Among many Nations was there no King like him.—Neh. xiii. 26.
On another at the bottom,
His Heart was perfect with the Lord all his Days.—1 Kings xv. 14.
Above these arms is the figure of the Virgin Mary, and below is St. Andrew. The dexter lancet window is occupied with the figures of St. Philip, St. Bartholomew, and St. James the son of Zebedee, and the sinister with St. Simon, St. Thomas, and St. Matthias. At the bottom is the following inscription:—“Ioannes Brickdale Blakeway, A.M. HUJUS ECCLESIÆ JUDEX OFFICIALIS ET MINISTER INSIGNIA REGIA P. C. ANNO MDCCCXX. Reliquam FENESTRÆ PARTEM EXORNAVIT EJUS VIDUA M.E.B. ANNO MDCCCXXIX.”
The lower portion of the walls are ornamented with interstitial divisions and monuments.
Against the west wall is a most beautiful free-stone
MONUMENT
TO THE LATE REV. J. B. BLAKEWAY;
which for elegance of design, beauty of execution, and general effect, has perhaps rarely been surpassed in modern times.
This beautiful Memorial was designed by Mr. John Carline, of this town, and is upwards of 12 feet in length and 16 feet in height, and is divided into three compartments by clustered buttresses, which sustain richly crocketed pinnacles. The centre compartment comprises a large pointed arch, cusped, canopied, and crocketed, the back of which is deeply recessed, and contains the following inscription in ornamental Roman capitals: