I.F.ONAKl) WHRATCROFT, OK ASHOVER. Jg 



"An p:pitaph vpon Mary, daughter to M^ Tmmanuel Haltnn 

 of" W'infield Manner (1692): — 



" Shee told her parents as I heare 

 That God Almighty loved her deare 

 Ffor when her dying houre drew nigh 

 She did so clearly signifie 

 That death did knock upon her skull, 

 Saying, ' Thy pitcher now is full, 

 C^oine haste thee from this Bloody Manner, 

 Kfor thou must beare thy Saviour's Banner 

 Info the ffeilde of Paradise," etc. 



" An Anagram upon the death of M' Samuel Hndgkinson, wlio 

 was buried at Ashover July q, 1680." 



" Vpon the death of M' Henry Wright :— 



" Right in his principles— a man of warr. 



You ve heard his valour, and have seene his scarr 

 Right were his dealings with his Lord and Master 

 I ne'er could heare he wronged him of a Teaster. " 



" My Cousin Anne Sheldon's Epitaph. Euried March 4, 

 tr.S6:— 



" Then let's not mourne for her but praises sing, 

 Whose glorious triumphs doth in heaven ring. 

 Shee buried was on March the fourth 'tis true. 

 In 1 686. she bid the world adew " (adieu). 



"M' George Hodgkinson. Born Sep. 18, 1658, dved Tune 19 

 1687:- 



" Oh what a world of sorrows lived he in : 

 Death long agoe touch't sinews, bones, and skin : 

 Gaping for him for 20 years and nine. 

 Known to us all; liut now he's paid his tine," 



"An Anagram vpon W Richard Gregory,* who was buried 

 April! 16, r688 : — 



" Aye my dear friends, this of him I must sa) — 

 Right in his dealing was he every way. 

 Heath gazed upon him & his wife & daughter 

 God knows in 7 weekes : Oh what a slaughter ! 

 Ready they were prepared (although all young) 

 Ever to pray, and sing Hosannah's song." 



of Ravensnest in Ashover. 



