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To the memory of Duncombe, Master of the Grammar 

 School, and founder of the Lectureship, the following is 

 inscribed on a tablet : — 



" Here lieth the body of Mr. William Duncombe, the 

 son of John Duncombe, of Buckinghamshire, Esq., who 

 was some time fellow of King's College, in Cambridge, 

 and the first schoolmaster of the Free-school in Kings- 

 bridge, and taught there twenty-eight years, and brought 

 up many young gentlemen, who, by his industry, became 

 useful members both in Church and State, and died the 

 last day of December, 1698, and left all that he had to 

 pious uses." 



The attention of strangers is sometimes directed to a 

 tablet just outside one of the doors of the church, which 

 has the following inscription : — 



" Underneath 

 Lieth the body of Robert, 

 Commonly called Bone Phillip, 

 who died July 27th, 1793, 

 Aged 65 years. 

 At whose request the following 

 lines are here inserted : — 

 Here lie I at the chancel door; 

 Here lie I because I'm poor; 

 The further in the more you'll pay; 

 Here lie I as warm as they." 



These lines were supposed to be written by the person 

 whose name they commemorate, but Murray, in his 

 " Guide to Devon," intimates that they are, or were, also 

 to be found at Hartland, North Devon, consequently their 

 authorship may be considered somewhat doubtful. 



In a book entitled "From the Thames to the Tamar," 



