Spence-Jones, H. D. M. (Henry Donald Maurice), 1836-1917, Railton, Herbert, 1857-1910, ill, Quinton, A., ill · London : Isbister & company, limited · leaf 99
h it be and defaced, but stilllovely in its scarred beauty, graceful chauntries keep theirperpetual watch and ward over the remains of the more famousof the lords of Tewkesbury. The chronicles of the abbey, thehalf-defaced inscriptions on the tombs, tell us the story of thenobles who sleep in this… … Old House, Tewkesbury. ON THE ROM) TO TEWKESBURY. 85 to rest—sonic few after peaceful deaths, four of them bruisedand battered in the battlefield, four sent thither by the axe orthe halter, some in early youth, but none reaching old age—within the walls of the choir of Tewkesbury. One of the most…
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