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CENOTAPH.
(Intended for a Tablet in Wootton Church.)
In memory of
John Brydges of Wootton Court
In the county of Kent,
Esquire;
And of Gray's Inn, Barrister at Law:
Who died in the month of July
1712,
At the early age of 31 years,
And 9 months:
And lies buried in the
Parish Church of St. Alphage
In Canterbury.
He was taken off
By a rapid fever, in the midst
Of high hopes, and ardent endeavours
To restore,
By talent and labour
In the exercise of an
Honourable Profession,
The waning Branch of
His ancient Family
To its pristine lustre.
He was born in
Oct. 1680;
And after a liberal education
At Oxford,
Though inheriting a competent
Landed patrimony,
Applied himself to the study
Of the Laws of his Country,
As a path of just advancement,
And solid distinction.
But the prospects of Man are vain;
And the fire of his expectations
Was the flame in which he died!
He left three infant children,
A daughter Deborah;
A son John, aged two years;
And a second son Edward,
Aged six months;
(Yet insensible of their loss),
By his wife Jane,
Only surviving daughter and heir
Of Edward Gibbon, Esq.r
Of Westcliffe, near Dover,
By Martha, daughter of
Sir John Roberts, of Bekesborne, K.t
Who survived him till
1738;
And lies buried in the
Same Church;
Together with
Her grandfather Sir John Roberts,
Who died in 1658;
And her grandmother Dame Jane Roberts,
Who was daughter of
Simon Bunce of Throwleigh,
By a daughter of
Arthur Barham, Esq.r
Son of Sir Nicolas Barham,
Serjeant at Law in the reign of
Queen Elizabeth.
John Brydges of Wootton Court
In the county of Kent,
Esquire;
And of Gray's Inn, Barrister at Law:
Who died in the month of July
1712,
At the early age of 31 years,
And 9 months:
And lies buried in the
Parish Church of St. Alphage
In Canterbury.
He was taken off
By a rapid fever, in the midst
Of high hopes, and ardent endeavours
To restore,
By talent and labour
In the exercise of an
Honourable Profession,
The waning Branch of
His ancient Family
To its pristine lustre.
He was born in
Oct. 1680;
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At Oxford,
Though inheriting a competent
Landed patrimony,
Applied himself to the study
Of the Laws of his Country,
As a path of just advancement,
And solid distinction.
But the prospects of Man are vain;
And the fire of his expectations
Was the flame in which he died!
He left three infant children,
A daughter Deborah;
A son John, aged two years;
And a second son Edward,
Aged six months;
(Yet insensible of their loss),
By his wife Jane,
Only surviving daughter and heir
Of Edward Gibbon, Esq.r
Of Westcliffe, near Dover,
By Martha, daughter of
Sir John Roberts, of Bekesborne, K.t
Who survived him till
1738;
And lies buried in the
Same Church;
Together with
Her grandfather Sir John Roberts,
Who died in 1658;
And her grandmother Dame Jane Roberts,
Who was daughter of
Simon Bunce of Throwleigh,
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Arthur Barham, Esq.r
Son of Sir Nicolas Barham,
Serjeant at Law in the reign of
Queen Elizabeth.
In Memory also
Of the above-named
Jane Brydges, Widow,
Daughter of Edward Gibbon , Esq.r
Who was eldest son of Thomas Gibbon,
Of Westcliffe Esq.r by his second wife Alice Taylor,
Sister of the half-blood to Jane,
Wife of Sir John Maynard,
One of the most eminent Lawyers of his age;
In right of which alliance
The said Jane Brydges derived
A valuable landed property
From the will of the said Dame Jane Maynard.
Which Jane Brydges also,
By her paternal aunt, Anne, wife
Of John Coppin of Wootton, Esq.r
(Whose only son John Coppin
Died without issue in 1703),
Finally brought that Seat and
Estate to her husband, and
His posterity.
Of the above-named
Jane Brydges, Widow,
Daughter of Edward Gibbon , Esq.r
Who was eldest son of Thomas Gibbon,
Of Westcliffe Esq.r by his second wife Alice Taylor,
Sister of the half-blood to Jane,
Wife of Sir John Maynard,
One of the most eminent Lawyers of his age;
In right of which alliance
The said Jane Brydges derived
A valuable landed property
From the will of the said Dame Jane Maynard.
Which Jane Brydges also,
By her paternal aunt, Anne, wife
Of John Coppin of Wootton, Esq.r
(Whose only son John Coppin
Died without issue in 1703),
Finally brought that Seat and
Estate to her husband, and
His posterity.
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In grateful recollection
Of these benefits
Still enjoyed;
And as a record of this line
Of inheritance,
This Tablet is thus
Inscribed.
Of these benefits
Still enjoyed;
And as a record of this line
Of inheritance,
This Tablet is thus
Inscribed.
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