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Cripplegate Ward. [Monuments.]
Lord of Aburgaveny. By whom it is said Thomas had issue, Dudley, his Sonne and
heyre;
Leonard, his second Son; Margaret and Ursula now living; beside William and
Mary, who
died young.
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[Digg's Coat was Gules, a Cross, Arg. five Eaglets.]
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Deo Opt. Max. & Memoriæ.
Hic resurrectionem mortuorum expectat Thomas Digsæus, Armiger, ex Antiqua
Digsæorum in Cantia Familia, oriundus. Vir fide & pietate in Deum
singulari, rei
militaris admodum peritus, optimarum literarum studiosus, & scientiis
Mathematicis ad
miraculum (ut ex libris editis constat) eruditissimus: Quem Deus in
Cœlestem
Patriam, Anno salutis, 1595. evocavit. Charissimo Marito Uxor mœstissima
posuit.
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Here lieth in an assured hope to rise in Christ, Thomas Digges, Esquire,
sometime Muster-
Master of the English Army in the Low-Countries: A Man zealously affected to
true
Rligion, wise, discreete, courteous, faithful to his Friends,
and of rare
knowledge in Geometry, Astrologie, and other Mathematicall Sciences: who
finished this
transitory Life with an happy end, in Anno 1595.
That the Dead might live, Christ dyed.
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Here lieth buried, Elizabeth Norreis, Daughter of the right Honourable, Sir
Henry Norreis,
Knight, Lord Norreis of Ricot; Who deceased the 18. day of April, 1574.
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A plated stone by the Communion Table.
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Armig. hic. Jon. Constantinus positus, genetrici subjacet; æternè
lætentur in arce polorum. Qui Februo cessit. Mil. I. Cent. quatuor bis
& octo.
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A marvellous antient plated Stone.
An. 1116.
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Here lieth entombed, Ralph Woodcock, Grocer and Alderman of London. Who
departed
this life the first day of September, 1586. aged 67 yeeres. Hee had foure
Wives, Helen
Collier, by whom he had five Sonnes and three Daughters. * Good Bower, by whom
he
had ten Sonnes and † five Daughters. Elenor Carew, by whom he had one
Daughter. And Mary * Lovyson, by whom he had no issue.
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A very fair Tomb in the South side of the
Quire.
*Al. Goda.
†Three.
*Al. Lonyson.
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The Coat of Arm here, for his second Wife, Bower, was a Cross patee. For Carew,
his
third Wife, was Paly of six Arg. and Sable. On a Chief Gules, three Lions
rampant, Or.
His fourth, Lovyson, bare Arg. a Fesse Sable, between three Wolfs, or Talbots,
passant of
the Second.]
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J. S.
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Elizabeth whose
husband Davy hight,
Lyeth buried here till
time the Trumpet blow:
But sure the heavens
possesse her sacred sprite,
Her vertuous life and
godly end did show.
And they that knew her
pathes of perfect love,
The sundry Gifts that
garnished her life,
Can witnesse well, and
by her end approve,
There seldome hath been
seene a better Wife.
Give God the praise for
such her happy race:
And pray, that we
like Vertues may embrace:
She died the 12. day of August, 1569.]
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A fair plated Stone by the Communion
Table.
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Mary Briggs, the Daugher of Thomas Crofts, deceased the 8. day of August, Anno
Domini
1610. being of the Age of 31 Years.
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A fair Tomb at the upper end of the South side
of the Chancel.
R.
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Davis Briggs, Citizen and Skinner of London: Who had two Wives, Mary, the
Daughter of
Thomas Crofts, Draper; by whom he had two Sons and four Daughters: And Rebecah,
the
Daughter of Humfrey Street, Merchant Tayler; by whom he had no issue. Who
deceased
the 17. day of June, Anno Dom. 1626. being of the Age of 57 years, and lyeth
here
entombed, in hope of a glorious Resurrection.
William, out of a dutiful Respect, to his dear Parents, consecrated
this Monument.
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Here lyeth the Body of Master Robert Offley, Gent. Son of High Offley, Alderman
of this
City. Who took to Wife Elizabeth, the Daughter of Humfrey Street; by whom he
had issue
seven Sons and six Daughters. He dyed at the Age of 64 years, on the 4 day of
November, 1631.
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A fair Monument against the other.
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Deo Trino & Uni Sacrum.
THOMAS HAYES, Eques Auratus, secundum Christi Adventum, sub hoc Tumulo
expectat. Qui cum ab Adolescentia per magnam Europæ partem Mercaturam
exercuisset, ita industria & judicio claruit, ut unanimi omnium Consensu
Maior hujus
Civitatis cooptatus fuerit; & cum hoc summum summi Magistratus officium, non
solum
singulari Integritate, sed & excellenti veræ Religionis
promulgandæ cura, &
Pietate, executus fuisset, tandem septuagesimo ætatis anno Deo bonisq;
charus, pie
& placide in Domino obdormivit, Anno Salutis, 1617.
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On the North side of the Chancel.
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MARTHA Uxor mœstissima Viro suo optimo, officiosæ Pietatis &
Memoriæ Ergo, hoc Monumentum P.]
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He bore two Shields Quarterly. 1. Or. powdered of Ermin Sable. 3 Lions Head
erazed of
the first. 2. Arg. a Fesse Embattailed, Gules. On a Chief 3 Martlets, Sable.
His first Wife
bore Gules, two bends, Verry, Arg. and Az. His second Wife, Verry, Arg. and Az.
On a
Chief Or. Three Lions Rampant Sable.
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J. S.
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Late MONUMENTS since the Fire, for Persons interred here.
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Late Monuments.
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A flat Stone before the Communion Table, over Walter Pell, Esq; Alderman, and
Merchant
Taylor of London, 1673. He gave 100l. (as I am told) towards the rebuilding of
the
Church.
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J. S.
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Over the Communiuon Table, Penons, of a square Fashion for the Funerals of
Jeffreys
Lord Wem, here buried; and likewise for his Sister. Here lies also the Lord
Chancellor
Jeffreys, whose Corps was first buried in the Tower, where he dyed.
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Over the North Door, two Figures halfway, for Rich. Chandler, Citizen and
Haberdasher,
Esq; 1691. Aged 85. And his Brother John Chandler, 1686. Aged 59.
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