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66 HISTORY OF
William Thynne, of Botteville, Esquire. " He was a polite gentleman, a great
" traveller, and a brave soldier in the reign of King Henry VIII. by which prince
« he was, in the year 1546, made receiver of the Marches. The latter part of his
" life was spent in retirement and devotion in this church, whither he constantly
" repaired morning and evening. He was the brother of Sir John Thynne,
" secretary to the Duke of Somerset, who was the ancestor of the Thynnes of
" Longleat, in the county of Wilts." The epitaph adds, that " he fought against
" the Scots at Musselborough with undaunted courage; and, at length, enfeebled
" with age, he went to sleep in the Lord, 14th day of March, 1584. John
" Chamberlain, of Prestbury, Esquire, to his most dear kinsman erected this
" monument.—Christ is my life, death is my gain, Phil. i. The clay of death is
" the birth-day of eternal life."
(58). Dr. Stephen Hales__Two figures, in alto-relievo, representing, but
not very distinctly, Religion and Botany holding a medallion of Dr. Hales before
a pyramid. The winds are displayed on a globe, allusive to his invention of
ventilators. He was a man of great merit, a philosopher of distinguished cha-
racter, and refused to quit the pursuits of science, and the duties of a parochial
priest in a small village, to wealth, station, and dignity. He was particularly
favoured by Frederick Prince of Wales and his august consort, to whom he was
chaplain, and who caused this monument to be erected to his memory. Wilton
is the sculptor, and it bears the following inscription:
Stei'hano Hales, S. T. P.
Augusta Georgii Tertii Regis oplimi mater
P.
Quae viventem, ut sibi in sacris ministraret, elegit,
Mortuum prid. non. Jan. 1761,
Octogesimum quartum agentem annum,
Hoc marmore ornavit.
William Thynne, of Botteville, Esquire. " He was a polite gentleman, a great
" traveller, and a brave soldier in the reign of King Henry VIII. by which prince
« he was, in the year 1546, made receiver of the Marches. The latter part of his
" life was spent in retirement and devotion in this church, whither he constantly
" repaired morning and evening. He was the brother of Sir John Thynne,
" secretary to the Duke of Somerset, who was the ancestor of the Thynnes of
" Longleat, in the county of Wilts." The epitaph adds, that " he fought against
" the Scots at Musselborough with undaunted courage; and, at length, enfeebled
" with age, he went to sleep in the Lord, 14th day of March, 1584. John
" Chamberlain, of Prestbury, Esquire, to his most dear kinsman erected this
" monument.—Christ is my life, death is my gain, Phil. i. The clay of death is
" the birth-day of eternal life."
(58). Dr. Stephen Hales__Two figures, in alto-relievo, representing, but
not very distinctly, Religion and Botany holding a medallion of Dr. Hales before
a pyramid. The winds are displayed on a globe, allusive to his invention of
ventilators. He was a man of great merit, a philosopher of distinguished cha-
racter, and refused to quit the pursuits of science, and the duties of a parochial
priest in a small village, to wealth, station, and dignity. He was particularly
favoured by Frederick Prince of Wales and his august consort, to whom he was
chaplain, and who caused this monument to be erected to his memory. Wilton
is the sculptor, and it bears the following inscription:
Stei'hano Hales, S. T. P.
Augusta Georgii Tertii Regis oplimi mater
P.
Quae viventem, ut sibi in sacris ministraret, elegit,
Mortuum prid. non. Jan. 1761,
Octogesimum quartum agentem annum,
Hoc marmore ornavit.