This Monument was erected to the memory of Mrs. Eliz. Cromwell, spinster (by Mr. Richard Cromwell and Thomas Cromwell, her executors). She died the 8th day of April 1731, in the 82d yeare of her age, and lyes interred near this place; she was the daughter of Richard Cromwell, Esq., by Dorothy, his wife, who was the daughter of Richard Maijor, Esq. And the following account of her family (all of whom, except Mrs. Ann Gibson, lie in this chancel) is given according to her desire. Mrs. Ann Gibson, the 6th daughter, died 7th Dec. 1727, in the 69th year of her age, and lies interred, with Dr. Thomas Gibson, her husband, Physician General of the Army, in the church-yard belonging to St. George’s Chapel, in London. Richard Cromwell, Esq., father of the said Eliz. Cromwell, died 12th July 1712, in the 86th year of his age. Oliver Cromwell, Esq., son of the said Richard Cromwell, died 11th May 1705, in the 49th year of his age. Mrs. Dorothy Mortimer, a seventh daughter, wife of John Mortimer, Esq., died 14th May 1681, in the 21st year of her age, but left no issue. Mrs. Dorothy Cromwell, wife of the said Richard Cromwell, died 5th January 1675, in the 49th year of her age. Mrs. Ann Maijor, mother of the said Mrs. Dorothy Cromwell, died 13th of June 1662. Richard Maijor, Esq., husband of the said Mrs. Ann Maijor, died 25th April 1660. Mrs. Dorothy Cromwell, a fifth daughter, died 13th December 1658, in the 2nd year of her age. A fourth daughter died 27th May 1655, in the 1st year of her age. Mrs. Mary Cromwell, a third daughter, died 24th September 1654, in the 2nd year of her age. A son of the said Richard and Dorothy Cromwell, died 13th December 1652, in the 1st year of his age. Mrs. Ann Cromwell, a second daughter, died 14th March 1651, in the 1st year of her age. Mr. John Kingswell, father of the said Mrs. Ann Maijor, died 5th March 1639. The lime-trees, beautifully surrounding the churchyard, are said to have been planted by Richard Cromwell, and there was certainly an excellent fashion of planting them in the latter end of the seventeenth century, partly due to a French custom, partly to Evelyn’s _Sylva_. The beautiful avenue of limes at Brambridge, in three aisles, was probably planted at this date by one of the Welles family. In taking down the old lodge of Merdon or Hursley, a large lump of metal was found, squeezed into a crevice of the wall, and was sold by Mr. Heathcote as a Roman weight; but on being cleaned, it proved to be the die of the seal of the Commonwealth. Richard had caused a new seal to be made for himself by Simon, a noted medallist, and he had probably thus disposed of the die as a dangerous possession. Mr. Vertue saw it in 1710, in the collection of a Mr. Roberts, but it has since disappeared.