eader's final overthrow at Evesham in 1265. Fragmentary
remains only of a coffin assumed to be his were found in 1875. His
tablet says: "Gilbertus secundus, cognomine Rufus, comes Glocestrie
octavus, et Hertfordie septimus, obiit septimo Decembris, anno domini
1295. Vir strenuus et fortis cui deerat timor mortis. Ora et pugna."
Or in English: "Gilbert the second, surnamed the Red, eighth Earl of
Gloucester and seventh of Hertford, died the 7th of December, A.D.
1295. A stout and brave man, who had no fear of death. Pray and
fight."

In the next grave lies Gilbert de Clare, the first who bore the double
title. His interest to us consists in the fact that his seal is one of
those attached to Magna Charta, and he took a considerable part in the
Barons' struggles against King John. He died in Brittany, but was
buried here by his own wish. Very little of his coffin remains.

The tablet to him says: "Gilbertus de Clare, nomine primus, comes
Glocestrie sextus et Hertfordie quintus, obiit 25^o Octobris, anno
domini 1230. Magna Carta est lex, caveat deinde rex"; _i.e._, "Gilbert
de Clare, the first of that name, sixth Earl of Gloucester and fifth
of Hertford, died October 25th, A.D. 1230. Magna Charta is law, let
the King henceforth beware."[24]

The next grave is that of Richard, the second of that name, the son of
Earl Gilbert. He is usually believed to have been poisoned at the
table of Peter de Savoy at Emersfield in Kent. To his memory a most
gorgeous tomb was set up in the Choir, composed of marbles, precious
stones, mosaic, gold and silver, and bearing a large image of the Earl
in silver on the top. Weever, in "Funeral Monuments," gives the
epitaph:

"Hic pudor Hippoliti, Paridis gena, sensus Ulyssis,
AEneae pietas, Hectoris ira jacet."

And he translates it:

"Chaste Hippolite, and Paris fair, Ulysses wise and sly,
AEneas kind, fierce Hector, here jointly entombed lye."

The brass tablet says: "Ricardus de Clare, comes Glocestrie septimus
and Hertfordie sextus, obiit 15^o Julii, anno que domini 1262. Dum
petit crucem sic denique petit lucem"; _i.e._, "Richard de Clare,
seventh Earl of Gloucester and sixth Earl of Hertford, died July 15th,
A.D. 1262. While he seeks the cross, he seeks thereafter light." This
alludes to his having been a Crusader. Richard de Clare's entrails
were buried at Canterbury, and his heart at Tonbridge, at which place
he had founded a monastery of Austin Friars.

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