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Adjoining to this monument, is one,
much decay'd, for Sir James Fullerton and
his Lady, whose effigies lie upon it, and
on a table of black marble is the following
quaint inscription:
Here lie the Remains of Sir James Fuller-
    ton, Knt. first Gentleman of the Bed-
    chamber to King Charles the First (Prince
    and King) a generous Rewarder of all
    Virtue, a severe Reprover of all Vice, a
    profest Renouncer of all Vanity.  He
    was a firm Pillar to the Commonwealth,
    a faithful Patron to the Catholic Church,
    a fair Pattern to the British Court.  He
    lived to the Welfare of his Country, to
    the Honour of his Prince, to the Glory
    of his God.  He died fuller of Faith
    than of Fear, fuller of Resolution than
of Pain, fuller of Honour than of Days.
There is a monument erected to the
memory of Sir James Bromley, Chancellor
to Queen Elizabeth, who died on the 12th
of April 1587.  This monument is of
alabaster, with pillars of Lydian marble
gilt, and Sir James is represented lying in
his Chancellor's habit, with his four sons
and four daughters kneeling on the base.
In the same chapel is a plain monument
of Sir Dudley Carlton, who for his ser-
vices
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vices to King James I. and King Charles I.
was made Viscount Dorchester, and Secre-
tary of State.  He died on the 15th of
February 1631, and is represented on his
tomb sitting in a half rais'd posture.
To the east of this monument is another
of alabaster to the memory of Frances the
wife of Thomas Ratcliffe, Earl of Sussex,
who distinguished herself by her humanity
and genorosity, and died on the 15th of
April 1589.  She is represented in a re-
cumbent posture, resting on an embroider-
ed cushion, dressed in robes, and with a
coronet on her head.
Next to this is the monument of Francis
Lord Cottington of Hanworth, who died
on the 9th of June 1652, and of his Lady
who died in 1633.  This monument is of
black touchstone, and remarkably different
from every other in the Abbey.  On the
top is a circular frame of gilt brass, en-
closing the bust of the Lady, and beneath
is his Lordship on a table monument rest-
ing on his left arm, and over a satyr's head
is the inscription in English mentioning
his Lordship's titles and employments.
St. Nicholas's Chapel contains several re-
markable monuments: near the entrance is
one of black marble, finely polished, to the
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