[205] Whose mother and Henry Duke of Somerset were brother’s children.
[206] At the Festival of the Virgin Mary, 1514.
[207] See notice of Chepstow, ante, page 4.
[208] See vol. i. of this work, art. Arundel Castle.
[209] As stated by Collins—Mr. Thomas says, “at Raglan Castle; adding, ‘two headless and mutilated parts of alabaster statues of this nobleman and his lady, which are, alas, kicked about by every chance visitor to the church, alone remain of the magnificent tomb erected to their memory!’”—Raglan, p. 137.
[When the Editor visited the place in August, 1848, the monument presented the same pitiable state of dilapidation—a bitter homily on the vanity of wealth, birth, and titles—yet in sad but perfect harmony with the desolation of the adjoining Castle.]
[210] Collins, 1768, vol. iii. p. 208.
[211] Illustrations of British History, vol. i. p. 490.
[212] Illustrations of British History, vol. i. p. 490, 491, ed. 1838.
[213] History of England, Manners and Customs, book viii. chap. vi. p. 629.