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Article THE KNIGHTS OF ST. HELEN'S. ← Page 10 of 11 →
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The Knights Of St. Helen's.
rallied round the throne of the great and wise Elizabeth , he proved himself of essential service in laying the foundation of her future peace and prosperity . He was a most worthy member of the Craft , and deserves to be held in the highest estimation by all good Masons . In after years his daughter Joycewho became Mistress Featlywent to the expense of
, , adorning the windows of the south aisle with stained glass , and at the same time repaired such portions of her father ' s tomb as had suffered from decay and neglect . Not very distant from Kerwin ' s tomb is . a memorial to one Alderman Robinson , a merchant of the staple , who died in 1599 . It is of strange construction , and is so fashioned as to resemble tAvo long trunks ;
but this peculiarity is alluded to in the epitaph wherein , after stating , " That the Glasse of his life held 70 yeeres and then ranne out . To live long and happy is an honour ; but to dye happy a greater glory , "—it goes onto say that both his wife and himself aspired to this excellent termination of their earthly careerand that" Heaven no doubt had their soules and this
, , house of stone their bodies , where they sleepe in peace , till the summons of a glorious resurrection wakens them . " There is oftentimes a world of forcible meaning , and just and sound observations , hidden in the quaint and obsolete phraseology of
the mediaeval ages . Contrasted Avith the tame and laboured inscriptions to deceased friends which are to be seen in the A arious cemeteries and modern graveyards at the present time , these antique letterings appear to great advantage . Sincerity prevails amidst all the apparent conceit , ancl gives an air of truth to the fanciful expressions ivhich are so abundantly
scattered in the records of the clear departed . In this most interesting church many tributes of affection , of a real and earnest nature , are to be found , and no portion of its walls is altogether devoid of such tender offerings . One feature of great antiquarian mark is a long row of elaborately-carved seats , placed against the wallfor the use of the nuns ; and a still greater
, relic of the conventional character of the church may be seen near the large window which lights the tomb of Sir Thomas Gresham : it is a beautiful niche , with open arches , through which the nuns , on particular occasions and at certain seasons , were accustomed to hear mass from the crypt below . Two knights of the name of Sanctlo were interred somewhere near
this spot , but no surviving friend or kindsman has held them in sufficient reverence to leave to posterity any monumental trophy to record then- deeds or emblazon their virtues . In the Tudor dynasty knighthood was a great honour , the order of baronets was unknown , and the man ivho was deemed fit for so high an
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Knights Of St. Helen's.
rallied round the throne of the great and wise Elizabeth , he proved himself of essential service in laying the foundation of her future peace and prosperity . He was a most worthy member of the Craft , and deserves to be held in the highest estimation by all good Masons . In after years his daughter Joycewho became Mistress Featlywent to the expense of
, , adorning the windows of the south aisle with stained glass , and at the same time repaired such portions of her father ' s tomb as had suffered from decay and neglect . Not very distant from Kerwin ' s tomb is . a memorial to one Alderman Robinson , a merchant of the staple , who died in 1599 . It is of strange construction , and is so fashioned as to resemble tAvo long trunks ;
but this peculiarity is alluded to in the epitaph wherein , after stating , " That the Glasse of his life held 70 yeeres and then ranne out . To live long and happy is an honour ; but to dye happy a greater glory , "—it goes onto say that both his wife and himself aspired to this excellent termination of their earthly careerand that" Heaven no doubt had their soules and this
, , house of stone their bodies , where they sleepe in peace , till the summons of a glorious resurrection wakens them . " There is oftentimes a world of forcible meaning , and just and sound observations , hidden in the quaint and obsolete phraseology of
the mediaeval ages . Contrasted Avith the tame and laboured inscriptions to deceased friends which are to be seen in the A arious cemeteries and modern graveyards at the present time , these antique letterings appear to great advantage . Sincerity prevails amidst all the apparent conceit , ancl gives an air of truth to the fanciful expressions ivhich are so abundantly
scattered in the records of the clear departed . In this most interesting church many tributes of affection , of a real and earnest nature , are to be found , and no portion of its walls is altogether devoid of such tender offerings . One feature of great antiquarian mark is a long row of elaborately-carved seats , placed against the wallfor the use of the nuns ; and a still greater
, relic of the conventional character of the church may be seen near the large window which lights the tomb of Sir Thomas Gresham : it is a beautiful niche , with open arches , through which the nuns , on particular occasions and at certain seasons , were accustomed to hear mass from the crypt below . Two knights of the name of Sanctlo were interred somewhere near
this spot , but no surviving friend or kindsman has held them in sufficient reverence to leave to posterity any monumental trophy to record then- deeds or emblazon their virtues . In the Tudor dynasty knighthood was a great honour , the order of baronets was unknown , and the man ivho was deemed fit for so high an