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but his remains were deposited in a vault of the church of Bletchingle\% in Surry.
A monument, which displays the following inscription, was erected to his memory,
on the south side of the great aisle in Westminster Abhey, and near that of his
right reverend predecessor in the deanery and the bishopric.

M. S.

Viriadmodum revercndi Johannis Thomas, LL.D.
Episcopi Roffensis, hujusque Ecclesiac Collegiatas,

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Honoratissimique Ordinisde Balneo, Decani.
Pueritia in schola Carleolensi bene acta
Uberiorem scientiae fructum
Apud Oxonienses collegit:
Unde, ingenio, moribus, Uteris humanis rcconditisque,

Ornamentum ac patronus prodiit;
Faniaque exinde increbescenle, et suapte pervulgata,
Dignitates merendo ornabat,
Divitias largiundo augebaf,
Ecclesiam consilio gubernabat,
Auctoritafe tuebatur,
Exemplo instituebat:
In negotiis impiger, studiis indefessus,

Omnia ad 0,^0^1 referebat:
Donee vita; muneribus recte perfunctis,
Atroci morbo diu oppressus,
Invicta tamen patientia
Animam Deo redidit xx° Sextilis A. D. M.DCC.XCIII0
^Etat. LXXX1°.
Hoc inane munus, hoc desiderii (exiguum licet) testimonium,
Prasstare contigit nepoti suo.

G. A. T. A. M.

All those, who remember this excellent prelate, will confirm the language of
his epitaph. The urbanity of his manners, the suavity of his disposition, the bene-