On the right hand wall, side of Wolfe, is a monument to the memory of Bishop Duppa, tutor to Charles II., a man of such exemplary piety, lively conversation, and excess of good nature, that when Charles I. was a prisoner in Carisbrooke Castle, he thought himself happy in the company of so good a man. He was born at Greenwich, and educated first at Westminster School, and then at Christ Church College, Oxford, of which he was afterwards Dean; and being selected for the Preceptor to the then Prince of Wales, was first made Bishop of Chichester, from thence translated to Salisbury, and after the Restoration to the See of Winchester. He died March 26, 1622, in the seventy-fourth year of his age.—Burman, sculptor.
Beneath is a tablet, “Sacred to the memory of John Theophilus Beresford, eldest son of Marcus Beresford, and the Lady Frances, his wife, Lieutenant in the eighty-eighth regiment of foot, who died in the twenty-first year of his age, at Villa Formosa, in Spain, of wounds received from the exploding of a powder magazine, at Ciudad Rodrigo, after he had passed unhurt through eight days of voluntary service, of the greatest danger during the siege, for which he received the thanks of the Commander-in-Chief. Brave and zealous in his military duties, animated by a strong feeling of piety to God, and distinguished by his ardent filial affection and duty towards a widowed mother, he has left to her the recollection of his rising virtues as her only consolation under the irreparable loss she has sustained by his death. Born, Jan. 16, 1792, and died Jan. 29, 1812; interred with military honours, in the fort of Almeida.—‘Yea, speedily was he taken away, lest that wickedness should alter his understanding, or deceit beguile his soul.’—Wisdom of Solomon, chap. iv., verse 11.”—Westmacott, sculptor.
Next to this is a tablet to the memory of Sir James Adolphus Oughton, Commander-in-Chief of his Majesty’s forces in North Britain. The inscription is a recital of his military employments, and a record of his death, which took place April 14, 1780, in the sixty-first year of his age.—Hayward, sculptor.
On the floor is the image of an Abbot in his mass habit curiously engraved on brass, representing John de Eastney, who died March 4, 1498. By the records of the Church he appears to have been a great benefactor to it; he ornamented the grand west window with some noble paintings on glass of which some little still remains. He gave the screen to the Chapel, and presented two images gilt for the altar of St. Peter and St. Paul, and one for the chapter house. He paid the King 1,000l. on account of the merchants, and 3,700l. to the Court of Rome, due for the confirmation of abbots.
A little to the left, on another gravestone, plated with brass, is the figure of an armed Knight, resting his feet on a lion, and his head on a greyhound, which, as the register informs us, represents Sir John Harpedon, Knight, who died in 1457.
Adjoining this is a gravestone, on which have been the figures, in brass, of Thomas Browne and Humphrey Roberts, two monks of this Church, who died in 1508.
On the right as you enter the Chapel is another gravestone, on which has been the effigy of Sir Thomas Parry, Knight, Treasurer of the Household, Master of the Court of Wards and Liveries to Queen Elizabeth. He died December 15, 1560.
IX.—Chapels of St. John the Evangelist, St. Andrew, and St. Michael.
| 1. General Villettes, 1808. 2. General Sir Charles Stuart, 1801. 3. Two Sons of General Forbes, 1791 and 1799. 4. Admiral Kempenfelt, 1782. 5. Earl and Countess of Mountrath, 1751 and 1766. 6. Admiral Totty, 1802. 7. Earl and Countess of Kerry, 1518. 8. Mr. Telford, 1834. 9. Dr. Baillie, 1823. 10. Miss Davidson, 1767. 11. Dr. Young, 1829. 12. Lord and Lady Norris and Family, 1601. 13. Mrs. Ann Kirton, 1603. 14. Sarah, Duchess of Somerset, 1692. 15. Nightingale Family, 1734 and 1752. 16. Admiral Sir George Pocock, 1792. 17. Sir George Holles, son of Sir Francis Vere, 1626. 18. Captain Edward Cook, 1799. 19. Sir Humphry Davy, 1829. 20. Sir Francis Vere, 1608. |