The patronage of this church, which is
a curacy, was anciently in the Abbot and
Convent of Westminster, as it is at present
in the Dean and Chapter.

On the south side of the altar is an an-
cient tomb, erected in the depth of popish
ignorance and superstition, on which is
the portraiture of Mary Bylling standing
between the Virgin Mary and an angel,
and over her is engraved the figure of an
old man, to represent the omnipresent
Deity, emitting rays of light upon the
head of the Virgin, from whose mouth
proceeds a label with these words, Ecce
ancilla Domini; fiat mihi secundum verbum
tuum.  Out of Mary Bylling's mouth is-
sues a scroll with these words: Blessyd
Lady, for thy glorious salutacion, bryng our
sowles to everlasting salvation: and on two
scrolls on each side of her, Blessyd Triniti,
on me have mercy.  Blessyd Triniti, on me
have mercy.  These four figures, with the
several inscriptions, are engraven on small
brass plates inlaid in the stone, as is also an
inscription which gives the names of her
three husbands, and lets us know that she

There is also here a whimsical inscrip-
tion on the tomb of Skelton, the merry
Poet Laureat to Henry VII. and VIII.
who died on the 21st of June 1529.

We shall conclude these odd monu-
mental inscriptions with the following,
which as well as the former, is mentioned
by Weaver in his Funeral monuments.