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You may copy it, give it away or -re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included -with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org - - -Title: Curious Epitaphs - Collected from the Graveyards of Great Britain and Ireland. - -Author: William Andrews - -Release Date: September 3, 2013 [EBook #43626] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK CURIOUS EPITAPHS *** - - - - -Produced by Chris Curnow and the Online Distributed -Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was -produced from images generously made available by The -Internet Archive.) - - - - - - - - - -CURIOUS EPITAPHS - - - - -[Illustration: OLD SCARLETT, THE PETERBOROUGH SEXTON.] - - - - - CURIOUS EPITAPHS - - _COLLECTED FROM THE GRAVEYARDS OF - GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND_, - - WITH - - Biographical, Genealogical, and - Historical Notes. - - - BY WILLIAM ANDREWS, F.R.H.S., - - Member of the Derbyshire Archæological and Natural History - Society. - - Secretary of the Hull Literary Club. - - Local Secretary of the National Society for Preserving the - Memorials of the Dead. - - Author of "Historic Romance," "Historic Yorkshire," - "Punishments in the Olden Time," "Book of Oddities," - "History of the Dunmow Flitch," etc. - - - LONDON: - HAMILTON, ADAMS, AND COMPANY. - - - - - PRINTED BY - CHARLES HENRY BARNWELL, HULL. - - - - - TO - WILLIAM, DUKE OF DEVONSHIRE, K.G., - ETC., ETC., - THIS BOOK IS RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED BY - HIS GRACE'S KIND PERMISSION, - AS A TOKEN OF GRATITUDE FOR ENCOURAGEMENT AND - FAVOURS BESTOWED - WHEN THEY WERE MOST NEEDED. - W. A. - - - - -Preface. - - -For many years I have collected curious epitaphs, and in this volume I -offer the result of my gleanings. An attempt is herein made to furnish a -book, not compiled from previously published works, but a collection of -curious inscriptions copied from gravestones. Some of the chapters have -appeared under my name in _Chambers's Journal_, _Illustrated Sporting and -Dramatic News_, _Newcastle Courant_, _People's Journal_, (Dundee), _Press -News_, and other publications. I have included a Bibliography of Epitaphs, -believing that it will be useful to those who desire to obtain more -information on the subject than is presented here. I have not seen any -other bibliography of this class of literature, and as a first attempt it -must be incomplete. In compiling it I have had the efficient aid of Mr. W. -G. B. Page, of the Hull Subscription Library, who has also prepared the -Index. - -I must tender my thanks to the following friends for their valued -assistance: Mrs. Geo. Linnæus Banks, author of the "Manchester Man," Mr. -W. G. Fretton, F.S.A., Mr. Walter Hamilton, F.R.G.S., Mr. Jno. H. Leggott, -F.R.H.S., Rev. R. V. Taylor, B.A., Mr. H. Vickery, and others whose names -appear in the following pages. - -In conclusion, I hope that this book will merit from readers and reviewers -a similar welcome to that granted to my former works; in that case I shall -have every reason to be satisfied with my pleasant labour. - -WILLIAM ANDREWS. - - _Hull Literary Club_, - October 1st, 1883. - - - - -Contents. - - - EPITAPHS ON PARISH CLERKS AND SEXTONS 1 - - TYPOGRAPHICAL EPITAPHS 14 - - EPITAPHS ON SPORTSMEN 21 - - EPITAPHS ON TRADESMEN 33 - - BACCHANALIAN EPITAPHS 54 - - EPITAPHS ON SOLDIERS AND SAILORS 65 - - PUNNING EPITAPHS 84 - - EPITAPHS ON MUSICIANS AND ACTORS 90 - - EPITAPHS ON NOTABLE PERSONS 108 - - MISCELLANEOUS EPITAPHS 150 - - BIBLIOGRAPHY OF EPITAPHS 157 - - INDEX 173 - - - - -Curious Epitaphs. - - - - -EPITAPHS ON PARISH CLERKS AND SEXTONS. - - -Amongst the most curious of the many peculiar epitaphs which are to be -found in the quiet resting-places of the departed are those placed to the -memory of parish clerks and sextons. We have noted at various times, and -at different places, many strange specimens, a few of which we think will -entertain our readers. - -In the churchyard of Crayford is a grave-stone bearing the following -inscription:-- - - Here lieth the body - OF - PETER ISNELL, - Thirty years clerk of this Parish. - He lived respected as a pious and mirthful man, and died on his - way to church to assist at a wedding, - On the 31st day of March, 1811, - Aged 70 years. - - The inhabitants of Crayford have raised this stone to his cheerful - memory, and as a tribute to his long and faithful services. - - The life of this clerk, just three score and ten, - Nearly half of which time he had sung out "Amen;" - In youth he was married, like other young men, - But his wife died one day, so he chanted "Amen." - A second he took, she departed--what then? - He married and buried a third with "Amen." - Thus his joys and his sorrows were treble, but then - His voice was deep bass, as he sung out "Amen." - On the horn he could blow as well as most men; - So his horn was exalted to blowing "Amen." - But he lost all his wind after three score and ten, - And here, with three wives, he awaits till again - The trumpet shall rouse him to sing out "Amen." - -In addition to being parish clerk, Frank Raw, of Selby, Yorkshire, was a -grave-stone cutter, for we are told:-- - - Here lies the body of poor Frank Raw, - Parish clerk and grave-stone cutter, - And this is writ to let you know - What Frank for others used to do, - Is now for Frank done by another. - -The next epitaph, placed to the memory of a parish clerk and -bellows-maker, was formerly in the old church of All Saints, -Newcastle-on-Tyne:-- - - Here lies Robert Wallas, - The King of Good Fellows, - Clerk of All-Hallows, - And maker of bellows. - -On a slate head-stone, near the south porch of Bingham Church, -Nottinghamshire, is inscribed:-- - - Beneath this stone lies Thomas Hart, - Years fifty eight he took the part - Of Parish Clerk: few did excel. - Correct he read and sung so well; - His words distinct, his voice so clear, - Till eighteen hundred and fiftieth year. - Death cut the brittle thread, and then - A period put to his Amen. - At eighty-two his breath resigned, - To meet the fate of all mankind; - The third of May his soul took flight - To mansions of eternal light. - The bell for him with awful tone - His body summoned to the tomb. - Oh! may his sins be all forgiv'n - And Christ receive him into heav'n. - -In the same county, from the churchyard of Ratcliffe on Soar, we have a -curious epitaph to the memory of Robert Smith, who died in 1782, aged 82 -years:-- - - Fifty-five years it was, and something more, - Clerk of this parish he the office bore, - And in that space, 'tis awful to declare, - Two generations buried by him were! - -In a note by Mr. Llewllynn Jewitt, F.S.A., we are told that with the -clerkship of Bakewell church, the "vocal powers" of its holders, appear -to have been to some extent hereditary, if we may judge by the -inscriptions recording the deaths and the abilities of two members of the -family of Roe which are found on grave-stones in the churchyard there. The -first of these, recording the death of Samuel Roe, is as under:-- - - To - The memory of - SAMUEL ROE, - Clerk - Of the Parish Church of Bakewell, - Which office - He filled thirty-five years - With credit to himself - And satisfaction to the Inhabitants. - His natural powers of voice, - In clearness, strength, and sweetness - Were altogether unequalled. - He died October 31st, 1792, - Aged 70 years. - died aged - Sarah his third wife | 1811 | 77 - Charles their son | 1810 | 52 - -He had three wives, Millicent, who died in 1745, aged 22; Dorothy, who -died 1754, aged 28; and Sarah, who survived him and died in 1811, at the -age of 77. A grave-stone records the death of his first two wives as -follows, and the third is commemorated in the above inscription. - - Millicent, - Wife of Saml Roe, - She died Sepr 16th, 1745, aged 22. - - Dorothy, - Wife of Saml Roe, - She died Novr 13th, 1754, aged 28. - -Respecting the above-mentioned Samuel Roe, a contributor to the -_Gentleman's Magazine_ wrote, on February 13th, 1794: - -"Mr. Urban, - -"It was with much concern that I read the epitaph upon Mr. Roe, in your -last volume, p. 1192. Upon a little tour which I made in Derbyshire, in -1789, I met with that worthy and very intelligent man at Bakewell, and, in -the course of my antiquarian researches there, derived no inconsiderable -assistance from his zeal and civility. If he did not possess the learning -of his namesake, your old and valuable correspondent, I will venture to -declare that he was not less influenced by a love and veneration for -antiquity, many proofs of which he had given by his care and attention to -the monuments in the church, which were committed to his charge; for he -united the characters of sexton, clerk, singing-master, will-maker, and -school-master. Finding that I was quite alone, he requested permission to -wait upon me at the inn in the evening, urging, as a reason for this -request, that he must be exceedingly gratified by the conversation of a -gentleman who could read the characters upon the monument of Vernon, the -founder of Haddon House, a treat he had not met with for many years. After -a very pleasant gossip we parted, but not till my honest friend had, -after some apparent struggle, begged of me to indulge him with my name." - -To his careful attention is to be attributed the preservation of the -curious Vernon and other monuments in the church, over which in some -instances he placed wooden framework to keep off the rough hands and -rougher knives of the boys and young men of the congregation. He also -watched with special care over the Wendesley tomb, and even took careful -rubbings of the inscriptions. - -While speaking of this Mr. Roe, it may be well to put the readers of this -work in possession of an interesting fact in connection with the name of -Roe, or Row. The writer above, in his letter to Mr. Urban, says, "If he -did not possess the learning of his namesake, your old and valued -correspondent," &c. By this he means "T Row," whose contributions to the -_Gent's. Mag._ were very numerous and interesting. The writer under this -signature was the Rev. Samuel Pegge, rector of Whittington, and the -letters forming this pseudonym were the initials of the words, T[he] -R[ector] O[f] W[hittington]. - -Philip Roe, who succeeded his father (Samuel Roe) as parish clerk of -Bakewell, was his son by his third wife. He was born in 1763, and -succeeded his father in full parochial honours in 1792, having, we -believe, for some time previously acted as his deputy. He died in 1815, -aged 52 years, and was buried with the other members of the family. The -following curious inscription appears on his grave-stone:-- - - Erected - In remembrance of - PHILIP ROE - _who died 12th September, 1815_ - AGED 52 YEARS. - - The vocal Powers here let us mark - Of Philip our late Parish Clerk - In Church none ever heard a Layman - With a clearer Voice say "Amen!" - Who now with Hallelujahs Sound - Like Him can make the Roofs rebound? - The Choir lament his Choral Tones - The Town--so soon Here lie his Bones. - "Sleep undisturb'd within thy peaceful shrine - Till Angels wake thee with such notes as thine." - - Also of SARAH his wife - who departed this life on the - 24th of January 1817 - aged 51 years. - -Our genial friend, Cuthbert Bede, B.A., author of "Verdant Green," tells -us, "As a boy I often attended the service at Belbroughton Church, -Worcestershire, where the parish clerk was Mr. Osborne, tailor. His family -had there been parish clerks and tailors since the time of Henry the -Eighth, and were lineally descended from William FitzOsborne, who, in the -twelfth century, had been deprived by Ralph FitzHerbert of his right to -the manor of Bellem, in the parish of Belbroughton. Often have I stood in -the picturesque churchyard of Wolverley, Worcestershire, by the grave of -its old parish clerk, whom I well remember, old Thomas Worrall, the -inscription on whose monument is as follows:-- - - Sacred to the Memory of - THOMAS WORRALL, - Parish Clerk of Wolverley for a period of forty-seven years. - Died A.D. 1854, February 23rd. - Aged 76 years. - - "He served with faithfulness in humble sphere, - As one who could his talent well employ. - Hope that when Christ his Lord shall reappear, - He may be bidden to his Master's joy." - - This tombstone was erected to the memory of the deceased - by a few of the parishioners in testimony of his worth. - - April, 1855. Charles R. Somers Cocks, vicar. - -It may be noted of this worthy parish clerk that, with the exception of a -week or two before his death, he was never once absent from his Sunday and -weekday duties in the forty-seven years during which he held office. He -succeeded his father, James Worrall, who died in 1806, aged seventy-nine, -after being parish clerk of Wolverley for thirty years. His tombstone, -near to that of his son, was erected "to record his worth both in his -public and private character, and as a mark of personal esteem--h. l. F. -H. & W. C. p. c." I am told that these initials stand for F. Hurtle and -the Rev. William Callow, and that the latter was the author of the -following lines inscribed on the monument, which are well worth quoting:-- - - "If courtly bards adorn each statesman's bust, - And strew their laurels o'er each warrior's dust - Alike immortalise, as good and great, - Him who enslaved as him who saved the state, - Surely the muse (a rustic minstrel) may - Drop one wild flower upon a poor man's clay; - This artless tribute to his mem'ry give - Whose life was such as heroes seldom live. - In worldly knowledge, poor indeed his store-- - He knew the village and he scarce knew more. - The worth of heavenly truth he justly knew-- - In faith a Christian, and in practice too. - Yes, here lies one, excel him ye who can; - Go! imitate the virtues of that man!" - -First amongst notable sextons is the name of Old Scarlett, who died July -2, 1591, at the good old age of ninety-eight, and occupied for a long time -the position as sexton of Peterborough Cathedral. He buried two -generations of his fellow-creatures. A portrait of him, placed at the west -end of that noble church, has perpetuated his fame, and caused him to be -introduced in effigy in various publications. Dr. Robert Chambers in his -entertaining work, the "Book of Days," writes: "And what a lively -effigy--short, stout, hardy, and self-complacent, perfectly satisfied, and -perhaps even proud, of his profession, and content to be exhibited with -all its insignia about him! Two queens had passed through his hands into -that bed which gives a lasting rest to queens and to peasants alike. An -officer of Death, who had so long defied his principal, could not but have -made some impression on the minds of bishop, dean, prebends, and other -magnates of the Cathedral, and hence, as we may suppose, the erection of -this lively portraiture of the old man, which is believed to have been -only once renewed since it was first put up. Dr. Dibdin, who last copied -it, tells us that 'Old Scarlett's jacket and trunkhose are of a brownish -red, his stockings blue, his shoes black, tied with blue ribbons, and the -soles of his feet red. The cap upon his head is red, and so also is the -ground of the coat armour.'" - -The following lines below his portrait are characteristic of his age:-- - - You see old Scarlett's picture stand on hie; - But at your feet here doth his body lye. - His gravestone doth his age and death-time show, - His office by heis token [s] you may know. - Second to none for strength and sturdy lymm, - A scare-babe mighty voice, with visage grim; - He had inter'd two queenes within this place, - And this townes householders in his life's space - Twice over; but at length his own time came - What he for others did, for him the same - Was done: no doubt his soule doth live for aye, - In heaven, though his body clad in clay. - -The first of the queens interred by Scarlett was Catherine, the divorced -wife of Henry VIII, who died in 1535, at Kimbolton Castle, in -Huntingdonshire. The second was Mary Queen of Scots, who was beheaded at -Fotheringay in 1587, and first interred here, though subsequently -transported to Westminster Abbey. - -Our next example is from Bingley, Yorkshire:-- - - In memory of Hezekiah Briggs, who died August 5th, 1844, in the - 80th year of his age. He was sexton at this church 43 years, - and interred upwards of 7000 corpses. - -[Here the names of his wife and several children are given.] - - Here lies an old ringer, beneath the cold clay, - Who has rung many peals both for serious and gay; - Through Grandsire and Trebles with ease he could range, - Till death called a Bob, which brought round the last change. - - For all the village came to him - When they had need to call; - His counsel free to all was given, - For he was kind to all. - - Ring on, ring on, sweet Sabbath bell, - Still kind to me thy matins swell, - And when from earthly things i part, - Sigh o'er my grave, and lull my heart. - -An upright stone in the burial ground at Hartwith Chapel, in Nidderdale, -Yorkshire, bears the following inscription:-- - - In memory of William Darnbrough, who for the last forty - years of his life was sexton of this chapel. He died - October 3rd, 1846, in the one hundreth year - of his age. - - "Thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a - good old age."--_Genesis_ xv. 15. - - The graves around for many a year - Were dug by him who slumbers here,-- - Till worn with age, he dropped his spade, - And in the dust his bones were laid. - - As he now, mouldering, shares the doom - Of those he buried in the tomb; - So shall he, too, with them arise, - To share the judgment of the skies. - -An examination of Pateley Bridge Church registers proves that Darnbrough -was 102 years of age. - -An epitaph from Saddleworth, Yorkshire, tells us:-- - - Here was interred the body of John Broadbent, Sexton, who - departed this life, August 3rd, 1769, in the 73rd year of his age. - - Forty-eight years, strange to tell, - He bore the bier and toll'd the bell, - And faithfully discharged his trust, - In "earth to earth" and "dust to dust." - Cease to lament, - His life is spent, - The grave is still his element; - His old friend Death knew 'twas his sphere, - So kindly laid the sexton here. - -At Rothwell, near Leeds, an old sexton is buried in the church porch. A -monumental inscription runs thus:-- - - In memory of Thomas Flockton, Sexton 59 years, buried - 23rd day of February, 1783, aged 78 years. - - Here lies within this porch so calm, - Old Thomas. Pray sound his knell, - Who thought no song was like a psalm-- - No music like a bell. - -At Darlington, there is a Latin epitaph over the remains of Richard -Preston, which has been freely translated as follows:-- - - Under this marble are depos'd - Poor Preston's sad remains. - Alas! too true for light-rob'd jest - To sing in playful strains. - - Ye dread possessors of the grave, - Who feed on others' woe, - Abstain from Richard's small remains, - And grateful pity shew; - - For many a weighty corpse he gave - To you with liberal hand; - Then sure his little body may - Some small respect command. - -The gravestone bears the date of 1765. - -Further examples might be included, but we have given sufficient to show -the varied and curious epitaphs placed to the memory of parish clerks and -sextons. - - - - -TYPOGRAPHICAL EPITAPHS. - - -The trade of printer is rich in technical terms available for the writer -of epitaphs, as will be seen in the following examples. - -Our first inscription is from St. Margaret's Church, Westminster, placed -in remembrance of England's benefactor, the first English printer:-- - - To the memory of - WILLIAM CAXTON, - who first introduced into Great Britain - the Art of Printing; - And who, A.D. 1477 or earlier, exercised that art in the - Abbey of Westminster. - This Tablet, - In remembrance of one to whom the literature of this - country is so largely indebted, was raised, - anno Domini MDCCCXX., - by the Roxburghe Club, - Earl Spencer, K.G., President. - -The next is in memory of one Edward Jones, _ob._ 1705-6, _æt._ 53. He was -the "Gazette" Printer of the Savoy, and the following epitaph was appended -to an elegy, entitled, "The Mercury Hawkers in Mourning," and published -on the occasion of his death:-- - - Here lies a Printer, famous in his time, - Whose life by lingering sickness did decline. - He lived in credit, and in peace he died, - And often had the chance of Fortune tried. - Whose smiles by various methods did promote - Him to the favour of the Senate's vote; - And so became, by National consent, - The only Printer of the Parliament. - Thus by degrees, so prosp'rous was his fate, - He left his heirs a very good estate. - -Another is on a noted printer and bookseller in his day, Jacob Tonson, who -died in 1735:-- - - The volume of his life being finished, here is the end of Jacob - Tonson. Weep, authors, and break your pens; your Tonson, effaced from - the book, is no more; but print the last inscription on this last page - of death, for fear that, delivered to the press of the grave, he, the - Editor, should want a title. Here lies a bookseller, the leaf of his - life being finished, awaiting a new edition, augmented and corrected. - -The celebrated Dr. Benjamin Franklin imitated the above, and designed it -for himself:-- - - The body of B. Franklin, Printer, like the cover of an old book, its - contents torn out, and stripped of its lettering and gilding, lies - here, food for worms. But the work shall not be wholly lost, for it - will, as he believed, appear once more, in a new and more perfect - edition, corrected and amended by the Author. He was born Jan. 6, - 1706. Died ------, 17--. B.F. - -Franklin died on the 17th of April, 1790, aged eighty-four years. After -the death of this sturdy patriot and sagacious writer, the following -singular sentiment was inscribed to his memory:-- - - Benjamin Franklin, the * of his profession; the type of honesty; the ! - of all; and although the [Symbol: hand] of death put a . to his - existence, each § of his life is without a ||. - -On a plain, flat slab in the burial-ground of Christ-church, Philadelphia, -the following simple inscription appears over the remains of the good man -and his worthy wife:-- - - Benjamin } - } Franklin. - Deborah } - February, 1790. - -The pun on the supersession of an old edition by a new and revised one, -has often been worked out, as in the following example, which is that of -the Rev. John Cotton, who died in New England, in 1652:-- - - A living, breathing Bible; tables where - Both covenants at large engraven were; - Gospel and law in his heart had each its column, - His head an index to the sacred volume! - His very name a title-page; and, next, - His life a commentary on the text. - Oh, what a moment of glorious worth, - When in a new edition he comes forth! - Without errata, we may think 'twill be, - In leaves and covers of Eternity. - -A notable epitaph was that of George Faulkner, the alderman and printer, -of Dublin, who died in 1775: - - Turn, gentle stranger, and this urn revere, - O'er which Hibernia saddens with a tear. - Here sleeps George Faulkner, printer, once so dear - To humorous Swift, and Chesterfield's gay peer; - So dear to his wronged country and her laws; - So dauntless when imprisoned in her cause; - No alderman e'er graced a weighter board, - No wit e'er joked more freely with a lord. - None could with him in anecdotes confer; - A perfect annal-book, in Elzevir. - Whate'er of glory life's first sheets presage, - Whate'er the splendour of the title-page, - Leaf after leaf, though learned lore ensues; - Close as thy types and various as thy news; - Yet, George, we see that one lot awaits them all, - Gigantic folios, or octavos small; - One universal finis claims his rank, - And every volume closes in a blank. - -In the churchyard of Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, is a good specimen of a -typographical epitaph, placed in remembrance of a noted printer, who died -in the year 1818. It reads as follows: - - Here lie the remains of L. GEDGE, Printer. - Like a worn-out character, he has returned to the Founder, - Hoping that he will be re-cast in a better and - more perfect mould. - -Our next example is profuse of puns, some of which are rather obscure to -younger readers, owing to the disuse of the old wooden press. It is the -epitaph of a Scotch printer:-- - - Sacred to the memory of - ADAM WILLIAMSON, - Pressman-printer, in Edinburgh, - Who died Oct. 3, 1832, - Aged 72 years. - - All my stays are loosed; - My cap is thrown off; my head is worn out; - My box is broken; - My spindle and bar have lost their power; - My till is laid aside; - Both legs of my crane are turned out of their path; - My platen can make no impression; - My winter hath no spring; - My rounce will neither roll out nor in; - Stone, coffin, and carriage have all failed; - The hinges of my tympan and frisket are immovable; - My long and short ribs are rusted; - My cheeks are much worm-eaten and mouldering - away: - My press is totally down: - The volume of my life is finished, - Not without many errors; - Most of them have arisen from bad composition, and - are to be attributed more to the chase than the - press; - There are also a great number of my own: - Misses, scuffs, blotches, blurs, and bad register; - But the true and faithful Superintendent has undertaken - to correct the whole. - When the machine is again set up - (incapable of decay), - A new and perfect edition of my life will appear, - Elegantly bound for duration, and every way fitted - for the grand Library of the Great Author. - -The next specimen is less satisfactory, because devoid of the hope that -should encircle the death of the Christian. It is the epitaph which -Baskerville, the celebrated Birmingham printer and type founder, directed -to be placed upon a tomb of masonry in the shape of a cone, and erected -over his remains:-- - - Stranger - Beneath this cone, in unconsecrated ground, - A friend to the liberties of mankind - Directed his body to be inurned. - May the example contribute to emancipate thy mind - from the idle fears of superstition, and the - wicked arts of priestcraft. - -It is recorded that "The tomb has long since been overturned, and even the -remains of the man himself desecrated and dispersed till the final day of -resurrection, when the atheism which in his later years he professed, will -receive assuredly so complete and overwhelming a refutation." - -In 1599 died Christopher Barker, one of the most celebrated of the -sixteenth century typographers, printer to Queen Elizabeth--to whom, in -fact, the present patent, held by Eyre and Spottiswode, can be traced back -in unbroken succession. - - Here Barker lies, once printer to the Crown, - Whose works of art acquired a vast renown. - Time saw his worth, and spread around his fame, - That future printers might imprint the same. - But when his strength could work the press no more - And his last sheets were folded into store, - Pure faith, with hope (the greatest treasure given), - Opened their gates, and bade him pass to heaven. - -We shall bring to a close our examples of typographical epitaphs with the -following, copied from the graveyard of St. Michael's, Coventry, on a -worthy printer who was engaged over sixty years as a compositor on the -_Coventry Mercury_:-- - - Here - lies inter'd - the mortal remains - of - JOHN HULM, - Printer, - who, like an old, worn-out type, - battered by frequent use, - reposes in the grave. - But not without a hope that at some future time - he might be cast in the mould of righteousness, - And safely locked-up - in the chase of immortality. - He was distributed from the board of life - on the 9th day of Sept., 1827, - Aged 75. - Regretted by his employers, - and respected by his fellow artists. - - - - -EPITAPHS ON SPORTSMEN. - - -The stirring lives of sportsmen have suggested spirited lines for their -tombstones, as will be seen from the examples we bring under the notice of -our readers. - -The first epitaph is from Morville churchyard, near Bridgnorth, on John -Charlton, Esq., who was for many years Master of the Wheatland Foxhounds, -and died January 20th, 1843, aged 63 years; regretted by all who knew -him:-- - - Of this world's pleasure I have had my share, - And few the sorrows I was doomed to bear. - How oft have I enjoy'd the noble chase - Of hounds and foxes striving for the race! - But hark! the knell of death calls me away, - So sportsmen, all, farewell! I must obey. - -Our next is written on Mills, the huntsman:-- - - Here lies John Mills, who over the hills - Pursued the hounds with hallo: - The leap though high, from earth to sky, - The huntsman we must follow. - -A short, rough, but pregnant epitaph is placed over the remains of Robert -Hackett, a keeper of Hardwick Park, who died in 1703, and was buried in -Ault Hucknall churchyard:-- - - Long had he chased - The Red and Fallow Deer, - But Death's cold dart - At last has fix'd him here. - -George Dixon, a noted foxhunter, is buried in Luton churchyard, and on his -gravestone the following appears:-- - - Stop, passenger, and thy attention fix on, - That true-born, honest, fox-hunter, GEORGE DIXON, - Who, after eighty years' unwearied chase, - Now rests his bones within this hallow'd place. - A gentle tribute of applause bestow, - And give him, as you pass, one _tally-ho_! - Early to cover, brisk he rode each morn, - In hopes the _brush_ his temple might adorn; - The view is now no more, the chase is past, - And to an earth, poor GEORGE is run at last. - -On a stone in the graveyard of Mottram the following inscription -appears:-- - - In the memory of GEORGE NEWTON, - of Stalybridge, - who died August 7th, 1871, - in the 94th year of his age. - - Though he liv'd long, the old man has gone at last, - No more he'll hear the huntsman's stirring blast; - Though fleet as Reynard in his youthful prime, - At last he's yielded to the hand of Time. - Blithe as a lark, dress'd in his coat of green, - With hounds and horn the old man was seen. - But ah! Death came, worn out and full of years, - He died in peace, mourn'd by his offsprings' tears. - - "Let us run with patience the race that is set before us." - -In the churchyard of Ecclesfield, may be read the following epitaph:-- - - In memory of THOMAS RIDGE, - the Ecclesfield huntsman, - who died 13th day of January, 1871, - Aged 77 years. - - Though fond of sport, devoted of the chase, - And with his fellow-hunters first in place, - He always kept the Lord's appointed day, - Never from church or Sunday-school away. - And now his body rests beneath the sod, - His soul relying in the love of God. - -Of the many epitaphs on sportsmen to be seen in Nottinghamshire, we cull a -few of the choicest. Our first is a literal copy from a weather-worn stone -in Eakring churchyard, placed to the memory of Henry Cartwright, senior -keeper to his Grace the Duke of Kingston for fifty-five years, who died -February 13th, 1773, aged eighty years, ten months, and three weeks:-- - - My gun discharged, my ball is gone - My powder's spent, my work is done, - those panting deer I have left behind, - May now have time to Gain their wind, - Who I have oft times Chass'd them ore - the burial Plains, but now no more. - -We next present particulars of a celebrated deer-stealer. According to a -notice furnished in the "Nottingham Date Book," the deeds of Tom Booth -were for many years after his death a never-failing subject of -conversational interest in Nottingham. It is stated that no modern -deer-stealer was anything like so popular. Thorsby relates one exploit as -follows: "In Nottingham Park, at one time, was a favourite fine deer, a -chief ranger, on which Tom and his wily companions had often cast their -eyes; but how to deceive the keeper while they killed it was a task of -difficulty. The night, however, in which they accomplished their -purpose--whether by any settled plan or not is not known--they found the -keeper at watch, as usual, in a certain place in the park. One of them, -therefore, went in an opposite direction in the park, and fired his gun to -make the keeper believe he had shot a deer; upon which away goes the -keeper, in haste, to the spot, which was at a very considerable distance -from the place where the favourite deer was, and near which Tom Booth was -skulking. Tom, waiting a proper time, when he thought the keeper at a -sufficient distance for accomplishing his purpose, fired and killed the -deer, and dragged it through the river Leen undiscovered." Booth was a -stout man, and by trade a whitesmith. The stone marking the place of his -interment is still in good preservation, and stands in St. Nicholas' -burial-ground, against the southern wall of the church. It bears the -following inscription:-- - - Here lies a marksman, who with art and skill, - When young and strong, fat bucks and does did kill. - Now conquered by grim Death (go, reader, tell it!) - He's now took leave of powder, gun, and pellet. - A fatal dart, which in the dark did fly, - Has laid him down, among the dead to lie. - If any want to know the poor slave's name, - 'Tis old Tom Booth,--ne'er ask from whence he came. - -Old Tom was so highly pleased with the epitaph, which was written before -his death, that he had it engraved on the stone some months before its -services were required. In addition to the epitaph itself, the head-stone -was made to include Booth's name, &c., and also that of his wife, blank -places being left in each case for the age and time of death. Booth's -compartment of the stone was in due course properly filled up; but the -widow, disliking the exhibition of her name on a tombstone while living, -resolved that such stone should never indicate her resting place when -dead; she accordingly left an injunction that her body be interred -elsewhere, and the inscription is incomplete to this day. - -Some time before Amos Street, a celebrated Yorkshire huntsman died, a -stone was obtained, and on it engraved the following lines:-- - - This is to the memory of Old Amos, - Who was when alive for hunting famous; - But now his chases are all o'er, - And here he's earth'd, of years four score. - Upon this tomb he's often sat - And tried to read his epitaph; - And thou who dost so at this moment - Shall ere long like him be dormant. - -Poor "Old Amos" passed away on October 3rd, 1777, and was buried in -Birstal churchyard. The foregoing inscription may still be read. - -The Rev. R. H. Whitworth tells us: "There is an old monument in the south -aisle of Blidworth Church, to the memory of Thomas Leake, Esq., who was -killed at Blidworth Rocking in A.D. 1598. He may be regarded as the last -of the race who sat in Robin Hood's seat, if those restless Forest Chiefs, -typified under that name, can be supposed ever to have sat at all. Leake -held office under the Crown, but was as wild a freebooter as ever drew -bow. His character is portrayed in his epitaph-- - - HERE RESTS T. LEAKE WHOSE VERTUES WEERE SO KNOWNE - IN ALL THESE PARTS THAT THIS ENGRAVED STONE - NEEDS NAVGHT RELATE BVT HIS VNTIMELY END - WHICH WAS IN SINGLE FIGHT: WYLST YOUTH DID LEND - HIS AYDE TO VALOR, HEE WTH EASE OREPAST - MANY SLYGHT DANGERS, GREATER THEN THIS LAST - BVT WILLFVLLE FATE IN THESE THINGS GOVERNS ALL - HEE TOWLD OVT THREESCORE YEARS BEFORE HIS FALL - MOST OF WCH TYME HE WASTED IN THIS WOOD - MVCH OF HIS WEALTH AND LAST OF ALL HIS BLOOD - -The border of this monument is rudely panelled, each panel having some -forest hunting subject in relief. There are hounds getting scent, and a -hound pursuing an antlered stag; a hunting horn, ribboned; plunging and -flaying knives, a cross-bow, a forest-bow, two arrows, and two hunters' -belts with arrows inserted. This is his register-- - - Thomas Leake, esquire, buried the - 4th February, 1598. - -There is a captivating bit of romance connected with Leake's death, which -occurred at Archer's Water. Although somewhat 'provectus in ætate,' he had -won the affections of the landlady's daughter, much to the annoyance of -the mother. Archer's Water was on the old driftroad by Blidworth, from -Edinburgh to London, that by which Jeannie Deans travelled, and over which -Dick Turpin rode. Hundreds of thousands of Scotch cattle went by this way -to town, and there was a difficulty connected with a few of them in which -Leake was concerned, and a price being set upon his head, his -mother-in-law, that was to be, betrayed him to two young soldiers anxious -to secure the reward, one of whom was, in the mother's eyes, the more -favoured lover. Tom was always attended by two magnificent dogs and went -well armed. Thrown off his guard he left his dogs in an outhouse, and -entering the inn laid aside his weapons, when he was set upon and -overpowered, and like many better men before him, slain. The name of a -Captain Salmond of the now extinct parish or manor of Salterford is -connected with this transaction. The date of the combat is 2nd February, -being the festival of the Presentation of Christ in the Temple, with which -the highly interesting and historical observance of Blidworth _Rocking_ is -connected. Within the memory of living men, a baby decked with such -flowers as the season afforded, was placed in a cradle and carried about -from house to house by an old man, who received a present on the occasion. -As the church is dedicated to St. Mary in connection with the -Purification, the 2nd of February being the Feast Day, this is probably an -interesting reminiscence of some old species of Miracle Play, or -observance connected with the foundation. Anciently people from all -neighbouring counties used to attend this season. Forest games were -played, and amid the attendant licence and confusion, Leake came to his -last grief. Not only in the church does this Ranger of the Blidworth Wood, -for this was his office, possess a memorial. A large cross was erected, -now standing at Fountain Dale, thus inscribed:-- - - Hoc crucis fragmen - Traditum a sylvicolis monumentum - Loci ubi in singulari certamine - Gladiator ille insignis - Tho. Leake - Mori occubuit - Anno MDCVIII. - - Ab antiqua sede remotum - H. P. C. - Joannes Downall - Prid. Non Sext. MDCCCXXXVI. - -What became of the daughter tradition sayeth not. Doubtless she died, as -Tom Leake's intended bride ought, of grief, and was buried under some -grand old oak in Blidworth Forest." - -Let us direct attention to another class of sportsmen. At Bunney, a -monument is erected to Sir Thomas Parkyns, the well-known wrestler. It -bears four lines in Latin, which have been translated thus:-- - - At length he falls, the long contest's o'er, - And Time has thrown whom none e'er threw before; - Yet boast not (Time) thy victory, for he - At last shall rise again and conquer thee. - -The next is copied from a stone in St. Michael's churchyard, Coventry, on -a famous fencing-master:-- - - To the memory of Mr. John Parkes, - A native of this City - He was a man of mild disposition, - A Gladiator by profession; - Who after having fought 350 battles, - In the principal parts of Europe, - With honour and applause, - At length quitted the stage, sheathed his sword, - And with Christian resignation, - Submitted to the Grand Victor - In the 52nd year of his age - Anno Domini 1733. - -An old stone bearing the foregoing inscription was replaced by a new one -some years ago at the expense of the late S. Carter, Esq., formerly member -of parliament for Coventry. In the pages of the _Spectator_ honourable -mention is made of John Parkes. - -In the churchyard of Hanslope, is buried Sandy M'Kay, the Scottish giant, -who was killed in a prize-fight with Simon Byrne. A headstone bears the -following inscription:-- - - Sacred to the memory of - ALEX. M'KAY, - (Late of Glasgow), - Who died 3rd June, 1834, - Aged 26 years. - - Strong and athletic was my frame; - Far from my native home I came, - And manly fought with Simon Byrne; - Alas! but lived not to return. - Reader, take warning of my fate, - Lest you should rue your case too late: - If you ever have fought before, - Determine now to fight no more. - -We are informed that Byrne was killed shortly afterwards, whilst engaged -in fighting. - -From the prize-ring let us turn to the more satisfactory amusement of -cricket. In Highgate cemetery, Lillywhite, the celebrated cricketer, is -buried, and over his remains is placed a monument with the significant -emblem of a wicket being upset with a ball. - -The following lines are said to be copied from the tombstone in a cemetery -near Salisbury:-- - - I bowl'd, I struck, I caught, I stopp'd, - Sure life's a game of cricket; - I block'd with care, with caution popp'd, - Yet Death has hit my wicket. - -The Tennis Ball is introduced in an epitaph placed in St. Michael's -Church, Coventry. It reads thus:-- - - "Here lyes the Body of Captain Gervase Scrope, of the Family of - Scropes, of Bolton, in the County of York, who departed this life the - 26th day of August, Anno Domini, 1705." - - AN EPITAPH WRITTEN BY HIMSELF IN THE AGONY AND DOLOROUS PAINES OF THE - GOUT, AND DYED SOON AFTER. - - Here lyes an Old Toss'd Tennis Ball, - Was Racketted from Spring to Fall - With so much heat, and so much hast, - Time's arm (for shame) grew tyr'd at last, - Four Kings in Camps he truly seru'd, - And from his Loyalty ne'r sweru'd. - Father ruin'd, the Son slighted, - And from the Crown ne'r requited. - Loss of Estate, Relations, Blood, - Was too well Known, but did no good, - With long Campaigns and paines of th' Govt, - He cou'd no longer hold it out: - Always a restless life he led, - Never at quiet till quite dead, - He marry'd in his latter dayes, - One who exceeds the com'on praise, - But wanting breath still to make Known - Her true Affection and his Own, - Death kindly came, all wants supply'd - By giuing Rest which life deny'd. - -We conclude this class of epitaphs with a couple of piscatorial examples. -The first is from the churchyard of Hythe:-- - - His net old fisher George long drew, - Shoals upon shoals he caught, - 'Till Death came hauling for his due, - And made poor George his draught. - Death fishes on through various shapes, - In vain it is to fret; - Nor fish nor fisherman escapes - Death's all-enclosing net. - -In the churchyard of Great Yarmouth, under date of 1769, an epitaph runs -thus:-- - - Here lies doomed, - In this vault so dark, - A soldier weaver, _angler_, and clerk; - Death snatched him hence, and from him took - His gun, his shuttle, fish-rod, and hook. - He could not weave, nor fish, nor fight, so then - He left the world, and faintly cried--Amen. - - - - -EPITAPHS ON TRADESMEN. - - -Many interesting epitaphs are placed to the memory of tradesmen. Often -they are not of an elevating character, nor highly poetical, but they -display the whims and oddities of men. We will first present a few -relating to the watch and clock-making trade. The first specimen is from -Lydford churchyard, on the borders of Dartmoor:-- - - Here lies, in horizontal position, - the outside case of - GEORGE ROUTLEIGH, Watchmaker; - Whose abilities in that line were an honour - to his profession. - Integrity was the Mainspring, and prudence the - Regulator, - of all the actions of his life. - Humane, generous, and liberal, - his Hand never stopped - till he had relieved distress. - So nicely regulated were all his motions, - that he never went wrong, - except when set a-going - by people - who did not know his Key; - even then he was easily - set right again. - He had the art of disposing his time so well, - that his hours glided away - in one continual round - of pleasure and delight, - until an unlucky minute put a period to - his existence. - He departed this life - Nov. 14, 1802, - aged 57: - wound up, - in hopes of being taken in hand - by his Maker; - and of being thoroughly cleaned, repaired, - and set a-going - in the world to come. - -In the churchyard of Uttoxeter, a monument is placed to the memory of -Joseph Slater, who died November 21st, 1822, aged 49 years:-- - - Here lies one who strove to equal time, - A task too hard, each power too sublime; - Time stopt his motion, o'erthrew his balance-wheel, - Wore off his pivots, tho' made of hardened steel; - Broke all his springs, the verge of life decayed, - And now he is as though he'd ne'er been made. - Such frail machine till time's no more shall rust, - And the archangel wakes our sleeping dust; - Then in assembled worlds in glory join, - And sing--"The hand that made us is divine." - -Our next is from Berkeley, Gloucestershire:-- - - Here lyeth Thomas Peirce, whom no man taught, - Yet he in iron, brass, and silver wrought; - He jacks, and clocks, and watches (with art) made - And mended, too, when others' work did fade. - Of Berkeley, five times Mayor this artist was, - And yet this Mayor, this artist, was but grass. - When his own watch was down on the last day, - He that made watches had not made a key - To wind it up; but useless it must lie, - Until he rise again no more to die. - Died February 25th, 1665, aged 77. - -The following is from Bolsover churchyard, Derbyshire:-- - - Here - lies, in a horizontal position, the outside - case of - THOMAS HINDE, - Clock and Watch-maker, - Who departed this life, wound up in hope of - being taken in hand by his Maker, and being - thoroughly cleaned, repaired, and set a-going - in the world to come, - On the 15th of August, 1836, - In the 19th year of his age. - -Respecting the next example, our friend, Mr. Edward Walford, M.A., wrote -to the _Times_ as follows: "Close to the south-western corner of the -parish churchyard of Hampstead there has long stood a square tomb, with a -scarcely decipherable inscription, to the memory of a man of science of -the last century, whose name is connected with the history of practical -navigation. The tomb, having stood there for more than a century, had -become somewhat dilapidated, and has lately undergone a careful -restoration at the cost and under the supervision of the Company of -Clockmakers, and the fact is recorded in large characters on the upper -face. The tops of the upright iron railings which surround the tomb have -been gilt, and the restored inscription runs as follows: 'In memory of Mr. -John Harrison, late of Red Lion-square, London, inventor of the -time-keeper for ascertaining the longitude at sea. He was born at Foulby, -in the county of York, and was the son of a builder of that place, who -brought him up to the same profession. Before he attained the age of 21, -he, without any instruction, employed himself in cleaning and repairing -clocks and watches, and made a few of the former, chiefly of wood. At the -age of 25 he employed his whole time in chronometrical improvements. He -was the inventor of the gridiron pendulum, and the method of preventing -the effects of heat and cold upon time-keepers by two bars fixed together; -he introduced the secondary spring, to keep them going while winding up, -and was the inventor of most (or all) the improvements in clocks and -watches during his time. In the year 1735 his first time-keeper was sent -to Lisbon, and in 1764 his then much improved fourth time-keeper having -been sent to Barbadoes, the Commissioners of Longitude certified that he -had determined the longitude within one-third of half a degree of a great -circle, having not erred more than forty seconds in time. After sixty -years' close application to the above pursuits, he departed this life on -the 24th day of March, 1776, aged 83. - -In an epitaph in High Wycombe churchyard, life is compared to the working -of a clock. It runs thus:-- - - Of no distemper, - Of no blast he died, - But fell, - Like Autumn's fruit, - That mellows long, - Even wondered at - Because he dropt not sooner. - Providence seemed to wind him up - For fourscore years, - Yet ran he nine winters more; - Till, like a clock, - Worn out with repeating time, - The wheels of weary life - At last stood still. - In memory of JOHN ABDIDGE, Alderman. - Died 1785. - -We have some curious specimens of engineers' epitaphs. A good example is -copied from the churchyard of Bridgeford-on-the-Hill, Notts:-- - - Sacred to the Memory of JOHN WALKER, the only son of - Benjamin and Ann Walker, Engineer and Pallisade Maker, - died September 22nd, 1832, aged 36 years. - - Farewell, my wife and father dear; - My glass is run, my work is done, - And now my head lies quiet here. - That many an engine I've set up, - And got great praise from men, - I made them work on British ground, - And on the roaring seas; - My engine's stopp'd, my valves are bad, - And lie so deep within; - No engineer could there be found - To put me new ones in. - But Jesus Christ converted me - And took me up above, - I hope once more to meet once more, - And sing redeeming love. - -Our next is on a railway engineer, who died in 1840, and was buried in -Bromsgrove churchyard:-- - - My engine now is cold and still, - No water does my boiler fill; - My coke affords its flame no more; - My days of usefulness are o'er; - My wheels deny their noted speed, - No more my guiding hand they need; - My whistle, too, has lost its tone, - Its shrill and thrilling sounds are gone; - My valves are now thrown open wide; - My flanges all refuse to guide, - My clacks also, though once so strong, - Refuse to aid the busy throng: - No more I feel each urging breath; - My steam is now condensed in death. - Life's railway o'er, each station's passed, - In death I'm stopped, and rest at last. - Farewell, dear friends, and cease to weep: - In Christ I'm safe; in Him I sleep. - -The epitaph we next give is on the driver of the coach that ran between -Aylesbury and London, by the Rev. H. Bullen, Vicar of Dunton, Bucks, in -whose churchyard the man was buried:-- - - Parker, farewell! thy journey now is ended, - Death has the whip-hand, and with dust is blended; - Thy way-bill is examined, and I trust - Thy last account may prove exact and just. - When he who drives the chariot of the day, - Where life is light, whose Word's the living way, - Where travellers, like yourself, of every age, - And every clime, have taken their last stage, - The God of mercy, and the God of love, - Show you the road to Paradise above! - -Lord Byron wrote on John Adams, carrier, of Southwell, Nottinghamshire, an -epitaph as follows:-- - - John Adams lies here, of the parish of Southwell, - A carrier who carried his can to his mouth well; - He carried so much, and he carried so fast - He could carry no more--so was carried at last; - For the liquor he drank, being too much for one, - He could not carry off--so he's now carri-on. - -On Hobson, the famous University carrier, the following lines were -written:-- - - Here lies old Hobson: death has broke his girt, - And here! alas, has laid him in the dirt; - Or else the ways being foul, twenty to one - He's here stuck in a slough and overthrown: - 'Twas such a shifter, that, if truth were known, - Death was half glad when he had got him down; - For he had any time these ten years full, - Dodged with him betwixt Cambridge and the Bull; - And surely Death could never have prevailed, - Had not his weekly course of carriage failed. - But lately finding him so long at home, - And thinking now his journey's end was come, - And that he had ta'en up his latest inn, - In the kind office of a chamberlain - Showed him the room where he must lodge that night, - Pulled off his boots and took away the light. - If any ask for him it shall be said, - Hobson has supt and's newly gone to bed. - -In Trinity churchyard, Sheffield, formerly might be seen an epitaph on a -bookseller, as follows:-- - - In Memory of - RICHARD SMITH, who died - April 6th, 1757, aged 52. - - At thirteen years I went to sea; - To try my fortune there, - But lost my friend, which put an end - To all my interest there. - To land I came as 'twere by chance, - At twenty then I taught to dance, - And yet unsettled in my mind, - To something else I was inclined; - At twenty-five laid dancing down, - To be a bookseller in this town, - Where I continued without strife, - Till death deprived me of my life. - Vain world, to thee I bid farewell, - To rest within this silent cell, - Till the great God shall summon all - To answer His majestic call, - Then, Lord, have mercy on us all. - -The following epitaph was written on James Lackington, a celebrated -bookseller, and eccentric character:-- - - Good passenger, one moment stay, - And contemplate this heap of clay; - 'Tis LACKINGTON that claims a pause, - Who strove with death, but lost his cause: - A stranger genius ne'er need be - Than many a merry year was he. - Some faults he had, some virtues too - (The devil himself should have his due); - And as dame fortune's wheel turn'd round, - Whether at top or bottom found, - He never once forgot his station, - Nor e'er disown'd a poor relation; - In poverty he found content, - Riches ne'er made him insolent. - When poor, he'd rather read than eat, - When rich books form'd his highest treat, - His first great wish to act, with care, - The sev'ral parts assigned him here; - And, as his heart to truth inclin'd, - He studied hard the truth to find. - Much pride he had,--'twas love of fame, - And slighted gold, to get a name; - But fame herself prov'd greatest gain, - For riches follow'd in her train. - Much had he read, and much had thought, - And yet, you see, he's come to nought; - Or out of print, as he would say, - To be revised some future day: - Free from errata, with addition, - A new and a complete edition. - -At Rugby, on Joseph Cave, Dr. Hawksworth, wrote:-- - - Near this place lies the body of - JOSEPH CAVE, - Late of this parish; - Who departed this life Nov. 18, 1747, - Aged 79 years. - - He was placed by Providence in a humble station; but industry - abundantly supplied the wants of nature, and temperance blest him with - content and wealth. As he was an affectionate father, he was made - happy in the decline of life by the deserved eminence of his eldest - son, - - EDWARD CAVE, - - who, without interest, fortune, or connection, by the native force of - his own genius, assisted only by a classical education, which he - received at the Grammar School of this town, planned, executed, and - established a literary work called - - _The Gentleman's Magazine_, - - whereby he acquired an ample fortune, the whole of which devolved to - his family. - - Here also lies - The body of WILLIAM CAVE, - - second son of the said JOSEPH CAVE, who died May 2, 1757, aged 62 - years, and who, having survived his elder brother, - - EDWARD CAVE, - - inherited from him a competent estate; and, in gratitude to his - benefactor, ordered this monument to perpetuate his memory. - - He lived a patriarch in his numerous race, - And shew'd in charity a Christian's grace: - Whate'er a friend or parent feels he knew; - His hand was open, and his heart was true; - In what he gain'd and gave, he taught mankind - A grateful always is a generous mind. - Here rests his clay! his soul must ever rest, - Who bless'd when living, dying must be blest. - -The well-known blacksmith's epitaph, said to be written by the poet -Hayley, may be found in many churchyards in this country. It formed the -subject of a sermon delivered on Sunday, the 27th day of August, 1837, by -the then Vicar of Crich, Derbyshire, to a large assembly. We are told that -the vicar appeared much excited, and read the prayers in a hurried manner. -Without leaving the desk, he proceeded to address his flock for the last -time; and the following is the substance thereof: "To-morrow, my friends, -this living will be vacant, and if any one of you is desirous of becoming -my successor he has now an opportunity. Let him use his influence, and who -can tell but he may be honoured with the title of Vicar of Crich. As this -is my last address, I shall only say, had I been a blacksmith, or a son of -Vulcan, the following lines might not have been inappropriate:-- - - My sledge and hammer lie reclined, - My bellows, too, have lost their wind; - My fire's extinct, my forge decayed, - And in the dust my vice is laid. - My coal is spent, my iron's gone, - My nails are drove, my work is done; - My fire-dried corpse lies here at rest, - And, smoke-like, soars up to be bless'd. - -If you expect anything more, you are deceived; for I shall only say, -Friends, farewell, farewell!" The effect of this address was too visible -to pass unnoticed. Some appeared as if awakened from a fearful dream, and -gazed at each other in silent astonishment; others for whom it was too -powerful for their risible nerves to resist, burst into boisterous -laughter, while one and all slowly retired from the scene, to exercise -their future cogitations on the farewell discourse of their late pastor. - -From Silkstone churchyard we have the following on a Potter and his -wife:-- - - In memory of John Taylor, of Silkstone, potter, who departed this - life, July 14th, Anno Domini 1815, aged 72 years. - - Also Hannah, his wife, who departed this life, August 13th, 1815, aged - 68 years. - - Out of the clay they got their daily bread, - Of clay were also made. - Returned to clay they now lie dead, - Where all that's left must shortly go. - To live without him his wife she tried, - Found the task hard, fell sick, and died. - And now in peace their bodies lay, - Until the dead be called away, - And moulded into spiritual clay. - -On a poor woman who kept an earthenware shop at Chester, the following -epitaph was composed:-- - - Beneath this stone lies CATHERINE GRAY, - Changed to a lifeless lump of clay; - By earth and clay she got her pelf, - And now she's turned to earth herself. - Ye weeping friends, let me advise, - Abate your tears and dry your eyes; - For what avails a flood of tears? - Who knows but in a course of years, - In some tall pitcher or brown pan, - She in her shop may be again. - -Our next is from the churchyard of Aliscombe, Devonshire:-- - - Here lies the remains of JAMES PADY, brickmaker, late of this parish, - in hopes that his clay will be remoulded in a workmanlike manner, far - superior to his former perishable materials. - - Keep death and judgment always in your eye, - Or else the devil off with you will fly, - And in his kiln with brimstone ever fry: - If you neglect the narrow road to seek, - Christ will reject you, like a half-burnt brick! - -In the old churchyard of Bullingham, on the gravestone of a builder, the -following lines appear:-- - - This humble stone is o'er a builder's bed, - Tho' raised on high by fame, low lies his head. - His rule and compass are now locked up in store. - Others may build, but he will build no more. - His house of clay so frail, could hold no longer-- - May he in heaven be tenant of a stronger! - -In Colton churchyard, Staffordshire, is a mason's tombstone decorated with -carving of square and compass, in relief, and bearing the following -characteristic inscription:-- - - Sacred to the memory of - JAMES HEYWOOD, - Who died May 4th, 1804, in the 55th - year of his age. - - The corner-stone I often times have dress'd; - In Christ, the corner-stone, I now find rest. - Though by the Builder he rejected were, - He is my God, my Rock, I build on here. - -In the churchyard of Longnor the following quaint epitaph is placed over -the remains of a carpenter:-- - - IN - Memory of SAMUEL - BAGSHAW late of Har- - ding-booth who depar- - ted this life June the - 5th 1787 aged 71 years. - - Beneath lie mouldering into Dust - A Carpenter's Remains. - A man laborious, honest, just: his Character sustains. - In seventy-one revolving Years - He sow'd no Seeds of Strife; - With Ax and Saw, Line, Rule and Square, employed his careful life. - But Death who view'd his peaceful Lot - His Tree of Life assail'd - His Grave was made upon this spot, and his last Branch he nail'd. - -Our next is from Hessle, near Hull, where over the remains of George -Prissick, plumber and glazier, is the following epitaph:-- - - Adieu, my friend, my thread of life is spun; - The diamond will not cut, the solder will not run; - My body's turned to ashes, my grief and troubles past, - I've left no one to worldly care--and I shall rise at last. - -On a dyer, from the church of St. Nicholas, Yarmouth, we have as -follows:-- - - Here lies a man who first did dye, - When he was twenty four, - And yet he lived to reach the age, - Of hoary hairs, fourscore. - But now he's gone, and certain 'tis - He'll not dye any more. - -In Sleaford churchyard, on Henry Fox, a weaver, the following lines are -inscribed:-- - - Of tender thread this mortal web is made, - The woof and warp and colours early fade; - When power divine awakes the sleeping dust, - He gives immortal garments to the just. - -Our next, epitaph from Weston, is placed over the remains of a useful -member of society in his time:-- - - Here lies entomb'd within this vault so dark, - A tailor, cloth-drawer, soldier, and parish clerk; - Death snatch'd him hence, and also from him took - His needle, thimble, sword, and prayer-book. - He could not work, nor fight,--what then? - He left the world, and faintly cried, "Amen!" - -On an Oxford bellows-maker, the following lines were written:-- - - Here lyeth John Cruker, a maker of bellowes, - His craftes-master and King of good fellowes; - Yet when he came to the hour of his death, - He that made bellowes, could not make breath. - -The next epitaph, on Joseph Blakett, poet and shoemaker of Seaham, is said -to be from Byron's pen:-- - - Stranger! behold interr'd together - The souls of learning and of leather. - Poor Joe is gone, but left his awl-- - You'll find his relics in a stall. - His work was neat, and often found - Well-stitched and with morocco bound. - Tread lightly--where the bard is laid - We cannot mend the shoe he made; - Yet he is happy in his hole, - With verse immortal as his sole. - But still to business he held fast, - And stuck to Phoebus to the last. - Then who shall say so good a fellow - Was only leather and prunella? - For character--he did not lack it, - And if he did--'twere shame to Black it! - -The following lines are on a cobbler:-- - - Death at a cobbler's door oft made a stand, - But always found him on the mending hand; - At length Death came, in very dirty weather, - And ripp'd the soul from off the upper leather: - The cobbler lost his all,--Death gave his last, - And buried in oblivion all the past. - -Respecting Robert Gray, a correspondent writes: He was a native of -Taunton, and at an early age he lost his parents, and went to London to -seek his fortune. Here, as an errand boy, he behaved so well, that his -master took him apprentice, and afterwards set him up in business, by -which he made a large fortune. In his old age he retired from trade and -returned to Taunton, where he founded a hospital. On his monument is the -following inscription:-- - - Taunton bore him; London bred him; - Piety train'd him; Virtue led him; - Earth enrich'd him; Heaven possess'd him; - Taunton bless'd him; London bless'd him: - This thankful town, that mindful city, - Share his piety and pity, - What he gave, and how he gave it, - Ask the poor, and you shall have it. - Gentle reader, may Heaven strike - Thy tender heart to do the like; - And now thy eyes have read his story, - Give him the praise, and God the glory. - -He died at the age of 65 years, in 1635. - -In Rotherham churchyard the following is inscribed on a miller:-- - - In memory of - EDWARD SWAIR, - who departed this life, June 16, 1781. - - Here lies a man which Farmers lov'd - Who always to them constant proved; - Dealt with freedom, Just and Fair-- - An honest miller all declare. - -On a Bristol baker we have the following:-- - - Here lies THO. TURAR, and MARY, his wife. He was twice Master of the - Company of Bakers, and twice Churchwarden of this parish. He died - March 6, 1654. She died May 8th, 1643. - - Like to the baker's oven is the grave, - Wherein the bodyes of the faithful have - A setting in, and where they do remain - In hopes to rise, and to be drawn again; - Blessed are they who in the Lord are dead, - Though set like dough, they shall be drawn like bread. - -Here are some witty lines on a carpenter named John Spong, who died 1739, -and is buried in Ockham churchyard:-- - - Who many a sturdy oak has laid along, - Fell'd by Death's surer hatchet, here lies JOHN SPONG. - Post oft he made, yet ne'er a place could get - And lived by railing, tho' he was no wit. - Old saws he had, although no antiquarian; - And stiles corrected, yet was no grammarian. - Long lived he Ockham's favourite architect, - And lasting as his fame a tomb t' erect, - In vain we seek an artist such as he, - Whose pales and piles were for eternity. - -On the tomb of an auctioneer in the churchyard at Corby, in the county of -Lincoln, we have found:-- - - Beneath this stone, facetious wight - Lies all that's left of Poor Joe Wright; - Few heads with knowledge more informed, - Few hearts with friendship better warmed; - With ready wit and humour broad, - He pleased the peasant, squire, and lord; - Until grim death, with visage queer, - Assumed Joe's trade of Auctioneer, - Made him the Lot to _practise_ on, - With "going, going," and anon - He knocked him down to "Poor Joe's gone!" - -In Wimbledon churchyard is the grave of John Martin, a natural son of Don -John Emanuel, King of Portugal. He was sent to this country about the year -1712, to be out of the way of his friends, and after several changes of -circumstances, ultimately became a gardener. It will be seen from the -following epitaph that he won the esteem of his employers:-- - - To the memory of John Martin, gardener, a native of Portugal, who - cultivated here, with industry and success, the same ground under - three masters, forty years. - - Though skilful and experienced, - He was modest and unassuming; - And tho' faithful to his masters, - And with reason esteemed, - He was kind to his fellow-servants, - And was therefore beloved. - His family and neighbours lamented his death, - As he was a careful husband, a tender father, - and an honest man. - - This character of him is given to posterity by his last master, - willingly because deservedly, as a lasting testimony of his great - regard for so good a servant. - - He died March 30th, 1760. Aged 66 years. - - For public service grateful nations raise - Proud structures, which excite to deeds of praise; - While private services, in corners thrown, - Howe'er deserving, never gain a stone. - - But are not lilies, which the valleys hide, - Perfect as cedars, tho' the valley's pride? - Let, then, the violets their fragrance breathe, - And pines their ever-verdant branches wreathe - - Around his grave, who from their tender birth - Upreared both dwarf and giant sons of earth, - And tho' himself exotic, lived to see - Trees of his raising droop as well as he. - - Those were his care, while his own bending age, - His master propp'd and screened from winter's rage, - Till down he gently fell, then with a tear - He bade his sorrowing sons transport him here. - - But tho' in weakness planted, as his fruit - Always bespoke the goodness of his root, - The spirit quickening, he in power shall rise - With leaf unfading under happier skies. - -The next is on the Tradescants, famous gardeners and botanists at Lambeth. -In 1657 Mr. Tradescant, Junr., presented to the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, -a remarkable cabinet of curiosities:-- - - Know, stranger, ere thou pass, beneath this stone - Lye John Tradescant, grandsire, father, son; - The last died in his spring; the other two - Liv'd till they had travell'd art and nature through; - As by their choice collections may appear, - Of what is rare, in land, in sea, in air; - Whilst they (as Homer's Iliad in a nut) - A world of wonders in one closet shut; - These famous antiquarians, that had been - Both gard'ners to the ROSE AND LILY QUEEN, - Transplanted now themselves, sleep here; and when - Angels shall with trumpets waken men, - And fire shall purge the world, these hence shall rise, - And change this garden for a paradise. - -We have here an epitaph on a grocer, culled from the Rev. C. W. Bardsley's -"Memorials of St. Anne's Church," Manchester. In a note about the name of -Howard, the author says: "Poor John Howard's friends gave him an -unfortunate epitaph--one, too, that reflected unkindly upon his wife. It -may still be seen in the churchyard.--Here lyeth the body of John Howard, -who died Jan. 2, 1800, aged 84 years; fifty years a respectable grocer, -and an honest man. As it is further stated that his wife died in 1749, -fifty years before, it would seem that her husband's honesty dated from -the day of her decease. Mrs. Malaprop herself, in her happiest moments, -could not have beaten this inscription." - - - - -BACCHANALIAN EPITAPHS. - - -Some singular epitaphs are to be found over the remains of men who either -manufactured, dispensed, or loved the social glass. In the churchyard of -Newhaven, the Sussex, following may be seen on the grave of a brewer: - - To the Memory of - THOMAS TIPPER who - departed this life May the 14th - 1785 Aged 54 Years. - - READER, with kind regard this GRAVE survey - Nor heedless pass where TIPPER'S ashes lay, - Honest he was, ingenuous, blunt, and kind; - And dared do, what few dare do, speak his mind, - PHILOSOPHY and HISTORY well he knew, - Was versed in PHYSICK and in Surgery too, - The best old STINGO he both brewed and sold, - Nor did one knavish act to get his Gold. - He played through Life a varied comic part, - And knew immortal HUDIBRAS by heart. - READER, in real truth, such was the Man, - Be better, wiser, laugh more if you can. - -The next, on John Scott, a Liverpool brewer, is rather rich in puns:-- - - Poor JOHN SCOTT lies buried here; - Although he was both hale and stout, - Death stretched him on the bitter bier. - In another world he hops about. - -On a Butler in Ollerton church-yard is the following curious epitaph:-- - - Beneath the droppings of this spout, - Here lies the body once so stout, - Of Francis Thompson. - A soul this carcase once possess'd, - Which of its virtues was caress'd, - By all who knew the owner best. - The Rufford records can declare, - His actions, who for seventy year, - Both drew and drank its potent beer; - Fame mentions not in all that time, - In this great Butler the least crime, - To stain his reputation. - To envy's self we now appeal, - If aught of fault she can reveal, - To make her declaration. - Here rest good shade, nor hell nor vermin fear, - Thy virtues guard thy soul, thy body good strong beer. - He died July 6th, 1739. - -We will next give a few epitaphs on publicans. Our first is from Pannal -churchyard; it is on JOSEPH THACKEREY, who died on the 26th of November, -1791:-- - - In the year of our Lord 1740 - I came to the Crown; - In 1791 they laid me down. - -The following is from the graveyard of Upton-on-Severn, and placed to the -memory of a publican. The lines, it will be seen, are a dexterous weaving -of the spiritual with the temporal:-- - - Beneath this stone, in hope of Zion, - Doth lie the landlord of the "Lion," - His son keeps on the business still, - Resign'd unto the Heavenly will. - -In 1789 passed away the landlady of the "Pig and Whistle," Greenwich, and -the following lines were inscribed to her memory:-- - - Assign'd by Providence to rule a tap, - My days pass'd gibly, till an awkward rap, - Some way, like bankruptcy, impell'd me down. - But up I got again and shook my gown - In gamesome gambols, quite as brisk as ever, - Blithe as the lark and gay as sunny weather; - Composed with creditors, at five in pound, - And frolick'd on till laid beneath this ground. - The debt of Nature must, you know, be paid, - No trust from her--God grant _extent in aid_. - -On an inn-keeper in Stockbridge, the next may be seen:-- - - In memory of - JOHN BUCKETT, - Many years landlord of the King's - Head Inn, in this Borough, - Who departed this life Nov. 2, 1802. - Aged 67 years. - - And is, alas! poor Buckett gone? - Farewell, convivial, honest John. - Oft at the well, by fatal stroke, - Buckets, like pitchers, must be broke. - In this same motley shifting scene, - How various have thy fortunes been! - Now lifted high--now sinking low. - To-day thy brim would overflow, - Thy bounty then would all supply, - To fill and drink, and leave thee dry; - To-morrow sunk as in a well, - Content, unseen, with truth to dwell: - But high or low, or wet or dry, - No rotten stave could malice spy. - Then rise, immortal Buckett, rise, - And claim thy station in the skies; - 'Twixt Amphora and Pisces shine, - Still guarding Stockbridge with thy sign. - -From the "Sportive Wit: the Muses' Merriment," issued in 1656, we extract -the following lines on John Taylor, "the Water Poet," who was a native of -Gloucester, and died in Phoenix Alley, London, in the 75th year of his -age. You may find him, if the worms have not devoured him, in Covent -Garden Churchyard:-- - - Here lies John Taylor, without rime or reason, - For death struck his muse in so cold a season, - That Jack lost the use of his scullers to row: - The chill pate rascal would not let his boat go. - Alas, poor Jack Taylor! this 'tis to drink ale - With nutmegs and ginger, with a taste though stale, - It drencht thee in rimes. Hadst thou been of the pack - With Draiton and Johnson to quaff off thy sack, - They'd infus'd thee a genius should ne'er expire, - And have thaw'd thy muse with elemental fire. - Yet still, for the honour of thy sprightly wit, - Since some of thy fancies so handsomely hit, - The nymphs of the rivers for thy relation - Sirnamed thee the _water-poet_ of the nation. - Who can write more of thee let him do't for me. - A ---- take all rimers, Jack Taylor, but thee. - Weep not, reader, if thou canst chuse, - Over the stone of so merry a muse. - -Robert Burns wrote the following epitaph on John Dove, innkeeper, -Mauchline:-- - - Here lies Johnny Pigeon: - What was his religion? - Whae'er desires to ken, - To some other warl' - Maun follow the carl, - For here Johnny had none! - Strong ale was ablution-- - Small beer persecution, - A dram was _memento mori_; - But a full flowing bowl - Was the saving of his soul, - And port was celestial glory. - -We extract, from a collection of epitaphs, the following on a publican:-- - - A jolly landlord once was I, - And kept the Old King's Head hard by, - Sold mead and gin, cider and beer, - And eke all other kinds of cheer, - Till Death my license took away, - And put me in this house of clay: - A house at which you all must call, - Sooner or later, great or small. - -It is stated in Mr. J. Potter Briscoe's entertaining volume, -"Nottinghamshire Facts and Fictions," that in the churchyard of Edwalton -is a gravestone to the memory of Mrs. Freland, a considerable land-owner, -who died in 1741; but who, it would appear from the inscription, was a -very free liver, for her memorial says: - - She drank good ale, strong punch and wine, - And lived to the age of ninety-nine. - -A gravestone in Darneth Churchyard, near Dartford, bears the following -epitaph:-- - - Oh, the liquor he did love, but never will no more, - For what he lov'd did turn his foe: - For on the 28th of January 1741, that fatal day, - The Debt he owed he then did pay. - -At Chatham, on a drunkard, good advice is given:-- - - Weep not for him, the warmest tear that's shed - Falls unavailing o'er the unconscious dead; - Take the advice these friendly lines would give, - Live not to drink, but only drink to live. - -From Tonbridge churchyard we glean the following:-- - - Hail! - This stone marks the spot - Where a notorious sot - Doth lie; - Whether at rest or not - It matters not - To you or I. - Oft to the "Lion" he went to fill his horn. - Now to the "Grave" he's gone to get it warm. - - _Beered by public subscription by his hale and stout companions, who - deeply lament his absence._ - -On a gravestone in the churchyard of Eton, placed to the memory of an -innkeeper, it is stated:-- - - Life's an inn; my house will shew it: - I thought so once, but now I know it. - Man's life is but a winter's day; - Some only breakfast and away; - Others to dinner stop, and are full fed; - The oldest man but sups and then to bed: - Large is his debt who lingers out the day; - He who goes soonest has the least to pay. - -Similar epitaphs to the foregoing may be found in many churchyards in this -country. In Micklehurst churchyard, an inscription runs thus:-- - - Life is an Inn, where all men bait, - The waiter, Time, the landlord, Fate; - Death is the score by all men due, - I've paid my shot--and so must you. - -In the old burial ground in Castle Street, Hull, on the gravestone of a -boy, a slightly different version of the rhyme appears:-- - - In memory of - John, the Son of John and - Ann Bywater, died 25th January, - 1815, aged 14 years. - - Life's like an Inn, where Travellers stay, - Some only breakfast and away; - Others to dinner stay, and are full fed; - The oldest only sup and go to bed; - Long is the bill who lingers out the day, - Who goes the soonest has the least to pay. - -The churchyard of Melton Mowbray furnishes another rendering of the -lines:-- - - This world's an Inn, and I her guest: - I've eat and drank and took my rest - With her awhile, and now I pay - Her lavish bill and go my way. - -The foregoing inscriptions, comparing life to a house, remind us of a -curious inscription in Folkestone churchyard:-- - - In memory of - REBECCA ROGERS, - who died Aug. 22, 1688, - Aged 44 years. - - A house she hath, it's made of such good fashion - The tenant ne'er shall pay for reparation, - Nor will her landlord ever raise the rent, - Or turn her out of doors for non-payment; - From chimney money, too, this call is free, - To such a house, who would not tenant be. - -In "Chronicles of the Tombs," by Thomas Joseph Pettigrew, published in -1857, it is stated respecting the foregoing epitaph: "Smoke money or -chimney money is now collected at Battle, in Sussex, each householder -paying one penny to the Lord of the Manor. It is also levied upon the -inhabitants of the New Forest, in Hants, for the right of cutting peat and -turf for fuel. And from 'Audley's Companion to the Almanac,' page 76, we -learn that 'anciently, even in England, Whitsun farthings, or smoke -farthings, were a composition for offerings made in the Whitsun week, by -every man who occupied a house with a chimney, to the cathedral of the -diocese in which he lived.' The late Mr. E. B. Price has observed, in -_Notes and Queries_, (Vol. ii. p. 379), that there is a church at -Northampton, upon which is an inscription recording that the expense of -repairing it was defrayed by a grant of chimney money for, I believe, -seven years, temp. Charles II." - -In the burial-ground of St. Michael's Church, London, was interred one of -the waiters of the famous Boar's Head Tavern:-- - - Here lieth the bodye of ROBERT PRESTON, late Drawer at the Boar's Head - Tavern, Great Eastcheap, who departed this Life, March 16, Anno Domini - 1730, aged 27 years. - - Bacchus, to give the topeing world surprize, - Produc'd one sober son, and here he lies. - Tho' nurs'd among full Hogsheads, he defy'd - The charm of wine and ev'ry vice beside. - O Reader, if to Justice thou'rt inclined, - Keep Honest Preston daily in thy Mind. - He drew good wine, took care to fill his pots, - Had sundry virtues that outweighed his fauts, (_sic_) - You that on Bacchus have the like dependence, - Pray copy Bob, in measure and attendance. - -The next example from Abesford, on an exciseman, is entitled to a place -among Bacchanalian epitaphs:-- - - No supervisor's check he fears-- - Now no commissioner obeys; - He's free from cares, entreaties, tears, - And all the heavenly oil surveys. - -In the churchyard of North Wingfield, Derbyshire, a gravestone bears the -following inscription:-- - - In Memory of THOMAS, son of JOHN and MARY CLAY, who departed this life - December 16th 1724, in the 40th year of his age. - - What though no mournful kindred stand - Around the solemn bier, - No parents wring the trembling hand, - Or drop the silent tear. - - No costly oak adorned with art - My weary limbs inclose; - No friends impart a winding-sheet - To deck my last repose. - -The cause of the foregoing curious epitaph is thus explained. Thomas Clay -was a man of intemperate habits, and at the time of his death was indebted -to the village innkeeper, named Adlington, to the amount of twenty pounds. -The publican resolved to seize the body; but the parents of the deceased -carefully kept the door locked until the day appointed for the funeral. As -soon as the door was opened, Adlington rushed into the house, seized the -corpse, and placed it on a form in the open street in front of the -residence of the parents of the departed. Clay's friends refused to -discharge the publican's account. After the body had been exposed for -several days, Adlington committed it to the ground in a _bacon chest_. - -We conclude this class of epitaphs with the following from Winchester -churchyard:-- - - In memory of - Thomas Thetcher, - a Grenadier in the North Regiment of Hants Militia, - who died of a violent fever contracted by drinking small - beer when hot - the 12th of May, 1764, aged 26 years. - In grateful remembrance of whose universal goodwill - towards his comrades this stone is placed here at their expense, as - a small testimony of their regard and concern. - - Here sleeps in peace a Hampshire Grenadier, - Who caught his death by drinking cold small beer; - Soldiers, be wise from his untimely fall, - And when ye're hot drink strong, or none at all. - - This memorial, being decayed, was restored by the officers of the - garrison, A.D. 1781:-- - - An honest soldier never is forgot, - Whether he die by musket or by pot. - - This stone was placed by the North Hants Militia, when disembodied at - Winchester, on 26th April, 1802, in consequence of the original stone - being destroyed. - - - - -EPITAPHS ON SOLDIERS AND SAILORS. - - -We give a few of the many curious epitaphs placed to the memory of -soldiers and seafaring men. Our initial epitaph is taken from Longnor -churchyard, Staffordshire, and it tells the story of an extended and -eventful life:-- - - In memory of WILLIAM BILLINGE, who was Born in a Corn Field at - Fawfield head, in this Parish, in the year 1679. At the age of 23 - years he enlisted into His Majesty's service under Sir George Rooke, - and was at the taking of the Fortress of Gibralter in 1704. He - afterwards served under the Duke of Marlborough at Ramillies, fought - on the 23rd of May, 1706, where he was wounded by a musket-shot in his - thigh. Afterwards returned to his native country, and with manly - courage defended his sovereign's rights in the Rebellion in 1715 and - 1745. He died within the space of 150 yards of where he was born, and - was interred here the 30th January, 1791, aged 112 years. - - Billeted by death, I quartered here remain, - And when the trumpet sounds I'll rise and march again. - -On a Chelsea Hospital veteran, we have the following interesting -epitaph:-- - - Here lies WILLIAM HISELAND, - A Veteran, if ever Soldier was, - Who merited well a Pension, - If long service be a merit, - Having served upwards of the days of Man. - Ancient, but not superannuated; - Engaged in a Series of Wars, - Civil as well as Foreign, - Yet maimed or worn out by neither. - His complexion was Fresh and Florid; - His Health Hale and Hearty; - His memory Exact and Ready. - In Stature - He exceeded the Military Size; - In Strength - He surpassed the Prime of Youth; - And - What rendered his age still more Patriarchal, - When above a Hundred Years old - He took unto him a Wife! - Read! fellow Soldiers, and reflect - That there is a Spiritual Warfare, - As well as a Warfare _Temporal_. - Born the 1st August, 1620, - Died the 17th of February, 1732, - Aged One Hundred and Twelve. - -At Bremhill, Wiltshire, the following lines are placed to the memory of a -soldier who reached the advanced age of 92 years:-- - - A poor old soldier shall not lie unknown, - Without a verse and this recording stone. - 'Twas his, in youth, o'er distant lands to stray, - Danger and death companions of his way. - Here, in his native village, stealing age - Closed the lone evening of his pilgrimage. - Speak of the past--of names of high renown, - Or brave commanders long to dust gone down, - His look with instant animation glow'd, - Tho' ninety winters on his head had snow'd. - His country, while he lived, a boon supplied, - And Faith her shield held o'er him when he died. - -A correspondent states that in Battersea Church there is a handsome -monument to Sir EDWARD WYNTER, a Captain in the East India Company's -service in the reign of Charles II., which records that in India, where he -had passed many years of his life, he was - - A rare example, and unknown to most, - Where wealth is gain'd, and conscience is not lost; - Nor less in martial honour was his name, - Witness his actions of immortal fame. - Alone, unharm'd, a tiger he opprest, - And crush'd to death the monster of a beast. - Thrice twenty mounted Moors he overthrew, - Singly, on foot, some wounded, some he slew, - Dispersed the rest,--what more could Samson do? - True to his friends, a terror to his foes, - Here now in peace his honour'd bones repose. - -Below, in bas-relief, he is represented struggling with the tiger, both -the combatants appearing in the attitude of wrestlers. He is also -depicted in the performance of the yet more wonderful achievement, the -discomfiture of the "thrice twenty mounted Moors," who are all flying -before him. - -In Yarmouth churchyard, a monumental inscription tells a painful story as -follows:-- - - To the memory of GEORGE GRIFFITHS, of the Shropshire Militia, who died - Feb 26th, 1807, in consequence of a blow received in a quarrel with - his comrade. - - Time flies away as nature on its wing, - I in a battle died (not for my King). - Words with my brother soldier did take place, - Which shameful is, and always brings disgrace. - Think not the worse of him who doth remain, - For he as well as I might have been slain. - -We have also from Yarmouth the next example:-- - - To the memory of ISAAC SMITH, who died March 24th, 1808, and SAMUEL - BODGER, who died April 2nd, 1808, both of the Cambridgeshire Militia. - - The tyrant Death did early us arrest, - And all the magazines of life possest: - No more the blood its circling course did run, - But in the veins like icicles it hung; - No more the hearts, now void of quickening heat, - The tuneful march of vital motion beat; - Stiffness did into every sinew climb, - And a short death crept cold through every limb. - -The next example is from Bury St. Edmunds:-- - - WILLIAM MIDDLEDITCH, - Late Serjeant-Major of the Grenadier Guards, - Died Nov. 13, 1834, aged 53 years. - - A husband, father, comrade, friend sincere, - A British soldier brave lies buried here. - In Spain and Flushing, and at Waterloo, - He fought to guard our country from the foe; - His comrades, Britons, who survive him, say - He acted nobly on that glorious day. - -Edward Parr died in 1811, at the age of 38 years, and was buried at North -Scarle churchyard. His epitaph states:-- - - A soldier once I was, as you may see, - My King and Country claim no more from me. - In battle I receiv'd a dreadful ball - Severe the blow, and yet I did not fall. - When God commands, we all must die it's true - Farewell, dear Wife, Relations all, adieu. - -A British soldier lies buried under the shadow of the fine old Minster of -Beverley. He died in 1855, and his epitaph states:-- - - A soldier lieth beneath the sod, - Who many a field of battle trod: - When glory call'd, his breast he bar'd, - And toil and want, and danger shar'd. - Like him through all thy duties go; - Waste not thy strength in useless woe, - Heave thou no sigh and shed no tear, - A British soldier slumbers here. - -The stirring lives of many female soldiers have furnished facts for -several important historical works, and rich materials for the writers of -romance. We give an illustration of the stone erected by public -subscription in Brighton churchyard over the remains of a notable female -warrior, named Phoebe Hessel. The inscription tells the story of her long -and eventful career. The closing years of her life were cheered by the -liberality of George IV. During a visit to Brighton, when he was Prince -Regent, he met old Phoebe, and was greatly interested in her history. He -ascertained that she was supported by a few benevolent townsmen, and the -kind-hearted Prince questioned her respecting the amount that would be -required to enable her to pass the remainder of her days in comfort. -"Half-a-guinea a week" said Phoebe Hessel, "will make me as happy as a -princess." That amount by order of her royal benefactor was paid to her -until the day of her death. She told capital stories, had an excellent -memory, and was in every respect most agreeable company. Her faculties -remained unimpared to within a few hours of her death. On September 22, -1821, she was visited by a person of some literary taste, and the -following particulars were obtained respecting her life. The writer -states: - -"I have seen to-day an extraordinary character in the person of Phoebe -Hessel, a poor woman stated to be 106 years of age. It appears that she -was born in March 1715, and at fifteen formed a strong attachment to -Samuel Golding, a private in the regiment called Kirk's Lambs, which was -ordered to the West Indies. She determined to follow her lover, enlisted -into the 5th regiment of foot, commanded by General Pearce, and embarked -after him. She served there five years without discovering herself to -anyone. At length they were ordered to Gibraltar. She was likewise at -Montserrat, and would have been in action, but her regiment did not reach -the place till the battle was decided. Her lover was wounded at Gibraltar -and sent to Plymouth; she then waited on the General's lady at Gibraltar, -disclosed her sex, told her story, and was immediately sent home. On her -arrival, Phoebe went to Samuel Golding in the hospital, nursed him there, -and when he came out, married and lived with him for twenty years; he had -a pension from Chelsea. After Golding's death, she married Hessel, has had -many children, and has been many years a widow. Her eldest son was a -sailor with Admiral Norris: he afterwards went to the East Indies, and, if -he is now alive, must be nearly seventy years of age. The rest of the -family are dead. At an advanced age, she earned a scanty livelihood at -Brighton by selling apples and gingerbread on the Marine Parade. - -[Illustration: A GRAVESTONE IN BRIGHTON CHURCHYARD.] - -"I saw this woman to-day in her bed, to which she is confined from having -lost the use of her limbs. She has even now, old and withered as she is, a -characteristic countenance, and, I should judge from her present -appearance, must have had a fine, though perhaps a masculine style of head -when young. I have seen many a woman at the age of sixty or seventy look -older than she does under the load of 108 years of human life. Her cheeks -are round and seem firm, though ploughed with many a small wrinkle. Her -eyes, though their sight is gone, are large and well formed. As soon as it -was announced that somebody had come to see her, she broke the silence of -her solitary thoughts and spoke. She began in a complaining tone, as if -the remains of a strong and restless spirit were impatient of the prison -of a decaying and weak body. 'Other people die, and I cannot,' she said. -Upon exciting her recollection of former days, her energy seemed roused, -and she spoke with emphasis. Her voice was strong for an old person; and I -could easily believe her when, upon being asked if her sex was not in -danger of being detected by her voice, she replied that she always had a -strong and manly voice. She appeared to take a pride in having kept her -secret, declaring that she told it to no man, woman, or child, during the -time she was in the army; 'for you know, Sir, a drunken man and a child -always tell the truth. But,' said she, 'I told my secret to the ground. I -dug a hole that would hold a gallon, and whispered it there.' While I was -with her the flies annoyed her extremely: she drove them away with a fan, -and said they seemed to smell her out as one that was going to the grave. -She showed me a wound she had received in her elbow by a bayonet. She -lamented the error of her former ways, but excused it by saying, 'When you -are at Rome, you must do as Rome does.' When she could not distinctly hear -what was said, she raised herself in the bed and thrust her head forward -with impatient energy. She said when the king saw her, he called her 'a -jolly old fellow.' Though blind, she could discern a glimmering light, and -I was told would frequently state the time of day by the effect of light." - -The next is copied from a time-worn stone in Weem churchyard, near -Aberfeldy, Perthshire:-- - - In memory of Captain James Carmichael, of Bockland's Regiment.--Died - 25th Nov. 1758: - - Where now, O Son of Mars, is Honour's aim? - What once thou wast or wished, no more's thy claim. - Thy tomb, Carmichael, tells thy Honour's Roll, - And man is born, as thee, to be forgot. - But virtue lives to glaze thy honours o'er, - And Heaven will smile when brittle stone's no more. - -The following is inscribed on a gravestone in Fort William Cemetery:-- - - Sacred - To the Memory of - Captain PATRICK CAMPBELL, - Late of the 42nd Regiment, - Who died on the xiii of December, - MDCCCXVI., - Aged eighty-three years, - A True Highlander, - A Sincere Friend, - And the best Deerstalker - Of his day. - -A gravestone in Barwick-in-Elmet, Yorkshire, states:-- - - Here lies, retired from busy scenes, - A first lieutenant of Marines, - Who lately lived in gay content - On board the brave ship "Diligent." - Now stripp'd of all his warlike show, - And laid in box of elm below, - Confined in earth in narrow borders, - He rises not till further orders. - -The next is from Dartmouth Churchyard:-- - - THOMAS GOLDSMITH, who died 1714. - - He commanded the "Snap Dragon," as Privateer belonging to this port, - in the reign of Queen Anne, in which vessel he turned pirate, and - amass'd much riches. - - Men that are virtuous serve the Lord; - And the Devil's by his friends ador'd; - And as they merit get a place - Amidst the bless'd or hellish race; - Pray then, ye learned clergy show - Where can this brute, Tom Goldsmith, go? - Whose life was one continued evil, - Striving to cheat God, Man, and Devil. - -We find the following at Woodbridge on JOSEPH SPALDING, Master and -Mariner, who departed this life Sept. 2nd, 1796, aged 55:-- - - Embark'd in life's tempestuous sea, we steer - 'Midst threatening billows, rocks and shoals; - But Christ by faith, dispels each wavering fear, - And safe secures the anchor of our souls. - -In Selby churchyard, the following is on JOHN EDMONDS, master mariner, who -died 5th Aug. 1767:-- - - Tho' Boreas, with his blustering blasts - Has tost me to and fro - Yet by the handiwork of God, - I'm here enclosed below. - And in this silent bay I lie - With many of our fleet, - Until the day that I set sail - My Saviour Christ to meet. - -Another, on the south side of Selby churchyard:-- - - The boisterous main I've travers'd o'er, - New seas and lands explored, - But now at last, I'm anchor'd fast, - In peace and silence moor'd. - -In the churchyard, Selby, near the north porch, in memory of WILLIAM -WHITTAKER, mariner, who died 22nd Oct., 1797, we read-- - - Oft time in danger have I been - Upon the raging main, - But here in harbour safe at rest - Free from all human pain. - -South-hill Church, Bedfordshire, contains a plain monument to the memory -of Admiral BYNG, who was shot at Portsmouth:-- - - To the perpetual disgrace of public justice, - The Honourable JOHN BYNG, Vice Admiral of the Blue, - fell a martyr to political persecution, March 14, - in the year 1757; - when bravery and loyalty were insufficent securities for - the life and honour of a naval officer. - -The following epitaph, inscribed on a stone in Putney Churchyard, is -nearly obliterated:-- - - Lieut ALEX. DAVIDSON - Royal Navy has Caus'd this Stone - to be Erected to the Memory of - HARRIOT his dearly beloved Wife - who departed this Life Jan 24 1808 - Aged 38 Years. - - I have crossed this Earth's Equator Just sixteen times - And in my Country's cause have brav'd far distant climes - In HOWE'S TRAFALGAR and several Victories more - Firm and unmov'd I heard the Fatal Cannons roar - Trampling in human blood I felt not any fear - Nor for my Slaughter'd gallant Messmates shed A tear - But of A dear Wife by Death unhappily beguil'd - Even the British Sailor must become A child - Yet when from this Earth God shall my soul unfetter - I hope we'll meet in Another World and a better. - -Some time ago a correspondent to the _Spectator_ stated: "As you are not -one to despise 'unconsidered trifles' when they have merit, perhaps you -will find room for the following epitaph, on a Deal Boatman, which I -copied the other day from a tombstone in a churchyard in that town:-- - - In Memory of GEORGE PHILLPOT, - Who died March 22nd, 1850, aged 74 years. - Full many a life he saved - With his undaunted crew; - _He put his trust in Providence_, - AND CARED NOT HOW IT BLEW. - -A hero; his heroic life and deeds, and the philosophy of religion, perfect -both in theory and practice, which inspired them, all described in four -lines of graphic and spirited verse! Would not 'rare Ben' himself have -acknowledged this a good specimen of 'what verse can say in a little?' -Whoever wrote it was a poet 'with the name.'" - -"There is another in the same churchyard, which though weak after the -above, and indeed not uncommon, I fancy, in seaside towns, is at least -sufficiently quaint:-- - - In Memory of JAMES EPPS BUTTRESS, who, in rendering assistance to the - French Schooner, "Vesuvienne," was drowned, December 27th, 1852, aged - 39. - - Though Boreas' blast and Neptune's wave - Did toss me to and fro, - In spite of both, by God's decree, - I harbour here below; - And here I do at anchor ride - With many of our fleet, - Yet once again I must set sail, - Our Admiral, Christ, to meet. - - Also two sons, who died in infancy, &c. - -The 'human race' typified by '_our fleet_,' excites vague reminiscences of -Goethe and Carlyle, and 'our Admiral Christ' seems not remotely associated -in sentiment with the 'We fight that fight for our fair father Christ,' -and 'The King will follow Christ and we the King,' of our grand poet. So -do the highest and the lowest meet. But the heartiness, the vitality, nay, -almost vivacity, of some of these underground tenantry is surprising. -There is more life in some of our dead folk than in many a living crowd." - -We copied the following five epitaphs from Hessle-road cemetery, Hull:-- - - WILLIAM EASTON, - Who was lost at sea, - In the fishing smack Martha, - In the gale of January, 1865. - Aged 30 years. - - When through the torn sail the wild tempest is streaming; - When o'er the dark wave the red lightning is gleaming, - No hope lends a ray the poor fisher to cherish. - Oh hear, kind Jesus; save, Lord, or we perish! - - - In affectionate remembrance of - THOMAS CRACKLES - Humber Pilot, who was drowned off - The Lincolnshire Coast, - During the gale, October 19th, 1869. - Aged 24 years. - - How swift the torrent rolls - That hastens to the sea; - How strong the tide that bears our souls - On to Eternity. - - - In affectionate remembrance of - DAVID COLLISON, - Who was drowned in the "Spirit of the Age," - Off Scarborough, Jan. 6th, 1864. - Aged 36 years. - - I cannot bend over his grave, - He sleeps in the secret sea; - And not one gentle whisp'red wave - Can tell that place to me. - - Although unseen by human eyes, - And mortal know'd it not; - Yet Christ knows where his body lies, - And angels guard the spot. - - - ROBERT PICKERING, who was - Drowned from the smack "Satisfaction," - On the Dutch coast, May 7, 1869. - Aged 18 years. - - The waters flowed on every side, - No chance was there to save; - At last compelled, he bowed and died, - And found a watery grave. - - - In affectionate remembrance of - WILLIAM HARRISON, - 53 years Mariner of Hull, - Who died October 5th, 1864. - Aged 70 years. - - Long time I ploughed the ocean wide, - A life of toil I spent; - But now in harbour safe arrived - From care and discontent. - - My anchor's cast, my sails are furled, - And now I am at rest. - Of all the parts throughout the world, - Sailors, this is the best. - -Our next example is copied from a stone which is so fast decaying that -already some parts of the inscription are obliterated:-- - - Sacred - to the memory - of - WILLIAM WALKER, - . . . . .r of the Sloop Janatt, - . . . . . . . who was unfortunately - drowned off Flamborough Head, - 17th April, 1823. - Aged 41 years. - - This stone was Erected by - his Countrymen in - remembrance of his Death. - - I have left the troubled ocean, - And now laid down to sleep, - In hopes I shall set sail - Our Saviour Christ to meet. - -A gravestone in Horncastle churchyard, Lincolnshire, has this epitaph:-- - - My helm was gone, - My sails were rent, - My mast went by the board, - My hull it struck upon a rock, - Receive my soul, O Lord! - -On a sailor's gravestone in the burial-ground at Hamilton, we are told:-- - - The seas he ploughed for twenty years, - Without the smallest dread or fears: - And all that time was never known - To strike upon a bank or stone. - - - - -PUNNING EPITAPHS. - - -Puns in epitaphs have been very common, and may be found in Greek and -Latin, and still more plentifully in our English compositions. In the -French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, and other languages, examples -may also be found. Empedrocles wrote an epitaph containing the -paronomasia, or pun, on a physician named Pausanias, and it has by -Merivale been happily translated:-- - - Pausanias--not so nam'd without a cause, - As one who oft has giv'n to pain a pause, - Blest son of Æsculapius, good and wise, - Here, in his native Gela, buried lies; - Who many a wretch once rescu'd by his charms - From dark Persephone's constraining arms. - -In Holy Trinity Church, Hull, is an example of a punning epitaph. It is on -a slab in the floor of the north aisle of the nave, to the memory of "The -Worshipful Joseph Field, twice Mayor of this town, and Merchant -Adventurer." He died in 1627, aged 63 years:-- - - Here is a Field sown, that at length must sprout, - And 'gainst the ripening harvest's time break out, - When to that Husband it a crop shall yield - Who first did dress and till this new-sown Field; - Yet ere this Field you see this crop can give, - The seed first dies, that it again may live. - _Sit Deus amicus, - Sanctis, vel in Sepulchris spes est._ - -On Bishop Theophilus Field, in Hereford Cathedral, ob. 1636, is another -specimen:-- - - The Sun that light unto three churches gave - Is set; this Field is buried in a grave. - This Sun shall rise, this Field renew his flowers, - This sweetness breathe for ages, not for hours. - -He was successively Bishop of Llandaff, St. David's, and Hereford. - -The following rather singular epitaph, with a play upon the name, occurs -in the chancel of Checkley Church, Staffordshire:-- - - To the Memory of the Reverend JAMES WHITEHALL, Rector of this place - twenty and five years, who departed this life the second daie of - March, 1644. - - White was his name, and whiter than this stone. - In hope of joyfole resurrection - Here lies that orthodox, that grave divine, - In wisdom trve, vertve did soe clearly shine; - One that could live and die as he hath done - Suffer'd not death but a translation. - Bvt ovt of charitie I'll speake no more, - Lest his friends pine with sighs, with teares the poor. - -From Hornsea Church we have the epitaph of Will Day, gentleman; he lived -34 years, died May 22nd, 1616:-- - - If that man's life be likened to a day, - One here interr'd in youth did lose a day, - By death, and yet no loss to him at all, - For he a threefold day gain'd by his fall; - One day of rest is bliss celestial, - Two days on earth by gifts terrestryall-- - Three pounds at Christmas, three at Easter Day, - Given to the poure until the world's last day, - This was no cause to heaven; but, consequent, - Who thither will, must tread the steps he went. - For why? Faith, Hope, and Christian Charity, - Perfect the house framed for eternity. - -On the east wall of the Chancel of Kettlethorpe Church, co. Lincoln, is a -tablet to the memory of "Johannes Becke, quondam Rector istius ecclesiæ," -who died 1597, with the following lines in old English characters:-- - - I am a BECKE, or river as you know, - And wat'red here ye church, ye schole, ye pore, - While God did make my springes here for to flow: - But now my fountain stopt, it runs no more; - From Church and schole mi life ys now bereft, - But no ye pore four poundes I yearly left. - -We may add that the stream of his charity still flows, and is yearly -distributed amongst the poor of Kettlethorpe. - -Bishop Sanderson, in his "Survey of Lincoln Cathedral," gives the -following epitaph of Dr. William Cole, Dean of Lincoln, who died in 1600. -The upper part of the stone, with Dr. Cole's arms, is, or was lately, in -the Cathedral, but the epitaph has been lost:-- - - Reader, behold the pious pattern here - Of true devotion and of holy fear. - He sought God's glory and the churches good. - Idle idol worship he withstood. - Yet dyed in peace, whose body here doth lie - In expectation of eternity. - And when the latter trump of heaven shall blow - Cole, now rak'd up in ashes, then shall glow. - -Here is another from Lincoln Cathedral, on Dr. Otwell Hill:-- - - 'Tis OTWELL HILL, a holy Hill, - And truly, sooth to say, - Upon this Hill be praised still - The Lord both night and day. - Upon this Hill, this HILL did cry - Aloud the scripture letter, - And strove your wicked villains by - Good conduct to make better. - And now this HILL, tho' under stones, - Has the Lord's Hill to lie on; - For Lincoln Hill has got his bones, - His soul the Hill of Sion. - -The _Guardian_, for 3rd Dec., 1873, gives the following epitaph as being -in Lillington Church, Dorset, on the grave of a man named Cole, who died -in 1669:-- - - Reader, you have within this grave - A Cole rak'd up in dust. - His courteous Fate saw it was Late, - And that to Bed he must. - Soe all was swept up to be Kept - Alive until the day - The Trump shall blow it up and shew - The Cole but sleeping lay. - Then do not doubt the Coles not out - Though it in ashes lyes, - That little sparke now in the Darke - Will like the Phoenyx rise. - -Our next example was inscribed in Peterborough Cathedral, to the memory of -Sir Richard Worme, ob. 1589:-- - - Does Worm eat Worme? Knight Worme this truth confirms, - For here, with worms, lies Worme, a dish for worms. - Does worm eat Worme? sure Worme will this deny, - For Worme with worms, a dish for worms don't lie. - 'Tis so, and 'tis not so, for free from worms - 'Tis certain Worme is blest without his worms. - -On a person named Cave, at Barrow-on-Soar, Leicestershire, we have the -following epitaph: - - Here, in this Grave, there lies a Cave. - We call a Cave a Grave: - If Cave be Grave, and Grave be Cave, - Then, reader, judge, I crave, - Whether doth Cave here lie in Grave - Or Grave here lie in Cave: - If Grave in Cave here buried lie, - Then Grave, where is thy victory? - Go reader, and report, here lies a Cave, - Who conquers Death, and buries his own Grave. - -In Bletchley, ob. 1615, on Mrs. Rose Sparke:-- - - Sixty-eight years a fragrant Rose she lasted, - Noe vile reproach her virtues ever blasted; - Her autume past expects a glorious springe, - A second better life more flourishing. - - Hearken unto me, ye holy children, and bud forth as a Rose.--Eccles. - XXXIX., 13. - -From several punning epitaphs on the name of Rose we give one more -specimen. It is from Tawton Church, ob. 1652, on Rose Dart:-- - - A Rose springing Branch no sooner bloom'd, - By Death's impartial Dart lyes here entombed. - Tho' wither'd be the Bud, the stock relyes - On Christ, both sure by Faith and Hope to rise. - -In Barnstaple Church, ob. 1627, on Grace Medford, is an epitaph as -follows:-- - - Scarce seven years old this Grace in glory ends, - Nature condemns, but Grace the change commends; - For Gracious children, tho' they die at seven, - Are heirs-apparent to the Court of Heaven. - Then grudge not nature at so short a Race; - Tho' short, yet sweet, for surely 'twas God's Grace. - -On a punster the following was written:-- - - Beneath the gravel and these stones, - Lies poor JACK TIFFEY'S skin and bones; - His flesh I oft have heard him say, - He hoped in time would make good hay; - Quoth I, "How can that come to pass?" - And he replied, "All flesh is grass!" - - - - -EPITAPHS ON MUSICIANS AND ACTORS. - - -A few epitaphs relating to music and the drama now claim our attention. -Our first example is to be found in the cathedral at Norwich:-- - - Here WILLIAM INGLOTT, organist, doth rest, - Whose art in musick this Cathedral blest; - For descant most, for voluntary all, - He past on organ, song, and virginall. - He left this life at age of sixty-seven, - And now 'mongst angels all sings St. in Heaven; - His fame flies far, his name shall never die, - See, art and age here crown his memorie. - _Non digitis, Inglotte, tuis terrestria tangis, - Tangis nunc digitis organa celsa poli._ - Anno Dom. 1621. - Buried the last day This erected the 15th - of December, 1621. day of June, 1622. - -In Wakefield parish church a tablet bears an inscription as follows:-- - - In memory of - HENRY CLEMETSHAW, - upwards of fifty years organist - of this church, who died - May 7, 1821, aged 68 years. - - Now, like an organ, robb'd of pipes and breath, - Its keys and stops are useless made by death, - Tho' mute and motionless in ruins laid; - Yet when re-built by more than mortal aid, - This instrument, new voiced, and tuned, shall raise, - To God, its builder, hymns of endless praise. - -We copy the following from a monument in Holy Trinity Church, Hull:-- - - In memory of - GEORGE LAMBERT, - late Organist of this Church, - which office he held upwards of 40 years, - performing its duties with ability - and assiduity rarely exceeded, - affording delight to the lovers - of Sacred Harmony, - This Tablet is erected - by his Musical and private Friends, - aided by the brothers of the Humber - and Minerva Lodges of Free Masons of this Town - (being a member of the latter Lodge), - That they might place on record - the high sense they entertained - of his personal and professional merit. - He died Feb. 19th, 1838, aged 70 years, - And his Remains were interred at the - Parish Church of St. John in Beverley. - - Tho' like an Organ now in ruins laid, - Its stops disorder'd and its frame decay'd, - This instrument ere long new tun'd shall raise - To God, its Builder, notes of endless praise. - -From a churchyard in Wales we obtain the following curious epitaph on an -organ blower:-- - - Under this stone lies MEREDITH MORGAN, - Who blew the bellows of our church organ. - Tobacco he hated, to smoke most unwilling, - Yet never so pleased as when _pipes_ he was filling. - No reflection on him for rude speech could be cast, - Though he gave our old organ many a blast! - No puffer was he, though a capital blower; - He could blow double G, and now lies a note lower. - -Our next epitaph records the death of a fiddler, who appears to have been -so much attached to his wife that upon the day of her death he, too, -yielded to the grim tyrant. Of this pair, buried in Flixton churchyard, it -may be truly said: 'In life united, and in death not parted.' The -inscription is as follows:-- - - To the Memory of JOHN BOOTH, of Flixton, who died 16th March, 1778, - aged 43 years; on the same day and within a few hours of the death of - his wife HANNAH, who was buried with him in the same grave, leaving - seven children behind them. - - Reader, have patience, for a Moment Stay, - Nor grudge the Tribute of a friendly tear, - For John, who once made all our Village gay, - Has taken up his Clay-cold Lodging here. - - Suspended now his fiddle lies asleep, - That once with Musick us'd to charm the Ear. - Not for his Hannah long reserv'd to weep, - John yields to Fate with his companion dear. - - So tenderly he loved his dearer part, - His Fondness could not bear a stay behind; - And Death through Kindness seem'd to throw the dart - To ease his sorrow, as he knew his mind. - - In cheerful Labours all their Time they spent, - Their happy Lives in Length of Days acquir'd; - But Hand in Hand to Nature's God they went, - And just lay down to sleep when they were tir'd. - - The Relicks of this faithful, honest Pair - One little Space of Mother Earth contains. - Let Earth protect them with a Mother's Care, - And Constant Verdure grace her for her pains. - - The Pledges of their tender loves remain, - For seven fine children bless'd their nuptial State. - Behold them, neighbours! nor behold in vain, - But heal their Sorrows and their lost Estate. - -In the Old Cemetery, Newport, Monmouthshire, on a Scotch Piper, the -following appears:-- - - To the memory of Mr. JOHN MACBETH, late piper to His Grace - the Duke of Sutherland, and a native of the Highlands of Scotland: - Died April 24th, 1852, Aged 46 years. - - Far from his native land, beneath this stone, - Lies JOHN MACBETH, in prime of manhood gone; - A kinder husband never yet did breathe, - A firmer friend ne'er trod on Albyn's heath; - His selfish aims were all in heart and hand, - To be an honour to his native land, - As real Scotchmen wish to fall or stand. - A handsome _Gael_ he was, of splendid form, - Fit for a siege, or for the Northern Storm. - Sir Walter Scott remarked at Inverness, - "How well becomes Macbeth the Highland dress!" - His mind was stored with ancient Highland lore; - Knew Ossian's songs, and many bards of yore; - But music was his chief, and soul's delight. - And oft he played, with Amphion's skill and might, - His Highland pipe, before our Gracious Queen! - 'Mong Ladies gay, and Princesses serene! - His magic chanter's strains pour'd o'er their hearts, - With thrilling rapture soft as Cupid's darts! - Like Shakespeare's witches, scarce they drew the breath, - But wished, like them, to say, "All hail, Macbeth!" - The Queen, well pleased, gave him by high command, - A splendid present from her Royal hand! - But nothing aye could make him vain or proud, - He felt alike at Court or in a crowd; - With high and low his nature was to please, - Frank with the Peasant, with the Prince at ease. - Beloved by thousands till his race was run, - Macbeth had ne'er a foe beneath the sun; - And now he plays among the Heavenly bands, - A diamond chanter never made with hands. - -In the church of Ashover, Derbyshire, a tablet contains this -inscription:-- - - To the Memory of - DAVID WALL, - whose superior performance on the - bassoon endeared him to an - extensive musical acquaintance. - His social life closed on the - 4th Dec., 1796, in his 57th year. - -The next is copied from a gravestone in Stoney Middleton churchyard:-- - - In memory of GEORGE, the son of GEORGE and MARGARET SWIFT, of Stoney - Middleton, who departed this life August the 21st, 1759, in the 20th - year of his age. - - We the Quoir of Singers of this Church have erected this stone. - - He's gone from us, in more seraphick lays - In Heaven to chant the Great Jehovah's praise; - Again to join him in those courts above, - Let's here exalt God's name with mutual love. - -The following was written in memory of Madame Malibran, who died September -23rd, 1836:-- - - "The beautiful is vanished, and returns not." - - 'Twas but as yesterday, a mighty throng, - Whose hearts, as one man's heart, thy power could bow, - Amid loud shoutings hailed thee queen of song, - And twined sweet summer flowers around thy brow; - And those loud shouts have scarcely died away, - And those young flowers but half forgot thy bloom, - When thy fair crown is changed for one of clay-- - Thy boundless empire for a narrow tomb! - Sweet minstrel of the heart, we list in vain - For music now; THY melody is o'er; - _Fidelio_ hath ceased o'er hearts to reign, - _Somnambula_ hath slept to wake no more! - Farewell! thy sun of life too soon hath set, - But memory shall reflect its brightness yet. - -Garrick's epitaph in Westminster Abbey, reads:-- - - To paint fair Nature by divine command, - Her magic pencil in his glowing hand, - A SHAKESPEARE rose; then, to expand his fame - Wide o'er the breathing world, a GARRICK came: - Tho' sunk in death, the forms the poet drew - The actor's genius bade them breathe anew; - Tho', like the bard himself, in night they lay, - Immortal GARRICK call'd them back to day; - And till eternity, with power sublime, - Shall mark the mortal hour of hoary time, - SHAKESPEARE and GARRICK, like twin stars shall shine, - And earth irradiate with beams divine. - -A monument placed in Westminster to the memory of Mrs. Pritchard states:-- - - This Tablet is here placed by a voluntary subscription of those who - admired and esteemed her. She retired from the stage, of which she had - long been the ornament, in the month of April, 1768: and died at Bath - in the month of August following, in the 57th year of her age. - - Her comic vein had every charm to please, - 'Twas nature's dictates breath'd with nature's ease; - Ev'n when her powers sustain'd the tragic load, - Full, clear, and just, the harmonious accents flow'd, - And the big passions of her feeling heart - Burst freely forth, and show'd the mimic art. - Oft, on the scene, with colours not her own, - She painted vice, and taught us what to shun; - One virtuous tract her real life pursu'd, - That nobler part was uniformly good; - Each duty there to such perfection wrought, - That, if the precepts fail'd, the example taught. - -On a comedian named John Hippisley, interred in the churchyard of Clifton, -Gloucestershire, we have the following:-- - - When the Stage heard that death had struck her John, - Gay Comedy her Sables first put on; - Laughter lamented that her Fav'rite died, - And Mirth herself, ('tis strange) laid down and cry'd. - Wit droop'd his head, e'en Humour seem'd to mourn, - And solemnly sat pensive o'er his urn. - -Garrick's epitaph to the memory of James Quin, in Bath Cathedral, is very -fine:-- - - That tongue, which set the table in a roar, - And charm'd the public ear, is heard no more; - Closed are those eyes, the harbingers of wit, - Which spoke, before the tongue, what Shakespeare writ; - Cold are those hands, which, living, were stretch'd forth, - At friendship's call, to succour modest worth. - Here is JAMES QUIN! Deign, reader to be taught, - Whate'er thy strength of body, force of thought, - In Nature's happiest mould however cast, - "To this complexion thou must come at last." - -We next give an actor's epitaph on an artist. In Chiswick churchyard is -Garrick's epitaph on William Hogarth, (died Oct. 29, 1764, aged 67 years) -as follows:-- - - Farewell, great painter of mankind, - Who reach'd the noblest point of art, - Whose pictured morals charm the mind, - And thro' the eye correct the heart. - - If genius fire thee, reader, stay; - If nature touch thee, drop a tear; - If neither move thee, turn away, - For HOGARTH'S honour'd dust lies here. - - No marble pomp, or monumental praise, - My tomb, this dial--epitaph, these lays; - Pride and low mouldering clay but ill agree; - Death levels me to beggars--Kings to me. - - Alive, instruction was my work each day; - Dead, I persist instruction to convey; - Here, reader, mark, perhaps now in thy prime, - The stealthy steps of _never-standing Time_: - Thou'lt be what I am--catch the present hour, - Employ that well, for that's within thy power. - -In St. Mary's Church, Beverley, a tablet is placed in remembrance of a -notable Yorkshire actor:-- - - In Memory of - SAMUEL BUTLER, - A poor player that struts and - frets his hour upon the stage, and - then is heard no more. - Obt. June 15th 1812, - Æt. 62. - -Butler's gifted son, Samuel William, was buried in Ardwick cemetery, -Manchester. A gravestone placed to his memory bears the following eloquent -inscription by Charles Swain:-- - - Here rest the - mortal remains of - SAMUEL WILLIAM BUTLER, - Tragedian. - In him the stage lost a highly-gifted and accomplished actor, - one whose tongue the noblest creations - of the poet found truthful utterance. - After long and severe suffering he departed - this life the 17th day of July, in the year of - our Lord 1845. Aged 41 years. - - Whence this ambition, whence this proud desire, - This love of fame, this longing to aspire? - To gather laurels in their greenest bloom, - To honour life and sanctify the tomb? - 'Tis the Divinity that never dies, - Which prompts the soul of genius still to rise. - Though fade the Laurel, leaf by leaf away, - The soul hath prescience of a fadeless day; - And God's eternal promise, like a star, - From faded hopes still points to hopes afar; - Where weary hearts for consolation trust, - And bliss immortal quickens from the dust. - On this great hope, the painter, actor, bard, - And all who ever strove for Fame's reward, - Must rest at last; and all that earth have trod - Still need the grace of a forgiving God! - -A very interesting sketch of the life of Butler, from the pen of John -Evans, is given in the "Papers of the Manchester Literary Club" vol. iii, -published 1877. - -In many collections of epitaphs the following is stated to be inscribed on -a gravestone at Gillingham, but we are informed by the Vicar that no such -epitaph is to be found, nor is there any trace of it having been placed -there at any time:-- - - Sacred - To the Memory of - THOMAS JACKSON, Comedian, - Who was engaged 21st of December, 1741, to play a comic cast of - characters, in this great theatre--the world; for many of which - he was prompted by nature to excel. - - The season being ended, his benefit over, the charges all paid, and - his account closed, he made his exit in the tragedy of Death, on the - 17th of March, 1798, in full assurance of being called once more to - rehearsal; where he hopes to find his forfeits all cleared, his cast - of parts bettered, and his situation made agreeable, by Him who paid - the great stock-debt, for the love He bore to performers in general. - -The following epitaph was written by Swift on Dicky Pearce, who died 1728, -aged 63 years. He was a famous fool, and his name carries us back to the -time when kings and noblemen employed jesters for the delectation of -themselves and their friends. It is from Beckley, and reads as follows:-- - - Here lies the Earl of Suffolk's Fool, - Men call him DICKY PEARCE; - His folly serv'd to make men laugh, - When wit and mirth were scarce. - Poor Dick, alas! is dead and gone, - What signifies to cry? - Dickys enough are still behind - To laugh at by and by. - -In our "Historic Romance," published 1883, by Hamilton, Adams, and Co., -London, will be found an account of "Fools and Jesters of the English -Sovereigns," and we therein state that the last recorded instance of a -fool being kept by an English family, is that of John Hilton's Fool, -retained at Hilton Castle, Durham, who died in 1746. - -The following epitaph is inscribed on a tombstone in the churchyard of St. -Mary Friars, Shrewsbury, on Cadman, a famous "flyer" on the rope, -immortalised by Hogarth, and who broke his neck descending from a steeple -in Shrewsbury, in 1740:-- - - Let this small monument record the name - Of CADMAN, and to future times proclaim - How, by an attempt to fly from this high spire, - Across the _Sabrine_ stream, he did acquire - His fatal end. 'Twas not for want of skill, - Or courage to perform the task, he fell; - No, no,--a faulty cord being drawn too tight - Hurried his soul on high to take her flight, - Which bid the body here beneath, good-night. - -Joe Miller, of facetious memory, next claims our attention. We find it -stated in Chambers's "Book of Days" (issued 1869), as follows: Miller was -interred in the burial-ground of the parish of St. Clement Danes, in -Portugal Street, where a tombstone was erected to his memory. About ten -years ago, that burial-ground, by the removal of the mortuary remains, and -the demolition of the monuments, was converted into a site for King's -College Hospital. Whilst this not unnecessary, yet undesirable, -desecration was in progress, the writer saw Joe's tombstone lying on the -ground; and being told that it would be broken up and used as materials -for the new building, he took an exact copy of the inscription, which was -as follows: - - Here lye the Remains of - Honest JO : MILLER, - who was - a tender Husband, - a sincere Friend, - a facetious Companion, - and an excellent Comedian. - He departed this Life the 15th day of - August 1738, aged 54 years. - - If humour, wit, and honesty could save - The humourous, witty, honest, from the grave, - The grave had not so soon this tenant found, - Whom honesty, and wit, and humour, crowned; - Could but esteem, and love preserve our breath, - And guard us longer from the stroke of Death, - The stroke of Death on him had later fell, - Whom all mankind esteemed and loved so well. - - S. DUCK, - From respect to social worth, - mirthful qualities, and histrionic excellence, - commemorated by poetic talent in humble life. - The above inscription, which Time - had nearly obliterated, has been preserved - and transferred to this Stone, by order of - MR. JARVIS BUCK, Churchwarden, - A.D. 1816. - -[Illustration: JOE MILLER'S TOMBSTONE, ST. CLEMENT DANES CHURCHYARD, -LONDON.] - -An interesting sketch of the life of JOE MILLER will be found in the "Book -of Days," vol. II., page 216, and in the same informing and entertaining -work, the following notes are given respecting the writer of the foregoing -epitaph: "The 'S. DUCK,' whose name figures as author of the verses on -MILLER'S tombstone, and who is alluded to on the same tablet, by Mr. -Churchwarden Buck, as an instance of 'poetic talent in humble life,' -deserves a short notice. He was a thresher in the service of a farmer near -Kew, in Surrey. Imbued with an eager desire for learning, he, under most -adverse circumstances, managed to obtain a few books, and educate himself -to a limited degree. Becoming known as a rustic rhymer, he attracted the -attention of Caroline, queen of George II., who, with her accustomed -liberality, settled on him a pension of £30 per annum; she made him a -Yeoman of the Guard, and installed him as keeper of a kind of museum she -had in Richmond Park, called Merlin's Cave. Not content with these -promotions, the generous, but perhaps inconsiderate queen, caused Duck to -be admitted to holy orders, and preferred to the living of Byfleet, in -Surrey, where he became a popular preacher among the lower classes, -chiefly through the novelty of being the 'Thresher Parson.' This gave -Swift occasion to write the following quibbling epigram:-- - - "The thresher Duck could o'er the queen prevail; - The proverb says,--'No fence against a flail.' - From threshing corn, he turns to thresh his brains, - For which her Majesty allows him grains; - Though 'tis confest, that those who ever saw - His poems, think 'em all not worth a straw. - Thrice happy Duck! employed in threshing stubble! - Thy toil is lessened, and thy profits double. - -"One would suppose the poor thresher to have been beneath Swift's notice, -but the provocation was great, and the chastisement, such as it was, -merited. For though few men had ever less pretensions to poetical genius -than Duck, yet the Court party actually set him up as a rival--nay, as -superior--to Pope. And the saddest part of the affair was that Duck, in -his utter simplicity and ignorance of what really constituted poetry, was -led to fancy himself the greatest poet of the age. Consequently, -considering that his genius was neglected, and that he was not rewarded -according to his poetical deserts by being made the clergyman of an -obscure village, he fell into a state of melancholy, which ended in -suicide; affording another to the numerous instances of the very great -difficulty of doing good. If the well-meaning queen had elevated Duck to -the position of farm-bailiff, he might have led a long and happy life, -amongst the scenes and the classes of society in which his youth had -passed, and thus been spared the pangs of disappointed vanity and -misdirected ambition." - -Says a thoughtful writer, if truth, perspicuity, wit, gravity, and every -property pertaining to the ancient or modern epitaph, were ever united in -one of terse brevity, it was that made for Burbage, the tragedian, in the -days of Shakespeare:-- - - "Exit BURBAGE." - -Jerrold, perhaps, with that brevity, which is the soul of wit, trumped the -above by his anticipatory epitaph on that excellent man and distinguished -historian, Charles Knight:-- - - "Good KNIGHT." - - - - -EPITAPHS ON NOTABLE PERSONS. - - -We have under this heading some curious graveyard gleanings on remarkable -men and women. Our first is from a tombstone erected in the churchyard of -Spofforth, at the cost of Lord Dundas, telling the remarkable career of -John Metcalf, better known as "Blind Jack of Knaresborough":-- - - Here lies JOHN METCALF, one whose infant sight - Felt the dark pressure of an endless night; - Yet such the fervour of his dauntless mind, - His limbs full strung, his spirits unconfined, - That, long ere yet life's bolder years began, - The sightless efforts marked th' aspiring man; - Nor marked in vain--high deeds his manhood dared, - And commerce, travel, both his ardour shared. - 'Twas his a guide's unerring aid to lend-- - O'er trackless wastes to bid new roads extend; - And, when rebellion reared her giant size, - 'Twas his to burn with patriot enterprise; - For parting wife and babes, a pang to feel, - Then welcome danger for his country's weal. - Reader, like him, exert thy utmost talent given! - Reader, like him, adore the bounteous hand of Heaven. - -He died on the 26th of April, 1801, in the 93rd year of his age. - -A few jottings respecting Metcalf, will probably be read with interest. At -the age of six years he lost his sight by an attack of small-pox. Three -years later he joined the boys in their bird-nesting exploits, and climbed -trees to share the plunder. When he had reached thirteen summers he was -taught music, and soon became a proficient performer; he also learned to -ride and swim, and was passionately fond of field-sports. At the age of -manhood it is said his mind possessed a self-dependence rarely enjoyed by -those who have the perfect use of their faculties; his body was well in -harmony with his mind, for when twenty-one years of age he was six feet -one and a-half inches in height, strong and robust in proportion. At the -age of twenty-five, he was engaged as a musician at Harrogate. About this -time he was frequently employed during the dark nights as a guide over the -moors and wilds, then abundant in the neighbourhood of Knaresborough. He -was a lover of horse-racing, and often rode his own animals. His horses he -so tamed that when he called them by their respective names they came to -him, thus enabling him to find his own amongst any number and without -trouble. Particulars of the marriage of this individual read like a -romance. A Miss Benson, daughter of an innkeeper, reciprocated the -affections of our hero; however, the suitor did not please the parents of -the "fair lady," and they selected a Mr. Dickinson as her future husband. -Metcalf, hearing that the object of his affection was to be married the -following day to the young man selected by her father, hastened to free -her by inducing the damsel to elope with him. Next day they were made man -and wife, to the great surprise of all who knew them, and to the -disappointment of the intended son-in-law. To all it was a matter of -wonder how a handsome woman as any in the country, the pride of the place, -could link her future with 'Blind Jack,' and, for his sake, reject the -many good offers made her. But the bride set the matter at rest by -declaring: "His actions are so singular, and his spirit so manly and -enterprising, that I could not help it." - -It is worthy of note that he was the first to set up, for the public -accommodation of visitors to Harrogate, a four-wheeled chaise and a -one-horse chair; these he kept for two seasons. He next bought horses and -went to the coast for fish, which he conveyed to Leeds and Manchester. In -1745, when the rebellion broke out in Scotland, he joined a regiment of -volunteers raised by Colonel Thornton, a patriotic gentleman, for the -defence of the House of Hanover. Metcalf shared with his comrades all the -dangers of the campaign. He was defeated at Falkirk, and victorious at -Culloden. He was the first to set up (in 1754) a stage-waggon between York -and Knaresborough, which he conducted himself twice a week in summer, and -once a week in winter. This employment he followed until he commenced -contracting for road-making. His first contract was for making three miles -of road between Minskip and Ferrensby. He afterwards erected bridges and -houses, and made hundreds of miles of roads in Yorkshire, Lancashire, -Cheshire, and Derbyshire. He was a dealer in timber and hay, of which he -measured and calculated the solid contents by a peculiar method of his -own. The hay he always measured with his arms, and, having learned the -height, he could tell the number of square yards in the stack. When he -went out, he always carried with him a stout staff some inches taller than -himself, which was of great service both in his travels and measurements. -In 1778 he lost his wife, after thirty-nine years of conjugal felicity, in -the sixty-first year of her age. She was interred at Stockport. Four years -later he left Lancashire, and settled at the pleasant rural village of -Spofforth, not far distant from the town of his nativity. With a daughter, -he resided on a small farm until he died, in 1801. At the time of his -decease, his descendants were four children, twenty grandchildren, and -ninety great-grandchildren. - -[In one of our articles in _Chambers's Journal_ we furnished the foregoing -sketch, and it has since been reproduced in many newspapers and in several -volumes.] - -In "Yorkshire Longevity," compiled by Mr. William Grainge, of Harrogate, a -most painstaking writer on local history, will be found an interesting -account of Henry Jenkins, a celebrated Yorkshireman. It is stated: "In the -year 1743, a monument was erected, by subscription, in Bolton churchyard, -to the memory of Jenkins; it consists of a square base of freestone, four -feet four inches on each side, by four feet six inches in height, -surmounted by a pyramid eleven feet high. On the east side is inscribed:-- - - This monument was - erected by contribution, - in ye year 1743, to ye memory - of HENRY JENKINS. - -On the west side:-- - - HENRY JENKINS, - Aged 169. - -In the church, on a mural tablet of black marble, is inscribed the -following epitaph, composed by Dr. Thomas Chapman, Master of Magdalen -College, Cambridge:-- - - Blush not, marble, - to rescue from oblivion - the memory of - HENRY JENKINS: - a person obscure in birth, - but of a life truly memorable; - for - he was enriched - with the goods of nature, - if not of fortune, - and happy - in the duration, - if not variety, - of his enjoyments: - and, - tho' the partial world - despised and disregarded - his low and humble state, - the equal eye of Providence - beheld, and blessed it - with a patriarch's health and length of days: - to teach mistaken man, - these blessings were entailed on temperance, - or, a life of labour and a mind at ease. - He lived to the amazing age of 169; - was interred here, Dec. 6, (or 9,) 1670, - and had this justice done to his memory 1743. - -This inscription is a proof that learned men, and masters of colleges, are -not always exempt from the infirmity of writing nonsense. Passing over the -modest request to the _black_ marble not to blush, because it may _feel_ -itself degraded by bearing the name of the plebeian Jenkins, when it ought -only to have been appropriated to kings and nobles, we find but -questionable philosophy in this inappropriate composition. - -The multitude of great events which took place during the lifetime of this -man are truly wonderful and astonishing. He lived under the rule of nine -sovereigns of England--Henry VII.; Henry VIII.; Edward VI.; Mary; -Elizabeth; James I.; Charles I.; Oliver Cromwell; and Charles II. He was -born when the Roman Catholic religion was established by law. He saw the -dissolution of the monasteries, and the faith of the nation -changed--Popery established a second time by Queen Mary--Protestantism -restored by Elizabeth--the Civil War between Charles and the Parliament -begun and ended--Monarchy abolished--the young Republic of England, -arbiter of the destinies of Europe--and the restoration of Monarchy under -the libertine Charles II. During his time, England was invaded by the -Scots; a Scottish King was slain, and a Scottish Queen beheaded in -England; a King of Spain and a King of Scotland were Kings in England; -three Queens and one King were beheaded in England in his days; and fire -and plague alike desolated London. His lifetime appears like that of a -nation, more than an individual, so long was it extended and so crowded -was it with such great events." - -The foregoing many incidents remind us of the well-known Scottish epitaph -on Marjory Scott, who died February 26th, 1728, at Dunkeld, at the extreme -age of one hundred years. According to Chambers's "Domestic Annals of -Scotland," the following epitaph was composed for her by Alexander -Pennecuik, but never inscribed, and it has been preserved by the reverend -statist of the parish, as a whimsical statement of historical facts -comprehended within the life of an individual:-- - - Stop, passenger, until my life you read, - The living may get knowledge from the dead. - Five times five years I led a virgin life, - Five times five years I was a virtuous wife; - Ten times five years I lived a widow chaste, - Now tired of this mortal life I rest. - Betwixt my cradle and my grave hath been - Eight mighty kings of Scotland and a queen. - Full twice five years the Commonwealth I saw. - Ten times the subjects rise against the law; - And, which is worse than any civil war, - A king arraigned before the subject's bar. - Swarms of sectarians, hot with hellish rage, - Cut off his royal head upon the stage. - Twice did I see old prelacy pulled down, - And twice the cloak did sink beneath the gown. - I saw the Stuart race thrust out; nay, more, - I saw our country sold for English ore; - Our numerous nobles, who have famous been, - Sunk to the lowly number of sixteen. - Such desolation in my days have been, - I have an end of all perfection seen! - -A foot-note states: "The minister's version is here corrected from one of -the _Gentleman's Magazines_ for January 1733; but both are incorrect, -there having been during 1728 and the one hundred preceding years no more -than six kings of Scotland." - -In Scott's "Tales of a Grandfather," there is an account of the Battle of -Lillyard's Edge, which was fought in 1545. The spot on which the battle -occurred is so called from an Amazonian Scottish woman, who is reported, -by tradition, to have distinguished herself in the fight. An inscription -which was placed on her tombstone was legible within the present century, -and is said to have run thus:-- - - Fair Maiden Lillyard lies under this stane, - Little was her stature, but great was her fame; - Upon the English louns she laid many thumps, - And when her legs were cutted off, she fought upon her stumps. - -The tradition says that a beautiful young lady, called Lillyard, followed -her lover from the little village of Maxton, and when she saw him fall in -battle, rushed herself into the heat of the fight, and was killed, after -slaying several of the English. - -On one of the buttresses on the south side of St. Mary's Church, at -Beverley, is an oval tablet, to commemorate the fate of two Danish -soldiers, who, during their voyage to Hull, to join the service of the -Prince of Orange, in 1689, quarrelled, and having been marched with the -troops to Beverley, during their short stay there sought a private meeting -to settle their differences by the sword. Their melancholy end is recorded -in a doggerel epitaph, of which we give an illustration. - -In the parish registers the following entries occur:-- - - 1689, December 16.--Daniel Straker, a Danish trooper buried. - " December 23.--Johannes Frederick Bellow, a Danish trooper, - beheaded for killing the other, buried. - -In a note from the Rev. Jno. Pickford, M.A., we are told: "The mode of -execution was, it may be presumed, by a broad two-handed sword, such a -one as Sir Walter Scott has particularly described in "Anne of -Geierstein," as used at the decapitation of Sir Archibald de Hagenbach, -"and which the executioner is described as wielding with such address and -skill. The Danish culprit was, like the oppressive knight, probably bound -and seated in a chair; but such swords as those depicted on the tablet -could not well have been used for the purpose, for they are long, narrow -in the blade, and perfectly straight." - -[Illustration: TABLET AT ST. MARY'S CHURCH, BEVERLEY.] - -We have in the "Diary of Abraham de la Pryme," the Yorkshire Antiquary, -some very interesting particulars respecting the Danes. Writing in 1689, -the diarist tells us: "Towards the latter end of the aforegoing year, -there landed at Hull about six or seven thousand Danes, all stout fine -men, the best equip'd and disciplin'd of any that was ever seen. They were -mighty godly and religious. You would seldom or never hear an oath or ugly -word come out of their mouths. They had a great many ministers amongst -them, whome they call'd pastours, and every Sunday almost, ith' afternoon, -they prayed and preach'd as soon as our prayers was done. They sung almost -all their divine service, and every ministre had those that made up a -quire whom the rest follow'd. Then there was a sermon of about -half-an-houre's length, all _memoratim_, and then the congregation broke -up. When they adminstered the sacrament, the ministre goes into the church -and caused notice to be given thereof, then all come before, and he -examined them one by one whether they were worthy to receive or no. If -they were he admitted them, if they were not he writ their names down in a -book, and bid them prepare against the next Sunday. Instead of bread in -the sacrament, I observed that they used wafers about the bigness and -thickness of a sixpence. They held it no sin to play at cards upon -Sundays, and commonly did everywhere where they were suffered; for indeed -in many places the people would not abide the same, but took the cards -from them. Tho' they loved strong drink, yet all the while I was amongst -them, which was all this winter, I never saw above five or six of them -drunk." - -The diarist tells us that the strangers liked this country. It appears -they worked for the farmers, and sold tumblers, cups, spoons, &c., which -they had imported, to the English. They acted in the courthouse a play in -their own language, and realised a good sum of money by their -performances. The design of the piece was "Herod's Tyranny--The Birth of -Christ--The Coming of the Wise Men." - -In Bolton churchyard, Lancashire, is a gravestone of considerable -historical interest. It has been incorrectly printed in several books and -magazines, but we are able to give a literal copy drawn from a carefully -compiled "History of Bolton," by John D. Briscoe:-- - - JOHN OKEY, - - The servant of God, was borne in London, 1608, came into this toune in - 1629, married Mary, daughter of James Crompton, of Breightmet, 1635, - with whom he lived comfortably 20 yeares, & begot 4 sons and 6 - daughters. Since then he lived sole till the da of his death. In his - time were many great changes, & terrible alterations--18 yeares Civil - Wars in England, besides many dreadful sea fights--the crown or - command of England changed 8 times, Episcopacy laid aside 14 yeares; - London burnt by Papists, & more stately built againe; Germany wasted - 300 miles; 200,000 protestants murdered in Ireland, by the papists; - this toune thrice stormed--once taken, & plundered. He went throw many - troubles and divers conditions, found rest, joy, & happines only in - holines--the faith, feare, and loue of God in Jesus Christ. He died - the 29 of Ap and lieth here buried, 1684. Come Lord Jesus, o come - quickly. Holiness is man's happines. - - [THE ARMS OF OKEY.] - -We gather from Mr. Briscoe's history that Okey was a woolcomber, and came -from London, to superintend some works at Bolton, where he married the -niece of the proprietor, and died in affluence. - -Bradley, the "Yorkshire Giant," was buried in the Market Weighton church, -and on a marble monument the following inscription appears:-- - - In memory of - WILLIAM BRADLEY, - (Of Market Weighton,) - Who died May 30th, 1820, - Aged 33 years. - He Measured - Seven feet nine inches in Height, - and Weighed - twenty-seven stones. - -In "Celebrities of the Yorkshire Wolds," by Frederick Ross, an interesting -sketch of Bradley is given. Mr Ross states that he was a man of temperate -habits, and never drank anything stronger than water, milk, or tea, and -was a very moderate eater. - -In Hampsthwaite churchyard was interred a "Yorkshire Dwarf." Her -gravestone states:-- - - In memory of JANE RIDSDALE, daughter of George and Isabella Ridsdale, - of Hampsthwaite, who died at Swinton Hall, in the parish of Masham, on - the 2nd day of January, 1828, in the 59th year of her age. Being in - stature only 31-1/2 inches high. - - Blest be the hand divine which gently laid - My head at rest beneath the humble shade; - Then be the ties of friendship dear; - Let no rude hand disturb my body here. - -In the burial-ground of St. Martin's, Stamford, Lincolnshire, is a -gravestone to Lambert of surprising corpulency:-- - - In remembrance of that prodigy in nature, - DANIEL LAMBERT, - a native of Leicester, - who was possessed of an excellent and convivial mind, and - in personal greatness had no competitor. - He measured three feet one inch round the leg, nine feet four - inches round the body, and weighed 52 stones 11lbs. - (14lb. to the stone). - He departed this life on the 21st of June, 1809, aged 39 years. - As a testimony of respect, this stone was erected by his - friends in Leicester. - -Respecting the burial of Lambert we gather from a sketch of his life the -following particulars: "His coffin, in which there was a great difficulty -to place him, was six feet four inches long, four feet four inches wide, -and two feet four inches deep; the immense substance of his legs made it -necessarily a square case. This coffin, which consisted of 112 superficial -feet of elm, was built on two axle-trees, and four cog-wheels. Upon these -his remains were rolled into his grave, which was in the new burial ground -at the back of St. Martin's Church. A regular descent was made by sloping -it for some distance. It was found necessary to take down the window and -wall of the room in which he lay to allow of his being taken away." - -In St. Peter's churchyard, Isle of Thanet, a gravestone bears the -following inscription:-- - - In memory of Mr. RICHARD JOY called the - Kentish Samson - Died May 18th 1742 aged 67 - - Hercules Hero Famed for Strength - At last Lies here his Breadth and Length - See how the mighty man is fallen - To Death ye strong and weak are all one - And the same Judgment doth Befall - Goliath Great or David small. - -Joy was invited to Court to exhibit his remarkable feats of strength. In -1699 his portrait was published, and appended to it was an account of his -prodigious physical power. - -The next epitaph is from St. James's cemetery, Liverpool:-- - - Reader pause. Deposited beneath are the remains of - SARAH BIFFIN, - - who was born without arms or hands, at Quantox Head, County of - Somerset, 25th of October, 1784, died at Liverpool, 2nd October, 1850. - Few have passed through the vale of life so much the child of hapless - fortune as the deceased: and yet possessor of mental endowments of no - ordinary kind. Gifted with singular talents as an Artist, thousands - have been gratified with the able productions of her pencil! whilst - versatile conversation and agreeable manners elicited the admiration - of all. This tribute to one so universally admired is paid by those - who were best acquainted with the character it so briefly portrays. Do - any inquire otherwise--the answer is supplied in the solemn admonition - of the Apostle-- - - Now no longer the subject of tears, - Her conflict and trials are o'er, - In the presence of God she appears - - * * * * - -Our correspondent, Mrs. Charlotte Jobling, from whom we received the -above, says: "The remainder is buried. It stands against the wall, and -does not appear to now mark the grave of Miss Biffin." Mr. Henry Morley, -in his carefully prepared and entertaining "Memoirs of Bartholomew Fair," -writing about the fair of 1799, mentions Miss Biffin. "She was found," -says Mr. Morley, "in the Fair, and assisted by the Earl of Morton, who sat -for his likeness to her, always taking the unfinished picture away with -him when he left, that he might prove it to be all the work of her own -shoulder. When it was done he laid it before George III., in the year -1808; obtained the King's favour for Miss Biffin; and caused her to -receive, at his own expense, further instruction in her art from Mr. -Craig. For the last twelve years of his life he maintained a -correspondence with her; and, after having enjoyed favour from two King -Georges, she received from William IV. a small pension, with which, at the -Earl's request, she retired from a life among caravans. But fourteen years -later, having been married in the interval, she found it necessary to -resume, as Mrs. Wright, late Miss Biffin, her business as a skilful -miniature painter, in one or two of our chief provincial towns." - -The following on Butler, the author of "Hudibras," merits a place in our -pages. The first inscription is from St. Paul's, Covent Garden:-- - - BUTLER, the celebrated author of "Hudibras," was buried in this - church. Some of the inhabitants, understanding that so famous a man - was there buried, and regretting that neither stone nor inscription - recorded the event, raised a subscription for the purpose of erecting - something to his memory. Accordingly, an elegant tablet has been put - up in the portico of the church, bearing a medallion of that great - man, which was taken from his monument in Westminster Abbey. - -The following lines were contributed by Mr. O'Brien, and are engraved -beneath the medallion:-- - - A few plain men, to pomp and pride unknown, - O'er a poor bard have rais'd this humble stone, - Whose wants alone his genius could surpass, - Victim of zeal! the matchless "Hudibras." - What, tho' fair freedom suffer'd in his page, - Reader, forgive the author--for the age. - How few, alas! disdain to cringe and cant, - When 'tis the mode to play the sycophant. - But oh! let all be taught, from BUTLER'S fate, - Who hope to make their fortunes by the great; - That wit and pride are always dangerous things, - And little faith is due to courts or kings. - -The erection of the above monument was the occasion of this very good -epigram by Mr. S. Wesley:-- - - Whilst BUTLER (needy wretch!) was yet alive, - No gen'rous patron would a dinner give; - See him, when starv'd to death and turn'd to dust, - Presented with a monumental bust! - The poet's fate is here in emblem shown, - He ask'd for bread, and he received a stone. - -It is worth remarking that the poet was starving, while his prince, -Charles II., always carried a "Hudibras" in his pocket. - -The inscription on his monument in the Abbey is as follows:-- - - Sacred to the Memory of - SAMUEL BUTLER, - - Who was born at Strensham, in Worcestershire, 1612, and died at - London, 1680; a man of uncommon learning, wit, and probity: as - admirable for the product of his genius, as unhappy in the rewards of - them. His satire, exposing the hypocrisy and wickedness of the rebels, - is such an inimitable piece, that, as he was the first, he may be - said to be the last writer in his peculiar manner. That he, who, when - living, wanted almost everything, might not, after death, any longer - want so much as a tomb, John Barber, citizen of London, erected this - monument 1721. - -Here are a few particulars respecting an oddity, furnished by a -correspondent: "Died, at High Wycombe, Bucks, on the 24th May, 1837, Mr. -John Guy, aged 64. His remains were interred in Hughenden churchyard, near -Wycombe. On a marble slab, on the lid of his coffin, is the following -inscription:-- - - Here, without nail or shroud, doth lie - Or covered by a pall, JOHN GUY. - - Born May 17th, 1773. - Died ---- 24th, 1837. - -On his grave-stone these lines are inscribed:-- - - In coffin made without a nail, - Without a shroud his limbs to hide; - For what can pomp or show avail, - Or velvet pall, to swell the pride. - Here lies JOHN GUY beneath this sod, - Who lov'd his friends, and fear'd his God. - -This eccentric gentleman was possessed of considerable property, and was a -native of Gloucestershire. His grave and coffin were made under his -directions more than a twelvemonth before his death; the inscription on -the tablet on his coffin, and the lines placed upon his gravestone, were -his own compositions. He gave all necessary orders for the conducting of -his funeral, and five shillings were wrapped in separate pieces of paper -for each of the bearers. The coffin was of singular beauty and neatness in -workmanship, and looked more like a piece of tasteful cabinet work -intended for a drawing-room, than a receptable for the dead. - -Near the great door of the Abbey of St. Peter, Gloucester, says Mr. Henry -Calvert Appleby, at the bottom of the body of the building, is a marble -monument to John Jones, dressed in the robes of an alderman, painted in -different colours. Underneath the effigy, on a tablet of black marble, are -the following words:-- - - JOHN JONES, alderman, thrice mayor of the city, burgess of the - Parliament at the time of the gunpowder treason; registrar to eight - several Bishops of this diocese. - -He died in the sixth year of the reign of King Charles, on the first of -June, 1630. He gave orders for his monument to be raised in his lifetime. -When the workmen had fixed it up, he found fault with it, remarking that -the _nose was too red_. While they were altering it, he walked up and down -the body of the church. He then said that he had himself almost finished, -so he paid off the men, and died the next morning. - -The next epitaph from Newark, Nottinghamshire, furnishes a chapter of -local history:-- - - Sacred to the memory - Of HERCULES CLAY, Alderman of Newark, - Who died in the year of his Mayoralty, - Jan. 1, 1644. - On the 5th of March, 1643, - He and his family were preserved - By the Divine Providence - From the thunderbolt of a terrible cannon - Which had been levelled against his house - By the Besiegers, - And entirely destroyed the same. - Out of gratitude for this deliverance, - He has taken care - To perpetuate the remembrance thereof - By an alms to the poor and a sermon; - By this means - Raising to himself a Monument - More durable than Brass. - - The thund'ring Cannon sent forth from its mouth the devouring Flames - Against my Household Gods, and yours, O Newark. - The Ball, thus thrown, Involved the House in Ruin; - But by a Divine Admonition from Heaven I was saved, - Being thus delivered by a strength Greater than that of Hercules, - And having been drawn out of the deep Clay, - I now inhabit the stars on high. - Now, Rebel, direct thy unavailing Fires at Heaven, - Art thou afraid to fight against God--thou - Who hast been a Murderer of His People? - Thou durst not, Coward, scatter thy Flames - Whilst Charles is lord of earth and skies. - - Also of his beloved wife - Mary (by the gift of God) - Partaker of the same felicity. - - Wee too made one by his decree - That is but one in Trinity, - Did live as one till death came in - And made us two of one agen; - Death was much blamed for our divorce, - But striving how he might doe worse - By killing th' one as well as th' other, - He fairely brought us both togeather, - Our soules together where death dare not come, - Our bodyes lye interred beneath this tomb, - Wayting the resurrection of the just, - O knowe thyself (O man), thou art but dust.[1] - - [1] "Annals of Newark-upon-Trent," by Cornelius Brown, published 1879. - -It is stated that Charles II., in a gay moment asked Rochester to write -his epitaph. Rochester immediately wrote:-- - - Here lies the mutton-eating king, - Whose word no man relied on; - Who never said a foolish thing, - Nor ever did a wise one. - -On which the King wrote the following comment:-- - - If death could speak, the king would say, - In justice to his crown, - His _acts_ they were the minister's, - His words they were his own. - -Our friend, Mr. Thomas Broadbent Trowsdale, F.R.H.S., who has written much -and well in history, folk-lore, etc., tells us: "In the fine old church of -Chepstow, Monmouthshire, nearly opposite the reading desk, is a memorial -stone with the following curious acrostic inscription, in capital -letters:-- - - HERE SEPT. 9TH, 1680, - WAS BURIED - A TRUE BORN ENGLISHMAN, - Who, in Berkshire, was well known - To love his country's freedom 'bove his own: - But being immured full twenty year - Had time to write, as doth appear-- - - HIS EPITAPH. - - H ere or elsewhere (all's one to you or me) - E arth, Air, or Water gripes my ghostly dust, - N one knows how soon to be by fire set free; - R eader, if you an old try'd rule will trust, - Y ou'll gladly do and suffer what you must. - - M y time was spent in serving you and you, - A nd death's my pay, it seems, and welcome too; - R evenge destroying but itself, while I - T o birds of prey leave my old cage and fly; - E xamples preach to the eye--care then, (mine says) - N ot how you end, but how you spend your days. - -This singular epitaph points out the last resting place of Henry Marten, -one of the judges who condemned King Charles I. to the scaffold. On the -Restoration, Marten was sentenced to perpetual imprisonment, Chepstow -Castle being selected as the place of his incarceration. There he died in -1680, in the twenty-eighth year of his captivity, and seventy-eighth of -his age. He was originally interred in the chancel of the church; but a -subsequent vicar of Chepstow, Chest by name, who carried his petty party -animosities even beyond the grave, had the dead man's dust removed, -averring that he would not allow the body of a regicide to lie so near the -altar. And so it was that Marten's memorial came to occupy its present -position in the passage leading from the nave to the north aisle. We are -told that one, Mr. Downton, a son-in-law of this pusillanimous parson, -touched to the quick by his relative's harsh treatment of poor Marten's -inanimate remains, retorted by writing this satirical epitaph for the Rev. -Mr. Chest's tombstone:-- - - Here lies at rest, I do protest, - One CHEST within another! - The chest of wood was very good,-- - Who says so of the other? - -Some doubt has been thrown on the probability of a man of Marten's culture -having written, as is implied in the inscription, the epitaph which has a -place on his memorial. - -The regicide was a son of Sir Henry Marten, a favourite of the first -James, and by him appointed Principal Judge of the Admiralty and Dean of -Arches. Young Henry was himself a prominent person during the period of -the disastrous Civil War, and was elected Member of Parliament for -Berkshire in 1640. He was, in politics, a decided Republican, and threw in -his lot with the Roundhead followers of sturdy Oliver. When the tide of -popular favour turned in Charles II.'s direction, and Royalty was -reinstated, Marten and the rest of the regicides were brought to judgment -for signing the death warrant of their monarch. The consequence, in -Marten's case, was life-long imprisonment, as we have seen, in Chepstow -Castle." - -Next is a copy of an acrostic epitaph from Tewkesbury Abbey:-- - - Here lyeth the body of THOMAS MERRETT, of Tewkesbury, - Barber-chirurgeon, who departed this life the 22nd day of October, - 1699. - - T hough only Stone Salutes the reader's eye, - H ere (in deep silence) precious dust doth lye, - O bscurely Sleeping in Death's mighty store, - M ingled with common earth till time's no more, - A gainst Death's Stubborne laws, who dares repine, - S ince So much Merrett did his life resigne. - - M urmurs and Teares are useless in the grave, - E lse hee whole Vollies at his Tomb might have. - R est here in Peace; who like a faithful steward, - R epair'd the Church, the Poore and needy cur'd; - E ternall mansions do attend the Just, - T o clothe with Immortality their dust, - T ainted (whilst under ground) with wormes and rust. - -Under the shadow of the ancient church of Bakewell, Derbyshire, is a stone -containing a long inscription to the memory of John Dale, barber-surgeon, -and his two wives, Elizabeth Foljambe and Sarah Bloodworth. It ends -thus:-- - - Know posterity, that on the 8th of April, in the year of grace 1757, - the rambling remains of the above JOHN DALE were, in the 86th yeare of - his pilgrimage, laid upon his two wives. - - This thing in life might raise some jealousy, - Here all three lie together lovingly, - But from embraces here no pleasure flows, - Alike are here all human-joys and woes; - Here Sarah's chiding John no longer hears, - And old John's rambling Sarah no more fears; - A period's come to all their toylsome lives, - The good man's quiet; still are both his wives. - -The following is from St. Julian's church, Shrewsbury:-- - - The remains of HENRY CORSER of this parish, Chirurgeon, who Deceased - April 11, 1691, and Annie his wife, who followed him the next day - after:-- - - We man and wife, - Conjoined for Life, - Fetched our last breath - So near that Death, - Who part us would, - Yet hardly could. - Wedded againe, - In bed of dust, - Here we remaine, - Till rise we must. - A double prize this grave doth finde, - If you are wise keep it in minde. - -In St. Anne's Churchyard, Soho, erected by the Earl of Orford (Walpole), -in 1758, these lines were (or are) to be read:-- - - Near this place is interred - THEODORE, King of Corsica, - Who died in this Parish - December XI., MDCCLVI., - Immediately after leaving - The _King's Bench Prison_, - By the benefit of the _Act of Insolvency_; - In consequence of which - He _registered his Kingdom of Corsica - For the use of his Creditors_! - - The grave--great teacher--to a level brings - Heroes and beggars, galley-slaves and kings! - But THEODORE this moral learned, ere dead; - Fate pour'd its lessons on his living head, - Bestow'd a kingdom, and denied him bread. - -In the burial-ground of the Island of Juan Fernandez, a monument states:-- - - In Memory of - ALEXANDER SELKIRK, - Mariner, - A native of Largo, in the county of Fife, Scotland, - Who lived on this island, in complete - solitude, for four years and four months. - He was landed from the Cinque Ports galley, 96 tons, - 18 guns, A.D. 1704, and was taken off in the - Duke, privateer, 12th February, 1709. - He died Lieutenant of H.M.S. Weymouth, - A.D. 1723, aged 47 years. - This Tablet is erected near Selkirk's look out, - By Commodore Powell and the Officers - of H.M.S. Topaze, A.D. 1868. - -It is generally believed that the adventures of Selkirk suggested to -Daniel Defoe the attractive story of "Robinson Crusoe." In the "Dictionary -of English Literature," by William Davenport Adams, will be found -important information bearing on this subject. - -In _Gloucester Notes and Queries_ we read as follows: "Stout's Hill is the -name of a house situated on high ground to the south of the Village of -Uley, built in the style which, in the last century, was intended for -Gothic, but which may be more exactly defined as the 'Strawberry Hill' -style. In a house of earlier date lived the father of Samuel Rudder, the -laborious compiler of the _History of Gloucestershire_ (1779). He lies in -the churchyard of Uley, on the south side of the chancel, and his -grave-stone has a brass-plate inserted, which records a remarkable fact:-- - - Underneath lies the remains of ROGER RUTTER, _alias_ RUDDER, eldest - son of John Rutter, of Uley, who was buried August 30, 1771, aged 84 - years, having never eaten flesh, fish, or fowl, during the course of - his long life. - -Tradition tells us that this vegetarian lived mainly on 'dump,' in various -forms. Usually he ate 'plain dump:' when tired of plain dump, he changed -his diet to 'hard dump;' and when he was in a special state of -exhilaration, he added the variety of 'apple dump' to his very moderate -fare." - -On the gravestone of Richard Turner, Preston, a hawker of fish, the -following inscription appears:-- - - Beneath this stone are deposited the remains of RICHARD TURNER, author - of the word Teetotal, as applied to abstinence from all intoxicating - liquors, who departed this life on the 27th day of October, 1846, aged - 56 years. - -In Mr. W. E. A. Axon's able and entertaining volume, "Lancashire -Gleanings" (pub. 1883), is an interesting chapter on the "Origin of the -Word 'Teetotal.'" In the same work we are told that Dr. Whitaker, the -historian of Whalley, wrote the following epitaph on a model publican:-- - - Here lies the Body of - JOHN WIGGLESWORTH, - More than fifty years he was the - perpetual Innkeeper in this Town. - Withstanding the temptations of that dangerous calling, - he maintained good order in his - House, kept the Sabbath day Holy, - frequented the Public Worship - with his Family, induced his guests - to do the same, and regularly - partook of the Holy Communion. - He was also bountiful to the Poor, - in private as well as in public, - and, by the blessings of Providence - on a life so spent, died - possessed of competent Wealth, - Feb. 28, 1813, - aged 77 years. - -The churchyard of Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire, contains a gravestone -bearing an inscription as follows:-- - - As a warning to female virtue, - And a humble monument of female chastity, - This stone marks the grave of - MARY ASHFORD, - Who, in the 20th year of her age, having - Incautiously repaired to a scene of amusement, - Was brutally violated and murdered - On the 27th of May, 1817. - - Lovely and chaste as the primrose pale, - Rifled of virgin sweetness by the gale, - Mary! the wretch who thee remorseless slew - Avenging wrath, who sleeps not, will pursue; - For though the deed of blood was veiled in night, - Will not the Judge of all mankind do right? - Fair blighted flower, the muse that weeps thy doom, - Rears o'er thy murdered form this warning tomb. - -The writer of the foregoing epitaph was Dr. Booker, vicar of Dudley. The -inscription is associated with one of the most remarkable trials of the -present century. It will not be without interest to furnish a few notes on -the case. One Abraham Thornton was tried at the Warwick assizes for the -murder of Mary Ashford, and acquitted. The brother and next of kin of the -deceased, not being satisfied with the verdict, sued out, as the law -allowed him, an appeal against Thornton, by which he could be put on his -trial again. The law allowed the appeal in case of murder, and it also -gave option to the accused of having it tried by wager of law or by wager -of battle. The brother of the unfortunate woman had taken no account of -this, and accordingly, not only Mr. Ashford, but the judge, jury, and bar -were taken greatly aback, and stricken with dismay when the accused, being -requested to plead, took a paper from Mr. Reader, his counsel, and a pair -of gloves, one of which he drew on, and, throwing the other on the ground, -exclaimed, "Not guilty; and I am ready to defend the same with my body!" -Lord Ellenborough on the bench appeared grave, and the accuser looked -amazed, so the court was adjourned to enable the judge to have an -opportunity of conferring with his learned brethren. After several -adjournments, Lord Ellenborough at last declared solemnly, but -reluctantly, that wager of battle was still the law of the land, and that -the accused had a right of appeal to it. To get rid of the law an attempt -was made, by passing a short and speedy Act of Parliament, but this was -ruled impossible, as it would have been _ex post facto_, and people wanted -curiously to see the lists set up in the Tothill Fields. As Mr. Ashford -refused to meet Thornton, he was obliged to cry "craven!" After that the -appellor was allowed to go at large, and he could not be again tried by -wager of law after having claimed his wager of battle. In 1819 an Act was -passed to prevent any further appeals for wager of battle. - -The following is copied from a gravestone in Saddleworth churchyard, and -tells a painful story:-- - - Here lies interred the dreadfully bruised and lacerated bodies of - WILLIAM BRADBURY and THOMAS his son, both of Greenfield, who were - together savagely murdered, in an unusually horrible manner, on Monday - night, April 2nd, 1832, old William being 84, and Thomas 46 years old. - - Throughout the land, wherever news is read, - Intelligence of their sad death has spread; - Those now who talk of far-fam'd Greenfield's hills - Will think of Bill i' Jacks and Tom o' Bills. - - Such interest did their tragic end excite - That, ere they were removed from human sight, - Thousands upon thousands daily came to see - The bloody scene of the catastrophe. - One house, one business, and one bed, - And one most shocking death they had; - One funeral came, one inquest pass'd, - And now one grave they have at last. - -The following on a Hull character is from South Cave churchyard:-- - - In memory of THOMAS SCATCHARD, - Who dy'd rich in friends, Dec. 10, 1809. - Aged 58 years. - That Ann lov'd Tom, is very true, - Perhaps you'll say, what's that to you. - Who e'er thou art, remember this, - Tom lov'd Ann, 'twas that made bliss. - -In Welton churchyard, near Hull, the next curious inscription appears on -an old gravestone:-- - - Here lieth He ould JEREMY, who hath eight times maried been, but now - in his ould Age, he lies in his cage, under The gras so Green, which - JEREMIAH SIMPSON departed this life in the 84 yeare of his age, in the - year of our Lord 1719. - -Mr. J. Potter Briscoe favours us with an account of a famous local -character, and a copy of his epitaph. According to Mr. Briscoe, Vincent -Eyre was by trade a needle-maker, and was a firm and consistent Tory in -politics, taking an active interest in all the party struggles of the -period. His good nature and honesty made him popular among the poor -classes, with whom he chiefly associated. A commendable trait in his -character is worthy of special mention, namely, that, notwithstanding -frequent temptations, he spurned to take a bribe from any one. In the year -1727 an election for a Member of Parliament took place, and all the ardour -of Vin's nature was at once aroused in the interests of his favourite -party. The Tory candidate, Mr. Borlase Warren, was opposed by Mr. John -Plumtree, the Whig nominee, and, in the heat of the excitement, Vin -emphatically declared that he should not mind dying immediately if the -Tories gained the victory. Strange to relate, such an event actually -occurred, for when the contest and the "chairing" of the victor was over, -he fell down dead with joy, September 6th, 1727. The epitaph upon him is -as follows:-- - - Here lies VIN EYRE; - Let fall a tear - For one true man of honour; - No courtly lord, - Who breaks his word, - Will ever be a mourner. - In freedom's cause - He stretched his jaws, - Exhausted all his spirit, - Then fell down dead. - It must be said - He was a man of merit. - Let Freemen be - As brave as he, - And vote without a guinea; - VIN EYRE is hurled - To t'other world, - And ne'er took bribe or penny. - True to his friend, to helpless parent kind, - He died in honour's cause, to interest blind. - Why should we grieve life's but an airy toy? - We vainly weep for him who died of joy. - -We will next give some account of an eccentric Lincolnshire schoolmaster, -named William Teanby, who resided for many years at Winterton. Respecting -the early years of his career we have not been able to obtain any -information. At the age of 30, he was engaged as a school-master in the -vestry of Winterton church. He had many scholars, and continued teaching -until he had attained a very advanced age. Some years before his death a -gravestone was ordered, whereon he cut in ancient court hand the epitaph -of his wife and children. From this slab he mostly took his food, and long -before his death, placed on two pieces of wood, it served him for a table. -After the epitaph of his wife and children, he left a vacancy for his own -name and age, to be inserted by a friend, which was done at his death. The -coffin in which he proposed being buried was used by him a considerable -time as a cupboard. The old man retained perfect possession of his senses -to the last, and at the age of 95 attended the Lincoln assizes, and gave -away as curiosities, many circular pieces of paper for watches, not larger -than half-a-crown, on which he had written the Lord's prayer and creed. He -was habitually serious. Through attending his school in the church, he -became familiar with the house of death; in feasting from his stone slab, -he enjoyed his meals from the very source which was afterwards to record -the events of his life; and in what was his every day cupboard he now -enjoys a peaceful and quiet rest. He passed away at the advanced age of -97. The tombstone bears the following lines:-- - - To us grim death but sadly harsh appears, - Yet all the ill we feel, is in our fears; - To die is but to live, upon that shore - Where billows never beat, nor tempests roar; - For ere we feel its probe, the pang is o'er; - The wife, by faith, insulting death defies; - The poor man resteth in yon azure skies;-- - That home of ease the guilty ne'er can crave, - Nor think to dwell with God, beyond the grave;-- - It eases lovers, sets the captive free, - And though a tyrant he gives liberty. - -The following lines also appear on the same stone:-- - - Death's silent summons comes unto us all, - And makes a universal funeral!-- - Spares not the tender babe because it's young, - Youth too, and its men in years, and weak and strong! - Spares not the wicked, proud, and insolent, - Neither the righteous, just, nor innocent; - All living souls, must pass the dismal doom - Of mournful death, to join the silent tomb. - -The following lines to the memory of Thomas Stokes are from his gravestone -in Burton churchyard, upon which a profile of his head is cut. He for many -years swept the roads in Burton:-- - - This stone - was raised by Subscription - to the memory of - THOMAS STOKES, - an eccentric, but much respected, - Deaf and Dumb man, - better known by the name of - "DUMB TOM," - who departed this life Feb. 25th, 1837, - aged 54 years. - - What man can pause and charge this senseless dust - With fraud, or subtilty, or aught unjust? - How few can conscientiously declare - Their acts have been as honourably fair? - No gilded bait, no heart ensnaring need - Could bribe poor STOKES to one dishonest deed. - Firm in attachment to his friends most true-- - Though Deaf and Dumb, he was excell'd by few. - Go ye, by nature form'd without defect, - And copy Tom, and gain as much respect. - -Next we deal with an instance of pure affection. The churchyard of the -Yorkshire village of Bowes contains the grave of two lovers, whose -touching fate suggested Mallet's beautiful ballad of "Edward and Emma." -The real names of the couple were Rodger Wrightson and Martha Railton. The -story is rendered with no less accuracy than pathos by the poet:-- - - Far in the windings of the vale, - Fast by a sheltering wood, - The safe retreat of health and peace, - A humble cottage stood. - - There beauteous Emma nourished fair, - Beneath a mother's eye; - Whose only wish on earth was now - To see her blest and die. - - Long had she filled each youth with love, - Each maiden with despair, - And though by all a wonder owned, - Yet knew not she was fair. - - Till Edwin came, the pride of swains, - A soul devoid of art; - And from whose eyes, serenely mild, - Shone forth the feeling heart. - -We are told that Edwin's father and sister were bitterly opposed to their -love. The poor youth pined away. When he was dying Emma, was permitted to -see him, but the cruel sister would scarcely allow her to bid him a word -of farewell. Returning home, she heard the passing bell toll for the death -of her lover-- - - Just then she reached, with trembling step, - Her aged mother's door-- - "He's gone!" she cried, "and I shall see - That angel face no more!" - - "I feel, I feel this breaking heart - Beat high against my side"-- - From her white arm down sunk her head; - She, shivering, sighed, and died. - -The lovers were buried the same day and in the same grave. In the year -1848, Dr. F. Dinsdale, F.S.A., editor of the "Ballads and Songs of David -Mallet," etc., erected a simple but tasteful monument to the memory of the -lovers, bearing the following inscription:-- - - RODGER WRIGHTSON, junr., and MARTHA RAILTON, both of Bowes; buried in - one grave. He died in a fever, and upon tolling his passing bell, she - cry'd out My heart is broke, and in a few hours expired, purely thro' - love, March 15, 1714-15. Such is the brief and touching record - contained in the parish register of burials. It has been handed down - by unvarying tradition that the grave was at the west end of the - church, directly beneath the bells. The sad history of these true and - faithful lovers forms the subject of Mallet's pathetic ballad of - "Edwin and Emma."[2] - - [2] Black's "Guide to Yorkshire." - -In St. Peter's churchyard, Barton-on-Humber, there is a tombstone with the -following strange inscription:-- - - Doom'd to receive half my soul held dear, - The other half with grief, she left me here. - Ask not her name, for she was true and just; - Once a fine woman, but now a heap of dust. - -As may be inferred, no name is given; the date is 1777. A curious and -romantic legend attaches to the epitaph. In the above year an unknown lady -of great beauty, who is conjectured to have loved "not wisely, but too -well," came to reside in the town. She was accompanied by a gentleman, who -left her after making lavish arrangements for her comfort. She was proudly -reserved in her manners, frequently took long solitary walks, and -studiously avoided all intercourse. In giving birth to a child she died, -and did not disclose her name or family connections. After her decease, -the gentleman who came with her arrived, and was overwhelmed with grief at -the intelligence which awaited him. He took the child away without -unravelling the secret, having first ordered the stone to be erected, and -delivered into the mason's hands the verse, which is at once a mystery and -a memento. Such are the particulars gathered from "The Social History and -Antiquities of Barton-on-Humber," by H. W. Ball, issued in 1856. Since the -publication of Mr. Ball's book, we have received from him the following -notes, which mar somewhat the romantic story as above related. We are -informed that the person referred to in the epitaph was the wife of a man -named Jonathan Burkitt, who came from the neighbourhood of Grantham. He -had been _valet de chambre_ to some gentleman or nobleman, who gave him a -large sum of money on his marrying the lady. They came to reside at -Barton, where she died in childbirth. Burkitt, after the death of his -wife, left the town, taking the infant (a boy), who survived. In about -three years he returned, and married a Miss Ostler, daughter of an -apothecary at Barton. He there kept the King's Head, a public-house at -that time. The man got through about £2000 between leaving Grantham and -marrying his second wife. - -On the north wall of the chancel of Southam Church is a slab to the memory -of the Rev. Samuel Sands, who, being embarrassed in consequence of his -extensive liberality, committed suicide in his study (now the hall of the -rectory). The peculiarity of the inscription, instead of suppressing -inquiry, invariably raises curiosity respecting it:-- - - Near this place was deposited, on the 23rd April, 1815, the remains of - S. S., 38 years rector of this parish. - -In Middleton Tyas Church, near Richmond, is the following:-- - - This Monument rescues from Oblivion - the Remains of the Reverend JOHN MAWER, D.D., - Late vicar of this Parish, who died Nov. 18, 1763, aged 60. - As also of HANNAH MAWER, his wife, who died - Dec. 20th, 1766, aged 72. - Buried in this Chancel. - They were persons of eminent worth. - The Doctor was descended from the Royal Family - of Mawer, and was inferior to none of his illustrious - ancestors in personal merit, being the greatest - Linguist this Nation ever produced. - He was able to speak & write twenty-two Languages, - and particularly excelled in the Eastern Tongues, - in which he proposed to His Royal Highness - Frederick Prince of Wales, to whom he was firmly - attached, to propagate the Christian Religion - in the Abyssinian Empire; a great & noble - Design, which was frustrated by the - Death of that amiable Prince; to the great mortification of - this excellent Person, whose merit meeting with - no reward in this world, will, it's to be hoped, receive - it in the next, from that Being which Justice - only can influence. - - - - -MISCELLANEOUS EPITAPHS. - - -We bring together under this heading a number of specimens that we could -not include in the foregoing chapters of classified epitaphs. - -Our example is from Bury St. Edmunds churchyard:-- - - Here lies interred the Body of - MARY HASELTON, - A young maiden of this town, - Born of Roman Catholic parents, - And virtuously brought up, - Who, being in the act of prayer - Repeating her vespers, - Was instantaneously killed by a - flash of Lightning, August 16th, - 1785. Aged 9 years. - - Not Siloam's ruinous tower the victims slew, - Because above the many sinn'd the few, - Nor here the fated lightning wreaked its rage - By vengeance sent for crimes matur'd by age. - For whilst the thunder's awful voice was heard, - The little suppliant with its hands uprear'd, - Addressed her God in prayers the priest had taught, - His mercy craved, and His protection sought; - Learn reader hence that wisdom to adore, - Thou canst not scan and fear His boundless power; - Safe shalt thou be if thou perform'st His will, - Blest if he spares, and more blest should He kill. - -A lover at York inscribed the following lines to his sweetheart, who was -accidentally drowned, December 24, 1796:-- - - Nigh to the river Ouse, in York's fair city, - Unto this pretty maid death shew'd no pity; - As soon as she'd her pail with water fill'd - Came sudden death, and life like water spill'd. - -An accidental death is recorded on a tombstone in Burton Joyce churchyard, -placed to the memory of Elizabeth Cliff, who died in 1835:-- - - This monumental stone records the name - Of her who perished in the night by flame - Sudden and awful, for her hoary head; - She was brought here to sleep amongst the dead. - Her loving husband strove to damp the flame - Till he was nearly sacrificed the same. - Her sleeping dust, tho' by thee rudely trod, - Proclaims aloud, prepare to meet thy God. - -We are told that a tombstone in Creton churchyard states:-- - - On a Thursday she was born, - On a Thursday made a bride, - On a Thursday put to bed, - On a Thursday broke her leg, and - On a Thursday died. - -From Ashburton we have the following:-- - - Here I lie, at the chancel door, - Here I lie, because I'm poor; - The farther in, the more you pay, - Here I lie as warm as they. - -In the churchyard of Kirk Hallam, Derbyshire, a good specimen of a true -Englishman is buried, named Samuel Cleater, who died May 1st, 1811, aged -65 years. The two-lined epitaph has such a genuine, sturdy ring about it, -that it deserves to be rescued from oblivion:-- - - True to his King, his country was his glory, - When Bony won, he said it was a story. - -A monument in Bakewell church, Derbyshire is a curiosity, blending as it -does in a remarkable manner, business, loyalty, and religion:-- - - To the memory of MATTHEW STRUTT, of this town, farrier, long famed in - these parts for veterinary skill. A good neighbour, and a staunch - friend to Church and King. Being Churchwarden at the time the present - peal of bells were hung, through zeal for the house of God, and - unremitting attention to the airy business of the belfry, he caught a - cold, which terminated his existence May 25, 1798, in the 68th year of - his age. - -In Tideswell churchyard, among several other singular gravestone -inscriptions, the following occurs, and is worth reprinting:-- - - In Memory of - BRIAN, Son of JOHN and MARTHA HAIGH, - who died 22nd December, 1795, - Aged 17 years. - - Come honest sexton, with thy spade, - And let my grave be quickly made; - Make my cold bed secure and deep, - That, undisturbed, my bones may sleep, - Until that great tremendous day, - When from above a voice shall say,-- - "Awake, ye dead, lift up your eyes, - Your great Creator bids you rise!" - Then, free from this polluted dust, - I hope to be amongst the just. - -[Illustration] - -The old church of St. Mary's, Sculcoates, Hull, contains several -interesting monuments, and we give a sketch of one, a quaint-looking mural -memorial, having on it an inscription in short-hand. In Sheahan's "History -of Hull," the following translation is given:-- - - In the vault beneath this stone lies the body of Mrs. JANE DELAMOTH, - who departed this life, 10th January, 1761. She was a poor sinner, but - not wicked without holiness, departing from good works, and departed - in the Faith of the Catholic Church, in full assurance of eternal - happiness, by the agony and bloody sweat, by the cross and passion, by - the precious death and burial, by the glorious resurrection and - ascension of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, Amen. - -We believe that the foregoing is a unique epitaph, at all events we have -not heard of or seen any other monumental inscription in short-hand. - -The following curious epitaph is from Wirksworth, Derbyshire:-- - - Near this place lies the body of - PHILIP SHULLCROSS, - - Once an eminent Quill-driver to the attorneys in this Town. He died - the 17th of Nov. 1787, aged 67. - - Viewing Philip in a moral light, the most prominent and remarkable - features in his character were his zeal and invincible attachment to - dogs and cats, and his unbounded benevolence towards them, as well as - towards his fellow-creatures. - - TO THE CRITIC. - - Seek not to show the devious paths Phil trode, - Nor tear his frailties from their dread abode, - In modest sculpture let this tombstone tell, - That much esteem'd he lived, and much regretted fell. - -At Castleton, in the Peak of Derbyshire, is another curious epitaph, -partly in English and partly in Latin, to the memory of an attorney-at-law -named Micah Hall, who died in 1804. It is said to have been penned by -himself, and is more epigrammatic than reverent. It is as follows:-- - - To - The memory of - MICAH HALL, Gentleman, - Attorney-at-Law, - Who died on the 14th of May, 1804, - Aged 79 years. - - Quid eram, nescitis; - Quid sum, nescitis; - Ubi abii, nescitis; - Valete. - -This verse has been rendered thus:-- - - What I was you know not-- - What I am you know not-- - Whither I am gone you know not-- - Go about your business. - -In Sarnesfield churchyard, near Weobley, is the tombstone of John Abel, -the celebrated architect of the market-houses of Hereford, Leominster, -Knighton, and Brecknock, who died in the year 1694, having attained the -ripe old age of ninety-seven. The memorial stone is adorned with three -statues in kneeling posture, representing Abel and his two wives; and also -displayed are the emblems of his profession--the rule, the compass, and -the square--the whole being designed and sculptured by himself. The -epitaph, a very quaint one, was also of his own writing, and runs thus:-- - - This craggy stone a covering is for an architector's bed; - That lofty buildings raisèd high, yet now lyes low his head; - His line and rule, so death concludes, are lockèd up in store; - Build they who list, or they who wist, for he can build no more. - - His house of clay could hold no longer, - May Heaven's joy build him a stronger. - JOHN ABEL. - Vive ut vivas in vitam æternam. - -The following inscription copied from a monument at Darfield, near -Barnsley, records a murder which occurred on the spot where the stone is -placed:-- - - Sacred - To the Memory of - THOMAS DEPLEDGE, - Who was murdered at Darfield, - On the 11th of October, 1841. - - At midnight drear by this wayside - A murdered man poor DEPLEDGE died, - The guiltless victim of a blow - Aimed to have brought another low, - From men whom he had never harmed - By hate and drunken passions warmed. - Now learn to shun in youth's fresh spring - The courses which to ruin bring. - -The following singular verse occurs upon a tombstone contiguous to the -chancel door in Grindon churchyard, near Leek, Staffordshire:-- - - Farewell, dear friends; to follow me prepare; - Also our loss we'd have you to beware, - And your own business mind. Let us alone, - For you have faults great plenty of your own. - Judge not of us, now We are in our Graves - Lest ye be Judg'd and awfull Sentence have; - For Backbiters, railers, thieves, and liars, - Must torment have in Everlasting Fires. - - - - -Bibliography of Epitaphs. - - -Addison, Joseph. Westminster Abbey, the _Spectator_, Nos. 26 and 329. - -Alden, Rev. Timothy. A Collection of American Epitaphs; New York, 1814, -12mo., 5 vols. - -Andrews, William, F.R.H.S. Gleanings from Yorkshire Graveyards, _Yorkshire -Magazine_, vol. 2, pp. 95-6; Epitaphs on Sportsmen, _Illustrated Sporting -and Dramatic News_, July 24th and 31st, 1880. Curious Epitaphs, -_Chambers's Journal_, vol. 55, pp. 570-572. 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And are to be sold in Little -Britayne by Laurence Sadler at the signe of the Golden Lion. Fol., 871 pp. -[With Portrait and Engraved Title.] - -Westminster Abbey, The History and Antiquities of, and Henry VII's Chapel; -their Tombs, Ancient Monuments, and Inscriptions, &c. Illustrated. London, -1856, 4to. - -Wignell, J. A Collection of Original Pieces: consisting of Poems, -Prologues, Epilogues, Songs, Epistles, Epitaphs, &c. London, 1762, 8vo. - -Winchester Cathedral. Historical and Critical Account of, with a review of -the Monuments; 1801, 8vo, 148 pp. - - - - -Index. - - - Abdidge, John, 37. - - Abel, John, 155. - - Aberfeldy, Perthshire, 75. - - Abesford, 63. - - Adams, John, 39. - - Adams's, W. Davenport, "Dict. of Eng. Literature," quoted, 136. - - Adlington, 63, 64. - - Aliscombe, Devon., 45. - - Andrews's, W., "Historic Romance," quoted, 101. - - Anne, Queen, 76. - - Appleby, H. C., quoted, 128. - - Ardwick Cemetery, 98. - - Ashburton, 151. - - Ashford, Mr., 139. - - ----, Mary, Booker's epitaph on, 138. - - Ashover, Derby., 94. - - Audley's _Companion to the Almanac_, quoted, 62. - - Ault Hucknall, Derby., 22. - - Axon's, W. E. A., "Lancashire Gleanings," quoted, 137. - - Aylesbury, 39. - - - Bacchanalian Epitaphs, 54. - - Bagshaw, Samuel, 46. - - Bakers, Company of, 50. - - Bakewell, Derby., 3-6, 133, 152. - Church, 3, 4. - - Ball's, H. W. "The Social Hist. and Antiqs. of Barton-on-Humber," - quoted, 147. - - Barbadoes, 36. - - Barber, John, 127. - - Bardesley's, Rev. C. W. "Memorials of St. Anne's Church, Manchester," - quoted, 53. - - Barker, Christopher, 19. - - Barnstaple, 89. - - Barrow-on-Soar, Leicester., 88. - - Barton-on-Humber, 146-148; - Ball's "Social Hist. and Antiqs. of," quoted, 147; - King's Head Public House, 148; - St. Peter's Churchyard, 146. - - Barwick-in-Elmet, Yorks., 76. - - Baskerville, John, 18. - - Bath, 96; - Cathedral 97. - - Battersea, 67; - The Church at, 67. - - Battle, Sussex, Collection of Smoke money in, 61. - - Becke, Rev. John, 86. - - Beckley, 100. - - Bede, Cuthbert, see Bradley, Rev. E., B.A. - - Belbroughton, Worcester., 7, 8; - The Church at, 71. - - Bellem, Worcester. 7. - - Bellow, J. F., 116. - - Benson, Miss, 109. - - Berkely, Gloucester., 35. - - Berkshire, 131, 132. - - Beverley, Yorks., 98, 116; - The Minster, 69, 91; - St. Mary's Church, 98; - Tablet of two Danish Soldiers at, 116. - - Biffin, Sarah, 124, 125; - see also Wright, Mrs. - - Billinge, William, 65. - - Bingley, 11. - - Bingham, Notts., 3. - - Birmingham, 19. - - Birstal, 26. - - Blackett, John, 48. - - Bletchley, 89. - - Blidworth, 26-28; - Archer's Water, 27; - Forest, 29. - - Blidworth Rocking, 26, 28. - - Bloodworth, Sarah, see Dale, Sarah. - - Bodger, Samuel, 68. - - Bolsover, Derby., 35. - - Bolton, Lancashire, 120, 121. - - ----, Yorks., 112. - - Booker, Dr., epitaph on Mary Ashford, 138. - - Booth, Hannah, 92, 93. - - ----, John, 92, 93. - - ----, Tom, 24, 25. - - Bowes, Yorks., 145. - - Bradbury, Thomas, 139, 140. - - ----, William, 139, 140. - - Bradley, Rev. E., B.A., (Cuthbert Bede), quoted, 7. - - ----, W., the Yorkshire Giant, 121, 122. - - Breighmet, 121. - - Bremhill, Wiltshire, 66. - - Briscoe's, John D., "Hist. of Bolton," quoted, 120, 121. - - ----, J. Potter, 59, 141; - "Nottinghamshire Facts and Fictions" quoted, 59. - - Bridgeford-on-the-Hill, Notts., 37. - - Bridgnorth, 21. - - Briggs, Hezekiah, 11. - - Brighton, 70, 73; - Churchyard, 70; - Marine Parade, 73. - - Bristol, 50. - - Broadbent, John, 12. - - Broomsgrove, 38. - - Brown's, C., "Annals of Newark-upon-Trent," quoted, 130. - - Buck, J., 102, 105. - - Buckett, John. 56, 57. - - Buller, Rev. H., 39. - - Bullingham, 45. - - Bunney, 29. - - Burbage, Rich., 107. - - Burkitt, Jonathan, 147, 148. - - Burns's, Robert, epitaph on John Dove, 58. - - Burton, 144. - - ----, Joyce. 151. - - Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, 17, 69, 150. - - Butler, Samuel, 98. - - ----, Samuel, author of "Hudibras," 125, 126; - O'Brien's epitaph on, 125; - Wesley's epigram on, 126. - - ----, Samuel W., 98, 99. - - Buttress, Jas. Epps, 79. - - Byfleet, 105. - - Byng, Admiral, 77, 78. - - Byrne, Simon, 30. - - Byron's, Lord, epitaph on John Adams, 39; - on John Blackett, 48. - - Bywater, Ann, 60. - - ----, John, 60. - - ----, John, son of above, 60. - - - Cadman,, a famous "flyer," 101. - - Callow, Rev. William, 8. - - Campbell, Capt. Patrick, 75. - - Carlyle, Thomas, 80. - - Carmichael, Capt. James, 72. - - Caroline, Queen, 105. - - Carter, S., 30. - - Cartwright, Henry, 23. - - Castleton, Derby., 154. - - Catherine, Queen of Henry VIII., 10. - - Cave, --., 88. - - ----, Edward, sen., 42. - - ----, Edward, jun., 42. - - ----, Jos., 42. - - ----, William, 42. - - Cave, South, 140. - - Caxton, William, 14. - - Chapman's Dr. Thos., epitaph on Henry Jenkins, 112. - - Chambers's, Dr. Robert, "Book of Days," quoted, 9, 10, 101, 105; - "Dom, Annals of Scotland," quoted, 114. - - _Chambers's Journal_, quoted, 111. - - Charles I., 113, 114, 128, 131. - - ---- II., 67, 113, 114, 133; - and Butler's "Hudibras," 126. - - Charlton, John, 21. - - Chatham, 59. - - Checkley, Stafford., 85. - - Chelsea Hospital, 66, 73. - - Chepstow, Monmouth., 130-133; - Castle, 131, 133; - Church, 132. - - Cheshire, 111. - - Chest, Rev. --., 132. - Downton's epitaph on, 132. - - Chester, 45. - - Chesterfield, Lord, 17. - - Chimney Money, see Smoke Money. - - Chiswick, 97. - - Clay, Hercules, 128, 129. - - ----, John, 63. - - ----, Mary, 63. - - ----, Thomas, 63, 64. - - Cleater, S,. 152. - - Clemetshaw, Henry, 91. - - Cliff, Elizabeth, 151. - - Clifton, Gloucester., 97. - - Clockmakers, The Company of, and the restoration of Harrison's tomb at - Hampstead, 36. - - Cocks, Rev. Chas. S., 8. - - Cole, William, Dean of Lincoln, 87, 88. - - Collison, David, 81. - - Colton, Stafford., 46. - - Corby, Lincoln., 50. - - Corser, Annie, 134. - - ----, Henry, 134. - - Corsica, Theodore, King of, 135. - - Cotton, Rev. John, 16. - - Coventry, 20; - St. Michael's Churchyard, 20, 29. 31. - - _Coventry Mercury_, quoted, 20. - - Crackles, Thomas, 80. - - Crayford, 1. - - Creton, 151. - - Crich, Derby., 43. - - Crompton, Jas., 121. - - ----, Mary, 121. - - Cromwell, Oliver, 113, 132. - - Cruker, John, 48. - - Culloden, 110. - - - Dale, Elizabeth, (neé Foljambe), 133. - - ----, John, 133, 134. - - ----, Sarah, (neé Bloodworth) 133, 134. - - Danish Soldiers, Tablet of the, at Beverley, 116, 119. - - Darfield, Barnsley, 155. - - Darlington, 13. - - Darnbrough, William, 11, 12. - - Darneth, Dartford, 59. - - Dart, Rose, 89. - - Dartmoor, 33. - - Dartmouth, 76. - - Davidson, Lieut. Alex., 78. - - ----, Harriet, 78. - - Day, William, 86. - - Deal, 78. - - Deans, Jeannie, 27. - - Defoe's, Daniel, "Robinson Crusoe," quoted, 136. - - Delamoth, Mrs. Jane, 153. - - Depledge, Thos., 156. - - Dibdin, Rev. T. F., D.D., quoted, 10. - - Dickinson, Mr., 110. - - Dinsdale's, Dr. F., F.S.A., "Ballads and Songs of David Mallet," quoted, - 146. - - Dixon, George. 22. - - Dove, John, 58. - - Downton's epitaph on Rev. --., Chest, 132. - - Dublin, 16. - - Duck, S., 102, 105, 106; - Swift's epigram on, 105. - - Dudley, Worcester, 138. - - Dundas, Lord, 108. - - Dunton, Bucks., 39. - - Eakring, Notts., 23. - - Easton, William, 80. - - Ecclesfield Churchyard, 23. - - Edinburgh, 17, 27. - - Edmonds, John, 77. - - Edwalton, 59. - - Edward VI., 113. - - Elizabeth, Queen, 19, 113, 114. - - Ellenborough, Lord, 139. - - Empedocles, quoted, 84. - - EPITAPHS, BACCHANALIAN, 54; - Miscellaneous, 150; - Punning, 84; - Typographical, 14; - On Actors and Musicians, 90; - Bakers, 49, 50; - A Blacksmith, 43; - Booksellers, 40-42; - A Builder, 45; - Carpenters, 46, 50; - Carriers, 39; - A Coachman, 39; - A Dyer, 47; - Engineers, 37-38; - Gardeners, 51-52; - A Mason, 46; - Musicians and Actors, 90; - Notable Persons, 108; - Parish Clerks, 1; - Potters, 44-5; - Publicans, 54-56; - Sailors and Soldiers, 65; - Sextons and Parish Clerks, 1; - Shoemakers, 48; - Soldiers and Sailors, 65; - Sportsmen, 21; - Tradesmen, 33; - Watchmakers, 33-37; - Weavers, 47. - - Eton, 60. - - Evans's, John, "Life of S. W. Butler," quoted, 99. - - Eyre and Spottiswood, printers, 19. - - ----, Vincent, 141, 142; - Briscoe's account of, 141. - - - Falkirk, Scotland, 110. - - Faulder, George, alderman and printer of Dublin, 16, 17. - - Fawfield Head, Stafford., 65. - - Ferrensby, 111. - - Field, Joseph, 84, 85. - - ----, Theophilus, 85. - - FitzHerbert, Ralph, 7. - - FitzOsborne, William, 7. - - Flamborough Head, 82. - - Flixton, Lancash., 92. - - Flockton, Thos., 12, 13. - - Foljambe, Elizabeth, see Dale, Elizabeth. - - Folkestone, Kent, 61. - - Fort William Cemetery, 75. - - Fotheringay, 11. - - Foulby, Yorks., 36. - - Fountain Dale Cross, 28. - - Fox, Henry, 47. - - Franklin, Dr. Benjamin, 15, 16. - - ----, Deborah, 16. - - Freland, Mrs. 59. - - - Garrick, David, 96; - Epitaph on William Hogarth, 97, 98; - on Jas. Quin, 97. - - Gedge, L., 17. - - _Gentleman's Magazine_, quoted, 5, 6, 42, 115. - - George II., 105. - - ---- III., 125. - - ---- IV., 70. - - Germany, 121. - - Gibraltar, 73. - - Gillingham, 99. - - Gloucester, 57. - - _Gloucester Notes and Queries_, quoted, 136. - - Gloucestershire, 127; - St. Peter Abbey, 128. - - Goëthe, J. W., quoted, 80. - - Golding, Samuel, 73. - - ----, Phoebe, see Hessel. - - Goldsmith, Thos., 76. - - Grainge's, William, "Yorkshire Longevity," quoted, 111. - - Grantham, Lincoln., 147-148. - - Gray, Catherine, 45. - - ----, Robert, 49; - his Hospital, 49. - - Greenfield, 139. - - Greenwich, Kent, 56; - The Pig and Whistle Public House, 56. - - Griffiths, Geo., 68. - - Grindon, Stafford., 156. - - _Guardian, The_, quoted, 87. - - Guy, John, 127. - - - Hackett, Robert, 22. - - Haddon Hall, Derby., 5. - - Haigh, Brian, 152. - - ----, John, 152. - - ----, Martha, 152. - - Hall, Micah, 154. - - Hamilton, 83. - - Hampstead, Middx., 35. - - Hampsthwaite, Yorks., 122. - - Hanslope, Bucks., 30. - - Harding-Booth, 46. - - Hardwick Park, 22. - - Harrison, John, the Inventor, 36. - - ----, William, 81. - - Harrogate, 109-111. - - Hart, Thomas, 3. - - Hartwith Chapel, Nidderdale, 11. - - Haselton, Mary. 150. - - Hawksworth's, Dr., epitaph on Joseph Cave, 42. - - Hayley, W., 43. - - Henry VII., 113. - - ---- VIII., 7, 113. - - Hereford, 85, 155; - Cathedral, 85. - - Hessel, Phoebe, 70-75. - - Hessle, Hull, 47. - - Heywood, John, 46. - - Highgate Cemetery, 30. - - Hill, Otwell, D.D., 87. - - Hilton Castle, Durham, 101. - - Hilton's John. Fool, 101. - - Hinde, Thomas, 35. - - Hippisley, John, 97. - - Hiseland, William, 66. - - Hobson, --, University Carrier, 39-40. - - Hogarth, William, 97, 98, 101; - Garrick's epitaph on, 97, 98. - - Horncastle, 83. - - Hornsea, 86. - - Howard, John, 53. - - Hughenden Churchyard, 127. - - Hulm, John, 20. - - Hurtle, F., 8. - - Hull, 60, 80, 84, 116, 119, 140; - Castle Street Burial Ground, 60; - Field, Jos., twice mayor of, 84, 85; - Hessle Road Cemetery, 80; - Holy Trinity Church, 84, 91; - St. Mary's Church, Sculcoates, 153. - - Hythe Churchyard, Kent, epitaph on a Fishmonger in, 32. - - - Indies, East, 73. - - Indies, West, 73. - - Inglott, William, 90. - - Ireland, 121. - - Isnell, Peter, 1, 2. - - - Jackson, Thos., 100. - - James I., 113, 132. - - Jenkins, Henry, 112, 113; - Dr. Chapman's epitaph on, 112-113. - - Jerrold's, D., epitaph on Chas. Knight, 107. - - Jewitt, Llewellynn, F.S.A., quoted, 3. - - Jobling, Mrs. C, 124. - - Jones, Edward, printer, 14, 15. - - ----, John, 128. - - Joy, Richard, "Kentish Samson," 123. - - Juan Fernandez, Island of, 135. - - - Kettlethorpe, Lincoln., 86. - - Kew, Surrey, 105. - - Kimbolton Castle, Huntingdon, 10. - - Kingston, Duke of, 23. - - Kirk Hallam, Derby., 152. - - Knaresborough, 108, 109, 110; - Blind Jack of, 108-111. - - Knight, Chas., Jerrold's epitaph on, 107. - - Knighton, South Wales, 155. - - - Lackington, James, 41. - - Lambert, Daniel, the Lincolnshire Giant, 122, 123. - - ----, Geo., 91. - - Lambeth, 52. - - Lancashire, 111. - - Largo, Fife, 135. - - Leake, Thomas, 26-29. - - Leeds, 12. - - Leek, Stafford., 156. - - Leen, river, 24. - - Leicester, 122. - - Leominster, 155. - - Lillyard, Miss, 116. - - Lillyard's Edge, Battle of, 115. - - Lillington, Dorset., 87. - - Lillywhite, the Cricketer, 30. - - Lincoln, 87; - Cathedral, 87. - - Lincolnshire, 142, 143. - - Lisbon, 36. - - Liverpool, 55, 124; - St. James's Cemetery, 124. - - Llandaff, South Wales, 85. - - London, 27, 36, 39, 49, 57, 62, 101, 114, 121, 126, 127; - Boar's Head Tavern, Great Eastcheap, 62; - Covent Garden Churchyard, epitaph of John Taylor, the Water Poet in, - 57; - King's Bench Prison, 135; - King's College Hospital, 102; - Phoenix Alley, 57; - Portugal Street, 101; - Red Lion Square, 36; - St. Anne's Churchyard, Soho, 134; - St. Clement Danes Burial ground, 101; - St. Michael's Church, 62; - St. Paul's Church, Covent Garden, 125; - The Savoy, 14; - Tothill Fields, 139; - Westminster Abbey, 11, 14, 96, 126. - - Longnor, Stafford, 46, 65. - - Luton Churchyard, Bedford, 22. - - Lydford, Dartmoor, 33. - - - Macbeth, John, 93, 94. - - McKay, Sandy, the Scottish Giant, 30. - - Malibran, Madame, 95. - - Mallet's ballad of "Edwin and Emma," quoted, 145-146; - "Ballads and Songs," quoted, 146. - - Manchester, 110. - - "Manchester Lit. Club Papers," quoted, 99. - - Market Weighton, 121. - - Marlborough, Duke of, 65. - - Marten, Sir Henry, 132. - - ----, Henry, 131, 132, 133. - - Martin, John, 51. - - Mary, Queen, 113, 114. - - Masham, Yorks., 122; - Swinton Hall, 122. - - Mauchline, Scotland, 58. - - Mawer, Hannah, 148. - - ----, Rev. John, D.D., 148. - - Maxton, Scotland, 116. - - Medford, Grace, 89. - - Merlin's Cave, Richmond Park, 105 - - Melton-Mowbray, Leicester., 61. - - "Mercury Hawkers in Mourning, The," quoted, 15. - - Merrett, Thos., 133. - - Metcalf, John, Blind Jack of Knaresborough, 108-111. - - Micklehurst, Chester, 60. - - Middleditch, William, 69. - - Middleton Tyas, Richmond, 148. - - Miller, Joe, 101-105. - - Mills, John, 21. - - Minskip, 111. - - Morgan, Meredith, 92. - - Morley's Henry "Memoirs of Bartholomew Fair," quoted, 124-125. - - Morton, Earl of, 124, 125. - - Morville, Bridgnorth, 21. - - Mottram, Chester, 22. - - - New Forest, Hants., Collection of Smoke Money in, 62. - - Newark, Notts., 128, 129. - - Newcastle-on-Tyne, 2; - All Saints Church, 2. - - Newhaven, Sussex, 54. - - Newport, Monmouth., 93; - Old Cemetery, The, 93. - - Newton, George, 22. - - Nidderdale, 11. - - Norris, Admiral, 73. - - Norwich, 90; - Cathedral, 90. - - _Notes and Queries_, quoted, 62. - - Nottingham, 24; - Park, 24; - St. Nicholas' burial ground, 24. - - "Nottingham Date Book," quoted, 24. - - - O'Brien's, Mr., epitaph on Samuel Butler, 125. - - Ockham, Surrey, 50. - - Okey, John, 121. - - Ollerton, Notts., 55. - - Orange, Prince of, 116. - - Orford, H. Walpole, Earl of, 134. - - Osborne, --, 7. - - Ostler, Miss, 148. - - Oxford, 48; - Ashmolean Museum, 52. - - - Pady, James, 45. - - Pannal, Yorks., 55. - - PARISH CLERKS AND SEXTONS, EPITAPHS ON, 1. - - Parker, --, engine-driver, 39. - - Parkes, John, 29, 30. - - Parkyns, Thomas, 29 - - Parr, Edward, 69. - - Pateley Bridge Church registers, 12. - - Pausanias, 84. - - Pearce, Dickey, Dean Swift's epitaph on, 100. - - ----, General, 73. - - Pegge, Rev. Samuel, 6. - - Peirce, Thomas, watchmaker, 35. - - Pennecuik's, Alex., epitaph on Marjory Scott, 114, 115. - - Peterborough, Northampton, 9, 88; - Cathedral, 9, 88. - - Pettigrew's, T. J., "Chronicles of the Tombs," quoted, 61. - - Philadelphia, Christ Church, 16. - - Phillpot, Geo., 79. - - Pickering, Robert, 81. - - Pickford, Rev. John, M.A., on the death of two Danish Soldiers at - Beverley, 116. - - Plumtree, John, 141. - - Plymouth, Devon., 73. - - Pope, Alex., 106. - - Portsmouth, Hants., 78. - - Portugal, 51. - - ----, Don John Emanuel, King of, 51; - Martin, John, his natural son, 51. - - Preston, Lancash., 136. - - ----, Richard, 13. - - ----, Robert, waiter at the Boar's Head Tavern, London, 62. - - Price, E. B., on restoration of Northampton Church, 62. - - Prissick, Geo., 47. - - Pritchard, Mrs., 96. - - Pryme, A. de la, on the Danes, 119, 120. - - PUNNING EPITAPHS, 84. - - Putney, Surrey, 78. - - - Quantox Head, Somerset., 124. - - Quin, Jas., Garrick's epitaph on, 97. - - - Railton, Martha, 145, 146. - - Ramillies, 65. - - Ratcliffe-on-Soar, 3. - - Raw, Frank, 2. - - Reader, Mr., 139. - - Ridge, Thomas, 23. - - Ridsdale, George, 122. - - ----, Isabella, 122. - - ----, Jane, the Yorkshire Dwarf, 122. - - Roe, Charles, 4. - - ----, Dorothy, 4, 5. - - ----, Millicent, 4. - - ----, Philip, 6, 7. - - ----, Samuel, 4, 5, 6. - - ----, Sarah, wife of Samuel, 4. - - ----, Sarah, wife of Philip, 7. - - Rogers, Rebecca, 61. - - Rooke, Sir Geo., 65. - - Ross's, F., F.R.H.S., "Celebrities of the Yorkshire Wolds," quoted, 121. - - Rotherham, Yorks., 49. - - Rothwell, Yorks., 12. - - Routleigh, Geo., 33. - - Rudder's, Samuel, "History of Gloucestershire," quoted, 136. - - ----, Roger, see Rutter. - - Rugby, Warwick., 42. - - Rutter, John, 136. - - ----, Roger, (_alias_ Rudder), 136. - - - Saddleworth, Yorks., 12, 139. - - St. David's, South Wales, 85. - - Salisbury Wilts., 31. - - Salmond, Capt., 28. - - Salterford, 28. - - Sanderson's, Bp., "Survey of Lincoln Cathedral," quoted, 87. - - Sands, Rev. Samuel, 148. - - Sarnesfield, Weobley, 155. - - Scarborough, 81. - - Scarle, North, Lincoln., 69. - - Scarlett, William, 9, 10. - - Scatchard, Thomas, 140. - - Scotland, 110, 114, 115, 135. - - Scots, Mary, Queen of, 11. - - Scott, John, 55. - - ----, Marjory, 114; - Alex. Pennecuik's epitaph on, 114, 115. - - ----, Sir W., "Tales of a Grandfather," quoted, 115; - "Anne of Geierstein," quoted, 119. - - Scrope, Capt. Gervase, 31. - - ----, family, of Bolton, Yorks., 31. - - Seaham, Durham, 48. - - Selby, Yorks., 2, 77. - - Selkirk, Alex., 135, 136. - - Shakespeare, William, 96, 97, 107. - - Sheahan's J. J., "Hist. of Hull," quoted, 153. - - Sheffield, 40; - Trinity Churchyard, 40. - - Short-hand, Inscription in, in St. Mary's Church, Sculcoates, Hull, 153. - - Shrewsbury, 101; - St. Julian's Church, 134; - St. Mary Friars, 101. - - Shullcross, P., 154. - - Silkstone, Yorks., 44. - - Simpson, Jeremiah, 140. - - Slater, Joseph, watchmaker, 34. - - Sleaford, Lincoln., 47. - - Smith, Isaac, 68. - - ----, Robert, 3; - Richard, 40. - - Smoke Money, or Chimney Money, Collection of, in Battle, and the New - Forest, 61, 62. - - Southam, Warwick., 148; - Church, 148. - - South-Hill, Bedford., 77. - - Southwell, Notts., 39. - - Spalding, Joseph, 76. - - Sparke, Mrs. Rose, 89. - - _Spectator, The_, quoted, 30, 78. - - Spencer, Earl, K.G., President of the Roxburghe Club, 14. - - Spofforth, Yorks., 108, 111. - - Spong, see Sprong. - - _Sportive Wit: The Muses' Merriment_, quoted, 57. - - SPORTSMEN, EPITAPHS ON, 21. - - Spottiswood, Eyre &, printers, 19. - - Sprong, John, 50. - - Stalybridge, 22. - - Stamford, Lincoln., 122. - St. Martin's Church, 122, 123. - - Stockbridge, Hants., 56; - King's Head Inn, 65. - - Stockport, Chester., 111. - - Stokes, Thomas, "Dumb Tom," 144. - - Stoney Middleton, 95. - - Straker, Daniel, 116. - - Street, Amos, 25, 26. - - Strutt, Matthew, 152. - - Suffolk, Earl of, 100. - - Sutherland, Duke of, 93. - - Sutton Coldfield, Warwick., 137. - - Swain's, Charles, epitaph on S. W. Butler, 99. - - Swift's, Dean, 17, 100, 105; - epigram on S. Duck, 105, 106; - epitaph on Dickey Pearce, 100. - - ----, George, 95. - - ----, --, 95. - - ----, Margaret, 95. - - - Taunton, Somerset., 49. - - Tawton, Devon., 89. - - Taylor, Hannah, 44. - - ----, John 44. - - ----, John, The Water Poet, 57, 58. - - Teanby, W., 142, 143. - - Teetotal; W. E. A. Axon, on the origin of the word, 137; - R. Turner, author of the word, 137. - - Tennis Ball, introduced in an epitaph, 31. - - Tewkesbury, Gloucester., 133; - Abbey, 133. - - Thackerey, Joseph, 55. - - Thanet, Isle of, 123; - St. Peter's Churchyard, 123. - - Thetcher, Thomas, 64. - - Thompson, Francis, 55. - - Thornton, A., 138, 139. - - ----, Col., 110. - - Thorsby on Tom Booth's exploits, 24. - - Tideswell, Derby., 152. - - Tiffey, Jack, 89. - - _Times, The_, quoted, 35. - - Tipper, Thomas, 54. - - Tonbridge, see Tunbridge - - Tonson, Jacob, printer and bookseller, 15. - - Tradescent, John, 52. - - Tradescants, 52. - - Trowsdale, T. B., F.R.H.S., quoted, 130-133. - - Tunbridge Wells, (Tonbridge) 59. - - Turar, Thomas, 50. - - Turner, Richard, 136, 137; - author of the word "Teetotal," 137. - - Turpin, Dick, 27. - - TYPOGRAPHICAL EPITAPHS, 14. - - - Uley, Gloucester., 136. - - Upton-on-Severn, 56. - - Uttoxeter, Stafford., 34; - Churchyard, 34. - - - Wakefield, 90. - - Wales, 92. - - Walford, Edward, M.A., quoted, 35, 36. - - Walker, Ann, 37. - - ----, Benjamin, 37. - - ----, John, 37; - William, 82. - - Wall, David, 94. - - Wallas, Robert, 2. - - Warren, Borlase, 141. - - Warwick, 137, 138. - - Weem, Scotland, 75. - - Welton, 140. - - Wendesley tomb, 6. - - Wesley's, S., epigram on Samuel Butler, 126. - - Westminster Abbey, 11, 14, 96, 126. - - Westminster, St. Margaret's Church, 14. - - Weston, 47. - - Whalley, Lancash., 137. - - Whitehall, Rev. James, 85. - - Whitaker's, T. D., LL.D., epitaph on John Wigglesworth, 137. - - Whitsun Farthings, or Smoke Money, 62. - - Whittaker, William, 77. - - Whittington, Derby., 6. - - Whitworth, Rev. R. H., quoted, 26. - - Wigglesworth, John, Whitaker's epitaph on, 137. - - William IV., 125. - - William, Adam, printer, 17, 18. - - Wimbledon, Surrey, 51. - - Winchester, Hants., 64. - - Wingfield, North, Derby., 63. - - Winterton, 142; - Church, the School in the vestry of, 142. - - Wirksworth, Derby., 153. - - Wolverley, Worcester., 8. - - Woodbridge, Suffolk, 76. - - Worme, Sir Richard, 88. - - Worrall, James, 8. - - ----, Thomas, 8. - - Wright, Joe. - - ----, Mrs., (Sarah Biffin) 125. - - Wrightson, Rodger, 145, 146. - - Wycombe, High, Bucks., 37, 127. - - Wynter, Sir Edward, 67, 68. - - - Yarmouth, 32, 47, 68; - St. Nicholas' Church, 47. - - York, 110, 151. - - Yorkshire, 111, 145; - Beverley, 98, 116; - Bolton, 112; - Bowes, 145; - Darlington, 13; - Ecclesfield, 23; - Foulby, 36; - Hampsthwaite, 122; - Harrogate, 109-111; - Hartwith Chapel, 11; - Hessle, 47; - Hornsea, 86; - Knaresborough 108-110; - Leeds, 12, 110; - Market Weighton, 121; - Masham, 122; - Middleton Tyas, 148; - Nidderdale, 11; - Pannal, 55; - Pateley Bridge, 12; - Rotherham, 49; - Rothwell, 12; - Saddleworth, 12, 139; - Scarborough, 81; - Selby, 2; - Sheffield, 40; - Silkstone, 44; - Spofforth, 108, 111; - Wakefield, 90; - Welton, 140. - - -[Illustration] - - -_Charles Henry Barnwell, Printer, 9, Savile Street, Hull._ - - - - -WORKS BY WILLIAM ANDREWS, F.R.H.S. - - -HISTORIC ROMANCE. - -Strange Stories, Characters, Scenes, Mysteries, and Memorable Events in -the History of Old England. - -In his present work Mr. Andrews has traversed a wider field than in his -last book "Historic Yorkshire," but it is marked by the same painstaking -care for accuracy, and also by the pleasant way in which he popularises -strange stories and out-of-the-way scenes in English history. 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