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the effigies of Princes, and others of high
quality, interred in the Abbey.  These
effigies, 'tis said, resembled the deceased as
near as possible, and were formerly exposed
at the funerals of our Princes and other
great personages, in open chariots, with
their proper ensigns of royalty or honour.
Those here deposited are all maimed, some
stripped, and others in tattered robes; but
the most ancient are the least injured,
which seems as if the value of their cloaths
had occasioned this ravage; for the robes
of Edward VI. that were once of crimson
velvet, but now appear like leather, are
left entire; while those of Queen Eliza-
beth and King James I. are taken away,
as is every thing of value from all the rest.
St. John Baptist's Chapel, contains seve-
ral monuments: one at the entrance is to
the memory of Mrs. Mary Kendall, the
daughter of Thomas Kendall, Esq; she
died in her thirty-third year, and her epi-
taph informs us, that " her many virtues
" rendered her every way worthy of that
" close union and friendship, in which she
" lived with Lady Catharine Jones; and
" in testimony of which, she desired that
" even their ashes, after death, might not
" be divided; and therefore ordered her-
" self
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" self here to be interred, where she knew
" that excellent Lady designed one day to
" rest, near the grave of her beloved and
" religious mother, Elizabeth Countess of
" Kendall."
Next to this is a monument erected to the
memory of Col. Edward Popham, and his
Lady, whose statues in white marble stand
under a lofty canopy, resting their arms in
a thoughtful posture upon a mrble altar,
on which lie the gloves of an armed
knight.  This gentleman was an active
officer in Cromwell's army, and his at-
chievements were here inscribed on his
tomb.  Upon the restoration, the monu-
ment was ordered to be demolished, and
the inscription erased; but at the interces-
sion of some of his Lady's relations, who
had eminently served his Majesty, the stone
whereon the inscription was cut was only
turned inwards, and no other injury done
to his monument.
In the midst of this chapel is a large
table monument for Thomas Cecil, Earl of
Exeter, Baron Burleigh, Knight of the
Garter, and Privy Counsellor to King
James I. whereon is placed his statue lying
down, with his Lady on his right side,
and a vacant space on his left for another.
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