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wall of the church, is a tomb composed of a cinquefoil arch, supported by short columns; it was probably erected about the middle of the thirteenth century; the canopy is adorned with crockets and a finial. Looking towards the east end, the chancel presents a rich specimen of the intersecting circular arch, which has been before alluded to. This part of the church is paved with white marble: on each side of the high altar are rich screens of Gothic spirework carved in stone, and handsomely ornamented. On each side of the chancel, divided from it by the screen, is an aisle or chapel, in which are the remains of the two side altars; these chapels exhibit an intermixture of different styles of architecture: the windows are circular with a broad band of zigzag; the groining of the roofs is ornamented in a similar manner, and springs from slender clustered columns, attached to which in the chapel on the north side, which we have represented, are brackets, and an elegant piscina supported by grotesque infantine figures. The transepts are lighted by large circular windows, with several bands of varied zigzag; between the indentures of the outer row are figures representing cherubs.

Other remarkable things within the church, are

the carved figures of illustrious scripture personages over the sixteen stalls in the choir, which, by the style of the design and workmanship, appear to be of the reign of Henry VII.; the ancient monumental brass, standing under the tower, to the memory of John de Campden, the friend of Wykeham; and the modern mural monument of Wolfran Cornwall, formerly speaker of the house of commons. There is likewise some curious painted glass in the great west window, placed there at the expense of the master, Dr. Lockman: this consists of ancient figures of saints, and of modern stained glass, containing the arms of his majesty, the prince of Wales, and other branches of the royal family, as likewise of the Hospital itself, and in the open quatrefoil over the door, the arms and initials of the said master, Dr. Lockman. We must not forget to mention that there is, in different parts of the pavement, a great quantity of glazed tiles, called and supposed to be Roman, though upon some of them we clearly see the hatched and other Saxon ornaments, and upon others the English monosyllables Have mynde, in the common black letter of the fifteenth century, which brings the use of these tiles almost down to our own age.

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THE village of Farley is beautifully situated within about six miles of Bath. It was bestowed by William the Conqueror upon one of his followers, at whose death it reverted to the crown, and was given by William Rufus to Hugh de Montfort, a native of Normandy. In the latter years of Henry III. sir Henry de Montfort had his baronial residence at this place, which gave rise to its appellation of Farley Montfort; it afterwards by purchase became part of the possession of Thomas, lord Hungerford, and continued in his family as a chief seat for the space of nearly 300 years: during this period it received many additions and alterations, and was esteemed a fortress of considerable importance. Like the geneality of these warlike structures, it has been gradually decaying, and now presents a most romantic scene. Its ruins stand on the northern acclivity of a rocky hill, embowered with oaks, walnut trees, and poplars. It consisted of two courts or wards, lying north and south; the court northward was 180 feet in length from east to west, and 144 feet in breadth from north to south; and was flanked by four round towers, sixty feet in height, each of these towers, the walls of which are five feet thick, were originally divided into three stories, the apartments lighted by

narrow windows and embrasures. The walls of the south-east and south-west towers are still remaining, and beautifully veiled with ivy. More than half also of the north-east tower is still standing: the southern wall being fallen down, the windows and old chimney pieces, interwoven with ivy and wild roses, appear to view. The north-west tower is quite down, as are also almost all the intermediate walls and building, except a small portion of the parapet northward, which overlooks a deep dell, shaded with the thickest wood. In this court stood the great hall and the state apartments, which (if tradition speaks the truth) were not to be equalled in grandeur by any structure in this part of England, being decorated with rich tapestry, exquisite sculpture, and beautiful paintings. The hall was a very large and long apartment, hung round with armour worn by its martial possessors, and spoils brought from Cressy, Poictiers, Agincourt, and Calais. But of these buildings, which towards the close of the last century were nearly entire, the smallest remnant now is not left standing, the whole area of the court being rudely strewed with the ruins, which lie in heaps, covered with weeds and luxuriant herbage. A large gateway led from this to the southern court, in which were

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the offices, stables, store-houses, and guard rooms; the principal entrance was on the east side, through an embattled gate-house, the shell of which is still standing; before it there was formerly a draw-bridge over a deep moat, which surrounded the whole castle; the holes through which the pullies of the bridge passed are still visible in the gateway wall, and over the arch are the arms and crest of the Hungerfords, richly sculptured in the stone. On the eastern side of this court stands the chapel, to which there is a descent of several steps; this building has of late years been repaired; it consists of a nave and chantry chapel on the north side, the former fifty-six feet in length, and nineteen and a half in breadth; the latter twenty feet in length, and fourteen in breadth. The altar slab is of rich granite: against the south wall stands the old pulpit, and underneath it are several pieces of armour, such as a head-piece, breast-plate, with a saddle, brought hither in an old chest from the castle hall before the time of its demolition. Behind the chapel stands the old habitation of lord Walter Hungerford's two chantry priests, now converted into a dairy; the external walls of this part of the castle retain some of their pristine battlements. In this Castle was

born Margaret Plantagenet, daughter of George, duke of Clarence, brother of king Edward IV. This lady was heiress to her brother Edward and to her grandfather Richard Neville, earls of Salisbury and Warwick, and was in 1513 created countess of Salisbury by king Henry VIII. She married sir Richard Pole, knt. by whom she had four sons; the youngest of them, Reginald, was the pope's cardinal, by whose political manœuvres, she and her whole family were involved in much difficulty and trouble, and she was at length beheaded in the Tower of London, May 27, 1541, after having been closely confined two years in prison. Her eldest son Henry Pole, lord Montague, had suffered the same fate before her in

1538.

The village of Farley is but small, containing about twenty families; the living is rectorial, in the deanery of Frome. In 1292 this rectory was rated at eight marks nine shillings and fourpence; the abbot of Cirencester receiving out of it an annual pension of 4s. The parish church stands on an eminence southward from the Castle, and is of one aisle, ninety-two feet in length and twenty-four in breadth. At the west end is a small tower, containing five bells.

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