Bisham, All Saints Church, The Hoby Chapel 1890

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The Hobys dominate the imposing monuments in the south chapel, remembering the deaths of Sir Philip in 1558 and Sir Thomas in 1566. They were erected after Sir Thomas's death. One is of alabaster,and is a tomb chest with the two bearded half brothers relaxed in semi-recumbent poses. Behind is a shallow arch in which is a long poem, worth reading in full. Sir Thomas's widow Elizabeth married Lord Russell, who died in 1583; she died in 1609. She is seen kneeling in widow's weeds under a canopy with columns. Behind her is a group of children and other figures outside the columns. This is also in alabaster, and contained in iron railings. Margaret, wife of Sir Edward who died in 1605, is also remembered among these fine, delicately and intricately-worked alabaster monuments. Other monuments in the church include a Purbeck tomb in the north chapel; this is a short tomb chest and canopy of three hanging arches on colonnettes with lozenge patterns. There is a pretty vault inside. There is also a life-size effigy by Morris Harding under a Gothic canopy. It depicts a kneeling Eton schoolboy called George Kenneth Vansittart-Neale who died aged 14, in 1904. A brass in the nave west wall, a 16inch figure dated 1517, relates to a Thomas Crekett.