The monumental remains of noble and eminent persons - comprising the sepulchral antiquities of Great Britain (1826) (14780217544)

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Title: The monumental remains of noble and eminent persons : comprising the sepulchral antiquities of Great Britain
Year: 1826 (1820s)
Authors: Blore, Edward, 1787-1879 Le Keux, Henry, 1787-1868
Subjects: Sepulchral monuments Nobility
Publisher: London : Harding, Lepard and Co.
Contributing Library: Getty Research Institute
Digitizing Sponsor: Getty Research Institute



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FITZALAN, EARL OF ARUNDEL. particularly the tracery in the roofs, and the small heads andfoliage at the intersection of the ribs. The back of each of thecanopies is finished with tracery, in the centre of which is a beau-tiful little niche and pedestal to receive a figure. This interestingmonument has sustained injury in various parts. The hands ofthe principal figures are destroyed; many of the small figures onthe sides of the tomb have lost their heads, and are otherwisemutilated. Almost all the canopies have in a greater or lessdegree shared the same fate, and the small figures have entirelydisappeared from the niches at the backs of the principal canopies.A portion of the original fence of wrought iron inclosing thetomb still remains, and is a curious specimen of that species ofwork; but as it has a tendency rather to obstruct the view, it hasbeen partly omitted in the annexed plate. There is no inscrip-tion nor any armorial bearing remaining, excepting those alreadydescribed. 14
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RALPH NEVILLE, FIRST EARL OF WESTMORLAND. Ob. 1425.monument at staindrop. It would, perhaps, be impossible to point out a family moredistinguished in English history, for its antiquity and splendor,for its wealth and power, or for the martial valour, or diplomaticability, of its several members, than the illustrious house ofNeville. John Lord Neville, father of the nobleman whosemonument is now given, appears to have been a person of veryvarious and splendid talents. In the earlier part of the reignof King Edward the Third, he was conspicuous for his prowessin the contests with France; and, accordingly, we find himknighted for his valour at the barriers of Paris. He wasafterwards appointed Admiral of the Fleet, and, in the last yearof that monarch, had the important, and no very easy, mission, to settle all things in quiet, in the marches of Scotland, inreference to the injuries done by the subjects of each kingdomto one another. To omit a great variety of offices of trust,with which