Survey of London, Volume 05 (of 14), the parish of St. Giles-in-the-Fields, part 2

by William Edward Riley; George Laurence Gomme

Kn^t.

Born y^e 17^th of Dec^r. 1616

Dyed y^e 11^th of Dec^r. 1704

On a pillar on the south side of the nave is an oval tablet of white marble, mounted on a black marble slab, and bearing an inscription to the memory of the Rev. Richard Southgate, rector of Warsop, sub-librarian of the British Museum, and Curate of St. Giles-in-the-Fields, who died on 21st January, 1795.

Reader

If thou canst = excell him:

It will be well,

If thou canst equal him.

In the south porch are three tablets. The first, which is of marble, and was formerly affixed to a monument which stood on the north side of the chancel in the second church[^[663]], reads as follows:—

This Monument was Erected in the Year of Our Lord 1736. by the Pious Direction of the Honourable/Dame BARBARA WEBB wife of S^r. JOHN WEBB of Canford Magna in the County of Dorset Bar^t. and the Honourable/CATHERINE TALBOT wife of the Honourable JOHN TALBOT of Longford in the County of Salop Esq. Surviveing/Daughters and Coheirs of the Right Honourable JOHN Lord BELASYSE Second Son of THOMAS Lord Viscount/FAUCONBERG, in memory of their most dear Father his wives and Children./