A Gentleman of polite literature and elegant taste; an encourager of art and ingenious artists; a studious promoter of literary inquiries; a companion and friend of learned men; industriously versed in the science of antiquity; and richly possessed of the curious productions of Nature: but who modestly desired no other inscription on his tomb than what he had made the rule of his life:— “To do justly—to love mercy— And to walk humbly with his God.” Born, November 3, 1701. Died without issue. August 27, 1760. GREAT COGGESHALL. To the Memory of Thomas Hanse. “Lord, thy grace is free,—why not for me?” This man dying greatly in debt, and being a bankrupt, one of his creditors, being ruined by him, wrote under it:— And the Lord answered and said,— “Because thy debts a’nt paid!” ROXWELL. J. F. Hefeall. With long affliction I was sore oppressed, Till God in goodness kindly gave me rest; I left my widow’d wife and children dear To His all gracious, providential care, Who said do thou alone depend— Who am the widow and the orphan’s friend. STONDON. “Who lists to se and knowe himselfe, May loke upon this glase, And vew the beaten pathe of dethe, Which he shall one day passe; Which way J. Rainford Kellingworth, With patient mind, have gone,— Whose body here, as death hath changed, Lies covered with this stone; When dust to dust is brought again, The earth she hath her owne,— This shall the lot of all men be, Before the trumpe be blowne!” April 17th, 1575. WALTHAM ABBEY. To Sir Edward Denny. “Learn, curious reader, ere thou pass, That once Sir Edward Denny was A courtier of the chamber, A soldier of the fielde,— Whose tongue could never flatter, Whose heart could never yield!” * * * * * On a decayed monument in Horndon Church is the following inscription:— “Take, gentle marble, to thy trust, And keep unmixed this _sacred dust_— Grow moist sometimes that I may see Thou weep’st in sympathy with me; And when, by him I here shall sleep, My ashes also safely keep— And from rude hands preserve us both, until We rise to Sion’s Mount from Horndon-on-the-Hill.” * * * * * Paul Whitehead, Esq. Of Twickenham, December, 1774. “Unhallow’d hands, this urn forbear, No gems, nor Orient spoil, Lie here conceal’d, but what’s more rare,— A _heart_ that knows no guile!” STANFORD. On a brass plate in this church is the following inscription:—