76 ANCIENT MEMORIAL BRASSES OF DORSET. 

 LODERS, ST. MARY MAGDALENE. 

 Two in the Churchyard. 



(1.) Position. Fixed by a central brass bolt through the 

 stone to the east end of an altar tomb in a southern 

 direction from the chancel wall. 



Size. lOins. wide by 12ins. high. 



Description. Strong impaling Birt, with the Strong 

 crest above. Strong, Gules an eagle displayed 

 within a bordure engrailed or. Birt, Argent on a 

 chevron gules between three bugle horns sable stringed 

 of the second as many crosses crosslet fitche or. Cresfc, 

 out of a mural coronet or, a demi eagle with wings 

 displayed of the last. Motto, The Eagle is Strong. 



On the north and south sides of the tomb are 

 inscriptions to many of the Strong family, dated 

 from 1760 to 1796. 



(2.) Position. Prone upon a marble slab in a southern 

 direction from the chancel wall. 



Size. 17Jins. by 12ins. 



Description. A rectangular brass, having in an arched 

 portion above the inscription the crest of Marsh, 

 out of a mural crown gules a horse's head argent 

 ducally gorged or. This crest was confirmed to 

 Marsh of Marton and Langden, co. Kent, in 1602. 



Inscription. Underneath lie the remains of | John 

 Marsh of Worth in the parish of | Netherbury Gent, 

 who died Deer. 16th 1765 | aged 60 years, and of 

 Elizabeth his wife | who died Feby. 22nd 1780 

 Aged 77 years, and also of | George Marsh who died 

 Deer. 25th 1755 Aged | 22 years, Rob Marsh May 1st 

 1756 Aged 24 | years, And of Richd Marsh Aug. 8th 

 1759 the | sons of the above named John and 

 Elizabeth 



Reader, pause, reflect, amend, 

 Life has no length, Eternity no end. 



