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1190, an d n ear to it, on the w all, is a tab le t w ith epitaph in L atin verse. A t the w estern end of the church is a chapel, originally the cem etry o f an an cient fam ily w hich b o re the nam e o f Trolle (ogre or w izard). B u t in 1 7 4 3 , C h ristian V I. p u rc h ase d this chapel, (when the coffins of the T ro lle fam ily w ere rem oved to the v a u lt below ), and allotted it as a receptacle for th e rem ains o f A n n a S o p h ia , (d au g h ter o f H igh C hancellor C onrad R eventlau), the second consort of F red erik I V ., and h e r c h ild ren , w hich occupy the black m arble m onum ents w ithin. T h e original door of iron trellis w o rk has, how ever, been left untouched, an d o f w hich a larg e S atanic fig u re, th e T rolle crest, form s p a rt. Such an a p p aritio n in a conse­ crated building m ay well induce the beh older to exclaim , "W h a t business h a s he h e re ? ” B en eath a flat tom b-stone in the S a c risty , on w hich is represen ted a man with a, padlock on his moutli, lies interred M aster Jens Henriksen, P rio r o f the D o v e -F riars H o spital in R oeskilde, w h o , as the tale g o e s, treach ero u sly revealed to the king, h ow th a t his m onastery w as possessed of a v ery fat incom e. F o r which foul betray al w as the re­ crean t ecclesiastic pun ished a fte r death by th e w o rthy friars w ith this ignom inious "m o n um en tum ære perennius.” On the stone sill o f the door at the S outh