By Mr. Edward Kite. 



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on a narrow strip of latten round the margin is engraved a portion 



of St. John, xi. c. 25-6 v. 



% am tjn rmiOTriiiro suit tjjp life, saitjr tjp fnrir, ju tjrat talimtjf in 3Hj, 

 tjpragli jrt to ittai ipt sjrall jfB liat ; aan mjjiisircirer limtjr anir tetaiJi in M% s^all 

 per Mb. f»it." 



Monuments. — The walls of the church exhibit a considerable 

 number of memorials, some of which afford fair specimens of 

 modern sculpture. The names of some of the principal individuals 

 and families commemorated are as follows : — 



Robeet Byng, D.D., sometime Rector of Devizes, died Feb. 8, 1658. [This 



is an incised inscription in the wall of the north-east chapel]. 

 James Dyee, Rector, died Aug. 15, 1690. [Flat stone with Latin inscription, 



in the north-east chapel]. 

 Edwaed Innes, Eector, died Nov. 17, 1788; Elizabeth, his wife, May 29, 1809. 



[Small marble tablet in the north transept]. 

 Elizabeth, wife of John Shergold, Rector, and John, their son, both died in 1 726. 

 Chaeles Innes, of London, second son of the Rev. Edward Innes, died in 



1824. Ann, his first wife, daughter of Thomas and Ann Neate of Devizes, 



died 1796. 



John Deewe, Esq., died 1660. aged 26. 



Rt. Hon. Geoege Heathcote, Lord Mayor of London, and thrice representa- 

 tive of this Borough in Parliament, died 1768, aged 68. [This monument 

 exhibits a figure, in white marble, of Britannia weeping over a medallion 

 bust of the deceased which she supports with one hand, whilst in the other 

 is held, on a rod, the cap of liberty]. 



Arms. Ermine, three pomeis each charged with a cross or, Heathcote ; 

 impaling, Argent, a fess engrailed sable, in chief three fleurs-de-lis of 

 the last, Etles. 



Maeia, widow of the above Rt. Hon. George Heathcote, and daughter of 

 John Eyles, Esq. of Southbroom. Died 1792, aged 85. 



Arms. Heathcote impaling Eyles, as above, on a Lozenge. 

 Josiah Eyles Heathcote, Esq., only son of George Heathcote, Esq., of 

 London, by Maria, (Eyles) his wife, died 1811, aged 63. 



Arms. Quarterly 1 and 4. Heathcote. 2 and 3. Eyles. 



Crest of Heathcote. In a mural crown azure a pomeis as in the arms, 

 between two wings displayed ermine. 

 John Eyles, Esq,, of Southbroom (son of Sir John Eyles), died 1752, aged 75. 

 Mary, his wife (daughter of John Eyles, of Chalford, Co. Gloucester), died 

 1744, aged 62. And three of their children, Francis, Joseph, and Elizabeth. 



Joseph Turner, died 1761, aged 50. Eleanor, his widow, daughter of 

 John Eyles, died 1762, aged 45. 



Thomas, brother of the above John Eyles, died 1735, aged 56. Maria, 

 daughter of George Heathcote, died 1747, aged 2. 



Arms. Eyles, as above. 



