STONEGRAVfi. 



and ably discharged the duties of 



an active Magistrate 



For above 40. 



In him 



The pious Christian, the sound Divine, 

 and the faithful Steward of God's masteries, 



were happily united with 

 The relative and social duties of 



a Tender Husband, 

 a kind neighbour, and a benevolent Friend. 



A Pattern of Humility, 

 Confiding in his Saviour's merits, 



and ever disclaiming his own; 

 He rests in hopes of a joyful Resurrection.' 



By the side of this monument occurs one similar 

 in size, and corresponding in its sculptural decora- 

 tions, recording the death of his wife Dorothy 

 Comber, who died three years previously. 



Near the altar rails, in the floor of the chancel, 

 is a curious triangular shaped stone, with an in- 

 scription running round the edge, but so defaced 

 as to render it illegible* Jt is conjectured from its 

 situation to relate to one of the former rectors of 

 Stonegrave. Within the altar rails, and at the foot 

 of the altar, is a slab of black marble, containing 

 an elegant Latin inscription to the memory of Dean 

 Comber; but as it w ill appear in the sketch of this 

 great man's life given in the appendix, its insertion 

 here is unnecessary, and to that sketch we must 

 refer the reader.* It is impossible to enter the 



* On either side of him are deoosited the remains of 



