Translated and Annotated by Canon J. D, Hodgson. 
de Bigsden in pugna apud Hannoniam 
Kal: Septembres grave accessit vulnus, 
quo si exanimatus esset tanti non fuerat 
magnas hostium copias fudisse. Idem 
anno superiori pulchram ac spectabilem 
de Gallis victoriam reportavit juxta cas- 
tellum de Winendale. Peritus belli, 
fortis manu, facie eximid, animoque 
maximo. Deus incolumem servet opti- 
mum Imperatorem firmamentum Rei- 
pub: nostra, suorumque omnium orna- 
mentum atque arcem. 
Circa finem anni 1709 Mag. Stone 
Rect". de Abbots-Ann decessit Septua- 
genarius; cui successit Jo: Lambert 
A.M. ortus ex generosé stirpe apud 
Boyton in Comitatu Wiltonensi, pupil- 
lus olim meus in collegio Mertonensi. 
Die ultimo Januarij 1712 dictus Johan- 
nes Lambert ebijt podagra correptus. 
Eheu! quam tristes nuncij! Vir ille 
magnus, fautor studiorum meorum 
[three following lines erased}. 
1714. Martha uxor Johannis Smith 
de Oxenwood Arm Abijt non obijt 
Martij die 19°, Matrona commemorabili 
pietate ac virtute preedita. 
1717. January 23°. Ego Guil: Sh: 
Suffragantibus pro me Decano &Capitulo 
rite electus & admissus fui reclamante 
325 
Bigsden, was severely wounded in a 
battle in Hainault on the lst of Septem- 
ber. Had hedied of his wound the rout 
of large forces would not have been 
worth the sacrifice. In the previous 
year he won a signal victory over the 
French near the fortress of Winendale. 
Well skilled in warfare, brave in action, 
of noble countenance and highest 
courage. May God preserve so ex- 
cellent a General, a mainstay of our 
Realm, an ornament and tower of 
strength to all his friends. 
About the end of the year 1709 Mr. 
Stone, Rector of Abbots-Ann died aged 
seventy, and was succeeded by John 
Lambert, M.A., of good family, from 
Boyton, in the County of Wilts, a pupil 
of mine formerly at Merton College. 
J. Lambert died of gout on the last day 
of January, 1713. 
Alas! what sad news! That great 
man who gave encouragement to my 
studies . [Under year 1709: 
may refer to Dean Fairfax.] 
1714. Martha, wife of John Smith, 
of Oxenwood, Esq., departed rather than 
died on the 19th day of March ; a lady 
endued with admirable piety and virtue. 
1717, January 23rd. I William 
Sherwin, was duly elected by the votes 
of the Dean and Chapter, and admitted 
Auli Canonicus Cicestrensis. Deus 
faxit ut felix faustumque siet Ecclesize 
Canon of Chichester, under protest of 
the Court. God grant it may be for 
Ostend. It is described by Smollett as “the most honourable exploit during the 
whole war, for if the convoy had been taken the siege of Lille must have been 
raised.” He received the thanks of the House of Commons, and from the King 
of Prussia the noble order of “ Generosity.” He was wounded at the battle of 
Malplaquet in 1709. In 1713 he was appointed Governor of the Isle of Wight. 
1 When Edmund Gibson, Canon of Chiehester (afterwards Bishop of London), 
was made Bishop of Lincoln in the year 1717, the Crown claimed to present Dr. 
Gray not only to the Precentorship and Prebendal Stall of Oving, held by Gibson, 
but also to the offices of Canon Residentiary and Guardian of S. Mary’s Hospital. 
The Dean and Chapter resisted the two latter nominations, and filled up each 
