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eo ee ee ee ee | — Ys Sy eye Ce ee aed oo (] MBE rá ra Bm sz nee ines be disturbed by the presence of the laity at the services in the priory church. In this church was the grave of at least one very famous man, Hans Holbein the painter, who died of the plague while staying with the Duke of Norfolk in what had been the Prior's house, probably in 1543, but the date is uncertain. In 1628 the old church was pulled down, and, it is asserted, Inigo Jones was the architect chosen to rebuild it. ‘There is no direct evidence that this Is the case. On the contrary, the the views of Laud, who was then Bishop of London, and shows us what he considered convenient for the worship of the Church of England. As is well known, Laud’s behaviour and the ceremonies he observed at the consecration in 1631 were brought against him at his trial and condemnation in
