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where armour once hung, but only a few pieces remain. The 
fine alabaster effigy on the central tomb, a nameless knight in 
armour, is ruined by the names and dates—of school children, it 
is said—scratched all over it. There are some fine brasses, one 
still partially coloured of a lady, another of a Sir Edward 
Bayntun and his two wives. A brass to John Bayntun, cousin 
and heir of Richard Beauchamp Lord S. Amand, 1616, is 
in a stone in the floor. And there are other interesting monu- 
ments. The tablet to Dr. Season, the first compiler of a 
prophetic almanac, who died in 1775, the guide was unable to 
point out. Over the fireplace in the vestry is a monument con- 
sisting of the busts of Hugh Webbe and his daughter-in-law, with 
an inscription stating the son of the former (and husband of the 
latter) erected the memorial. This son, George Webbe, was a 
native of Bromham, Rector of Bath, and died Bishop of Limerick 
in 1641. 
Another native of Bromham was the Rev. John Collinson, 
author of the “‘ History of Somerset ”—still a classic work—whose 
father was curate here. 
On the wall near the chancel are two curious pictures engraved. 
One consists of an hour-glass on a skull and cross bones, the other 
of a skeleton in grave clothes, and there is an inscription but no- 
date. 
Thomas Moore is buried under a plain flat stone, surrounded 
by railings, on the North side of the churchyard. At the east 
end of the church is a window in memory of Mrs. Moore. One 
in memory of the poet himself is at the west end. “ The ‘west * 
he dearly loved,” says Mr. S. C. Hall, “ often watching the setting 
of the sun in the west: and moreover, it is the point nearest to 
Treland. It is not mere fancy to think the poet would have 
preferred the west, to the east, window.” It was suggested by 
one of the party that it would be appropriate if an Irish yew 
were planted at the foot of the grave. 
Mr. and Mrs. Upham has kindly invited the Members of the 
