A rose she lived (so lives of flowers the fairest)
A little morning’s space!]
IN ST. MARY’S CHURCH, NOTTINGHAM.
Luke xx. 36.
Sleep on in peace; await thy Maker’s will;
Then rise unchanged, and be an angel still!
In the church of Ightham, near Sevenoaks, Kent, is a mural monument with the bust of a lady, who was famous for her needle-work and was traditionally reported to have written the letter to Lord Monteagle which resulted in the discovery of the Gunpowder Plot. The following is the inscription:—
D. D. D.
To the pretious name and honour of Dame Dorothy Selby, Relict of
Sir William Selby, Kt. the only daughter and heire of Charles Bonham, Esq.