THE HAMPSHIRE ANTIQUARY & NATURALIST. 



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that goes up to ye altar is the vault wherein is 

 interred the Lady Elizabeth, daughter to K. Charles 

 I, and this is the inscription as Mr. John Gilbert, 

 jun., told me. 



The Lady Elisabeth, daughter to King Charles I, Sept. 

 8, MDCL. 



Against the south wall is the much famed 

 tomb of Sir Edward Horsey, knight, who was 

 often sent thither in Henry VHI'ths time to defend it 

 from any sudden invasion from France. Tis a curious 

 marble monument on which lies his effigies at length, 

 armed at all points compleat with his hands joyned in 

 a praying manner, and on an oval piece of black 

 marble this epitaph : 



Edwardus qui Miles erat Fortissimus Horsey 

 Vectis erat Praeses constans terraque marique 

 Magnanimus placid* sub pacis nomine fortis 

 Justitise cultor quam fidus Amicus Amico 

 Fauta Evangelii dilectus Principe vixit 

 Munificus populo multum dilectus ab omni 

 Vixit et ut sancte sic stamina sancta peregit 

 Qui obiit 230 die Marcii 



Anno Domini, 1582. 



[Then comes an elaborate drawing of his arms.] 

 In ye churchyard which is about a quarter of a 

 mile west of the church neatly walled in, are the 

 iollowing remarkable inscriptions : 



Here lyeth the body of Master George Shergold, late 

 Minister of Newport, who during 16 years in discharge of 

 his office strictly observed thetruedisciplineof theChurch 

 of England, disliking that dead bodies should be buried 

 in God's house, appointed to be interred in this place. He 

 dyed universally lamented and esteemed. Jan. xxiii, 1707. 



On a headstone on the south side of the churchyard 

 this : 



Here lyeth the body of John Smith, who departed this 

 life ye i2th day of August, 1712, in the 24th year of his age. 

 Stay, gentle reader, spend a tear 

 Upon ye dust yt sleepeth here, 

 And whilst thou readst ye state of me, 

 Think on ye glass yt runs for thee. 



On a brass plate on a fine raised tomb near the 

 middle of the churchyard : 



Here is laid the body of Mr. John Skinner, who departed 

 this life ye 26th ot March, 1713, in ye 64th yeare of his age. 

 A man exemplary for piety and forward in works of charity, 

 especially worthy of a good and lasting [sic], for an act of 

 gratitude more than common, as in return for a seasonable 

 (though noe great) benefaction he bequeathed the greater 

 share of his estate (gotten by honest industry) to come to 

 ye great grandchildren of that his benefactor. See by this 

 how ye bread that a man may have cast upon the waves 

 cometh to be found again after many dayes. 



On another stone in the north part of the church- 

 yard : 



John Gilbert de Pan, Gen., repentina morte xxx Julii, 

 MDCXCVI. 



Eupotmoteros dia touto kai kakon apeiratos eteleutesen. 

 [i.e., "his death was the happier hereby since he first 

 tasted not of its bitterness."] 



Subita morte modo non improvisa 

 Felicius transitur ad Portum. 



Mr. Gilbert is the present incumbent, and John 

 Leigh, Esq., patron. 'Tis only a chapel to Caris- 

 brooke. Ther's a free school there endowed with 

 50 per annum for a schoolmaster to teach 10 poore 

 children ; he is put in by the Corporation, who is at 

 present Mr. Pickerson. 



Before I leave this town I can't help taking 

 notice of a certain man there who from nothing 

 raised a pretty considerable fortune, wrote over 

 his door by way of motto 



God's Providence is my inheritance. 



HAMPSHIRE AFFAIRS IN 1778. 



From the London Magazine for Feb., 1778, I send 

 you a cutting of " country news" from Southampton 

 and Reading : 



Southampton, Feb. 14, (1778.) 



Lord Charles Montagu, brother to the Duke of Manches- 

 ter, is now raising a company at his own expense, which, 

 we are informed, is either to join the Manchester or Liver- 

 pool regiment. 



This was over the war with America. What came 

 of that company ? 



Reading, Feb. 14, 1758. Thursday last the inhabitants of 

 this borough met at the Town Hall in consequence of bills 

 distributed by the Mayor for that purpose, to consult what 

 measures were necessary to be taken respecting the pro- 

 posed canal from Basingstoke to the river Wey, when it 

 was unanimously resolved t to the very utmost to oppose 

 it. 



Where is the canal ? GEO. PARKER. 



WEATHER REPORT FOR THE WEEK. 

 From the meteorological register made at the Ordnance 

 Survey Office, Southampton, under the direction of Col. Sir 

 Chas. Wilson, K.C.B., K.C.M.G., F.R.S.. R.E. Lat. 50* 

 54' 59" N.; long, i" 24' o" W. ; height above sea, 84 feet. 

 Observers Sergt. T. Chambers, R.E., and Mr. J. T. Cook. 



.Black bulb in vacuo. 



