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��below is in Roman capitals, and reads: 'Here lyeth buried the bodie of Mr. Robert Cotton gentlema sometime an officer of the remooving Ward- roppe of Bedds of Queen Marie whoe by her Ma* 8 speciall choise was taken from the Wardroppe to serve her Ma" c as a Groome in her Privie Chamber al her lyfe time and after her decease againe he became an officer of the Wardroppe wher he served her Ma lte that now is Quene Elizabeth many yeres and died Yeoma of the same office the (date omitted). He maryed one Grace Cawsen, of whom he had issue 4 sonnes and 4 daughters.'

On the north wall are two 17th-century monu- ments. One to Lady Margaret Chudleigh (daughter of Sir William Courtney), first the wife of Sir Warwick Hele, kt., and afterwards of Sir John Chud- leigh, kt., who died in 1628, has two round-headed recesses in which are the kneeling effigies of a man and woman. The other has a round-headed recess flanked by Corinthian columns supporting an entablature with roses on the soffit. In the recess is the kneeling figure of Walter Hickman of Kew, who died in 1617. On the south wall is a small brass inscription as follows : ' To the memory of Margarite y e vertuous wife of Thomas Jay, late of Midds. Esq : in these unhappy warrs his Ma lie5 Comissary Generall for Pvisions for all his Armye' of Horse who had by her Thomas Jay Capt. of Horse whos" short life was beautefyed with many Graces of nature and Rare Pieces of Arte and his end exprest his Loyalty and Courage ; Dame Francis wife to Sir Thomas Jervoyse of ye coun. of South : and Eliza" : Exp : ult Sept. 1646.' Over the inscription is a shield with the arms On a bend engrailed three roses impaling quarterly (i and 4) two bars between three towers, (2 and 3) in a border engrailed two cheverons. On the dexter side of the shield is a wolf statant and on the sinister a lion's paw holding a key.

Also on the wall is a mural monument with the kneeling figures of a man and woman, and underneath their three sons and four daughters. The inscription is to Lady Dorothie wife of Sir George Wright, kt., who died in 1631; in some lines which follow she is described as being by birth a Farnam. There is also a floor slab to Sir George, who died in 1623.

On the west wall above the gallery is a mural monument of black marble to Lady Sophia Chaworth, relict of Sir Richard Chaworth, kt., and daughter of Robert, Earl of Lindsay, Lord Great Chamberlain of England; she died in 1689. Another monument on the same wall is to Henry, Viscount Brouncker, Cofferer to Charles II, who died in 1687; and a third is to John Bentley, who died in 1660, Elenor his wife, who died in 1657, and Elenor their daughter, who died in 1656, with three portrait busts. Among the late monuments is one on the west wall to Edmund Kean the actor, who died in 1833; it was formerly outside the church.

There are eight bells ; the first three by Robert Catlin are dated 1 740, the fourth is inscribed ' Lam- bert made me weake not fit to ring, But Bartlett among the rest hath made me sing 1680 ' ; the fifth by Catlin bears the date 1742; the sixth by James Bartlett 1 680 ; the seventh by the same founder, 1 68 1 ; and the tenor by Lester and Pack, 1760.

The communion plate comprises silver-gilt cups of 1630, 1663, 1825, and two of 1871; a silver-gilt paten of 1700 and two of 1871; a silver-gilt

��basin of 1660 ; a silver salver of 1711 and a plated copy of it ; a silver salver of 1 8 1 8 and three more of white metal ; two silver-gilt flagons of 1660 ; and a silver spoon of 1805. The registers are contained in six books, and begin in 1583. They have been printed by Mr. Challoner-Smith for the Surrey Parish Register Society.

The church of ST. JOHN THE DIHNE, Kew Road, consists of a chancel, north organ-chamber and vestry, south chapel, and a wide nave with west porches. The nave, which is built of white bricks and stone, dates from 1829, and is in a mixed Gothic style ; the chancel, &c. were rebuilt and enlarged in 1905 of stock brick and stone. An archway opens into an organ-chamber from the chancel, and an arcade of two bays divides the latter from the chapel, while both chapel and organ-chamber open into the nave. The high altar has a tall triptych of oak with beautifully painted panels, standing on a marble base ; the walls and roof of the chancel are also being treated with a good scheme of colour decoration which is not yet finished. The ceiling of the chancel is a pointed barrel-vault of wood ; a low stone screen crosses the chancel arch. The chapel altar is of oak with a marble top and marble reredos. The nave has a gallery across the west end and half-way along either side ; the ceiling is a flat one of plaster between the cross ties. Below the window-ledge level on the side walls is an excellently painted set of panels of the stations of the Cross. The pulpit is of green oak with decorated panels. The churchyard surrounds the building and has an iron railing on the west side towards the road ; it is planted with trees and shrubs.

The church of S3". MATTHIAS stands at the corner of Mount Ararat Road in the King's Road. It is a large building dating from 1858 in the style of the 1 3th century, and consists of an apsidal chancel, with organ-chamber, south chancel-aisle, nave of five bays with a clearstory, north and south aisles and porches, and a lofty north-west tower with a tall stone broach spire. The Walls are of squared rubble with Bath stone dressings ; the roofs are covered with slates. An oak rood-screen spans the chancel arch.

The church of HOLT TRINITT is a stone build- ing of middle 13th-century style erected in 1870, and consisting of a chancel, transepts, north-east vestry, nave with a clearstory, low aisles, south porch- tower, and west porch, the last approached by an asphalt walk from Sheen Park. The roofs are covered with slates. The walls are of square rubble with ashlar dressings.

CHRIST CHURCH, Kew Road, is a similar stone building dating from 1893 and also of the style of the 1 3th century. It has a chancel with vestries, &c., nave with a clearstory of lancets, low aisles, south-east and west porches, and the stump of a future north- west tower. The roofs are tiled. The churchyard is narrow, and paved with asphalt except where shrubs are planted ; it has an iron fence with stone gate-posts on the west side towards the road.

ST. LUKE'S church, in The Avenue, was built in 1890 of stone in the style of the I3th century, and consists of a chancel, south chapel, nave of five bays, north and south aisles, and a west narthex ; provision is made for a future south-west tower. It has good oak furniture and a rich marble font with a tall oak

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