29i Collections for a History of West Dean. 



In Publick, and in Private Acts of Love, 

 (Such as he, now a Saint, exerts above) 

 His life was spent : and when late Death 

 Sent welcom summons for his breath. 

 Zeal bore him upward, and his Active minde 

 Broke out in Pra^'er and left this dust behind 

 26"' day of June — in y^ yeare 1685, & of his Age 84. 

 THIS BEING ERECTED BY HIS BELOVED DAUGHTER Y« 

 HONORABLE M^s ELIZABETH PIERRPUNT." * 



The two last-described monuments are within the iron railings of 

 a marble-paved sacrariura, under which is the vault of the Pierrepont 

 family. 



Here, too, is preserved the stone coffin discovered in March, 1S70, 

 in the field called All Hallon, the supposed site of the ancient 

 Church of West Dean All Saints, of which mention is made else- 

 where. 



Upon the south wall is a marble tablet, with the following in- 

 scription : — 



In memory of WILLIAM BROOKE, who died Jan'^ 7, 1799, aged 57 

 years. Also of ANN, his wife, who died Nov''' 29, 1802, aged 43 years. And 

 also of WILLIAM BROOKE, son of the above WILLIAM BROOKE, who 

 died Feb"' 8, 1813, aged 37 years. 



Arms, or, a cross engrailed gules. Crest, a bear passant. 



Upon another tablet, removed from the south wall of the destroyed 



chancel : — 



Sacred to the memory of JANE, Widow of the late WILLIAM JOHN 

 GRIFFENHOOFE, Esqre., of Hampton in the County of Middlesex. She died 

 August the 8"', 1832, aged 72 years. Her remains are deposited in the vault 

 beneath. 



This lady was mother-in-law of the Reverend E. F. Arney, for 

 some years curate in sole charge of the parish, and died at the 

 rectory. 



On flat stones upon the floor are inscriptions to : — 



Richard Emmott, died 14. August 1735, aged 56 years. 



Philip Emmott, his son, died 2 May 1770 aged 61 years. 



• These inscriptions have been printed in •' Miscellanea Gencalogica ct Heraldica," 2nd Seriesi 

 pp. 152-6. 



