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Iliatonj of the Pariah of Stockton, Witts. 



In the south aisle there are five monuments, besides the recum- 

 bent effigy before mentioned. Three of them are connected with 

 the Poticary family. The oldest is an altar-tomb of freestone, 

 against the east end of the south wall. On a shield in one of the 

 front panels is a sort of P., supposed to be the merchant's mark of 

 the family, who were clothiers, and probably not entitled to bear 

 arms. On a similar shield on the other panel, are the letters E.P. 

 Over the tomb is a brass enclosed in a stone frame, inscribed as 

 below : — 



" Here shee interred lyes, deprived of breath, 

 Whose light of virtue once on earth did shine, 

 Who life contemn' d, ne feared gastly death, 

 Whom world, ne worldly cares could cause repine. 

 Hesolved to dye, with hope in Heaven placed, 

 Her Christ to see, whom living shee embraced. 

 In prayer fervent still, in zeal most strong ; 

 In death delighting God to magnify : 

 ' How long wilt thou forget me Lord ? ' This song 

 In greatest pangs was her sweet harmony. 

 Forget thee ! No : He will not thee forget ; 

 In Book of Lyfe for aye thy name is set. 

 Elizabeth Potieary, wife of Hierom Poticary, Clothier, deceased at the age 

 of 35 years, A.D. 1590." 



Above this inscription is engraved a female figure kneeling 

 before a desk, and behind her a male, and four female figures also 

 kneeling. Close to this monument, but on the east wall, is a large 

 mural monument of freestone, on which is a shield with the same 

 P., or merchant's mark. In the centre of the monument is a brass 

 inscribed with some ordinary Latin verses, to the memory of 

 Hieronymus (Jerome) Poticary, who died 3rd May, 1596, aged 52, 

 placed here by his son Christopher. Below this inscription are a 

 male figure and three sons on one side, and on the other, a female 

 and three daughters, all kneeling. 



Against the south wall is a handsome marble monument, to the 

 memory of Henry Greenhill. The arms above it are, Vert, 2 bars 

 argent, in chief a leopard passant, or; impaling, argent, on a 

 chevron azure, 3 garbs, or; on a canton, gules, a fret, or. The 

 inscription is as follows : — 



" Henry Greenhill, Esq., son of John Greenhill of Shiple (i.e. Steeple) Ash- 



