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fail to be”a‘lasting'source of gratifying anecdote to the
inquisitive traveller.
This monument was one of great splendor and beauty;
consisting of several chambers and niches, occupied by
figures in large and small life, adorned with tl1e‘c0s-
tume of their ranks when living, and is composed of
marble and alabaster. The principal figures are Sir
Arthur Chichester, first Baron of Belfast, and his lady, in
the attitude of prayer; between them lies their infant
son ; below these, in small life, is the effigy of Sir John
Chichester the younger, who was slain in a sally from the
town against James M‘Sorley M‘Donnell, Earl of
Antrim, who beheaded him upon a stone near the Glynn?"
On the black tablets, in front of the pedestal, are Latin
inscriptions, setting forth the courage and the virtues of
the Knights who lie buried beneath.
In this chapel, or rather arm of the transept, were
formerly shown the faithless sword and armour of Sir
John, and the walls were decorated with escutcheons
and banners 3 but the latter have crumbled -to dust: the
sword, which is rather curious-the blade being partly of
open-work, with the gauntlets and armour, are thrown aside
in the Vestry-room, and the chapel and very monument
are hastening to decay, from absolute neglect, the chapel
being nearly unroofed.
Beneath is the family vault, in which many members of
this illustrious house are deposited. In this cemetery is
interred the Lady Catharine Forbes, only daughter of
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1' In King James's reign M‘Donncll going one day to view the family
monument in St. Nicholas’ church at Carrick-Fergus. and seeing Sir
John's statue thereon, asked how the de'ell he came to get his head agai
for he was sure he had ance ta'cn it frae him.-Lodge. r ‘
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