lot SEPULCHKAL MONUMENTS AT CLIFTON REYNES, BUCKS.

ami advowson of Clifton, and he jn-obably devoted a portion of his increased fortune to the improvement of his parish church. For the clianccl aisle, or chantry chapel, and other additions and improvements in the church, may be attri- buted, together with the tomb under consideration, to about the ]ieriod of his death. These wooden effigies are hollow, and unconnected with the slabs on which they rest. They have been deeply scooped out, and the cavity left in a rough and jagged state. There can be no certainty that any of them occujiy their original position. Those in the recess are evidently of an earlier date than any porti(^n of the sepulchral chajK'l ; and the altar- tomb, on which the othei's lie, appears to have been shortened, as the end does not correspond with the sides, and is made of unsculptured stones. The tomb probably extended to the pier, which supports the arcade between the chapel and chancel, and was shortened to allow a passage into the chapel when the more modern and splendid tomb was raised, which occupies the whole length of the other arch. Another monument in the same church remains to be noticed. This is an extremely elegant altar-tomb under the upi)er or east arch. It is made of a soft white stone, and not of alabaster, as commonly stated. Two recumbent effigies, boldly and elaborately executed, rest upon it. The knight wears a pointed bascinet, camail of chain-mail, a jupon emblazoned with the Reynes arms, reaching scarcely below the hij)s. and fitting close to the body, the mail hauberk a])j)ears about two inciies belov the surcoat ; the legs are defended Avith plate-armour, knee-pieces, and broad pointed sollerets. The spurs are l)roken off, but the straps remain ; the sword is gone, but an ornamented belt with a richly-chased fastening remains. The dagger is perfect, except the hilt ; the hands are in the attitude of prayer, but the greater part of the left aj-ni is broken off. The head rests on a tilting helmet, and the Icet on a well-scul])tured dog with a collai" braring the name — IK), in letters sculptured in l)old relief.^ The 1,'idy's face is almost lost in hci- reticul;itc(l head-dress ' 'rii'iH limy i)OHHil)ly li(iv(! hocii tlio imiiu' jakkk. A like inctiKiriiil ttcciirs at Dot- •if till- fiivi.iiiiu- il(»|^. OiM? of till- fttt of liiiiMt, (iloiiccHicrMliirr. 'I'li mu! of tlio llriiiii ilir Stu|i_vltoii, iiM ri-|ii*cHciit<'il on liis fiivoni-itr <loj{ of Alii-iii, vift> of Sir .Joliii S<'|iiili-|ii'al lintsMHt |ii)r||iiiii, Norfolk, r('H(M CuHMcy, jm rcconled on Irt tunib at lliut on a ilo;;, iii^ar wliii-li in a hcm'oII iliM<'rilii'il, plafr a.s Tii-ri .