The Book of Trinity College Dublin 1591-1891Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland)
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The Book of Trinity College Dublin 1591-1891
Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland)
Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland)
Ut singularem qua bonas literas literatosque omnes per totum
vitæ decursum est prosecutus charitatem signaret reliquias suas
in cellula huic vestibulo supposita condi voluit amplissimus
præsul Gulielmus Newcome, D.D., Archiepiscopus Armachanus; Coll.
Hertford apud Oxonienses cujus per novennium negocia Vice-Præses
feliciter administravit. Ab Hiberniæ pro Rege illust. comite
de Hertford ad dignitatem evocatus episcopalem sedem obtinuit;
Dromorensem, Feb., 1766; Ossoriensem, Ap. 1775; Waterford et
Lismore, Oct. 1779; Ardmach totiusque ecclesiæ Hiberniæ Primatum,
Mense Januario, 1795. Natus Abingdonæ in com. Oxon, April 19,
1729. Educatus in coll. Pembroch Oxon. Decessit, Dublini, Jan.
11, 1800. Pietatem summe venerandi antiscitis vitæ morumque
sanctitatem ætas in qua vixit agnovit, ingenium scripta declarant.
CEMETERIUM.
In a neglected corner on the outside of the Chapel, looking
towards the east, railed in, but unprotected from the weather, is
a little burying-ground, where may be seen the tombs of some few
of the Provosts and other distinguished Fellows of the College.
Simple stone slabs on the ground mark the last resting-place of
Dr. Temple, Provost in 1609, and of other unnamed and forgotten
dignitaries, whose remains were removed from the old Chapel when
the new building was consecrated in 1798. The inscription on the
plain flag nearest the entrance is as clear as the day it was cut,
and runs as follows:--
Piae memoriæ sacrum Gulielmi Temple, LL.D., armigeri.
hujusce Collegii Propositi A.D. 1609
atque aliorum quorum reliquiæ
sub antiquo sacello sepultæ
in hoc Cœmeterium translatæ fuere
Anno Domini 1799.
Next to him lies Richard Andrews--
Cujus beneficio Observatorium
Astronomicum conditum atque in
perpetuo constitutum fuit.
He was Provost in 1758, and died in 1774.
The third slab is--
Piæ Memoriæ sacrum
Ricardi Baldwin S.T.P.
hujusce collegii socii
deinde Prœpositi
postremo munificentissimi benefactoris
In præposituram electus fuit
A.D. 1717.
Obiit die 30 Septembris
A.D. 1758.
A large mural tablet with Corinthian columns and alabaster
mantlings, and bearing a long and not particularly interesting
inscription, is raised to the memory of Dr. Browne, the Provost who
is said to have been killed by a brickbat thrown in a College riot
in 1699. The long inscription to his many virtues is silent on this
point.
On the left-hand side of Dr. Browne’s pompous monument is a plain
stone slab in memory of Dr. Stearne, who built the University
Printing House, and was in other ways a distinguished benefactor of
the College. The very curious inscription runs as follows:--
ΚΑΤΑΡΑ ΕΣΤΙ ΜΗ ΑΠΟΘΑΝΕΙΝ[152]
Dixit Epictetus, Credidit
Johannes Stearne
M. & J. U. D. Collegii SS Indiv.
Trinitatis Dublin Socius Senior.
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