Hic Et jacet Qui elegit abjectus esse in domo Dei Non quærens quod fibi utile effet fed quod multis, Maximum Collegii Univerfitatis Oxonii ut et totius vivumque virtutum omnium exemplar: Vir verfus Deum ardentiffimâ pietate, Verfum ecclefiam Catholicam humillimo obfequio ftudiorum indefessâ affiduitate, mirabilis. Honoribus, divitiis, feculique voluptatibus omnibus, Vitam humilem obfcuram & laboriofam prætulit, Neque libris Quos permultos et utiliffimos et piiffimos doctiffimofque edidit, nomen fuum inscribi passus est. Obiit ferè feptuagenarius Maii 4to, Ann Dom. 1678. P. V. Cuthbertus Constable.* * Woodhead was a native of Yorkshire. He was in his day the great champion of the Roman Catholic religion, in defence of which he wrote a great number of tracts, most of which were printed after his death at the private press of his friend Obadiah Walker, Master of the College of which he himself had been a Fellow. He died at Hoxton, where he had for some years led a very retired life, instructing children in the Roman Catholic religion. W Per bonam famam, et per infamiam. Here lies interr'd the remains of Mr. GEORGE SNOWDEN, Also the remains of Mrs MARY SNOWDEN, Aged 69 years. Requiescat in pace. Amen. * Obadiah Walker, clerk, buried Feb. 2, 1699. Obadiah Walker was born at Wosperdale in Yorkshire, and received his education at University College, Oxford, of which he afterwards became Master. In the year 1687, by virtue of letters patent from King James, he set up a press, for the avowed purpose of printing books against the Reformed Religion. The patent specifies the names of the books (many of which were written by his deceased friend Abraham Woodhead), and exempts him from any penalties to which he might be subject by the statutes against Popery. The number of copies to be published of each work is limited to 20,000 within the year. He procured also other letters patent, by which he and some fellows of his college were excused from attending the public service of the Church. Under the sanction of this authority, he opened a chapel for Mass within the walls of the college. Upon the arrival of William the Third, following the example of his royal patron, he abdicated his headship, and went to London, where he passed the remainder of his days, and died in the month of January, 1699, aged 86. He was author of a treatise on education, &c., and was buried near the grave of his friend, Abraham Woodhead, Here lyes the body of ELIZABETH CARLETON, Daughter of Edward Carleton, Esq' who was Knight Harbinger to his late Majesty King James the Second, by Mary, his Second Wife, who was ye only iffue of Richrd & Barbara Boyse, of ye City of Westmtr deceased Obijt Ian' 19o Anno Ætatis 25 Anno Dni MDCCIX. Had Heav'n commission'd death to hold his hand, And Virtue could the force of fate withstand; This beaut'ous Virgin had bin longer liv'd, Nor we fo foon of her Rich worth depriv'd, Her charming youth, her Meekness, Wit, & Sense, Her Charity, her Truth, her Innocence. But ripe for God, her Soul ascending flew, And early bid the sinful world Adieu! Reader, make haste her Graces to attain, That thou, as she, in bliss may'st ever reign. I. S. S. V. Here lyeth one that departed The loss of her is much lamented By all those that knew her worth and goodness. Requiescat in pace. JOHN ERNEST GRABE, D.D. Buried Nov. 9, 1711.* * A learned Divine, born at Königsberg, in Prussia, in the year 1666. He received his education at that place, where his father was professor of divinity and history. Having determined to quit the Lutheran religion on account of some points of conscience, he hesitated for some time in his choice, and at length determined to embrace that of the Church of England; for which purpose he came to this country in 1695, bringing with him very strong recommendations to the King, who assigned him a pension of £100 per annum, to enable him to pursue his studies. He soon afterwards entered into priest's orders in our Church. He published Spicilegium SS. Patrum, or the Lesser Works of the Fathers and Heretics of the Three First Centuries," &c., &c. There is a monument to this eminent Divine in Westminster Abbey, with the following inscription, which has occasioned it to be said that he was buried there: 66 In ecclefia parochialis Sti Pancratii prope Londinum jacet JOH. ERNESTUS GRABIUS, S. T. P. gente Boruffus; affectu nostras; eruditionis famâ, illustratifque antiquæ ecclefiæ monumentis per univerfum orbem Christianum celeberrimus. Qui cum in deterioris fæculi fæcem incidiffet, ut a depravato ecclefiæ ftatu animum averteret, in auream illam ætatem frequenti cogitatione remeavit, et cum prifcis patribus familiaritatem coluit jucundiffimam. Horum exemplis accenfus, eâ Christianarum omnium virtutum præcellentiâ enituit, ut etiam inter splendidissima primorum sæculorum lumina eluxiffe potuiffet. Ecclefiam primævam Apoftolicam fummâ veneratione profecutus eft; Anglicanæ utpote quæ ab eâ minimùm decefferat proximos honores detulit. Hanc domo, hanc patriâ, quas mortalium nemo magis dilexit, chariorem habuit; in hujus gremium fe recipi vehementer gestiit; ab hujus finu ad ecclefiam primitivorum qui confcripti funt in cœlis lætus emigravit tertio die Nov. 1711, ætatis 46. Ne publicum deeffet teftimonium eximii illius honoris quo hospitem adeo illuftrem coluit Britannia, Robertus Comes de Oxon et Comes Mortimer pro spectato fuo in literas et literatos amore cœnotaphium hoc pofuit. Over the inscription is a whole-length of Dr. Grabe, in the clerical habit, sitting upon a sarcophagus, with a book open in one hand and a pen in the other. X Here lyes the Body of ELINOR GOWER, wife of William Gower, 'of Colemy in the county of Worcester Esq. She was daughter to Mr. John Coyney, and sole heir to Sampson Coyney, of Weston Cooney, in the county of Stafford, Esq: deceased. She departed this Life June the 13th Anno Dom 1718 aged 36 years Requiescat in pace Amen Here also lyes the Body of Mr. JOHN GOWER, their son, who departed this life May the 16th 1720, aged 21 years Requiescat in pace + Here also lies the Body of Mr. WILLIAM GOWER, their son, who departed this life Feby 3rd, 1723, aged 26 years. Requiescat in pace. Here also lyes the above named WILLIAM GOWER, Esq. who departed this life Requiescat in pace. 1736 Amen. |