W. PICKERING, CHANCERY LANE ;

J. B. NICHOLS AND SON, PARLIAMENT STREET;

AND T. COMBE, JUN. LEICESTER.

M.DCCC.XXXIV.

KE 1859

HARVARD
UNIVERSITY
LIBRARY
MAR 5 1941

"NEQUE assentior iis, qui hæc nuper disserere cœperunt, cum corporibus simul animos interire, atque omnia morte deleri. Plus apud me antiquorum auctoritas valet, vel nostrorum majorum; qui mortuis tam religiosa jura tribuerunt; quod non fecissent profecto, si nihil ad eos pertinere arbitrarentur."

LEICESTER:

Printed by Thomas Combe, Junior.

CICERO.

CONTENTS.

INTRODUCTION.

CHAPTER I.

Of the Sepulchral Remains of the Celtic and Belgic Britons,

CHAPTER II.

Of the Sepulchral Remains of the Romans in Britain,

CHAPTER III.

Of the Sepulchral Remains of the Romanized Britons and early Saxons,

CHAPTER IV.

Of the different modes of Preparing the Dead for Interment, from the

Seventh to the Seventeenth Century,

CHAPTER V.

Of the Funeral Solemnities of the Middle Ages,

CHAPTER VI.

Of the Sepulchral Monuments in Britain, from the Earliest Period to

the Norman Invasion,

Page.

1

21

34

53

78

110

CHAPTER VII.

Of Sepulchral Monuments, from the Norman Invasion to the Thir-

teenth Century,

121

INTRODUCTION.

THE monumental remains of Britain form no inconsiderable portion of those works of ancient art which constitute our national antiquities. They comprise innumerable specimens of every age and variety, from the simple barrow to the most elaborate and enriched design, and are so closely connected with the history of our country, whether considered with reference to its condition civil, military, or religious, that, if other sources were wanting, we should be able from these records alone, to deduce a knowledge, by no means limited, of its literature, manners, and usages, at different periods, with the successive changes they have undergone, of the descent of our ancestry, and of the progress of refinement and the arts.