In the chancel of this church lie the remains of Alfred, King of Northumbria, who departed this life in the year 705.
The present one reads as follows:—
WITHIN THIS CHANCEL
LIES INTERRED THE BODY OF
ALFRED
KING OF NORTHUMBRIA
DEPARTED THIS LIFE
JANUARY 19TH A.D. 705
IN THE 20TH YEAR OF HIS REIGN
STATUTUM EST OMNIBUS SEMIL MORI.
In St. Anne’s churchyard, Soho, erected by the Earl of Orford (Walpole), in 1758, these lines were (or are) to be read:—
| Near this place is interred Theodore, King of Corsica, Who died in this Parish December XI., MDCCLVI., Immediately after leaving The Kings Bench Prison, By the benefit of the Act of Insolvency; In consequence of which He registered his Kingdom of Corsica For the use of his Creditors! The grave—great teacher—to a level brings Heroes and beggars, galley-slaves and kings! But Theodore this moral learned, ere dead; Fate pour’d its lessons on his living head, Bestow’d a kingdom, and denied him bread. |
In the burial-ground of the Island of Juan Fernandez, a monument states:—
In Memory of
Alexander Selkirk,
Mariner,
A native of Largo, in the county of Fife, Scotland,
Who lived on this island, in complete
solitude, for four years and four months.
He was landed from the Cinque Ports galley, 96 tons,
18 guns, A.D. 1704, and was taken off in the
Duke, privateer, 12th February, 1709.
He died Lieutenant of H.M.S. Weymouth,
A.D. 1723, aged 47 years.
This Tablet is erected near Selkirk’s look out,
By Commodore Powell and the Officers
of H.M.S. Topaze, A.D. 1868.
It is generally believed that the adventures of Selkirk suggested to Daniel Defoe the attractive story of “Robinson Crusoe.” In the “Dictionary of English Literature,” by William Davenport Adams, will be found important information bearing on this subject.
In Gloucester Notes and Queries we read as follows: “Stout’s Hill is the name of a house situated on high ground to the south of the village of Uley, built in the style which, in the last century, was intended for Gothic, but which may be more exactly defined as the ‘Strawberry Hill’ style. In a house of earlier date lived the father of Samuel Rudder, the laborious compiler of the ‘History of Gloucestershire’ (1779). He lies in the churchyard of Uley, on the south side of the chancel, and his gravestone has a brass-plate inserted, which records a remarkable fact:—
Underneath lies the remains of Roger Rutter, alias Rudder, eldest son of John Rutter, of Uley, who was buried August 30, 1771, aged 84 years, having never eaten flesh, fish, or fowl, during the course of his long life.