Several large monuments have been brought hither from the Drapers’ Chapel.  An altar tomb of black marble is to the memory of Sir Thomas Berkeley, only son of Henry, Lord Berkeley, who died in 1611; another of 1640, to William Stanley, Master of the Merchant Taylors’ Company of London and a benefactor of St. Bartholomew’s Hospital and of his native city, Coventry.  While these are ponderous and unlovely that of Julian Nethermyl, at the west end of the principal north aisle, is a work of interest and much beauty.  It is an altar tomb with a sculptured panel on one end and one side, the other end and side having been next to walls.  It is of interest as an early example of the Italian style then finding its way into England, and an example so free from Gothic influence that there can be little doubt that a foreign craftsman was employed upon it.  On the centre of the long panel is a mutilated crucifix, and a brief inscription with a shield of arms beneath.  On either hand kneel Julian Nethermyl and his wife, with five sons behind him and five daughters behind her.  A cherub at each end pushes aside a curtain.  The group of sons is well treated, the variations in pose and dress show the hand of one who was accustomed to study composition, and the result is very different from the formal repetition of equal or lessening figures usual on mediaeval brasses and Elizabethan tombs.  The Latin inscription is partly illegible, translated it runs: 

  Here lies Julian Nethermyl, Draper, formerly Mayor of this City, who
  died the 11th day of the month of April in the year of our Lord 1539
  and also Joan his wife, to whose souls God be propitious.  Amen.

[Illustration:  CHEST IN NORTH AISLE.]

A small brass on the wall to the memory of Mary Hinton, wife of a vicar, who died in 1594, represents her kneeling at a faldstool, and facing a row of four swaddled infants laid upon the floor.

Near by is the old Purbeck marble font, said to have been given by John Cross, Mayor, in 1394.

As, however, the form, material, and shallow decoration are all quite consistent with a thirteenth-century date there can be little doubt that this one is the predecessor of that given by John Cross, which was condemned and removed by the Puritans as superstitious.  A small brass, bearing a shield with four crosses, the ancient merchant mark, is fixed upon it.

[Illustration:  THE NETHERMYL TOMB.]

Beyond the west door is the north-east buttress of the tower, strengthened by a mass of masonry, part of which formed part of the old nave wall.  The tower arch is high and very narrow, owing to the narrowness of the old nave.  The interior of the tower is very effective, both from the height, which is almost 100 feet to the crown of the vault, and the beautiful lighting of the upper stages.  Each of the large windows of the ground story is set in a recessed arch, and between the two lantern stages is a range of panelling.