"In memory of Mary, the relict of Thomas Deacon, Esq.; daughter of John Harvey, of Spalding, gent. To which place she was a kind generous benefactor, and bestowed upwards of £400 in pious and useful charities. She gave also to Fleet £250, for founding a charity school in that parish. To the poor of this city, she extended her daily bounty, so private as not to be told; so large as not to be equalled; to which she added several public benefactions, and gave towards augmenting the vicarage of St. John Baptist £100; and likewise £100 to the salary of the grammar school; she died January 27th, 1730, aged 77 years."
In a recess adjoining this monument, is a neat tablet to the memory of Mary, the mother of the Rev. J. S. Pratt, formerly a prebendary of this cathedral, and vicar of the parish of St. John the Baptist, Peterborough.
Underneath this, a handsome tablet to the late William Strong, D.D., forty-five years archdeacon of this diocese, and for nearly half a century a magistrate for the Liberty of Peterborough.
Near the last monument, behind the altar screen, are interred the remains of six bishops, viz.:—Cumberland, Kennett, Hinchcliffe, Madan, Marsh and Davys; tablets to the four latter, are in the recess opposite the large painted window.
Beneath these, is an effigy, supposed to be that of Abbot William de Hotot, who died in 1250.
On the north-east side of the altar, is a very handsome marble monument to Bishop Cumberland, great grandfather to the celebrated dramatist of that name.
Beneath this, is a neat tablet to Joseph Parsons, formerly a prebendary of this cathedral, and Letitia, his wife; near which, is a monument erected to his intimate friend William Tournay, D.D., also a prebendary of this cathedral, and of St. Peter's, Westminster, and for twenty-five years warden of Wadham College, Oxford, &c.
Adjoining, are the remains of an ancient shrine, supposed to be that of St. Ibba.
Above this is a marble tablet to Louisa Cole, of the Vineyard.
On leaving the Lady Chapel, in the north aisle of the choir, is a splendid monument to Richard Trice, beneath which is a handsome double piscina.