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At he end of the north transept
is the shrine of St Philip Howard, Earl of Arundel, who was born in
1557 and died as a prisoner in the Tower of London on 19 October 1595.
After a period as a courtier at Queen Elizabeth's court, he was reconciled
to the Catholic church by Fr Weston, a missionary priest, and, fearing
persecution because Catholicism was forbidden, was captured while
setting sail from Littlehampton.
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In 1586 he was found
guilty before the Star Chamber court, fined and imprisoned in the
Tower of London, where he remained till his death. During the time
of the Spanish Armada he was accused of praying for a Spanish victory
and condemned to death for treason, a sentence which was not carried
out. Instead he remained a prisoner in the Tower of London for almost
eleven years, before dying at the age of thirty eight.
The shrine to the saint has a fine statue of St Philip in Elizabethan
costume and contains his relics.
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