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Within the altar-rails, on the north side, is the tomb of EDMOND OF LANGLEY, son of Edward the Third, who was buried here, near the remains of his first wife, ISABEL, younger daughter of Pedro, King of Castile. This tomb was originally differently situated, as appears from its sides being surrounded with shields of arms; though, from its present position, those only on the west and south can now be seen. The arms on the west side, are those of Westminster, England, and Mercia: the shields on the south, display the arms of Edmond, &c. All the shields are in the centres of ornamented square compartments: below them, under plain mouldings, is a range of quatrefoils, apparently surrounding the whole tomb. The top is now covered with a broken slab of Purbeck marble; the other parts are of free-stone.

Opposite to the above, on the south side of the altar, is a plain tomb of white marble; over which is a tablet, in memory of the HONORABLE WILLIAM GLASCOCKS, of Adamhowe, in Essex, who was Judge of the Admiralty in Ireland in the time of Charles the Second: he died in July, 1688, at the age of seventy-three. Several slabs, with Brasses, are yet remaining here: one of them, in the north aisle, has small, but neat figures of a male in a long cloak; and two females, with large hats and ruffs, of the time of Elizabeth. Below them, and over two smaller brasses, containing groups of children, nine in each, is this inscription:

Here lyeth the Body of John Carter, late of Sifres, who had two lives: by the first he had issue 4 sonnes, and 5 daugh, ters; and by ; second, he had issue 5 Sones and 4 daughters. He was buried ; 9. of August, 1588,

On another slab, close to the former, is a small Brass of a female, with an indent for a male figure, which is now gone: the inscription records the name ylim Carter, and Alys his Wyle:' the former died the eleventh of April, 1528. Some fragments of painted glass, with the arms of Sanky, Dalamar, &c. remain in a window of the north aisle. The Church-yard is extensive, and contains many tombs and sepulchral memorials: the most remarkable of VOL. VII. APRIL, 1806. T

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these is within a space inclosed by iron rails, at the end of the south aisle. It displays an elegant sarcophagus, having a circle in front, surrounding a section of a Saxon building, with the motto, Stabilior Amicitia: above this, on a circular marble tablet, is a basrelief of au infant Hymen, weeping, his torch inverted. This was executed in memory of MRS. ELIZABETH CRAWFORD, of King's Langley, who died in April, 1793, at the age of forty-two.

LANGLEY BURY, the seat of Long Kinsman, Esq. was built by the Lord Chief Justice Raymond, about the time of Charles the Second. It stands on elevated ground, rising from the west bank of the Gade River, and nearly opposite to Hunton Bridge.

RUSSEL FARM, a pleasant seat about two miles north from Watford, was the residence of Lady Anne Capel, on whose death it became the property of the Earl of Essex, and has been let to General Ross, who was in the East Indies with the late brave and much-lamented Marquis Cornwallis.

About two miles north from Watford is the GROVE, now the property and chief residence of Thomas Villiers, Earl of Clarendon : it was formerly the estate of the Heydons, as appears from an inscription preserved by Weever, in memory of John Heydon, Esq. who died in 1400; and Francis, one of whose descendants was Sheriff of Herts in the twenty-fifth of Elizabeth: of this family, also, which the same writer mentions as of "singular note and demerit in other parts of this kingdome," was Sir William Heydon, who lost his life in the ill-concerted expedition to the Isle of Rhè, in 1627. The Grove was afterwards possessed by the Hamptons, of Buckinghamshire, and from them it passed through several families, by purchase and otherwise, to the Hydes, Earls of Clarendon, the descendants of the great Lord Chancellor Hyde, the Historian of the Civil Wars.

The mansion inhabited by Lord Clarendon is an irregular structure of brick, standing on the west side the Gade, in a Park about three miles in circumference, and through which the river flows in a divided stream. The principal apartments contain a very valua ble

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ble collection of original portraits, chiefly of the times of James the First and Charles the First; as well as a few fine copies from the first masters. Many of these paintings were brought from Cornbury, the seat of the Earls of Clarendon, in Oxfordshire.

In the Hall is a whole length, in black, of FRANCIS, Lord Cottington, by Vandyck. This Nobleman was Chancellor and under Treasurer of the Exchequer in the reign of Charles the First: he was, also, Master of the Court of Wards, the revenues of which he greatly increased. He died at Valladolid, in Spain, whither he had retired during the Civil Wars, about the year 1651, in his seventy-seventh year.

EARL OF KINNOUL; Vandyck; whole length, in armour. ELIZABETH, Queen of Bohemia; Corn. Jansen: ditto, in black. MARQUIS OF HERTFORD; Vandyck: ditto, in armour.

JEROME WESTON, Earl of Portland, son of the Lord Trea surer Portland; whole length, in black. This Nobleman was a person of graceful accomplishments, and well skilled in naval affairs: he died in March, 1662, 3.

The other portraits in the Hall are those of QUEEN ELIZA BETH; JAMES THE FIRST; CECIL, Lord Burleigh; ROBERT, Earl of Salisbury, his son; LORD CHANCELLOR CLARENDON; EDWARD, Earl of Jersey; and JOHN, Earl of Rochester: artists unknown. Here, also, are copies, from Vandyck, of Algernon, Earl of Northumberland; the Prince of Parma; and Henry Cary, Lord Falkland.

In the Saloon is a curious head of ANNE HYDE, Duchess of York, by Sir Peter Lely; and half lengths of her daughters, QUEEN MARY, and QUEEN ANNE.

WILLIAM THE THIRD; small whole length, in armour.

JAMES THE SECOND; portrayed in a large wig.

EDWARD HYDE, Earl of Clarendon; Sir Peter Lely. "The virtue of the Earl of Clarendon," says Granger," was of too stubborn a nature for the age of Charles the Second. Could he have been content to enslave millions, he might have been more a monarch than that unprincely King; but he did not only look upon himself as the guardian of the laws and liberties of his country, but had

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