The church of StBartholomew the Great, West SmithfieldIts foundation, present condition, and funeral monuments . as all his owneOf which hee had a heart to spareTo freindshipp and the poore a share. And when to time his period fellLeft his kind wife and children wellWho least his vertues dye unknowneCommitt his memory to this anno setatis 59 Anno dornini 1660 Decembris 12° A little further west in the aisle is the open-ing of the south transept, now restored. It con-sists of one bav of Norman work, the triforiumarches of which have peculiarly beautifuland well preserved mouldings,
The church of StBartholomew the Great, West SmithfieldIts foundation, present condition, and funeral monuments . as all his owneOf which hee had a heart to spareTo freindshipp and the poore a share. And when to time his period fellLeft his kind wife and children wellWho least his vertues dye unknowneCommitt his memory to this anno setatis 59 Anno dornini 1660 Decembris 12° A little further west in the aisle is the open-ing of the south transept, now restored. It con-sists of one bav of Norman work, the triforiumarches of which have peculiarly beautifuland well preserved mouldings, and of anotherbay and south end with a central door added byMr. Aston Webb, and opened for use by thepresent Bishop of London, on March 14th, 1891. The font has been placed in this transept,and two ancient monuments formerly affixed tothe wall of the south aisle, have been placed init. That of Elizabeth Freshwater bears hereffigy kneeling in a great ruff and well-dressedhair at a little altar. These figures of theJacobean period, kneeling stiffly in the dressof their time, have much solemnity, and if their. 62 THE CHURCH OF manner of devotion seems somewhat formal wemay yet be sure that their prayers were notseldom heartfelt. The inscription is :— Here lyeth interred the body ofElizabeth Freshwater, lateWife of Thomas Freshwater ofHenbridge, in the County of EssexEsquire; eldest daughter of JohnOrme of this Parish, Gentlemanand Mary his Wife. She diedthe 16th day of May Anno Domini1617 being of the age of 26 yearsMors properius, quali tinxisti tela venenoUt sic trina uno vulnere preeda eadat?Unam soeva feris; sed et uno hoc occidit ictuUxor dnlcis, amans filia, chara soror. The font is a plain octagonal one, interestingfrom the tradition that it is the one in whichWilliam Hogarth the painter was baptised, onNovember, 28, 1697. His father was a correctorfor the press, and he himself, when he grewwealthy and famous, did something, as everyman should, to improve the district in
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