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memory of the Lady Jane Clifford, youngest
daughter to the Duke of Somerset, and
wife to Charles Lord Clifford and Dungar-
van, who died Nov. 23, 1679. This black
monument is adorned with cherubims and
a scroll of alabaster, whereon is written a
long inscription in English, containing an
account of the Lady's descent and marriage.
By the door on the same side, is a mo-
nument of alabaster erected for Lady Cecil,
the daughter of Lord Cobham, who hav-
ing married Sir Robert Cecil, son to Wil-
liam Lord Burleigh, Treasurer of England,
died in child-bed in 1591. The Latin in-
scription is a dialogue between herself and
husband, expressing their mutual affection.
At some distance is a magnificent temple
of various coloured marble, erected to the
memory of Anne Duchess of Somerset,
wife to Edward Duke of Somerset. She
died on the 16th of April 1618, aged
twenty-eight. The inscription is in Latin
and English, and contains a pompous de-
tail of the noble lineage of this great Lady,
her alliances and issue.
In this chapel is likewise a very expen-
sive monument, erected by the great Lord
Burleigh, to the memory of his wife Mil-
dred, and their daughter the Lady Anne,
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Countess of Oxford, representing a stately
temple built with porphyry, and other kinds
of marble gilt. It is divided into two
compartments, one elevated over the other.
In the lower lies Lady Burleigh, in a re-
cumbent posture, with her daughter Lady
Jane in her arms; and at her head and
feet are her children and grand-children
kneeling. In the upper compartment is
the figure of a venerable old man, supposed
to be the Lord Burleigh, on his knees, as if
at fervent prayer. The Lady Burleigh died
April 4, 1589, aged sixty-three, after be-
ing forty years married, and her daughter,
the Lady Oxford, June 5, 1588. On the
tomb is a long Latin inscription, explaining
the figures, and displaying their respective
virtues and accomplishments.
The next monument I shall mention in
this chapel, is that of the Lady Winifrid,
married first to Sir Richard Sackville, Knt.
and afterwards to John Paulet, Marquis of
Winchester. On the base are the figures of
a Knight armed and kneeling, and facing
him a Lady in mourning also on her knees;
behind whose back lies an infant on a bap-
tismal font with its head supported by a
pillow.
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