large stones,
which have been robbed of their brasses. There are
three of these over the graves of archbishops Ufford,
Stafford and Dean; and three more over those of the
priors Finch, Selling, and Goldstone, all which appear to have been richly inlaid, having had on them
their portraits, in their pontifical habits, shields of
arms, inscriptions, &c. (fn. 20)
In this place Mr. Somner says, there was in his
time, a stone with an inscription on brass, in Latin,
for Sir John Fineux, and Elizabeth his wife, daughter
of Paston. He was chief justice of the king's bench,
under both the reigns of king Henry VII and VIII.
and was a great benefactor to the convent of the
White Friars, in this city. Another for dame Tuston
Montague, wife of Sir James Montague, attorney.
general to queen Anne, obt. 1712. In the south-west
corner, one for Dr. Thomas Fotherby, the son of
Thomas and grandson of Martin, bishop of Salisbury;
he married Elizabeth, daughter of Manwaring Hammond, esq. obt. 1710. Adjoining to the east side of
this cross isle, and separated from it only by a gothic
screen of open work, is the chapel, formerly called the
Virgin Mary's, but now the Dean's chapel, from several deans of this church having been buried in it;
six of them being deposited here since the reformation.
The first of these was Richard Rogers, S. T. P. who
lies under a handsome table monument, on the north
side. He was suffragan to the archbishop of Canterbury, and thirteen years dean of this church; and died
in 1597. On the south side is a tomb, the sides of
which are adorned with sculpture of sculls, human
bones and other such emblems of mortality, erected
for dean Charles Fotherbye, of Great Grimsby, in
Lincolnshire, archdeacon, then prebendary, and lastly,
dean of this church; he died in 1619. His widow
Cecilia lies buried in the same tomb. (fn. 21) Near to this,
on the same side, is a mural monument, having on it
the effigies of dean John Boys, sitting in his study,
with a table and reading desk before him, leaning his
head on his hand. The pillars and entablature, on
which are four escutcheons of his arms, and those of
the deanry, are of the Ionic order, all of white marble; he died suddenly in his study, in the year 1625.
At the east end under the window is a handsome mural monument for dean Thomas Turner, canon residentiary of St. Paul's London, then dean of Rochester, and lastly dean of this church; he died in
1672. On the north side is an oval half length painting on copper, for dean Isaac Bargrave: it is copied
from one of Cornelins Janson, in the deanry; it is
inclosed in a beautiful frame of white marble, at the
bottom of which is his coat of arms and inscription;
he died in 1642. Here likewise was intombed Elizabeth Dering his wife, who died in 1667.
About the middle of the chapel is a black marble
stone and inscription for dean John Potter, S. T. P.
who died in 1770, and for Martha his wife; on opening the grave for the dean, some bones were found
which might probably be those of prior Goldstone, the
founder of this chapel, and buried in it.
Near the entrance is a memorial for James Wedderburn, born at Dundee, in Scotland, dean of the
royal chapel there, and lastly bishop of Dumblain, for
four years; he died in 1639; and another for John
Bourchier, archdeacon of Canterbury, who died in
1495, whose coat of arms, as well as several devices
and legends relating to him, are dispersed throughout
the east window of this chapel.
In the upper south isle, adjoining to the choir,
under the second south window eastward, even with
the wall, is the tomb of archbishop Walter Reynolds,
who died in 1327, with his effigies in his pontifical
robes, lying at full length on it, but much defaced,
the inscription round it obliterated; and at the feet
of it, under the next window, that of archbishop Hubert Walter, who died in 1193, of the like form,
only with a dog at his feet, and in the same condition. Their robes were once adorned with the armorial bearings of their families; (fn. 22) but a thick covering
of white-wash, the usual modern embellishment of
church monuments, has for a long time hid the remains of them; the inscription on the latter tomb was
hardly discernable in Weever's time, and the place
only is now to be traced where it once was. On the
opposite or north side next the choir door, is the monument of archbishop cardinal Kemp, on the south
side of the presbytery, having an inscription round it
in brass, all entire to this day; he died in 1454—
Next above this, on the south side of the high altar,
is that of archbishop Stratford, who died in 1341,
having his effigies on it, lying at length in his pontifical dress, made of alabaster, but without any inscription. Above this is the monument of archbishop
Sudbury, who being beheaded by the rebels in London in 1381, his body was brought hither and buried
in this tomb; a fragment of his epitaph round it in brass
yet remains. To this tomb the mayor and aldermen of
this city were used to come, with much form and
ceremony, yearly to visit it, in grateful commemoraration of the great benefactions he had made to this
city. (fn. 23)
Opposite to this last, is the tomb of archbishop
Mepham, of black marble, making a part of a very
elegant screen of stone work between this side isle and
St. Anselm's chapel, under the great south window of
which is a raised part said to be the tomb of archbishop Bradwardin, who died in 1349, but without any
inscription or ornament.
In this chapel, at first dedicated to St. Peter and
St. Paul, were deposited the remains of St. Anselm,
who died in 1107, whence it was afterwards called by
his name; this chapel having escaped the fire, it is
probable his bones rested here till the reformation,
when it is reasonable to suppose, his relics met with
the same fatefrom the king's commissioners, that those
of Becket, Winchelsea, and others in this church
did, which had been the objects of popular superstition.
At the north-east corner of the cross isle or wing
below this chapel, was, as is conjectured, the tomb of
archbishop Winchelsea; in this place, where he is
said to have been buried in 1313, there are some broken places in the great pillar, and several marble pillars adjoining to it are so broken as to shew plainly
that some high built monument or the like, had been
once erected there; most probably it was demo
lished at the time of the reformation, on account
of the great veneration he was held in by the common
people.
On the opposite side of the choir, in the north isle
are two monuments; on the south side of it adjoining to the choir, being the westernmost of the two,
is that of archbishop Chicheley, who died in 1443,
founder of All Souls college; it was made in his life
tme at his own expence, (fn. 24) and is very rich in carving,
gilding and painting; there are several small figures
of the apostles; of death, time, &c. round the two pillars at the ends of it; upon the tomb, which is of
marble, lies the effigies of the archbishop in his pontifical dress, his cross beside him, as in full health; at
his head are two angels sitting, and at his feet two
priests kneeling, in the attitude of prayer; underneath the tomb is hollowed, and at the bottom of it,
as an emblem of that mortality and humiliating state
to which he was one day to come, is the archbishop's figure again represented as an emaciated corpse,
almost naked. The inscription on brass round it is
entire. (fn. 25)
The other monument, higher up on the northern
side of the high altar, is that of cardinal archbishop
Bourgchier, erected by himself in his life time, as has
been already noticed before. It is a high and stately
monument, composed of Bethersden marble, the
front of which is full of nitches, once filled with small
figures, but they have been long since taken from
thence; the inscription round it in brass is still entire;
he died in 1486.
Opposite this tomb, over the door of the audit
room, is a small mural tablet to the memory of Tho.
Cocks, auditor and register of this church, in the beginning of the last century.
Ascending the steps at the east end of this isle, we
come to the Trinity chapel; built behind the high
altar of this church, the place in the midst of which
the rich and much adorned shrine of St. Thomas
Becket formerly stood, and which, from the sanctity of
it, was reserved for the tombs and burials of such only
as were of high rank and distinction.
The pillars of this chapel were built to form a circle
round the eastern part of the above shrine, and between them, all the monuments in it, except one, are
placed. The first on the north side, is that of king
Henry IV. and his queen, Joane of Navarre, who
was his second wife; (fn. 26) their effigies, in their royal
robes and crowned, curiously sculptured of white
marble or alabaster, lying at full length on it; his
feet against a lion couchant, hers against a leopard, (the
queen on the right hand,) under a canopy carved,
painted and gilded, having on it three shields, one
with the arms of England and France quarterly; another with the same, impaling Evreux and Navarre,
and a third, Evreux and Navarre quarterly; all these
on a ground diapered with eagles volant, and the word
Soverayne, as the king's device and motto; and ermines, collared and chained, with the word Attemperance for that of the queen. There is likewise a tablet, at
the foot of the tomb on which is the painting of an
angel, standing and supporting a large escutcheon,
charged with the same achievements. The devices
and mottos above-mentioned enrich the cornice of
the canopy, but what is particular, the word Soverayne
and the eagles are on the side where the queen lies, and
the erminesand Attemperance on the side of the king.
Against the pillars at the head of the monument hangs
a tablet, painted with the murder of archbishop
Becket, now much decayed. (fn. 27)
This monument has suffered not a little within
memory; much of the rich carving of the canopies
over the heads of the king and queen having been
broken off and destroyed some few years ago, and the
figures themselves have suffered greatly from the heavy
hands of the careless and ignorant labourers, who
have at times been employed and left to themselves
to clean it. (fn. 28)
On the opposite side to the above is the monument
of Edward the black prince, the eldest son of king
Edw. III. who died at the archbishop's palace here, (fn. 29) on
June 8, anno 1376, and his funeral exequies were
celebrated in this church on the feast of St. Michael
following. (fn. 30) It is a noble monument, very entire and
very beautiful; his figure, large as life, lies at length
on it, his feet againsta lion coucbant, all in gilt brass;
the figure compleatly armed, except the head, on
which is a scull-cap with a coronet round it, once set
with stones, of which only the collets now remain;
and from hence hangs a hood of mail down to his
breast and shoulders; below which, is his surcoat of
arms, old France and England quarterly; the head
of the figure rests on a casque or helmet joined to his
cap, which supports his crest (a lion) formed after the
trophies above the monument, where are his gauntlets curiously finished and gilt; his coat, on which
are the arms above-mentioned, quilted with fine cotton, and at least as rich as any of those worn now by
the officers at arms on public occasions, but much
disfigured by time and dust; and the scabbard of his
sword, which appears by it to have been but a small
one. (fn. 31) His shield hangs upon a pillar near the head
of his tomb, on which are the same arms of old
France and England quarterly; it once had handles
to it. (fn. 32)
Round the edge of the tomb is a long inscription
in brass of French prose and verse, the whole of which
is printed both in Weever, Sandford, Battely, and
others; the former, being the only material part of
it, is as follows:
Ly gift le noble Monsr. Edward aisnez filz du tres
noble Roy Edward tiers: Prince d' Aquitaine & de
Gales, Duc de Cornwaille & Count de Castre, qi morust, en la feste de la Trinite gestrit le viii jour deJuin
Pan de grace mil trois cens Septante Sisine. lalm de qi
Dieu eit mercy. Amen.
The sides and ends of the tomb are adorned with
sculpture and shields of arms, on which are alter
nately the arms of old France and England quarterly,
with a file of three points, over the shield a label, on
which is the word Houmout in old English letters.—The other shield has his own arms, viz. three ostrich
featbers, the quill end of each in a socket, with a label
crossing, on which is his motto Ich Dien, and a label
above the shield in like manner, as the other beforementioned, with the like words Ich Dien on it. (fn. 33) On
the canopy over the monument is painted the figure
of our Saviour, now defaced, and the four Evangelists,
with their symbols in small compartments at the four
corners of it.
Between the two next pillars, eastward, is the elegant tomb of archbishop Courtney, who died in 1396,
having his essigies in alabaster, dressed in his pontisical vestments, lying at full length on it, but without
any inscription; many have contended this to have
been only a cenotaph, as was frequently the custom in
those times for great personages, and that the archbishop was buried in the chancel of the collegiate church
at Maidstone, where there was a tomb and inscription, telling us that he lay buried there; but more of
this will be found mentioned in the archbishop's life
hereafter.
Under the next arch is a plain simple tomb for Odo
Colignie, bishop elect of Beauvais, cardinal Chastilion, poisoned in 1571, as tradition reports, to prevent his embracing the Protestant religion, for which
purpose he had come to England, and put himself
under the protection of queen Elizabeth. (fn. 34) This tomb
is no more than a covering of brick-work and plaiste
over the coffin, which is laid on the pavement, and is
much in the shape and form of many of the like sort
in our country church-yards. Those who appointed
his remains to be laid in this honorable place, did not,
to all appearance, think it worth while to be at the expence of a decent repository for them.
Opposite to this tomb, on the north side of the chapel, at the foot of king Henry IV.'s monument, is that
of dean Wotton, who died in 1566; he was descended
of a noble family in this county, and was an eminent
statesman and an accomplished courtier; for he found
means to continue in favour and to act in a public character under four reigns, in which there were as many
changes in religion. His figure, which represents him
kneeling on his tomb, his hands joined and uplifted, in
the attitude of prayer before a desk, on which is a book
lying open, is an excellent piece of sculpture, the head
especially, which is said to have been taken from the
life, and executed at Rome during his stay there; the
countenance has vast expression in it; he is represented
in his doctor's robes, bare-headed and with short curly
hair and beard; by the figure he seems to have been of
a very small stature.
Near the south wall of this chapel, opposite to archbishop Courtney's monument, is one by itself, of a very
singular form; it is so unlike all the monuments since
the conquest, which I have seen described, that it seems
more like one of Saxon antiquity, being made in the
manner and shape of their shrines, rather than Norman. It was designed to stand close to a wall, but
does not do so here; it is shewn as the tomb of archbishop Theobald, but the general opinion is to the
contrary, (fn. 35) though it remains unknown for whom it
was otherwise designed.
At the end of this chapel is a small circular building, being the eastern extremity of this church, called
Becket's crown, in which, on the north side, is the
tomb of cardinal archbishop Pole. It is a plain one,
and of plaister, but of a form not inelegant; on it was
this inscription, Depositum cardinalis Poli; above it
there were, on the wall, some beautiful paintings in
fresco, but these are sadly gone to decay, and there remains but little to be seen of them; but they are described to have been two angels supporting a shield of
the cardinal's arms of eight coats, and between them
two cherubims, holding a cardinal's hat; over this
tomb is still remaining an old painting of St. Chrysostom carrying our Saviour over a river.
HAVING described the monuments and burials in
the upper part of this church, I shall now descend to
the cript or undercrost, where there are but few monuments or gravestones remaining. That part of the
undercrost, now used as the French church, has the
pavement so entirely covered with a coating of dirt
so thick, that whatever remains on the original pavement, cannot be seen; but beyond this part of the
undercrost, being the western extremity of it, there is
to be seen agravestone laid over one of the archbishops
or priors, having had on it his portrait in his pontisical habit and shields of arms, and otherwise richly ornamented, all in brass, which has been long since torn
away from it. (fn. 36)
Further eastward from the French church, nearly
under the high altar, is the monument of cardinal
archbishop Morton, who died in 1500; his figure in
his pontisical habit lies at length on it; around the
arch over it, there have been many small figures and
much ornamental sculpture. This was a very costly
and superb monument, but the zealots in the time
of the great rebellion desaced it shamefully; at a small
distance nearly eastward from it, is his gravestone, in
the middle of what was formerly the chapel of the
Virgin Mary, which appears to have had on it his
portrait, in his pontisical habit, with shields of arms
and other ornaments in brass, all long since torn from
it; by his will he directed to be buried before the
image of the blessed Virgin Mary, commonly called
our Lady of the Undercrost. (fn. 37) His monument, as
above-mentioned, is between two pillars near the
south-west corner of the chapel.
On the south side of this chapel, close to the outside of it, there is a handsome monument for Joane,
daughter of Bartholomew de Burgherst, lady Mohun,
prepared and set up at her own cost; (fn. 38) on the tomb is
her figure, lying at full length; the inscription in
French, being pour dieu priez por l'ame Johane Burwaschs que fut Dame de Mohun; but this has, as well
as the rest of the monuments in this part of the undercrost, been from time to time much defaced by
the carelessness of the workmen belonging to the
church, who make this place the common repository
for their materials, ladders and other such like unwieldy lumber; of course it is suffered to remain in a
very silthy condition.
Not far distant south-eastward from this, is an antient tomb for Isabel, countess of Athol, on which is
her figure at full length; (fn. 39) this has suffered likewise
much within these few years; three handsome pannels of alabaster on the front of it, with shields of
arms, having either through carelessness or mischief,
been beat down from it; these lay for some years entire enough to have been replaced with little expence
and trouble, but they are now lost and destroyed.
Still further eastward, there are several bodies interred, especially in that part which composes the
vaults allotted to the first prebendary; these lie nearly
even with the pavement, the stones of which seem to
form the lids of the coffins.
Besides those who we know had monuments or memorials on their gravestones in this church, there were
others, who were buried in it, for ought that we
know, without any; several of these, among which
are many of the first archbishops, with their places of
sepulture, have already been mentioned, in the account of the sabric of the church; notwithstanding
which, it may not be unacceptable to take some notice here of the burial-places of the several archbishops,
from the time of St. Augustine, the first of them,
who, as well as the nine succeeding archbishops, including Nothelm, were buried in St. Augustine's monastery, as was afterwards archbishop Jambert; Elsin,
archbishop elect, died in the Alpes with cold, and
was buried abroad, but where is not known. Archbishop Robert being ejected in 1052, died and was
buried in the abbey of Gemetica, in Normandy.—
Archbishop Stigand was buried at Winchester.—
Archbishop Baldwin died, and was buried in the Holy
Land. Archbishop Reginald, his successor, died
within a few days after his election, and was buried
in the church of Bath, of which diocese he was bishop. Archbishop Richard Wethershead, in his return from Rome, died and was buried at St. Gemma.
St. Edmund, archbbishop, died and was buried in foreign
parts. Archbishop Boniface died and was buried in the
country of Savoy; and Robert Kilwardbye, his successor, died and was buried abroad, at Viterbo, in Italy.
Archbishop Langham died and was buried at Avignon, whence his body was afterwards removed to
Westminster abbey, of which place he had been abbot. The number of those, who were not buried in
this church, being twenty one.
Those who were buried in it, having neither monument or gravestone at this time, whose places of burial in it have been already pointed out before, were
the archbishops Cuthbert, Bregwin, Athelard, Wlfred,
Fleologild, Ceolnoth, Athelred, Plegmund, Athelm,
Wlfelm, Odo, Dunstan, Athelgar, Siricius, Elfric,
Elphage, Living, Agelnoth, Edsin, Lansranc, Anselm, Rodulph, Corboil, Theobald, Thomas Becket,
Richard, Winchelsea, Islip, Wittlesey and Arundel;
these are in number thirty. The archbishops Walter,
Langton, Peckham, Reynolds, Mepham, Stratford,
Bradwardin, Sudbury, Courtney, Chicheley, Kemp,
Bourghchier, Morton, Warham and Pole, in number
fourteen, have monuments still remaining, as described before; as are the gravestones of archbishops
Ufford, Stafford and Dean, making in the whole together forty-eight archbishops, who have been buried in this church, all whose remains, except those
of archbishops Becket and Winchelsea, still rest
within it.
There is no memorial extant of the sepultures of
any of the primary deans of this church, who presided over it, instead of priors, before archbishop Lanfranc's time. Of the priors of this church, I shall observe that of the first six and twenty, ten of whom
were translated to higher preferments, four of them
resigned, two of them were deposed, and one of them
died at Rome. The remaining nine of them continued priors to the time of their death, but we have no
record or memorial of the places of their interment,
except that of Wibert in 1167, in the chapter-house,
and the two inscriptions, the one at the foot of a buttress on the outside of the north wall; the other on
the outside of the south wall of the church nearest to
archbishop Becket's chapel; which are conjectured
to have been placed there, the first in memory of
prior Lee, who died in 1234; the last for prior Nicholas de Sandwich, his successor, who died in 1289;
both which will be noticed hereafter.
Among the rest of the priors, Richard Oxinden and
Robert Hathbrand, were buried in St. Michael's chapel, where their inscriptions on brass plates still remain. The priors Finch, Selling and Goldstone, the
second of that name, were buried in the martyrdom,
where their gravestones, though robbed of their
brasses, still remain. Prior Thomas Chillenden was
buried in the nave of the church, towards the south
side of it, just by archbishop Arundel; prior Woodnesborough, just above him, and prior Eleham just
above him; prior Salisbury lies also in the upper part
of the nave of the church, the gravestones of all whom
were remaining over them, till they were of late removed on the laying down the new pavement of the
nave.
Prior Thomas Goldstone, the first of that name'
was buried in the chapel of the blessed Virgin Mary,
founded by him, now called the dean's chapel. There
is nothing known of the burial places of the priors
Gillingham, Mongeham, Oxney, and Petham, nor or
William Molash, whose death is recorded in the register of the church; some of them most probably were
buried in the chapter-house, but which of them, excepting Wibert, is not known. The several inscrip
tions on their gravestones in this church, will be mentioned hereafter, in the account of them.
The burials of the several deans of this church
since the new foundation of it, have been noticed already in the description of their monuments in the
different parts of it, viz. of dean Wotton in the Trinity chapel, of dean Nevill in the late chapel, called
by his name, on the south side of the nave, and of the
deans Rogers, Fotherbye, Boys, Bargrave, Turner,
and Potter, in the dean's chapel.
There was but one archdeacon buried in this church
before the reformation, viz. archdeacon Bourgchier,
who lies in the dean's chapel, and but one since Dr.
Kingsley, who was buried in the lower south cross
isle, except dean Fotherbye, is mentioned, who had
been likewise archdeacon.
The prebendaries interred in this church are many,
all whom, and the several places where they lie, may
be found in the account of them hereafter, taken from
their memorials, their wills, and the parish register of
this church.
To these burials may be added that of queen
Ediva, who was laid in the same grave with archbibishop Living; of Richard Fitzalan, earl of Arun.
del, (fn. 40) and of Gerald Fitzmaurice, who was justice
of Ireland in the beginning of king Henry III.'s
reign. (fn. 41)
There were many persons, without doubt, buried
in this church, who from the high estimation it was
held in, were mostly of note and superior quality,
who have no memorials at present left of them; nor
are their particular places of sepulture, or even their
names known. (fn. 42)
The parish register of this church does not begin
till the year 1564, anno 4th Elizabeth; by it the burials in it appear to have for the most part been those
of persons of family, clergymen of eminent note, or
members of this church and their families. Besides
those whose monuments and gravestons have been
mentioned before, the register mentions the burials of
the lady Edmondes, brought from beyond seas in
1615; Sir John Cullimore in 1620; the lady Lovelace in 1627; Sir John Wild in 1635; the lady Fotherbye in 1686; the lady Mansfield in 1643; lady
Wild and lady Heyman, both in that year; Awdry
lady Master in 1658; Sir John Fotherbye in 1666;
Charles, earl of Bellamont and baron Wotton, in
1602; the lady Hardres in the south cross isle, and
lady Rebecca Parker in the same, in 1691; the lady
Anne Head, of these precincts, in the same, in 1711,
near her father and mother; Sir William Boys in the
nave, in 1744, and the lady Anne his widow, in 1753;
and Chaworth Brabason, earl of Meath, in the south
isle of the nave, in 1763.
Besides which there are frequent entries in it, among
others, of the burials of the families of Master,
Somner, Randolph, Spracklyn, Simpson, Wilsford,
and Hardres.
In the wills registered in the Prerogative-office in
Canterbury, I find, among others, the following di
rections for burials in this church; of John Charte,
aliasToppenden, a petty canon, in 1556, in the nave;
John Honywood, of Sene, in Newington, in 1557;
Richard Fysher, alderman in 1575, in the nave;
William Roberts, of St. Alphage, in 1583, beside his
father; Richard Baseley, of these precincts, preacher
of the gospel, in 1585, in the nave near the bodies of
John Bale and Robert Pownall, his companions in
exile, professors and preachers of God's word, whose
goodness had restored them to their native country;
Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Rooke, gent. late of
Mersham, in 1599; William Heyman, of these precincts, the same year, beside his sister Emlen Heyman,
and his brother and sister Hill; George Smith, gent.
of St. Mildred's in 1610; Nicholas Parker, of the
precincts, in 1617, in the nave near his late wife;
Mrs. Mary Sympson, of the same, in 1617, in her
husband's grave; Francis Tooke, late of the lady
Wootton's palace, in 1626, in the nave; Anne Seller, of Christ-church, widow, in 1625, in the same,
near her late husband John Seller, clerk, B. D. Elizabeth, daughter of Theodore Beacon, M. D. of Canterbury, in 1629, and directed a tomb stone to be
laid there, with an inscription, shewing that her father
and brother were there buried; George Marson, clerk,
of Christ-church, in 1632, on the south side of the
church, in the narrow place between Sir Stephen
Thornhurst's chapel and the stairs there, going up behind the choir; Thomas Boys, gent. of St. Gregories, in 1625, in the grave in which his first wife lay,
a small remembrance to be made upon a stone for
his two wives, himself and his daughter Frances;
Thomas Hovenden, alderman of Canterbury, in the
north isle, near his only daughter Anne; and Frances,
widow of John Bargrave, D. D. prebendary of Canterbury, in 1686, in the nave near her father Sir John
Wild, deceased.
The cemeteries of this church, adjoining to it, were
not appropriated, especially the larger or outward one,
to the members of it only, but to the inhabitants of
the city in general, till of late years. In the wills in
the Prerogative-office before-mentioned, I find mention of the following burials in them.
Of Thomas Prowde, of St. Alphage parish, in
1468, near the porch of the church, where his wife
was buried near him, in 1493; Richard Clerk, rector
of Great Mongeham, in the cemetery in 1476; John
Webbe, of Canterbury, in the same year; just within
the gate near the sepultures of Roger Laborne, John
Wilcocks, of this city, in 1485; Joan Bettenham in
1490; John Brimme, clerk, in the same year; Peter
Maxey, clerk, chaplain of the prince's chantry, in
1492; John Rotheram, of Northgate, in 1494, and
Margaret his wife, in 1499; Henry Pygott, of St.
Alphage, in the inner cemetery in 1500; Elizabeth
Colphin, of St. Elphis, in 1501, in the sanctuary of
Christ-church, near her children; John Hawkyns,
chantry priest of Arundel's chantry, in 1511, in some
holy place within the precincts, as the lord prior and
convent should devise, and in his will mentions Sir
Philip his fellow chaplain, and gives that joined close
there to those of the house of the chantry; Thomas
Sydrake, chaplain, of the city of Canterbury, in 1516,
in the cemetery; James Corsume, chantry priest of
prince Edward's chantry, in 1518, near the monument
of Sir Richard Pereson, his late associate there, and
mentions the chapels of the above chantry, St. Clement, St. Mary sublus undercroft, St. Augustine and
St. John Baptist, near the tomb of St. Thomas, all
in this church; Christopher Taylor, of St. Alphage,
in 1518, in the sanctuary, under the yough tree; Agnes Vincent, in the same year in the cemetery, and
mentions the children of the ambry of Christ-church,
and gave to the prior and convent to admit her sister
of the chapter with them, her best gerdyll; Sir William Haddon, chantry priest of Christ-church, in
1529, near the sepulture of Sir John Lancaster; John
Geamyn, of St. Margaret's, in 1525, in the seyntuary; he gave a legacy to the brotherhood of St.
Loys, in Christ-church; John Bremar, of St. Alphage, in 1529, in the sanctuary; Sir Henry Arundel,
one of the priests of the almery, in 1540, in the
church yard; Richard Burcharde, of Canterbury, in
1534, in the sanctuary, next Agnes his wife, and directed that his executors should provide two pair of
stone crosses to be made and wrought after those standing at the sepulture of William Bremour; the one
pair at his sepulture, the other at that of his wife;
William Page, clerk, one of the chantry priests of
Arundel's chantry, in 1549, in the church-yard, near
the sepulture of Richard Peresey; he gave eight-pence
a piece to the five chantry priests of Christ-church;
Richard Thompson, clerk, petty canon in 1563;
John Pettowse, clerk, petty canon in 1560, and Richard Turpyne, of St. Alphage, in 1574, against the
tomb there.