MEMOIR. IT 



July by the Vicar of the parish, the Rev. Christopher 

 Taylor. To the north of the chancel wall are six humble 

 graves, all, I believe, occupied by the remains of the 

 White family. The fifth from the wall is that of Gilbert 

 White, with the simple inscription, " G. W., June 26, 

 1793." A marble tablet* to his memory was placed 

 against the wall on the outside, with the following in- 

 scription : 



" In the fifth Grave from this Wall are interred the Remains of 



The Rev d . GILBERT WHITE, M.A., 

 Fifty years Fellow of Oriel College, in Oxford, 



and Historian of this, his native Parish. 

 He was the eldest Son of John White, Esquire, Barrister-at-Law, 



and Anne, his Wife, only Child of 



Thomas Holt, Rector of Streatham, in Surrey, 



which said John White was the only Son of Gilbert White f, 



formerly Vicar of this Parish. 



" Wisdom beyond wide Nature's various lore 



In mercy, Lord, Thy quickening spirit gives, 

 And still this sacred page delights me more, 

 While here I learn that ' my Redeemer lives/ 



" Ye holy prophets lend your strains again ; 



Your meek confessions and your joys are mine. 

 I taste while lingering in this mortal pain 

 The healing waters from a fount divine. 



" One glorious hope has crowned my length of days : 



I know, though soon beneath the valley's sod 

 Shall rot the wasting form whose strength decays, 

 Yet shall mine eyes behold my Saviour God. 



" L. W."] 



* This tablet has since been removed for its better preservation 

 into the chancel, and is fixed to the south wall. The words " the 

 fifth grave from this wall" refer, of course, to its original position. 



t The vicar had one other son, Sampson, who, it appears, died 

 very young, and four daughters Mary, who married Mr. Isaac; 



