284 Notes on the History of Mere. 
“H.§, E. Edoardus Garrard, Edoardi Garrard 
de Novo Sarum in com. Wilts, armigeri 
filius natu maximus 
In academia Oxon A. M. 
ecclesie hujus verus (sub Xto) pastor 
cujus vocem errabunde hic loci oves 
agnoscentes illico redierunt 
Adverse diu valetudinis ponderibus 
oppressus 
altius surrexit altiusque usque in celum 
terris valedixit 
Martii 
die 3tio anno nativitatis Dom’i 169! sue 3!” 
In the south aisle of the choir of Salisbury Cathedral are the 
gravestones of his father, mother, and step-mother, with inscriptions 
in Latin, of which we give the translations :— 
No. 1. “Here was buried, Edward Garrard, of the city of New Sarum, 
gentleman, of the family of Baronets, of that Name, in Co. Herts, who married 
the two beloved wives, lying on each hand of him. 
“Satiated with the riches of this deceitful world, he rests here expecting the 
Treasures of Heaven. He died 5 March, 1712, aged 73.” 
No. 2. “Here was buried, Elizabeth Garrard, wife of Edward Garrard, of 
this City, Gent., and daughter of Thomas Gardiner, of the same, Gent., whom, 
being consumed by wasting disease, which no medicine could reach, Death 
snatched away from her sufferings, to eternal salvation, July 20, 1680.” 
No. 3. Here was buried, Florentia Garrard, second wife of Edward Garrard, 
of this city, Esq., and daughter of Thomas Bennet, of Norton, in this county, 
Esq. Her soul, pious among the first, at length freed from a body exhausted 
with pain, flew to eternal salvation, 12 Aug., 1705, aged 67.” 
Other inscriptions, to members of this family, are in St. Thomas’s 
Church, Salisbury. 
JoHN HarpcAsTLE 
held the benefice from 1695 to 1734. His burial is recorded in the — 
parish register :— 
* August y® 13th, 1734, Mr. John Hardcastle, Vicar, was buried.” 
There is no memorial to mark the place of his interment. The 
south aisle of the Church, which had become in a ruinous state, was — 
restored during his incumbency. Two medallions inserted in the — 
