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The lines following or beneath this inscription were, as aforesaid, 
written by his son William and were first printed in the Auvopean 
Magazine for October, 1796.* 
The latest writer who has touched on this subject, who 
should have been more exact, writes of—the tablet and graves 
in the cathedral—thus continuing confusion, as both statements 
are wrong. The interments were not in graves and the tablet is 
not in the cathedral. But as a fact, to make all clear, the tablet 
was originally on the north wall of the north aisle, just westward 
of the north door. It was removed, with others, during the 
“restoration” in 1850, and was then placed where it now is— 
where, as aforesaid, it tells an untruth, as its “place” is not near 
the Linley vault. An addition should be made to it notifying 
that it had been removed from the north aisle. Whether there 
was originally an incised stone on the floor over the vault, 
“restoration” does not record ; if there were, it was “restored” 
away, and the wall being bared by the removal of the tablet, 
no place evidence could be seen or detected. The 
site was lost, after only fifty-five years, but some little 
search soon brings it back. Phelps, in his “History of 
Somerset,”t 1839, writing of the cathedral, says :—‘‘ Near the 
north door is a handsome monument bearing the following 
inscription, &c., ze, to Thomas Linley, &c. As the north door 
has two sides this notice is of only partial service. Another 
account, 1825,t is clearer, as it tells that :—‘‘On the west side 
of the north entrance into the nave”’ is a handsome marble 
monument to the memory of Thomas Linley, &c. With one 
more record comes the one piece of information wanted, and all 
is clear. Britton, in his “‘ History of the Cathedral,” 1847, says :— 
On the north wall of the north aisle near the northern entrance 
is a marble slab commemorating Thomas Linley,. &c. The 
= WVole 305)p: 275. +. Vol. 2, p. 86. 
+ Davis J., ‘‘Concise Hist.: of Cathedral.” 
