extravagance of his grief at her loss, occasioned him to curse the place of her death (Sheen, in Surrey, now Richmond), and to command that the buildings of the palace where she died should be demolished. The Queen is arrayed in a cloak, boddice, and petticoat; the former has been fastened on each shoulder by a brooch, or pin, but that on the left only remains: the boddice is closely buttoned by twelve buttons: the petticoat was fastened by two rose jewels, now lost, and bound by a slender girdle, having a rich buckle in front. The hair is dishevelled and falls back. She has a full, pleasing countenance, with a double chin. the petticoat descends so low, that only the sharp points of her shoes are visible. The Queen lies upon a thin pallet, or mattress; but the cushions which were under the heads of both figures have been taken away. Sandford and Dart describe the King's mantle as being wrought with open peas-cods, or shells, the peas out; and though Mr. Gough has remarked, "one would wonder what suggested this idea;" yet the peas-cods are yet faintly discernible where the gilding has been rubbed bright. Above each figure is a five-faced pyramidal canopy or pediment, having a rose in the centre of the groining, and crockets, &c. at the angles these, in the indenture before referred to, are called "hovels," or gabletz ;" and they are described as connected with " double jambs" on each side, which were once ornamented with the figures of twelve saints, but not any of the latter are now remaining.

The south side of the sub-basement of this tomb is

ornamented with six large quatrefoils, radiated; on which, affixed at the centres, were formerly shields of arms, but all of them have been long stolen. Through the holes left by this removal (and which were, at length, stopped up by order of Dean Thomas), some coffin boards, and various human bones were to be seen: the latter were commonly supposed to be the remains of Richard and his Queen; and Mr. Gough has stated in his " Sepulchral Monuments," that “be examined both the sculls pretty closely, but could find on the King's no mark of St. Piers' pole-axe." This examination, however, does not decide the historical question to which it was intended to apply; for it may not unreasonably be presumed, that the bodies of the deceased Sovereigns were deposited within the tomb itself, like those of Edward the Confessor and Edward Ist, and not in the ground beneath it.

On the under part of the wooden canopy that extends over Richard's tomb, are remains of different paintings in oil, in four compartments. Though greatly injured by the air and damps, the subjects may yet be distinguished, and they display traces of elegance and masterly execution. They are painted on an absorbent ground, which has been richly gilt, though now changed to a dingy yellow, and in some places almost black: it has also been thickly embossed with quatrefoils, and other minute ornaments in plastic. In each of the end compartments were depicted two angels, supporting a shield, crowned, emblazoned with the arms of Anne of Bohemia, viz. quarterly, an eagle displayed, with two heads, sable (the Imperial

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Arms), and gules, a lion rampant, quevèe forchèe, argent, crowned or (the Arms of Bohemia), impaling those of her husband, Richard II. The second compartment from the west, was enriched with a representation of the Almighty in an aureolus, or glory, seated on a throne, and portrayed as a venerable old man, the "Ancient of Days," in a close garment, with his hand raised as in the act of benediction. the remaining compartment was another sitting figure, probably intended for Jesus Christ, with the Virgin Mother before him, in a devotional attitude, with her hands crossed over her breast; the right hand of Jesus is extended as if blessing her: this compartment has suffered least from the ravages of time. The diapering of the ground of this canopy bears a considerable resemblance to that of the curious picture of Richard II. in the Jerusalem Chamber.

On the verge, or ledge, of the metal table, is a jingling inscription, in Latin rhymes, in commemoration of the deceased Sovereigns; it begins on the north side, and within the first letter, is a feather with a scroll, which was a badge of Edward III.

ELY HOUSE, HOLBORN.

ELY HOUSE, or Ely Inn, as it was anciently called, stood on the north side of Holborn Hill, and was the town mansion of the Bishops of Ely. Its first occupier was Bishop John de Kirkeby, who dying in 1290, bequeathed a messuage and nine cottages on this spot, to his successors in the diocese. William de Luda, the next Bishop, annexed some lands and other