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in St. George's chapel, in the castle of Windsor. The several officers have their
specific duties assigned them, and the Dean of Westminster, for the time being,
is, in conformity to the statutes, Dean of the Order.

This dean died May 17, 1731, and was buried in the north part of the cross
in this church; and on his monument this epitaph is inscribed:

Ex ad verso sepultus est
Samuel Bradford, S. T. P.
Sancte Maria? de Arcubus diu Rector, #
Collegii Corporis Christi apud Cantabrigienses aliquando Custos,
Episcopus postea Carleolensis deinde Roff'ensis,
Hujusque Ecclesiae et Honoratissimi Ordinis de Balneo
Decanus.

Concionator fuit, dum per valetudinem licuit, assiduus,
Tam moribus, quam praceptis
Gravis, venerabilis, sanctus;
Cumque in cieteris vitas officiis,
Turn in munere praecipue pastorali
Prudens, simplex, integer.
Animi constantia tam nequabili, tam feliciter temperata,
Ut vix iratus, perturbatus baud unquam fuerit.
Christianam cbaritatem et libertatem civilem

Ubique paratus asserere et promovere.
Qua; pie, quae benevolc, quae misericord iter,
In occulto fecerit, et fecit multa,
Prasul liumillimus, luimanissimus,
Et vere evangelicus;
Ille suo revelabit tempore
Qui in occulto visa, palam remunerabitur.
Ob. xvii die Maii, anno Dom. M.D.CC.XXXI.
Suaeque astatis LXXIX.

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