MONTHLY MAGAZINE. 
No. 373.] OCTOBER 1, 1822. [3 of Vol. 54. 
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Mr. LOCKE’s TOMB AT HIGH LAVER, NEAR HARLOW. 
Oates, the residence of Lady Masham, the friend of Locke, isin the parish of Laver, 
and at this church that great man was in the habit of regularattendance, Here also he 
was interred ; and on the south side of the church a tablet and tomb-stone were erected 
by the care of Lady Masham, to record the spot. The whole is accurately represented 
in the engravings. The church itself is rendered so interesting by these circumstances, 
that we have judged it proper to subjoin a general view, in which Mr. Locke’s monu- 
ment may be discerned between the doors. Near the right or eastern end stand a 
number of solemn monuments of the once illustrious Masham family, and among them 
tliat of the famous Mrs. Masham, Queen Anne’s favourite. 
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_ Within this simple primitive erection, which stands in one of the most beautiful and 
highly-cultivated districts in the kingdom, is found the following inscription to the me- 
mory of the widow of the famous Dr. Cudworth, mother of Mrs. Masham,—which, from 
its date and style, niay be ascribed to the pen of Mr. Locke :—“ Damaris Cudworth, 
relict of Ralpl Cudworth, Dr. of Divinitic, and Master of Christ’s Colledge, in Cam- 
bridge; exemplarie for her pietie and yirtue, for her studie of the Scripture, charitie to 
the poore, and good-will to all; an excellent wife, mother, mistress, and friend ; lies’ bu- 
ried in the middle, between this and the.opposite wall. She was borne the 23d of Octo- 
ber, 1623 : and after a life made easie to her selfe and others, by the unalterable even- 
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