Memorials of John Ray / edited by Edwin Lankester.

Date:
1846
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Credit: Memorials of John Ray / edited by Edwin Lankester. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    on the locks and keys, &c. Edward IV is buried here under a huge grave-stone, and over it a pair of gates of well carved steel of great value. The poor knights wear a loose red gown over a purple gown at divine service, how at other times they are habited, I saw not ; on their left shoulder is St. George's cross. ‘The two silver candlesticks and basin on the altar, were given by the late Princess of Orange. Behind St. George’s chapel is another chapel unfinished, where Cardinal Wolsey intended to have had his own monu- ment. Out of the second courtis a passage over a draw- bridge, and through a great gateway, into that which they call properly the castle, which is the king’s palace. Here stands the main-guard. Within the second court is a tower (called the round tower) standing upon a round and high hill, with a wide and deep ditch about it, where the magazine is kept. The third court is a very fair and spacious place, encompassed with very good build- ings, on one side St. George’s hall, where the king dines with the knights; also the king’s private chapel. There are many fair rooms in the palace. ‘The roofs of the guard-chamber and the presence-chamber are adorned with speculums, fixed in the corners of the fret-work. long the north side of the castle is a very stately terras- alk, from whence is a view of the ‘Thames. In the hall is St. George’s chair, on the back whereof is carved St. George killing the dragon, and the virgin standing by. In the lower-most room of a tower near St. George’s hall, two kings were kept prisoners at once, viz., John king of France, and David king of Scotland. From Windsor we passed a wooden bridge over the Thames to Eton. ‘These two together make up a fair and large town. We saw the college, which is somewhat inferior to Winchester college. The chapel is large, and somewhat resembles king’s college chapel in Cambridge. The outer chapel:is used as the parish church of Eton. None sit m the choir but such as are of the foundation. Here is a little chapel of one Lupton, with a rebus carved