The church of St. Bartholomew the Great, West Smithfield : Its foundation, present condition, and funeral monuments / By Norman Moore.

  • Moore, Norman, 1847-1922.
Date:
1892
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Credit: The church of St. Bartholomew the Great, West Smithfield : Its foundation, present condition, and funeral monuments / By Norman Moore. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University.

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    against the French under the Marquis of Dorset, in 1512, and commanded a ship in the fleet of Lord Edmund Howard in the battle of Brest, in 1513, and after these wars died peace- fully at home. This monument is worthy of the descendant of so gallant a knight; and like many of its period is full of devotional feeling, and free from the worldly pomp or tasteless ornament which so often spoil the monuments of the last century. The pillars of the first arch beyond Chamber- layne's tomb are attached. The billet mould- ing is continued from this arch along the wall at the level of the abacus of the capital. Be- tween this moulding and the base course of the triforium is an oval tablet of white marble with scroll-work border, supported by cherubs and surmounted by a coat of arms. It commemo- rates an important benefactor of the parish, and deserves to be given in full. In the South aisle lyes all that was mortal of Mr. Jno. Whiting of ye Tower of London. He was a man of excellent life sincere to his Friends To ye Indigent charitable To all affable C