Chelsea in the olden & present times / by George Bryan.

  • Bryan, George.
Date:
1869
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Credit: Chelsea in the olden & present times / by George Bryan. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    38 LOKD AND LADY JANE CHEYNE. Chelsey.” “ My will,” she says, “ is earnestly and effectually, that little solemnities be made for me, for I had even have a thousand foldes my debts to be paide, and the poore to be given unto, than anye pompe to be shewed upon my wetched carkes; therefore to the wormes will I goe, as I have afore wrytten in all poyntes, as you will answer yt afore God; and you breke any one jot of it, your wills hereafter may chaunce be as well broken ” Notwithstanding the strict injunctions con- tained in her will, she was buried with great funeral pomp, in February, 1535; two heralds attending, with many mourners, six dozen of torches, and two white branches, and “ a canopy borne over her effigies in wax, in a goodly hearse to the church of Chelsey.” Ann of Cleves, after her divorce from Henry VIII., appears to have resided in this manor house, where, it is said, she died in 1557, and Avas buried in Westminster. Queen Elizabeth,in 1559, leased this manor to Ann, Duchess of Somerset, Avidow of the late Protector, for life. Her Majesty afterwards granted the manor to John Stanhope, Esq., vice- chamberlain of her household. On the accession of James I. he was created Lord Stanhope, of Harrington. After several families had held the manor, Ave find it in possession of the Cheyne family. Charles Cheyne, afterAvards Viscount NeAvhaven, married Lady Jane, eldest daughter and co-heir ofWilliam Duke of NcAVcastle, Avith Avhom he obtained an immense fortune. This lady is celebrated for her excellent endoAvments, Avhich she exhibited in a distinguished manner during the civil Avars in the reign of Charles L, in her keeping the garrisoned house of her father, Avhere she Avas left Avith one of her sisters, against the enemy, till, overpoAvered by their force, she Avas made prisoner, but, by the success of the royal arms, it Avas retaken. Her duty a.nd piety to her exiled father, in making repeated remittances, Avhich she effected by the sale of some rich jeAvels left her by her grandmother, the Lady Ogle, after the vain efforts .^le had made for his pardon, deserve to be remembered. Lord Cheyne, as Ave learn from the inscription on Lady Jane’s monument, purchased the manor of Chelsea Avith a part of the large doAver she brought him on his marriage. His lordship very highly embellished the house and gardens, and they excited some curiosity at the time. Mr. Evelyn, in his Diary, thus notices