DOI Page / Citation link:
https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.6887#0335
WESTMINSTER ABBEY. 249
** Margam, in the county of Glamorgan, Baronet, who died the 20th day of June,
" 1681, in the fifteenth year of his age."
(284) . Gilbert Thornburgh, Esquire.-~A neat decorated tablet, in the
recess of the window, above the last monument, bears this epitaph :
« P. M. S.
" G. T.
Qui Deo, Principi et Amicis semper fidus, ecce jacet Gilbertus Thorn-
** burgh, Aulicus olim terrestris, nunc ccelestis. In posterum non dicendum erit,
" exeat aula qui volet esse pi us, cum illic tanta reluxerit pietas. Obiit die
** mensis Octobris 6, anno Salutis 1677, aetatis 56."
(285) . Edward Herbert, Esquire.-On a tablet of white marble, against
a pillar, is this inscription:—" Near this place lieth the body of Edward Her-
" bert, of Swanzey, in the county of Glamorgan, Esquire, who was lineally
" descended from Sir George Herbert, of Swanzey aforesaid, Knight, first sheriff
" of that county since the union of the principality of Wales (viz.) in the year
*' 1542. The said Edivard married Elizabeth, the eldest daughter of Philip Her-
" bert, Esquire, and died the 18th day of December, A. D. 1715, in the twenty-
third year of his age, leaving issue by the said Elizabeth one son, Thomas
*' Herbert, Esquire, aged two years at the time of his decease."
(286) . Miss Ann Whytell.--In the adjoining window is an elegant and
affecting monument, by Bacon, to this lady, who died the 17th of August, 1788.
Two statues, expressive of Innocence and Peace, with their appropriate, emblems,
lean against a pedestal, which supports an urn.
(287) . John Gideon Loten, Governor of Batavia, F. R. and A. S.-In
the same window is this fine monument, by Banks. A tall, stately, and impressive
figure of a female, resting her right hand on a lion, and holding a medallion in
her left, which is supported by a circular pedestal that displays the inscription, is
Vol. II. K k
** Margam, in the county of Glamorgan, Baronet, who died the 20th day of June,
" 1681, in the fifteenth year of his age."
(284) . Gilbert Thornburgh, Esquire.-~A neat decorated tablet, in the
recess of the window, above the last monument, bears this epitaph :
« P. M. S.
" G. T.
Qui Deo, Principi et Amicis semper fidus, ecce jacet Gilbertus Thorn-
** burgh, Aulicus olim terrestris, nunc ccelestis. In posterum non dicendum erit,
" exeat aula qui volet esse pi us, cum illic tanta reluxerit pietas. Obiit die
** mensis Octobris 6, anno Salutis 1677, aetatis 56."
(285) . Edward Herbert, Esquire.-On a tablet of white marble, against
a pillar, is this inscription:—" Near this place lieth the body of Edward Her-
" bert, of Swanzey, in the county of Glamorgan, Esquire, who was lineally
" descended from Sir George Herbert, of Swanzey aforesaid, Knight, first sheriff
" of that county since the union of the principality of Wales (viz.) in the year
*' 1542. The said Edivard married Elizabeth, the eldest daughter of Philip Her-
" bert, Esquire, and died the 18th day of December, A. D. 1715, in the twenty-
third year of his age, leaving issue by the said Elizabeth one son, Thomas
*' Herbert, Esquire, aged two years at the time of his decease."
(286) . Miss Ann Whytell.--In the adjoining window is an elegant and
affecting monument, by Bacon, to this lady, who died the 17th of August, 1788.
Two statues, expressive of Innocence and Peace, with their appropriate, emblems,
lean against a pedestal, which supports an urn.
(287) . John Gideon Loten, Governor of Batavia, F. R. and A. S.-In
the same window is this fine monument, by Banks. A tall, stately, and impressive
figure of a female, resting her right hand on a lion, and holding a medallion in
her left, which is supported by a circular pedestal that displays the inscription, is
Vol. II. K k