Grand parents' joy; the angells' charge to keepe; Should I say all was truly good in him I should come short in limning forth this stemme, Nor would this stone conteyne; therefore no more. So green a roote more ripen'd fruit ne'er bore. Then read the next line, and 's name and virtues raise. "Here lies Thomas Garnet, eldest sonne of Katherine, the wife of William Garnet, of London, gent. one of the davghters of Thomas Foxall by Elizabeth, his wife, late of this parish. He departed this life the.. day of December, 1648, being not fully ten yeares of age. And his grandmother Elizabeth, before named, in love for him, and for the imitation of his virtues by others, caused this inscription." North front: "Under this tomb lyes the body of Thomas Foxall, and Elizabeth his wife, who was some time citizen and Grocer of London, and died the . . day of December, 1647, being aged. . yeares. She was second daughter of Sir William Garraway, of London, merchant, and died 23 June, 1650, being aged.. yeares. They had issue 2 sonns and.. daughters, whereof are living Elizabeth, Catherine, Margaret, Mary, and Martha." East end: "Here lyeth the body of Mary Taylor, davghter of Thomas Foxall, gent. and Elizabeth, his wife, late wife of Christopher Taylor, cittizen of London, deceased. She departed this life the 1st of March 1685.' On a flat stone, or ledger : "Here lieth the body of Avering Broome, widdowe, eldest daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth Foxall, late wife of Edward Broome, of Gray's Inne, esquire ; who, having lived 42 yeares and odde monethes, departed this life the first day of Feb. anno 1644." On another stone, removed within these few years: "Averine, relict of Thomas Foxall, and wife of Edward Broome, 1644. “Thomas Foxall, the younger, and Elizabeth his wife, daughter of Sir William Garroway, knt. 1650." In the churchyard of Meopham, in the same county, is only one altar-tomb. It is of highly-finished masonry, dated the first of the last century; thus inscribed on the north: "Thomas Cox, 1701, æt. 45. He left issue by Elizabeth Cox, his wife, I son and 2 daughters, Uridge, Ann, and Elizabeth. Tho' he be dead, and sleeping in the dust, 'Tis but until the resurrection of the just. Christ is to me as life, and Death to me as gain." On the west end: "And as I am, so must you be; Therefore prepare to follow me." On the top are superadded the memorials of his descendants, who have since become the wealthiest and worthiest family in this parish. P. M. [1815, Part II., pp. 588-589.] Architecture, particularly the ancient ecclesiastical style of England, is a study which of late years has made rapid advances, and is every day gaining advocates to establish its beauties and to defend its long-neglected grandeur and abused superiority over every other kind of building; a study which till little before the nineteenth century was not entered upon with general satisfaction, and which was never developed and sufficiently admired and protected. From such unaccountable blindness to the stupendous works in this dignified order of building, its numerous admirers have now to lament the desolation of many of its choicest examples, which were ornaments to the places where they existed for centuries, and whose loss no modern building of three-fold magnitude could compensate. Without the mouldering, ivy-mantled walls, dignified by the party-tints of ages, such structures as these fail of producing the effect suitable to their purpose; they make no lasting impression on the mind, they excite no veneration, and consequently have little to demand our admiration or attention. But that the rebuilding of these structures is sometimes necessary is unquestionable. I speak only of such as are wantonly demolished or suffered to decay, in all of which I could produce instances when the former is as absolutely requisite as the others are unnecessary and censurable. But, confining myself at present to one object in particular, I shall present your readers with an account of the newly-erected church at Lee in Kent, and show how far ancient works have been imitated, their variety, and the disposition of the whole. The demolished church was small, having a body and chancel, the former without side-aisles; no part of it was very ancient, nor was the architecture ornamental or various. Its brasses, and some of the principal grave-stones, are relaid in the new building, and will be described in the survey. The present church stands on the site of the old one, the body of which is of the same dimensions, having the addition of side-aisles. Had the churchyard been larger, and were it practicable for a design to have been given without any consideration of the old foundations, a better proportioned building would have been produced. The whole body is of brick,* except the cornices, weather-mouldings, etc. At the east end A good example of brick may be seen in the north aisle of West Ham Church. VOL. XXIX. 14 is attached an angular oratory, or small chancel, having on the south side a porch and on the north the vestry. The windows to the church should have been either square or pointed throughout, and not a mixture, any more than that the tower at the west end should differ from both (in age), and be of a different material, or that it should have Saxon columns at the angles rising from modern buttresses, with early Pointed windows in the sides; this wellproportioned tower is surmounted by a very small spire, having four pinnacles at the angles, the whole of black materials. We are sorry to see that the party-colouring, which so much distinguishes the churches in Wales and those in some part of England, has been here practised; the strong opposition of white, black, and yellow, is by no means an example of taste. The last remark I shall make on the exterior regards the springings of the cornices to the windows; these are, unfortunately, turned inside instead of out. I have rarely seen examples of this kind; of the contrary frequently, as in the south transept of Merton College, Oxford, which is handsome, and certainly preferable. With respect to the interior, I shall only observe that the arches separating the aisles are too lofty and narrow, and the piers are too small; had their number been reduced to four, it would have allowed a proportionable span for the arches, more bulky piers, the mouldings might have been bolder, and the present effect wholly avoided. The timber roof is well designed, but the pendant drops at the junction of the arches are of a more modern character. In the Communion wall and pavement are preserved the brasses belonging to the old church; that in the south side is extremely curious, representing a kneeling figure in good preservation, with this inscription*: "When yt Quene Elizabeth full five yeres had rained In to her servis where well him selfe he carred In eche mans love till fifty and eyght yeres ould, On a step before the Communion table are two small brasses, one, an elegant female figure, appearing to be a religious, with a short inscription, bearing date 1513. The other is to Henry Byrde, a.d. 1545. Near these, under the pulpit stairs, is a very beautiful brass plate, nearly perfect, with a well-sculptured female figure in the attitude of prayer, having the front of the drapery richly embroidered, with an inscription on it to commemorate "Mistress Hatterlyt, who died 24th Decr. 1582." In the churchyard are several monuments to distinguished perEngraved in Gent. Mag., vol. lxxxii., i. 529. sonages, and the enclosed space near the entrance, which contained Oh! what high altars would a Mother raise,- VIATOR. LEWISHAM. [1788, Part I., pp. 509-510.] This village is making a rapid increase of inhabitants, and consequently is improving fast in building and accommodation. Its agreeable distance from town to such as keep carriages may be assigned as one reason, among many others, why it is becoming a fashionable residence for gentlemen in a respectable line of public office, or who move in an extensive circle of mercantile connection. Its beautiful situation in the first Kentish valley, the excellent roads which intersect it, the river Ravensborne which hastens to the Thames at its back, and the pleasing stream which runs close to the doors of the inhabitants in front, added to a fine chalybeate which offers health to the invalid citizen, give it a distinguished superiority over every other situation at a like distance from the Metropolis. The waters which were once suffered to stagnate upon the greens connected with the old roads gave it the appearance of dampness of situation, and rendered it disreputable, as subjecting the inhabitants to agues. But such have been the advantages resulting from drawing off the waters by a running stream that an ague does not occur to the idea of the traveller, and is scarcely known in the neighbourhood. The soil is a fine gravel under a thin stratum of black mould, and consequently is less liable to a moist atmosphere than those of a contrary quality. It is seen to the greatest advantage from the hills which enclose it, especially from that which is called Vicar's Hill. The prospects which attract the eye from this enchanting spot are interesting, extensive, and varied with almost every object that inspire the mind with pleasure. The church, distinguished for its beautiful neatness and simplicity, is the first object which meets the eye to the right. From thence it passes up the valley and is relieved by the approximation of the Kent and Surrey hills embracing each other with a gentle undulation. Upon the summit of these the eye ranges at large, interrupted at agreeable intervals with the cheerful village and ascending spire. Before you lies Blackheath, with its numerous noble seats and villas. At the distance of 4 miles Shooter's Hill rises abruptly. From hence we turn to the left over Woolwich and Charlton, and fix again on the charming foliage of Greenwich Park, where its observatory aims with dignity towards the heaven which it unfolds. From this the eye falls on the superb colleges-those unequalled asylums for naval indigence and naval worth. A great part of this genteel and populous neighbourhood is seen extended on the banks of the Thames, fraught with the riches of the globe, importing the luxuries of the East and West, and bearing away to distant worlds the marks of British ingenuity and British opulence. Still more distant are the gradual eminences which form the boundaries of Essex, and affording another agreeable background to the pleasing landscape. The royal yard at Deptford approaches more to the left, and furnishes the ear with the animating sound of numerous artists preserving the navy of England in its superlative point of distinction. And to crown the whole, inclining a little further, the city itself rises with its majestic towers, and not only fills the eye, but furnishes the imagination with the most exalted ideas of the grandeur, the riches, and the glory of the British nation. [1838, Part I., p. 303.] M. On October 5 a jury was impanelled at the Black Horse Inn, Rushgreen, Lewisham, to inquire into the circumstances under which a considerable quantity of gold coin was found hidden in the ground in the neighbourhood. The jury having inspected the coins, 420 in number, and which consisted of the unicorn of Charles I. and the broad-piece of James I., Mr George Walford, of the firm of Makepiece and Walford, of Serle Street, Lincoln's Inn Fields, silversmiths and jewellers, stated that he attended on behalf of the Crown for the purpose of examining the coin in question, which he had done, and found it to weigh 118 ounces 1 pennyweight |