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And so the chantry chapel of St . John the Baptist , in this borough , ( called also St . Thomas Becket's chapel ) having been obtained from the proprietor thereof , became converted into a school , and hath continued one ever since . "
The school-room contains some handsome old oak finials , belonging to the seats of the ancient chapel , but which the Gothic taste for painting everything has ruthlessly daubed with a dirty green . The slender income of the master , and the lamentably dilapidation of the whole place , make us think nervously of commissions of inquiry , and
pi some 01 those investigations which , unhappily , seem to form a necessary part of the history of every cathedral and collegiate establishment in this country . Surely better things might be—surely this venerable chapel might be advantageously restored to a different condition , whether as a building devoted to the honour of Q-od , or the edification of man .
"We have already alluded to the deficiency of monuments in the present church , but , in deference to the wishes of such of our readers as are fond of epitaphs , we quote a few from Browne "Willis . Within the communion rails , on a black Warwickshire stone , was one , " In memory of my dear sister Abigail Swannel , who died May the 8 th , 1693 , " with this inscription : —
Ci Farewel those joys whereon my fond mind fed , My joy in heaven , my grave my marriage-bed : My hope is sole in Christ , lo here I lie Until the morning of eternity . "
Another , to the memory of George Dance , gent ., is as follows : — c < Live well , kind reader , death comes unawares ; Prayers cannot stay it , no , nor children ' s tears . " A third , to William Hudson , of Boreton , deceased in 1657 , deserves notice : —
i ( Whoso thou art , with loving heart , Stand , think , and read of me : For as thou art , so once was I , And as I am , so shalt thou be . "
Many also were the arms and escutcheons that adorned the windows and tombs of the old church , especially of the families of Clare , Zouch , and Buckingham—many the memorials of less noble , but no less worthy , aldermen and burgesses . Buckingham has always been a loyal city , for
" King Charles of grave renown , sir , His state in Buckingham did keep ; We always served the crown , sir . "
as sings Archer Grurney , while the noble old house , as we approach the Stowe road , which is ilow occupied by Mr . Hearne , once furnished shelter to the persecuted Charles the Krst . A vague colloquial tradition points to the house immediately opposite as having once afforded a residence to Oliver Cromwell , but , if this be true , Oliver
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And so the chantry chapel of St . John the Baptist , in this borough , ( called also St . Thomas Becket's chapel ) having been obtained from the proprietor thereof , became converted into a school , and hath continued one ever since . "
The school-room contains some handsome old oak finials , belonging to the seats of the ancient chapel , but which the Gothic taste for painting everything has ruthlessly daubed with a dirty green . The slender income of the master , and the lamentably dilapidation of the whole place , make us think nervously of commissions of inquiry , and
pi some 01 those investigations which , unhappily , seem to form a necessary part of the history of every cathedral and collegiate establishment in this country . Surely better things might be—surely this venerable chapel might be advantageously restored to a different condition , whether as a building devoted to the honour of Q-od , or the edification of man .
"We have already alluded to the deficiency of monuments in the present church , but , in deference to the wishes of such of our readers as are fond of epitaphs , we quote a few from Browne "Willis . Within the communion rails , on a black Warwickshire stone , was one , " In memory of my dear sister Abigail Swannel , who died May the 8 th , 1693 , " with this inscription : —
Ci Farewel those joys whereon my fond mind fed , My joy in heaven , my grave my marriage-bed : My hope is sole in Christ , lo here I lie Until the morning of eternity . "
Another , to the memory of George Dance , gent ., is as follows : — c < Live well , kind reader , death comes unawares ; Prayers cannot stay it , no , nor children ' s tears . " A third , to William Hudson , of Boreton , deceased in 1657 , deserves notice : —
i ( Whoso thou art , with loving heart , Stand , think , and read of me : For as thou art , so once was I , And as I am , so shalt thou be . "
Many also were the arms and escutcheons that adorned the windows and tombs of the old church , especially of the families of Clare , Zouch , and Buckingham—many the memorials of less noble , but no less worthy , aldermen and burgesses . Buckingham has always been a loyal city , for
" King Charles of grave renown , sir , His state in Buckingham did keep ; We always served the crown , sir . "
as sings Archer Grurney , while the noble old house , as we approach the Stowe road , which is ilow occupied by Mr . Hearne , once furnished shelter to the persecuted Charles the Krst . A vague colloquial tradition points to the house immediately opposite as having once afforded a residence to Oliver Cromwell , but , if this be true , Oliver