[Collection of tracts by W. Bradbrook and others on the local history and parish registers of Buckinghamshire.] / [William Bradbrook].

  • Bradbrook, William.
Date:
[1903-1904]
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Credit: [Collection of tracts by W. Bradbrook and others on the local history and parish registers of Buckinghamshire.] / [William Bradbrook]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    the colouring is now nearly gone and the little group much defaced. There is no inscription. Cole states that this little monument was brought from the old church at Deptford by Dr. Browne Willis, who said that he was induced to do so because he also had eight children! On the floor of the chancel aisle, with the foot touch- ing the east wall, is a slab of stone 34 inches by 24 inches, inscribed thus: Julia Essex Lowndes / Born October 23rd 1851 / Died Janry 23. 1852 / The Lord giveth and the / Lord taketh away. Blessed / be the name of the Lord /. Reginald William Selby Lowndes / Born Jan. 19th 1853 / Died February 6th 1853. / The Beloved children of / Richard and Mary Selby / Lowndes. On the floor of the above aisle is also a lozenge of white marble, with a side of 30 inches, with this in- scription : Eliot Willis. A.M. Coll: Trinitatis Oxon: Scholaris Hujus Ecclesiae B.Y.M. Rector obiit July 14. 1752. Anno Aetatis suae 33. Also, on the floor of the chancel aisle close to the north side of the Grey tomb, is a stone 50 inches by 26 inches, with the following inscription: — Here / Lyeth the Body of Jane / the daughter of / Browne Willis. Esq. / and Katherine his wife / Who Dyed at Whaddon Hall / November ye 25 1710 / Ao-ed 10 months and 14 Days. / Also / Cath. Susan Amelia / Daughter of the Reverend / Thos Willis / Rector of this Parish / and of Cath. his Wife / Ob. March 5th 1/78 Mi. 9 months. / In the north-east angle of the chancel aisle, and close to both walls, is a raised altar-tomb 6 feet 3 inches bv • \ inches- On the top is a white marble slab 72 inches by 34 inches, with an escutcheon of Willis, im- paling Eliot, at the head, followed by this inscription :