FRANCIS WILLUGHBY. 
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mortal spirits, on the 3d of July, 1672, in the 
37th year of his age. The rest let a prayer 
express. May his sons, his grandsons, and their 
posterity, transcribe their father’s character into 
their own !” 
Epitaph over A. Ir Francis Willughby s 
Eldest Son, Francis. 
“ Near this plaee lic3 Francis Willughby, 
Baronet ; a youth of almost prodigious promise, 
of most elegant manners, the most acute genius, 
a judgment manly even in youth, and mature in 
the powers of his mind, though not in age : 
The eldest Son of Francis and Emma 
Willughby. Snatched away by 
an untimely fate, he bid farewell 
to life, in the 20th year of his age, on 
the 13th of July, which day w r as 
the day of his birth and of his death. 
O’er the warm ashes of the youthful dead, 
The short-lived lily, rose, and violet spread, 
Thomas Willughby, Baronet, has most devotedly 
consecrated this monument of ready affection and 
regret.” 
Mr Ray continued to reside at Middleton, 
engaged in the education of his friend’s children. 
He w'as so conscientious in the discharge of this 
duty, as to refuse an inviting request from his 
scientific friend, Dr Lister, to take up his abode 
with him at York. 
He soon began to provide for the future wants 
