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In the year 1611 we have the entries made in Latin, as follows : — 



Johannes Norcot sepultus fuit, 19° Die Decembris, 1611. 



After the year 1621 the bottom of the page contahiing the 



entries is signed, " George Williams, Ciu-ate," and this attestation. 



continues to the year 1638. The year 161:9 contains this entry, in 



a space enclosed by lines — 



This is the Kector to whom a monument was placed in the N.E. 

 corner of the Chancel, the Tablet being arched at the top and 

 circumscribed — 



O niSTOS 0IK0N0M02 O AYXN02 O KAIOMENOS 

 M. S. 

 In spem glorios£B resurrectionis exuvise juxta deponemtur pretiosae viri 

 venerabilis Mtri Samuelis Crooke S. T. B., fidelis pastoris hujus ecclesise ; 

 qui post annorum 47 labores indefessos ibidem exantlatos mortalitMtem ezuens 

 in Christo placidissime requievit 25 Dec : 1649, ^tat. 75. Atque etiam 

 cinarcs Judithae Crooke, uxoris pientiss : qu£e desideratissimum conjugem 

 mcerens, plus octo annis illi superstes faeliciter in Christo obdonaivit Junii 10, 

 1658. 



Formosi greg^s, O custos formosior, umbram 

 Quam potis Artificis labor hanc post funera finxit. 

 Nulla verccundos par dextcra rcddere vultus ; 

 Dona minus mentis poterint pulcherima pingi. * 



A. S. D. S. P. 

 Dr. Crooke was evidently a man of piety and learning, and much 

 beloved, and is the first Rector of whom any record exists. 



He was succeeded by the Rev. Francis Roberts, whose name at 

 the bottom of each page testifies to the Registei-, and he has followed 

 the same plan as in the entry of Baptisms, of placing the name of 

 the person opposite the entry. His writing is peculiarly clear, and 

 the Register is beautifully kept under his hand to the date of 1675, 

 when there is this entry — 

 "Dr. Roberts, Ffrancis Roberts, D.D., Rector of this Parish died Nov. 

 29, was buried December 9." 



et alia ceremonia secundem ordinem Regise manifestationis in ecclesia minis- 

 travit. Finis." * The monument is now in the south porch. 



