[Herculaneum Manuscripts], [283]
[History of Sepulchral Monuments], [297]
Dr. KENNICOTT.
Dr. Kennicott was the son of the parish clerk of Totness, once master of a charity school in that town. At an early age young Kennicott took the care of the school, and in that situation wrote some verses, addressed to the Hon. Mrs. Courtenay, which recommended him to her notice, and to that of many neighbouring gentlemen, who laudably opened a subscription to send him to Oxford.
The following inscription, written by Dr. Kennicott, is engraven on the tomb of his parents:
As Virtue should be of good Report,
Sacred be this humble Monument to the Memory of
BENJAMIN KENNICOTT,