On the top of an altar-monument of Sussex marble, in the southeast corner of the church, is the portrait in brass of a knight in armour between his two wives, about two feet high. His hair is clipped short; his whiskers and parted beard are long; his armour is flourished with some different metal, with large protuberances at the shoulders; at his neck and wrists are similar narrow ruffs or ruffles; and his toes are very broad. The ladies are habited both alike, though one of them died forty years before her husband; and the other survived him, as is represented by her eyes being open whilst those of the other are closed.*

The following epitaph, in the black-letter character, on a brass plate, may, by comparison, serve to ascertain the date of similar figures that have lost their inscriptions:

Here lyeth clothed now in earth, Syr Wyllm Drury, knyght,
Such one as whylest he lyved here, was loved of every wyght;
Such temperance he did retayne, such prudent curtesy,
Such noble mynde, with justice joynd, such lyberality;

As fame itself shall sound for me, the glory of his name,

Much better than this metall mute, can ay pronounce the same.

The leventh of frosty Janyver, the yere of Christ, I fynd,

A thousand fyve hundred fyfty seven, his vital thryd untwin'd
Who yet doth lyve, and shall do styll, in hearts of them yt knew hym,
God graunt the slyppes of such a stok, in vertues to ensue him.†

Beneath

On this impropriety Sir John Cullum makes the following observations illustrative of the fashions of those days. "The hair had now (1557) been dressed for some time in a much less forced and unnatural fashion, parted in the middle, and gracing each temple. The cap, now become of a moderate size, had assumed a not inelegant curve in front, and was embellished with a fillet; the mantle or upper garment has round hanging sleeves reaching to the ground; the ruffs at the neck and wrists are the same as the man's; as are also the broad toes and protuberances at the shoulders. The beads had quitted the girdle, and given place to the Bible, which hung by a ribbon almost as low as the feet."

The family of the Drury's, which long flourished at this place, produced many persons distinguished in their time, but the most celebrated, was Sir William

Beneath the two ladies, are figures of seventeen children, with their names.

In the chancel, is a fine marble bust of Sir William Drury, in armour. He was elected one of the knights of the shire in 1585, and in 1589, was killed in a duel in France. His corpse was brought to England, and interred here.

In the south-east corner of the chancel, is a mural monument to the memory of the lady, of whom Dr. Donne says,

Her pure and eloquent blood

Spoke in her cheeks, and so distinctly wrought,
That one might almost say her body thought.

It consists of a basement about 3 feet high, on which, under an ornamental arch, lies the figure of a young female, as large as life, with her head reclining on her left hand. Her mantle is drawn close about her neck, and edged with a small ruff; her

William Drury, the grandson of him for whom the above epitaph was composed; of whom Fuller observes, that as his name, in the Saxon language, signifies a pearl, so he might fitly be compared to one for preciousness, being hardy, innocent, and valiant. His youth he passed in the French wars, his maturer years in Scotland, and his old age in Ireland. In the minority of king James I. when the French had gained possession of Edinburgh castle, he was knight marshall of Berwick, and being sent by queen Elizabeth to reduce the castle, he ably fulfilled that commission, and in a few days, restored it to the rightful owner. In 1575, he was appointed lord president of the province of Munster in Ireland, and proceeding thither with a competent force, executed impartial justice in spite of all opposition. When he entered upon his office, the earl of Desmond disputed his right to interfere in regard to the county of Kerry, pretending, that it was a palatinate belonging to himself, and exempt from English jurisdiction. Not terrified by the menaces of the earl, Sir William entered Kerry to enforce the authority of his sovereign, and returned in safety, with no more than 150 men, through 700 of Desmond's adherents, who sought to surprize him. In 1578 he was sworn lord justice of Ireland, and was proceeding to reduce Desmond, when he was seized with a mortal distemper, which put an end to his life the same year at Waterford.

hair is dressed in many small and short curls, without cap or other covering. Above is an emblematical female personage, surrounded with a glory, and scattering flowers on the figure below: on each side of the basement sits a greyhound, the cognizance of the family. This is a very pleasing monument of painted alabaster, and well executed. The long Latin inscription, on a black marble tablet, is supposed to be from the pen of Dr. Donne.

The lady to whose memory this monument was erected, was Elizabeth, the younger, and only surviving daughter, of Sir Robert Drury. She died in 1610, at the early age of 15. Tradition reports, that her death was the consequence of a box on the ear, given her by her father. This absurd story, is supposed to have originated from her being represented, both on her monument, and in a picture of her, still extant, reclining her head on one hand. Another tradition relating to her is, that she was destined for the wife of prince Henry, eldest son of James I. She was certainly a great heiress, and their ages were not unsuitable, but it may reasonably be doubted, whether there is more truth in this story than in the other. So much is certain, that Dr. Donne determined to celebrate the anniversary of her death, in an elegy, as long as he lived; but we have nothing beyond the second anniversary. The truth seems to be, that his panegyric was so profusely lavished in two essays, as to be quite exhausted. Some of the lines have been noticed in the forty-first number of the Spectator, where they are erroneously said to relate to Donne's mistress, instead of the departed daughter of his friend.

Opposite to the monument of this young lady, is a noble mural monument in honour of her father, Sir Robert Drury. It consists of a basement, on which is a sarcophagus of black marble, beneath a double arch, supported by Corinthian pillars. Over the arch, in a marble frame, is a most spirited bust in armour, as large as life, representing Sir Robert; who before he was out of mourning for his father, attended the earl of Essex to the unsuccessful siege of Rohan, in 1591, where he was knighted at the early age of 16. The Latin epitaph, recording his merits, is ascribed

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cribed to the pen of Dr. Donne, who was so liberally patronised by him, and to whom he assigned apartments in his mansion in Drury Lane. This monument was executed, at the expence of Sir Robert's widow, by Nicholas Stone, who had given so fine a specimen of his abilities, in the tomb of her father and mother, in Redgrave church. On two small pannels in the basement, are incriptions in Latin and English, on Dorothy, another daughter of Sir Robert, who died at the age of four years. The latter is as follows:

She little, promis'd much,
Too soon untide;

She only dreamt she liv'd
And then she dy'de.

A large mural monument, contiguous to that of Elizabeth Drury, consists, like the last, of a sarcophagus on a basement, over which is a lofty entablature, supported by two square fluted pillars, of the Ionic order, and surmounted by a large escutcheon of the arms and crest. The whole is made of a white, hard plaster, painted of a dark grey color, and ornamented with gilding and flowers. It is the work of an Italian; for, by the accounts of the steward of Hawsted Hall, it appears, that in 1675, three sums of 51. were advanced "to the Italian, on account of the monument." It is a heavy performance. A tablet over the sarcophagus, has an inscription in gold letters, in honor of Sir Thomas Cullum, Bart.*

This gentleman, who purchased the manor of Hawsted, which has ever since continued in his descendants, belonged to a family long seated in the county. Being a younger son, he was put to business in London, and be came a very successful draper in Gracechurch street. He married a daugh ter of Mr. Nicholas Crispe, who died in the prime of life, leaving him the father of a numerous offspring. Mr. Cullum was one of the sheriffs of London in 1646, and in August 1647, was, with the lord-mayor and several

others,

Various other monuments of the Cullum family are to be found in this church, and among the rest, one in memory of Anne, daughter of John lord Berkley, of Stratton, and wife of Sir Dudley Cullum, Bart. who died in 1709, in her 44th year.

Of the rectors of this parish, may be mentioned Joseph Hall, A. M. who was presented to it, in 1601, by Sir Robert Drury. He was afterwards bishop of Exeter and Norwich, and well known for his learned and pious writings, as well as for his sufferings. The last rector was Sir John Cullum, M. A. fellow of Catharine Hall, Cambridge, who was presented to the living by his father. It was this gentleman, who wrote and published the History and Antiquities of Hawsted, in which he gives the following account of himself:-" He was born 21 June 1733, and educated at Bury School, whence he went to Catharine Hall, Cambridge, of which, after having taken the degrees of batchelor, and master of arts, he was elected fellow, 7 Dec. 1759. In March, 1774, he became a member of the Society of Antiquaries; in December that year, was instituted to the living of Great Thurlow, in this county; in March 1775, was elected a fellow of the Royal Society; and in

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others, committed to the Tower for high treason, that is, for having been concerned in some commotions in the city in favor of the king. In 1656 he made his purchase in this place, to which he retired from the hurry of business and public life. Very soon after the Restoration he was created a baronet; which mark of royal favor, together with the cause of his former imprisonment, might have been expected to secure him from all apprehension of danger: but whether it were that he had temporized a little during some period of the interregnum, or that money was to be squeezed from the opulent by every possi ble contrivance, he received a pardon under the great seal, dated 17 July,1661, for all treasons and rebellions, with all their concomitant enormities, by him committed, before the 29th of the preceding December. From this general pardon were excepted some crimes, as burglaries, perjuries, forgeries, and several others, among which is mentioned witchcraft. He died 6 April 1664, at the advanced age of 78. In a street in London which still bears his name, he possessed considerable property, and just escaped witnessing its destruction by the dreadful conflagration in 1666.