JOHN PRINCE. 371 
And now my task is drawing to a close. John Prince lived to 
a good old age, holding the vicarage of Berry Pomeroy for no less 
than forty-two years, and reaching fourscore years. On the 9th of 
September, 1723, he passed away. His illness does not appear to 
have been a very long one; for on the 16th of June, 1723, he 
conducted a funeral service, and on the 14th of the following 
September was himself buried, only three months after. 
The only monument now to be found in Berry Church to his 
memory was not erected until after the death of his successor, Mr. 
Fox, and he held the living for fifty-eight years, so that together 
he and Prince were vicars of the parish for a century. This 
monument is a plain marble tablet, in the wall on the north side 
of the chancel. The inscription is as follows: 
du Memory of 
THE REVD. JOHN PRINCE, A.M., 
VICAR OF THIS PARISH, 
AND AUTHOR OF “THE WORTHIES OF DEVON.” 
HE WAS INSTITUTED IN THE YEAR 
1681, 
AND DIED ON THE QTH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 
1723. 
ALSO OF 
THE REVD. JOSEPH FOX, A.M., 
SUCCESSOR TO THE ABOVE. 
HE DIED ON THE IST DAY OF FEBRUARY, 
1781, 
AGED 88. 
Prince was married, but I am unable to discover who his wife 
was. She did not long outlive him, the following entry appearing 
in the registers just five months after Prince’s death: 
4th February, 1724. February 9th. 
“Then was buried Mrs. Gertrude Prince, Then received the affi- 
Widdow of Mr. John Prince, Vict» by Mr. | davit for the said Mrs. 
Joseph Fox, Vict Gertrude Prince.” 
The register of St. Martin’s, Exeter, contains among the bap- 
tisms an entry of the baptism, on the 20th of February, 1669, of 
Nicholas Prince, son of John Prince. This was just after Prince’s 
settlement in Exeter. I cannot find that there was any other 
child, nor that the son here referred to survived his parents. 
John Prince appears to have been a popular preacher and a very 
