"Short of Weight.
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A D 1780 A 63."
Green adds the following explanation of this riddle:
"In full measure it would have stood thus: 'Here Lieth The Body Of Richard Weston, In Hopes Of A Joyful Resurrection. Anno Domini 1780. Aged 63.'"
Richard Weston was a baker, and the "Short of weight" gives the clue to the nature of his dealings, and also to the right reading of the epitaph.
The following is from Ombersley Churchyard, Worcestershire:
"Sharp was her wit,