10 s. vii. MAY 11, loo:.] NOTES AND QUERIES.
365
realized 1597 . 19 . 7 sterling | This was invested
in 1860 .6.9 2^ per cent. Annuities ; I The interest
on which is distributed in Bread and Coal, amongst
I The deserving poor of the parish, yearly at
Christmas. | This Memorial was erected by sub-
scription 1890. | C. E. Pattenden, LL.D., Vicar |
W. A. Herring, G. Wheeler, Churchwardens.
17. In Memory of | Edward Murdoch | Surgeon, ob : Aug 8t | 24th, 1754. ^Et. 54.
Arms : [Argent, a fesse chequy azure and of the field ; over all] two crows sable, pendent, on an arrow fesseways ppr.
18. Here Lieth the body of | Elizabeth the wife of | lohn Merlott, Esq r | who Departed this life July y" 15th, 1711 | Aged 39 years. | Also the afores d
| lohn Merlott, Esq r | who Died June y e 9th, 1732 | Aged 78 years.
[On tablet immediately underneath :] Likewise the following Children | of the above men' 1 lohn and Eliz : | Merlott, viz. | Two lohns and one Tho s . Infants.
Sarah ) f Sept. 6, 1720 ) f 23.
Will : > Obit : -J March 28, 1726 > JEt : -J 25. Eliz : j I Feb. 3rd, 1732 j I 38.
Abra Obit : June 15th, 1741. Mt : 34. Arms : Three mullets, impaling a lion rampant.
19. Sacred to the Memory of | Richard Clark, Esq r , Chamberlain of London | who was born 23d March, 1739, and died 16th January, 1831. | And of Margaret his wife | Daughter of John Pistor, Esq., of Walthamstow, Essex. 1 She was born 22nd August, 1744, and died 10th May, 1828. | "Blessed are the dead that die in the Lord." I In memory also of their eldest son | Richard Hender- son Clark, Esq re | Barrister-at-Law | Who was born the 24th of May, 1780 | And died the 16th of Feb- ruary, 1839.
Arms : Argent, on a bend gules, between three pellets sable, as many swans ppr. ; a sinister canton azure charged with a demi- ram argent between three fleurs-de-lis or, impaling Azure, on a baker's peal or three plates sable. Crest : a swan ppr.
20. Sacred to the Memory of j John Kirkpatrick Escott, Esq r | of Ongar Hill in this Parish, who died the 16th of Feb r 1799 | ^Etat. 71. | Like- wise are interred in the same Vault the Remains of j Mary Jane, youngest daughter of the above | Who departed this life at Tunbridge Wells | The 12th of July, 1817, aged 21. ] Also the Remains of | Deborah, widow of the above J. K. Escott, Esq r
| who departed this life the 22d of April, | 1818, aged 61.
21. Sacred to the Memory of | Mrs. Sarah Giles, who departed this life the 5th March, 1781 | aged 62 years | and of Mr. William Giles, Husband of the above | who departed this life the 22d of August, 1797, aged 83 years. | Also of their children
| William Giles, who departed this life the 25th of March, 1766 | in the 17th year of his age | John Giles, who departed this life the 18th of May, 1814
I in the 61st year of his age | and Sarah Giles, who departed this life the 7th of June, 1827 | in the 71st year of his age. I In testimony of their affectionate Remembrance of the above | the surviving members of the family, Jacob and his sister Mary Giles | have caused this monument to be erected. | Also
the above-named Jacob Giles | who departed this
life | on the 23rd of May, 1831, in the 70th year of
his age. | Also the above-named Mary Giles, who
departed this life | 011 the 20th of December, 1841,
in the 83d year of her age.
On a tablet immediately below :
The above - named Mary Giles bequeathed by her Will to the Minister and | Churchwardens Eight hundred pounds three pounds per centum Consolidated Bank | Annuities, upon Trust to lay out Twenty one pounds, part of the Dividends thereof | in the purchase of Bread to be distributed amongst the Poor of this parish on | Saint Thomas's day for ever : Two pounds of the Dividends also- being left to the I Minister and Churchwardens for their trouble, and the remaining Pound for | them to keep these Tablets and the Family Vault in the Churchyard in repair.
She also by a Codicil to her Will bequeathed to Henry Roake, Benjamin Tice | and William Ed- mead, her Executors, Three Thousand pounds- Sterling Monies | Upon Trust to invest the same in the Government Funds and to stand pos | sessed of arid to pay arid distribute the Dividends arising therefrom, after | deducting thereout their reason- able expenses, amongst so many of the poor I People of and resident in the said parish, in such sums and at such times, as | her said Executors should think fit for ever.
The sum of three hundred pounds Legacy Duty being paid, the Executors | invested the remaining sum of Two thousand seven hundred pounds Sterling | in the Reduced Three pounds per Cent Bank Annuities, being the consideration | of Two Thousand Nine Hundred and Forty six Pounds Fifteen shillings.
22. Sacred to the Memory | of ] Charlotte | wife of | Vice- Admiral Stirling | of | W'oburn Farm | who departed this life 31 March, 1825 | in the 62 year of her age. | Her Remains are interred in a Vault belonging | to her family in the Parish Church of | Grays, Oxfordshire.
23. In a Vault in this Churchyard | are deposited the Mortal Remains of | the Reverend Charles. Pembroke, LL.B. | who departed this life on the 17th day of June, 1828 | aged 35 years. | He united to the Classical erudition of an elegant | scholar the Christian Virtues and Scriptural | learning of a pious and enlightened Minister of | the Gospel. He was born and all his days were spent | in this. Parish, which he always regarded with the | most singular Attachment, and of which he was | during the last eleven years of his life the | officiating Minister. The Parishioners, in grateful Remem- brance of his Affection for them, have | caused this Tablet to be erected to his Memory, j " For I have not shunned to declare unto you | all the Counsel of God." | Acts. Ch: 20th. v: 27th.
24. Sacred | to the Memory of | Henry Woods, Esq r 1 of Purcroft in this Parish | who died the xvth of January MDCCCXXVII I aged LXIV years. | He was a kind and affectionate husband | A sincere Friend | Possessed of Great Talents, a Most Benevo- lent Disposition. | And his Moral and Religious Character | through the whole course of his life | was unimpeachable. | Also | to the Memory of Sarah his wife | who died the 10th of July, 1833 | aged 61 years.
25. V.R. The City of London Imperial volun- teers | C.V.I. " Dulce et decorum est pro I patria. mori." | In Memory of the following Members of
